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Chapter 5 Young Durant
Chapter 5 Young Durant
In two days, Su Yang went back and forth between Los Angeles and Portland to complete the entry-related procedures.
The Trail Blazers offered him a contract with an annual salary of [-] U.S. dollars, and he can receive a salary every half a month. The position is a personal scout, who is responsible for checking whether a certain player meets the needs of the team. The future promotion direction is golf Explore.
Such an annual salary level is nearly twice the average income of the United States, but considering the characteristics of scouting work, there is almost no complete vacation time throughout the year, which is basically equal to the workload of two people in an ordinary industry, and the salary is still a bit low.
Director Bob pulled him into the Trail Blazers scouting SKYPE chat group, general manager Kevin Pritchard was also in it, and Tom Payne who called him before the call, there are a total of twelve people, you can directly send Daily report.
Afterwards, Bob briefly explained some precautions to him, including how to communicate with the league office, how to obtain an access permit, how to get in touch with college teams, and shared with him a strategy accumulated over the years.
Su Yang browsed through the guide carefully, and found out which hotel around the airport has the best morning coffee, and there are more than ten ways to exchange credit card points. The most exaggerated thing is that there is actually a taxi robbery prevention guide.
Bob solemnly warned Su Yang that when he went to areas with high crime rates, being robbed was nothing but a trivial matter. After all, apart from drug dealers and rapper singers, few people would carry a lot of cash on them, and what was more terrifying were other things.
Su Yang couldn't help thinking of the scene of being blocked in an alley by a few strong men, it was indeed scary.
In addition to various precautions, Bob also emphasized that apart from scouting players, another important thing is to know more people and build more personal networks, because there is both competition and cooperation among scouts of various teams.
Sometimes, a phone call can solve a big trouble that requires a long-distance flight of thousands of kilometers.
Therefore, multiple friends have multiple paths.
On the morning of the 27th, the scouting department held a conference call. General Manager Kevin announced the official launch of the work plan for the final stage of the 07 rookie inspection. Su Yang was given the task of going to the Orlando training camp to collect basic information first.
As for Bob and the others, they have to go to the private training camp of some high-ranking players first. Those high-ranking rookies are unwilling to participate in the confrontation test held by the league. At most, they can test various physical data or show their shooting level.
After Su Yang has collected all kinds of information, Bob and others will rush to Orlando for detailed screening.
According to the plan, this rookie training camp mainly examines power forwards and shooting guards. The purpose is to find suitable substitutes for Aldridge and Roy, with immediate combat power as the priority goal, because it is time for the Blazers to make some achievements.
...
At noon on the 28th, when Su Yang walked out of Orlando International Airport, he felt the heat wave was pressing.
He took a taxi to the hotel designated by the team, put away his luggage, took a shower and had a meal. After squinting for a while, he hailed a car and went straight to the World Sports Training Hall. As soon as he got off the car, he saw a group of big men queuing up for security checks.
In the queue, Durant waited with his hips on his hips, looking up at the sky from time to time, seemingly impatient.
Seeing this situation, Su Yang couldn't help sighing in his heart: "It's so young, what a pure face!"
It's hard to believe that Durant, who looks like this, will grow into a generation of death and Twitter maniac.
Durant is a typical boring guy, and he still has an evolutionary history. When he was young, he carried a schoolbag to attend press conferences. The image of a good boy was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not awesome.
Thinking of Bob's suggestion that we should make more friends, Su Yang quickly walked up to Durant, imitating the greeting of black brothers, and raised his hand with a smile: "Hey, KD, how are you doing recently, I think you are in a very bad state not bad!"
Durant was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little uncomfortable with Su Yang's familiarity, so he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I'm a die-hard fan of yours and have watched many of your games..."
Su Yang pointed to the Trail Blazers logo on his left chest, "I'm going in later, I'm a scout."
"Oh."
Durant choked out a word for a while, but nothing more.
The atmosphere became a little awkward, Su Yang forced a smile: "I wish you a good performance, I will pay attention to you..."
After speaking, he raised his hand and patted Durant on the shoulder, turned around and walked to the end of the queue, standing still and waiting.
The small-scale queuing ended soon, and Su Yang followed the large team into the venue, and saw Sun Yue also there.
He ran over to say hello, introduced himself briefly, and said a few words of encouragement.
Sun Yue was very happy to see his own people, and said that Ah Lian would come to participate in the physical examination the day after tomorrow, and he could leave a phone number. If he had time, he would have a dinner and chat. It is not easy to get together in the United States, and the opportunity is rare.
After leaving the phone number, Su Yang returned to the observation area. The staff had already prepared and the first batch of tests began.
