The rest is just noise

Text Volume Chapter 1323 Why worry about basketball not being beautiful? Duncan suddenly became a popular figure within the Lakers.

Young people want to know whether he has real qualities, while veterans who know Duncan basically blow him off first.

No matter how powerful they say, they don't mean they really like Duncan, but they want to arouse the competitive spirit of the young people in the team.

What they didn't know was that Louis was really preparing for Duncan to join the team.

Although the drawing meeting has not yet begun, the matter has long been decided.

Unless Stern goes back on his word, the Lakers have locked up this year's No. 1 pick.

Louis is too familiar with Duncan, and logically there is no need to inquire about him. But after time travel, Louis cannot develop a good habit, that is, no matter what the other person was in his previous life, his true face may not be what he thinks.

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The most direct example is Bird.

Before time travel, Bird was the king of enemies in Louis' heart.

After time travel, Bird was directly downgraded to a country bumpkin, and no matter how amazing Bird's trash talk legend was, in Louis' opinion, it was a reflection of the country bumpkin's lack of personal quality.

Regarding Duncan's scouting report, the Lakers were not very detailed.

In addition, the 1997 NBA Draft was still a draft with a thin talent pool.

Duncan is recognized as the No. 1 pick and has been dubbed the grand prize. He is as highly anticipated as O'Neal and Webber before the draft.

Except for Duncan, this draft is not like previous drafts where the second and third picks can be used to select players with the best prospects besides the top pick.

In this year's NCAA, Keith Van Horn has emerged as another Larry Bird II.

But his appearance did not excite scouts because there were too many Bird IIs who had fallen before.

If Van Horn was really that good, he wouldn't have been noticed by scouts until his senior season.

Other than Van Horn, there is no recognized No. 3 pick in this draft.

Unless...Tracy McGrady, the No. 1 high school student in the United States in the Class of 1997, decides to follow the footsteps of the No. 1 high school student in the United States in the Class of 1996 and the No. 1 high school student in the United States in the Class of 1995 and bring his talent to the NBA in advance. In that case

, maybe some teams will take a gamble on him.

After all, the greatest coaches in modern professional basketball have fully embraced high school students, and others should not be biased against high school players.

Louis believes Tracy McGrady will have a good market this year.

He originally fell out of the top five, but now it seems that he is very likely to occupy one of the top three spots in this draft with thin talent.

However, Louis doesn't care about Tracy McGrady.

The Lakers could only choose Tracy McGrady under one circumstance - Stern temporarily went back on his word and sided with Louis, preventing them from getting the No. 1 pick this year. Then, besides finding a way to get revenge on Stern, Louis would

Consider choosing Tracy McGrady.

So now, understanding Duncan is a top priority.

After some searching, Louis discovered a piece of trivia...Duncan was never selected for the cover of "Sports Illustrated" during his college days.

Looking at it from today's perspective, how strange it is

Ewing, who also played four years of college and was scheduled to be the No. 1 pick early in the draft, has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated four times.

At that time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the most valued player in the history of college basketball. He was selected for the cover of Illustrated Magazine five times during his college years.

To put it more closely, from the 1990s to the present, almost every No. 1 draft pick was on the cover of a pictorial during their college days.

Even if the requirements are lowered, McGrady, who is still only the number one high school student at this stage, has also been selected for the cover of a pictorial.

Duncan, on the other hand, has played four years in college and secured this year's No. 1 pick a year in advance. Not to mention being on the cover, there was not even a long article about him.

This disappointed Louis greatly.

He really wanted to know what these media people who said they were optimistic about Duncan meant.

If you are optimistic about others, should you give them some hype in advance?

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Let’s not talk about the hype before entering the league. Xiao Dengtou probably can’t afford it. No matter what, he has to be similar to Weber and his like.

Of course, it is true that Duncan cannot be selected for the cover of the pictorial because of a fatal mistake like Webber, but considering that the talent pool in this year's draft has been shallow to a certain extent, wouldn't it be reasonable to concentrate resources on hyping Duncan?

Then, Louis found an article introducing Duncan in a second-rate magazine called "Sports Digest."

Through the game video and the article description, a clear image of Duncan appeared in front of Louis.

All media outlets that have had contact with Duncan have attributed the word humility to him.

In a 1997 college basketball game report in Sports Illustrated, Wake Forest was mentioned.

A center named Berenes accused Duncan of this to reporters:

Miraculously, when the poor guy named Berenes said that Duncan had laughed at him all night, a picture emerged in Louis' mind.

To be precise, it is a dynamic picture, the specific content is.

Duke’s coach K said after watching Duncan’s game:

Louis noticed that those who praised Duncan were basically insiders.

On the contrary, the fans are not interested in him.

This has something to do with Duncan's style of play.

Regarding Duncan’s playing style, everyone understands it. If you don’t understand, don’t ask. I will explain it clearly to you and it will be difficult for you to grow. If you understand,

While Louis was obsessed with studying Duncan, Kobe sneaked into the president's office to play on the computer.

Kobe didn't believe how strong a college student could be.

Louis said sadly:

Kobe asked the point.

Louis said calmly:

Kobe wasn't angry about this.

He began to use this as an introduction to ask Louis for more relevant information.

After a while, Kobe left.

He would come to the president's office to sit for a while every day, sometimes just to play on the computer, sometimes to chat with Louis, and sometimes to discuss things like today.

Little Bass said happily:

Louis declined to comment.

It's obvious that Kobe has a good impression of him and would ask him any questions he had on the court.

What troubles Louis is that Kobe really seems to have no sense of time.

If he encountered a problem that he thought Louis could solve, he would find Louis no matter what time it was.

When people are in the office, they come to the office; when they are at home, they make phone calls to their homes.

Even in the middle of the night, he would call.

Earlier, Louis would get angry with Kobe, but now he is used to it.

This is a teachable boy, it’s too late for him to be happy.

It's just that Kobe is a bit of a useless coach.

In less than a season, Louis felt that his endocrine system was a bit out of balance.

Louis spoke casually.

Little Bas smiled and said:

Only then did Louis remember that Zhao Yuanzheng had been assigned by him to confront Bodilloga online.

Louis asked.

Bass Jr. said:

Louis was amused:

Louis' mood suddenly improved a lot.

Duncan and Bodi Luojia are the two young men who have been left behind in the world. If they can be recruited at the same time, why worry about basketball not being beautiful?

Looking at it now, the situation is more optimistic than he thought.

Bodiloga can admit today that European basketball is lagging behind, but tomorrow he can admit that he is not enterprising by staying in the European fish pond and dominating.

As long as Bodiloga has a higher pursuit of basketball accomplishments, he will not be afraid that the provocation method will not be successful.