stadium ambition

Chapter 89 Higher Level
Su Yang's puzzled expression clearly fell into Geoff's eyes.

He hurriedly stepped up to Su Yang, raised his hand to cover his mouth, and said in a very low voice: "The situation is like this, you may not know that our team is jointly managed by two owners. The ability to control is exactly the same, but the two of them have different opinions on whether to choose you, and I support your faction..."

Geoff spoke very euphemistically, and even deliberately beautified many words, but Su Yang still understood the meaning behind it.

Among the Kings owner Maruf brothers, one Maruf is willing to choose himself because of the large Chinese market and super immediate combat power, while the other Maruf is unwilling to choose himself because he is worried that the yellow race will not be able to serve as the NBA-level starting point guard for a long time. Ball point guard, it's not worth taking such a big risk, especially trading the pick of next year's draft year.

Ordinarily, these things should not be disclosed to the outside world. Now it is obvious that the two brothers are unwilling to compromise, so one of them arranges a luxury car and the general manager to greet them, while the other invites other point guards to come for trial training at the same time.

Family businesses often have this kind of problem. Compared with the two brothers and sisters of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Maruf brothers are relatively peaceful. At least they did not sign Mozgov and Luol Deng with big contracts because they want to disgust their own people. .

"Your main task today is to prove that you belong to a higher level. It is best to blow them all up, just like you did to blow up Baron Davis." Geoff patted Su Yang's shoulder lightly, showing his eyes that you understand , turned and walked away.

Su Yang put his head in his hands subconsciously, thinking how can he blow it up, that's Stephen Curry and Tyreke Evans, the two are mature bodies in their rookie years, and it's more difficult to beat them one-on-one. Marrying Di Gerba is even bigger.

"Do your best. After all, the king is not a guaranteed target for being the champion. Although the management is poor, he can have the absolute right to fire and put pressure on the management. If it doesn't work, he can wait for four years before entering the free market."

After making up his mind, Su Yang walked quickly to the court and stood next to Curry familiarly: "Hey, Stephen, I'm a big fan of yours. I especially like your ultra-long three-pointers and the handsome look when you dunk. Really domineering!"

Compared with the dunk slip in the NBA, Curry once completed a defensive steal in the free throw line area of ​​the backcourt in a game against Duke in college, and then staged a one-stop violent dunk, directly stopping Duke .

Curry turned his head when he heard the words, stared at Su Yang blankly for a moment, then smiled and said: "Thank you, I am also your fan, the finals you led the team against Kansas last year was one of the most exciting individual performances I have ever seen, really great."

"Leave a call, let's make friends, and play golf together when we have time."

"Okay, I will send you a private message on Twitter later, and then we will follow each other."

The two warmed up while chatting, and the staff soon notified the start of the trial training.The king's training base is relatively small and cannot meet the test of six people at the same time. Because they arrived late and needed to line up, they stood together to watch other players.

There is no part of the height and wingspan measurement in this trial training, and it starts directly from the inspection of dribbling. Compared with the Clippers who run, jump, or reverse luck, the Kings copied the All-Star Skills Competition, and based on that for processing.

Evans was the first to go up, first he dribbled the ball and staged the king of Qin circling the post, then showed off a one-handed pass to the ground, then picked up the basketball to get rid of the double-teaming of the two staff members and passed the ball to the big man, and then took the hand and returned it Pass around the screen to shoot, and finally catch the baseline pass and quickly pass, and complete the test with a super long pass. The overall process is not complicated, but there are quite a lot of investigation content.

Su Yang estimated in his mind that Evans took about 30 seconds and made no mistakes in the whole process. His performance was perfect.

He also sneaked in to observe the reaction of the audience, and found that the Kings coach was very happy with Evans' performance, unabashedly exchanging gestures with others excitedly, as if marveling at Evans' weight and dexterity.

"Made, if you lose to Evans, you can accept it. After all, you are a LeBron-level rookie. If it weren't for plantar fasciitis and the mental retardation of the Kings management and coaching staff, Evans might be a Huge."

Mills was the second to be tested, and his performance was far inferior to Evans. Can't beat Evans either.

Su Yang didn't know the fourth player to be tested. After asking Curry, he learned that his name was Eric Maynor. He was a senior player. It was reported that he was Nash's successor. He won the best player in the CAA league twice. powerful.

The name is famous, but Su Yang has no image at all, so he can't help being a little more curious.

Unexpectedly, Maynor is a master, dribbling fast around the pile, hitting the ground and passing the ball even while running. Although breaking free from the double-team is a bit slow, but the shooting around the screen and the ultra-long pass are extremely smooth. In the end, it was about 30 minutes. Second.

But compared to the reaction brought by Evans, Maynor's performance did not arouse the interest of the Kings coach.

