NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 111: 111 Draft, Joint Tryouts Help the Boss Select Players
After 1 days.

The theater at Madison Square Garden in New York was bustling with activity.

The management of all 30 teams in the league are here watching the joint tryouts of hundreds of rookies.

Two days later, the 2 NBA Draft will be held at this venue, and this draft will be broadcast live by the American ESPN TV station to 2008 countries and regions around the world.

When Jiang Ming arrived at the scene, he was welcomed in by Burks and sat in the stands, surrounded by a group of men in suits.

This is quite rare. Normally, fans sit here, but these days, scouts and management staff are sitting in these seats.

Larry and McGowan nodded to Jiang Ming when they saw him coming. McGowan also handed Jiang Ming a thick document in his hand:

"Here are the profiles of the players below. If you like any of them, you can take a look at their profiles. Of course, you can also ask me directly."

The joint tryout usually lasts for half a day, so there is plenty of time for everyone to study each rookie participating in the tryout, and they can even go to the venue to chat with the rookies and touch their muscles.

Jiang Ming took a quick look and found that there were the fewest people from the Celtics management today, with only two scouts present.

I guess the others have all gone to the championship parade. It doesn't matter who is chosen this time. Their original championship lineup will play for at least another 2-3 years, and there are new stars like Rondo who can be trained.

The ranking is so low, so I don’t pay much attention to it.

The players who came to participate in the joint tryouts were not big enough. Jiang Ming looked around and saw that there were two full-court fields and two half-court fields where players were playing 2V2 training matches. It was so crowded.

There were also two halves that tested each player's shooting, speed, dunking, jumping and other abilities, which was very noisy.

However, the popular players Rose, Beasley, Mayo, Westbrook, Kevin Love and international player Gallinari did not come.

Because these predicted top 10 rookies have basically been booked, there is no need to come.

The Trail Blazers, who have the 15th pick in the first round and the 42nd pick in the second round, are worth a try.

The 15th pick is at the end of the lottery, and if you choose well, you can find a treasure.

"Come, let me take a look."

Jiang Ming also knew that this was a big project. After all, the team scouts already knew the players below, but he had just met these rookies, so he simply sat down a little further down to watch the players' athletic performances carefully.

When he walked down the stairs, many managers looked at this tall, handsome and magical team doctor with eyes filled with envy and jealousy.

A few young scouts came up to him and wanted to take a photo, but Jiang Ming said he was at work and excused them, saying they could take a photo and chat after the tryout was over.

The main thing is that Jiang Ming is now a completely innocent super doctor. There may have been some negative news before that he treated his opponents, but now with the Celtics winning the championship, all the labels such as "Kobe fan", "Lakers fan" and "spy" have disappeared at once.

Is there anyone who still says that he helps Bynum?
A doctor just does what he is supposed to do. It is normal for him to be paid and earn extra money as the team doctor of the Trail Blazers.

And now he is helping the Trail Blazers select rookies. How dedicated is that?
The bosses all shed tears when they saw it. How many team doctors came to watch the rookies?
At most, he is a trainer. Like Jiang Ming, Jiang Ming is the only director of the medical department who comes to see the rookies in person.

Rockets president Daryl Morey and Bucks president shed tears of regret, they were so unwilling to accept that.

In this season's playoffs, two teams used Jiang Ming as their team doctor. One team lost 3-4 to the Lakers until Game 4, and the other team won the championship 2-.
This is more than just a coincidence.

This definitely has something to do with him!
Morey is getting fed up with the bosses now. They are saying that if Jiang Ming continues to be in the Rockets, Yao Ming won't be so tired, McGrady's congenital spondylitis will probably be cured, and Scola will be more athletic.
Maybe the Rockets will play against the Celtics in the finals.

And if Jiang Ming was in the Rockets at that time, the Celtics would be without Jiang Ming, and they might even take the Celtics down!
Morey has no way to express his grievances, so he is now in conflict with the Rockets medical team and even wants to get Mary's salary back. This crazy woman is the instigator. He has selectively ignored the problems between himself and Chief Thomas.
It would be fine if Jiang Ming was in the Bucks, but the Bucks are still far from the playoffs.

But the Bucks president discovered one thing these days, that is, many rookies want to go to the Trail Blazers!
Whether it is interviews or their own secret communications, many capable rookies feel more comfortable going to the Trail Blazers. The reason for this is because Jiang Ming’s medical skills are excellent and will keep their careers healthy.

