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Chapter 36 Florida's only legend!

The only person of yellow race who scored a triple-double in the American professional basketball field naturally won the attention of many media fans in China.

In 2014, when the Internet age was at the breaking point, countless netizens began to express their dissatisfaction in front of a screen.

The Chinese men's basketball team missed the 2014 Spanish Basketball World Cup and only ranked fifth in the 2013 Asian Championships. In the group stage, they first lost to South Korea and then lost to Iran by 5 points.

In the three group matches, the Chinese men's basketball team only defeated Malaysia.

In the knockout round, the Chinese men's basketball team played against the Chinese Taipei team.Facing the opponent who had repeatedly lost to him in the game, the Chinese men's basketball team took the initiative in the first half and established a 10-point lead.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese men's basketball team was completely defeated by the Chinese Taipei team in the second half.

It is an unimaginable fact that the Chinese men's basketball team played an extremely poor performance in the second half, losing to Chinese Taipei, and regretting being out.

The Chinese men's basketball team, which should have been able to use the wild card to apply for the competition, gave up this qualification due to factors such as the crash of the Incheon Asian Games schedule.

At that time, how did the relevant leaders give reasons?
"For the Chinese men's basketball team in the period of rejuvenation, it is more important to face up to the reality, based on Asia, complete the replacement of the old and new national teams, steadily improve their own strength, and return to the leading position in Asian basketball. After careful research, the Chinese Basketball Association decided that the Chinese men's basketball team The basketball team withdrew from the World Cup wild card application."

In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team missed the first Men's Basketball World Cup, which is the 2014 Men's Basketball World Cup.

Back then, the fact that the Chinese men's basketball team missed the World Cup attracted countless discussions among netizens.

Based in Asia?

Why did the Chinese men's basketball team that once ruled Asia fall to this point!
If you don't go out of Asia and go to the world, the Chinese men's basketball team will never have a bright future!
What kind of medicine completes the replacement of old and new, steadily improves strength, pure J8 nonsense, directly admits that one's strength is weak, and if you can't beat others, it's over?

Do you really think that if you get a result in Asia, the fans will buy it?
After experiencing the taste of fighting against the world's powerful enemies, everyone has already filled their expectations, but what they got in exchange was such a set of official words.

When Yao Ming retired, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu and others got older and quit the national team one after another. There was no one to fill these vacant positions.

Therefore, many basketball fans have been looking forward to the sudden emergence of Su Mu. They hope to see the hope of the rise of the Chinese men's basketball team in the land of flower growers!

The organ has not yet appeared in the NBA arena, but some senior fans have begun to pay attention to Su Mu, who has shined in the NCAA arena.

One of the most influential domestic "Sports Weekly" even set up a special report for Su Mu, introducing his outstanding performance in the NCAA competition.

The sports channel also inserted a piece of news that Su Mu scored a triple-double and led the University of Kansas to the "Elite Eight" in the NBA report. Although it was not long, it was enough to attract the attention of the fans.

In the case that fans generally don't know about the NCAA, they only know that they played well in the national youth team in the first two years, played brilliantly in the American University League, and even got a triple-double.

Triple-double, this ranking was still very rare in 2014, and it once became the benchmark for the strong in the hearts of fans!

The terrifying record of the Turtles averaging a triple-double for four consecutive years has not yet been born, and people's general numbness will take a long time.

"Just ask if you don't understand, is the NCAA league awesome?"

"Compared with the NCAA and the CBA, who is stronger and who is weaker?"

"Su Mu, this kid is the new insider from before?"

"A triple-double in the college league, what is this?"

In the forum, such posts emerged endlessly for a while, and became a topic of discussion among many basketball fans.

Related to the field of basketball, Su Mu's name appeared in hot words time and time again, and Su Mu's legend also gradually heated up from this moment on!

On the second day, before dawn, Su Mu, who was about to get dressed and headed to the training hall, heard Embiid's voice.

Su Mu walked slowly towards the hotel living room, and looked at Embiid who was fiddling with his computer.

"Joel, didn't you say to seal your social software and never touch your computer during the "March Madness" period?"

