I'm king in the basket

Chapter 414
2012 6 Month 26 Day.

The Raptors announced the trial training of ten rookies, including Khris Middleton and Will Barton.

It is worth mentioning that Li Xing came to the Esbjerg Center early in the morning.

As their promoter, he also wanted to see the performance of the two in trial training.

The characters of Button and Middleton are very distinct. One is passionate and wants to infect everyone with his passion.

"Larch, I'll let you know how good I am!"

Li Xing was watching the game from the sidelines. Button and Middleton were divided into two teams, one black and one white, for a head-to-head confrontation.

As soon as Barton came up, he chatted with Li Xing.

They talk about women, they talk about golf, they talk about beer, they just don't talk about the game.

It wasn't until the beginning of this confrontation that might determine the fate of the two of them that Button became serious.

Middleton didn't say much from the beginning to the end. His personality was relatively indifferent, and he just wanted to bury his head in his work and refused to say a word.

In terms of first impressions, Barton gave Triano a better impression.

The Raptors are full of passionate people from top to bottom. If a sap suddenly comes, it may not be able to integrate.

Li Xing watched from the sidelines, standing by and watching.

Active No.1 is next to him. If someone can be liked by Li Xing, it is a sure thing to enter the Raptors.

Thinking of this, all the rookies present looked ruddy.

At the beginning of the game, Barton showed his vigor, faced Middleton, asked for a pick and roll, rushed in and hit a jumper.

"Man, you are far away! You are far away, you know?"

There is energy in Barton, and when he plays well, this energy can push his teammates to play better games.

In some ways, this energy is similar to Stephenson.

Button's provocation did not change Middleton's game style, he moved according to the arrangement of the coach on the sidelines.

This is a test match, but also an exhibition match.

Showing yourself means being selfish.

You have to be selfish to get the show, and no one will give it to anyone else.

Middleton's run didn't lead to a pass, and their point guard made a layup.

Even when he was ignored by his teammates, he did not change.

Triano's observation objects are only Middleton and Button.

To be exact, the coaching staff standing on the sidelines, the scouting team, all of them were observing Middleton and Button.

The rest of their rookies who were there would be heartbroken knowing about it.

The same is to play the game hard and strive to be picked by the NBA. Why is there such a big difference?

The confrontation game became Button's personal show. He seemed to be a level above everyone else, taking over half of the team's offense.

However, the black team he represented did not take the lead.

Middleton's hand feeling is not good, and he missed several shots. On the contrary, their team's point guard played in a hurry, as if trying to overwhelm the opponent's formation.

If such an impact is placed in a low-level league, it will be like a big killer.

But in the NBA, this style of play doesn't work.

This player was crossed off the wait-and-see list by the coaching staff early.

There are many players like him who can't distinguish the situation and show off.

As small as this kind of competition, as large as summer league and preseason games, what the team needs to observe is not how capable you are, but whether you can integrate into the team as a small role.

What they want to see is your ability as a role player.

Those who regard themselves as the core and want to show off on the court are not favored by others.

A total of two quarters will be played in the match.

Middleton didn't play very well in the first quarter. In the second quarter, he got the ball and performed.

He first hit a jumper on the left wing.

Then he steals the pass and counterattacks with the ball alone, causing Barton's defensive foul to dunk in the confrontation.

Middleton's outburst inspired Barton's sense of competition, and he also responded beautifully.

In the frontcourt, Barton settled down, caught the ball against the defense and made a strong shot, which was also hit.

The two fought back and forth for four or five rounds, neither winning nor losing.

Throughout the game, Barton played better than Middleton.

The coaching staff and all the scouts also felt that Barton was more future-oriented. Triano listened to their views and walked over to Li Xing.

"Lucky, how do you think they're playing?" Triano asked.

"If it were me, I'd find a way to sign those two guys."

"It's a pity we only have one pick."

"So we have to find a way."

Li Xing said: "We can't expect such a good player to fail."

"What if we can only have one?"

"Kris Middleton."

Li Xing said decisively.

Triano asked: "Aren't you optimistic about Will Barton?"

"Good, but I like Chris better."

"Why? Will can greatly enrich our tactics. He can play the second position or the third position. You should know the significance of this." Triano wanted to break the casserole and asked the bottom line.

