stadium ambition

Chapter 84

After making a trial training plan, Su Yang returned to school to study and train step by step.

Various brokerage companies came to him one after another, all wanting to sign a contract with him. After a week of careful inspection and selection, he finally chose ESM, the company where the famous broker Jeff Schwartz works. The first contract lasted for four years.

At the end of April, he received an official NBA joint trial invitation, but he decisively chose to refuse.

In his opinion, the impact of the joint trial training is too small. Durant had zero bench presses at the beginning, so he was selected by the Thunder as the No. [-] pick. Thomas Jr. performed very well in all tests except for his height. was elected.

The key is to look at the performance on the field. He has played enough public games before, and at the same time, he has committed to participating in three separate workouts. Then he went to Chicago for five days and performed over and over again. It was a waste of time.

However, the joint training does help many players who lack the opportunity to show up.

With the end of the second round of the playoffs, the NBA officially announced the roster of the joint trial training through Twitter, led by the top pick Blake Griffin, Thabeet and Harden and other popular players are also among them, except Su Yang .

There is a precedent for giving up participating in the joint trial training, but it is not so common. Fans have a lot of speculation about this. Some people think that he is injured, some people think that he is unwilling to reveal his physical data, and some people think that he has been promised.

In the face of various discussions and doubts from the outside world, Su Yang did not make any response, thinking it was unnecessary.

Agent Schwartz also advised him not to respond, because as a public figure, he will encounter many similar situations in the future, and it is impossible to explain them all. Now he only needs to be responsible for the three teams that promised to participate in the trial training.

The point is, even a response can't change anything, and fans will always have questions.

He kept training quietly, and there were more and more discussions about whether he could be selected as the No. [-] pick.

ESPN initiated voting statistics, which lasted a total of more than 30 people participated in two days. Only 41.9% of people believed that he could be elected as the No. 52.6 pick. More than [-]% of people supported Griffin, and the rest supported Rubio.

TNT launched a survey of senior NBA executives. More than 80% of them supported Su Yang as the No.

In an interview, the boss of the king made it clear that as long as the number one lottery is drawn, he must choose Su Yang.

The Clippers, whose records are very close and also have a higher chance of winning the No. [-] lottery, made it clear that they are more willing to choose Griffin. Their manager and head coach Dunleavy publicly talked about this in an interview, but they did not make a promise. .

Along with many discussions, the Chicago joint trial training came to an end, and the lottery meeting was held in full swing.

As an unlucky old man, the king only got the fourth pick. His boss said that he would make a trade and try to get the first pick to pursue Su Yang. However, the Clippers, the owner of the No. Come and exchange, otherwise it is impossible to trade.

Su Yang and Zheng Xiang watched the live broadcast of the lottery together. After the final result came out, Zheng Xiang canceled the trip to the Clippers on the spot. The reason was that they would not choose Su Yang as the champion, but Su Yang said that he would still go to the Clippers for trial training.

Zheng Xiang was puzzled by this, and thought that there was no need to be the No. [-] pick, as long as he could be the leader, and it was best to choose to join the Kings. In the first season, he would learn Durant's way of shooting without thinking, and next year he would choose a high-quality insider. Take off straight away.

Su Yang explained that it would be useless to select Jordan for the king's garbage management.

And the Grizzlies are a small place. The team mainly focuses on slow-paced offense, and there is an annoying OJ Mayo. After much deliberation, it is best to be the No. [-] pick and be selected by the Clippers. sorry.

Of course, just becoming the No. [-] pick is also full of temptations. Since it is possible, why not give it a try?
...

On the morning of the 26th, Su Yang came to the Clippers training base, accompanied by agent Schwartz. The two were led by the Clippers staff into the base. They were surprised to find at least hundreds of people watching, including the media and the main force of the Clippers. players.

Just when the two of them were surprised, a young man raised his hand and shouted, and ran over with a smile on his face.

"I am Assistant General Manager Ginell, and today I will be in charge of assisting in completing the trial training..."

Schwartz put his hands on his hips, shook his head at the crowd with some displeasure, and asked in a low voice: "What kind of situation is this? I remember that we didn't inform us that there would be media and fans watching. Is it inappropriate for you?"

Shinel was still smiling, raised his hand and said to Su Yang, "This is indeed our mistake, because our boss likes Su more, and our general manager likes Blake Griffin more, they can't convince each other, so..."

Su Yang noticed that Griffin was warming up on the court, so he hurriedly said, "So it's a public PK?"

"Yes! The fans who came to watch today are our season ticket holders. Our management attaches great importance to their ideas, and the suggestions of the players in the team will also be considered. In short, thank you for your cooperation!"

Hearing this, Su Yang immediately thought of the story behind the Bulls' selection of Jordan.

At that time, many season ticket holders of the Bulls suggested that the general manager of the Bulls choose Sam Bowie or Sam Perkins. They didn’t like Jordan, who performed well for two consecutive years in college, and thought that Jordan could not play well in the NBA. .

