am i proud?

Chapter 9 Ship New Version Wang Dalin
The NBA's Summer League is not an official league, but organized by certain teams during the offseason.

The event was first initiated by the Utah Jazz. It was also called the "Rocky Mountain Summer League" at that time and was founded in 1984.

The original purpose was just to promote the Jazz in the Utah area, and the participating teams were also formed by alumni of various universities.

Since 1990, the Jazz invited the Trail Blazers, Suns and Kings to participate in the event; in 1998, there were 16 teams participating in the event, but the popularity of the final league went from bad to worse.

In 2009, due to too few participating teams, the "Rocky Mountain Summer League" was officially discontinued. In 2015, the Jazz revived the league, only under the name "Utah Summer League."

What the Heat are participating in is not the "Rocky Mountain Summer League", but the "Orlando Summer League", hosted by the Orlando Magic.

There are 6 participating teams this year, namely the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, and Minnesota Timberwolves.

(PS: The Orlando Summer League was actually held for the first time in 2001, and the Heat didn't send a lineup to participate until 2003. Lao Wang is purely for the promotion of the plot, readers please don't spray!)

The Heat's lineup is pretty good, and they are considered "strong and strong" in the summer league.

The first is this year's rookies Eddie House and Ernest Brown. The two rookies must test their quality in the summer league before setting foot in the NBA.

Then there are AC Green, Brian Grant, Cedric Ceballos, and Anthony Mason who just joined the team this year. These are all veterans who have been in the NBA for many years. They came to the summer league mainly to maintain their form.Considering the veteran's injury risks, their playing time will certainly not be very long.

The real "great gods" are Eddie Jones and Ricky Davis, the two swingmen.

Last season Eddie Jones averaged 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, a proper All-Star!
而里基.戴维斯虽然99-00赛季场均只有4.7分1.7篮板1.3助攻，可相信很多球迷都知道这货。

02-03赛季他在骑士队能够砍下场均20.6分4.9篮板5.5助攻，绝对足够当一支球队的老大。

Although this guy's IQ and EQ are obviously arrears, his shooting selection is poor, and his offensive efficiency is relatively low, but he did serve as the boss of the Cavaliers back then...although it was very short!

Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have said the famous "I thought the team chose LeBron to help me" in front of reporters!

In fact, in the 00-01 season in the original time and space, Ricky Davis didn't get many opportunities in the Heat. He only played 7 games in total, and the average playing time was only 10 minutes per game.

Therefore, in this summer league, Spoelstra did not regard Ricky Davis as the main force of the team.

In addition to the above-mentioned 8 people, there is another person in the Heat's lineup, and that is Wang Dalin!

As early as three days ago, he had already completed the first three tasks of the second stage. Currently, he has a CIC "up to" 79, physical strength of 60, and strength of 53, all of which are stronger than those in the draft trial training.

His originally weak confrontation ability has been greatly improved, and his already good CIC has been qualitatively improved.

With the increase of strength by 3 points and the increase of CIC by 8 points, his current comprehensive ability value has also reached 72.It can be said that in the draft year of 2000, there should be less than 10 people better than him.

Although there is nothing to be proud of to be better than a bunch of rookies, but at this time he has indeed changed his shotgun, and a "new version of the boat" Wang Dalin is freshly released!
The schedule of the summer league is very tight. The two days before the preliminaries are double matches in one day, and the game time is 10 am and 8 pm respectively.

7月9日对活塞和骑士，7月10日对雄鹿和森林狼，7月11日晚上对魔术。

After the 5 preliminaries, according to the results, the top four teams will enter the semi-finals on July 7, and finally on July 12, the three or four teams and the champion and runner-up will be determined.

On July 7, Wang Dalin followed the team to Orlando.That night, in the hotel's small function room, Spoelstra convened a simple pregame meeting.

At the meeting, Spoelstra first set the starting lineup for the game, namely center AC Green, power forward Brian Grant, small forward Cedric Ceballos, shooting guard Eddie Jones, and point guard Eddie House.

Of course, it is impossible for the veterans to play for too long. In fact, Ernest Brown, Wang Dalin, Ricky Davis and Eddie House will get a lot of playing time in this summer league.

For the record, maybe Spoelstra will let Eddie Jones play a little longer.

Since serving as the team's assistant coach, Spoelstra is leading the team alone for the first time, so why can't he go back to the bottom one and second place?
Even if the main purpose of the summer league is to test newcomers, if the record is too hip, it will always be a bit embarrassing.

"I want to remind everyone again, play as many pick-and-rolls as possible when attacking, and don't hesitate when there is shooting space!"

At the end of the meeting, Spoelstra repeatedly emphasized: "Don't do anything reckless with the ball!"

When he said this, he stared straight at Ricky Davis. Everyone present had a good basketball IQ, but this guy... oh, I'm crying if I talk too much!
If the team hadn't been eager to get Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason, how could they have accepted this parallel import?
That's right, at this time Ricky Davis was not only attacking and pulling his hips, but also not actively defending. Everyone generally thought he was a parallel importer!
At the end of the meeting, everyone got up and returned to their rooms, only Wang Dalin was left alone by Spoelstra.

"Wang, I know you have improved a lot during this period, so don't be nervous tomorrow..." Spoelstra seemed to be carefully considering his words, and he paused here, "Relax... Show off your abilities, and try to get Pat to give you a contract when the summer league is over!"

"I see, coach!" Wang Dalin bowed respectfully to the young Filipino coach, "Thank you very much for helping me during this time!"

It seemed that everything was going well, but Wang Dalin knew very well that without Spoelstra's recommendation, Wang Dalin might not have the opportunity to participate in the summer league at all.

After returning to the room, he took a shower and quickly fell asleep.

……

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the first game started on time, and the Heat entered the state from the beginning, leading the Pistons 17:8 in less than half a quarter.

Eddie Jones has indeed stepped into his peak period. In just over 5 minutes, he scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. He is in a good state.

The Pistons were forced to call the first timeout, hoping to take this opportunity to cool off Jones' hand, but Jones didn't play after the timeout ended.

Spoelstra went straight to a wave of 4 for 4, and only Eddie House remained on the field in the starting lineup.

Since Grant, the starting power forward, is still on the field, and Ernest Brown, the meat shield, must play the center forward, so Wang Dalin's position is the small forward, and the opponent on the field at this moment is Billy Owens.

The No. 1991 pick in 6 has been playing in the NBA for many years, and his footsteps are already senile due to injuries. Moreover, he is only 8 feet 203 inches ([-] cm) tall. Wang Dalin feels that he has an advantage against him.

Eddie House was just a rookie, and he passed the ball to Grant, the oldest player on the court, immediately after he dribbled the ball. However, Grant's position was not very good, so he did not hesitate to pass the ball to Wang Dalin, who was outside the three-point line on the wing.

Owens came up with a sliding step, reaching out to grab the ball.

Wang Dalin raised his left arm sideways to support it, and stretched out his right hand to catch the ball with one hand. His movements were handsome.

"Well, the first goal of my career, let's start with you!"

(End of this chapter)