Chapter 129 - Meeting (1/2)

The group of coaches hired by FIBA gathered together in the late-evening to discuss the allotment of the participants.

FIBA had gathered twelve coaches for this summer camp. Two for Division-One, five for Division-Two, and another five for Division-Three.

All of them gathered in a big meeting room to bounce off observations about the players that caught their eyes.

One of the coaches for the Division-Three chuckled as he spoke to the gathered people.

D-3 Coach: ”Today was a fruitful day. It was a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to see Gilbert Knight and Ivan Petrovic play.”

A lot of members nodded their heads and gave similar responses.

D-2 Coach: ”This will be their third time attending this camp. So, it is not a surprise that they will go to Division-One.”

Gilbert Knight from the USA and Ivan Petrovic from Serbia had been attending the camp since they were sixteen years old, and this was their third and last year.

Coach Albert nodded his head and said.

Albert: ”They have grown considerably from last year. This year as well, they will be in Division-One. Enough about them, let's see who else will be in the Division-One.”

A Division-Two coach picked up some files and spoke.

D-2 Coach: ”Bruno Muller from Germany, Antony Grigor from Russia, Carlos Santos from Brazil.

They were in Division-One last year. What about them?”

Coach Albert looked at his notes and recalled the game clips that he had seen earlier today, he crossed his arms and said.

Albert: ”I saw their games. They played well. All of them have started to branch out in their unique directions. I will work with them to guide and solve their problems.

Albert flipped to his notes and addressed another topic.

Albert: ”These were the only players that attended the camp last year, now let's move onto the new ones.

I want Rafael Garcia from Spain, and Roger Mael from France to be in Division-One.”

All of the coaches picked up their files, and one of them spoke.

D-2 Coach: ”Rafael Garcia skipped the camp last year due to injury, and it is Roger Mael's first time being invited to the camp.”

Albert nodded and said.

Albert: ”Roger is a good talent, he is seventeen, and I think he is an essential point in his high school career, I would like to help him.

But, I really want to work with Rafael Garcia, he is a unique type of player that I haven't seen in a while.”

Next were some unusual players that the coaches didn't think would attend the camp.

A lot of coaches nodded with the assessment.

D-2 Coach: ”We only usually see that level of players when the camp is hosted in their country.”

A Division-Three coach shrugged and said.

D-3 Coach: ”Not all players are thinking of going professional, so attending the camp is not for them, but we unexpectedly got three this year and that from different countries.”

All of them looked at the names on the files; Lin Ming from China, Douglas Pierce from Argentina, and Leonel Claude from Italy.

Everybody looked at Coach Albert and waited to see if he would take them into Division-One.

Albert closed his eyes and remained silent for a while. He was contemplating if he should take them in.

After a while, he opened his eyes and said.

Albert: ”I will take them in. They accepted the invitation and came here, which means they welcomed some new exposure. But...”

Albert: ”If they slack off, then I will demote them to Division-Two, and that just doesn't apply to these three, I will demote anyone that slacked-off in Division-One.

If they work their hardest, then I have no problems with coaching them.”

Division-Two and Division-Three coaches thought that this was the end of the Division-One group, but then someone spoke that indicated that it not the end of it.

???: ”I have a recommendation of Division-One.”

Everybody except Coach Albert looked at the speaker, while Albert only smiled.

A Division-Three looked at the speaker and smiled.

D-3 Coach: ”Ms. Sarah, who are you talking about?”

Sarah Snow, she was the other Division-One coach and the only female coach in this year's FIBA camp.

[A/N: Sarah Snow uses Chifuyu Orimura from Infinite Stratos. The link will be in the description.]

Sarah: ”Kageyama Shun from Japan. I think he is a solid Division-One player.”