"That's right, I touched your computer, nothing wrong with it."

"Don't worry, I can tell which is more important. Don't worry, I didn't do anything bad."

"It's serious, look at this!"

According to Draft Draft, Su Mu is ranked sixth in the lottery.

The ESPN draft network is more straightforward, ranking Su Mu third in the first round, and Su Mu is in front of teammates Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker.

With three NCAA knockout games and outstanding performance in the regular season, Su Mu still remembered that his ranking was very low at the beginning, but as the competition progressed, his draft pick He is becoming more and more popular, and now he has become one of the top three in the lottery from the end of the first round!
Repeatedly looking at her name and photo on the draft prediction website, Su Mu felt that all this was too unreal. Although she was very confident, when the facts were in front of her, Su Mu still felt a little unbelievable.

It is an unbelievable fact that a Chinese player can achieve a triple-double on the NCAA field. It is usually very difficult for people of yellow race to make a difference in the basketball field.

Although Yao Ming was selected as the No. 1995 pick and the Bucks selected the sixth place in the first round of the Arab League, looking at the entire history of China, since the establishment of the CBA in [-], only Dayao and Arab League have been able to enter the NBA league and play a regular rotation. Two people!

There is a long way to go, and the yellow race has never been able to have a stage of its own on the NBA stage.

Once Dayao had high hopes, but due to injuries, he has become a regret for all Chinese basketball fans.

The UAE, whose physical fitness exploded, was gradually abandoned by the NBA because of his personal character and style of play.

When Su Mu was reborn and saw his name on the NBA draft website, he couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Regardless of past life or present life, the NBA is Su Mu's dream, but now it is within reach!
Kobe, James, Nowitzki, Duncan.
Thinking that he could compete with these heroes in the near future, Su Mu couldn't restrain his inner excitement!
"May I ask, is this draft ranking reliable?"

Su Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully, and asked Embiid.

"Not necessarily reliable, because his ranking is updated in real time."

"Of course, the draft in the NBA is fickle. Even if you are on the list, there is a possibility of losing."

"This kind of thing is really hard to say!"

"Of course, with your strength, you don't have to worry about this at all."

"This year is a small draft year, and there are not many outstanding players to choose from."

It is not difficult to understand that even if you are on the list, you may lose the election.

But in fact, it wasn't his perfect performance in the game that really made Su Mu jump into the draft lottery.

It wasn't that he won his first triple-double in his life against UCLA in the last game.

To be precise, it was Su Mu's unique talent on the field!

Scores, blocks, and rebounds are useful, but usually not the only metrics scouts use.

There are countless players who have played well in the NCAA and have amazing statistics, but they have disappeared from the crowd in the NBA.

Therefore, compared with statistics, those professional scouts pay more attention to the talent and potential displayed by the players.

And Su Mu is definitely top-notch among players of the same age, whether it is static talent or desire to win and lose on the court.

that's enough!
The shortcomings of poor shooting and weak offensive skills can be improved in the future. Even if Su Mu can't develop a decent offense in the future, if he is an excellent pure defensive insider, it will be a small loss at most if he is selected with this ranking!
In the golden generation in 1996, didn't Marcus Camby become an indispensable presence in the league because of his defense?
However, some local fans expressed strong dissatisfaction with Su Mu's appearance in the top three of the draft lottery.

The reason is that Su Mu's reference data is too little, but it is very unfair to other players to make him the top three in the draft lottery after playing more than [-] NCAA games.

Some of these fans have watched football for more than ten years and think they know it well, but they forget one thing.

That is, I am always a spectator, an outsider.

And those scouts and team managers are the real players in this game. Can an outsider be more professional than a player?

What's the difference between this and challenging someone else's job with your own hobbies?
of course!

Although they sometimes misread it, under the circumstances at the time, it was the best choice for them!

Never judge things at that time as a future person, it seems too unprofessional.

"They're all fools, they know how to play ball!"

"Aside from playing ball, what else can they do!"

In the process of watching predictions and reports together, Embiid saw some fans questioning, and immediately couldn't help but yell!

