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Chapter 22 David Stern’s Attention

 "The highest score in a single game in the NCAA?" Jeff Brown hesitated and replied: "I think it was 100 points, no, it seemed to be 138 points or 128, um, I can't remember clearly."
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Lu Feng: "..."

Sorry to bother you.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lu Feng took Zhang Weiping to meet Lynn Nance.

After Lynn Nance learned about the situation, he recruited Zhang Weiping into the team without thinking. After two sentences, Zhang Weiping became the new assistant coach of the Huskies.

"There's no problem with the basketball exchange. I just need to talk to the school management!"

It was still at the end of the honeymoon between the two countries. Lynn Nance didn't think there would be any problems with such a thing, and the leaders at the University of Washington were also very willing to do it.

After obtaining the school's consent, Lynn Nance made another call to NCAA officials.

"Zhang, you can safely take the video back now, but it will take a few days for the NCAA to bring the video playback permission."

After two days of busy work, Zhang Weiping found that things were developing even better than he expected. Not only could he bring back the news, but he could even bring back a few videos.

"In addition, Zhang, your salary as a teaching assistant is not free. Don't forget to help me find out if there are any good talents in your country, and ask them if they have come to study abroad. Neither the school nor I would mind giving out a few more copies.

Scholarship."

Seattle is the city with the third largest number of Chinese Americans in the United States, second only to San Francisco and New York, and most of the Chinese have savings in their hands. At this time, both Japan and South Korea have a large number of immigrants and international students. These two countries are also very wealthy.

Both the University of Washington and Lynn Nance feel the benefits of having a Chinese on the team.

With the videotape and the interview script written down in his notebook, Zhang Weiping left the University of Washington with a happy face.

Lu Feng did not forget to ask him to bring a letter back to his family.

After Zhang Weiping left, Lu Feng's life returned to dullness again... Well, actually it wasn't that dull. More and more interviews and filming made Lu Feng feel a little uncomfortable.

His biggest realization during this period is that the NCAA really does not treat students as human beings!

He has less and less time for classes and practice. Most of the time he is either doing interviews or on the way to interviews. In addition, he has to shoot various magazines and advertisements.

It is worth mentioning that Lu Feng and his roommate Jeff Brown even went to shoot a Playboy cover together.

The American imperialists have used countless cases to prove that their noble moral character will never use child labor, whether it is in the entertainment industry or the sports industry... not in any industry, because they do not pay at all, so it is not considered the use of child labor!

The University of Washington has decided to give Jeff Brown an athletic scholarship, and the Huskies have become a strong team with three scholarship players at the same time.

In addition, Lu Feng heard from people in the student union that Jeff Brown would probably have to receive an academic scholarship if he failed to do so, and the reason why he would not receive it this year is because the quota is full.

After a period of time, the University of Washington played two more games and won easily.

After 7 games, Lu Feng's average data per game has also reached a terrifying level, averaging 40 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting 66% from the field, 50% from the three-point range, and 100% from free throws without missing a single goal.

Rate!

While Xiao Ming's terrifying statistics aroused heated discussion across the United States, it also attracted the attention of more and more people.

Although the two games after the victory over LMU were against weak teams, the venue was filled with fans and scouts from various NBA teams, and even the NBA vice president came once.

Lu Feng also noticed that in recent interviews, reporters asked him more and more whether he wanted to participate in the draft.

He knew exactly why, a hot man took action!

That's right, it's him, it's him, NBA President-David Stern!

Indeed, as Lu Feng expected, the recent changes in media trends are indeed the work of David Stern.

In the current draft lists predicted by various media in the United States, Lu Feng is consistently predicted to be in the top three. But the problem is that Lu Feng is only a 16-year-old freshman.

In this era, outside players generally stay in college for three years or more, and those like Maji who only study for two years are only a minority.

David Stern knows very well how desperate American universities are to keep students in the NCAA. Coaches and school administrators will go to students' homes to lobby again and again during the holidays in order to keep talented players, and fool the students' minds.

Bad parents join the coaching staff and school administration's lineup.

What’s even more disgusting is that the NCAA also stipulates that players are not allowed to contact NBA teams in any way during their college years. For this reason, the NBA has absolutely no way to get the NCAA. Every time NBA team management meets the parents of NCAA players, it is as if they are engaged in guerrilla warfare.

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Since becoming the league president, David Stern has been deeply disgusted with the NCAA's behavior of forcing talented students to retain.

Michael Jordan and Larry Bird both joined the NBA after four years of college. David Stern can't help but grit his teeth every time he thinks of this.