Health is the primary productive force. Even if the rookies don’t understand this, their agents will understand it.

Therefore, their 15th pick is still very popular, and many rookies are vying to contact the Trail Blazers.

The main thing is that not only the team medical team is great, but the players are also great. They played with the Lakers to a Game 7 and almost lost in the 8th. The rookies are all fantasizing that they can lead the Trail Blazers to take off after joining.

Of course, the Blazers also hope that their team can take off after the addition of new players.

Jiang Ming was quite looking forward to it. It felt great to be a scout, just like a gold miner, who might just strike it rich.

Everyone knows that old things never smell as good as new ones.

Just like men, no one is always 18, but there are always people who like to be 18 forever.

The NBA relies on the annual draft to complete the change of dynasties. If the rookie is chosen well, he can be a regular lover. If he is not chosen well, he can be a one-night stand and will be discarded if he is not satisfied.

And the team is a ruthless scumbag. When the veteran players reach middle age, they will decisively "divorce" and promote the beautiful and capable San'er to take over.

Don’t say that sitting can absorb dirt. In any industry, young people are always more energetic!

Jiang Ming took notes one by one:

"This Eric Gordon looks solid, okay, but the Clippers want him? Then the draft pick will be high."

"Augustine is a bit thin and has short calves. He is not suitable for high-intensity exercise."

"Brook Lopez is fine. As long as he doesn't jump around, his career should be quite long. But he looks a little soft."

"Speights is a little short, the Trail Blazers probably don't want him." Jiang Ming flipped through his notes. Indeed, this bald Speights was not what the Trail Blazers wanted, otherwise he would be okay.

"McGee's body is too explosive"

"Courtney Lee, George Hill, Batum."

Jiang Ming was dazzled by the sight, and after looking through them all, he found that basically all of them checked the boxes. Judging from the physical attributes alone, there was no difference in those trying out here.

But think about it, if anyone can still come here for tryouts a few days before the draft, then they definitely have a chance of being selected, and their overall qualities in all aspects must not be bad.

After all, they are all rookies around 20 years old, and their physical conditions are incomparable to the players he had seen in the free market before.

so.
How to choose this?
There are very few players with glass attributes. Do we have to choose the one with the best physique?

But Jiang Ming didn't know their predicted ranking, so did he really have to read such a thick stack of information?

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at the Trail Blazers management, wanting to call a scout down to have a chat.

But he did make eye contact with Larry.

"I am coming!"

"Row."

The two of them completed their communication with just this one sentence.

After seeing Jiang Ming taking notes so seriously, Larry Miller stopped chatting with his friends and stood up, went downstairs to find Jiang Ming and asked:

"How is it? Is it hard to choose?"

"Yes, there are too many factors to consider, such as position and height. There are not many players with glass attributes. It mainly depends on what we need."

"Haha, so the draft is also a test for us. You haven't seen the live draft. The hardest part is when the player you like is selected. You have to make many plans."

"Then I'd like to take a look." "All is fine, but let's make a list first."

"List?"

"Well, at this point we usually use the simplest method to select players. We first think about which position we want players for, not only those who are here now, but also all the members of this year's rookies discovered by our scouts.

Then we look at the rookies who play this position, and then we rank them one by one according to our preferences. When the previous ones are selected, we just choose the next ones, so there won’t be any confusion. ”

Jiang Ming gave him a thumbs up: "This is called professionalism. I understand what you mean."

What Larry meant was that all the players the Trail Blazers wanted were in his mind, and combined with Jiang Ming's opinion, they were ranked together.

This is the best way, just like selecting people in the free market at that time, talking to the president eliminates the trouble of middlemen passing messages.

Larry Miller and Jiang Ming continued chatting:
The current main force of the Trail Blazers is:

Defender: White Chocolate + Blake

Shooting guard: Roy + Rudy Fernandez, who will be the main training target in the future
Small forward: Maggette + James Jones

Power forward: Aldridge + Channing Frye
Center: Oden + Big White Bear

There are 10 main players rotating, and there are exactly two players in each position, which is quite balanced.

It is certainly enough in the playoffs, but the lineup depth must be deeper in the regular season.

Because the team is so evenly balanced, we can't afford to have any one injured. Injuries always occur during the regular season. Even if there are no injuries, there will be selective resting of players from time to time.

