The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Tang Tian had already reached the 23rd pick in the draft, but because he missed the joint trial training, he had fallen back to the end of the first round.

"I arranged for you the trial training of these teams, and they all hold the draft picks at the top of the second round." Feigen gave Tang Tian the arranged schedule.

Heat, 31st pick; Wizards, 34th pick; Nets, 36th pick; Clippers, 37th pick; Rockets, 38th pick; Lakers, 41st pick; Bulls, 43rd pick .

These teams all have one thing in common, they are all big city teams. Just like Yi Jianlian back then, Feigen also hopes to bring Tang Tian to the big city teams.

"These few teams, I personally recommend the Nets and Rockets. They are not strong teams now. You will have more opportunities if you go there, and the Chinese football market in these two places is very good. ’” Fagan continued.

Tang Tian shook his head.

What Fagan said was completely the opposite. He didn't want to go to such a poor team.

He is a 3D player now, and if he goes to this kind of team, he won't show his value, and if he can't score, he probably won't have much playing time.

With his current characteristics, he must go to a strong team, and he must be a very strong one. Only strong teams lack players like him.

"Among these teams, which ones have the pick at the end of the first round?" With Fagan's puzzled eyes, Tang Tian continued to ask.

Theoretically, the team at the end of the first round is linked to the team's record last season, but there are many transactions in the NBA every year, and the ownership of the pick will also change a lot.

"The 20th pick belongs to the Rockets, the 23/30 picks belong to the Bulls, and the 27th pick belongs to the Nets." Fagan replied.

Tang Tian nodded thoughtfully after listening.

None of the teams Fagan mentioned could go.

Originally, the Bulls would be a good choice. Rose’s breakthrough is very lethal. He will have some opportunities on the outside, and as a traverser, he can also suggest that Rose adjust his style of play and achieve great things together with Rose. good.

But the Bulls have too many picks at the end of the first round, and this road is also blocked. It seems that only the Heat can go.

This is really a good choice. The Big Three of the Heat. If he remembers correctly, he will play against the Thunder this year and win the second championship in team history. Next to James and Wade, he is the most popular 3D player.

Moreover, the Heat don't have many role players to watch, so it's not too difficult for him to compete for a job. First, let himself be plated with a layer of gold to accumulate popularity. When the one-year or two-year contract ends, he will have a reputation. Krypton Once you have the gold value, it's time to make your own contributions.

"Let's arrange it with the Heat." Tang Tian said, there are no more trials, he is fine, the Heat lack 3D, and he is absolutely sure that he can succeed in one attempt.

"Don't other teams consider it?" Fei Gen was surprised. The more he got in touch with Tang Tian, ​​the more he felt that he was completely different from other rookies.

"The Bulls are not bad at first, but they have too many picks at the end of the first round, and they are a bit late in the second round." Tang Tian said, if he is really selected at the end of the first round by then, he will lose a lot up.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Seeing Tang Tian's firm attitude, Feigen didn't say anything else. Miami is a big city, and the 31st pick is actually more valuable than the pick at the end of the first round.

Tang Tian nodded. Miami is a tropical city, and its beaches are well-known throughout the United States. Besides playing golf, you can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of the beach. Going there is a double win.

1 Chapter Twenty

The draft is approaching, and the rookies are all busy trying out for their teams.

With the progress of the trial training and some news from the previous joint trial training, the real data of many rookies has gradually surfaced, and the draft position has become more and more clear.

The most fluctuating is Perry Jones, the rookie who unexpectedly announced his participation in the draft. Because of his poor performance in the trial training, he has fallen from the top pick all the way. Now he has come to the edge of the lottery. Will eventually withdraw from this year's draft.

The opposite situation belongs to Tristan Thompson, a freshman from the University of Texas who has risen from the first round of the lottery because of his performance in the combine and team tryouts. It has reached the top six, and even competed for the top three market.

(Note: Harrison Barnes, Sullinger, etc. have already determined not to participate in the 2011 NBA draft.)

The changes brought about by the trial training can be seen.

On June 6th, ten days before the draft, Tang Tian participated in the Heat's trial training with some other rookies under the arrangement of Fagan.

Generally, hot rookies, like Irving and Derek Williams, have only one person in the trial training, and they may even try out several teams by one person and watch from the sidelines at the same time.

But the trial training that Tang Tian participated in was just the opposite. There were many people to choose from at the 31st pick position, so there were more than a dozen players participating in one trial training.

