Author: Dong Wangyi

About three o'clock in the afternoon on March 27, 1991.

Chicago, Bulls headquarters training facility.

General manager Jerry Krause walked in and called Michael Jordan aside during shooting practice.

"Michael, do you know that the main point guard of the UCLA basketball team and the enforcer of the ice hockey team, Iron Fist? After they won the championship last night, Iron Fist announced that he would participate in the NBA and NHL drafts at the same time."

"57 PKs, 46 KOs, 11 knockouts, the most powerful executioner in the NCAA in the past two years, the Iron Fist Massacre?"

With a cold snort, Jordan said: "That guy just deliberately caused a conflict in the Final Four, causing our main scorer in North Carolina to be sent off, and then he KO'd our executioner Fran, and the Bruins team's morale was high.

In the end, we were eliminated, how could I not know about him?"

Jerry Krause said seriously: "He is a tough guy and a very good hitter. I want to use our first-round pick No. 26 to select him and let him be your protector."

"real?"

For the first time, Jordan felt that Jerry Krause, the damn fat guy, was pretty good, and finally knew that he had to find a thug for him.

He actually doesn't like Iron Fist very much, because that guy is just like his arch-rival Smiling Assassin, he always has a smile on his face, and he's the kind of extremely ferocious person at heart. Seeing Iron Fist, it's like seeing Smiling Assassin.

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In Detroit, Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey is considering this year's draft.

The Pistons are not doing very well this year. They are currently third in the Eastern Conference. However, the team's lineup is aging and injuries are serious. The key is that after two consecutive championships, this team has lost its spirit. It is time to introduce fresh blood.

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He picked up a draft report on his desk and turned to the first page.

Static talent (S level): naked height 185 cm, weight 95 kg, arm span 200 cm, palm length 24 cm, palm width 28 cm, standing reach height 248.5 cm.

Dynamic talents (B+ level): 100 meters in 11.1 seconds, 3/4 sprint (22.86 meters) in 3.38 seconds, vertical jump of 73 centimeters, running jump of 85 centimeters, approach height of 333.1 centimeters, maximum bench press of 185 pounds 28 times.

Scout evaluation (Grade B): Overall physical fitness A-, defense A, offense C, organization B, shooting B, ball control A-, strength B, breakthrough B-, vision C-, passing B-.

"The strength of his upper limbs is too strong and the tonnage is too large. If he loses weight and strengthens the strength of his lower limbs, his athletic quality should be better."

"Although the comprehensive evaluation is only B-level, he is only 19 years old. There is room for improvement in both athletic quality and technology. Coupled with S-level static talent and first-class defensive level, this is a player who has training value and can be used as a player.

As far as usable rookies go, a second-round pick isn't enough."

"The most anticipated thing is that seeing him is like seeing Isiah Thomas back then. He is brave, tenacious, and fierce. They are really alike."

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In Los Angeles, around nine o'clock in the morning, in a coffee shop on the street, a middle-aged white man was drinking coffee and looking out the window from time to time by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

At this time, a very muscular young man with a flat head and broad shoulders walked in. When he greeted the waiter, he had a gentle and calm smile on his face and a firm look in his eyes.

"Hey, Zhou, here." The middle-aged white man stood up quickly and greeted.

"Hey, Roger."

Raising his hand, Zhou Quan walked over with a smile.

Roger Philippe is the sports agent he just signed, and the two are discussing matters related to the draft today.

"Roger..."

Before the discussion, Zhou Quan emphasized that if he is selected in the first round of the NBA draft, he will join the NBA, but if he is selected in the second round, he will join the NHL.

There is absolutely no problem for him to join the NHL. Several teams have secretly contacted him, hoping that he would participate in this year's NHL draft.

But he prefers basketball and is more willing to join the NBA, because in ice hockey he is just an executioner and is responsible for fighting. In fact, he has no future.

Of course, he is self-aware that his athletic talent is not very good, he cannot run fast enough, jump not high enough, and his naked height is only 185 centimeters, so he can only play point guard, but his vision is not good at the No. 1 position.

No, his passing ability is also not good, which ultimately leads to mediocre organizational ability.

Poor vision is not due to height. If you stand taller and see farther, your vision will indeed be better, but vision is not just determined by height. It is a comprehensive quality that combines innate talent and acquired ability.

Talent, spatial imagination, quick memory ability, height.

Ability, anticipation, game experience, understanding of teammates, and understanding of tactics.

These seven talents are indispensable, and he lacks spatial imagination, which is a major shortcoming of him as a point guard.

Hearing that Zhou Quan had set the tone, Philip did not object. He knew that he was a player who looked gentle on the outside but had the opposite personality on the inside. He was also very independent and strong. If he opposed it directly, conflicts would likely arise.

