explosive dribbler

Chapter 15 Gordon's Proposal

"The strongest undrafted Mr.?" Gordon said suddenly, "You should have played in the league when you were in college. Why is this the first time you are being interviewed?"

An Xiaonan sighed: "Because I didn't participate in the college league at all this year."

Gordon froze for a moment: "Injured?"

An Xiaonan nodded noncommittally and said, "Two days before the start of the match, during the team training, I accidentally got injured."

Gordon squinted his eyes, carefully pondering An Xiaonan's words.

"It seems that you are a very competitive person." Gordon suddenly understood the meaning hidden in An Xiaonan's words.Training before the start of the game generally focuses on maintaining state, and such training is almost impossible to cause players to be injured.So it is almost certain that An Xiaonan's injury was caused by intense exercise, so why did he still do high-intensity training before the game?

That's because he wants to improve his strength as much as possible to help the team win.

Gordon glanced at An Xiaonan, saw An Xiaonan's disappointed expression, and said, "Then...you didn't participate in the league, and that's why you lost the draft?"

An Xiaonan nodded and said, "It should be."

"If I remember correctly, you should be a sophomore this year. What about your freshman year? Should you have participated in a competition that year?" Gordon slowly parked his car in front of a Chinese restaurant.

"Actually..." An Xiaonan said with a wry smile, "I was still the team's drinking fountain in my freshman year!" As he spoke, he got out of the car with Gordon.

When Gordon heard An Xiaonan's words, his movements obviously froze for a moment, and he was secretly surprised: Good guy, it's incredible that he can be promoted from a drinking fountain player to a college league superstar in a year.

Gordon watched the entire game today.If Gordon still suspected that yesterday's trial training might be a temporary outburst of An Xiaonan, then seeing his performance today, he completely dispelled this idea.

This guy's strength is real, and he is at the level of a superstar in ncaa!
But is it possible to grow from water cooler player to superstar in one year?What happened in the middle?
"Aha, it seems normal that you haven't been interviewed before." Gordon led An Xiaonan into the Chinese restaurant, and ordered a few Chinese dishes in a sophisticated manner, as if he was a regular customer here.

Gordon and An Xiaonan took their seats, and Gordon explained with a smile: "Basically, I come here for dinner once a week, and I have never been friends with the boss here, Mr. Zhang."

On the contrary, An Xiaonan showed a curious look: "Hey, I don't see that you are so interested in Chinese food culture."

"Hey..." Gordon smiled, and the two exchanged a few more pleasantries. Gordon suddenly cut to the chase, and said seriously, "Ann, what are your plans now?"

An Xiaonan was stunned for a moment: "What else can I plan, of course it is to play well in the summer league and then strive for a contract."

Gordon nodded and said, "But it's actually not as simple as you think. Do you have an agent? You need an agent."

An Xiaonan said, "I already have an agent, but he's not in Orlando right now."

Gordon frowned and said, "Why isn't the agent with you? There are many things he has to deal with."

An Xiaonan scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "Haha...my manager is a very weird old man. I wonder if you have heard the nickname 'Demon Fox'."

Gordon was taken aback immediately: "What, demon fox? Are you talking about Chris West?"

Seeing Gordon's reaction, An Xiaonan couldn't help being surprised, nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Gordon suddenly stood up in a panic, and grabbed An Xiaonan's shoulder: "An, listen to me, give up this agent quickly, or he will ruin your career!"

An Xiaonan was also taken aback: "Why, do you know this person?"

A table of Chinese food was brought up by the waiter, and Gordon sat back in his seat, realizing his impoliteness.He nodded to the waiter, and after the waiter put the dishes away, he said to An Xiaonan, "Sorry, I got agitated just now. In fact, I was almost ruined by him once."

An Xiaonan didn't expect Gordon to be scooped up by West. Although he already knew that West was not a normal manager, when he knew that Gordon had been under West's staff for a while and was devastated, Also shocked.

"Looking at you, you know what kind of person West is. You should be much smarter than me." Gordon grabbed the chopsticks and skillfully picked up a dish, "Actually, I was only one step away from success at that time. Yao, but he is still ruthless... Ahem...Of course, you are even more talented than I was back then, and the advice I can give you is to stay vigilant under his subordinates at all times and leave when it's time to leave."

An Xiaonan nodded, Gordon's words were full of heaviness, since Gordon didn't say anything, it's hard for An Xiaonan to ask what exactly happened.

The two were embarrassed for a while, and An Xiaonan suddenly said, "Aaron, what kind of place is the NBA?"

"There are too many monsters. At that time, I was already one of the best power forwards among college students in the United States, but after I came to the NBA, I was still struggling. Here, you have to work hard every moment to swim out of the crowd and be valued by the coaches. .In the beginning, I couldn’t do anything, I could only dunk, and I didn’t have any brains when I played.”

Gordon Youyou said: "The first thing to do is to build a good relationship with your teammates. It is best to have someone who can support you. You must not be too introverted, otherwise you will not get along with your teammates. This is a common phenomenon after you Chinese players come to the NBA. fault."

"A high-ranking rookie can usually start quickly, but for an undrafted pick like you, the first game must start from the drinking fountain. All you have to do is to be ready to play at all times, and then use all your special skills Use it and let the coach know that you are a reliable person. Sometimes if you fail to grasp the opportunity, the coach may be disappointed with you. You know, the opportunity is fleeting."

An Xiaonan listened carefully to Gordon's words. As a senior, Gordon could give him so many suggestions, which showed that Gordon really valued him.

"One more thing, this is very important to you. Your physical fitness should not be good. You must strengthen your physical training this summer. Also, when you are training in the team, no matter how tired you are, you can't say it .”

Gordon smiled: "Because if you say you're tired, the coach will think you're not good. He doesn't have the energy to get to know a water dispenser player in depth."

(End of this chapter)