The rest is just noise

As in previous years, Louis will return to China in August.

This time he went back basically for the fourth period of Young Eagle.

This summer, Yu Tiancan, who just finished his freshman season at Wake Forest University, was called up by the national team again.

Yu Tiancan represented the national team in the Seoul Olympics last year, and then in his freshman season with the Demon Deacons, he averaged 13 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks per game.

1989 was a small year for the draft. If Yu Tiancan chose to participate in the draft, his talent would be enough to lock in the top five picks and squeeze out one of the top three picks.

But Yu Tiancan decided to stay in school.

Yu Tiancan opened a door and also opened up the reputation of Luyuan.

In addition to the Road Academy, the NBA's first basketball academy overseas, the NBA China Basketball Academy, has also begun recruiting students on a large scale.

With Yu Tiancan’s brand name and several years of foundation building, the momentum of the Road Academy far exceeds that of the NBA Academy.

This year, the number of students studying in the fourth phase of the Road Academy in the United States has reached 24.

And for the first time, a girl appears.

How to arrange these 24 people made Louis very troubled. Although he had a wide network of connections, it was not easy to arrange 24 people to enroll in the school at once.

As the students of the Road Academy gradually become famous, more and more people will come here because of their fame.

Although it is difficult to do, Louis is willing to do it.

Even if only a small part of these children become talented, it will completely change the strength of the national basketball team.

Yu Tiancan is an obvious example. Because of his presence, the national team did not even allow Song Tao, who was injured, to participate in the training team for the 1989 Capital Asian Championships.

Louis couldn't stay to watch the Asian Championships.

Because the first game had to wait until September 11, he could not wait for that day, so he set off to return to the United States at the end of August, contacting language schools to pave the way for his children to come to the United States for the fourth period.

During the month that Louis left, basically nothing major happened.

Next summer, the broadcast contract between the NBA and CBS will end.

Everyone in the industry knows that CBS will most likely not renew its contract with the NBA.

Because they spent US$1.06 billion to win the MLB broadcast contract, and then spent US$543 million to secure the broadcast contracts for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Today's NBA is no longer like the 1980s, where it can be done for $173 million in four years.

The NBA's next television contract is expected to be no less than $550 million.

This can fully prove the success of the league in the 1980s. The rise of the Celtics and Knicks brought the brightest stars and the most exciting football market.

The bigger the broadcast contract, the bigger the salary cap, and the bigger the salary cap, the bigger the salary of star players.

Any star player with a mature management team will choose to postpone his contract renewal until next summer as long as he can.

Therefore, it is completely understandable for Wilson and his team to make this decision.

Back in New York, Louis took a day off and then started running around for the fourth-stage children.

It is not difficult to decide on a language school, but it is quite difficult to find a suitable high school for them.

Of course, 24 children cannot all be placed in one school like the first batch of Young Eagles.

Louis decided to form a group of 6 people and let them form teams freely.

Later he discovered that there was something wrong with this, because the biggest difference in the fourth phase of Young Eagle was that there were three girls.

So, Louis made tweaks.

There are still four groups, but the 21 boys are divided into groups of seven, and the remaining three girls form a group of their own.

After that, they were basically arranged to meet with the old students from the past. Even those who were already in the university were called back by Louis.

Louis asked the old students to leave their contact information for the new kids. After all, no matter how powerful he was, he would sometimes be too busy to get away. At this time, he had to find these seniors who had already settled in the United States.

Let this group of children get to know each other first, and then proceed to a one-year language school course. During this period, they will show themselves through friendly matches with various high school basketball teams. After all, Louis selected talented young people from China to study in the United States.

Word has spread in the high school basketball circles in New York. Together with Yu Tiancan, Hu Weidong and Liu Yuqing, who is ranked the third high school student in New York State, it is enough to confirm that Louis is not just pretending, but is really looking for a body in China.

A good seed that the school missed.

Things went more smoothly than Louis did.

When Louis asked people to let the news out, before he could come, coaches from top high schools in New York State called his home one after another to inquire about the situation.

In those days, Louis was busier than the receptionist in the Blue Palace sales department.

Before the Knicks' preseason training camp begins, Louis and Abraham Lincoln High School, Mount Vernon High School, St. John's Preparatory Academy, Christian Brothers Academy, and DeWitt Clinton High School approach 10 of New York's top high school coaches to the Eagles.

The language school where the children of the fourth period attended watched a competition.

Christian Brothers Academy coach Gordon Brown complained: "Lou, you didn't give me any of those ten kids last year."