"Hahaha, Joel, why are you more excited than me!" Su Mu smiled and touched Embiid's big head.

"Su, don't you get angry when you see these comments?"

Embiid frowned and asked back. At this time, Embiid was still too young, too energetic, and easily impulsive. He liked to go back immediately when he encountered unpleasant things.

Su Mu thought it was right.

Even ten years later, isn't Embiid still like this character?

"No, when someone hacks you, it proves that you have gained a certain amount of attention, which is a good thing!"

After listening to Su Mu's words, Embiid tilted his head. As expected of you, there is a reason for Su Mu to be calm on the court. This kind of thinking angle is completely different from his own!

"Which star doesn't have black fans? Some people like to black you for no reason and belittle you. No matter what you do is good or bad, you can't change those people's prejudice against you. If you focus on these things, The loser must be you!"

"Faced with this situation, what we have to do is to play well, beat them on the court, make them desperate on the court, and slap them hard with performance and statistics!"

"TMD, in the next game against Florida, we must go all out and swell the faces of those doubters!"

"Go! Go to training!"

After finishing the "Sweet Sixteen", early the next morning, Su Mu and Embiid went to the training hall where the match was held side by side.

During this day, there were no commercial factors or off-court interference, it was a pure basketball life!
Su Mu and Embiid were immersed in the training hall, training their shortcomings on the court over and over again.

Not long after, Wiggins, Tap, Selden and other players also came to the training hall.

The whole team is united as one, there is no intrigue, no bullying within the team, everyone's goal is the same, that is to do their best to advance to the "Final Four"!
Very passionate, but that is youth!

3 Month 29 Day!
The southern region ushered in the most exciting time in the first half of this year!

In Memphis, the hometown of Elvis Presley, many celebrities drove to the FedEx Center, the main stadium of the Grizzlies. At 7 o'clock tonight, at the golden hour, a great battle will start here!
Kansas Jayhawks vs. Florida Gators!

The two top-level university giants in NCAA history will fight in all directions in the "Elite Eight". In the end, only one team can get the ticket to the "Final Four".

The Florida Gators, a traditional giant without many stars, have not recruited strong new aid this year, but even so, under the leadership of the legendary team coach Billy Donovan, Florida has overcome all obstacles, Passed all the way to the final game in the southern region.

As an emerging sports star school in the south, the University of Florida can be regarded as an "upstart" in college sports, and each rising history is created by a legend.

Billy Donovan, yes, is the head coach who led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the first round of the playoffs for five consecutive years. In the land of the NCAA, he is the only legend of the University of Florida!
In 1996, the head coach of the University of Florida basketball team resigned, leaving a vacancy for the head coach of the basketball team. Jeremy Foley, director of the athletic department, had a keen eye for talents and fell in love with the 30-year-old Billy Douglas, who was then the head coach of Marshall University. Novan, at that time Jeremy Foley overcame all opinions and handed over the basketball of the University of Florida to this young talent.

Except for Jeremy Foley, it is estimated that no one thought that this appointment changed the fate of basketball in Florida in one fell swoop.

The young and vigorous Billy Donovan is an extremely persistent and persistent person. In his first two seasons, due to the mediocre lineup, the results of the University of Florida were not satisfactory.

Donovan is aware of the shortcomings of his team's lack of talent, and to change all this must start by recruiting high-level high school players, but the University of Florida is not a strong school with a traditional basketball tradition. Who would want to come to the unknown Florida University , Playing for a fledgling head coach?

Donovan tried every means, even "tailing" outstanding high school players. It is said that in order to recruit Mike Miller, Donovan waited every day at the station where Miller was driving home after class, looking for opportunities to lobby, and finally, The young man's dedication and enthusiasm moved Miller.

Donovan laid a solid foundation for the rise of Buddha University basketball in the future by relying on his tireless and frenzied enrollment in the early days of his tenure. In the 1999-2000 season, Donovan led the team to the semi-finals for the first time, but lost to Michigan State led by the legendary coach Tom Izzo in the final, regrettably missed the championship.

Until 2006, this team ushered in the most prominent time in history.

(End of this chapter)