After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 5 The Magic's Promise
"So, what do you think?" Smith asked Van Gundy, whom he trusted because he had contacted him as a player.

As a head coach, of course, he also needs to have an understanding of his players, including rookies, so whether to choose Li Chengming, he must refer to Van Gundy's opinion.

Van Gundy actually had an indifferent mentality. At least among the people in this trial training, Li Chengming's performance was not only the best, but also the best overall.

When he coached the Heat in Miami, he and Riley had a bit of a disagreement.

The Van Gundy brothers are both old-school coaches, with a strong academic foundation, focusing on defense and the team, and this is somewhat contrary to Riley's idea of ​​playing beautiful offensive basketball.

Riley played showtime with the Lakers back then. He has a certain pursuit of offense. The year before last, he kicked out Stan Van Gundy, who he single-handedly supported, and came back to coach the Heat. As a result, he won in the first season. champion.

But for Van Gundy, he always has a feeling of being picked a peach, so he is actually quite depressed.

But I have to say that this experience also taught him a lesson, at least he can compromise on some minor issues of the team at the right time.

He could see that Otis Smith was very concerned about Li Chengming. This may be due to his previous performance in the field, or it may be because of his Chinese identity. In short, that child is indeed valuable.

Moreover, Van Gundy can see that Li Chengming still has some defensive characteristics. At least his defensive attitude is very good, and he actually has awareness, so he must have a place in his team planning. As long as he is well matched, his defensive weaknesses are also Will be covered by collective defense.

What's more, he also has the confidence to train defense, the only problem is...

"The only question is, is he going to be too fat?"

This is actually Van Gundy's only dissatisfaction with Li Chengming. O'Neal was only 155 kilograms in the Lakers at his peak. The problem is that he is 216 tall, which is a full head taller than Li Chengming.

What's more, O'Neill doesn't look as fat as Li Chengming looks. It is estimated that he has more fat on his body.

And Van Gundy also felt that it was because of his size that limited his performance on the defensive end.

Defensive coaches have stricter physical requirements, because this is the basis for defensive execution, and at the same time, it can also confirm whether a certain player is obedient and self-disciplined enough.

Obviously, Li Chengming's fatness is already visible to the naked eye, and it seems that he is obviously fat and fat. In this case, it is impossible to believe that he is self-disciplined.

But on the other hand, the height and arm span are not easy to change after tomorrow. Li Chengming has just turned nineteen, and even if he can still grow, he will almost reach his peak.

But the problem of obesity can be reduced, although it is said that exercise is difficult to lose weight and can only reduce fat.

With the intensity of the NBA and consuming so many calories every day, are you afraid that his fat will disappear?

He must be so fat, there must be a lot of fat, if it's just the meat left, it's still acceptable.

So although this is not satisfactory, it is also acceptable.

Van Gundy also felt that he couldn't hold O'Neal and Riley down. Could it be that he couldn't hold down a 19-year-old like you?

So the only question left in the end is, is this the only choice they have, and is there a better choice than him.

After confirming Van Gundy's opinion, Smith said with a smile: "In this case, let's take him as one of the candidates first, and let's talk about it after we observe."

Of course, he had to inform the other party in advance, first to show the other party that they would be optimistic about the other party.

And even if the draft pick is not used on him by then, he can still be invited to participate in the Orlando Summer League and continue to win the contract, so that he will not be owed him.

So after the subsequent trial training, Otis Smith asked the staff of the arena to notify Li Chengming here in advance, and asked their father and son to stay first, and then they met in the office after dealing with the matter at hand. two people.

He didn't hide anything, and said straight to the point: "If there are no accidents, we will use our draft pick to select you, but the pick will not be too high..."

Li Chengming immediately became happy, but Li's father was calm.

When encountering this kind of thing, he would not feel like a pie in the sky, but first of all, he wondered if there would be any trap in the middle.

After all, he has dealt with these European and American businessmen a lot, and he doesn't have a good impression of them, and he doesn't have any idea that "Europe and the United States abide by the contract", not to mention that this kind of verbal agreement is not a contract at all.

