no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 75 The Jersey Number
"This is the general manager of the Bulls, Gar Forman." Schwartz introduced.

Hearing Schwartz's words, Xu Yong turned his attention to the person he hadn't seen before.

In his forties, with a long face, a double chin, and a bald forehead, he looks like a middle-aged man.

Xu Yong has never met Foreman, but he has heard of Foreman's name. He is the most well-known general manager of the Bulls except for the legendary Bulls general manager Jerry Krause.

Foreman has worked in the Bulls for 22 years, and his greatest achievement is to build the iron-blooded Bulls around Rose. If it weren't for Rose's injury, he could have achieved a career.

However, in his impression, Foreman's reputation was not very good. When he left office, fans took to the streets to celebrate.

Of course, after Foreman left office, the Bulls did not get better. On the contrary, the situation went from bad to worse, and it became a problem to make the playoffs. This shows that they still have business capabilities.

He extended his hand to the other party very formally: "Hello, Mr. Foreman, nice to meet you."

Foreman smiled and shook hands with Xu Yong, his face was very kind.

"Do you know how much we paid for choosing you?" After shaking hands, Foreman asked proudly.

Xu Yong shook his head. Although he knew that the price must be high, he really only knew the fifth pick and a future first round.

"John Salmons, Tyrus Thomas, two starters from last season, a future first-round pick, and we got two junk contracts," Foreman explained.

"So that's the case." Xu Yong suddenly realized, but then he said seriously, "I think you made a decision that can change the history of the team."

Foreman was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and couldn't help but burst out laughing after thinking about it.

Although he only became the general manager this year, he has worked for the Bulls for 11 years, most of which he has been doing scouting work.

He has seen many newcomers, but this is the first time he has seen a confident newcomer like Xu Yong.

But this convinced him that what De Nagro told him was true, because only this kind of guy would dare to talk trash to Jordan in a one-on-one match.

Of course, it also made him more convinced that his choice against all opinions was correct.

"I'm looking forward to the backcourt chemistry between you and Rose." Foreman said with anticipation after he put away his smile.

Xu Yong smiled and nodded.

Foreman didn't have time to think about it until he reminded him, but when he said this, he remembered the scene when he played against Rose in the championship last year.

Who would have thought that the opponent at that time would soon become a teammate.

At that time, Rose took the initiative to bump shoulders with him after the game, and it seemed that there was something in the dark.

And because he recalled that game, he also remembered that he opened the door to a new world that day.

In other words, if he is on the same team as Rose, he can learn from Rose's change of direction without slowing down? !
Foreman didn't chat with Xu Yong for too long, because the Bulls' draft is still going on.

In addition to the second pick, they have two picks in this year's draft, one is the 16th pick and the other is the 26th pick.

As soon as Xu Yong separated from Foreman, someone was waiting for him over there.

On draft night, he is destined to be busy.

"Director Zhang." Xu Yong took the initiative and greeted each other cordially after seeing the other party this time.

Waiting for him at this moment is the legendary Weiping Bryant.

Next to him is also an acquaintance, Yang Yi who wanted to interview him last year but was rejected by him.

"Congratulations, Xiao Xu, you are the second place. I jumped up excitedly at the commentary booth." Zhang Weiping will soon be in his sixties, but the way he speaks is the same as his commentary style. What stands out is a real .

"Thank you, Director Zhang. It's a pity that I didn't become the champion, otherwise our country would have two champions." Xu Yong said with a smile.

Zhang Weiping laughed out loud when he heard the words, Xu Yong and Yao Ming are both very humorous.

Yang Yi was also smiling apologetically at the side.

Although Xu Yong's rejection made him very unhappy at the beginning, but now that Xu Yong was directly selected as the second pick, those unhappy feelings have long been overshadowed.

This is the reality of society, he wants to make a living, Xu Yong, the new cash cow that he sees with the naked eye, he has no choice but to curry favor with.