But fortunately, according to David Stern's observation, Lu Feng has his own ideas even though he is only 16 years old. He is a person with high IQ and EQ. Moreover, as a Chinese international student, he is a member of the management team of NCAA and University of Washington.

He also has no contact with his family.

But David Stern felt that this alone was not enough, so he did not hesitate to let various media that cooperated with the NBA use this method to hint Lu Feng in interviews: "Hey, man, it's time for you to go to the NBA.

Staying in college is not for you!"

At this time, the NBA is not a Nike league, and Nike cannot have the influence of future generations in this era. Jordan has not even won the championship!

Although there is no Nike, the NBA is not that clean. Although the NBA league is not the Nike league at this time, it is an undisputed media league.

But unlike the situation in the future when the NBA is completely controlled by Nike, at this time the NBA and the media have more of a cooperative relationship. The media affects the NBA, and the NBA in turn affects the direction of the media.

In addition to hinting in interviews, David Stern can do more, such as...

"Of course I like Seattle. It is one of the quietest and cleanest cities in the United States, and Seattle's urban greening is very good. I like that!"

"The draft? I haven't decided yet, but I'm already preparing. Although I'm only 16 years old, I definitely have that kind of strength, I'm sure!"

"You know, I am only 16 years old now. I came to the University of Washington to study at first, not to play ball. I never thought it would be like this after coming to the United States. I still need to find a way to be drafted or stay in school.

I can only decide after having the opportunity to discuss it with my family."

After realizing David Stern's intention, Lu Feng did not rush to make a promise, but he was willing to give him some hints during the interview. He didn't know if David Stern would understand it.

In my memory, this year's Seattle SuperSonics didn't do badly, but they miraculously got the second pick. It's not impossible to do it again in this life.

Ever since the New York Knicks miraculously won the No. 1 pick and acquired Gorilla Ewing, the controversy surrounding the behind-the-scenes manipulation of the NBA draft has been increasing year by year.

In order to save the image of the league, David Stern decided to change the way the draft lottery is conducted to prevent NBA teams from crazy behavior. Next year will be the first year of implementing the new model.

The current Seattle SuperSonics is the team that Lu Feng wants to go to the most. The team is full of young people, the team has good reputation, the salary space is healthy, the coach is open, the management is poor but they are willing to spend money, and it is a Seattle football team.

Team.

After returning from the away game and resting for a few days, Lynn Nance announced to the Huskies players the next opponent - LSU versus the Tigers!

The next game will be another home game for the Huskies at Huskies Edmondson Arena.

As a recognized strong team, the Huskies have no shortage of invitations. They have only played two home games since the start of the season. Most of them are away games to help sell tickets and increase the popularity of the team. This is also one of the unspoken rules in the NCAA.

After the Washington Huskies won 7 consecutive victories, Lynn Nance believes that the current mainstream short fast break teams will not be the opponents of the Huskies at all. To be more precise, they are not the opponents of Lu Feng. He just needs to make more room.

Just take action.

So after winning two games, Lynn Nance planned to let the team try playing other styles of teams.

The first ones he considered were the Duke Blue Devils and UNLV, but UNLV didn't want to meet the Huskies in advance and rejected Lynn Nance's invitation. March Madness is the real battlefield for the two teams.

The Duke Blue Devils agreed, but they asked the Huskies to play away games because the two teams were too far apart and they didn't want to come. Lynn Nance didn't want to travel that far, so he settled for the second best and chose the LSU game.

Tiger Team.

Although LSU and the Tigers are also fast break teams, they have a two-way team that goes against the trend, and LSU's perimeter is not weak, with Chris Jackson, who is currently considered by the media to be the third strongest perimeter player in the NCAA.

Sophomore Chris Jackson is a player with a different style from Lu Feng and Kim Bell. He is more like a Reggie Miller-style pitcher and is considered by the media to have a shooting ability second only to Lu Feng.

In addition, LSU also has a sophomore and former All-American five-star high school insider, 7-foot-tall (213cm) Stan Lee Robert.

The other one is the freshman who has attracted much attention since high school, Shaquille O'Neal.

LSU averaged 92 points per game in previous games and limited its opponents to 81 points. It protected the rim extremely well inside and was one of the strongest defensive teams in the league.

The game against LSU was a great test of Lu Feng's offensive ability. He was very satisfied with the choice of Lynn Nance because he was also very interested in LSU.

Not only because the weapons he has been practicing for a long time finally have the opportunity to be used in actual combat, but also because he is very curious about LSU players.

Shark and Curry template, finally get to meet each other!
Chapter completed!
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