I'm not really a role player

Chapter 91 Chicago United Training Camp

After the draft lottery, there was a joint trial training. On the day of the trial training, David Falk changed to a Mercedes-Benz six-seater business, and directly took Li Ke and Jeff Green away.

In the same car were Lu Ning and an assistant of Falke, plus a driver, exactly six people.

The United Center is the venue for this joint trial training. A while ago, the Bulls were eliminated from the game, and this place has become a sad place with few people.

But during this time, there were many more fans wearing the Bulls' No. 24 jersey on the plaza of the United Center.

A middle-aged white man with disheveled hair and a scruffy beard was holding a wine bottle unsteadily, taking a sip from time to time.

This guy followed the big team closely. Although he was out of place, he shouted from time to time: "We need Kobe!"

Perhaps because he had accumulated enough trust, he blocked a few enthusiastic female fans, pointed to the No. 24 Bulls jersey held up by the female fans, and muttered inarticulately: "I have been a Chicago Bulls fan for 30 years, but I can't even afford a red Bulls jersey..."

After a long time, this guy got a brand new No. 24 Bulls jersey, put it on immediately, and swayed away.

……

"Kobe had already conquered a group of Chicago fans before he came."

"That's the power of superstardom."

"Unfortunately, this group of fans is destined to be disappointed."

"How to say?"

Looking at the Bulls fans in groups wearing Kobe's Bulls jerseys along the way, Li Ke finally shared his analysis based on the memory of later generations.

"It's very simple. The Chicago Bulls want to get Kobe because they want to end the messy situation in the post-Jordan era, but they face a lot of competition. The Detroit Pistons and the Dallas Mavericks. These two teams are strong teams in the past few seasons, and they have a lot of chips in their hands."

"In contrast, the Bulls have been ups and downs in the past few years, but they failed in the draft. They barely made the playoffs this season. In terms of trading chips, they are far inferior to the Pistons and Mavericks. Therefore, they will do whatever it takes."

"But don't forget, Kobe Bryant has trade veto power!"

David Falk seemed to have been reminded, and immediately reacted: "That's right, the deal veto, we all forgot about it."

There are very few stars in the NBA who hold the right to veto transactions. Kobe is the first player to have the right to veto transactions.

At the moment, only Kobe and Kevin Garnett clearly have the right to veto transactions. Therefore, many people have forgotten this privilege that belongs only to superstars.

"If the Bulls want to get Kobe, they can only stud with the whole team, but once stud, their book lineup will become very bad. On the other hand, Kobe wants to leave the Lakers because the Lakers have not signed for many years, but what is the difference between the Bulls who stud everything and the current Lakers?"

"So, the situation has been deadlocked for a long time. Kobe can't leave. If he wants to leave, he can only wait for the contract to end."

David Falk turned his head to look at Li Ke: "Then the Lakers still go to the trial training?"

"go with!"

Li Ke still decided to go, he was looking forward to luck, a shock, and a wonderful encounter...

David Falk nodded in agreement, then turned to Jeff Green: "Jeff, what about you?"

"Don't go, waste of time..."

The commercial vehicle drove into the parking lot, and this place was busier than the square outside.

As soon as David Falk got out of the car, he greeted several times loudly:

"Hey, John, Jim, I really didn't expect you to stand here leisurely, hurry back, that idiot in Los Angeles is waiting for your call!"

"Long time no see, Ernie, do you have any plans for the Wizards this year? Look at the little brother behind me. He is from Georgetown University. If you are interested, he is also home..."

"Michael, you bastard, you actually came here in person!"

Walking towards him was Michael Jordan. Jeff Green's eyes were shining brightly, as if a hungry wolf had touched a bloody piece of meat, and the whole person became very excited.

Li Ke on the side is very calm. He can understand Jeff Green's mood. Most of the players of the Pan-09 Platinum Generation are Jordan fans, and the rest are Iverson and Kobe fans.

Of course, the above are all self-declarations of these players. Li Ke doesn't know whether this is true in private.

However, he can be sure that Jeff Green is a fan of Jordan.

