Chapter 41 Participate in the Exam

After Stephen arrived at the hospital, Coach Benjamin had woken up from his coma and was smiling happily at the TV in front of him. Seeing Stephen in, he looked at Stephen unexpectedly and went to watch the TV inside. There was an on-site award ceremony in the TV. Stephen was indeed not in the ceremony.

As the team that won the championship, the University of Southern California naturally achieved a great harvest. In addition to Coupard won the Best Player, Coach Benjamin also won the Best Coach Award, but Simon Davis won the Best Coach Award. In addition, Coupard and Nick Young both entered the Best Team, but Stephen did not win any personal awards.

Player of the Year, Best Player of the National Coach Association, and Naismith Award were both won by Andrew Bogut of Utah University. He led the team to the quarterfinals alone. Although he was eliminated, his personal ability was recognized. He played against Duncan in the World Championships and performed so well this season. He is considered to be the favorite candidate for the No. 1 pick in this year's draft. Adolph Rupp was won by Coop and Bob Cusi won by Raymond Felton.

After watching all the live broadcasts on TV, Stephen looked at Benjamin's face that had withered suddenly. Just as he was about to say sorry to him with guilt, Benjamin spoke: "You don't need to say anything, it has nothing to do with you. I am ***. I was diagnosed in the middle of the season. I don't want to delay this season. I have been taking conservative treatment. Before ending my coaching career, I will never regret it in my life to meet you and win the NCAA championship."

"Ah? Coach, what disease do you have?" Stephen screamed in surprise. Wouldn't this mean that you have to change your coach? The school won't let Simon Davis be the head coach, it wouldn't be a good fruit for you.

"You don't know if you say it. In short, it's a very annoying disease, but I'm very happy that you can come to see me as soon as the game ends." Benjamin looked at Stephen with a look of gratitude. The biggest reason for winning the championship this season is Stephen. Unfortunately, such a player cannot be reflected in various awards. A player without offensive ability, unless your data is too outrageous, otherwise even the best defensive player will not have your share. It's a pity.

"This is what I should do, after all, it was me." Stephen touched his head in distress, but was thinking in his heart, what should he do if he changed the head coach? If he didn't say anything else, he would knock Simon Davis unconscious for himself.

"Well, that's it. Since you're here, I'll ask you, are you still going to get involved in college basketball?" Benjamin looked at Stephen and asked suddenly.

"Ah, coach, what do you mean?" Stephen asked in confusion.

"Although you are still lacking in your foundation, your physical ability to confront you far exceeds the level of college basketball. Although I don't know how your physical condition has become like this, college basketball is indeed not suitable for you. If possible, you'd better participate in the draft and be a professional player. Those who can enter the professional league are all guys with perverted bodies. In this way, you'll just take advantage of your physical advantages, but you have defects of not being able to attack, and you may not have a high ranking in the draft." Benjamin looked at Stephen and felt that he was able to discover such a guy at the end of his coaching career. It was so fulfilling. With Stephen's body, coupled with his understanding of basketball, as long as he made up for his technical shortcomings, his future achievements were limitless.

"Participate in the draft?" Stephen blinked twice, participating in the draft and becoming a professional player always felt that it was a very distant thing for Stephen.

"Yes, with your performance in the championship and a capable agent, it is still okay to join a weak team as a substitute who specializes in defense. You still have to train your offense. If you defend, you rely too much on your body and have no offensive ability, and you will never be reused."

"Then I'll consider it." Stephen couldn't decide for a moment, but Benjamin's words gave him an idea. Yes, his body really doesn't dare to display at will in college basketball, so he just entered the professional league and won the championship here. There is nothing to regret. With the factor of a coach, it's not impossible to sign up for the election.

But this matter is not that simple. The two first exchanged contact methods. Benjamin told Stephen that if there were any problems with basketball, he would consult him. Although it would not be of much help, there was no mistake in listening to one person's opinions. Then Stephen left the ward.