The staff quickly rearranged and waved to Curry from a distance to accept the test.Su Yang patted Curry on the back: "Come on, Stephen, you are the best, let them see what is the unity of human and ball."

Curry couldn't understand what the unity of man and ball was, nodded in doubt, and went straight to the bottom line to stand.

The whistle of the staff sounded, and he rushed out quickly with the ball. His starting motion was almost the same as that of the previous ones, but his turning was obviously smoother, just like Fujiwara Takumi's drift, highlighting a smoothness and boldness.

In the blink of an eye, Curry rushed to the double-team position and easily got rid of it without warning.

Catching the ball and shooting around the screen is faster, and the one-step movement saves Curry a few tenths of a second. The final long-distance pass unexpectedly chooses the way of hitting the ground. The whole process is like a fish swimming in a lotus pond, tossing and turning, So uncomfortable.

Su Yang estimated in his heart that it was about 27 seconds, almost the minimum time.

There was a little surprise in the eyes of the head coach of the Kings, but it disappeared in a flash, and he didn't seem to appreciate it too much.

Curry walked back to the sidelines and patted Su Yang on the shoulder: "Please start your performance, I am ready to learn to imitate!"

"Don't make trouble!" Su Yang waved his hand.

Curry's ball-handling skills are superb. Together with Irving, he and Irving share at least four of the NBA's ball-handling talents. He is better than his predecessors like Iverson. He is destined to be a legendary level. He is completely incomparable now. .

Admiration is nothing but admiration, Su Yang still wanted to compete, he stood at the bottom line and immediately took a deep breath to adjust his state.

The moment the staff member blew the whistle, he pushed the ball forward violently, then rushed up to grab it in one step, took advantage of the situation and swung it to his left hand, almost brushing against the plastic pile, followed by another A straight line sprint.

In the whole winding section, Su Yang follows three principles, one is to change hands the shortest time, and don’t dribble the ball if he can, the other is to pass the pile close to the body and reduce the turning range, and the third is to try to go straight to reduce the distance fight.

He arrived at the position of hitting the ground and passing the ball in a blink of an eye. He did not slow down to adjust the rhythm and center of gravity of the body, nor did he look at the specific position.

The point is, he didn't look to see if he was successful, picked up the basketball with great confidence, and rushed head-on to the double-team position.

He didn't pull the ball back, nor did he change hands behind his back or shake his crotch, but just hit it directly.

The staff moved subconsciously, and he decisively passed the ball, taking less than two seconds in total.

There were exclamations in the arena, Evans and others stared, Curry raised his hands and cheered.

Su Yang rushed in front of the big man, raised his hand and passed the ball, but just as the big man held it steady and had no time to return the pass, he reached out and took the initiative to grab it back, and immediately jumped up and pushed the ball, faster than Curry before. A few tenths of a second.

Unexpectedly, he was too fast, and the staff who stood on the baseline and passed the ball were not ready!
The agent Schwartz became anxious in an instant, shouting loudly for the bottom line staff to pass the ball quickly.

But Su Yang didn't wait, he chose to rush in front of the staff, took the basketball and swung his arms sideways to exert strength.

The basketball suddenly lifted into the air, roared and flew to the frontcourt, and landed precisely at the designated position, faster than everyone else before!

"25 seconds! You are the first!" The agent Schwartz cheered from a distance, as if he had bought a tens of millions of lottery tickets.

Su Yang nodded in response, walked to the sidelines and gave Curry a high-five, feeling happy in his heart.

"I want to learn from you, really!" Curry put his hands on his hips, looking a little excited. "Like your very creative solution, I never thought of hitting the double-teamer, and I never thought of getting the ball back."

"Yes, yes, I also want to ask you for advice, especially the three-pointer." Su Yang is very clear that this time he won by making reasonable use of the rules, and he was more bold in passing the ball without looking at the shot, not in possession of the ball. technique or shooting technique.

After the first test was completed, the staff announced a 10-minute break, and the props in the venue were also removed.

Su Yang and Curry were sitting on the sidelines chatting, and suddenly found Kings players Jason Thompson, Scepin Hawes, Dante Green, and Garcia walking into the arena, followed by Kevin Martin and Beno Udri back.

Before the two of them figured out the situation, the staff announced that the second test was a team competition, with players from the Kings joining, but Martin and Udri did not participate. It was just a team PK between the four big boys and the trial players for a total of 20 minutes. .

Before the specific rules were finished, Su Yang said with a smile: "Stephen, let's form a team, let them experience the power of basketball technology in the new era, and let them understand that the era of big men dominating the game is about to change."

Curry nodded: "I don't know anything about new era basketball, but the two of us ran the whole court and let Maynor handle the ball."

Su Yang originally wanted to run by himself and let Curry control the ball, but Curry's plan was obviously better.

"Okay, later we will mainly run the FLOPPY tactic, and run them out together."

(End of this chapter)