The invincible kryptonite of basketball

With everyone's attention, Tang Tian didn't have any fluctuations in his mentality, and he still threw 25 balls smoothly.

25-of-21 from the field.

After warming up just now, he felt a little better and scored one more goal than the previous round.

However, because of the increased shooting speed, he hasn't fully adapted to it, and he can't achieve the point where he can shoot without missing a shot when he shoots slowly.

They scored 20+ hits in both rounds, Riley couldn't help laughing this time, they found a treasure.

The three-pointer was shot, followed by a one-on-one heads-up.

Similar to yesterday's situation, Tang Tian lost to Cole and defeated the other three with difficulty (they already knew that Tang Tian could only score three points during the trial training yesterday).

"I like this kid." After watching the heads-up, Wade said to James with a smile.

The two rounds of competition are over, and today's trial training is basically over.

Tang Tian and Cole were the two most outstanding performers. Over there, Riley and Spoelstra kept communicating, and the five people who finished the trial were also sitting there chatting with each other.

At this moment, Wade suddenly came over and joined the chat between Riley and Spoelstra.

Soon, Spoelstra came over again and said directly to the five people: "You and Wade attack and defend each other twice."

After saying this, the five people sitting on the sidelines, including Tang Tian, ​​were stunned for a moment.

Wade singled them out?

Wade's current strength is second only to Kobe Bryant's shooting guard in the league. One-on-one with him is completely looking for abuse!

But Spoelstra spoke, and they had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Tang Tian was a little excited at this time.

With the help of Cecilia, he has been losing weight recently, and his speed has improved a lot. He also wants to see if he has a chance to defend against Wade.

Still in accordance with the previous order, the five players took turns to face Wade.

The first one to play was Honey Carter.

Honeycutt's athletic ability is excellent, but when he plays against Wade, he feels that he is not at the same level at all. He can't handle the ball steadily in the two confrontations, and both balls are directly intercepted. When he switches to Wade to attack, Wade De seems to have become James, directly crushing layups and scoring easily.

This one-on-one fight made them grin their lips. This is not a one-on-one fight, it's simply their unilateral abuse!

Chapter 122 Draft Promise

After Honeycutt, Hamilton, Mark and Cole played in turns, but they were all easily killed by Wade without any suspense.

Mark's small steel cannon is completely immobile in front of Wade, and Cole's best speed is more like slow motion in front of Wade.

Tang Tian was the last to appear on stage.

"Come on." When Wade saw Tang Tian, ​​his face was a little excited, and it could be seen that he was here for Tang Tian.

Tang Tian nodded, took the ball from the staff, saw that Wade was about to get close to him, and passed the ball directly to him.

Wade froze for a moment holding the ball.

"Serve." Tang Tian said.

In one-on-one duels, there are actually many details in it, such as the one in front of you, should the opponent serve the ball.

This detail may seem insignificant, but to Tang Tian, ​​who can only shoot three-pointers, it is very important.

Wade nodded and threw the ball to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian caught the ball and made a quick three-pointer.

After Procopio's guidance, Tang Tian has adjusted his habit of three-point shooting. After catching the ball, he didn't put it under his crotch, but directly on his chest, and quickly shot it by pushing the ball.

Wade flew over, but still missed the ball and was thrown by Tang Tian.

"Shh!"

Tang Tian's quick three-pointer hit the net.

There was a burst of shouting from the sidelines, and Cole and the others were a little excited at the moment.

Although the five of them were in competition, they were actually a small team to take turns challenging Wade. Now that Tang Tian scored a goal, they were also excited.

"You are very smart." Wade couldn't help but praise.

"Good luck." Tang Tian replied with a smile.

In fact, the ball just now was really a bit lucky, he was rushing to shoot, and he was not sure that he would score, and if Wade knew his careful thinking in advance, and if he was quicker, he would definitely block him.

For the second ball, with the experience of the previous ball, Wade didn't give Tang Tian a chance to take a shot. Tang Tian reluctantly made a shot even though it wasn't blocked, but he made a three-point shot.

This is Wade's one-on-one defensive ability, and the strength of the league's second shooting guard is still very strong.

After the two offensive balls ended, the two exchanged positions, and Wade attacked Tang Tian with the ball.

Wade holds the ball, chooses the same style of play as before, and directly pushes hard.

Tang Tian's predictions were in place, and Wade didn't have a good chance to make a move in the several physical confrontations between the two.

Wade dribbles back to the three-point line, a smile on his face.

Tang Tian's physical resistance ability is much better than he imagined.

James also came to the sidelines at this time.

Wade reorganized, he accelerated in front of Tang Tian in one step, and then made a layup with a signature European step.

Tang Tian had already predicted that, he stepped back to grab the position of Wade's second foot, and then stretched out his hand to interfere.

Wade didn't expect Tang Tian to be so accurate in snatching. After jumping, the lever shot was disturbed, and the shot actually slipped out of the basket!

After watching it, James' face was full of surprise, and he was chatting with Riley and Spoelstra with a smile.

When Wade was defended against a goal, the smile on his face faded, it seemed that he was a little serious.

In the second ball, Wade directly chose to accelerate the breakthrough after changing direction.

Wade's strongest breakthrough is his speed, which is also the origin of his nickname "The Flash".

With this change of direction, Tang Tian only felt a gust of wind flash past his side. He judged it, but his body couldn't keep up with that speed at all.

Wade passed Tang Tian, ​​rushed inside and made a one-handed dunk.

"Ooh!"

Cole and the others let out a burst of exclamation, this speed is really terrifying.