This guy signed Jordan's agent and Air Jordan's sneaker contract, and now he is so excited to see Jordan, which can be seen.

"Tell me, Michael, who are you interested in this time?"

Seeing David Falk blinking his eyes like a clown, Jordan was very helpless. He changed the topic: "David, you should first introduce the two little guys behind you..."

"Okay, Michael, let me introduce, this is Jeff Green, from Georgetown University, a forward, who can get averaged in the NCAA..."

"The introduction is really detailed..."

Jordan knew that David Falk did it on purpose. This old guy knew that the Bobcats could not pick Jeff Green, and he knew that he had already set his sights on Li Ke who was next to Jeff Green.

"Thank you, David, I know Jeff, but it's a pity that the Bobcats only have the eighth pick in the first round..."

"You can trade up."

Jordan glared at David Falk.

The old Falk knew that Jordan would lose his temper if he continued to talk about it, so he introduced Li Ke who was left aside.

"Sheldon Lee, a member of this year's NCAA championship team, one of the winners of the MOP in the Final Four, the founder of the Schett pick-and-roll..."

Li Ke covered his face, the Xie-Du group has disintegrated...

Jordan stretched out his right hand towards Li Ke: "Sheldon, this should be our first meeting, right?"

Li Ke nodded. Before that, he had only seen Jordan from a distance.

The same is true for Jordan, subject to NCAA regulations, it is impossible for him to have any contact with Li Ke.

"I'm telling the truth. Actually, I've been paying attention to you for a long time."

Li Ke's eyes widened, shocked. jpg!

He didn't know that Jordan had been paying attention to him. If he had known, he would have shouted hoarsely: Don't come here!

Seeing Li Ke's shocked look, Jordan was very satisfied, and this effect was what he wanted.

He patted Li Ke on the shoulder: "Today's trial training is mainly about physical testing. I hope you can hide your strength a little bit. In return, I can give you a promise right now. The No. [-] pick in the first round of the Bobcats will be used to select you."

shit...

This is Jordan's hand-picked?
Li Ke opened his mouth and shook his head: "No..."

Jordan frowned and interrupted Li Ke: "Of course, Sheldon, I know you are an extremely confident person, which is very similar to me..."

No, there are guys in Austin who are more like you than me, you should pick that guy...

"So, if you don't want to hide your strength, that's fine, my promise is still valid."

After some promises, Jordan patted David Falk and made a phone call gesture: "David, I have a call."

Then he turned and left.

Watching Jordan go away, David Falk glanced at Li Ke:
"Looks like you don't want to go to Charlotte?"

Although Jeff Green looked at him enviously, Li Ke still affirmed: "The Bobcats are too bad. I don't like the feeling of losing all the time."

"Maybe if you go to the Bobcats, you can lead them to win?"

Li Ke shook his head, he knew how much he weighed.

It's just that he didn't resist the Bobcats so strongly. If he really wanted to go to the Bobcats, that was acceptable.

Although there are no thighs in the team, there are still a few calves. Gerald Wallace, Emeka Okafor, and Raymond Felton are all considered capable.

"Let's go, go to the physical examination area and line up."

Jordan, who had already walked away, frowned: "That little guy doesn't seem so excited?"

Afterwards, Larry Cooper thought of a reason: "Maybe it's because they are more introverted. I heard that Chinese people are quite introverted."

Jordan frowned, but Larry Cooper frowned again: "Michael, are you really going to go against Robert's will and use this No. 8 pick to choose Sheldon?"

"Professional people do professional things. Robert is just the big boss of the team. He doesn't understand basketball. It's great to trade this No. 8 pick for Jason Richardson, but the team will always be tepid."

Michael Jordan started a tirade: "As a team in a small ball market, what we should learn is the Cleveland Cavaliers. Through the draft, select the cornerstone, and then build a team around this cornerstone..."

Larry Cooper nodded and had to say that Jordan's theory was correct.

But the thing is, the draft needs vision, and Jordan's vision...

Don't talk about it!

……

In the physical measurement area, Li Ke followed David Falk closely.

He saw groups of rookies, followed by a bunch of agents and assistants in suits and leather shoes. Li Ke immediately thought of last summer.