After joining the team, the school has to go back to the school to participate in the celebration organized by the school. At the same time, the Los Angeles Municipal Government also has celebrations. California Governor, famous movie stars Arnold, and Schwarzenegger also sent congratulatory letters to the University of Southern California. At the same time, major figures from the University of Southern California Alumni Association appeared one after another to congratulate the school for new breakthroughs in sports. The amount of donations was twice as much as in previous years, which made the school principal and supervisor sweetly distressed.

Because they had learned about Benjamin's condition and knew that Benjamin had decided to withdraw from basketball. Although his contract was two years away, the school could not force a patient to continue coaching. So who would continue to coach this team? This is the top priority before Supervisor Nicklas.

The school won the NCAA championship, and it became famous in the field of basketball and was very helpful in recruiting players, but it had to be recruited. However, it is not a good thing for the current lineup. On the one hand, they may choose to leave after winning the championship. At the same time, due to their performance in the game, many people will come to persuade them to participate in the draft. It is hard to say whether they can maintain half of their current lineup next season.

But basketball coaches are not that easy to find, especially since the team has just won the championship, which is a huge pressure for many coaches. Some coaches would rather take over a bad team and start over from scratch than take over such a team, so they can only temporarily let Simon Davis act as the head coach.

Stephen was hesitating whether to sign up for the election at this time. Shi Xianghua had no objection to this, but asked Stephen to decide on his own and just told Stephen that if he wanted to sign up for the election, he would sign the contract with Caa Company and Caa Company would be his agent.

After communicating with each other, Stephen knew that Coupard had decided to sign up for the election, while Nick Young and Gabu Pruitt were still hesitating like Stephen. They were both freshman year. Although they won the championship, they did not feel that they had a great advantage in the matchup, so they wanted to exercise in college basketball for a while. At the same time, Stephen also knew that Simon Davis had been having individual conversations with the team, hoping that they would give up the idea of ​​participating in the draft and continue to play college basketball.

This is inevitable. Although I won the championship this season, if most players run for the election, it will inevitably cause damage to the team. However, as long as you leave a general framework and add a few players, there will be no problem.

However, Simon Davis has not talked to Stephen. Although Stephen knew that the other party was biased, he did not go over and curry favor with him. Instead, he spent money to invite Punikatu and found a training hall to guide his training. However, no matter how to say, complete the basic training course first. Although there may not be anyone stopping him when he goes to school to train, Stephen no longer wants to have any entanglement with Simon Davis.

The early election registration day is coming soon. NCAA graduates are automatically qualified to run, and not graduates or high school students must run in advance. At the same time, overseas players can sign up for election as long as they are over 22 years old. These three groups form three groups that participate in the draft every year.

Cooperd had come to discuss with Stephen several times, but Stephen had never decided whether to run for the election. He was so anxious that he came over to pester Stephen every day. Stephen had never decided. In addition to his hesitation about the unknown future, there was another factor that was that Stephen felt that his level was not qualified to enter the professional league, and after enjoying the glory of being a main player and champion, Stephen really didn't want to go to a weak team as a substitute as Benjamin said.

However, his situation has been analyzed by others. Without offensive ability, it is the biggest shortcoming, and being able to enter the second round is the best result. But Coupard has no problem with a certain lottery zone, and even the top three. However, since Coupard's performance in the first two seasons was not very good, although he became strong this season, it still affected his evaluation.

Cooperd's advantage is that there are no excellent big players among the players who are likely to run for this year. This alone guarantees his draft pick. There are only a few players who can pose a threat to him by more than seven feet. The scarcity of excellent big men is a common problem in the entire league.

"When you can't determine which player you choose is excellent, then choose a big man." This is the general rules of drafting that all team general managers follow. Even if you trade after you choose, the big man is much more popular than outside players.

In the end, Stephen decided that no matter how bad the draft situation was, he would not want to make a college basketball anymore. If it really didn't work, it would be no problem to find a bad team to get a basic salary. Even if he couldn't play, it would be good to be able to follow up with systematic training.

Thinking of this, Stephen took Coopard to the caa agency and signed a contract with the people here, and they were fully responsible for their own drafts.

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Chapter completed!