Thanos

Chapter 6: The Opening of the Preseason

Name: Ye Heping.

Age: 18 years old.

Height: 206 cm.

Armspan: 216 cm.

Weight: 95 kg.

Considering Ye Heping's physical fatigue, Tang Shuai only did a static talent test, but did not test Ye Heping's running and jumping ability.

Seeing this data, Vujacic complained at the time: "This guy is too tall for the 3rd position and too thin for the 4th position. He is not 3 or 4. He is not suitable for the team at all."

After saying this, Vujacic suddenly felt a chill behind his back. Looking back, Odom, the team's second leader, and Caron Butler and Brian Grant, who also came from the Heat, looked at him unkindly.

Odom is known as a left-handed magician and a representative of all-round athletes. He can play positions 1 to 5, but he is also criticized, that is, he is not 3 or 4.

Odom played the 3rd position and couldn't keep up with the fast small forward; played the 4th position and couldn't hold the strong power forward.

Well, Vujacic's words were intended to harm Ye Heping, but even Odom was abducted.

This rookie is really good. Within a day, he successively offended the team boss Kobe, the second child Odom, the third child Butler, and a veteran Brian Grant.

It is true that disease enters through the mouth and misfortune exits through the mouth.

Beep beep!

However, Ye Heping didn't have time to talk to Vujacic, because the basketball talent tree had a movement.

# # #
Requirement: Stay with the Lakers through the preseason.

Success: Open the second layer of talent.

Failure: Destruction!
# # #
Simple and rude!
Three lines of concise words appeared in Ye Heping's mind, which made him panic.

Destroy, destroy what?Destroy yourself, or destroy the basketball talent tree?

Ye Heping tried to communicate, but his body returned to calm and there was no response.

Such an overbearing talent tree, without any explanation at all, made Ye Heping look confused.

What does talent index 1-1 mean?
What is the second layer of talent?
How much can each level of talent improve?
Ye Heping was completely confused.

Unable to figure it out, Ye Heping simply didn't want to, and began to study the Lakers' lineup.

Center: No. 31 Chris Mihm, No. 55 Brian Grant, No. 15 Verratti Divac.

Power forwards: No. 7 Lamar Odom, No. 43 Brian Cook, No. 14 Medvedenko.

Small forwards: No. 1 Caron Butler, No. 3 Devin George, No. 4 Luke Walton.

Shooting guard: No. 8 Kobe Bryant, No. 21 Kareem Rush, No. 18 Sasha Vujacic.

Point guard: No. 9 Chucky Atkins, No. 5 Terry Brown.

This is the 14-man roster that the Lakers have fixed, and the regular season requirement is that each team has a maximum of 15 players, so there is only one spot left to compete.

Center; Banks, Jones.

Point guard: Rooney, Green.

With the addition of Ye Heping, there are five people in total, fighting for a position.

None of these five players has NBA experience, and they are all rookies. However, Banks, Jones, Rooney, and Green have played in the summer league and have already gone through a round of tests. They are much better than Ye Heping.

Moreover, the weak positions of the Lakers are center and point guard, and Tang Shuai wants to strengthen these two positions.

Especially the point guard, there are only two of them for the time being, so Tang Shuai is most likely to choose Rooney or Green.

With Ye Heping's height of 206 cm, the most suitable position is a striker.

Therefore, the competition has not yet started, and Ye Heping has already fallen behind.

To be honest, Tang Shuai didn't intend to keep Ye Heping in the team. What he valued was Ye Heping's age. He was only 18 years old, and he was sent to the Development League for a few years before he could really play.

It is really difficult for Ye Heping to stay with the Lakers through the preseason!

At some point, a beautiful face suddenly appeared in front of Ye Heping.

"Jiajia?"

Ye Heping said in surprise.

"Peace, why are you here?"

Tao Jia asked curiously.

At this moment, a man walked into the field, saw Ye Heping and Tao Jia talking, and was furious.

"Ye! Why are you still here? Didn't I tell you to leave? Don't you Orientals be so shameless and stay here like this!"

This person is Martin, the middle manager of the team, Ye Heping's interviewer just now.

Ye Heping was furious at the time, and it was fine to scold himself. Although Martin scolded the Orientals, although it did not involve racial discrimination, it was still a large-scale insult.

