The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 Except for the coach of the Trojans of the University of Southern California basketball team, Henry Bibby has a better known identity, that is, the father of Kings point guard Mike Bibby. It’s just that the relationship between Mike Bibby and his father is not good, because old Henry separated from his wife as early as 1985. Mike Bibby and other brothers live with his mother. Henry rarely visits them. Between father and son Almost a stranger.

When Mike Bibby showed outstanding basketball talent in high school, and old Henry wanted his son to study and play basketball at the University of Southern California where he coached, Mike Bibby refused without hesitation. Instead, he went to the University of Arizona—— And the University of Southern California is in the same area as the rival of the Pacific Alliance. The bad relationship between father and son is evident.

　　 Henry didn't care about this. Now basketball is the only thing in his life, and his family and children have given up. He has also reached the point where he has become obsessed with basketball. In 1985, he was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona. However, he was found to be severely punished and was swept away by the NCAA because of violations of the rules to induce high school students to make a promise to join the University of Arizona. . This incident was also one of the reasons for the breakdown of Henry's relationship with his wife, and his life path has since changed. After abandoning his wife and abandoning his son, he began to mix in the CBA, relying on a good coaching level to achieve good results, and finally returned to the NCAA 10 years later in 1995, was hired by the University of Southern California as an assistant coach, and later became the head coach. .

In the past two years, Henry Betty has led the University of Southern California to move forward steadily. In the 2000-2001 season, Bibby reached the peak of his coaching career. He led the unsophisticated University of Southern California all the way through and entered the elite eight of the NCAA National Championships. Strong, and finally lost to Duke University with Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer and Jay Williams.

Leon was also quite impressed with this team. It was really a dark horse in last year's NCAA national game, which attracted national attention. If it weren't for Duke University, which had a strong lineup with the championship of the season, they could Whether to go further is not yet known. It's just that a dark polo team like this can attract the attention of fans, but it can't attract scouts. Scouts choose players regardless of your alma mater's record. It’s just that Leon, as a member of the Development League scout team, has put more attention on these players who are likely to be unable to play in the NBA in the future. This makes his name not only limited to the northeastern states, but also on the West Coast. Famous. So when Bill Sharman asked Leon to work as an assistant coach in Southern California for a period of time yesterday, Bibby agreed without thinking.

　　 There is exactly one thing Bibby needs a strong scout expert to help him. Unexpectedly, when Doze came up, he delivered a pillow, and when he met Leon, Bibby bluntly put forward his terms.

　　 "I hope you can do me a favor and get a player for our team."

Leon has always been straightforward and he is not surprised by Bibby’s requirements, but he still turned to look at Sharman. Leon also knows that the NCAA private transactions, wooing, promises and even money exchanges are more secretive and rampant than those in the NBA. . After all, those players are still young children who have just graduated from high school, and their understanding of life is often messy. They often make surprising choices for some strange reasons or a little benefit. This also forces some universities to invite those When a genius was a teenager, he used everything.

Sharman knew that Leon was asking for his opinion. He pushed his glasses and said to Bibby: "Henry, I don't object to you using some small means to recruit players, but I still hope you can recall some painful lessons in the past. Try to do things within the rules as much as possible. Leon coming here to learn is also a kind of exchange, and both sides will have gains. Of course, if the gains are big enough to bring a good player to your team, I have no objection. But I still want to Emphasize, comply with the regulations, and then promise me that Leon can learn something, I believe you. I don’t expect Redhead to call and slobber at me when I am almost 80 years old."

Sharman’s words actually tacitly agreed, allowing Leon to provide Bibby with some help and advice. Upon hearing Sharman’s permission, Leon also nodded and expressed his willingness to help Bibby, but before that he still had to ask that Who is the player: "Can I ask which player it is? If it's Emeka Okafor or Carmelo Anthony, I can't help. The chance to call them is probably to make an appointment. ."

Bibby shook his head, and while walking into the arena with Leon and Sharman, he said: "No, it's a little guy in Chicago. I like him, but he seems to be very hesitant. Let's not talk about it now. There is always time to solve it. Let me show you around the arena first, and then get to know my players."