Children in the third stage of the Young Eagle period will officially enter school in two months.

Deng Shimo said that this was the golden generation, and it turned out that they really triggered a rush in New York high school basketball circles, but no one among them wanted to go to a high school with a Christian name.

"You will definitely get a few good players this time." Louis said with certainty.

The fourth phase of Young Eagle is not like the third phase of Young Eagle, where a crop of top talents with bright career prospects emerge.

These 24 people also have top talents, but they have children with extraordinary talents like Hu Weidong, Yu Tiancan, Liu Yuqing in the first phase and Xiao Laoban, Wu Qi, Chu Nan and Du Shuai in the third phase, but overall

,Strength lies in depth.

There are 3-4 top ones, and the rest are outstanding that can be seen with the naked eye. Although the talent is not top-notch, children of this age cannot make a conclusion, because no one can guarantee that none of the remaining children will be like Yu Tian

Can gene mutation.

Even if they maintain their current level, they are still very competitive in high school basketball.

Lincoln High School coach Mark Forrester said: "I won't talk about those girls. Of the remaining 21 girls, I think at least 10 can play in D1 (NCAA Division I)."

In the future that Louis has seen, the American high school basketball world has undergone tremendous changes since 2010. Talented players know how to market themselves better, and various training camps, cups, invitational tournaments, and social media have made them famous at a young age. The NBA's team-building model

After it was proven that it was feasible, the high school basketball team without rule restrictions was even more amazing.

After the talent is concentrated, it is very common for the top teams to all enter D1.

But what about before that? It wasn't common.

Because after 2010, not only the talent pool in the United States was concentrated, but also Europe, Asia, and Africa began to send their good talents to the United States, and the talent pool expanded unprecedentedly.

Before that, especially now, in 1989, even the top high school basketball teams could not guarantee that all players on the first team would receive D1 scholarships.

Therefore, Forrester said that at least 15 of the 21 boys in the fourth phase of Young Eagle will be able to enter D1. This is a very weighty evaluation.

In ordinary high school basketball weak schools, players with D1 potential are the core.

After watching a game, the high school coaches gathered around Louis.

Forrester was even more insidious. He keenly identified Lin Junwu, the top star of the fourth period of Young Eagles, who is currently 15 and a half years old.

Although Lin Junwu is only 15 and a half years old, he is 1.88 meters tall, has an arm length of 1.98 meters, has outstanding running and jumping ability, strong explosive power, and good basic shooting skills. However, he is still in the struggle period of technical improvement, so he is unstable, but he

As a point guard with a height of 1.88 meters, he is only 15 and a half years old but his immediate combat ability is completely ahead of others.

"Coach Lu, you know me. I am very good at training Chinese children." As soon as Forrester said this, several coaches nearby couldn't help it.

Gordon Brown scoffed: "I don't think it will make any difference if Harold (Yu Tiancan), Hu and Liu play with us."

"That's not even close!" Forrest knew very well that with Lin Junwu, Lincoln High School would be able to successfully weather the pain of Liu Yuqing's graduation next year. "Coach Lu's study abroad plan was first launched in our school.

We have a solid foundation for cooperation. Besides, these Chinese children won’t do that when you force children to take religious classes!”

Brown was caught at the door of his life. He didn't know how to refute, so he muttered: "There is always a way to solve it."

Alexander Schaeffer, the old coach of Jefferson High School, laughed and said: "I agree that Lincoln High School is more experienced in training Chinese players, but we can train players like No. 42 (Lin Junwu) more easily."

Schaefer is 69 years old this year. His Jefferson High School has been a strong school in New York high schools for many years. Although Bob Cousy was trained decades ago, that was decades ago.

What's even worse is that Jefferson High School's campus is in Brooklyn.

Louis has been in New York for almost six years and has never set foot in Brooklyn.

Safety is his first priority.

Among all the recruiters present today, Jefferson High School is the only one whose campus is located in Brooklyn. If he didn't value the other party's reputation, Louis would not invite Schaeffer.

Now, he was feeling red-faced as he watched this group of people fight over the kids on the field who were no more than 16 years old and no more than 14 years old at the youngest.

This feeling of comfort is entirely given by those children, which makes my uncle so proud.

"Lu, shall we arrange for the child to go to Lincoln High School?" Forrest was ready to strike first.

"Why are you arranged to go to Lincoln High School? Where are you now? Mark, are you too anxious?"

Several coaches accused him and forcibly held Forrester down.