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He just asked: "Zhou, do you have any plans for your own development?"

Regarding the future, Zhou Quan has already thought about it clearly and said: "First focus on defense, and then improve offensive capabilities."

Philip nodded and said: "This year's NBA draft is just a small year. With your current defensive ability and not too bad organizational skills, I think a first-round pick at the bottom of the pick is no problem."

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "In the past two years, due to the needs of executioners, I have focused on strengthening the upper body. The lower limbs are not strong enough. After entering the NBA, I plan to lose a certain amount of weight on the upper limbs and strengthen the lower limbs through targeted strength training.

Strength, this will allow me to improve my speed and jumping."

Philip smiled and said: "Zhou, your shoulder width has reached 52 centimeters, which allows you to carry more meat and maintain a strong strength and tonnage advantage. If you increase your speed and jumping, after your offensive skills mature,

I think you can develop into an offensive point guard."

"Yes, that's what I planned." Zhou Quan smiled and nodded.

He is heavy in weight and short in height, so he has a high muscle content and a great strength advantage. Not to mention the NCAA, even the NBA, he can basically dominate the entire back line, even the small forward, as long as he is not that kind of power type.

He can also compete, even those light inside players, he can handle them.

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In late April, the NBA's 90/91 regular season ended and the playoffs began.

Zhou Quan is also well-known in the NCAA and has received trial invitations from many teams, including the NHL and NBA.

The first stop is the NBA Lakers. Magic Johnson is old and the Lakers hope to choose a replacement.

However, the results of the trial training were not very good, because Magic Johnson was too dazzling in front of Zhuyu, and the management's vision was raised. Neither the boss Buss nor the general manager Jerry West took a fancy to him.

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Then he went to the NHL Los Angeles Kings, and the management promised him that the team would select him in the second round and assured him that they would give him an entry-level contract with an annual salary of at least $300,000.

This promise is very good. There are seven rounds of NHL drafts, and the pick in the second round is very high.

In addition, the entry-level contract in the NHL has a cap, and the top pick can only get an entry-level contract of 420,000 US dollars at most. The Kings promised an annual salary of 300,000 US dollars, and their sincerity is also good.

Next, he went to other cities to continue trial training, such as San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, New York and other places. Each city tried out teams from the two major leagues at the same time.

Agent Roger Philip hoped that he could go to a big city to play, so the training teams he selected were all big city teams.

He helped Zhou Quan reject the invitation from the Detroit Pistons because the NBA's villain team was not suitable for Zhou Quan and the Pistons only had a second-round pick.

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While Zhou Quan was training everywhere, Michael Jordan led the Bulls to sweep Ewing's Knicks in the first round, and in the second round eliminated Barkley's Philadelphia Digital Team with a score of four to one, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bad Boys, who had won two consecutive championships, had lost all their energy. They defeated the Eagles with a big score of 3 to 2 in the first round, and then defeated the Green Team with a big score of 4 to 2 in the second round. They met with the enemy team the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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This time, Jordan showed off his might, swept the Pistons, let out a bad breath, and reached the Finals for the first time in seven years.

The league's villain, the Pistons, collapsed. Jordan was like a warrior who slayed the dragon and became the most dazzling superstar in the league. With the retirement and aging of the black and white duo, he officially became the number one player in the league.

In the West, Magic Johnson led the Lakers to the Finals.

In the end, Jordan defeated Magic Johnson with a score of four to one and won his first championship trophy.

"Believe me, this is no accident, this is the beginning of an era."

Jordan held the championship trophy in his left hand and the Finals MVP trophy in his right hand, and spoke to the media in tears.

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The time has come to June 27th, NBA draft day.

"The Golden State Warriors, with the 17th pick in the first round, selected Zhou Quan, a UCLA student from China."

Around nine-thirty, David Stern's voice rang out.

"Damn, the Warriors have Tim Hardaway, why are they drafting a point guard?"

The thug he was looking for was cut off, and Bulls general manager Krause was immediately confused. If Jordan couldn't do what he promised, he was afraid that the guy with an increasingly angry temper would take out his anger on him.

"Zhou, going to Oakland to play ball is a good result. It's close to San Francisco, where there are many Chinese people. You also have a certain reputation in the Greater Bay Area. Congratulations!"

Roger Philippe raised his fist excitedly.

"Thanks!"

Zhou Quan smiled and hugged his manager, took the Warriors hat from the staff and put it on his head before going on stage.

"Zhou, welcome to the NBA."

After actively hugging him, David Stern said enthusiastically.

"I am also honored to join the NBA." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

But more than an hour later, when the draft was over and the trade happened, he couldn't laugh anymore. He took the Warriors' hat off his head with some depression and crushed it into a ball.
Chapter completed!