pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 358 Trial Invitation

After Mu Chenfeng announced his decision to participate in the NBA draft, the "draft ranking" that had already been dusted had undergone tremendous changes, and even disrupted most of the teams' original draft plans.

The seventh pick in the first round, this is Mu Chenfeng's latest draft ranking, and the draft rankings of all players after him have dropped by one, and this is also the highest ranking of a Chinese player in the NBA mock draft after Yi Jianlian in 2006.

If entering the draft according to the current ranking, the Philadelphia 76ers holding the seventh pick in the first round will be the first club for Mu Chenfeng to enter the NBA. If no team selects Mu Chenfeng before then, then Mu Chenfeng will wear the 76ers jersey in the near future.

Today's 76ers are very competitive in the league. Many of the main players in the team are in their prime, and the weakest link in the team is the shooting guard. The addition of Mu Chenfeng can just make up for this weakness of the team.

However, before the 76ers, there were several teams that were interested in Mu Chenfeng. They were the Miami Heat with the first pick in the first round and the Los Angeles Lakers with the third pick in the first round. However, with the picks of these two teams, they can definitely sign better players than Mu Chenfeng. However, the Lakers still have a good pick, which is the No. 13 pick in the first round.

However, the Philadelphia 76ers will not let Mu Chenfeng fall out of the top seven picks. Unless Mu Chenfeng is selected before then, they will definitely take him in the draft.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the draft ranking remains unchanged, and anything can happen before the draft starts.

A week before the start of the draft, the team was allowed to contact the players. When the privilege channel began, the scouts and management of each team showed their talents. In fact, the draft had already begun.

On the first day when the communication policy was released, Mu Chenfeng received olive branches from many NBA teams. Su Mengyao sorted it out roughly, and about 13 teams expressed interest in Mu Chenfeng, including super teams such as the Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers.

Mu Chenfeng sat in front of the table, facing 13 "trial training invitations", everything was like a dream.

"Your dream is about to come true." Su Mengyao on the side said softly, entering the NBA has always been Mu Chenfeng's dream, but now he is only one step away from his dream.

Mu Chenfeng has a serious choice phobia. He would prefer to have only 1 invitation letter instead of 13, so that he can choose that team without hesitation. However, Mu Chenfeng quickly selected 2 teams from them, namely the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls.

"Choose it so soon?" Su Mengyao asked.

"I've chosen." Mu Chenfeng nodded.

"The Lakers and the Bulls, these two teams are very strong, and they are both good choices." Su Mengyao looked at the logos of the two teams and said, she had done enough homework for Mu Chenfeng's draft, and conducted in-depth research on the strength and stars of each team. The Lakers and the Bulls were both among the best in various statistics.

"Really?" Mu Chenfeng picked up two envelopes and threw them into the trash can beside them.

"What are you doing?" Su Mengyao asked puzzled.

"Because they are very strong." Mu Chenfeng said coldly. The Lakers have James and the Bulls have Barrett. These two are the top stars in the league. Mu Chenfeng does not want to be teammates with them, but to challenge them, so these two super teams were eliminated in the first round of selection.

At present, the Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics and several other teams are the top teams in the league. They belong to the championship team.

He retained the invitation letter from the 76ers because the team management has made it clear that he will reserve the position of starting shooting guard for him. As long as Mu Chenfeng agrees to join the team, he will be in the starting position.

This moved Mu Chenfeng, and Philadelphia's draft pick was also very suitable, so he was in the leading position in the battle for Mu Chenfeng.

A rookie can participate in the trial training of multiple teams. In this regard, the league's policy is relatively loose. As long as there is no illegal recruitment, players and team management can contact at any time. Of course, these contacts need to be carried out under the supervision of the league.

There are still 11 invitation letters on the table. Mu Chenfeng doesn't intend to make a choice among them. He intends to accept them all and try it out with the team.

This puts forward very strict requirements on Mu Chenfeng's physical fitness. Although the content of each team's trial training is slightly different, it basically revolves around physical fitness, shooting, ball control, speed, bounce, strength, reaction, and basic physical fitness.

Su Mengyao was faintly worried about whether Mu Chenfeng's health would be able to bear it, because the trial training would go to the city where the team was located. Apart from the intensity of the trial training, it would take a long time to turn around. The fatigue of the journey would also affect Mu Chenfeng's state. Although all the teams clearly stated that they would arrange transfers to pick up the trial players, Su Mengyao was still worried that Mu Chenfeng would affect his draft due to the trial training.

Before the start of the draft, many teams will receive invitations from NBA teams for trial training. Most players will only select 2 to 3 favorite teams for trial training.

Of course, there are also situations where players only accept the invitation to try out from one team. For example, Kyle Terry only accepted the invitation to try out from the Chicago Bulls out of seven teams.

"Why don't we choose a few less?" Su Mengyao suggested in a low voice out of consideration for Mu Chenfeng's health.

"It's just a trial training, it's a trivial matter." Mu Chenfeng was very confident, and completely decided to accept the invitations from 11 teams, and then handed 11 invitation letters to Su Mengyao, asking her to help him reply to each team and arrange the trial training time of each team.

Although Su Mengyao hesitated, she still respected Mu Chenfeng's choice, replied to the invitation letters one by one, and arranged the trial training time as reasonable as possible.

Just after everything was settled, Mu Chenfeng decided to go out with Su Mengyao for a walk. Just as the two were about to go out, a tall old man appeared at the door.

(End of this chapter)