Judging from this game, Button's performance is undoubtedly better than that of Middleton.

Li Xing couldn't use the excuse of convincing Rang Nuo to convince the coaching staff, but he couldn't explain how Middleton is better than Button at this stage.

"You are right, Will is also the player we need, so I have repeatedly suggested, find a way to sign them all, especially Chris, believe me, he definitely meets our needs."

In the end, Li Xing could only rely on the capital he had accumulated in the past two years to make Triano agree with what he said.

Triano did not hesitate, the decision on this matter was not his.

He needs to feed back Li Xing's suggestion to the management, and then see what they decide to do.

No matter how good they are, they are just second-round prospects, and the Raptors don't need to spend much to get them at the same time.

After the competition, there are still a few people who will stay and test, and some will leave early.

Button took the initiative to find Middleton and apologized for his aggressiveness in the game: "Man, I didn't mean any harm."

"I don't believe you have," Middleton said.

Li Xing walked to their side: "What are your plans for the future?"

"Continue to try out," Middleton said succinctly.

"That's right, so do I," Barton said.

Li Xing asked with a smile: "What if this is your destination?"

"Then I will feel very honored. The Raptors are the strongest team in the NBA." Barton said.

"Me too."

Middleton said.

"You are excellent, I believe you will find a good place, goodbye."

After thinking about it, Li Xing still had to find Brian Colangelo.

Middleton is the player the Raptors currently lack most, a wing with full potential, accurate shooting, enough to open up space.

Just think about it, when Li Xing is in the low post, if they dare to double-team, DeRozan, Middleton, Dragic (or Calderon and the others), which one will they let go to double-team ?
Maybe it's DeRozan. After all, this guy is not accurate with three-pointers, but he is accurate at the mid-range one step inside the three-point line.

Li Xing came to the door again, and Colangelo also guessed his purpose.

In this regard, Colangelo's attitude is: "Larch, why are you in a hurry? Wait until the day of the draft, and you will get what you want."

That was Colangelo's promise.

The team will draft Middleton.

Now that he got the promise, Li Xing didn't need to entangle any longer, and the result would be reached on the day of the draft.

2012 6 Month 29 Day.

The annual NBA draft was held at Madison Garden as scheduled.

Li Xing sat in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast.

The camera cuts to Anthony Davis again and again.

Compared with who the No. [-] pick will be, the audience may be more interested in his eyebrows. Many people are already suggesting that this man should get his eyebrows trimmed.

Li Xing also had the same attitude, this man really should take care of himself.

If Davis could easily change, his eyebrows would not be so hot.

Li Xing's evaluation of Davis is not bad, this has nothing to do with the virtues of respecting the old and loving the young, it's all because he hired Harry Sylvester as his agent.

In this way, Davis and Li Xing also have a common background.

Davis' team hopes that Sylvester will sell Davis like Li Xing, and become popular all over the world, becoming the second global superstar beyond basketball and beyond the NBA itself.

For this proposal, Sylvester smiled wryly.

Sell ​​yourself like Li Xing?This is not selling commodities, and it doesn’t mean that you can sell yourself if you want to.

Sylvester made it clear: "Unless Anthony changes his temperament, I can't imagine him becoming as popular as Luckey."

"Besides, before there is Laqi as the front car, if AD wants to follow the same style, I am afraid it will be questioned by others."

Sylvester talked about the difficulties of replicating Li Xing's road to fame, which can be regarded as convincing the other party.

In the end, they retreated from "turning this young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes into a world superstar like Li Xing" to "get closer to Laqi and learn more experience".

For this request, Sylvester agreed on the spot.

As a rookie agent, Sylvester became popular with Li Xing and became the hottest star salesman. There are countless rookies who are willing to entrust their future to him.

In order to improve his figure, Sylvester's eyes were also tricky, unless he was a sure-fire future superstar like Davis, he wouldn't even look at him.

According to Li Xing, this person no longer knows his last name.

Put him on the ground as a plug, he will really think that the whole world revolves around him.

After Li Xing waited for a long time, Stern finally came from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, ready to announce the first lucky person to embrace the NBA.

(End of this chapter)