Basketball: Serious injury at the start!Turn on hell mode

Unbeknownst to Duke, Bryant had already made up his mind, and at this point his mind was on the upcoming workout.

There are a total of three trials that Duke participated in, which are joint trials composed of 10 teams including the Suns and Clippers.

In addition, there are separate invitations for the Warriors and Mavericks to try out.

The Warriors originally wanted Duke not to participate in other workouts, and they would guarantee to sign Duke with the top ten pick.

But how can there be only one fish in the fish pond? To be on the safe side, Duke decided to participate in a few more trial trainings, in case he wins the top prize.

The Mavericks decided to join the Mavericks after careful consideration. His physique and style of play are suitable for shooting guards. It is also a good choice to match Kidd. What's more, the owner Cuban is not short of money.

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Soon the day of trial training has arrived, and the first to start is the joint trial training.

June 6, San Francisco.

The joint trial training will be held for 2 days, and the inspection area will be as many as 24 rookies.

There are as many as 10 teams participating in the trial training, which is the largest joint trial training before the draft.

Many big names also came to the scene, even Jerry West and Larry Bird came, as well as Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, and others Scouts for each team.

Duke is considered a big name in this trial training. Among the 24 rookies, no one has a higher pick than him. Basically, those who are higher than him have definite team goals.

And he is the only player from overseas in this trial.

The joint trial training is mainly divided into two parts, one part is the physical test, and the other part is the technical test.

Duke's arrival quickly attracted the attention of the scene, and some players looked at him eagerly, as if they wanted to use him as a springboard.

Duke naturally wanted it.

......

The trial training began soon, and the first thing to do was the physical test.

The main content of the physical test has two parts, namely static and dynamic.

Static refers to body fat percentage, palm length, palm width, naked height, standing height, weight, and arm span.

The dynamic part refers to four-point movement in the three-second zone, turn-back running, three-quarter field sprint, vertical take-off height in place, maximum run-up jump height, and bench press.

Duke's static stats are coming out soon.

Body fat: 6.10%

Palm length: 24.13cm

Palm width: 25.57cm

Barefoot height: 193.1cm

Standing touch height: 267.24cm

Weight: XNUM X kg

Arm span: 213.2cm

When Duke's physical examination report came out, the scene took a breath. This is a talent visible to the naked eye.

Jerry West's eyes were piercing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

And Larry Bird looked up at Jerry West after reading Duke's physical test data. Seeing that the other party was unmoved, he secretly cursed the old fox.

Mitch Kupchak was very straightforward, looking at the physical test data and muttering to himself: "The physical fitness is similar to that of Jordan, this is the person Kobe wants?"

Then began the dynamic speed test.

The first start was a four-point move in the three-second zone: 10.32 seconds.

Back and forth from the bottom line: 2.90 seconds

Three-quarter field sprint: 3.05

Even Jerry West was not calm when the data came out. He took out his phone and didn't know who to call there.

The others looked at Duke with salivating eyes.

Bill Duffy, who had come with Duke, was very happy at this moment.

He knew that Duke was very strong, but he didn't expect that his physical talent alone would reach this level. With such a physical talent, as long as the later body data is not too bad, he is a proper top ten pick, and Duke's basketball skills are perfect. Explode all the rookies present.

Duke didn't have a lot of eye-catching performances in the bounce and strength tests later, but they were not bad.

The final dynamic side data of Duke is:

Four-point movement within the three-second zone: 10.32 seconds (No. 1)

Back and forth from the baseline: 2.90 seconds (No. 1)

Three-quarter field sprint: 3.05 (1st)

Vertical take-off height in place: 79.83 (7th)

Maximum run-up take-off height: 96.52 (6th)

Bench Press: 10 (No. 8)

The body side of the day is also over, and there will be a technical test on the second day.

"Hey, Bill, can you stop looking at me with such disgusting eyes."

Duke looked at Bill Duffy's affectionate eyes and felt a chill.

"Duke, you surprised me so much. I always thought that your best is your ball-handling organization, your shooting, and your physical talent. I think it should be good, but I never expected that you are naked. Talent can make it to the lottery."

"So signing me is something worth bragging about in your life."

