NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 182: Danny Green

In fact, after Jiang Ming saw the bigwigs around old Dell, he realized why he directly mentioned New York.

This is the benefit of having a good father to lead the way.

Maybe it is because of this that Curry lets him hear news related to it from time to time.

The 16 years that Dell played in the NBA have broadened his horizons much more than ordinary people. There are 82 games in the NBA a year, with half of them being home and half being away. Just tell me, is there any place in the United States that he has not been to?

Some rookies from poor families wish that their draft picks would be as high as possible, because the salary of a rookie would increase by about $30 for each higher draft pick.
But old Curry doesn't care about these small things at all. What he values ​​is the long-term planning for the future.

What is long-term planning? Dell's plan was to go to a big city. Only by playing in a big city can he be exposed. As long as he plays well, he will get countless flashes, praise, applause, and super-large endorsement contracts.

Before this year's draft, Curry had long been considered a top-10 player. Among the top-10 teams, there were only two big cities: the Los Angeles Clippers, who had the No. 1 pick and were eagerly waiting for Griffin, and the New York Knicks, who had the No. 8 pick.

So old Dell could only tell the media that he wanted to go to the Knicks.

Of course, the above is just old Dell’s wishful thinking. The main thing is, what do the ten teams holding the top ten picks think?
Just like the New York Knicks, although they seem to have close contact with Curry's team, they have never said they will choose Curry.

The rules of the NBA draft mean that no matter how you shout, it will be useless, just like Yi Jianlian clearly stated that he did not want to go to the Bucks and did not try out for the Bucks but was still selected by the Bucks.

A team with a high draft pick can easily select any unselected rookie it wants and have the right to use him or her for the first 3-5 years of his or her career.

So Jiang Ming was not really worried about what the old guy was saying, it was useless.

In Jiang Ming's opinion, this is very suitable for the current Trail Blazers.

He has a perfect resume and an unstoppable three-point shooting ability. After he comes over, we will help him build muscle appropriately and change his landing method after shooting to avoid the risk of injury after stepping on his feet. If we can choose him, it will definitely be a treasure in this weak year of the draft.

So when Dr. Thomas Carter, the sun doctor, suddenly appeared beside Jiang Ming, Jiang Ming also practiced Tai Chi.

Jiang Ming didn't know when he came over, and suddenly said:
"Hey, Jiang, you're here too?" Thomas Carter is a middle-aged man with short blond hair. He looks ordinary, but he was the best team doctor last year and a big shot in NASA. He and Jiang Ming have been on par with each other in the past two years.

"You should be here too?"

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "Has the Suns started copying the Trail Blazers' test paper?"

Are they also following their own team's example and sending team doctors to observe the rookies?
You have to know that Jiang Ming is not here to conduct the inspection as a team doctor. He is the vice president and is in charge of the draft.

"Oh, I forgot you're already a shareholder of the Trail Blazers, but I'm sure I'll have time to come. The Suns are basically out of the playoffs, so let's look forward to the next season."

"So which player are you looking at?"

"Curry, take over Nash. Dragic on your team last year was also good, but you took him in the second round."

"Curry? Curry is just average."

"How to say?"

"I just took notes. Let me show you."

Jiang Ming took out the words he had just recorded to fool other management or scouts, because as long as everyone thinks that the Trail Blazers will not select him and thinks he is very ordinary, there is actually a high probability that he will fall down in the draft.

As long as the draft pick drops, Jiang Ming will definitely make the choice given his current say in the Trail Blazers!
Last year he assisted Larry Miller in ranking the rookies to be selected. This year he thinks Curry should be in the T0 tier in his mind. In addition, DeRozan has a very mature technical and tactical style apart from his personality, which is also good when combined with the predicted ranking.

"Oh, I'll be disrespectful then!"

Thomas Carter thought Jiang Ming was young and therefore innocent, so he quickly took it and took a look.

After all, who doesn’t know that Jiang Ming helped the Trail Blazers recruit a lot of good talents last year?

As for trades and rookies, to be honest, Thomas Carter himself has no interest in either of these.

But this time, the president and the boss ordered him to come to the NCAA and give some suggestions, so he had no choice but to come and watch the college students' game. But in fact, not every team doctor is interested in recruiting new players. He felt that the NCAA was just a bunch of kids playing, and it was boring.

For him, the attraction of this kind of competition is not as great as chatting with Jiang Ming about sports medicine and finding out why this Chinese genius is so amazing.

