Chapter 4 The terrifying talent
In the afternoon, Jiang Dongbing was sitting in the office when he heard a knock on the door.
After opening the door, there were two people standing behind the door, one was a middle-aged woman with a sad face, and the other was a young man of extremely terrifying height.
If nothing else, this middle-aged woman should be Vitti’s friend.
Vitti seemed to have an appearance that was inconsistent with her age, while the woman in front of Jiang Dongbing was obviously much older.
As for the young white guy, his height really shocked Jiang Dongbing.
Jackson's height of about two meters is already outstanding at Butler Community College, and the height of this white guy is visually estimated to be at least 20 centimeters taller than Jackson!
That is, a height of two meters and two meters!
This is definitely a giant-level figure!
Not only is his height astonishing, but his physique also looks extremely majestic, and his shoulder width reaches a level that makes Jiang Dongbing speechless.
If he hadn't learned from Vitti that David Taillon had autism, Jiang Dongbing would have definitely thought that the young man in front of him was a once-in-a-century super center prospect.
Autism is not just about being unable to communicate with others, most patients have symptoms of being unable to concentrate, and being unable to concentrate during a basketball game is undoubtedly quite fatal.
"Hello, Coach Jiang, I'm Robin Taillon, nice to meet you." The woman forced a tired smile.
Just by hearing this name, Jiang Dongbing could roughly guess what happened to this woman.
The son takes his mother's surname. It is very likely that David Taillon's biological father is also a scumbag. It is hard enough for the mother to raise the child alone, let alone a child with autism.
No wonder Robin Tyrone looks a lot more aged than Vitti.
"Hello, Ms. Robin, Miss Vitti has already told me."
"Don't worry, I will take good care of David as much as possible. Come in and sit down first." Jiang Dongbing introduced the mother and son into the office and poured a glass of water for them.
"Thank you, Coach Jiang. Vitti said that you are a good person and a man worth trusting. I think she is right." The sadness on Robin's face softened a lot, and she said to Jiang Dongbing with a smile.
Jiang Dongbing was a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject: "Ms. Robin, please introduce our young man. Looking at his physique, he is definitely a powerful player."
"David, say hello to Coach Jiang." Robin turned to his son behind him and said.
David Taillon didn't say a word, and he didn't even make any eye contact with Jiang Dongbing. It was as if his soul was out of body, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind.
Robin coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, "I'm sorry, Coach Jiang, this kid David is quite shy. I think more contact will make him better."
"It doesn't matter. We are a basketball team, not a debate team. We don't need too much communication among the team members." Jiang Dongbing softly comforted the poor mother in front of him.
"It just so happens that our Grizzlies team will have the first training camp of the new school year tomorrow, so David will report to the basketball hall on time at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
Robin thanked her repeatedly, and she had finally accomplished something she had been thinking about.
Just looking at David Taillon's physique, anyone can't help but admire that this is the perfect center body. Once upon a time, Robin also hoped that his son could rely on such an advantage to become a top center in the NBA.
In this way, even if he passes away one day, little David can still live well.
However, due to autism, Robin ran into many obstacles. No decent NCAA team was willing to recruit little David to join the team, which also made Robin completely put an end to the unrealistic fantasy.
Now that little David has successfully joined the Butler Grizzlies, Robin no longer fantasizes about how far her son can go in basketball. She just wants little David to have a college life that is no different from a normal person.
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After seeing off Tai Long and his son, Jiang Dongbing leaned on his office chair and watched the Grizzlies' new season schedule.
The league division the Grizzlies are in is called the Greater Northeast Athletic League. When Jiang Dongbing first heard the name, he had an extremely absurd feeling, like a league that had been made up at random.
But in fact, the Greater Northeastern Conference is indeed a member of more than 40 divisions in the NCAA three-level league. In addition to the Greater Northeastern Athletic Conference, there is also a Northeastern Conference...
Although it is a third-level league, the schedule is actually not much different from the NCAA first-level league. Each division plays the regular season first and then the playoffs to compete for the championship.
It's just that the third-level league is not qualified to participate in the national championship, so they can only act as spectators in Black March.
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At ten o'clock the next morning, Jiang Dongbing appeared in the school basketball gym on time. Today was the Grizzlies' first training camp.
Currently, the Grizzlies have a total of 11 players including the newly joined Jackson and David Taillon.
But when Jiang Dongbing entered the arena, only seven people were standing there, and the remaining four players were missing.