Corey Brewer was the first to appear on the stage. He first measured static data such as height, arm span, and palm size, and then took off-site take-off height, run-up take-off height, and dynamic data such as running back and forth in the restricted area and sprinting on the 3/4 field.
After finishing those, the last item is 84 kg bench press, and Brewer did 11 arrogantly.
Behind Brewer is Mike Conley, who took off at a height of 90 centimeters on the spot and reached a run-up of 103 centimeters, which made many trainers nod frequently.
Su Yang was not surprised by this. After all, he had heard of Conley's father. He was an Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. It was extremely easy to dunk a dunk from the free throw line. It was normal for Conley to inherit some excellent genes.
It's a pity that Conley himself is a floor player, and he played like a veteran who is about to retire when he first entered the league.
Behind Conley is Dikun Cook, whose data is relatively average, with only 84 bench presses of 4 kg.
With such a result, he was ridiculed by the physical trainers for a while, and Cook hurried out of the stadium.
Behind Cook was Gavallis Crittenton, with thick eyebrows and a righteous face.
"You can't judge by appearance..." Seeing Crittenton accepting the test obediently, Su Yang couldn't imagine that Crittenton would become the protagonist of gunmen, murder and drug trafficking, ruining a good life in vain. Personality determines destiny. .
Crittenton's test data is neither bad nor bad, and belongs to the standard first-round lottery level.
"Kevin Durant, it's your turn..."
The staff yelled again, and Durant walked to the wall to stand still and began to measure his barefoot height.
Su Yang took a look, and found that Durant deliberately spread his feet apart, and the range was relatively large.
It was obvious that they wanted to reduce the height, and the staff didn't care. They waved their hands to indicate that it was done after they measured it casually.
Immediately afterwards, Durant's sideways dynamic data, take off 66 cm on the spot, run up 88 cm, run back and forth in the restricted area for 12.33 seconds, and sprint for 3/4 games in 3.45 seconds. Compared with the previous rookies, the data is very stretched .
"The last item, 84 kg bench press."
The staff sounded a reminder, and Durant lay down on the chair with a face full of reluctance.
"let's start."
"Ah... ah..." Durant made a struggling voice, and tried for a long time but failed.
"Hahaha!" Several physical trainers laughed wildly, and they all marveled that none of them pushed up.
Durant hurriedly put down the barbell and walked towards the exit with an embarrassed face, as if fleeing the scene of a disaster.
Su Yang saw it, got up and followed out, and decided to come to give charcoal in a timely manner.
(End of this chapter)
In two days, Su Yang went back and forth between Los Angeles and Portland to complete the entry-related procedures.
The Trail Blazers offered him a contract with an annual salary of [-] U.S. dollars, and he can receive a salary every half a month. The position is a personal scout, who is responsible for checking whether a certain player meets the needs of the team. The future promotion direction is golf Explore.
Such an annual salary level is nearly twice the average income of the United States, but considering the characteristics of scouting work, there is almost no complete vacation time throughout the year, which is basically equal to the workload of two people in an ordinary industry, and the salary is still a bit low.
Director Bob pulled him into the Trail Blazers scouting SKYPE chat group, general manager Kevin Pritchard was also in it, and Tom Payne who called him before the call, there are a total of twelve people, you can directly send Daily report.
Afterwards, Bob briefly explained some precautions to him, including how to communicate with the league office, how to obtain an access permit, how to get in touch with college teams, and shared with him a strategy accumulated over the years.
Su Yang browsed through the guide carefully, and found out which hotel around the airport has the best morning coffee, and there are more than ten ways to exchange credit card points. The most exaggerated thing is that there is actually a taxi robbery prevention guide.
Bob solemnly warned Su Yang that when he went to areas with high crime rates, being robbed was nothing but a trivial matter. After all, apart from drug dealers and rapper singers, few people would carry a lot of cash on them, and what was more terrifying were other things.
Su Yang couldn't help thinking of the scene of being blocked in an alley by a few strong men, it was indeed scary.
In addition to various precautions, Bob also emphasized that apart from scouting players, another important thing is to know more people and build more personal networks, because there is both competition and cooperation among scouts of various teams.
Sometimes, a phone call can solve a big trouble that requires a long-distance flight of thousands of kilometers.
Therefore, multiple friends have multiple paths.
On the morning of the 27th, the scouting department held a conference call. General Manager Kevin announced the official launch of the work plan for the final stage of the 07 rookie inspection. Su Yang was given the task of going to the Orlando training camp to collect basic information first.
As for Bob and the others, they have to go to the private training camp of some high-ranking players first. Those high-ranking rookies are unwilling to participate in the confrontation test held by the league. At most, they can test various physical data or show their shooting level.
After Su Yang has collected all kinds of information, Bob and others will rush to Orlando for detailed screening.