The Pyramid in Long Beach, the NCAA workout he and Westbrook attended.

The same trial training, the situation is already very different.

As soon as Li Ke walked into this area, several players who knew each other and didn't know each other immediately nodded to him.

Then I met Xiaodu.

"Kevin, play well, the top spot is waiting for you!"

"You too, Sheldon."

Xiao Du didn't look that happy, especially when Li Ke mentioned the No. [-] Scholar.

Li Ke didn't think too much, and looked around.

He saw Al Horford, Joakim Noah and Corey Brewer again. In order to defend the NCAA championship, these three guys stayed in the NCAA for an extra year, but they didn't get anything.

It is definitely not realistic to delay for another year, and the ending is embarrassing, so they can only bite the bullet and run for the election.

Fortunately, their draft prices are not bad. Horford has always been the most popular rookie after Oden and Xiaodu. Noah, Corey Brewer and Li Ke are similar, and they can be seen in the middle to the end of the lottery.

There is also Asilau, who is also from the Big [-] League, and the draft prediction is at the end of the lottery.

Nick Yang from Southern California, this guy is quite close to Li Ke, and he greeted him as soon as they met.

"Hi, Sheldon."

"Hi Nick."

"Can you tell me about your next trial training?"

Li Ke glanced at the curious Nick Yang and shook his head: "I'm not on the same path as you."

It is indeed a different path. Yang Shaoxia's draft price is probably in the middle to the end of the first round, at least one notch lower than Li Ke.

But Li Ke told the truth, which made Yang Shaoxia's face darken.

"You are Li Ke, right?"

Suddenly someone slapped him from behind, Li Ke turned his head and saw a familiar face - Sun Yue who was shocked by the car for a while.

The guy smiled, looked at Li Ke, and stretched out his right hand.

"ABA Oshen Sun Yue?"

Li Ke also smiled, stretched out his right hand, and pretended to be surprised: "You also want to participate in this year's draft? I don't think I've seen you in the list of draft predictions?"

Although Sports Illustrated had Sun Yue in its draft predictions at the beginning, because the ABA is an amateur league, there is really no competitiveness. Later, Dasheng's predictions dropped all the way until he disappeared. Li Ke poked Sun Yue's sore feet with just one sentence.

Sun Yue smiled awkwardly: "Yes, there is no me, but I have entered before, and I have a little hope of being selected, so I will give it a try, what if I succeed?"

Li Ke nodded and patted Sun Yue on the shoulder: "Come on, if you need help, call me..."

After leaving each other's phone numbers, Li Ke turned his head and glanced at the manager behind Sun Yue indiscriminately.

That's right, Mark Bartelstein.

At this time, there was a roar of laughter in the physical test area.

"What happened?"

Li Ke squeezed in curiously, and Nick Yang suppressed a smile: "It's KD, he failed to bench press once."

Hearing this, Li Ke frowned.

Xiao Du's strength is not great, but it's definitely not small. It's impossible for him to fail even a single bench press. This is very strange, very strange...

He looked sideways at David Falk: "Mr. Falk?"

"KD is hiding his clumsiness."

"No way, he doesn't want the champion anymore?"

"Maybe he wants to go to the Sonics, or maybe, they have received some news from the Blazers, knowing that the No. [-] pick is already Greg Oden's, and KD doesn't want to go to the Sonics..."

"..."

Soon, it was Li Ke's turn to line up in the physical testing area.

The first is the measurement of static talent, with a height of 197cm in bare feet, 200cm in shoes, a weight of 101KG (no training in the morning, the extra weight has not been lost), and a wingspan of 201cm.

"Short wingspan, great height and weight."

Then there's the bouncing.

The vertical bounce is 80cm, which is excellent, and the run-up bounce is 96cm, which is also excellent!
"Nice bouncing stats."

Then there is the touch height, the vertical touch height is 335cm, and the run-up touch height is 358cm, which is a little bit worse, but the NBA executives on the sidelines know well that the difference is not the bounce, but the wingspan.

Next is the speed test, 3/4 field sprint, 3.79 seconds.

