MTL - The Rest, Only Noise-Chapter 8 life is unbearable
Louie got into K.C's car.
K.C gave him the impression that he was a good person with integrity and approachability.
In the car, instead of playing music like the other drivers, he chatted with Louie about himself.
"You know, Bill was my roommate at the University of San Francisco." K.C couldn't help laughing when he remembered that, "I was very sensitive to the sharp racial conflict and didn't want to talk to anyone, so I Haven't spoken to Bill all semester."
Think about it, your roommates living under the same roof don't talk to you for a semester.
Louie can't imagine that kind of life, because his roommate Wu Sansheng at DSU has to say at least three words every day to reflect on his mistakes.
In fact, he couldn't just reflect on himself.
He always talks.
In English, Chinese, and local dialect, Louis still doesn't know what "Gan Lin Liang" means.
Even though they were introducing themselves to each other, K.C seemed to think that Louie's story would be boring, so he kept talking about himself.
Moreover, he skipped the most laudable player period.
It seems that for him, the coaching career is the highlight of his life.
He began his coaching career immediately after retiring, coaching at Jewish Brandeis University outside Boston from 1967 to 1970. From 1970 to 1971, he was an assistant coach at Harvard University.
In the 1970s, he entered the Lakers as an assistant to Bill Sharman and helped the Lakers win their first championship, and then he went to the ABA as head coach of the San Diego Conquistadors (1972-73).
After that, he was hired as the head coach of the Washington Bullets in 1974. In his second season, he led the Bullets to a 4-2 victory over the defending champion Celtics in the 1975 Eastern Conference Finals, going into the Finals and being swept by Rick Barry's Warriors, making it easy to forget he led The Bullets won 60 games in the regular season.
In 1976, he took the Bullets to the "Miracle of Richfield".
"I'm there!" Louie said suddenly.
"what?"
"I was there when you guys got knocked out by the Cavaliers!" Louie said excitedly, "I heard the loudest noise I've ever heard after Dick Snyder (SG/SF) hit that slam dunk in the last minute of Game 7. noise!"
K.C said unexpectedly: "Are you from Cleveland?"
"That's it."
"Why did you come to Boston?"
"I came here to chase my dreams."
K.C joked: "Dream? What dream? Wouldn't it be to be a professional scout?"
Damn, how did he say my dream all of a sudden?
Louie wants to say no, but the atmosphere is already here...
"Okay, this is your hotel?" K.C didn't seem to like it here. "It's not very good, and it's near Polk Street, where there are often protests."
"It's okay, this doesn't affect me, just wait a minute."
Louie got out of the car quickly, ran into the hotel and took out John Long's scouting report and the only video of the game.
It's not quite his plan.
He originally wanted to confront Reed Auerbach and hand over this carefully crafted scouting report to the opponent, but now it seems that it is the wisest decision to give to K.C.
Because K.C had already developed a bit of trust in him, even if he didn't believe an 18-year-old could make a decent scouting report, he came here in person.
Auerbach is certainly one of the shrewdest general managers in the league, but how much can he value an 18-year-old kid until Louie proves his abilities?
Louis put himself in his shoes and thought about it. If it was him before the crossing, a college student called him and said that he had made a scouting report. Would he be interested?
"That's all," said Louie.
K.C said unexpectedly: "And VHS?"
"Do you think I'm joking? How can I make a scouting report without a video?" Louis said helplessly.
"Well, thank you for supporting my work, how can I thank you?"
K.C thought it was an equivalent exchange.
"I'm here to chase my dreams, K.C." Louie laughed.
K.C doesn't think he can help a kid fulfill his dream for a scouting report that's unreliable.
"Tell me."
"I want to be a professional scout."
As soon as Louis' voice fell, the air between him and K.C seemed to stop flowing, and everything froze.
They looked at each other, motionless.
"Your dream...is to become a professional scout?" K.C suddenly felt that the baby boomers have no future. This is a decadent generation. How can young people want to become professional scouts?
Now that he's done talking, and K.C doesn't think he's joking like everyone else, Louie might as well go deeper.
"Of course it's not just professional scouts, I want to get into professional basketball, but I'm average, so it's impossible to be a professional player, but I can still do it in other ways. Like being a scout, This is my starting point, but not my ending point." What Lou did was contrary to the meaning of his name, "To tell you the truth, I attended the Cavaliers' scouting interview before."
Now that Louie is here and asking him for a scouting job, K.C knows the result.
"What did they say?"
"I was kicked out by the censors before I even saw Coach Bill Fitch," Louie said sarcastically. "They thought I was too young and thought I was joking, but K.C. please Trust me, I'm serious."
Louis is only 18 years old, and if he wants to play a prank, he doesn't have to do this.