Jiang Dongbing is also used to it. After all, this is not a regular team. Many players join the team just to join in the fun. Jiang Dongbing does not expect them to participate in the training camp on time.
Today is Jiang Dongbing's first day as the head coach. As usual, many coaches will come up to give the players some chicken soup, talk about the glorious history of the school and the team, and look forward to the bright future of the team.
Of course Jiang Dongbing wanted to do the same, but there was no glorious history to tell.
There are a few famous people in the school's history, but they are all of low quality, such as a glass blower named Brent Somerhauser, an obstetrician and gynecologist named Roger Marshall, and Carla George.
beauty pageant contestants, and even a serial killer named Dennis Ladd.
Compared with those top schools that often produce alumni such as presidents, astronauts, and Nobel Prize winners, Butler has no reputation.
The glorious history of the school team is out of the question. They have never even won a championship in the Northeastern Conference.
"Guys, the new season is about to begin. First of all, welcome to the two new players who have joined the team, Stephen Jackson and David Taillon." Jiang Dongbing called the players to gather and briefly introduced Jackson and David.
The players looked at the two newcomers with interest. They must know Jackson. After all, Jackson was very prosperous before.
And David Taillon's physique also shocked these players. They were all half-baked players, none of them were over 1.9 meters tall. Suddenly seeing this giant who was 2.2 meters tall, I felt in my heart.
Shocking beyond measure.
Jackson curled his lips and didn't pay attention to these amateur teammates. He didn't even bother to say hello. This was definitely the case for Tyrone, who had been wandering around since he entered this arena.
Jiang Dongbing didn't care, waved his hand and said: "Okay, everyone knows each other, let's play a team training match next."
Because there are not enough people to play 5V5 for the whole game, we can only play 3V3 for half a game.
Jiang Dongbing divided the players into two groups. The two newcomers Jackson and Tai Long were assigned to one group, and then stood on the sidelines and blew the whistle.
Just as the players walked onto the court one after another, Jiang Dongbing's heart began to throb, and the mechanical synthesized sound sounded again!
"If players with a potential rating of 90 or above are found on the court, should they be bound?"
Jiang Dongbing staggered in shock. What do you mean? Besides Jackson, is there another player on the court with a potential rating of 90?
How is this possible!
Jiang Dongbing knows better than anyone what kind of character the original Butler Grizzlies player is. To describe him as stinky tomatoes and rotten eggs is not an exaggeration at all. He is simply incapable of doing anything and eating nothing.
Is there a player among them with a potential rating of over 90? I wouldn’t believe it even if I beat Jiang Dongbing to death.
Jiang Dongbing suddenly looked at David Tailong who was in a daze on the court, and was extremely shocked. Could it be him?!
After opening the player attributes panel, Jiang Dongbing confirmed his guess!
"Name: David Tyrone"
"Position: Center"
"Offensive ability at the basket: 8 (93), training progress (0/1000)"
"CIC ability: 10 (95), training progress (0/1000)"
"Three-point ability: 7 (67), training progress (0/1000)"
"Rebounding ability: 60 (100), training progress (0/1000)"
"Organizational ability: 12 (47), training progress (0/1000)"
"Single defense ability: 32 (100), training progress (0/1000)"
"Assistance defense ability: 18 (44), training progress (0/1000)"
"Ball holding ability: 6 (25), training progress (0/1000)"
"Leadership: 0(0)"
"Game concentration: 20"
"Current comprehensive strength rating: 43"
“Extreme Potential Rating: 95”
Eight million horses of grass and mud ran wildly through Jiang Dongbing's heart. No words can describe Jiang Dongbing's mood now.
After looking at Jackson's attribute panel, I looked at David Taillon's attribute panel again. It was simply weird.
Jackson is a balanced player. At least from the perspective of the game, he doesn't have any obvious shortcomings.
As for David Taillon's panel, it's hard to describe in one word. Many attributes are shockingly low. Even the ultimate potential in brackets at the back is quite low.
However, the ultimate potential of the four attributes of offensive ability at the basket, mid-range shooting ability, rebounding ability and single defense ability is so high that it makes Jiang Dongbing panic.
Especially the rebounding and individual defense ability reached the full value of 100 points. Jiang Dongbing racked his brains and couldn't think of anyone in the history of basketball who had such terrifying dominance.
O'Neal? He is indeed strong enough in these two aspects, but if he can reach the full value in both, Jiang Dongbing doesn't feel that he can.
Rodman? His rebounding may be infinitely close to the full value, but his single defense ability will definitely not reach 100 points.
Chapter completed!