Among these people, Tang Tian also saw many familiar figures.

Norris Cole, a senior at Cleveland State University, is 1 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms. He is a thin point guard. In the past season, he averaged 77 points, 21.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 5.8 steals per game. The statistics are gorgeous , but Cleveland State did not qualify for the tournament this year.

Jordan Hamilton, a sophomore at the University of Texas, is 2 meters tall and weighs 01 kilograms. Like Tang Tian, ​​he is an NBA standard small forward. He averaged 100 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in the past season, and hit three-pointers Both the rate and the number of hits ranked first in the team, and helped the team reach the top sixteen of the tournament.

Shelvin Mark, the core of Butler University, is very familiar with Tang Tian. In the finals, he defended terribly. He is 1 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms. He is just the opposite of Cole. He is a small steel gun. In the past season Averaged 94 points, 16 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.

Tyler Honeycutt, a sophomore at UCLA, is 2 meters tall but weighs only 03kg. He is a thin striker. He has a particularly good defense. He has an extraordinary wingspan and excellent athletic ability. He averages 85 rebounds and 7.2 times per game Blocked, because of the excellent performance in the previous trial training, the pick has been rising.

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From the candidates selected by the Heat to participate in the trial training, it can be seen that their goal this year is very clear: either choose a point guard or a swingman.

This is completely reasonable. The Heat's loss last year has a lot to do with the weak point guard position. As for the swingman, James and Wade have always been short of such players.

Seeing the competitors in the trial training, Tang Tian's self-confidence actually increased.

Take Hamilton and Honeycutt for example. The former is good for three-pointers, but the defense is not good in the NCAA, let alone at the NBA level. Honeycutt is just the opposite. He is good at defense, but he is not good at outside shooting. .

To put it bluntly, they either only have a 3 or a D.

Maybe their athletic ability is better than Tang Tian's in other aspects, but that's obviously not what the Heat want.

The trial training is divided into three parts.

The first link is the demonstration of basic abilities, basic abilities such as shooting, dribbling, and passing, as well as some basic physical tests, such as standing up, sprinting, and running back and forth.

In this link, Honeycutt and Hamilton both performed very eye-catching in their respective areas of expertise.

The second link is heads-up, where players fight each other.

Tang Tian began to show his strength in this link. After increasing his shooting speed, his three-pointers made opponents hard to defend. Of course, his defense was more eye-catching.

The opponents against him, including Hamilton and Honeycutt, are all players from the end of the first round or the second round, and their strength is a notch weaker than that of Irving and Derek Williams he encountered before. are quite embarrassing.

Only Cole, a thin point guard who had an absolute advantage in speed, beat him, and all the others lost to Tang Tian in the heads-up round.

"Who is that? The yellow man." The players were trying out, and no one noticed that James, the core core of the Heat, had just passed by the training hall. After watching for a while, he couldn't help talking to the trainer Mancias beside him. asked.

"I don't know, I'll go in and ask." There are people who come to try out every day, and it's impossible for Mancias to know everyone. After he went in, he walked directly to David Fizdale, the assistant coach of the team who was in charge of the tryout. .

James nodded. Instead of leaving immediately, he went in and sat there, biting his nails and looking interested.

After the second part of the trial training ended, it soon entered the third part, full-court confrontation.

The confrontation was divided into two groups, Tang Tian and Cole were in a group, and Mark was in a group with Hamilton and Honeycutt.

The temporarily formed team does not have much tacit understanding, and the offensive end depends entirely on the strength of the players.

After the opening of the two sides, it was basically Cole and Mark who were fighting against each other.

Mark's team has better overall talent, and they have been playing against Tang Tian and the others.

When Mark's shot caused Cole's foul to go to the free throw line, Tang Tian took the initiative to chat with Cole from the outside.

When switching sides to attack again, Tang Tian took a quick three-pointer from Cole's open position.

The tacit understanding between the players on the offensive end is not enough, and the same is true on the defensive end. Simple cooperation is very effective in this kind of game.

After the goal, the players who did not play on the sidelines couldn't help cheering, and the counterattack of the weaker side always attracted attention.

James was a little bored watching and was about to leave, and then looked at the field after hearing the shouts.

Tang Tian steals Hamilton in defense and passes the ball to Cole. Cole directly makes a fast break layup.

