Chapter 15 Ryan West
March Crazy is getting closer and closer. With the efforts of a group of players, coaching staff, and extra-staff coach Zhou Mubai, Harvard's civil war record in the Ivy League Division was 12 wins and 2 losses.
They beat the University of Pennsylvania (11 wins and 3 losses) with a win-win advantage, and advanced to the NCAA Championship as the champion of the competition.
Their last shortlisted dates back to 1946.
This is a sweet journey for Harvard University, and almost all alumni who have the conditions to come to watch the game on site have come.
The United States has a so-called alumni culture. The more famous a college graduate is, the higher his sense of identity with his alma mater, especially in large-scale sports events like NCAA, alumni will almost come to participate in support.
The students who go out of Harvard are basically upper-class members of American society, and at least they are middle-class.
Harvard's sports are weak. In the past, they just watched Harvard's school chickens peck at each other in the same competition area.
Now that Harvard can advance into the NCAA Championship in one fell swoop, why doesn't they be ecstatic?
Jeremy Lin and Housmann have received considerable attention because of this, but surprisingly, the Chinese young man on the coaching table was the one who attracted the most attention.
Harvard school newspapers reported this in detail, and reported Zhou Mubai's identity and his resume at Harvard.
Many students became interested in this and came to the basketball hall to watch the training. They unexpectedly saw Zhou Mubai training together, and his strength was much higher than other students.
A student took a video and put it on the website, which attracted the attention of many people.
Ryan West is one of them.
Ryan West worked for the Memphis Grizzlies this year, and this season he came to the Los Angeles Lakers to work as a scout. There are naturally some reasons for him coming to the Lakers because his father is Jerry West.
NBA logo man.
When he is a newcomer, he naturally has to prove himself that the league is a very realistic business league. Whether it is players or staff, he has to prove his strength, even if his father is a Lakers celebrity.
Ryan West looked at the video taken by the student over and over again, but couldn't make a decision, so he simply called his father.
"Hey, Daddy, I'm Ryan...I have something that I can't make and decide, I want to ask you... OK, I'll go home right away."
Ryan West hurried home, and Jerry West looked at his son with a smile.
Jerry West retired from the Grizzlies in 2007, with the reason [no longer young, physically and mentally exhausted].
In fact, everyone knows that it is nothing more than that he can't stand the chaos in the team, and the reason why the team boss has been trying to sell the team.
In 2002, West left Los Angeles and was hired as basketball director by the Memphis Grizzlies.
Although the team's performance was at the bottom of the NBA at that time, West successfully transformed it.
In the 2004-05 season, the Grizzlies won 50 games in one season for the first time, and he was once again selected as the NBA best manager.
In the following two seasons, the Grizzlies also successfully entered the playoffs and gradually became one of the strong teams in the West District.
Unfortunately, from the 2006 to 2007 season, the team's main player Paul Gasol was injured and absent, which affected the team's record and made the Grizzlies the worst team in the league again. In this case, the team also became chaotic.
The record is not good and the team is in losses, so the boss wants to leave the team. In this case, West felt that it would be meaningless to stay, so he took the opportunity to retreat.
This year he asked Ryan to resign from the Grizzlies, then greeted the Lakers and arranged his son in. He was still very satisfied with Ryan's work performance.
"Hey, son, what's upset you?" Jerry West smiled.
Ryan West took out his laptop and turned on the video.
"Dad, you can take a look at this first."
Jerry West brought reading glasses and put them on, and Ryan quickly clicked on the video.
The video should be a university basketball hall. Sure enough, West saw the logo of Harvard University on the wall.
Most of the players were white guys, with a few black guys, and West also saw two yellow-skinned guys.
"Hey, this kid is pretty good, fast and aggressive in the offense." Jerry West nodded repeatedly.
Ryan Wess agreed: "Yes, this guy is called Jermy Lin, he is a pretty good defender, but I didn't mean he is here, he's on the court."
Jerry West raised his chin slightly and squinted his eyes to watch the video.
"The figure is too thin, I guess I don't have enough strength... the speed is not slow, but I can only say it's mediocre... the dribble lacks changes, it's very simple... Huh?"
Jerry West spoke his judgment while watching, and the impression was not very good. Ryan smiled with his lips pursed, and the same was true when he first watched.
The young Chinese in the video dribbled the ball in a simple manner and passed the half, then handed the ball to his teammates, and got into the crowd to run without the ball.
This is the beginning of attracting attention.
The young people are particularly flexible in the crowd. How flexible is it? It is like a swimming fish, swimming quickly in a piece of aquatic plants, starting quickly, turning rapidly, and getting rid of the defender in just a few steps.
This is not the key. The key is that when he goes around, he immediately stuffs it into the inside line when he catches the ball with one hand. There is only a small space, and he just stuffs it in!
"Is it a coincidence?" Jerry West murmured, as if asking Ryan, or talking to himself.
But it is obvious that in the next round, the moment the young man receives the ball, a fake pass move will make the opponent lose his position.
The gentleman gently broke through inside, attracting other defenders. The young man swung his hand gently, and the basketball passed through countless hairy feet and went straight to the hands of his teammates under the basket.
"god! How did he pass this ball?"
Jerry West screamed.
"There is no angle at all. He should be invisible to the young man's position!"
The video was only two minutes long, and Jerry West exclaimed in surprise, and Ryan West had a smile on his face.
His father had a very high achievement and a good vision back then. He had seen geniuses, and the average genius could not even be seen in his eyes. He was so out of control at this time. It seems that this young man is indeed worth his risk!
"Who is this young man?" Jerry West's eyes were glowing, which was a look of love and talent.
"His name is Zhou Mubai, and he comes from China. He is a graduate student in the physics department at Harvard University." Ryan replied.
Jerry West's eyes darkened: "I'm a graduate student, I'm too old."
Ryan West shook his head and said, "He is only 21 years old, and I have called the coach of the Harvard Vocational Team and learned something amazing."
"What news?"
"According to Coach Tom, Zhou Mubai has only played basketball for less than a month!"
Jerry West suddenly looked up and said in a lost voice: "Impossible! In less than a month... what a joke is this..."
He was a little out of control, but when he saw his son's expression was very serious, his voice suddenly became dry: "Are you saying true?"
Ryan West nodded seriously.
Chapter completed!