After a short exchange, the cameras over there added up, and then there was an interview program.

The content, in addition to interviewing him about his feeling of being elected as before, there is also a very special interview, mainly about his life and experience in the United States.

Because there were not many reports about him before, and then he suddenly won the NCAA championship and was elected second place. The blank period in the middle is the best news material.

Xu Yong recalled the past during Zhang Weiping's question and Yang Yi's apologetic smile.

That is, this interview inadvertently revealed his career planning over the past few years.

His basketball path is very different from before his rebirth.

Before being reborn, he played high school in the United States for a year, mainly improving his physical fitness, that is, his core and explosive power.

After returning to China, he was trained as the core of the team and became a swingman with the ball.

He has shown a very good talent, but in fact, a lot of problems have been exposed.

The biggest of them is that, like Harden, he makes many mistakes.

To put it bluntly, in addition to passing talent, the offense with the ball is more important than the offensive threat. Using your own offensive threat, you can score directly, or attract help defenses to create points for your teammates.

If your offensive threat is not big enough, or your offensive skills are not comprehensive enough to be targeted, it is easy to kill the ball, and the turnover rate will naturally be high.

This will be more pronounced on swingmen, because they have short touches and need to make choices in a short period of time.

Of course, except for a very few privileged players, it is not a point guard doing the job of a point guard, that is another dimension of content.

In order to avoid the problems before rebirth, he adjusted the direction of evolution. In addition to first improving his physical confrontation to the quasi-NBA level, he gave priority to training shooting instead of directly training the ball.

In terms of results, his choice was very successful.

This not only allows him to avoid the problem of grabbing the ball with others as soon as he enters the NCAA, but also allows him to truly possess the three threats of rushing, shooting and passing after his control is improved, which is the core of the ball in the eyes of scouts. potential.

This is equivalent to laying a solid foundation. What he needs to do after entering the NBA is to constantly enrich his offensive methods and make himself a true offensive kaleidoscope. At that time, he can become McGrady, Kobe That kind of top-notch swingman.

After the interview, Zhang Weiping asked Xu Yong a small question.

Although the problem is small, it is also of great concern to the fans.

"What size are you going to wear when you get to the Bulls?"

Xu Yong wears No. 23 in the NCAA. If he is selected by the Grizzlies or other teams, he can continue to wear this number.

But the Bulls definitely can't, that number only belongs to Jordan.

So changing the number is imperative.

Xu Yong hadn't had time to think about this question before, but when Zhang Weiping asked, he immediately had an answer in his mind.

"Number 6, I should choose that number."

"Can you tell us why?" Zhang Weiping asked curiously.

"Because 2 times 3 equals 6."

Zhang Weiping was taken aback by Xu Yong's answer, but he immediately smiled and said: "Just kidding, six means success in our country, Liu Ding Liu Jia, Liu Yi, Liu Bu, Liu Wei, etc. I hope my NBA Life can go well, that’s all.”

Zhang Weiping laughed out loud when he heard this.

Speaking of No. 6, the most famous player in NBA history is "Lord of the Rings" Russell.

So he quickly remembered Xu Yong's photo with Russell before.

Although Xu Yong's choice of No. 6 is not directly related to Russell, it is indeed a kind of fate.

"Ah!"

At this time, James, who had just finished training, took a photo and uploaded it to social media, and wrote "The King's Daily Day", broke through and sneezed.

　The main content of this chapter of the draft is over. It should be regarded as the most natural book among my books. The earliest foreshadowing of the Bulls was that Rose eliminated Xu Yong in the first season, and then Jordan went to watch it in the second season. The North Carolina game, and the better part than the previous book is that the sense of anticipation is still there after the selection, because since 2010, the Bulls have been pressing the Heat's Big Three in the regular season, against James, and what is the Bulls' regret caused by Rose's injury Yes, in short, if you feel good, you can help Amway to other readers, thank you in advance~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)