king of defenders

Chapter 184
San Antonio, Texas.

A car came to the AT&T Center Arena, home of the Spurs, and Kenny Jefferson and his assistant Tommy Fried got out of the car.

The two walked towards the AT&T Center Arena, and Tommy asked: "Boss, do you really want to recommend Meng Yun to the Spurs? Although I like him quite a bit, frankly, I don't think he can play in the NBA."

"Of course he can't now, but it doesn't mean he won't be able to in the future." Kenny Jefferson laughed: "And I have to correct one point, I'm not recommending to the Spurs, I'm just recommending to Coach Popovich."

"What's the difference?" Tommy spread his hands.

Kenny Jefferson smiled without answering, and walked forward. The two came to the door, explained their purpose to the security guard, and then someone came out to greet them and brought them into the AT&T Center Arena.

Soon, the two came to the office of Spurs coach Popovich.

"Kenny." Popovich smiled and stood up.

"Coach Popovich." Kenny Jefferson and Popovich shook hands. The two were very familiar. Although there was a slight age difference, they were friends.

Tommy also shook hands with Popovich. The three of them were familiar with each other, and there was no extra politeness. Popovich greeted the two of them and sat down on the sofa.

Someone brings coffee.

Popovich was the first to speak: "Kenny, how's your time going? Last time you came here because of Jarrell Martin's affairs, who is worth coming here in person this time?"

Hearing this, Tommy looked at Jefferson.

Jefferson nodded, and Tommy took a folder from his briefcase and put it on the coffee table.

"This is a document, I hope you can read it first." When it came to work, Jefferson became serious and said meticulously: "He is the purpose of my visit this time, and he is a good young man."

"Oh?" Popovich frowned.

Kenny Jefferson doesn't live in San Antonio, or even in Texas, and while he's a Spurs scout, he's actually not just a Spurs scout, but plays for several teams at the same time, and even Including some teams in the Development League.So under normal circumstances Jefferson will not come to San Antonio.If he comes, there must be something important. Popovich still remembers that the last time he came, it was for Jarrell Martin.

That's a very good guy. If he participates in the draft, he has a chance to enter the first round.

"Let me take a look first." Popovich picked up the folder. Inside was a document, which contained a series of basic information such as the player's name, age, height, and school attended. In addition, there were some technical characteristics of the player, Analysis of physical fitness, including some game data, photos, etc.
Seeing the player's name, Popovich frowned and said in surprise, "Meng-yun, is he Chinese?"

"Yes." Jefferson nodded.

Popovich was noncommittal, and continued to read. When he saw Meng Yun's data at Davidson College, he let out a surprise and became interested.

After 10 minutes, Popovich put down the file, looked at Kenny Jefferson, and said, "Kenny, this Chinese guy named Meng Yun looks good, his statistics are not bad, and it can be seen that he has been He's improving. I can tell you think highly of him, but forgive me for asking, is he really that good?"

Jefferson said: "Yes, he is very good. If you have watched his game, you will like him as much as I do. Although he is Chinese, his physical fitness is very good, even surpassing many of his age. Black player. It’s unbelievable, but it’s true, there’s a picture of him dunking on the profile, and you can see, he bounces really well.”

"Hehe." Popovich said with a smile: "Playing basketball is not just about jumping high."

"I know." Jefferson also smiled, but his tone was serious, "Coach Popovich, I am very optimistic about this young man, he is really different."

"Is it different?" Popovich pondered for a moment, picked up the information and looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "He is indeed a bit different, very different from the young Chinese players we have seen in the past. He can Davidson College averaged more than ten points per game, which is not something ordinary people can do. What's more, he is a defender." He paused for a while, and said with a half-smile: "But Kenny, with his current Strength, not enough to play in the NBA, right?"

From Popovich's tone, Jefferson knew that Coach Popovich was interested in Meng Yun.

He knows Popovich very well. If it is a player who is not interested, Popovich will not say so much at all.Another point is that Popovich is different from others. For some other coaches, he may be prejudiced when he sees that Meng Yun is a Chinese player, not to mention that Meng Yun is still a defender.

But Popovich is different. If Meng Yun is a big insider, he may not be interested, but because Meng Yun is a guard, he will be interested instead.

Since Popovich is interested, that's enough.

Jefferson said with a smile: "Yes, his current strength is not enough to play in the NBA, but I think he has such potential. After one or two more years of training in the NCAA, his strength will improve. But until then, I'm afraid there are only a lot of teams paying attention to him. I think we should grab it."

Popovich thought about it, and said: "You are right. Well, you can get in touch with him first. If the time is right, I will go to watch his game live."

Jefferson smiled and agreed.

Coming out of the AT&T Center, Tommy was in disbelief.

The boss would be interested in Meng Yun. I didn't expect that Coach Popovich would be interested, and even planned to watch Meng Yun's game live.

What is the charm of this Chinese young man?
Tommy asked Jefferson, and Jefferson smiled and said: "You still underestimate Meng Yun, his potential is even greater than you imagined. I asked you to sort out Meng Yun's information, don't you see something? What? In the past few months, he has made great progress, almost every game will have some improvement. From only a few points to more than a dozen points, in the last game he even fought against Werner Luo Deni also had the upper hand in matchups, scoring 26 points in the game."

Tommy's expression changed slightly.

Jefferson said again: "Let me ask you, have you seen this kind of progress in other players?"

"No." Tommy shook his head.

"That's it." Jefferson said: "Some people are born different. They can do things that people can't do, and they can subvert people's cognition. And Meng Yun is such a person .Tommy, you should not be influenced by so-called 'common sense'. Meng Yun is a Chinese and a defender, but he is very different. Maybe others will despise him because he is a Chinese, but we as Scouts never do that."

Tommy was shocked and said, "I remember!"

(End of this chapter)