But before Ye Heping could speak, Tao Jia stood in front of Ye Heping: "Manager, I brought him in, please forgive me!"

Martin sneered: "You still pleaded for him, and you thought you were fine? You, a little cheerleader, secretly brought him here and disturbed the players' training. Your fault is bigger than his! Go pack your things and leave!"

Such a trivial matter, as for getting out?

Not so!
However, Martin once pursued Tao Jia and was rejected, so love turned hatred in his heart, so he deliberately made a fuss out of a molehill.

Tao Jia looked disappointed. Although cheerleading is not a good job, the salary is decent.

It is very difficult for Chinese to find a job in the United States. Most of them can only wash dishes and clean, which are all low-level jobs.

At this moment, a big hand patted Tao Jia's shoulder, allowing her to find the support all at once.

Ye Heping pulled Tao Jia behind him and looked down at Martin: "You'd better apologize immediately, otherwise"

ha?Where does this guy have the courage to talk to me like that!

Martin was angry at the time, and interrupted Ye Heping: "Sorry, it's impossible! I want to see what you can do!"

Tao Jia was worried and reminded Ye Heping: "Martin is very powerful in the Lakers, let's go."

Ye Heping looked at Tao Jia with a relieved expression.

For no reason, Tao Jia was not afraid of anything.

Maybe it's because Ye Heping is tall and big now, which gave her a lot of confidence.

Of course Ye Heping is not afraid, he used to have no organization, but now he is a member of the Lakers.

Even if you can't stay on the team in the preseason, you can still be Kobe's personal trainer.

Who is Kobe, the old Bass sent away the "Shark" O'Neal for him, and directly rebuilt the team.

Martin is a fart!
"Boss, someone bullied me!"

Ye Heping yelled at Kobe.

Kobe had noticed this scene a long time ago. He didn't move just now because he was too lazy to move. He didn't want to focus on things other than basketball.

But of course it was his duty to ask for help from his favorite little brother.

And Martin was still sneering: "Boss, do you think anyone can be Kobe's younger brother? Get the hell out of the Staples Center!"

"So, you want me to go with you?"

Kobe said coldly.

"what?"

Martin was stunned, how could Kobe speak for this guy?

"You let my little brother leave, aren't you driving me? Ye, he is already a member of the Lakers, and Coach Rudy personally recruited him. Why don't I pack up with Coach Rudy and leave!"

Kobe said.

Martin's cold sweat came down in a swish.

One is the boss of the team, and the other is the coach of the NBA champion. Martin can't afford to mess with that.

If there is a conflict, he must be the one to get out.

"Apologize!"

Kobe ordered.

Martin, who just said he would never apologize, immediately said "It smells so good", turned around and apologized.

Ye Heping pulled Tao Jia away.

"Boss, thank you! But it's all up to you. I don't want to accept such an apology. I hope that one day, I can make him apologize with my own strength."

Ye Heping said.

Kobe smiled. This kid is very good-natured, very high-spirited, very much like himself.

And Martin is sneering, just by you?
Do you think you can stay with the Lakers if you can play the preseason?

Ridiculous, based on your skills, you will leave soon. The NBA is a cruel place.

Friendship, only people with equal strength can talk about it.

People without strength can only disappear silently.

Next, Ye Heping trained with the Lakers for three days.

During these three days, Ye Heping was always the first to arrive at the arena and the last to leave. He practiced until he was so exhausted that he couldn't even lift his fingers.

Everyone saw it, some nodded in satisfaction, and some sneered, thinking that Ye Heping's efforts were wasted.

Kobe especially likes Laye Heping to do defensive training, because most people will collapse after being killed by him a few times, but Ye Heping becomes more courageous as he fights, never gives up, and always creates troubles and challenges for himself.Kobe loves a challenge!
And this guy has a very high golf IQ, and he always learns quickly when he is taught.

In fact, after three days of training, Ye Heping has become more and more adapted to his current body, and it is no longer a problem to slowly dribble across the court.

Of course, it is still far from the previous state of playing freestyle basketball and the unity of human and ball.

After all, the height has skyrocketed by 30 centimeters, and he has become a big man. It is always more difficult for a big man to dribble than a small man.

Three days later, on October 2004, 10, the Lakers will play their first preseason game at home.

The opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers led by last year's best rookie "Little Emperor" James.

(End of this chapter)