NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 18 Orlando Summer League

Indianapolis

Bankers Life Arena.

Nate McMillan took Xu Xiang to start training with this group of players participating in the summer league.

Because they don't know the strength of these people, a small confrontation match was arranged.Xu Xiang is relatively stable in this kind of game. In just 10 minutes of the match, Xu Xiang made 5 of 4 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, and scored 11 points. He also had 2 rebounds and 2 assists, completely surpassing other players.

Everyone also knows that Xu Xiang is a rookie signed by the Pacers this year, and the signing fee is very high, and no one dares to challenge his status, so Xu Xiang handles the ball most of the time.

After the match ended, Nate McMillan obviously saw the strength of most of the players, and while taking out a small notebook to write down something, he thought from time to time.Then, he arranged some simple training, such as shooting after catching the ball, and there was no too heavy training.

At about 6 o'clock, Nate McMillan asked everyone to disband, and after announcing that he was going to Orlando tomorrow, he left alone.The others also packed their backpacks and left the arena.

When the players play in the summer league, the team will not provide you with plane tickets or such things.

All are at their own expense, but there are still so many people who have made a lot of money for these places, and they would rather play this kind of competition at their own expense.for what?They want to get a contract, maybe some team will take a fancy to them, so the travel expenses and so on are small money.

When Xu Xiang was about to leave the arena, someone patted his shoulder suddenly.I saw a black man with a full beard and his big white teeth smiling and said to Xu Xiang, "Hey, Xu, is there any event tonight? If not, I can take you to have fun." Xu Xiang was very puzzled.
It wasn't until Xu Xiang looked back that he realized who this person was.Rodney Stuckey.A black player.

To say that this person is quite sad, his draft pick is much higher than that of Xu Xiang. In the NBA draft on June 2007, 6, Rodney Stuckey was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 28th pick in the first round. It stands to reason that players with this pick should develop well, but his career has been quite bumpy.He performed well in the preseason before the start of the new season, but God did not favor him. In the last game of the preseason, he broke his left hand, which caused him to miss the regular season for two months.It was the end of December when he played after surgery.

But even so, he still performed well in subsequent games and was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team that year.In the second season after that, his performance was still outstanding. In the Pistons' game against the Bulls on December 2008, 12, Rodney Stuckey scored a career-high 24 points and contributed 40 assists and 4 steals.And was elected Eastern Conference Player of the Week twice.

But misfortune came again. In 2010, he suddenly suffered from dizziness and collapsed in the arms of the trainer in a game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons, and was rushed to the hospital.

After that, he couldn't do it at all. In the 2012-2013 season, he also broke a record-the first player in 32 years to shoot less than 10% in the first three games of the regular season.
Xu Xiang turned his head to look at him, but still shook his head and refused, "Forget it, Rodney, take a good rest tonight, the game will start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and we have to get up early."

After seeing Xu Xiang's refusal, Rodney Stucky was not angry, and still said with a smile, "Xu, it's just the summer league, don't take it too seriously, if you don't take advantage of this time to get high, when are you planning to get high?"

"." Xu Xiang thought to himself that you are really optimistic. You don't even have a contract. Who gave you the courage?But Xu Xiang thought that this guy didn't seem to be short of money, and had signed a big contract before.

"Forget it, Rodney, go and play by yourself, I'm going to have a good rest today." Xu Xiang finally refused.

"Okay, okay, let's play together next time, let's forget about it this time." Seeing Xu Xiang's refusal, Rodney lost his interest, and walked out with a tall white man next to him with his shoulders crossed.

Xu Xiang looked at the tall white man, who seemed to be called Shane Whittington, the two of them were with Xu Xiang just now.The technique is not bad, but the movement is too slow and not flexible enough, but he is very good at it. After several rebounds, he gave the ball to Xu Xiang.

After seeing Xu Xiang looking at him, he also smiled kindly at Xu Xiang, obviously showing his favor to Xu Xiang.

Xu Xiang is also a little confused, he is only a second-round pick, although the signing amount is relatively large, but he doesn't have to treat himself like this.It seems that these players all want to show their favor to Xu Xiang.

With the inexplicable kindness of others, Xu Xiang returned to his rented house.Mike was already waiting in the living room, typing on his laptop, not knowing what else to do.

After seeing Xu Xiang coming back, Mike quickly waved, "Come on, Xu, there are more and more news on the Internet about James going home. Many media have confirmed that James' family has arrived in Cleveland."

Xu Xiang took the laptop and looked at the news on it. Indeed, rumors are flying all over the sky now, and no one has come out to stop them.Like the Heat, it seems that they don't care about this kind of news at all.Instead, there was news that Luer Deng was going to be chased.
Xu Xiang was speechless, Pat Riley was probably driven crazy by James, and now his mind is full of thoughts to form the "Big Three" lineup again and defeat James again.

It's a pity that this year is the world of the "Splash Brothers". The knights with the brand-new "Big Three" have all fallen into the sand, and it is even more impossible for the Heat to do anything this year.Looking at the computer, Xu Xiang thought a lot.

At night, Xu Xiang was lying on the bed alone, and had a conversation on the phone with Mallory, who was far away in Milwaukee. Although they hadn't seen each other in the past few days, the relationship between the two had grown deeper and deeper.It is said that distance produces beauty, Xu Xiang really has this kind of thinking now, if the previous relationship was the kind of intense love at first sight, now it is full-bodied and sweet, the two of them chatted from Tiannan to Haibei, from childhood to now.When Xu Xiang mentioned that he played alone in the CBA before and didn't go home for three years, Mallory over there had tears in his eyes. ,

stay up late
The next day, Xu Xiang didn't stay up because he stayed up late last night, and to be honest, he couldn't stay up.This year's Orlando Summer League schedule starts on July 7, with the Pacers playing the Brooklyn Nets in the opening game.

And because the summer league schedule is very tight, it starts at 9 o'clock in the morning, and there is time to play several games a day.

It was already past 8 o'clock when Xu Xiang arrived in Orlando. In fact, many players who participated in the summer league arrived on the first day, and few of them arrived on the second day, because this would lead to unstable strength due to the travel.Xu Xiang originally wanted to come over last night, but after thinking about it, he forgot, so Jin Nantian only came in the morning.

There was no time to delay. After arriving at Amway Arena in Orlando, Xu Xiang began to warm up. After all, this was his NBA debut.

The Nets were very strong last year. They fought 7 games in the first round of the playoffs, and finally eliminated the Toronto Raptors 4-3. They were eliminated 1-4 in the second round because they met the Heat. Otherwise, they might not be able to go far.Generally speaking, the strength in the East is still very strong, not the "Brooklyn Bad Nets" team of later generations.

Xu Xiang looked up and looked around, frowning, the game was about to start, Rodney Stuckey hadn't arrived yet, and Shane Whittington, the tall white guy from yesterday, arrived. Although he looked a little tired, he was still motivated.

It wasn't until 8:[-] that Xu Xiang saw Rodney Stucky walking into the arena while yawning.

　Thank you sginbgi Tang Chen, thank you Shihuai 308, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)