Defending champion

Chapter 8 Must sign him

Byron Scott and Bob Bass led the peak to the Hornets training camp.

"Smith, who is he?" A relatively short guy with a crew cut and wearing Hornets' No. [-] asked his teammate next to him.

The number three of the Hornets is Chris Paul, the queen bee who will be known as the league's number one point guard in the future.

"I don't know, maybe it's a new team member!" The man named Smith spread his hands, shook his head and replied.

The morning training for the players is over.Apparently they were very curious about the presence of coach Byron and general manager at the same time.The players on the sidelines were still talking to each other in low voices.

Seeing Gao Feng's unfamiliar face and seeing the form on the court, the players off the court had already guessed what was going on.After all, they have experienced this kind of thing before.

From among the players, the head coach Byron called out one of the players who was as tall as the peak and wore the Hornets' No. 30 training uniform.

"David West, isn't this David West?" When he saw who it was, Gao Feng was dumbfounded.

What's wrong with this world, why did I meet all the players of the Pacers team in the previous life!

In Gao Feng's impression, David West is now able to average 19.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.3 blocks per game, such all-around data.The style of play is unpretentious and very stable.Very strong and a rival.

Seeing that his opponent was David West, Gao Feng swallowed a few more mouthfuls of spit.Think of the evaluation of him by the media in his previous life.

The audience present, including players and coaches, were not optimistic about Gao Feng's victory in this game.

The main purpose of head coach Byron is to see how Gao Feng's offense and defense look.

The heads-up is the way the coach prefers to select players.

At the same time, heads-up is also the best way to stimulate the potential of players, and see how much potential the players still have.

Seeing that Gao Feng and West were almost ready, assistant coach Edick came to the midfield with a whistle.

"I'll be the referee for you." Edick said to these two people standing in the midfield.

Edik looked at Gao Feng and said, "The content of the trial training is very simple. You and David single-handedly, whoever gets [-] goals first, wins."

Gao Feng nodded.

"For the sake of fairness, you jump the ball." Adick said to the two.

David and Gao Feng glanced at each other, and there was no objection to each other.

Both Gao Feng and David were ready for the jump ball in the middle circle, and Adick walked between them and said loudly: "Are you ready? It's time to jump the ball."

The two people's nerves began to become tense when they heard this.

This one-on-one match is very important to Gao Feng and David West.One wants to show that he is recognized by the coach, while the other wants to show his value in front of the management and increase his bargaining chips for future contracts.

"Forcing" Edick blew the whistle in his mouth, and the orange basketball quickly left his palm.

The basketball was thrown high by Edick and rolled into the air.

The basketball keeps rising in the air.

At the moment when the basketball was separated from Adick, the peak jumped high.The height of Gaofeng's take-off is very high, but Gaofeng did not take off this rebound because Gaofeng jumped too early.

David seized the best opportunity to grab the ball and held the ball in his arms.

"You jumped so high!" The audience exclaimed.Instead of David West getting the ball, they jump early peaks.Even if Gao Feng didn't get the ball.

The height of the peak standing jump is very high, about 80 centimeters.It gives the impression that the peak's explosive power is very strong.

Gao Feng feels very good today.

Although, the height of this jump still has a certain gap compared with his previous life level.

But such a bounce is terrifying enough in such a body.

Byron watched the duel on the field quietly from the sidelines.There was still a flash of excitement in his eyes, and the word "good bounce" still couldn't help but pop up in his heart.

After catching the rebound, David caught the ball with one hand from beyond the three-point line, ready to launch an offense.

Seeing that David West was about to attack, Gao Feng was also ready to attack, "Snap!" Gao Feng clasped his hands together, opened his hands, and stared at David, without any intention of backing down just because the opponent was a senior. .

Gao Feng did not dare to be careless against David West.Gao Feng's nerves jumped up tightly.

The battle was about to break out, and the atmosphere on the court suddenly became oppressive.

The contest between power forwards is more about strength and skill. David didn't have any fancy dribbles, nor did he have any fancy fake moves.

David West dribbled the ball under his crotch trying to throw Gao Feng away directly.

Gao Feng had already predicted that David would make this move.In his previous life, Gao Feng often used this trick as well.

Gao Feng knew that David was about to make a breakthrough.Gao Feng gave David West a step to prevent him from making a breakthrough.

"It's dangerous!" Gao Feng thought in his heart.

In fact, the key to defense is to predict in advance.Already knowing David West's route, Gao Feng stood on the route ahead of time and blocked the route.

David saw Gao Feng had seen through his path.Make adjustments in time.

David was very cunning.

Before the peak came and took a breath, David's second wave of attacks came again.After hitting the peak, I didn't get a firm foothold.

This time David has seen how powerful Gao Feng's personal defense is, and this time he did not choose to go straight to the basket.

After a feint shot, he directly changed direction and made a jumper.

Is the skating at the peak of one month practiced in vain?

