NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

November 2005, 11, at 3 am, Sacramento, Hilton Hotel.

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang in a hurry, and Zhang Jinshui got out of the bed, and grabbed the phone sleepily.

"Hey, Jin Shui, my brother and I have arrived in Sacramento, don't worry."

Zi Chunlin's sweet and crisp voice came from the receiver.

Zhang Jinshui sat up, scratched his hair, and said, "Okay, Sister Chunlin, do you need me to find you?"

"No need, today is the opening game of your Rockets, you should stay with your teammates, come on, and prepare for the game."

"Okay!" Zhang Jinshui agreed and hung up the phone.

Thinking of the nba regular season that is about to start tonight, Zhang Jinshui's consciousness immediately became clear, and there was a burst of impatience in his heart.

Three months ago, after he withdrew from the Summer League due to injury, he returned to Houston with Zi Chunlin and his siblings immediately.

Following the passing coach and defensive coach that Van Gundy helped him arrange, he started a two-and-a-half-month special training.

In those two and a half months, apart from taking one day a week to attend some commercial or public welfare activities with Zi Chunlin, Zhang Jinshui spent the rest of the six days at the Rockets' training base around the clock.

In order to better help him hone his passing, Dawson even used his connections to bring an entire University of Houston team to the Rockets base, and played two hours of offensive and defensive transitions with Zhang Jinshui every day.

Zhang Jinshui worked very hard throughout the special training period. He arrived at the base every morning at 8 o'clock in the morning and left at 8 o'clock in the evening.

At the end of the special training, even Van Gundy, who has always admired "training attitude determines the result of the game", couldn't stand it anymore, and advised Zhang Jinshui to rest for a few days.

But Zhang Jinshui still gritted his teeth and resisted, and did not end the special training until the day before the opening of the Rockets training camp.

Now, recalling the boring and tiring period of the devil's special training, he himself has lingering fears.

Fortunately, all the hard work is worth it.

Zhang Jinshui summoned the player growth system with his mind, and opened the [Personal Attributes] page.

Name: Zhang Jinshui

Age: 19 years old

Height: 190 cm

Weight: 80 kg

Character Level: Level 2

Field position: point guard

Stamina: 82

Power: 77

Bounce: 77

Passes: 78

Possession: 75

CM: 75

3 points: 90

Free throws: 80

Breakthrough: 82

Dunk: 35

Inside Defense: 20

Perimeter Defense: 77

Steals: 73

Caps: 10

Offensive rebounds: 25

Defensive rebounds: 50

potential:???

Overall Rating: 79

Comprehensive evaluation: Excellent physical fitness, top three-point shooter in the league, has a lightning-like breakthrough speed, and has good perimeter defensive strength and pass ability

After two and a half months of devil training, Zhang Jinshui not only improved his passing and defense to 78 and 77 respectively, but also improved his jumping, strength, ball control, and mid-range shooting by more than 5 points, and also improved steals, free throws, Dunk and other attribute points.

All the attributes and abilities he has improved add up to nearly 100 points, and the overall score has also jumped from 70 points to 79 points in one step.

This score is definitely at the elite level in the 2k system, and in some teams with a large body, it is even at the level of the team's second leader.

Zhang Jinshui still clearly remembers that in the summer of 2005 in his last life, he made a bet with several college roommates.

If the Rockets management can trade Yao Ming and McGrady for a quasi-star point guard, the Rockets will become a strong contender for the championship.

In the end, if the "if" in the previous life did not come true, their bet would naturally come to nothing.

However, in this life, Zhang Jinshui used himself to turn that "if" into reality.

Although it is a pity that he can no longer bet with a few friends, Zhang Jinshui can still bet with himself.

The bet is whether you can give your youth an explanation...

After eating the breakfast delivered by the room service, Zhang Jinshui received a call from Yao Ming from the room, asking Zhang Jinshui to help him carry his bag and go to the gym for stretching.

During the Rockets training camp, Zhang Jinshui has already won the respect of his teammates with his own strength.

But now, his most important identity in the Rockets is Yao Ming's bag-carrying younger brother.

This is a tradition of the nba team, rookies and rookies are new, and they always have to do something for the big brothers of the team.

Yao Ming asked Zhang Jinshui to be his exclusive bag-carrying boy to protect him.

For a horizontal comparison, Luther Hyde, during the Rockets training camp, he had to polish the sneakers of every veteran of the team after training every day.

Although Yao Ming is a basketball superstar, he has no airs at all. After returning to the United States, he invited Zhang Jinshui to his house to play. During this time, he gave Zhang Jinshui a lot of help and advice.

Now, Zhang Jinshui regards Yao Ming as a trustworthy big brother and friend in his heart.

He changed his clothes first, then went to Yao Ming's room to help him carry his bag, and then walked towards the elevator together talking and laughing.

When they arrived at the gym, they found that the two elders of the Rockets, Uncle Mutombomu and Uncle Juwan Howard, were already sitting on the bicycle and pedaling the bicycle slowly.

"Yo yo, good morning, Yao Ming's bag-carrying brother." Seeing Zhang Jinshui, Uncle Mu's voice sounded like a gong.

"Good morning, two uncles." Zhang Jinshui greeted with a smile and climbed onto Uncle Mu's broad back.

In the Rockets, apart from Yao Ming, Zhang Jinshui has the best relationship with Uncle Mu and Uncle Huo.

"I'm about to play my first NBA game, how do you feel?" Second Uncle Huo, who always had a harmless smile, asked.

"I can't wait." Zhang Jinshui said with a smile.

Yao Ming came over, patted Zhang Jinshui on the shoulder and said:

"You have to be mentally prepared. Since Lao Fan chose to hide you in the preseason, there should be little chance of you starting this game."

"It's all up to coach Van Gundy to arrange. I haven't had any experience in NBA games, so I should start from the bench."

"Yes, put your mind right. But don't worry, even if you are a substitute, you will never lose playing time, otherwise, Lao Fan will not keep you as a secret weapon."

"Well, I hope so." Zhang Jinshui nodded vigorously.

The four of them were chatting when McGrady and his new bag-carrying brother Luther Head walked in, followed by Alston, David West and other team members.

After everyone greeted each other, they began to chat and fart while doing body stretching or strength training on different equipment.

The focus of their topic gradually shifted to Zhang Jinshui and Luther Hyde who were about to participate in their first nba game.

In order to encourage the two, McGrady announced loudly.

If the Rockets win today, and Zhang Jinshui and Luther Head together can help the Rockets score 20 points, he will treat all the team members to a Michelin-star French meal after returning to Houston.

As soon as this remark came out, the players immediately applauded.

That French restaurant is considered to be the most famous and expensive restaurant in Houston, with per capita consumption exceeding US$1000.

While joking, Van Gundy rushed in with a notebook.

He counted the number of people in the room first, and then said: "Now that we are all here, let me announce the list of starting players for tonight."