NBA villain

Chapter 32 Focus on the United Center
Official sources are often not the most accurate, but things like names and nationalities cannot be falsified.

Cai Nan coded out the manuscript overnight and sent it back to the headquarters of "China Sports News" in BJ. After the editor at the headquarters reviewed it, it was published in the newspaper on the third day.

At that time, because of Yao Ming's login, the NBA became popular in China. The well-known stars such as Iverson, Carter, and Kobe Bryant were familiar to young people, and the sales of newspapers related to basketball information also increased a lot.Especially among high school and college students, buying newspapers to learn about their favorite sports has become an extremely common phenomenon.

After Yang Di's news was first published in "China Sports Daily", many people paid attention to it.

Who is Yang Di?Never heard of it!

Can an amateur player who has never played in any game enter the NBA draft?Many fans have opened their eyes, but at the same time, doubts have followed.

"Should it be just a spoof? The probability of being selected is like sparks hitting the earth."

"It's really embarrassing. You obviously have no chance, but you still went to the United States to participate in the NBA draft. Are you looking for a face?"

"I don't understand why this person popped up suddenly, but I still pay more attention to Xue Yuyang."

There is too little information. Although Cai Nan has already helped Yang Di in the news, there will still be a lot of mistrust in the early stage.And the chain reaction that appeared was that more Chinese media began to pay attention to Yang Di, and a large number of follow-up reports appeared, although they were mainly newsletters.

When Yang Di communicated with his family, his younger brothers and sisters excitedly told him about it.

At the same time, Jones helped Yang Di submit a new round of trial training applications. This time, he applied for pre-draft training directly from the standpoint of participating in the NBA draft, which was different from the previous ones in Sacramento or Philadelphia. of.

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In early June, Chicago, United Center Arena.

Five years ago, Jordan, who had achieved success and fame, retired bravely and bid farewell to the basketball world for the second time.Heroes such as Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Luke Longley and Tony Kukoc also left one after another. The Bulls dynasty disintegrated, and the Bulls completely entered the era of reconstruction.

The current head coach of the team is Bill Cartwright, the "invisible supporting actor" of the Bulls' first dynasty. He is 2 meters tall and is famous for his weird free throw posture. Cartwright took over the 16-01 season after the team started 02-4 under Floyd and Bill Berry.

Last season, the Bulls only won 30 games, and Cartwright, as the head coach, felt a heavy burden on him.

So the ordinary draft player trial training like this is not the famous joint trial training or something. He also quietly appeared by the stands in the arena, observing silently.

"Snapped!"

Yang Di pointed to the upper section of the Feimo high device, "3 meters 51."

"The young people nowadays are very good at jumping. They can basically run and jump, and they can fly very well." Meyers said to Cartwright with a smile.

"This little guy is...Asian?" Cartwright was a little unsure, because Yang Di's skin was a bit dark, which was different from the traditional skin color of ordinary Asians.

With the information in hand, Meyers took out a piece of paper and handed it to the head coach, "It's a Chinese player named Yang Di, and he's a power forward."

Cartwright glanced at Meyers and briefly browsed the information.

"The overall physical fitness is average. As a young inside player, his strength is still good. The rest of the shooting test, dribbling test, agility test and other ability tests are all average."

"Among the players in the draft, they are at the mid-to-lower level." Meyers commented very pertinently.

"The general manager is somewhat interested in this player. I heard that he won the best player in our second-tier league in Chicago before. He is a street player."

Now Cartwright's brows frowned even tighter.

……

Yang Di put on a black vest, and his opponent was a white vest.

This year, Chicago not only has a precious No. 7 pick in the first round, but also has three picks in the second round. This open trial training has attracted a large number of players who participated in the draft to participate in the test.But most of them are players outside the 60 on the draft prediction website.

There was a short black player about 1 meters in front of him, and he smiled at Yang Di.

"Big man, I'll pass the ball to you later." The black player was very friendly, and Yang Di, who looked suspicious and discriminatory, suddenly felt a warmth that he hadn't seen for a long time, and was very moved.

He said honestly: "I'm not very good at offense. If you have a chance to attack by yourself, I'll help you rebound."