Gao Feng relied on the flexible pace he had practiced this month to retreat in time.Very good to interfere with David's jump shot.

For Gao Feng, it was much easier to deal with David West than Danny.At least David West has no speed advantage.

The basketball bounced on the top of the basket and bounced hard.

Peak possession.

Seeing the ball in his hands, Gao Feng's blood couldn't help but boil.

The peak in the previous life was an offensive maniac. Although he was only 1.7 meters high, scoring 40,50 or [-] points in a single game was not a problem at all.He likes to attack constantly to defeat the enemy.

Gao Feng held the ball with his back and blocked David West with his body.

West stepped forward to break the ball from the peak.

Gao Feng saw the loopholes in David's defense and wanted to turn around and pass him.

"Oops," Gao Feng cried.

The current body can't keep up with Gao Feng's consciousness at all.

In the previous life, if David dared to defend like this, Gao Feng could immediately use his own speed to throw David away and easily score two points.

However, now Gao Feng's body and consciousness are out of tune.

David stretched out his invisible hand and broke the ball.

David didn't have the slightest intention to let Gao Feng get the ball, taking advantage of Gao Gao's unsteady footing.Get the ball straight to the hoop.

When Gao Feng saw that his body was cut off, he immediately chased and defended.And he cursed himself in his heart and conducted self-reflection.

David West stopped the ball, started, kicked his back foot hard, jumped high, and prepared to end this attack with a low hand.

At this time, the peak has caught up.

"Don't even think about it," Gao Feng yelled, and at the moment David West threw the ball, he grabbed the basketball in the air with the momentum of a tiger attacking a rabbit.

Flawless, great shot blocking, great defense.

The Hornets players on the sidelines were stunned by Gao Feng's goal.Physical fitness is strong!

"Shoot, slap, slap..."

General manager Bass took the lead and applauded Gao Feng's wonderful block.

The other basketball players chimed in.For a time, there were countless applause from the sidelines.

The head coach of the Hornets, Byron Scott, looked at the peak jumping in the air with a flash of horror in his eyes.I exclaimed in my heart: "What a strong bounce, what a great physical fitness."

What Byron didn't expect was that Gao Feng was able to perform such a bounce in such a fierce confrontation.This kind of bounce is also rare in the league.And, as if he hadn't done his best yet.

However, Byron also saw Gao Feng's offensive weakness, and his technique was very rough.But this is not a very big problem in Byron's view, and this can be cultivated slowly in the future.

"Byron, sign him, must sign him. I see his potential, he is definitely worth our time to cultivate, our New Orleans ball market depends on him." General Manager Bob Bass excited He said that these few defenses by Gao Feng have deeply moved Bass.

"Still looking at it? Maybe there is something more exciting for us?" Byron Scott suggested.

When Byron Scott said this, he was actually considering the peak.Byron now can't wait to sign Gao Feng immediately.However, he knew that he couldn't do this, if he had to let Gao Zi reveal more elements that attracted Bass.In this way, Gao Feng had more leverage when signing the contract.

However, Byron's doing so also means that Gao Feng's shortcomings will be exposed more.

Chris Jordan, who was next to him, was happy in his heart.As a scout, the happiest thing is that the person you like is recognized by the team.

"Sure enough, I'm not mistaken! But why is his offense so different from before! Is he deliberately hiding his strength?" Chris Jordan had such an absurd idea in his heart.

At this time, there was another exclamation.

The three people who were discussing looked up at the field together.

West resorted to his special skills, post-up singles.

West played singles with his back, cutting towards the peak of the inside line step by step.

Every time is more violent and more fierce.

The adrenaline of all the players on the sidelines was immediately mobilized by the gunpowder-smelling heads-up.Cheers and shouts came like a tide.

Gao Feng clenched his teeth, and used his chest to block West's repeated attacks, "Hold it, you must hold it, he's about to die, if you hold it for two seconds, you'll win." Gao Feng ordered himself to die in his heart.

As an attacker, West saw the peak of being unable to attack for a long time, and West couldn't accept it in his heart! "Damn it, his legs are weak. Why is his strength so great! It's as if he's fighting against a wall." Beads of sweat on his forehead also accumulated more and more.

After the body contact this time, West had no choice. After another impact, the moment he left Gao Feng's body, West relied on the inertia of his body to turn back very smoothly.

The body has already drawn a body distance away from Gao Feng.There is no way that the legs are no longer tired.

Gao Feng's heart tightened suddenly, does he want to use that trick?This thought flashed through Gao Feng's mind.

Sure enough, as expected.

West used his height and arm length to throw the ball high, and West used his experience to hit the peak with a time difference.

Gao Feng's early prediction was successful again.

Gao Feng was already waiting in the air. Seeing David throw the ball, Gao Feng took the ball unceremoniously and took it into his arms.

It was Gao Feng's beautiful block again, and Byron and Bass smiled at each other.The meaning is self-evident.

At the same time, with a sound of "force", Byron blew the sound of the end of the game.

(End of this chapter)