"Haha, I think so, you know, Jerry West and Larry Bird both said hello to me and said they were interested in you, and Kupchak even asked me about your next trip I'm asking if you're interested in trying out with the Lakers."

"The Lakers? I remember that the Lakers don't seem to have a first-round draft pick. Could it be that they will dismantle the championship lineup and trade it?"

"I don't know, but wouldn't it be a good thing to have more teams interested in you?"

"Don't worry, after tomorrow, all 30 teams in the league will be interested in me."

...

On the second day, more people came to the trial camp than yesterday.

Bill told Duke that yesterday's physical test data was circulated, causing these people to flock to him, wanting to get a closer look at his true level.

Duke looked at the badges of these people and realized that the teams that hadn't come to this tryout before had also come.

The first thing to do is a three-pointer five-point positioning shot.

Without any surprise, the 83-point three-pointer allowed Duke to successfully win the first place on 25 of 23 shots.

Then there is the three-pointer after dribbling. Duke is slightly worse in this item, but he also shot 25 of 20 and still ranks first.

The three-point test is over and it's mid-range again...

When all the shooting tests were done, Duke was solidly No. [-] in combined [-]-point and mid-range shooting.

Then began the test of possession and passing.

Duke did not take the lead this time, and the first place in the comprehensive score of ball control and passing was taken away by two other players.

This also relieved the other players in the trial training, which was suppressed too hard.

Later, the defense was tested again.

In terms of defense, Duke has nothing to say, and that's it. Anyway, the shooting and organization exposed today are enough to make the major teams in the NBA swarm.

After all the tests were completed, Duke was about to leave.

At this time, a draft player suddenly stopped him.

"Hey, Duke, I heard that you played in the professional league before. I'm curious about the level of the professional league. Come with me one-on-one. Let me see your strength."

Duke was dumbfounded when he heard this, for he really wasn't afraid of death.

Looking up at this guy, it's Brandon Rush, the second-best player in the training camp outside of Duke.

Is it because his mediocre defensive test later gave him confidence?

Duke directly agreed, and he couldn't be cowardly at this time. By the way, he told him that there was an insurmountable gap between the first and second.

Seeing that there was a play to watch, the people around stopped their steps and gathered around to watch.

The two sides played American heads-up with 5 balls.

Duke, who got the right to attack first, laughed and peed. It would be unreasonable not to shave Brandon Rush's head.

Heads-up begins.

Duke holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Brandon Rush in front of him maintains an effective defensive distance with one hand, which can prevent breakthroughs and interfere with shooting.

Very professional.

Duke thought.

But he said: "Brandon, there was a person who once said something. I think his words are very reasonable. Do you know what it is?"

"What is it?" Brandon Rush asked stupidly.

"Sure enough, there is a halo of supporting roles. This cooperation is really tacit."

Duke gave Brandon Rush a hundred likes in his heart.

"That sentence is, passing you is like crossing the road in the morning."

After finishing speaking, he accelerated directly and broke through from the right side of Brandon Rush.

Brandon Rush also has two brushes. Although the speed can't keep up, the previous defensive distance allows him to have reaction time.

I saw him move two steps sideways, barely resisting Duke's way forward.

But Duke is not just a player who only relies on speed to break through?

At the moment when Duke was about to hit Brandon Rush, he dribbled the ball under his crotch, pulled the basketball to the left, and changed the direction of the breakthrough without any sense of disobedience.

Brandon Rush was unable to chase back and could only watch Duke dunk.

Larry Bird next to him offered applause without hesitation, but he didn't know whether it was for Duke's performance or Duke's trash talk.

second round

Brandon Rush still kept a one-handed defensive distance, and this time he learned to be smart, ignoring Duke's chatter and staring at the basketball.

Duke kept his mouth shut as he was bored.

After a failed trial step, Duke still chose to break through from the right, and Brandon Rush continued to block Duke.

Duke made a sudden stop, and a change of rhythm caused Brandon Rush to change his defensive focus, and then continued to hit the basket from the right to score.

Brandon Rush stared blankly at the basketball, as if he hadn't recovered from taking the ball just now.

Duke dropped the ball to him.

"Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

Round three

Brandon Rush was afraid of Duke's breakthrough, so he put it almost two steps away.

Duke saw it and felt pain in his heart.

"Another boy who has been tricked."

Pull out your hand directly.

"Shh."

Hollow into the net.

Brandon Rush was stunned again, how to prevent this?

"Do you still need to fight?" Duke continued to pretend.

In the end, Duke ended the battle cleanly 3:0.

This scene also made the scouts around Duke salivate even more.

.....

"The once strongest high school student in the United States shines in the training camp."

"Coming back strong after rupturing the Achilles tendon."

"Easy to beat Brandon Rush, passing him is like crossing the road in the early morning."

The next day, Duke in Bill Duffy's office read yesterday's report with relish.

Bill Duffy was on the phone with someone who didn't know.

"Duke, here comes the big business, Nike intends to sign you."

After hanging up the phone, Bill Duffy hastily disclosed the news to Duke.

"Don't rush to sign, I'm very confident in myself."

Duke is calm, which is to be expected.

"Understood. In addition, we still have two trial trainings. I suggest that you don't need to go to trial training after these two games. Your performance has already won the favor of all teams."

.....

The Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks workouts made Duke feel full of sincerity.

The old Nelson of the Golden State Warriors came to watch in person, and constantly interacted with Duke to play emotional cards.

The Dallas Mavericks were even more exaggerated. The owner Cuban took the team's Kidd to welcome Duke.

Kidd also told Duke that he was old enough that he could teach Duke his point guard experience when he came to the Mavericks, and Duke would be the team's second star by then.

The trials on both sides went extremely well.

They had already received the data of the joint trial training, and they just went through the motions, asking Duke to show the things of the trial training again, to confirm that it was not a flash in the pan.

Something unexpected happened in the middle.

The Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks also sent him trial requests, but both were rejected by Bill Duffy.

Bill Duffy told Duke that the Knicks were ordered by their owner Dolan himself, and the Lakers didn't know it.

Duke guessed it was Kobe's fault, and it seemed that what he said impressed Kobe deeply.

Thinking about Duke, he felt that he was at a loss again, and his few words indirectly brought Kobe a championship.

"Next time we meet, give him a good meal." Duke made a decision.

......

Time flies, and the draft is getting closer and closer.

Rumors abound on social media.

"The Chicago Bulls have a soft spot for Rose, and Rose must be the No. [-] pick."

"Almighty scorer Beasley, who would you choose if you don't choose him as the No. [-] pick?"

"Old Nelson is interested in Duke to create a second "Baron Davis"?"

"Cuban intends to Duke, Kidd's successor."

"The Rockets are imperative to Duke and want to build a Yao-Lin combination."

Duke was dazzled by all kinds of rumors. If I didn't know the result, I would have almost believed it.

At this time Bill Duffy came and told Duke about his current draft situation.

ESPN currently predicts that Duke will be selected in the top five, most likely fourth or fifth.

And there are four most sincere to Duke.

The first is the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors are currently seeking deals with the Thunder and the Grizzlies, and they want to use the No. 4 or No. 5 pick to win Duke.

The second is the Dallas Mavericks, who are the biggest opponents of the Warriors. They are also looking for deals with the Thunder and Grizzlies. The two teams are not only rivals in the draft, they are also rivals in the trade. head coach.

The third is the Los Angeles Lakers. I don’t know what ecstasy Kobe gave Kupchak. Kupchak is currently looking for a suitable draft pick in the trading market, but suffers from not having enough bargaining chips. The Lakers The first-round picks in the next few years will not be very popular. Who knows that the Lakers will be strong for a few more years. They can't exchange the top picks in the first round for the next few [-]-something picks.

The fourth is Duke's hometown team, the New York Knicks. I don't know why Dolan is crazy, and he named Duke by name, but fortunately, they have the No. 6 pick, so Duke should not be selected. , or Duke will partner with Marbury, and the lone wolf will let you touch the ball?

Another one is Shit Stirrer Rocket. Of course, everyone knows they are shit stirrers, so they don't take it to heart.

At present, it seems that the Warriors and Mavericks are the most likely.

Duke is ready and waiting for the draft.