NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 7 Two Days Waiting for Camp Opening
Not long after the training camp officially started, Zhu Wan left in order not to interfere with the training of these little guys by himself. In the evening, Jimmy Butler returned to the hotel with a bruised nose and a swollen face. He saw that he was very tossed, but when Zhu Wan asked him how he felt after a day of training, he was full of energy and kept mumbling: "This is what you have to go through to become an NBA player. If I can't even overcome this difficulty, then why am I in the NBA!"

There are only 4 big characters written all over his face: I want to succeed!

It seems that Oakley continued to pour "chicken soup for the soul" into him in the middle of training, otherwise, it would be impossible to drink like this.

But this is quite normal. Most of the items related to training are boring and tasteless. If you don't have a positive attitude, it will be difficult to persevere. Jimmy Butler's state can make him more devoted to training.

Therefore, Zhu Wan is not worried that Jimmy Butler will not be able to persist and has the idea of ​​​​leaving the camp...

And he gritted his teeth and looked forward to the future, seeing a bit of the shadow of the toughest man in the future, Zhu Wan felt that it was the right time to come to the Oakley training camp.

In the next two days, Jimmy Butler started his training camp life of going out early and returning late, while Juwan was waiting in the hotel for the opening of Tim Grover’s training camp. It’s not that he didn’t want to go around the bustling New York City, but it was only 2 yuan, plus the remaining money, it was less than 4 yuan. Jimmy Butler and him will have a lot of training in the future, and they must keep up with diet and calories. This will definitely cost a lot. It’s less than 4 yuan. For a quarter, if we encounter "Fairy Dance" again, it may not be enough to catch all of them. Fortunately, the training camp is about to start, and the boring time will pass away.

Accompanying Zhu Wan in the past two days was all kinds of basketball news. Yao Ming had officially arrived in the United States a few days ago. Like the original him, he only had a tryout for the Warriors, who held the No. [-] pick, and rejected all other teams.

This caused dissatisfaction among some media, who believed that Yao Ming was too arrogant.

Unexpectedly, before Yao Ming's team spoke out, the Warriors' management first refuted this part of the media: "This is the result of our communication. We have decided to select Yao with the No. [-] pick. We have no other ideas, so he does not need to go to other teams for trial training!"

After they spoke out, the media in the United States became more curious about Yao Ming. Although this year is a young draft year, the Warriors, who hold the No. [-] pick, may be so protective. How good is this guy's ability?

When Zhu Wan saw the news, he also had more expectations for Yao Ming of the Warriors. Apart from other things, the management of the Warriors is already much better than the Rockets in terms of public relations ability alone, right?

In addition, Zhu Wan also saw news related to his old teammate Caron Butler. It is almost the end of May. After finishing the joint trial training, he is now going to the teams that invited him to try out.

02 was a young year in the draft. Except for Yao Ming, there were a few talented guys who were basically insiders, such as Drew Gooden, Nene, and Amare Stoudemire. As for the small forward position, only Mike Dunleavy received more attention than him. Compared with him, everyone else was rotten fish and shrimp. If there is no accident, he should be selected in the top ten.

Of course, his ranking was not low.

During this period, Zhu Wan also received an invitation letter from Nike’s global training camp, but he did not reply immediately. He participated in this training camp last year for the sake of popularity, and the result was as he wished. With his good performance, he successfully attracted the attention of the University of Connecticut and entered the field of vision of many NBA scouts. In addition, he also got a sneaker contract sponsored by Nike—well, it’s just a simple contract. There is no endorsement fee, and there is no need to pay money. Limited shoes, if you want to wear them, you have to buy them yourself. Nike will sign five or six such contracts every training camp, which can be understood as "casting a wide net". It is worth mentioning that 60.00% or even 70.00% of NBA players have similar contracts.

It can be said that Juwan's encounter started from the Nike global training camp.

But even so, Zhu Wan does not really want to participate in this year's Nike Global Training Camp. With his current popularity in the United States, there is no need for an invitational tournament like the Nike Global Training Camp to increase his popularity.

The only thing he has to do now is to prepare for the new NCAA season, which is the key to his better NBA prospects.

But after thinking about it, he still decided to participate. Among other things, the facilities and equipment of the training camp and the guaranteed logistics team can save him a lot of money. It just so happens that the training camp is also in New York, and the camp will open in July. There is no conflict in terms of time or location.

Then he texted back to the training camp uniform team.

As soon as he sent the text message, he received a cross-border call.

"Hey man, I just got an invite to Nike's global training camp, are you going this year?"

As soon as the phone was connected, there was an excited voice from inside.

Zhu Wan nodded and said, "Well, I'm ready to participate!"

"That's great, then I don't have to worry about it, buddy, we can meet again! At that time, I will go to New York a few days earlier, and you will come earlier... Are you already in New York? Okay, okay, then it's settled. I will call you when I arrive in New York. You said what should we do then, I remember..."

This chattering, excited man is called Nikola Pekovic, um, that is, the NBA "European Big Pyrenees" in the future...

If he also participates this time, it will be the second consecutive year for him to participate in the Nike global training camp. However, he and Juwan have known each other earlier than this. They have known each other as early as in Tim Hardaway’s training camp in 99. At that time, Juwan was 16 years old, and Pekovic was 13 years old. They were the youngest students in the training camp that year. The older one took good care of the youngest Pekovic. However, Juwan didn’t realize at the time that Pekovic was the later "European Pyrenees". There was no way. At that time, Pekovic was short and thin, and he didn’t look like a "Pyrenees" at all. It was not until last year when he met again that he felt that Pekovic grew more familiar, and then he remembered the most powerful "European Pyrenees" Pekovic later recognized by LeBron James!
Zhu Wan's ears hurt a little from his yelling, and he quickly interrupted: "Okay, buddy, let's talk when we come!"

Pekovic reluctantly hung up the phone.

Zhu Wan shook his head helplessly, this kid is good in everything, but he is too enthusiastic...

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