Tang Tian also shook his head helplessly. It seems that if he wants to guard against Wade, he has to wait until he loses his weight.

After the dunk, Wade turned around and patted Tang Tian's butt with a smile, before walking back to Riley and the others.

All five heads-ups were over. Tang Tian scored a goal and defended Wade's goal. His performance can be said to be quite eye-catching.

After reading it, Fei Gen, who was on the side, finally understood why Tang Tian dared to say that he only tried to train the Heat family. This was because he had absolute confidence in his own strength, and he did have absolute strength.

The discussion over there quickly came to fruition. Spoelstra left Tang Tian and Cole behind, and let the other three leave first.

"We'll try to trade for a first-round pick and pick you up," Spoelstra told Kerr.

Cole nodded, the Heat had made a draft promise to him.

After Cole and his agent left, Spoelstra called Tang Tian and Fagan over.

Riley followed at this time.

"I heard from Dan that you want to be selected in the second round?" Riley said looking directly at Tang Tian.

Tang Tian nodded.

"Don hopes to sign a guarantee contract with the team for one to one to two years." Fagan also said it more directly.

This kind of thing can be discussed later when negotiating the contract, but since Tang Tian only chooses to try out the Heat, it is actually the same if it is said sooner or later.

Riley glanced at Tang Tian in surprise, apparently he rarely encountered such a rookie.

Neither Spoelstra nor Riley spoke again, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Riley took Spoelstra aside to exchange a few words, and also called Wade and James over.

After waiting for a while, Riley came back, looked at Tang Tian with a smile and said, "We will select you with the 31st pick."

Riley's opening is a serious draft promise, even more formal than Cole's before.

After all, the Heat only have the No. 31 pick this year. Although they told Kerr earlier that they would work hard to trade for a first-round pick to choose him, there are still big variables. However, Tang Tian is selected for the No. 31 pick, which is a certainty. up.

Wade gave Tang Tian a thumbs up with a smile at this time, obviously in this decision, he should have said something for Tang Tian.

After giving the thumbs up, he and James continued to train on their own.

"However, in order to prevent you from being selected by others before, we need to create a fake news later." Riley's eyes lit up at this time, which was beginning to show his ability of magic fortune telling.

False news?

Both Tang Tian and Fei Gen looked at him suspiciously.

"We will release the news that your performance in this trial is very bad, focus on your flaws in dribbling and passing, and let your current draft price go down, so that we can ensure that we can win in the draft. You're the 31st pick," Riley continued.

This trick is actually quite common in the draft. That's what the Spurs and Leonard did at the beginning. Originally, Leonard's draft price was in the top ten, but such an operation directly made the Spurs the 15th pick. He chose to go.

Tang Tian nodded. Riley had personally made a draft commitment. With his current draft price at the end of the first round, it would be no problem to do so just in case.

Chapter 123 2011 NBA Draft

In addition to the Heat, the Spurs, Bulls, Mavericks, and Thunder all sent out trial invitations to Tang Tian one after another, but Fagan declined all of them.

Tang Tian got the draft promise from the Heat, and now he just needs to wait for the draft with peace of mind.

In the blink of an eye, in late June, the 6 NBA Draft will be held at the Prudential Center Arena in Newark, New Jersey.

Due to the renovation of the Madison Square Garden arena, this year's draft was not able to be held in the "Basketball Mecca".

On June 6, Tang Tian and Walker arrived in New Jersey one day earlier.

"Don, why did you refuse the trial training of those teams? I think your current draft market has fallen to the second round." When we met in New Jersey, Walker's first sentence was to ask about the trial training.

"I've already got a draft commitment, so..." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"Really? Which team?" Walker was full of curiosity when he heard what Tang Tian said.

"You'll know when the time comes." Tang Tian deliberately kept it a secret.

"Well, I'm still worried about you, so I prepared a lucky jacket for you." Walker said as he opened his suitcase and pulled out a red jacket from inside.

There are two jackets, the red one looks particularly flamboyant, the size is one big and one small, it should be custom made.

"I like this." Tang Tian took off his coat as he spoke, and put the jacket on.

Walker can't live up to his good intentions for something that Walker has prepared so carefully.

Walker also put on the one that belonged to him, and the two of them stood in front of the mirror, really feeling like two brothers.

"It will bring us good luck." Tang Tian put his arm on Walker's shoulder and said.

"Yes, it will." Walker nodded seriously.

On the second night, the Prudential Center in Newark was packed, and fans from all over the United States gathered together, waiting for this annual event.

Also in the arena are rookies from all over the world, waiting for the call from the NBA. For most of them, this is a day when their dreams come true.

Tang Tian and Walker arrived at the arena an hour before the start of the draft.

Walker entered the small green room, and his family also came to the scene, including Calhoun and Fagan, who were all sitting in Walker's small round table at the moment.

(Note: Rookies who are officially considered to have the potential to enter the lottery will be invited to a closed area directly in front of the draft site, with a small round table, which is called a small green room because it is similar to the lounge of a drama. )

Tang Tian went over to chat with them for a few words, stopped by to say hello to Thompson, and then sat in the front row of the auditorium.

The front row positions on both sides of the scene are reserved for players who are not from the small green house, so that it is convenient for them to come on stage when their names are called.

Such a grand event naturally requires the presence of media reporters. In addition to the reporters from the major sports TV stations who shuttle around the draft stage, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith from TNT, and Mike Brown from ESPN are on the right side of the main stage in the commentary booth. Lin and Reggie Miller are ready to go.