If it's only three minutes of heat, it's not going from Cleveland to Boston. K.C knows why he picked Boston, and it's really the only place a freak at his age who wants to be a scout has a chance to be a scout.
"I will stay in this hotel for three more days. This is the hotel's phone number. Except for the morning and evening, I am in the hotel. If there is any result, please call me." Louis included the hotel's contact information. Give it to K.C.
K.C accepted it, "I will take a good look at this scouting report when I go back. Even if your report does not pass the test, I will pay you the standard of a regular scouting report."
"thanks."
Every new entrant needs a guide. Louie is no stranger to professional basketball, but professional basketball in the late 1970s, especially in the United States, was a fog for him.
He knows the league is tough, he knows it's hard to get into the business, he knows many people think the league is crumbling, but he knows the future of the league is promising, and even if he doesn't know much about the NBA in the 70s-80s-90s, he can Use the prophet advantage of the traveler and the work experience accumulated in the Xinjiang team in the previous life to gain a place for yourself.
The premise of all this is that K.C. Jones will lead him in the door.
When K.C got home, the first thing he did was not open the scouting report, but play the VHS tape that Louie gave him.
He wondered if the player he was looking for was the same as Louie.
Soon, he's locked into Michigan's two-wing catch-and-shoot position.
His speed is very fast. Although his shooting movements are not beautiful, he has a quick start, not sloppy, and can cope with high-intensity defense. He plays hard and has strong aggression...
K.C watched Louie's scouting report while watching.
"John Lang is a scoring machine, especially on the left and right flanks of the free throw line. Due to the weak school strength, the style of the game and the loyalty to his hometown (with a strong desire to be selected by the Michigan area team), he There's a good chance that you won't be participating in workouts on a large scale to improve your draft."
"John is very fast, athletic, and has mature shooting skills. His jump shot is characterized by his shot speed, which is very fast, making it difficult for defenders to guard against. In addition, his rebounding ability is very good in the same position. , Dare to compete with the inside, always the hardest player on the court."
"Deficiencies: Strength needs to be strengthened, and the ability to create shots on your own needs to be increased."
K.C knows why there is only a short sentence, because Louie only has the video of this game, and in this game, Lang's performance is impeccable. He needs more footage to see his other problems.
Regarding this game, and the scouting report provided by Louis... K.C has been in the basketball industry for so many years, this is the first time I have seen such a detailed scouting report.
Contemporary scouting is primitive and usually only lists obvious strengths and weaknesses.
Other faults are checked by trial results.
Player qualities and other pitfalls are often dictated by the head coach of their college. However, it is not uncommon for these people to talk freely in order to help their disciples improve their rankings. Therefore, every team that is good at drafting often has its own connections in the NCAA. They can make judgments based on the evaluation of players by uninterested third parties.
And Louie not only listed his various advantages and shortcomings, but also emphasized that he is a hard worker.
This is a seductive scouting report, and an indecisive coach may have to make up his mind to choose someone after seeing this report.
What surprised Jones the most was the end of the scouting report.
"His best development prospect: Sam Jones."
"His worst prospect: himself."
The concept of "prospects" is definitely an innovation in contemporary times. Usually, scouts will say that XX is like XX in order to let people know the characteristics of players.
K.C couldn't sleep. On the one hand, he wanted to know more about John Long, and on the other hand, he had to turn in the report and apply for an extension to Reed Auerbach. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
At the age of 18, he has such insight, this son can't be accepted by other teams!
K.C felt the itch to see 18-year-old Kareem Kareem skip college to enter the draft.
Louie is too young, and scouting is by no means his final destination. Many coaches he is familiar with, and many excellent management personnel who have successfully created a championship division, all started from scouting at the beginning.
Because these good scouts often know best what a successful team needs to be composed of.
That night, Louis was negotiating with the proprietress of the hotel, hoping that the house price would be cheaper. If necessary, he would not be able to donate his body to help with some manual labor—please don’t think about it, although he was a bit chaotic after crossing, but the proprietress could His age and looks, as well as his tiger-tank stature, are beyond his reach.
This is a weight he cannot bear!
Suddenly, the hotel's phone rang.
Louis felt inexplicably that this was a call to him.
The lady boss answered the phone and hung up after a few words.
"Are you rich? Why would a liar call you?" the lady boss asked badly.
"fraud?"
"Yes, that liar claimed to be K.C. Jones, and asked me to inform you that you were welcome to join the Celtics." The proprietress said disdainfully, "Isn't this a liar? K.C can call you? What the hell? Are you Lufu being targeted by a liar?"
A few seconds later, the proprietress witnesses a full-fledged adult man going mad in her hotel.
He howled as he ran.
"Acridine~~~~! Acridine acridine acridine!!"