"My name is Mo Williams, what's your name." The black man said with a smile.

"My name is Yang Di, from China, you can call me Dick Yang."

"Wow, cool name, I remember you."

After the two put on the vests, they chatted very well, and not long after, three teammates who had completed the physical test came. Among the five, only Yang Di was an inside player, and the remaining four were outside players. Williams was the shortest. Yes, he was assigned to the position of point guard. Among the remaining three, there is a combo guard with a height of 1 meters, and two forwards and guards with a height of about 93 meters.

Officials on the field put five men on the field and the White Vests got ready.

There are two insiders in the white vest team, a 2-meter white insider from Europe, and a black power forward. However, the black power forward is only 13 meters tall, which is a short and stocky insider.The rest are a few unnamed allied forces, all of whom are 2 or 01 years old.

At the beginning of the game, the black team served first, and Mo Williams handled the ball very skillfully.

After half court, Yang Di dribbled twice in a row under the crotch and dodged the opponent's ball. Yang Di was going to mention the three-point line to set him up as a pick-and-roll, but he didn't expect him to pass directly. run down.

Williams made an emergency stop jump shot from a mid-range position, no one was defending, and he made it.

"Good shot, so amazing!" Yang Di praised, this guy's shooting speed is so fast, among so many players he has seen, only Devin Harris, who was at the University of Wisconsin before, has such a fast shooting speed.

The white team attacks, and the passed point guard beckons, signaling the inside to come out for a pick-and-roll.

"Although singles are still the main theme, in this training camp, point guards still try their best to show their organizational skills, even the simplest high pick-and-roll tactics." Meyers said with a smile.

Yang Di opened his arms, and according to his previous experience in the second-tier league, he directly promoted the delay defender.

After Williams arrived, Yang Di backed away in small steps in a tacit understanding. At this time, the White team's point guard boldly made a through pass, trying to bypass Yang Di and throw it to the center forward.

Yang Di guessed, jumped up while backing up, and broke the ball.

He stabilized his body, dribbled the ball fast, grabbed the basketball with both hands and gave it to Williams, and then ran to the front, Williams passed back to Yang Di, Yang Di rushed to the frontcourt, three steps inside the three-point line Take two steps, grab the ball with one hand and fly the dunk.

"Bang!"

The basketball fell and was bounced off Feixiang Yang Di's chest, and there was applause at the scene.

"Good shot!" Yang Di ran back and gave Mo Williams a high-five. Now that he has a reliable teammate, it feels completely different to play.

"The awareness of defense is good." Cartwright, who watched the game from the side, praised him.

The white team continued to attack, the black power forward dribbled the ball away from the black team's player at the same position, made a strange hook shot, and the basketball hit the rim and bounced in the middle.

At this time, Yang Di stuck the white big center behind him. When the rebound bounced, he had already leaped into the air, grabbed it with one hand, and easily grabbed the backcourt rebound.

In the transition between offense and defense, Yang Di ran outside the three-point line to do a pick-and-roll for Williams.

In this attack, Mo Williams did not break through in advance. He waited until Yang Di set him a pick-and-roll. .

The center didn't make a save, and Williams shot directly after a single block.

The speed of the shot was still fast, the basketball missed and hit the front. At this time, the center had noticed Yang Di who was rushing to grab the rebound, and stretched out his hand to grab Yang Di, but Yang Di nimbly dodged for a while, and the two shoulders collided with each other. .

"boom!"

The 2-meter big center felt that what was brushing past him was not a person but a train, and the huge force came from the side, causing his center of gravity to become unstable instantly.

"Snapped!"

Yang Di, who was rushing up, jumped up in the air, grabbed the rebound with both hands together, then dribbled the ball with both hands and smashed it to the ground, with a "bang", stepped on the floor of the penalty area with his right foot, grabbed the basketball with one hand and flew up.

The white big center behind him wants to defend at this time, but he has no position at all. He gestures the distance of Yang Di's rapid take-off, and gives up his plan to turn around and block the shot.

"boom!"

The loud sound echoed in the United Center arena, and Yang Di grabbed the basket with one hand, shaking the basketball stand.

(End of this chapter)