I stole James

Chapter 20 Kapono's Three Points
On September 9, the Cavaliers preseason training camp began.

The role of the NBA preseason training camp is to run-in the team lineup, but also to determine the team's rotation personnel and eliminate some marginal players.

The NBA stipulates that a team can have up to 15 formal contract players, and can also have 2 two-way contract players, which means that up to 17 players can be provided with places to stay on the team.

There are currently 21 players in the Cavaliers. In addition to players who don’t have to worry about positions such as the No. [-] pick James, Ricky Davis and Boozer and other major players, some new players and two-way contract players, training camp contract players , they have to compete for a place to stay in the regular season.

At least 4 people have to be eliminated, maybe even more.

This seems cruel, but sports competition is much crueler than it looks. Players who can get to this point, even if they fail to grab the team spot and stay in the NBA, there are other lower-level leagues Can go to play, and behind them are thousands of real knockouts.

Sports competition has always been a winner-takes-all business. Only those with strength can stay, and those who are not capable or can't compete with others. No matter how famous you are before, you have to leave. No team is willing to sign you.

When Chu Fan crossed over, Melon Anthony hadn't found a next home yet, and he hadn't played for a long time.

When James arrived at the team's training facility, some people had already arrived, and team coach Paul Silas arrived when it was almost full.

He asked the assistant coaches to tell everyone some precautions in the training camp, and then asked the assistant coaches to lead everyone in groups for training.

The training content on the first day was relatively simple, mainly to let the players find their condition and warm up after a summer rest, so the training was relatively easy.

During the halfway break, Myers looked at James who was still practicing shooting on the court, and asked Wagner with some doubts: "Wagner, did you let him go heads-up that day?"

"How is it possible? I don't know how much I want to abuse him." Wagner shook his head and denied.

"But his current shooting percentage is not that good. The few trainings he just completed are much better than those in the summer league, but they may not be better than when he was singled out with you." Miles said somewhat Can't figure it out.

"That's true. I don't know if you feel it. When Wagner and him were singled out that day, I felt that he had an aura, as if he could beat everyone we were present at that time. Today I paid special attention to his training. , I feel so-so, I don’t have the feeling I had that day, and it’s much worse than that day.” Boozer next to him nodded and said.

"Is that true?" Wagner's eyes flickered, "Then do you think I should fight him one-on-one again?"

Boozer looked at Miles, and wanted to encourage Miles and James to fight one-on-one. After all, Miles has a height of 2 meters, and Wagner and James are a bit far apart in height, so it would be a disadvantage to fight one-on-one.

Moreover, Miles has excellent physical fitness. He can run, jump and dunk, and can fly to play. Just because he can fly to play, when he was still in the Clippers last season, his jersey sales reached a record high. Top ten in the league.

You must know that this is an era when Iverson, Kobe, Tracy McGrady, and Carter are the same four shooting guards, and Miles' average data is only 9.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.9 steals per game. Float for no other reason than to play at the rim in Los Angeles.

But Miles didn't understand Boozer's eyes, and said to Wagner: "I think it's okay. If you win the heads-up, you can not only save your face, but also expose him at once."

Wagner nodded, "Then I'll go over and pick him again."

At this moment, Chu Fan didn't know about the discussion of the three people on the sidelines, and he was taking turns shooting the basket with Jason Kapono, a rookie of the same level in the team this year.

His current open shots are much better than when he just crossed. After training, he can achieve a shooting rate of more than 60.00%.

But compared to Jason Kapono, he felt that he wanted to die. Kapono shot dozens of three-pointers in a row, but he didn't miss a single one, with a 100% hit rate.

NND, this makes people more popular than others.

But this made Chu Fan dig out who Kapono was from his previous life's memory. He was the champion of the NBA All-Star three-point shooting contest for two consecutive years, and he was the most accurate three-point shooter in NBA history.

In the 2006-2007 season, when he was with the Heat, Kapono's three-point shooting percentage reached 51.4%.

In the 2007-2008 season, he transferred to the Raptors and still had a 48.3% three-point shooting percentage.

His 44-point shooting dropped significantly in the last two seasons of his career, but he still made [-] percent of his three-point attempts throughout his career.

In terms of three-point shooting alone, Kapono's three-point shooting is even better than Curry. He once secured the top position in the NBA's three-point shooting rankings, only because of his decline in the last two years of his career. Powerful, in 2010, the three-point shooting rate fell to 36%. The entire career shooting rate fell from the top position, but it still ranked third.

But he is only good at three-pointers and mid-range shots, nothing else, such as breakthroughs, dunks, steals, rebounds, blocks... Don't even think about these, he is a pure shooter. The role of the coach on the court is to shoot three-pointers and two-pointers, and the rest can't really be counted on.

Chu Fan once wanted Novak's three-point shooting skills, isn't this guy just like Novak now?They are all only three points.

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up when he looked at Kapono.

There is a feeling that there is no place to find after breaking through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

He decided to give Kapono a skill sticky card.

The skill sticky card is not available to Wade, but it can always be used against Kapono, right?

He doesn't believe that a guy like Kapono can do nothing but shoot, and his combat skills can reach the silver level, and he can only get a bronze if he dies.

Used, the system, apply the skill sticky card to Kapono.

"Ding, it is detected that the target to be applied has a combat skill that has reached the bronze level, and the probability of successfully sticking the sticky card is only 1%. Please confirm whether to apply the sticky card."

Sure enough, I guessed it right, it was bronze.

Chu Fan chose the app without hesitation.

Then I pray that my luck will burst and I can stick to success.

"Ding……"

The ding frightened him, and he almost didn't dare to check the results of sticking and fetching. It was really exciting to play truth or dare.

"Congratulations to the host, Kapono's bronze-level three-point combat skill sticking success!"

(I'm asking for a recommendation ticket, I'm asking for a recommendation ticket, buddy, after reading this, here's a recommendation ticket, let's add a smaller goal...)
(End of this chapter)