　　Leon has been to Los Angeles several times, and he has also passed by the Memorial Stadium, but he really didn't go inside to take a good look. As the home stadium of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Memorial Stadium has NBA-level capacity and facilities. When there is no game here, the USC basketball team will choose to train here because there are better arena decoration and physiotherapy facilities. The students enjoy the treatment of professional players.

　　 The Trojan players on the court are training, half are practicing basic skills and half are training tactics. Since the preparation period has not yet arrived, the training is mainly about maintaining the state. The students seem to be very relaxed. When Bibby blows the whistle and gathers, everyone is a little dragged, and some are still laughing after standing in a row. Bibby did not respond to this. He did not stop the students, but briefly introduced Leon and his purpose. Leon believed that few people listened to Bibby when he was speaking, and their interest seemed to be more on Bill Sharman sitting in the audience on the sidelines.

　　 "Are you a new cleaner?" A guy named Damons Farmar shouted at Leon, causing laughter among the players. This is a 6-foot-5 guard with a big, flat mouth and a hairband on his head, which looks a little bit flat. This kid looks a little ignorant.

In the laughter, Leon did not look embarrassed, nor did he use his eyes to ask Henry Bibby for help. Perhaps Bibby did not have any malice nor wanted to give Leon a kick, but in the basketball team, a newcomer arrived, whether it was a player or It's impossible for a coach to blend in casually and win respect. Leon stared at Farmar, who was insulting, and said: "Demons Farmar, a graduate of Flint Northwest High School in Michigan, a guard, is good at breakthroughs, is a very good scorer. But the shooting is a bit bad, and the free throw percentage is moving. In addition to scoring, the assists and basketball are mediocre, the defense is poor, and the talent for teamwork is lacking. In college, you may grow into a qualified scorer, but in the NBA because of other shortcomings, it will be difficult to stand. It may be a way to develop the league. A good choice, where you can show your scoring ability. Or you should make up for other shortcomings so that you can survive in a stronger league."

Leon’s voice was deep but penetrating, not as sharp as a black man. When he finished speaking word by word, there was no voice in the team. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes and ears. The children know that they have encountered experts and hard stubbles. Leon paused and then said: "Hello everyone, I am Fox-Leon. I used to be a scout by profession. I was responsible for collecting player data for the upcoming development league. I also work for the Boston Celtics. Nice to meet you."

At this time, Bibby said loudly: "Starting from today, in the next few weeks, Leon will become an assistant coach of the team. I hope everyone will perform well. Maybe this scout will value him as an NBA coach. Members, your dream will come true by then! Okay, go ahead and train, UU reading www.uukanshu.com starting tomorrow, we will strengthen the training intensity a little bit, and you can still play today..."

The players disbanded and went back to training. The just talkative Dammons Farmar looked unlucky. He has become the object of jokes by his teammates. Sentences such as "defensive pulpy" and "touching serve rate" kept appearing in him. In the ear, as a sophomore who had just joined the team for a year, he could only smash his teeth and swallow in his stomach in the face of such a situation. In fact, Leon did not belittle Farmar. He said those words to get the students' attention back. Players like Farmar are also one of the subjects of the development league. As long as you see his face, Leon Just remembering the content of his scout report, he blurted it out.

　　 "My students are not all that big or small, come here red!" Bibby apologized to Leon, and waved at the big man who had just walked out of the player tunnel.

　　 Leon only noticed that the red-haired big man who came over was the center who participated in the NBA Draft this year and was selected by the Nets in the second round, Brian Scalabrian. He is a senior graduate of the University of Southern California. It seems that he returned to his alma mater in the summer to take part in training. During the offseason, many NBA players will return to his alma mater for training, not to mention Scarabrian who just graduated.

As soon as Scarabrian saw Leon, he walked up and squeezed his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Leon! I was doing physiotherapy in the locker room just now. I'm so glad to see you. Coach Bibby told you yesterday. I, you are coming. I heard that you are in charge of the development league scouts. Please remember to leave me a place."

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