NBA: There is nothing wrong with bringing a ball in a fight!

Chapter 22 Summer League starts!Lakers VS Nuggets!
In fact, the summer league is mainly for rookie players to train.

As for the players participating in the summer league, many of them are not official players of the NBA team.

Basically, a large part of the players are just rookies who have just been selected or are directly undrafted.

The original intention of this summer league was actually to train these rookies.

Therefore, not many fans pay attention to the summer league.

It's more about the team's general manager and the team's coaching staff.

Because although they are all rookies and undrafted players, there will always be some players who are ignored or underestimated.

Therefore, these general managers and coaching teams are all here to pick up the leaks.

They hope to tap the rookie players with great potential in the summer league.

Although the chances of this are slim, it doesn't mean it's impossible.

Of course, the most important purpose of these general managers and coaching teams is to examine the strength of the team's newly drafted rookies.

For Lakers general manager Jerry West, this summer league is quite important.

Of course, for Magic Johnson, this summer league is also quite interesting.

Ever since his personal trainer was blown away by Ye Qingchen, the magician really started to take Ye Qingchen seriously.

As a veteran in the NBA, but also an All-Star player, the league's top star.

Magic Johnson's vision is quite good.

During the one-on-one matchup with his trainer, Ye Qingchen's defensive ability impressed him the most.

Coupled with Ye Qingchen's excellent physical talent, he has an advantage on the defensive end.

Therefore, Magic Johnson is actually quite satisfied with this draft.

It's just that at that time he didn't want Ye Qingchen to see his satisfied expression.

Worried that Ye Qingchen would feel proud and complacent because of this.

That's why he said to Ye Qingchen that the truth can only be seen on the field.

Therefore, when the summer league began, Magic Johnson also rarely came to the scene of the game.

The Lakers' first summer league opponent happens to be the Denver Nuggets.

When Ye Qingchen learned that his opponent was the Denver Nuggets, he was also stunned for a while.

Because the Denver Nuggets have their own teammate Mutombo.

Moreover, Ye Qingchen also clearly remembered Mutombo's ridicule towards him.

In the draft, Mutombo even clamored to make himself look good on the field.

Now, this opportunity has finally arrived.

For Ye Qingchen, this opportunity is an opportunity to teach Mutombo a lesson.

For Mutombo, this match is also an opportunity to humiliate Ye Qingchen.

Both parties have absolute confidence in themselves.

However, the final result will not be revealed until the fight.

This summer league wasn't even played at the Lakers' home court.

Instead, it takes place at the Salt Lake City Coliseum.

Because this time the host city of the Summer League is Salt Lake City.

A total of six NBA teams will participate, and each team will play five games.

The team with the best record is the Summer League champion.

However, the gold content of this championship is really negligible.

At this time, Ye Qingchen was already doing warm-up training on the court.

And the auditorium around the arena can't even be described as sparse.

It can only be said that I saw a few spectators sitting in the auditorium of the huge arena sporadically.

These audiences are almost all the general managers of their respective teams or members of the coaching team.

However, what is surprising is that in addition to the Lakers general manager Jerry West appearing in the audience, the Lakers star Magic Johnson actually sat beside Jerry West.

The appearance of Magic Johnson also surprised the players of the Lakers and Nuggets.

Magic Johnson can be said to be their idol-level player.

Will actually appear in the audience of the summer league?
What on earth is he here for?
Almost everyone had the same thought.

At this time, the commentator on the scene also shouted in a surprised tone:

"My goodness!"

"Five-time championship winner Magic Johnson actually appeared in the audience!"

"I'm not dazzled, am I?"

"Could it be that the Lakers attach great importance to this summer league?"

"Or, do they have high expectations for this year's rookies?"

When the commentator mentioned the rookie players selected by the Lakers, many general managers of the teams present laughed.

Because all general managers know that Jerry West made a very muddled deal.

That is to use the second-round pick plus cash in exchange for a yellow-skinned player.

The physical fitness of this player is indeed good.

But his performance in college can only be said to be lackluster.

No ability to attack independently, not even basic dribbling skills.

I can only show off my physical strength to be a blue-collar player in the Georgetown University basketball team.

Can such a player have any future?

No one is optimistic about Ye Qingchen's success in the NBA.

Some are just their mockery of Jerry West.

Now, Magic Johnson actually appeared on the scene.

Could it be that he also came for this yellow player?
Is there really something special about him?
Because, among the Lakers players participating in the game today, except for Ye Qingchen who is a rookie player.

The other players are the water fountain guardians of the Lakers.

They can only become the main force of the team at this time and represent the Lakers in the game.

Under the expectation of the commentator and the general managers of many teams on the scene, the referee also blew the whistle to start the game.

The Lakers' starting lineup appeared on the court.

Their starting lineups are:

Roy Parslow, Demetrius Calipus, Jack Harry, Keith Owens, Ye Qingchen.

Ye Qingchen was wearing the No. 28 jersey, and he actually appeared in the fifth position.

Because the current lineup of the Lakers, he is the tallest.

Moreover, none of the other players are inside players.

Even the coach is not familiar with Ye Qingchen, he is the assistant coach of the Lakers, so after seeing Ye Qingchen, he made the decision to let Ye Qingchen play the fifth position.

Mainly, for the summer league, the Lakers' management also has no clear goals.

It only needs to achieve the purpose of training soldiers.

Therefore, Keelon, the assistant coach of the Lakers, is also the head coach of this summer league.

He felt that it was enough to fool around casually.

As for the Nuggets' starting lineup, except for Mutombo, Ye Qingchen didn't know any of them.

But coincidentally, Mutombo also appeared in the fifth position.

That said, Ye Qingchen will face Mutombo in the first game of the summer league.

Both sides jump the ball!

Ye Qingchen VS Mutombo!

At this moment, Ye Qingchen had a playful smile on his face.

Mutombo, who was standing in front of Ye Qingchen, also showed a cruel smile.

"Hey, don't let me cry later!"

"In that case, you will be ashamed!"

Mutombo said to Ye Qingchen with a mocking face.

(End of this chapter)