Basketball K God

Chapter 26 Participating in Trial Training
The 2008 NBA Draft will be held on June 6 at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.This draft will be broadcast live to 27 countries and regions around the world through ESPN TV station.

During the period before the draft, those rookies who participate in the draft will conduct trial training for the teams with draft picks, trying to gain the favor of the opponent, and then be selected in the draft.

Although every rookie participating in the draft has a lottery dream, in fact, even being selected in the second round is not an easy task.You must know that there are only 60 players who can be finally selected in the draft every year, and there are less than 500 players in the entire NBA, including guarding the drinking fountains.

It can be said that the players who can enter the NBA are basically the best of each university team.These people are all geniuses, but there are high and low geniuses.This is the cruelty of this world, and it is not easy to get a share of this alliance.

Xie Kai's agent, Thaddeus Fucher, is in contact with those NBA teams that have draft picks for his employer to discuss trial training.

Xie Kai, as a member of the NCAA championship team and MOP, coupled with his special identity of yellow race, is naturally different from those traditional American players, and also different from European white foreign players.Because he rejected the joint trial training, more teams were curious and interested in him, and many teams sent him invitations for trial training.

Among these teams, there are even some like the Chicago Bulls with the No. [-] pick and the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. [-] pick.

Of course, Xie Kai's mind is normal. He is not arrogant enough to think that these two teams will treat him as the No. 39 pick or the third pick.The Bulls not only have the No. 31 pick, but also a pick with a total of 34 picks in the second round; while the Timberwolves have more picks. They not only have the No. [-] pick, but also the [-]st and [-]th picks in the second round.

The major media's predictions for Xie Kai are the top positions in the second round, and the second-round picks in the hands of the Bulls and Timberwolves perfectly meet this condition.For these two teams, they are already in the rebuilding stage, and it is not a lucky thing to use a low-value second-round pick to scratch off the MOP lottery.

According to agent Thaddeus Fucher's prediction, if Xie Kai performs well in the trial training, the Bulls and Timberwolves may use their second-round picks to fight him.

And Xie Kai's first team to try out was the Rockets!
The Rockets showed a strong interest in Xie Kai. On the same day, its general manager Morey was at the scene of the NCAA championship finals. In an interview after the game, he said that Xie Kai is a player with great potential.

The Rockets have been the home team of Chinese fans since they selected the "Great Wall of China" Yao Ming with the No. as a target.

Since Xie Kai announced his participation in the draft, there have been Chinese fans on the Internet hoping that he can be selected by the Rockets to assist Yao Mai and compete for the championship.

Xie Kai himself still likes the Rockets, after all, his compatriot Yao Ming is there, and McGrady, one of his idols, is also there.Assuming that I really joined, I can learn from Yao Mai and strive to become an outstanding NBA professional player.

Xie Kai flew to Houston, Texas.Yao Ming himself is not in Houston at this time, he is currently preparing for the Olympic Games in China.

Xie Kai felt a little regretful that he could not meet Yao Ming.But he knows that what he needs to do most now is to do a good job in the trial training.

In the Rockets' training hall, Xie Kai met the team's general manager Morey and defensive assistant Elston Turner.

Morey looked like a lucky cat, smiled and shook hands with Xie Kai, and then said: "Kane, this is the team's assistant coach Elston Turner, he will be in charge of your trial training this time."

Xie Kai then shook hands with Elston Turner, and then Morey left.

Xie Kai said that when Morey left and handed himself over to the assistant coach, what he said was inconsistent with what he did. He believed that the Rockets did not value him so much.This challenged his self-esteem to a certain extent. He thought he was fully capable of the first round, not the second round.He is determined to show his strength in the trial training, so that his draft pick can move forward.

The Rockets currently have the 25th pick in the first round and the 54th pick in the second round.For Xie Kai, if he is selected by the Rockets in the end, he certainly hopes to be the 25th pick in the first round.

Since Xie Kai did not participate in the joint trial training, the Rockets conducted static and dynamic tests on him.

After testing, Xie Kai's personal situation is as follows:
Name: Xie Kai
English name: KaneTse
Date of birth: 1988-11-11
Nationality: Chinese

Residence: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
Height: 196.5cm (with shoes), 194cm (without shoes)

Weight: XNUM X kg
Arm span: 211cm
Standing touch height: 265cm
Bounce in place: 60cm Run-up: 85cm
3/4 standard basketball court: 3.21 seconds

Bottom line switchback run: 12 seconds

84kg bench press: 0 reps

Fat content: 7%
Palm length: 22cm
Dominant hand: right hand
Field position: PG/SG/SF
High School: Leuzinger High School

University: University of Kansas
Major: Economics
Agent: Thaddeus Fucher, of Weatherman Agency

According to Xie Kai's physical test data, the Rockets' trial team is generally satisfied.As a person of yellow race, his height of 196cm has a wingspan of 211cm (same as Kobe), which is still very good.Although it is incomparable with a gibbon like Kevin Durant, as a No. 2 position, it is definitely enough.

The problem with Xie Kai is that his weight is too light, only 82kg, which will be a disadvantage in confrontation in the NBA, a league where muscle sticks are rampant.His light weight makes his strength very weak, and he didn't do one bench press of 84kg.Of course, last year's No. 1 Durant didn't push up even once, but Durant is almost top-notch except for his slightly weaker strength!
Xie Kai's speed is his advantage, and it is not inferior to those guards who are good at speed in the league. This makes the Rockets' trial team shine.Compared to his speed, his bounce is still a bit average.

In addition to speed, Xie Kai's shooting left a good impression on the Rockets' trial team.He also impressed them with his on-court teamwork and basketball intelligence in confrontation workouts.

The Rockets are generally satisfied with Xie Kai's trial training, but the team currently has McGrady, Bunch Wells, Luther Head, Gerald Green and other guards in the team. There are many talents, and the demand for the 2nd position is not high. Not very strong.

Perhaps, because of Xie Kai's ability and the commercial value behind him, the Rockets will tend to use their 54th pick to get him (unlikely).As for their first-round pick, they are more likely to make reinforcements and add an immediate combat power to rush for the championship.

(End of this chapter)