Ohio State University, in the office of the school basketball team, a black man is sitting in front of a computer, busy worker.

He was seven feet tall, very tall, and his desk seemed small in front of him, and the normal size of the mouse was caught in his hand, like an ordinary man holding an egg in his hand.

“Grey, it’s time to leave.”The co-worker next to him was already planning to go out.

"I'll go after this form."The man named Gray said.

"Well, I'll go first."The colleague said to the end, then said: "It's not the beginning of school yet, you don't have to work so hard."

"I want to get familiar with the job of an assistant coach as soon as possible, after all, I used to be a player and never been a coach."Gray said.

After his colleagues left, Gray was busy again.

At this moment, the voice of the mobile phone sounded, and the caller was a strange phone number.

“Don’t you know, is it an advertisement?”Gray thought about it and directly chose to refuse.

Five minutes later, however, the man called again, and Gray chose to answer.

“Hello, is it Mr. Gray?”I’m sorry, but I was going to contact you through my agent, but I heard that you have fired the agent...”

“I’m Gray, who are you?”Gray asked.

“My name is Johnson, I’m the general manager of the Clippers, and I’m in Columbus right now, and I hope to meet you...”

...

Johnson put down his phone and turned to Mr. Lee and said, “I’ll see you tomorrow night at the hotel restaurant.”

"One day, let's get out of here, and I've heard that Columbus has a lot of places to visit."Li Dai said, standing up.

Johnson opened the conversation and asked, “Do you really want to choose Gray?”

"Of course, I remember when he was in the draft, he was hailed as a rare genius in fifty years, and even some people said that his talent surpassed the current NBA first man Brownie!"Having won a man of American basketball in high school, except for Brownie, only Gray has done it.”

"Indeed, his talent is surprising, but his injury is also surprising, he entered the NBA, a total of only 105 games, the rest of the time are in the recovery, such a glass man, to use what?"They may have been injured before the game.We are the team, not the nursing home."Johnson said.

“Did you forget that what I do best is rehab?”And we all know that Gray's main problem is long and short legs, and I have experience in that, Olympic champion Sean Ford, who I trained, is long and short legs."Li Dai replied with a smile.

"Basketball and sprinting are different, sprint is just a person running, but basketball has a physical confrontation, especially the inside players, they have to constantly go to compete with the opponent for positions, to constantly jump up and fight for the rebound."Johnson shook his head and continued: "As a seven-foot-long man, Gray's weight is close to 290 pounds, such a weight for the waist, knees and ankles are a burden, if it is longer and short legs, it is even worse, in the fierce physical confrontation, no injuries are strange!" 」

"I know what you said, I read Gray's medical report, I'm confident I can solve his short and long legs, and his talent really makes it impossible for me to give it away, and I believe he can deliver on his talent in my team!"Li Dai said, pulled out his phone, found a picture, handed it to Johnson, and then said:

"This is the body side of the original entry of Gray in the NBA, the penalty area round trip 11.67 seconds, three-quarters of the field sprint 3.27 seconds, you can imagine this is a seven-foot, weighing 285 pounds of people made the data?"This agility means that he can change defenders in defense, and with him, we can perform unlimited defense-changing tactics like a rocket.”

"And Gray's offense and defense on the inside, are top notch, he has the ability to attack low, has the technology of the basket, can grab the rebound, is good at the cap, coupled with his agile footsteps, he has all the qualities of a super center!"In the Trail Blazers' final season, he was able to hand over 11 points and 8.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in just 24 minutes, with a 60 percent hit rate, and the same data, if converted to 36 minutes, was 16.7 points and 12.8 rebounds with 3.4 blocks.As long as he stays healthy, the cap will be a super-forward and the lower limit is also a top-of-the-line basket defender.”

"What you say, everyone in the NBA knows that before Gray got into the NBA, he was already regarded by everyone as a future super-forward, even the ruler of the league, but now it's different, it's the small ball era, the small ball era no longer needs a super center, now the most popular is the space-type inner line."Johnson said.

"Is the small ball era eliminated the super center, or is the lack of the super center that makes the league usher in the era of small ball?"Li Dai suddenly asked such a question.

“This...” Johnson suddenly found out, and it was really an unanswerable question.

The era of super center dominance of the NBA is not long, Johnson also experienced that era, he knows how terrible the super center is.The NBA has also had a lot of good insiders in recent years, but it is really much worse than the super center of the year.

Not to mention the end of the basket ability, just say low attack, any super center, but the low one-on-one attack is incomprehensible existence, can be in the low one-on-one to prevent the super center, only the super center.Now the center of the NBA, there are few low-level offensive capabilities, not to mention the opponent's incomparable low-level attack.

Of course, now is not popular so that the center in the low position, now the inside players, the most popular scoring method is to float outside to shoot three points, or rushed to the basket under the empty block to eat cake, and even a lot of good at grabbing the second rebound of the buckle, are known as the inner pillar.

