The rest is just noise

Louis has never experienced such a busy summer.

Within a few months, he needs to prepare for the team's draft, renew his contract, get married, decide on the future destinations of Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan, return to China to prepare for the third phase of the academy's players in the United States, and participate in the construction of the NBA China Basketball Academy.

As a bridge connecting Chinese and American basketball, we arranged for the National Basketball Team to take the lead in training in the United States before the start of the Olympic Games.

He didn't even have time for his honeymoon.

Now, his plan has entered the third stage, getting married.

As a celebrity in New York, his marriage news will naturally attract the attention of many people.

Louis wanted to keep a low profile, but the external situation did not allow it. There were too many people who wanted to bless him.

Therefore, Louis could only get married in a high-profile manner, and at the same time obtain Lorraine's understanding to postpone the honeymoon until next year. He really has no time this year.

Fortunately, Lorraine didn't mind a delayed honeymoon, since marriage was just a formality for her and Louis.

They have been living as husband and wife for several years. Even if they get married, there won't be too many disturbances in their hearts. It's just a ceremony.

After the marriage, Louis quickly entered the state of affairs.

He first arranged for the families of Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan to come to the United States.

Although Louis could provide advice on choosing a school, it was his family who made the decision.

Both Hu and Yu are regarded by NBA scouts as prospects who can enter the league in the future.

Especially Yu Tiancan, whose height soared to 2.2 meters but retained flexibility and agility. From an ordinary international student who might not even be able to compete in the NCAA Division I, he became the most popular figure in the 1988 NCAA basketball recruiting season.

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Hu Weidong may be a first-round pick in the future, and Yu Tiancan's entry into the lottery is almost certain, unless there is no progress in college or he suffers a serious injury.

Currently, there are several universities recruiting Hu Weidong, namely the University of Kansas, Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut.

Kansas was going through turmoil after Larry Brown returned to the NBA, and Louis wouldn't recommend going there.

Before the 1990s, Connecticut was just a mediocre school and was not as good at cultivating players' shooting abilities as it became later.

There is no problem with Hu Weidong's shooting, and Louis hopes that he will go to a university that can teach him running positions.

Unfortunately, UCLA did not come to the door. Judging from the existing universities, Syracuse University may be more suitable.

Hu Weidong's skills are mature enough. The university he needs to go to should preferably be a school that can improve his shortcomings. Syracuse University trains players to be very defensive. If Hu Weidong can go there and calm down to play, it will help him enter the professional league.

It will be of great help.

Yu Tiancan's situation is much more complicated, and there are too many schools that want him.

He received dozens of offers for full scholarships.

Among the famous schools are North Carolina and Duke.

Louis does not recommend Yu Tiancan to go to Duke because coach K (who is still young) is not good at cultivating players like him.

As for North Carolina, the competition is simply too fierce.

The main players from last season are still there, and the freshmen also have Tom Gugliotta, a top insider at the same level as Yu Tiancan.

There are pros and cons to playing on a competitive team.

The good thing is that you really can't relax, and you might be caught up once you relax.

The disadvantage is this too. If there are too many people, the coaching staff won't pay too much attention to you, because if you don't play well, others will play well.

Yu Tiancan is a very naive person, and Louis is really worried that he won't be able to adapt to a place like North Carolina.

In order to recruit Yu Tiancan, major universities used all kinds of strange tricks.

A coach promised that female students would receive one-on-one tutoring from Yu Tiancan to ensure that he would not fall behind in his studies.

He specifically mentioned that female students are very spiritual.

Father Yu was an honest man. Hearing this kind of treatment, he shook his head seriously.

There is also a university that heard that Yu Tiancan’s family came from a remote area of ​​China, so they wanted to use bribery to get Yu Tiancan to join the university.

As a result, Yu’s mother became furious: “Do you treat my son as a commodity?”

Moreover, she solemnly warned Yu Tiancan not to accept money under any circumstances.

Because once you are bought by someone with money, then everyone can buy you with money in the future.

Hearing these words made Louis feel ashamed, remembering how he made money when he first crossed over. But he did not do anything for money, regardless of the consequences, so although Yu Mu's words were sharp and embarrassing, they did not apply to everyone.

