The person who called him was Tom Payne, and he explained to Su Yang a lot.

It turned out that at the end of March, Steve Patterson, the former general manager of the Trail Blazers, suddenly announced his resignation.

Subsequently, the player personnel director Kevin Prichard was promoted to the new general manager by his boss Paul Allen, and the basketball affairs department was reorganized. Payne himself left the Grizzlies in May to join the Trail Blazers.

They are busy every day due to various things such as work handover. In addition, the Trail Blazers draw the No. 1 pick with a 5% chance, which leads to many of the draft and trading plans they have prepared before, and even work overtime until late at night many times.

According to Tom, they recently cleared the work emails left by the former general manager and found out Su Yang's resume of applying for a scout in the early morning. General Manager Kevin was very interested in Su Yang's suggestions on drafts, and he also went to Twitter and Facebook to check Su Yang's previous predictions about March Crazy game, and wanted to call at that time.

But because it was early in the morning, I was worried that it would affect his rest, so I specifically asked Payne to call around 7 o'clock.

"That's how it is. I'll send you an email later, which contains relevant content about this interview. Please be careful to check it out. If there are no other questions, I'll hang up the phone first, OK?" Tom asked.

Su Yang said thank you. As soon as he hung up the phone, the prompt tone for the arrival of the new email rang.

I clicked on it and found that the Trail Blazers are very user-friendly for interview arrangements. They not only provide telephone interview options, but also unconditionally reimbursed the economy class tickets from any city in North America to Portland, which is rich and powerful.

Specifically for his interview, the pioneers hope to go to Portland for detailed discussions, mainly to hear how he made so many correct predictions, and the interview time was scheduled at 12 noon in the Western United States time zone.

"There is another village with dark willows and flowers..." Su Yang took a strong mouthful of Zhongnanhai.

I thought the Clippers were the only team to give opportunities, but now there are more Trail Blazers. The key is to take the initiative to provide full-time scouting opportunities. After joining the company, you can participate in video analysis meetings with the coaching staff and even make your own suggestions.

Su Yang raised his hand to look at his watch. It was just 7:50 in the morning, and it only took about an hour to fly to Portland.

It was time to go to the interview at 12 o'clock, and there was no problem with physical strength and energy. I could take a nap on the plane.

How could you miss such a good opportunity?

"Damn! I'm going to float north this time!"

Su Yang threw away the cigarette butts, sat in Mazda and started the ignition, turned around and drove towards Los Angeles International Airport.

…

Alaska Airlines is quite efficient, and Suyang landed at Portland International Airport at 10 o'clock.

He called a taxi and rushed to Rose Garden, next to it was the Trail Blazers Training and Office Base.

According to the previous agreement, he explained his purpose at the reception desk, and the staff immediately took him inside.

Su Yang followed closely behind, curiously looking at the furnishings around him, and at first glance, he saw the Jin Cancan 1977 Championship Trophy. At that time, the Trail Blazers made the playoffs for the first time in history, but he miraculously won the championship directly, which can be called the plot of the movie.

That was also the only champion of the Trail Blazers. In 2001, he had players such as Pippen, Camp, Sabonis, and Flying Squirrel. With such a luxurious lineup, the talented O'Neal also had to sit on the bench, but encountered an invincible OK combination.

Walk a few more steps inside, turn into the core area of ​​the base, and suddenly see a wall with many words printed on it. I read it together, which roughly means 'No one is born to be a champion. If you want to win the championship, you must strive for it'.

"This slogan is a bit scattered. The sentences are too long and the words are complicated. They have no momentum to pronounce and have poor transmission effect." Su Yang thought of the sentence in the Celtic training base: That one is more painful? Do you work hard or regret it?

Soon, the staff took him into the reception room. After a few minutes, a white-bearded black man walked in.

"Hello, I'm Bob Burco, the Trail Blazers scouting director, responsible for the first meeting with you."

Su Yang smiled and greeted, the two sat down face to face, and Bob took out a resume from the file bag.

Without extra words, the interview will go straight to the topic.

"Do you know why you saw your job resume in the morning, but the interview time is scheduled at twelve o'clock noon? Do you feel it's too hasty?" Bob stared at Su Yang with a smile, as if he wanted to grab every expression of his expression.

Most interviews are indeed arranged according to the wishes of the job seeker. There are few notifications on the same day, and interviews are on the same day.

But the scouting industry is quite special. Because of the NBA schedule, I catch a plane almost every day, from one city to another. However, night breaks are common, and sometimes even fly three cities a day.

"This is a special need for scouting jobs. I decided to have a detailed understanding before applying for the job and can adapt."

"Very good, please talk about how to observe and evaluate whether a college player deserves the attention of the team."

Su Yang nodded. The direction of this question is very clear. Several key points need to be grasped to answer. One is summary, the second is observation and evaluation, the third is university players, and the fourth is team needs.

"I will first communicate with the team to clarify the most needed functions of the team, such as shooting three-pointers and defense, and then focus on 3D players in the traditional sense, conduct preliminary screening through various data statistics, then arrange priority order, start from a certain competition area, and go to the game site to watch their actual performance."

"Many website data is not updated in time. Are you worried about missing a great candidate because of that?"

It is May 2007. Some universities will not update various player statistics for a long time, while some data are wrong or confusing. A three-point shooting rate of a few percentage points will have a great impact on players' evaluation.

"Inspection is a long-term and continuous work, and data screening is only a reference method and is not entirely dependent."

Bob nodded with satisfaction: "As a fresh graduate, you can have a methodology for scouting yourself, which is very good. The following question, please briefly talk about the current tactical characteristics of the Trail Blazers."

Su Yang is very familiar with this. The current Trail Blazers head coach McMillan is one of the representatives of the offensive system of dead-beating routines. Another representative of the offensive system of dead-beating routines is Larry Brown. The tactical characteristics of the two are very easy to identify.

The so-called routine offensive system is the difference between the triangle, Princeton, and UCLA dynamic offensive systems. They hardly emphasize reading and reaction, but more on one, two, three, and four. The tactical running requirements are relatively strict.

The two systems have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The routine attack is rigid, with the upper limit being low and the lower limit being high.

Dynamic offense is flexible, with high upper limit and low lower limit.

Generally speaking, many teams use the two in a mixed manner.

For example, the Lakers mainly play the dynamic system of triangular offensive, and Fisher generally calls for tactics based on the defensive positioning, but Kobe sometimes directly takes the ball and plays singles from the low post.

"The current tactical characteristics of the Trail Blazers are high-position horn pick-and-roll. The shooter squats on both sides and clears the wings. Through precise positioning and complex running positioning, the telescopic attack is mainly driven by Brandon Roy..."

Su Yang talked for two minutes in a row, and Bob nodded frequently, as if he was becoming more and more satisfied with his answer.

When he finished speaking, Bob mentioned a few more questions and asked him to wait a moment, and someone would come for an interview.

Su Yang got up and walked and moved his body. After walking a few steps, a middle-aged white man with big back hair pushed the door open and entered.

"Hi, I'm Kevin Prichard, Trail Blazers General Manager, I'm glad to see you."

Su Yang responded with a smile, the two shook hands and interacted, then sat down face to face, and went directly to the interview session.
Chapter completed!