Many scouts and executives began to frown, as if it was a bit bad?
Larry Cooper smiled: "Michael, I read a copy of Sheldon's NCAA physical test data. At that time, his 3/4 field sprint was as high as 3.45 seconds."

"Is he hiding?"

"Maybe, but his outbreak is indeed a little bit worse, which will affect the test results of 3/4 sprints."

Jordan nodded in satisfaction: "In any case, he is hiding his clumsiness. This proves that he is willing to come to Charlotte."

Finally, the bench press test.

For the basic bench press of 84 kg, Li Ke did it 20 times.

"Fuck, the power is huge!"

Larry Cooper frowned. In the bench press test, Li Ke pushed one more time than last time.

But then, he thought: "The 19th and 20th times are both powerful, and it doesn't matter whether you hide or not..."

Larry Cooper convinced himself and did not report to Jordan.

Jordan, on the other hand, expressed some emotion: "The static talent is average, but the dynamic talent is excellent. Among the yellow race, there are only a handful of people who can have this kind of physical quality."

On the other side, Sun Yue's physical test data also came out.

Barefoot 202, wearing shoes 205, wingspan 206, weight 96KG, vertical jump 73.5cm, run-up jump 86cm, vertical reach 340cm, run-up reach 353cm, 3/4 field sprint 3.45 seconds, and finally, 84 kg bench press 9 times.

Jordan flexed two fingers: "...The power of the Chinese sun is still a little bit worse..."

After the physical examination, Li Ke was about to leave Chicago.

He is not ready to participate in the rest of the joint trial training, including some confrontation games, which is also the choice of most popular rookies.

Sun Yue stayed, and his draft price is still lost for the time being, and he needs follow-up competitions to help him improve his market price.

Before leaving, Li Ke got a scouting report issued by the training camp——

"advantage:
1. Outstanding physical fitness, fast speed, great strength, and outstanding bounce;

2. Accurate three-pointers and mid-range shots, as well as one-handed air cuts;
3. Excellent single defense, has the potential to become a top perimeter defender;

4. Rapid progress, the NCAA has developed mid-range shots and three-pointers one after another in one season;

5. A big heart at critical moments, and has contributed to lore many times. Representative work: NCAA finals hit a three-pointer at the last moment. "

"shortcoming:
1. The explosive power of the body seems to be insufficient, and the lateral movement speed is very average. If he encounters a higher-level opponent, his footsteps may not be able to keep up;

2. No ability to hold the ball, no more means of scoring except catch and shoot;
3. Without the ability to pass the ball and organize offense, unable to drive teammates;

4. Short wingspan and average static talent;
5. Entering the NBA can only be played as a role player, so the draft price is inflated and the risk is relatively high. "

"Template: Maurice Evans/Ray Allen."

Maurice Evans is the worst template for Li Ke, and Ray Allen is the best template.

Speaking of which, Maurice Evans is still Li Ke's senior.

Maurice Evans played for Wichita State University for the first two years of his college career, and later transferred to the University of Texas because of disagreements with the head coach.

After sitting as a ball supervisor for a year, he averaged 15.6 points per game in his senior season.

Like Li Ke, he also used defense as his selling point in college.

He played with the ball at Wichita State University, but when he arrived at DU, he became mainly off the ball.

It seems more and more like...

But compared to Li Ke, Maurice Evans lacks two crucial things, a big heart and an excellent record.

Without a big heart and no outstanding record, Maurice Evans participated in the draft, but the final result was that he was not selected, and he was forced to go overseas to seek gold.

Later, he returned to the NBA and played the main role in the rotation. Last season in the Lakers, as Kobe's substitute, he averaged 8.4 points per game.

As for Ray Allen, the best template, off the ball, shooting, defense and big heart are all similar.

In terms of wingspan, Ray Allen is 195 tall and has a wingspan of 199. He is not a monster with long arms.

Compared with Ray Allen, what Li Ke lacks is the ability to attack with the ball. The difference is not a tiny bit, but a gap like a natural moat.

However, on the whole, the two templates are still very reasonable.

Even Li Ke has to recognize these two templates.

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