basketball boulder

Chapter 8

6 month 16 day.

The Spurs won Game 88 of the Finals with a score of 77:[-], defeating the Nets.

Won the championship this season with a big score of 4:2.

Declare the official end of the season.

All players have entered the offseason, but each team has entered the busiest period: rookie training, contract renewal, trade players, update coaching staff, management changes...

Soon, the three teams successively sent specific notices about the trial training.

In chronological order, the Pistons, Heat, and Mosaics.

Three days and three trials, very compact.

On the morning of the 20th.

Li Lei boarded the plane to Detroit, the "Motor City".

Accompanying him was Ralph Alston.

In the past few days, the Pistons have also sent Alston a signing intention.

Hope Alston can serve as Billups' backup and add depth to the Pistons at the 1 (point guard).

Alston is more inclined to the Heat, but since the Pistons are also willing, he plans to go and have a look and accompany Li Lei by the way.

On the plane, Alstom gave Li Lei some secrets that the fans don't know, but the players know.

"Larry Brown is a famous coach in the eyes of fans, but in the eyes of players, he is a devil. No one wants to play for him."

"He has his own tactics, and any player must play according to his tactics. He is not allowed to have his own ideas. Even if you can win, but you don't follow his way, he will not tolerate you."

"You know? It's like a mindless puppet. If you dare to resist, sorry, you will sit on the bench for the entire contract period."

"The most important point is that Larry Brown really doesn't like newcomers!"

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Alston continued: "In addition, the Pistons are already a strong team and have formed their own defensive system. This season they are the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference in the regular season and reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs. Here, the players in every position are almost fixed, and it is difficult for rookies to get opportunities."

Li Lei complained in his heart: This is hell mode!
Alston rolled his eyes and said slyly: "So, in today's trial training, you can deliberately let go of water and not give full play. Just treat it as familiarizing yourself with the trial training process and preparing for the next two trials. The Heat have me, Having Yao Ming on the Mosaic team is a hundred times better than going to the Pistons anyway."

Li Lei is very grateful to be able to travel with Alstom.

Otherwise, his eyes are so dark that he doesn't know anything.

A few hours later, the plane landed.

Li Lei and Alston took a taxi to the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Palace of Auburn Hills is the league's only home court away from the city center, about 80 kilometers away from Detroit, in the suburban Auburn Hills.

Hence the name of the arena.

Entering the arena, Alston was brought by the staff to meet with Pistons president Joe Dumars, while Li Lei went to meet with the coaching staff.

When Li Lei came in, there were already 7 or 8 rookies participating in the trial training in the arena.

The arrival of Li Lei has aroused everyone's attention. Yellow people are indeed rare animals in the NBA.

But that's all.

Everyone took a few glances, and their eyes were focused on a tall, thin black man.

"Boris Dior, Frenchman!"

Li Lei had seen this man in the newspaper.

The media predicted that he would be picked in the middle of the first round, or even the end of the lottery.

He was the one with the highest prediction ranking among all the people present.

As for the top few favorites, Li Lei didn't see any of them.

Li Lei guessed: The Pistons should only invite rookies who they like and who are in the right position.

An unknown newcomer like Li Lei naturally cherishes every opportunity.

For those big favorites, they will receive countless invitations, but they don't pay much attention to them, and they may reject invitations from teams they don't like.

A simple sentence: the strong choose the team, and the weak are selected by the team.

Sure enough, when the specified time came, only twelve people participated in the Pistons' trial training.

First, it is physical examination.

Name: Li Lei.

Nationality: Chinese.

Age: 18 years old.

Birthday: June 1984, 7.

Bare height: 201cm.

(Li Lei still has the potential to grow taller.)
Armspan: 216cm.

Weight: 95.5 kg.

Palm length: 24cm.

Palm width: 25cm.

Li Lei's static data is relatively good, he is tall and has long arms and big hands.

But dynamic data is very general.

Hundred-yard sprints, 3/4 sprints, 3/4 dribble sprints, vertical touches, high jumps... can only be described as so-so.

Slightly outstanding is the bench press results, but only above average.

Li Lei knew it already.

The system panel is there:

Strength is 66, speed is 51, stamina is 48, reaction speed is 62, explosive power is 38, and balance is 50.

The average is 52.5.

50 is the bottom line for professional athletes, and Li Lei's physical fitness has just reached the standard.

At this time, there was a burst of exclamation in the arena.

Li Lei turned his head and found that it was Dior who was taking a physical test. With a light jump, his forehead was already as high as the basket.

abnormal!
Li Lei couldn't help muttering.

In addition, Dior's jumping, strength, and explosive power are amazing, and he is the best among trial players.

After the physical test, various techniques were displayed.

Ball handling, passing, dunking, shooting...

Dior is equally good.

Before he came to the United States, he had the nickname of a French magician. He was a striker who could handle the ball with very comprehensive skills.

Some media even claimed that Dior can play from position 1 to position 5.

Skillful ball control, excellent passing vision, easy dunks...

The key point is that this guy is still strolling in the courtyard, as if walking with a cup of coffee, elegant and calm, without exerting all his strength at all.

Li Lei couldn't help but think: Dior from the end of the lottery to the middle of the first round is already so scary, how scary should those big picks be? What kind of terrifying existence is "The Chosen One" James?

This year is really a big year for the draft, and it is a rare big year, which has brought tremendous pressure and difficulty to Li Lei's draft.

Compared with Dior, Li Lei's performance is very ordinary.

The level of passing, dribbling, and dunking can't even be said to be enough.

After all, the system has not started the training of these items, and Li Lei has not been training with Crawford for a long time, and his progress is limited.

But in terms of projection, Li Lei saved a little bit.

From beyond the three-point line, Li Lei shot 1 quick shots in one minute, and Li Lei made 20 of them, with a hit rate as high as 17%.

But Li Lei is only No.2. No.1 is Jason Kapono, a small forward from UCLA, a famous NCAA school.

The last item is the 5V5 confrontation match.

This is also the item that best reflects the player's ability, and everyone attaches great importance to it.

Pistons president Joe Dumars and head coach Larry Brown all showed up to observe the performance of the rookies in person.

In the confrontation match, Li Lei did not perform well, because he had almost no chance to perform.

There are 10 people on the field, and 8 people are from the NCAA.

They never passed a ball to Li Lei.

What was even worse was Dior, who came from an overseas league and he was also an outlier. In addition, his previous performance was too good, and the others grouped together to isolate him and did not give Dior a chance to perform.

Dior was sweating profusely, all his elegance and calmness disappeared.

Li Lei was still calm.

He had already discussed with Alstom that this trial training should be released, and he must not be favored by the Pistons and fall into the hands of Larry Brown.

"Thank you for your kindness!"

"As thanks!"

"Bless you all for being picked by Larry Brown."

Li Lei silently blessed.

I couldn't help but think in my heart: I am really a kind and good person.

(End of this chapter)