Schwartz didn't answer, and turned to look at Su Yang waiting, without any thought of making a decision for him.

"That's it, where do we start?"

Su Yang shrugged his shoulders, turned his head and moved his body, and instantly entered the fighting state, already thinking about how to single-handedly beat Griffin.

Ginner handed over a form and said with a smile: "Because you didn't participate in the joint trial training before, we want to do dynamic and static data tests first. You can take a look at these items. If you think it is not suitable, you can cancel it."

Su Yang took the form and quickly browsed it. They were all routine items, and he nodded in agreement immediately.

Chinell turned around and waved, and several staff members came over and took Su Yang to take various measurements.This process is not open to the public, but is carried out in a separate venue, and only a small amount of shooting is allowed, which is used as documentary material.

There are no major items such as bench presses in the test, and it takes about four to ten minutes to get everything done.

Su Yang also got a copy of the data, and quickly checked it carefully with curiosity, first of all, the static correlation.

The bare feet are 191.3 cm, the height with shoes is 194.51 cm, the weight is 89.68 kg, the arm span is 198.72 cm, the standing touch height is 243.88 cm, the body fat rate is 10.25%, the hand length is 20.96 cm, and the hand width is 24.91 cm.

Looking at the dynamics again, the four-point move in the three-second zone took 10.33 seconds, the 3/4 field sprint took 3.52 seconds, the vertical take-off height of the spot was 79.66 cm, and the run-up take-off height was 92.13 cm. All of them were excellent.

Ginell looked at the data sheet with bright eyes, and then led Su Yang back to the public place.

The staff was still preparing various props. Su Yang stood on the sidelines to rest, and Schwartz suggested in a low voice to tweet and display the physical measurement data. After all, all aspects are quite good, which can be used to build momentum and eventually increase the chance of becoming the champion.

After thinking about it, Su Yang agreed, and immediately sent a text message to Zheng Xiang to send relevant data.

Soon, the staff will be ready.

Su Yang and Griffin each occupy a court and accept the same test items at the same time. Fans and Clippers players, as well as the Clippers coaching staff, management, and media reporters are all on the sidelines to watch, and some even bet.

The first item is to dribble back and forth across the court, the second is to dribble with high legs, the third is to dribble backwards all the time, and the fourth item is to run with hands behind their backs and raise their legs forward, and The fifth is to run forward with big leaps, especially like a happy idiot, which made the audience around the scene laugh out loud, and those who didn't know thought they were watching a clown performance.

After running in several different ways in a row, Su Yang was stunned. He subconsciously looked at Griffin, and Griffin just happened to look over. The two shook their heads at the same time to express their puzzlement. Hanging?

Fortunately, there were no more running tests. The trial training progressed to fixed-point free throws, mid-range shots, three-pointers, and catch-and-shoot links. Su Yang and Griffin performed very well. Well, the contest for the champion is well deserved.

It wasn't until the dunk link that Griffin showed a big advantage. Several times the audience rushed to dunk quickly and won the cheers from the scene. Su Yang immediately responded with a subtle pass, and the two still failed to clearly separate. high and low.

More than half an hour passed, and all the tests were completed. The general manager Deng Lewei hoped that the two would make another free demonstration.

Griffin seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He showed that he could control three basketballs at the same time, and he could still lead the ball forward. He perfectly demonstrated his guard-like ball-handling skills. General manager Dunleavy was dumbfounded and almost declared the victory directly. .

Griffin's strategy is very powerful, because in the eyes of the public, inside players are usually synonymous with 'inflexible', but he showed his skills like this, showing that he is different, and it will definitely make Dunleavy make a higher evaluation. After all, the last one can be flexible. A power forward player who can dribble and make various dunks is called Karl Malone, which is Griffin's draft template.

"What a clever little ghost!" Su Yang muttered in his heart, and gave Griffin a thumbs up to show his praise.

Griffin responded with a smile, walked to the scene confidently, sat down, and celebrated with high-fives with his colleagues.

The cheers continued for a long time. Schwartz covered his mouth and whispered to Su Yang: "Why don't you dunk?"

This can also be regarded as a contrast strategy, because in the eyes of the public, point guard players are usually synonymous with 'weakness'. If Su Yang can show more tough moves, he can show the difference like Griffin.

Su Yang didn't answer, he thought about Kobe Bryant's trial training and blowing up Stackhouse.

Compared with Griffin showing perfect skills through possession of the ball, now only by blowing up the Clippers' head players can he further show that he is more worthy of being elected as the No. [-] pick. It happened that Baron Davis came to watch today.

Difficult, but worth a try.

Su Yang walked slowly to the sidelines, and raised his hand to Baron Davis under the slightly surprised gazes of the crowd.

"I'm going to challenge you!"

(End of this chapter)