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Yu Tiancan refused the other party's check, and another school was kicked out.

Because there were so many choices, the conditions they offered were all kinds of different, and they all looked very good, so the Yu family really couldn't make up their minds.

Finally, Father Yu asked Louis to come and give them an idea.

Among these enthusiastic suitors, Louis chose Wake Forest University.

There are several reasons. Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom was one of the first college coaches to pursue Yu Tiancan.

According to Louis' investigation, if he is not mistaken, this Odom is the future college basketball coach who will train Tim Duncan from a talented Viking kid to the best power forward in history.

Louis wasn't sure he was right because he didn't know Duncan's college.

He could only make a judgment based on the contract between Wake Forest University and Odom, as well as the other party's resume. Even this was not enough, so Louis asked Odom to provide a long-term training plan for Yu Tiancan.

This is an unreasonable request and no college coach is willing to do it.

But in order to get Yu Tiancan to join, Odom spent two days giving Louis a detailed plan.

He hopes that Yu Tiancan’s first year in college will focus on growing his muscles and adapting to the intensity of college competitions; in his second year, he will start to serve as the core of the team and exert influence on both offense and defense; his junior and senior seasons will be an important part of his shaping.

During the training period, Odom will polish his basic skills in training and games to prepare him for the professional league.

This is what Louis wants to see, a college coach who is responsible for his players should have a long-term plan.

People like John Thompson have ruined many good players by misleading others and being self-righteous.

When Yu Tiancan promised to hand over his future to Wake Forest University, Louis said to Odom with a smile: "Dave, I believe you have the ability to train Harold into a good player, but I hope you can say

Make it happen. If I see him stalling even though he's working so hard, I'll have him sign up for the draft right away."

Odom knew that Louis was a man of his word, and also knew how much he valued Yu Tiancan's future development.

He promised that he would do his best to help Yu Tiancan improve, and he also set his sights on Liu Yuqing: "Lu, that child hasn't committed to any school yet, right?"

"Hey, don't even think about it."

In Louis' impression, Wake Forest University can always produce players with high golf IQ or solid skills.

Duncan and Paul are the masters among them. Among the second-level or two-level players, there are also players like Josh Howard or Jeff Teague.

But in the history of this school, it has never produced a player like Liu Yuqing.

For this reason, it is impossible for Louis to hand over Liu Yuqing to Wake Forest University.

In Louis' eyes, Liu Yuqing is a treasure. Both Yu Tiancan and Hu Weidong will be important figures in the future of the national team, and Liu Yuqing, if he continues to grow taller and maintains this style of play, although it is hard to say whether he can enter the NBA.

But he must be a killer in FIBA ​​competitions.

Odom, who knew Liu Yuqing was a good material, felt regretful: "Lu, you should believe me."

"Let's train Harold first and then I can tell you whether I believe you or not." Louis snorted.

Hu Weidong went to Syracuse University, and Yu Tiancan went to Wake Forest. Among the six people in the first phase of Luyuan's study in the United States, four graduated from high school this year, three went to the first-level league, and one went to the second-level league.

The second-tier league also produces talents. Rodman, Oakley, and Pippen are all from the second-tier league, so their future is still promising.

Now it's Liu Yuqing's problem, and Louis is a little worried about him.

After Hu Weidong and the other four older students graduated, there were only two first-year graduates left in Lincoln High School. Liu Yuqing was introverted by nature, and Louis was worried that he wouldn't get along with the others.

Mark Forrester, the head coach of Lincoln High School, told Louis to relax: "Everyone likes him because he plays hard as long as he plays. After Harold and the others graduate, I have to start relying on him. He will become our best player."

He is an ace player. Even if you look at him like this, under his unkind appearance, he actually has a soft heart."

These words reminded Louis of Deng Shimo, the head coach of the basketball team of Luyuan, who seemed to have similar comments about Liu Yuqing.

"Really?" Louis became more and more curious about Liu Yuqing.

"Compared to this, let's talk about this year's international students." Forrester's eyes lit up, "You should bring a group of children from China this year, right? How about this time? How many should be given to them this time?

Am I done?"

"Let's divide it among you. Do you think I'm the wholesale market?"