The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 3 The choice of a man
Among the group of people in the arena, there are only three people with formal contracts. Corey Joseph is Canadian, Leonard has a quiet personality, and he doesn’t look like a black guy. James Anderson unexpectedly became the core of several black brothers.

James Anderson is ambitious. He was the No. 20 pick of the previous year, and Leonard was the No. 15 pick last year. He has better shooting ability, but the team's emphasis on both sides is too far apart.

Although he doesn't think that Zhang Xiaotian, who has a slightly conflicting position, will become his threat, but it doesn't prevent him from using someone to stand out. He needs to establish his position as soon as possible so that he can gain more initiative in the summer league.

Zhang Xiaotian finished a few sets of basic training, and was running basketball to warm up and prepare for the next group confrontation. Unexpectedly, trouble came to him.

Twenty people are training, and there are only four baskets in the arena, so it is normal to use them together.

The other party told him to get out of the way, it was an undisguised provocation, Zhang Xiaotian is not a coward.

He turned around and walked in front of James Anderson, looking directly at him, "What, grab the field? Then follow the rules outside and fight one-on-one, and the loser gets out."

When playing streetball, this is what you do when you encounter people with grievances. People who play are no strangers.

"One-on-one, yellow skin boy, you want to one-on-one with me, haha?"

James Anderson claimed to have played in the NBA, and his expression was full of disdain, but seeing Zhang Xiaotian's eyes have been extremely firm, and the others also heard the movement and looked over, only to understand that to shake the field, you must show real skills .

"Huang Piboy, you are asking for trouble, I will beat you to tears."

Zhang Xiaotian has experienced this level of provocation a lot, he directly made a disdainful gesture without any timidity.

The two confronted each other immediately, and Jacques Vaughn glanced over here, not caring at all.

James Anderson won the first chance to attack by guessing punches, baring his teeth and putting on a fierce look.

He is positioned as a shooter in the Spurs, with the ability to catch and shoot with one hand, but he was also a core player in school. He crushed an Asian kid who was about the same size as him.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaotian posted it without hesitation, James Anderson was about to squeeze through it with a change of direction.

It's just that there was no training for a whole month, James Anderson gained a few pounds, and his pace of breakthrough slowed down a little.

Zhang Xiaotian squeezed forward and copied the ball from the opponent who lost his balance.

Immediately James Anderson yelled, "Block, block, you fucking foul."

Zhang Xiaotian ignored him, turned around and accelerated, picking the basketball into the basket.

"Foul? Are you a bitch, do you want to call your mother over?"

There was a burst of laughter around, and James Anderson lost face and suddenly became angry from embarrassment.

He attacked with the ball, pushed Zhang Xiaotian with an extra movement in his hand, and shot when he pulled it up.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaotian was much tougher than he imagined, and he was not completely pushed away at all. He jumped up in time to block his shooting line and interfered. James Anderson was forced to hit the iron.

Zhang Xiaotian received the rebound and dribbled out of the three-point line in a leisurely manner. When it was his turn to attack, he suddenly accelerated, and with a simple change of direction, he started directly and used the impact to drive people into the cricket.

James Anderson's athletic ability is very average, and Zhang Xiaotian's comprehensive skills were brought into full play in the next duel, especially the relentless ruthlessness that made people frightened.

"Crazy." James Anderson, who lost the heads-up, could only walk away bitterly.

Zhang Xiaotian smiled, "Madman? Maybe, some people like to call me a mad dog, but I'm always on the ball and not on people, and I have to go all out to win, right?"

"Okay, lads." Jacques Vaughn clapped his hands, "Then divide them into four groups according to the names I reported for a full-court confrontation. It's time to show your true skills."

The three contracted players plus the marginal players who played in the Spurs last season form the strongest group, the rookies and European players that the Spurs focus on.

Zhang Xiaotian felt that their group was the third or even fourth choice of the Spurs.

Moreover, their group does not have an orthodox center forward.

This unbalanced team division made some people retreat.

There are twenty players, some want to enter the NBA very much, and some have the mentality of earning subsidies.

In Zhang Xiaotian's group, a black guy who had just followed James Anderson panicked and went over to ask James Anderson what to do.

James Anderson suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He may not be able to deal with Zhang Xiaotian when he is not in good condition, but someone can.

He said to the little brother he just met: "It doesn't matter, just play hard, I will tell the coach, you want to let that yellow-skinned boy face Kawhi, hehe, when he is guarded by Kawhi, you will have a chance .”

Jamichael Green thought the idea was good, ran back, pointed to the strongest group and said to Zhang Xiaotian: "You will play the third position in a while, against Kawhi Leonard... No, you It was supposed to be in the same position as him."

Seeing Zhang Xiaotian's sharp eyes, JaMychal Green felt a little guilty.

The others also quickly shifted their eyes. In fact, three of them in this group are considered swingmen, and they can all match up with Leonard, but they know that the 21-year-old is already the main force of the Spurs and the best player of last season. The rookie first team is a level higher than them, and whoever plays against them will become a foil.

"No problem, I'll play against him. Let's fight hard, and chances are won through hard work." Zhang Xiaotian's response was sonorous and forceful.

Marking the opponent's core players, he has been doing this all the time, a good player should dominate both offense and defense, this is Zhang Xiaotian's motto.

If he doesn't have the confidence to play against a second-year rookie, why should he impress the Spurs.

Jacques Vaughan asked the four groups of teams to send representatives to make free throws to compete for the chance to play first. Zhang Xiaotian withstood the pressure and Leonard stood at the end.

Maybe the other two teams sent players who purposely didn't hit as many free throws so they wouldn't have to take the lead against the most physically fit teams.

Zhang Xiaotian is not afraid, he likes to fight against the strong, those who calculate too much will never become strong enough.

The whistle of the game sounded, and French center Alexi Ajinza jumped to the ball for the opponent.

Zhang Xiaotian didn't care about the others, and stuck to Leonard immediately.

Leonard leaned on Zhang Xiaotian when he was in the position, and Zhang Xiaotian understood what an NBA-level body is, and James Anderson was far behind.

This is the challenge leading to professional basketball, Zhang Xiaotian was completely excited.

(End of this chapter)