In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 44
The end of the game against the Cavaliers means that the Pacers’ summer league trip in Los Angeles is also over. In the three summer league games, Zhang Tian can contribute 24.6 points, 2.1 assists, 1.2 rebounds, and his shooting percentage is 40.00%. Four, 30.00% three-pointers nine, 70% free throws.
This statistic, except for the three-point shooting percentage, is not the most eye-catching among the rookies of the same class.

Although the summer league was over, Zhang Tian did not leave Los Angeles. He was still training in the arena he rented every day. As for Reggie Miller calling him to go for a long-distance run in Malibu, the Pacers' choice of No. [-] pick was similar to that of his previous life. Harrington - NO.

The 666 training method every day is enough to torture people. If you add long-distance running and you can’t survive, hard work is a good thing, but if you work too hard, apart from injuries, it’s not worth the candle.

Zhang Tian's data was also sent to Larry Bird, forcing the king to pay attention to Zhang Tian, ​​Da Ben and Xiao Ao.

"Zhang's performance is better than I expected. It seems that he has worked hard in private. The contract of the Greek should be extended to the preseason. If he is still so stable, it is okay to give him a contract."

In the summer league, the Pacers recruited a lot of undrafted picks, but only Theodoros Papalukas was left. The second generation "Kobe Terminator" was eliminated, and he was not in the Pacers' summer league. Show something extraordinary, like a transparent person.Lagabel's fate did not change anything with Zhang Tian's rebirth.

Zhang Tian has settled down in Los Angeles, and when he has time, he goes to Miller's house for dinner, or to Zhao Xuan's in Palo Alto, and his small life is still very nourishing.

"Zhang, this is the sneaker contract offered by Nike and Adidas."

Rich Paul became busy after Zhang Tian signed with the Pacers, but he enjoyed this feeling very much.

The contract given by Nike is $30 for four years, without any incentive clause, while Adidas' contract is $4 for four years, with incentive clauses, but it is too far away for Zhang Tian.

"Help me push it. Before this season, I don't think about signing any sneakers."

Zhang Tian is very clear-headed. It is his luck and misfortune to be selected by the Pacers. Fortunately, he can enter the playoffs without much effort. Unfortunately, this team will not be the leader of the team. , even the second child is not ranked. Compared with Li Lei, Rocky, and Xiao Tian, ​​who entered the NBA because they were promoted as the core of the team and cultivated, Zhang Tian is at a great disadvantage in this regard.This disadvantage will be directly reflected in the data.

What's more, Nike and Adi had so many idiots in the previous life, why sign them, and I am not short of money now.So the sneaker contract is really not urgent.

Rich Paul didn't try to comfort Zhang Tian any more. After getting along with his employer for a long time, he also had a clear understanding of Zhang Tian's personality.

In the summer league, Brand, Francis, and Baron Davis were the three best performers. If a fourth player is added, that person must be Zhang Tian.

And in this draft, there are also many players who are not as easy as they are. For example, Jonathan Bender, who was hesitant to be selected by the Pacers before, fell directly from the fifth pick to the [-]th pick because of Zhang Tian's relationship, but the Toronto people still chose him. , As a result, he sprained his knee directly in the summer game and is expected to miss the regular season schedule. Whether he can win a playing position in the Raptors when he returns is completely unknown.

Zhang Tian stayed in Los Angeles until October. During this period of time, although his attributes did not improve in all aspects, Zhang Tian obviously felt that Gay's star card was almost fully understood by him. Compared with Belinelli's That card, Guy's, obviously took longer to digest, but it also represented the huge potential of the former.

He will leave Los Angeles immediately and go to the cornfield, because the preseason will start soon, and he must be prepared.

The preseason is the appetizer before the regular season, and whether you get in with the team or not will directly affect your playing time and status during the regular season.

Zhang Tian attaches great importance to the preseason. He didn't leave alone, but in Reggie Miller's Maybach.

As for Big Ben and Little Ao, these two bastards left Los Angeles after the summer league, so there was no way for Zhang Tian to rub Reggie Miller's car.

Of course he can also choose to fly.But it is not Zhang Tian's style not to take advantage of advantages.

Along the way, Zhang Tian and Reggie Miller chatted and laughed. Although the latter defeated Zhang Tian in the duel and the former became his "little brother", the trash talker didn't really entertain Zhang Tian in various ways.This may have something to do with his personal career experience. When he entered the NBA in 87, someone became his guide in the Pacers. That person was Chuck Person, nicknamed "The Musketeer". The Pacers were the strongest three-pointer before, but in Zhang Tian, ​​Reggie Miller saw the shadow of surpassing himself.

This can be regarded as a kind of inheritance. Of course Zhang Tian doesn't know what Reggie Miller is thinking. Anyway, he doesn't have the idea of ​​one person, one city. This is similar to James, because the Pacers have already been branded by Reggie Miller, and La Liberd's becoming the general manager in the future is the existence of relatives and enemies, so it is the safest way to leave early after the leveling is over.

The Pacers arranged an apartment for Zhang Tian. This apartment is next to Xiao Ao, Da Ben and others. As for buying a house in the Pacers, Zhang Tian never thought about it. In his previous life, it seemed that Larry Bird would become the president after finishing this season. Manager, if you bought a house yourself and it was traded in your sleep, wouldn't it just be broken?
The Pacers did not have any good gains in the free agent market. The players they fancy are not willing to come, and Larry Bird is not interested in them. In this kind of pull, the Pacers will soon Ushered in the preseason, Zhang Tian found a familiar figure in the Pacers preseason lineup.

"Bus, why did you run into the Pacers?" Battelle and Zhang Tian hugged, and he began to pour out his bitterness.

"Don't mention it, I only played two games in the summer league before I was waived by the Hornets, and then I kept going to various teams for trial training, and now I am dragged by the Pacers to participate in the preseason game. Here, if I can’t, I can only go back to my country.”

As one of the three major centers in the NBA, Battelle has his own pride. Zhang Tian didn't say a word. Battelle came to the Pacers. It's really difficult in hell, because now the Pacers already have Cato, a strange man like Daben , Can he kill a bloody path from those two people?
(End of this chapter)