In fact, their father and son have investigated some matters related to the draft before, so they know that the Magic has only one second-round draft pick of 44th. Even more inauspicious.

Of course, with Li Chengming's current situation, it would be pretty good to have such a pick.

Being selected is success!

Li Chengming was very happy, but Li's father knew very well that the other party's precondition was "no accidents". Generally, adding this sentence is likely to mean that accidents will happen.

After thinking about it, I understand that although Li Chengming's performance this time is indeed very good, he must have other alternatives, and he will not completely put his hopes on them.

But the opponent definitely can't say that directly, they still have to stabilize them first, lest they go to other teams when the time comes, but in the end they don't find any other suitable people here, that is, both ends are empty.

He is not as easy to fool as his son, but he is also very clear that they are just ordinary families with no contacts in this area, and they are not like Dayao and Tianyi, who came to the draft after they had already shined in China. There is also a halo to build momentum, and it must not be as difficult as Li Chengming.

However, the other party would come to explain that their son's performance still touched them, which made Father Li feel a little relieved, at least this trip was not a waste of time.

Even if my son may not be able to walk here in the future, it is not bad to have this experience.

So he smiled and thanked Smith. After making a promise with him, he also left a good impression on the other party. After leaving here, he explained his reasoning to Li Chengming clearly on the way back.

Li Chengming didn't have enough experience and lack of social understanding, so he seemed relatively simple, but of course he wasn't stupid, he understood as soon as his father explained it, although his father also used the word "possible", but it was just the rigor in his bones.

"Then dad, we..."

"The draft will be held on the 28th, and there are still half a month. Maybe we can relax here and treat it as a trip."

Li Chengming was stunned for a moment and remained silent.

Father Li asked strangely, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Chengming said suddenly: "Otherwise, let's go to another team and try?"

Although he had the opportunity to participate in this trial training because he was invited by the system to try out the Magic team, he knew how to infer other cases from one instance, knowing that with this opportunity, the rest of the opportunities should be created by himself, so go It shouldn't be a problem to participate in another team's trial training.

The identity of a Chinese player should still have a certain bonus for him, especially in this special period of this year.

When Dayao was drafted back then, both China and the United States still had certain concerns about it, but with Dayao's successful example, there will be a huge momentum for Tianyi to enter the NBA this time.

Otherwise, in terms of all aspects of Tianyi, it is completely incomparable to Dayao.

Including Sun Dasheng and Li Chengming himself, they all feel a little bit on the welfare of their predecessors.

But everything is difficult at the beginning. Since the beginning is successful, it can be operated later, but it is more troublesome, and the time is indeed a bit rushed.

Unexpectedly, Father Li glanced at him, but shook his head and said: "Since we promised each other before, it is not good to take the initiative to break our promise."

Li Chengming became anxious, "But, Dad, didn't you say..."

"Hey, it's true to say so, but in fact we don't have many choices, unless you can be sure that other teams will definitely choose you. Can you guarantee it?"

Li Chengming was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

The "Hundred-and-Hundred-Hit Card" has been used, but the manager has not been able to fully impress the manager. What else can he do?
Of course, Li's father also knows how much attention is being paid to this draft in China. If they want to, maybe they can use the domestic media to create momentum. After all, while promoting Tianyi and Sun Dasheng, they will also promote the invitation to the Magic Team for trial training. Lucky Boy shouldn't have much of a problem.

This may attract the attention of other teams, but there are still too many uncertainties. The head coach of the Magic team is not deaf, so he will definitely hear the news, and he will not have any thoughts in his heart.

But in the previous situation, it was impossible for him to perfunctory the other party, so it seemed that they still had a choice, but in fact they had no other way out.

In the final analysis, they have nothing to do with each other, and Li Chengming doesn't have that high talent and strength yet.

"It's okay, just take a break for a while, and believe that there is no unparalleled road, maybe there will be another village in the dark?"

(End of this chapter)