And now that Jiang Ming has taken the initiative to leak his notes, I have to take a look at them.

The advantages that Jiang Ming wrote for Curry were: he is currently the best point guard in the NCAA, can score, pass, has good off-ball movement awareness, has a high shooting efficiency, three-point shooting is his label, and has an underestimated competitive spirit.

Old Tai Chi, first use your advantages to attract this Thomas Carter and feel that Jiang Ming admires him very much.

Then the shortcomings were another heavy blow.

Disadvantages: mediocre physical fitness, below average running and jumping ability, short height, weak strength. It is questionable whether he can handle the intensity of the NBA level.

Although he averages 2.9 steals per game on the defensive end, his defensive efficiency is not ideal. He has no way to limit himself when facing speed or power guards, and he likes to gamble on steals.

In addition, at the end of Jiang Ming’s scouting report on Curry, there was a sentence that was circled: "He likes to take unreasonable shots and is prone to mistakes."

This is what it feels like. After seeing this sentence, Thomas Carter shook his head subconsciously. He knew that his head coach D'Antoni didn't like players who made unreasonable shots.

D'Antoni's eight-second fast break system prefers players who can pass the ball quickly, so he uses Nash so well.

"Thank you, you did a very professional job."

"No, I still need to adapt."

After that, the two chatted about sports medicine, but it was all superficial. No one would speak from the heart when they met for the first time. They just talked about the overall industry environment, new equipment and so on.

Dr. Carter wanted to test Jiang Ming's physical therapy theory. Jiang Ming wanted to know what Carter was doing at NASA and what high-tech technology he had, but he obviously wouldn't tell him.

However, Jiang Ming also indirectly promoted Lawson and Hansbrough off the court through his words, which led to Carter, the miracle doctor, really reporting to these two people when he returned and asked them to go to the Suns for a tryout.

"Our team's draft pick is predicted to be 20 and beyond, so we can only look at the players behind us."

"Okay, Director Jiang is indeed worthy of his reputation. He is a genius in everything he does."

"Dr. Carter, you have also benefited the local people and reduced the risks of surgery for athletes."

The Trail Blazers scout next to him had a smug look on his face, thinking, aren't you talking about our veterinarians?

Now the Suns' doctor took the initiative to approach them, and the Suns also copied the Trail Blazers' practice of letting the team doctor examine the players. It was really funny, and it was like the opposite of the heavens. This shows that the Trail Blazers' management and team doctors have really stood up in the past two years! With the departure of Dr. Carter, the game was over.

78:69
The University of North Carolina easily defeated Davidson College. Curry scored the highest score in the game with 23 points, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds, including 12 of 5 three-pointers. The three-pointer is indeed his regular weapon.

Facts have proved that watching a game while working still makes one not fully immersed in the game. It may also be related to where Jiang Ming was sitting. The fans in front of him stood up from time to time, and there was no security to manage them. He also had to write something from time to time, so the game looked very fragmented.

"Let's go and contact Curry and Lawson on the other side. Let's try both."

Jiang Ming quickly patted the scout on the shoulder and they stood up together. The most critical task was to be done next.

Because Jiang Ming is the only Trail Blazers management staff member attending this game, as the vice president, he naturally has to come forward to invite the players, and he is the only one qualified to represent the Trail Blazers here.

Otherwise, if scouts want to invite rookies for individual tryouts, they have to report in advance and wait for management's approval before they can invite them. However, usually the management will go there personally and invite the selected players to go for individual tryouts.

Even senior scouts rarely invite players to try out with the team themselves. Writing reports is too troublesome. It is better to ask the management to come and take a look in person. Anyway, the draft cycle is very long.

Why are individual tryouts so strict? Because individual tryouts are also very troublesome. The main reason is that the NBA draft will be held shortly after the end of the finals. This timing means that the tryouts of each team and the subsequent joint tryouts organized by the league must be held during the regular season and playoffs.

Players who try out individually are usually those that the team is very optimistic about. Usually, 1-5 rookies are scheduled together. Moreover, it is not just the scouts who watch them on site. They also have to schedule appointments with the manager, the coaching staff, and even the team's top stars.

Therefore, the outside world knows that the players who have been tried out individually are almost the ones that the team wants to select. After all, they have already come to the team's territory. If they are interested in them, they can arrange all kinds of things such as verbal agreements, meals, chatting, and sex, and they can become friends in advance.

