MTL - The Rest, Only Noise-Chapter 19 Ranbir? nowhere
Notre Dame is one of the top college basketball teams.
After Lui checked their information, he found that there were many players on the team with NBA draft prospects.
Two of them even have the qualifications to become stars in the NBA.
One is sophomore forward Orlando Woolridge, and there is much-anticipated scoring machine Kelly Tripucka (SG).
The competition in the team is fierce, and it is naturally difficult for Laimbeer to get opportunities.
Although he is already a junior, he can only squeeze into the team's rotation. In his junior season, he averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds per game, and was completely used as a coolie.
Notre Dame will conduct summer camps at a sports field near the shores of Lake Michigan.
There are a few days of open training during the period, so Louis needs to settle down in the local area first.
He found a cheap hotel and waited for a week until the training opened.
Louie didn't expect so many people to pay attention to Notre Dame's Open House.
In addition to local reporters, there are also some national media.
For example, USA Today wanted to do an interview with Notre Dame.
And there were so many NBA scouts on the scene that Louie couldn't believe it.
Among them was Stu Inman, a good friend of the head coach at Notre Dame and general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Louis looked at him. Although he was not young, his eyes were sharp. No matter how he looked at it, it was not like he had a crush on LaRue Martin, gave up signing with Moses Malone, and was unwilling to wait for Bird for a year. The idiot who could have picked Jordan with the second overall pick but picked Sam Bowie.
Notre Dame is currently the only top university with open training.
With so many scouts coming to check, it can be seen how many NBA seedlings this school has gathered.
Ulrich and Tripka caught most of the attention.
And Louie only focuses on one person - Bill Laimbeer.
He was unhappy here, obviously better than anyone else, but no one could see that.
His head coach, known as the "digger", failed to tap Laimbeer's potential.
Using a **** full of bad water as a basket collar is an indescribable waste of money.
"You seem to be paying attention to Bill?"
Louis, who was immersed in his own world, did not expect that someone would greet him.
He looked up and was greeted by an old man with a cigarette.
"Just make some necessary records." Louis was reluctant to make a sound.
The old man introduced himself with a smile: "Jack McMahon."
He didn't say which team he worked for, but anyone who works in this industry can't be unaware of which team he plays for.
Louie didn't expect this old guy to be the one who gave the Maurice Cheeks spree.
McMahon looks very fat. Due to body fat, his neck is almost invisible. At first glance, he is round and round and extremely rich.
"Louis, I'm a Boston scout," Louie responded.
Hearing Boston, McMahon's face changed. He didn't forget how the Celtics won the love on draft day.
McMahon decided it was K.C. Jones doing the right thing, and Louie looked too young to be the man behind it.
Louis was young, and East Asians were generally a little tender. McMahon suspected that he was underage: "Young man, how old are you?"
"20 years old." Louis has already encountered too many questions about his age, so he simply falsely reported his age.
Unexpectedly, McMahon looked shocked: "You became a scout at the age of 20? God, I feel so sad for you."
McMahon thought Louie was a mediocre scout.
All eyes were on the rising stars Tripka and Ulrich, but he stared at Ranbir fascinated.
For him and the other scouts, Laimbeer has nothing to offer.
His characteristics and future can be seen in a minute.
This kind of player may be able to play in the NBA in the future, but it is definitely only a backup and may disappear in a few years.
Hearing McMahon's words, Louie just laughed and didn't answer.
Looks like I'll have to falsely report 25 next time.
"Young man, a piece of advice, don't waste your time on useless guys."
Louie still remembers the last time McMahon gave him advice, he was determined to convince the team to select Cheeks.
"Is there anything wrong with him?" Louis asked.
"It's not good! He's lazy, slow, lacks enthusiasm for training, likes to complain..." McMahon felt like he was talking too much.
In fact, it is completely valid to put McMahon's bad review on O'Neal.
Louis believed that there was such a situation in Ranbir, and if he hadn't opened his eyes, he wouldn't have been able to see the bright spots on the other side.
It was the opening of his eyes that gave him the patience to observe Ranbir.
"Thank you, I remember." Louis replied politely.
Seeing that he could not persuade McMahon, he shook his head and left. He also had players to observe.
Louie didn't want Laimbeer to find out, but the guy missed the shot and the ball went in his direction.
However, he had absolutely no intention of helping Ranbir pick up the ball, and was as motionless as a wooden man.
This made Ranbir unhappy, "Look at what!"
"I'm looking at a future NBA player," Louie said.
"Bah!" Laimbeer dismissed his words, "I don't **** want to play in the NBA!"
Laimbeer didn't know that Louis watched him silently for 20 minutes, and he left detailed notes. Although the game can be more discernible, the daily training is also an important reference.
Notre Dame has multiple NBA prospects, and he can't just watch Laimbeer, so he continues to watch.
He's not arrogant and will follow in the footsteps of big-name scouts.
McMahon, for example, unfortunately, the old fat man cares too much about the two rising sophomores at Notre Dame.
Then he noticed Blazers general manager Inman sitting with Notre Dame coach Michael Phelps watching a player practice.
The player was about two meters tall, white, with a Beatles-like mushroom head.
He is very energetic, and from the perspective of his shooting hand, he is a player with the ability to shoot from the mid-to-long range.
White, this is an important label.
Auerbach never misses talent because of his skin color, but if he has to fill the bench, white bench players are definitely more appealing to fans than black players.
That's true for Boston, and it's true for other teams as well.
His skin color is more valuable than his game, which invisibly increases his market.
Still, Louie professionally wrote a draft scouting report that belonged to that player.
Bill Hanzlik (SG/SF), good speed, has some dribbling ability, good shooting hand, can shoot from the high post, can adapt to the second position in the professional league.
The body is thin and lacking in confrontation ability, and both upper and lower limbs lack enough strength to adapt to the hand-to-hand combat of the professional league...
Scouting work has never been difficult for him. He did this job before crossing the road, but he was often the one who read scouting reports.
During this period, many scouts came to him to set news.
Some want to talk, some are purely greetings, and some are to develop a network of relationships.
No matter what purpose they have, Louis will always come to him. These people may not be able to help him, but who can be sure that they will not be able to help him?
McMahon for the Sixers, Hanks for the Clippers, Lin Burke for the Lakers, he seems to be a scout that Jerry West admires.
The best talker of them all is Hanks of the Clippers.
He openly sells his scouting reports because the team pays him too little, and the current scouting reports are drafts and have little value.
But Louis still saw the bottom line of this man.
McMahon usually sells scouting reports for a castrated version, and this guy... Louie suspects he can sell his finished product for a little extra money.
Just because of this heart, he made this friend!
To this end, he also went out of his way to buy Tripka and Ulrich's scouting reports.
After bargaining, $400 was sold.
"This is the most completed scouting report of my trip, it's cheaper for you!" Hanks said, took out a cigarette, and wanted to share it with Louis.
Louie was worried that he had set the scouting report on fire, and hurriedly took it over.
"Thank you, I don't smoke." He picked up the scouting report and looked at it again, which made him "eye-opening".
If this kind of scouting report can be titled "maturity", then his scouting report to Laimbeer can be handed in as a finished product.
In fact, yes, complex scouting reports only began to emerge in the new century.
Until then, scouting reports have always pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of players in the most refined language.
However, the draft is about the fate of the team, how can we save pen and ink in order to save trouble? Any omission may result in misjudgment by management.
So Louis's principle is to be as detailed as possible.
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