So whether it is the lack of super center, leading to the small ball rampant, or basketball to develop into the era of small ball, eliminated the super center, I am afraid no one can answer this question.Unless there is a real super center, to use practice to verify whether the super center can hit the small ball team, or the small ball team can shoot the super center with a three-point shot.

...

In the face of Li Dai's invitation, Gray seems a little overwhelmed, he has long been regarded as a glass man, unable to establish a foothold in the NBA, so he came to the university as an assistant coach, but did not expect that he had just entered the job, received an olive branch from the Clippers.

The next night, Li Dai saw Gray, the situation is as Lee Dai expected, Gray is really an S+ athlete, if there is no injury, he can really rule an era.

“Coach Lee, are you serious?”Don’t you care about my injury?I may not have played a few games, so I was hurt again."Gray asked with a trempane.

"You seem to care about your injury history."Li Dai showed a very relaxed look, and then said: "If you join us, then the injury problem is the thing that our coaching staff should consider, and all you need to do is honor your talent!" 」

The word “talent” fell into Gray’s ear, slightly changing his expression.

In high school, Gray has been known as the most talented player, he has won the title of high school player of the year, and won the American basketball man.Gray had already shown absolute dominance and even earned the nickname of the “The Great.”To know that the current league first person, the nickname of the year is only "emperor", Gray can get the nickname "the emperor", but also shows that everyone is optimistic about him, the future will become the ruler of the NBA.

After entering the university, Gray is still synonymous with "talent", and people will always talk about his talent when they talk about him.Everyone is confident that when he successfully honors his talent, he will rule the entire NBA.

Gray also remembers that before he entered the NBA draft, both scouts and the media gave him the highest rating, and they put the advantages of the best center in history, all of them were placed on him, even the most critical scouts, and praised his talent.At that time, he was not only tall and arm-long, and he could jump well, but his speed and flexibility were not inferior to those of a small man.In the end, he entered the NBA as a member.

However, he did not honor his talent, his long and short legs, in high school and college did not have much influence, but in the NBA level of the inside confrontation, but it caused him frequent injuries.In his four seasons, he has been injured for two seasons, while in the other two, he has played only 105 games.

Gray became a glass man in people's eyes, regarded as a "water cargo yuan", and since then, people have mentioned the word "talent" again, in Gray also sounded particularly harsh, like a laugh at him!

Because of his talent, Gray was once held to heaven, and because of his talent, he became a target of ridicule by others.The resounding nickname of the "Great" has also become a joke that others talk about after tea.

Now, Gray in the mouth of Li Dai, heard the word "talent" again, he had a sense of inexplicable sourness in his heart, he did not dare to face the word.

Gray was silent for a long time before he said, “Coach Lee, can you let me think about it?”

Gray's answer, but let Li Dai feel the extreme unconfidence of Gray deep inside.

From the proud son of heaven to the fall of the altar, and then no one cares, and finally the gray was kicked out of the NBA, and any one with such an encounter with Gray, will not be confident.

Li Dai shook his head: “I hope you make a decision now.”For you, thinking means retiring!Now you, if you want to get back on the basketball court and really honor your talent, then the only thing you can do is go forward, and once you have the idea that you want to back down, you have failed!”

Li Dai's words were full of a special incendiary, so that Gray had an illusion that he felt as if he were standing on a long ladder, and the back steps were constantly collapsing, and he could no longer retreat, only constantly moving forward.

Li Dai then persuaded: "In my eyes, you have always been the talent of the amazing Gray, but you did not honor your talent, I think you do not want to leave the court, in college as an assistant coach for a lifetime?" 」You are destined to be a superstar and you should not be buried here!The opportunity is right in front of you, seize the opportunity, go to cash in on your talent, and you can still be a superstar in the NBA!”

...

Gray ultimately did not resist the temptation to become a superstar, he promised to join the Clippers, and Li Dai also left Columbus satisfied.

In the airport's waiting room, Li Dai wrote several names in his notebook.

"Center Gray, forward Noel, small forward Raymond, point guard Hall, point guard Wood.What do you think of our starting lineup?”Lee asked.

"If they're all healthy, it's an All-Star starting lineup."Johnson said.

“Besides that we have the best sixth-man, Osseff and talent rookie Kumar, and the nerve knife Naismith,” Lee continued.

"Don't forget Ronnie, we can renew him."Johnson reminded me.

“Abandon Ronnie!”Lee shook his head.

“What do you say?”Johnson even thought he was wrong.

“We have Raymond and Hall and Orseph, and if they can stay healthy, do you think we need Ronnie?”Lee asked with a smile.

"I understand what you mean, but you first need to prove to me that Raymond they really can adapt to the NBA game, otherwise Ronnie is always the best choice for us on the front line."Johnson said with a straight face.

"Don't worry."Lee Dai said, then said: "But I am not very comfortable with the team's inside, Gray is talented, but he only played 105 NBA games, his experience is not so sufficient."So we also need to find an experienced inner line replacement.You help me to keep an eye out for the free market, or if the other team has the right people, and we can try to make a trade."