For example, James Harden, I heard that he is now in love with Durant and Westbrook of the Thunder, and he runs to Oklahoma City from time to time. In addition, Oklahoma City has a high probability of having the top 3 pick, so Harden is essentially reserved by the Thunder.

Therefore, Jiang Ming is also preparing to call a few players to try out with the Trail Blazers. The main purpose of individual tryouts is to allow executives, coaches, and analysts to see what the rookie is like before making the final decision at the draft.

"OK!"

The two of them did not hesitate and walked towards the court with their bags. No one stopped them and they ran directly to the court smoothly.

Unlike the NBA, after these college games, the players and fans don't leave. They don't immediately go to the player tunnel or prepare for a press conference or anything like that. The game is over and it's not so commercial.

Fans can even come down from the audience seats to chat and take photos with the players. Of course, this is also because most of these fans are the players’ relatives, friends, classmates, and good friends.

When Jiang Ming and his companion arrived on the court, they found that Lawson, Curry and others were surrounded and a group of people were chatting with them.

James was even high-fiving Curry and chatting privately about something.

Jiang Ming naturally would not disturb them directly. Instead, he saw Danny Green who was alone in the corner wiping his body with a towel.

Alone means that there is no man in a suit around him.

So Jiang Ming turned around and went to the bench to find Danny Green who was chatting with his family.

"Hey, Danny, good fight."

丹尼格林今天10分5篮板2助攻1抢断1盖帽，可以说全面，但也可以说中庸。

"Wow, Dr. Jiang Ming!"

Danny Green was stunned for a moment when he saw the person coming, then he quickly went up to shake hands and hug him:
"Hello, hello!!! I didn't expect you to come to North Carolina. I've heard of you for a long time! Do you want me to call my teammates to come and say hello to you?"

After saying that, Danny Green quickly wanted to call his teammates to come over and recognize the great doctor. As professional athletes, it would not be a bad thing for them to be polite to such a sports medicine miracle doctor and establish a good impression.

"No, no, I just came to see you. To make a long story short, are you free to come to our Trail Blazers for a one-on-one tryout?"

After Jiang Ming said this, the boy's eyes turned red:
"Really? Thank you so much!!! I've been working hard in college for four years just for this moment! I will seize this opportunity for a solo tryout!"

Danny Green was too excited. Compared with his teammates, he had very few opportunities to be called for individual tryouts. So his agency arranged an individual tryout for him with the Cavaliers, but there was no news after the tryout and no one contacted him.

He still remembers James' indifferent look at that time, and he even refused to take a photo with him. He was also there today, but unfortunately Danny Green still failed to prove himself in front of him.

Unlike Jiang Ming in front of him, the vice president of the Trail Blazers came down and found himself first!

He is also the team's chief doctor! A super doctor!
My teammates don’t even have this treatment!
"Well, I also think you are a player with an unyielding character and play as a team. Keep up the hard work and I wish you win the championship."

Jiang Ming smiled and patted him on the back, also imitating the management's rhetoric. It was quite cool. No wonder so many players wanted to be general managers after retiring. It felt different.

"Definitely, basketball as a team sport is all about the team."

Danny Green kept bending slightly and politely responded to Jiang Ming. The family members behind him didn't dare to make a sound, but their eyes were full of surprise. Could it be that the Trail Blazers took a fancy to Danny Green?

It seems not all
Because Jiang Ming said immediately afterwards:
"Um, could you please call Lawson over for me?"

"no problem!"

It might be a bit abrupt for Jiang Ming to interrupt the conversation between Lawson and others, but it was no problem for captain Danny Green to step in, and he picked up Lawson in an instant.

He naturally knew what Jiang Ming wanted to do with Lawson, and he also wanted to give him a chance for a one-on-one tryout!

Indeed, after Lawson came, Jiang Ming also asked the scouts around him to add their contact information and contact them to arrange the tryout time.

"Thank you, Dr. Jiang!"

"Thank you!! Arrived on time!"

Lawson was not that excited because he had already known from his agent that the Trail Blazers' draft pick was not very high, and he had already tried out with several lottery-level teams.

So even if the Trail Blazers like him, they may not be able to select him.

But he will go anyway, even if it's just for the captain:

"When we train together, my performance will definitely be worse than yours, which will increase your chances of being noticed."

After Jiang Ming left, Lawson said to Danny Green in his ear.

Danny Green shook his head firmly:
"No need, Dr. Jiang and the others will be able to see it, just try out normally, I will work hard to get a stepping stone to the NBA with my own strength!!!"

(End of this chapter)