Mark's throw shot failed to respond, and in the frontcourt, Cole and Tang Tian played a pick-and-roll, and Cole returned the ball to Tang Tian's open three-pointer at the top of the arc.

After a wave of 8-0 offensive, Tang Tian and the others immediately brought the situation back.

James raised his eyebrows, and before Mancias could finish asking, he got up and walked over.

"LeBron." Fizdale saw James coming and greeted him with a smile.

"That rookie is not bad." James said, pointing to Tang Tian on the court.

Chapter 121 Singled out Wade

Fizdale looked at James with some surprise. James happened to be in the training hall during the trial training these days, and James would see him more or less during the trial training, but this was the first time James said such words to him.

"Yes, he can also drive his teammates to play. The open three-pointer and defense are good, which meets the needs of the team." Fizdale said.

James nodded, didn't say anything more, chatted with Fizdale about other things, then called Mancias and left.

The appearance of James caused a commotion among the players on the sidelines, but the players on the court were playing with all their strength and did not notice this short scene.

In the end, Tang Tian and his team won the match, and Tang Tian and Cole's performances were very eye-catching.

When the game ended, Cole kept laughing and talking to Tang Tian.

He could clearly feel that he had already regarded Tang Tian as a friend after a game.

This is also completely normal, if Tang Tian hadn't found tactics, he wouldn't have played so well.

After the match, the day's trial training also ended. Fizdale called a few people's names, and then invited them to the second trial training.

Tang Tian, ​​Cole, Mark, Hamilton, and Honeycutt happened to be these five people.

This is the difficulty for ordinary players to enter the NBA, and they have to compete step by step.

Although Sun Yue didn't play well in the NBA at the beginning, he was finally selected by the Lakers after countless trial trainings.

"The next trial training, the team's president Pat Riley and coach Spoelstra will be there, I hope you will have a good performance then." Fizdale greeted several people in advance.

After hearing this, Tang Tian was overjoyed. If Riley and Spoelstra both come, it means that the trial training will basically be settled next time. It seems that he also has to call Feigen over.

It is said to be the second trial training, but it is actually the second day.

The location is still at the American Airlines Arena, but it has been changed from the previous No. 2 training hall to the No. 1 training hall, which is also the usual training hall for the Heat.

Because it is the offseason, there are no games, and the arena is far less lively than usual, but when they went, James and Wade were training inside.

After losing the finals, the two brothers started going to the training hall ahead of schedule.

When they went in, Cole and Mark looked at James and Wade frequently.

For players like them who have not yet entered the NBA, superstars give them the same feeling as stars give ordinary people, the distance is very close and far away.

Seeing the people from the trial training come in, Wade and James also temporarily interrupted the training and sat on the sidelines. This is to watch their trial training together.

Trials start soon.

Today's trial training only has two parts, three-point shooting and one-on-one heads-up.

Yesterday was a rough look, but today's training is very targeted.

First came the three-point shooting session, and Honeycutt was the first to play.

His performance was quite eye-catching. He only scored 25 out of 5 shots in a circle. Spoelstra frowned on the sidelines.

After that, Hamilton performed well, scoring 25 of 13, and his open shooting percentage exceeded [-]%.

Mark, who appeared later, scored 10 and Cole scored 16.

Cole played very well, and Spoelstra and Riley were whispering over there, looking very satisfied.

Tang Tian was the last to appear.

"Dwyane, this is the guy I told you about yesterday." James turned his head and said to Wade at this time.

Wade nodded, and also looked towards this side of the court.

Tang Tian didn't keep his strength after he came on the court, and if he wanted to be selected by the Heat, he didn't have any reason to do so.

Of the 25 goals, he scored 20 in the end, and Riley on the sidelines was a little surprised.

"This guy can do it." Wade said with a smile after reading it.

Moreover, Tang Tian's shots were quick and accurate. He was thinking that if Tang Tian was with the Heat last season, maybe it would really be effective.

Riley and Spoelstra talked for a while, and Spoelstra directly motioned for them to take another shot.

The three-pointer in a round is contingency, and it seems that they want to rule out this contingency.

Spoelstra spoke, and the five voted again in the order they were before.

霍尼卡特25投7中，汉密尔顿25投12中，马克25投9中，科尔25投15中。

Although none of them have entered the NBA yet, they are all quasi-professional players, and their shooting level is relatively stable.

When Tang Tian appeared on the stage, he attracted the attention of everyone in the training hall. His first round of shots was really amazing.