"Coach Riley! This is unbelievable. We found a huge surprise tonight!!”
"Zhang Yan, the reserve guard of the Marquette Golden Hawks! He scored 28 points, 12 assists, 5 rebounding, and 4 blocked shots in 18 minutes, leading the team to eliminate the University of Illinois-by 21 points!”
"This young man is really too all-rounded, and he has performed very well on both offense and defense!”
As soon as the opening game of the NCAA knockout game ended, the Heat's chief scout, Richard, could not suppress his excitement and dialed the number of the Heat's head coach, pat Riley!
"Oh? Well, he sounds like a good guy. But, Richard, I hope you haven't forgotten that your first task tonight is to examine Dwyane Wade.”
On the other end of the phone, Patrick Riley's tone was calm, even a little unhappy.
The mission he gave Richard was to observe Wade's performance on the field, but when Richard picked up the phone, all he talked about was Zhang Yan, a name that Patrick Riley had never heard of before tonight!
This gave Riley a feeling that he was putting the cart before the horse and ignoring the main point.
With the Heat's dismal record this year, they would definitely get a lottery draw. There was a high chance that they would be in the top five.
2003 was a year of talent, and Riley did not want to waste his energy on some fringe role player.
He needed to use a lottery draw to pick a player who could become the cornerstone of the team!
Richard was still in the excitement of watching the game and did not seem to feel the slightly cold tone of Patrick Riley.
As a scout, there was nothing more exciting than discovering a talented player!
"Coach Riley, Zhang is definitely our biggest gain in this game! Trust my judgment, he is really a very special player!”
"I've never seen a 210cm big man with such skillful ball control skills and exaggerated athletic talent!”
"He can use his dribbling skills to easily get rid of his opponent, and he can also rush to the entire court for a fast-break dunk in a very short time!”
"His vision, organization and passing are also amazing!! It was as if he had a pair of eyes at the back of his head, a 360-degree blind spot!”
"Other than that, that guy also has 30% shooting ability!”
"If I wasn't here, I wouldn't have believed that such a player existed in the world!”
"Richard, what did you just say?”On the other end of the phone, Patrick Riley suddenly raised his voice and changed his tone.
"You mean this point guard named Zhang Yan has the height of a center, the skills of a guard, and the impact of a forward?”
"Yes, Coach Riley! You should really see this guy!" Richard said firmly.
Upon hearing that, Patrick Riley's first reaction was to think that it was nonsense.
After all, he was also a knowledgeable person. If a 210cm tall man could reach Olajuwon's agility, he would be a top genius rarely seen in decades.
As for running all over the field and using the ball control technique to get rid of the opponent like a defender, unless it was a dream, it was impossible to imagine!
Just as Patrick Riley was about to speak again, he suddenly recalled something.
To be precise, it was a prophecy he had made in the 1990s: The ultimate form of basketball in the future was that there was no division of positions. On the court, there were five people with an average height of 206CM playing!
The basis of this prediction was the ultimate pursuit of mobility after the positions were blurred and the players 'abilities became all-rounded.
As this memory flashed past, Riley's face changed!
If this player was really as Richard had just described, then wouldn't he have met the kind of player in the prophecy?
"Bring me a detailed scouting report! Oh right, bring the video of this match too!”
"You mean now?"
"Yes! I'll be waiting for you in the team office right away!”
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“Amazing! Amazing! I didn't expect the NCAA to have such a player this year!”
Late at night, in the Heat's head coach's office, there was suddenly a series of screams from pat Riley!
"Sir, what happened just now? Do you need my help?"
Patrick Riley's scream even alerted the security guards on duty.
The security guard jogged all the way with a flashlight. When he opened the door, he found Riley and the scout watching the game video!
" Sorry, Coach Riley…"
The security guard apologized and left the office.
When they closed the door, the security guard thought to himself,'They're so excited just watching a video. Have these two never watched football before?'
"This is too unbelievable…"
Even though he had watched the game live, when he watched Zhang Yan's performance in the video again, the Heat scout Richard couldn't help but sigh.
"There's no mistake. He's the future warrior that I've predicted!”Riley's eyes were shining as he stared at the flashing screen.
Zhang Yan's all-rounder ability and advanced competition style were exactly the same as the future warriors he had talked about in the 1990s!
His athletic ability, dribbling, and passing skills were even more exaggerated!
What Patrick Riley admired most about Zhang Yan was that he was extraordinarily calm and reasonable in handling the ball while possessing off-the-charts talent.
In other words, he had a top player!
One had to know that it was unreasonable for many young people to play basketball. They relied too much on their talent.
This was also why many players rose to fame in the NCAA, but quickly fell into decline in the NBA and eventually faded out of everyone's sight.
The NBA had gathered the most talented players in the world. There were strange talents everywhere, and it was impossible to rely solely on physical talent.
Therefore, those players who seemed to be talented but had no brains or business would gradually be sidelined until they were eliminated by the league.
Even if he stayed, he would most likely become a functional player, and he would definitely not have a commanding position in the NCAA.
"Coach Riley, we can't see Zhang's ranking on either ESPM or the draft. Maybe we can get this genius player with a second-round pick!”
After hearing Richard's words, Riley was not happy.
This was because he knew that ESSPN and the draft were both changing in real time. The players in the lottery zone would drop to the end of the first round in the blink of an eye, and the second round might be promoted to the first round.
This was the influence of March Madness!
A player's good play and mistakes would be infinitely magnified, which would directly affect the draft pick!
If Zhang Yan led the team to advance one game after another in this state, it might not be something that could be settled by a second round draw.
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