(Note: Resting means taking turns to rest. During the regular season, many strong teams will choose to arrange rest for their main players in turn when they have a good record, so that the players can be healthy in the playoffs. The Spurs are the founder of resting.)
Larry continued his analysis:
"From our current lineup, point guard is what we lack the most. What do you think?"

"Agree."

Of course Jiang Ming knew that Larry was referring to white chocolate.

Judging from this year's playoffs, White Chocolate does seem to be running out of steam. Although there is nothing wrong with his body, he may not be as motivated as the youngsters. After all, he has won the championship, and most of the time he just plays mediocrely and no longer has the flashy feel of the Kings period.

When a point guard loses this spirituality and becomes a pure ball-controller, he will definitely be inferior to his superiors.

Mainly because there is not enough white chocolate.

For a veteran of his age, no matter how weak his athletic ability is, as long as he has experience and a stable killer move like mid-range shots and three-pointers, he will have a place in any team.

But he has neither three-point shooting nor speed, so he will definitely be eliminated after his contract expires. Don't talk about feelings, this is the reality of the jungle in the NBA.

And in fact, Blake can't do it either.

He is a little too thin. He is fine as a backup point guard, but as a starting point guard, his defensive efficiency is the lowest among all players in every game, which means he can only play as a substitute to hide his weaknesses.

Jiang Ming mainly looks at the trends in the alliance.

Look at the point guards of this class as well as those of the Lakers and Celtics. They are increasingly leaning towards two-way guards, such as Shannon Brown and Rondo. Which one of them can't run and jump?

Especially this year's rookies, the explosive Derrick Rose and Westbrook were both good at controlling the ball, breaking through, making three-pointers and blocking shots in college.

Rose was so exaggerated that he blocked the big center's dunks several times.

Therefore, the future trend of basketball may be that point guards will become more and more integrated in offense and defense, and passing is just one of their weapons.

Take the Spurs' Tony Parker for example, he has changed in this season's playoffs, he has taken more mid-range shots, which shows that the old strong team has also noticed the changes in the point guard position and started to make point guards more versatile.

On the contrary, point guards like Nash and Kidd will become fewer and fewer.

"Okay, let's pick the point guard first."

Because you never know who will be left out and who will be selected first, the two were ranked one by one according to the level of this year's point guards and their physical abilities.

The first place is undoubtedly Derrick Rose.

Then came Russell Westbrook.

DJ Augustine
George Hill.

"Wait, this George Hill isn't in good health."

When it came to predicting the players who would be selected by the Spurs, Jiang Ming put a cross on it.

"What?"

"His upper body is strong enough, but his lower body is very thin. According to the gym, he has the typical body type of a person who works out but doesn't train his legs."

"But playing basketball still requires legs."

"Yes, that's why his height data in the physical test is not so good. His upper body is heavy and his lower body is light. If he really plays in the NBA, he will get plantar fasciitis from time to time."

"What if you train your legs regularly?"

"It's useless, unless we don't use him at all next season?"

Jiang Ming said that unless he stopped playing basketball, it would not be easy to train his legs if he was still participating in basketball games. After all, this part was the most difficult to train and was also the part that everyone hated and was most afraid of.

Not to mention during tiring competitions.

"Yeah, let's pass him then. There are only so many good point guards in the first round."

"I think we can add a dark, thick and tough striker."

At this moment, McGowan, the vice president in charge of scouting, sat next to them and pointed to the power forward position.

"Power forward? Rim-protecting type?"

"Yes, a defensive player. I think this is what we should pick in the first round. We can pick a point guard in the second round and slowly train him. At least White Chocolate can last for one season."

"Yes, from a fan's perspective, I also feel that Aldridge and Channing Frye both play from the outside. They are both good shooters on offense, but a little weak on defense."

Jiang Ming nodded. As expected of a professional scout, this suggestion really touched the hearts of fans like Jiang Ming.

What he said was quite euphemistic. To put it bluntly, the two power forwards on the team are a bit soft, neither the violent jumping guys nor the heavy tanks.

It won’t work if we just rely on Oden and the Big White Bear to protect the inside.

Fans still like to see power forwards block shots and dunks, and power forwards have more opportunities because they play aggressively.

If Yi Jianlian was not still on his rookie contract, Jiang Ming really thinks Yi Jianlian is quite suitable.

Even though he is very accurate in shooting, he is really hard when he gets hard.

The playing style of A-Lin and Bosh of the Raptors is exactly what Jiang Ming dreams of the team's power forward playing style!!!

Who do you think the Trail Blazers will choose?
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