According to the plan, this rookie training camp mainly examines power forwards and shooting guards. The purpose is to find suitable substitutes for Aldridge and Roy, with immediate combat power as the priority goal, because it is time for the Blazers to make some achievements.
...
At noon on the 28th, when Su Yang walked out of Orlando International Airport, he felt the heat wave was pressing.
He took a taxi to the hotel designated by the team, put away his luggage, took a shower and had a meal. After squinting for a while, he hailed a car and went straight to the World Sports Training Hall. As soon as he got off the car, he saw a group of big men queuing up for security checks.
In the queue, Durant waited with his hips on his hips, looking up at the sky from time to time, seemingly impatient.
Seeing this situation, Su Yang couldn't help sighing in his heart: "It's so young, what a pure face!"
It's hard to believe that Durant, who looks like this, will grow into a generation of death and Twitter maniac.
Durant is a typical boring guy, and he still has an evolutionary history. When he was young, he carried a schoolbag to attend press conferences. The image of a good boy was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not awesome.
Thinking of Bob's suggestion that we should make more friends, Su Yang quickly walked up to Durant, imitating the greeting of black brothers, and raised his hand with a smile: "Hey, KD, how are you doing recently, I think you are in a very bad state not bad!"
Durant was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little uncomfortable with Su Yang's familiarity, so he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I'm a die-hard fan of yours and have watched many of your games..."
Su Yang pointed to the Trail Blazers logo on his left chest, "I'm going in later, I'm a scout."
"Oh."
Durant choked out a word for a while, but nothing more.
The atmosphere became a little awkward, Su Yang forced a smile: "I wish you a good performance, I will pay attention to you..."
After speaking, he raised his hand and patted Durant on the shoulder, turned around and walked to the end of the queue, standing still and waiting.
The small-scale queuing ended soon, and Su Yang followed the large team into the venue, and saw Sun Yue also there.
He ran over to say hello, introduced himself briefly, and said a few words of encouragement.
Sun Yue was very happy to see his own people, and said that Ah Lian would come to participate in the physical examination the day after tomorrow, and he could leave a phone number. If he had time, he would have a dinner and chat. It is not easy to get together in the United States, and the opportunity is rare.
After leaving the phone number, Su Yang returned to the observation area. The staff had already prepared and the first batch of tests began.
Corey Brewer was the first to appear on the stage. He first measured static data such as height, arm span, and palm size, and then took off-site take-off height, run-up take-off height, and dynamic data such as running back and forth in the restricted area and sprinting on the 3/4 field.
After finishing those, the last item is 84 kg bench press, and Brewer did 11 arrogantly.
Behind Brewer is Mike Conley, who took off at a height of 90 centimeters on the spot and reached a run-up of 103 centimeters, which made many trainers nod frequently.
Su Yang was not surprised by this. After all, he had heard of Conley's father. He was an Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. It was extremely easy to dunk a dunk from the free throw line. It was normal for Conley to inherit some excellent genes.
It's a pity that Conley himself is a floor player, and he played like a veteran who is about to retire when he first entered the league.
Behind Conley is Dikun Cook, whose data is relatively average, with only 84 bench presses of 4 kg.
With such a result, he was ridiculed by the physical trainers for a while, and Cook hurried out of the stadium.
Behind Cook was Gavallis Crittenton, with thick eyebrows and a righteous face.
"You can't judge by appearance..." Seeing Crittenton accepting the test obediently, Su Yang couldn't imagine that Crittenton would become the protagonist of gunmen, murder and drug trafficking, ruining a good life in vain. Personality determines destiny. .
Crittenton's test data is neither bad nor bad, and belongs to the standard first-round lottery level.
"Kevin Durant, it's your turn..."
The staff yelled again, and Durant walked to the wall to stand still and began to measure his barefoot height.
Su Yang took a look, and found that Durant deliberately spread his feet apart, and the range was relatively large.
It was obvious that they wanted to reduce the height, and the staff didn't care. They waved their hands to indicate that it was done after they measured it casually.
Immediately afterwards, Durant's sideways dynamic data, take off 66 cm on the spot, run up 88 cm, run back and forth in the restricted area for 12.33 seconds, and sprint for 3/4 games in 3.45 seconds. Compared with the previous rookies, the data is very stretched .
"The last item, 84 kg bench press."
The staff sounded a reminder, and Durant lay down on the chair with a face full of reluctance.
"let's start."
"Ah... ah..." Durant made a struggling voice, and tried for a long time but failed.
"Hahaha!" Several physical trainers laughed wildly, and they all marveled that none of them pushed up.
Durant hurriedly put down the barbell and walked towards the exit with an embarrassed face, as if fleeing the scene of a disaster.
Su Yang saw it, got up and followed out, and decided to come to give charcoal in a timely manner.
(End of this chapter)
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