Chapter Twenty-Nine: The King's Chance
It's true that the wine trough nose is a scout for the Knicks, and it is not false that he wants to introduce Yang Di to the Knicks' trial, but he never expected that Yang Di actually rejected him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Having said that, three thousand dollars is not a small amount, Yang Di pulled his fingers and converted, how could he be embarrassed to open this mouth?
"This man is really sick." Finney was also unhappy, "Then again, although it's a bit of a pity." ”
"But you don't have to worry about it." Finney took two quick steps and grabbed Yang Di, who was walking briskly, "Hey, brother, walk a little slower." Your legs are too long, and I can't keep up with you. ”
"Forget it, it's going to get dark soon, and I'm going to Highland Park." Yang Di turned around and looked up at the time that passed without a breath on the big screen in the street mall.
"Rest assured, my brother."
Finney patted his chest, "There are a lot of scouts like this, and I'll find a way to get them to notice you when I go back, keep your form, and definitely be a great player." By the way, would you like to sit in my bar after work in the evening? ”
"Yes, I'll help you adjust the bar."
"That's great, I should open a restaurant and let you be a signature chef, it must be more profitable."
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The wine trough is just a small episode in life, in the NBA is in full swing, the NCAA is gradually entering the March Crazy period, the eyes of basketball fans around the world are fixed on these two major leagues, no one will care, in the unique city of Chicago, there is a teenager who has been systematically evaluated as a potential rebounding monster, always waiting for an opportunity.
The wait is always long, and as the climate gradually warms, Yang Di's abilities steadily improve.
In March, the NCAA National Championship officially kicked off, and some of the attention of the NBA shifted to college students, and this month is the stage for college students.
Yang Di returned to Madison and Carol for a long time, and the relationship between the two became better and better.
In April, Jones, the agent signed by Yang Di, finally did something serious, and Jones summoned Yang Di and asked him to pass on his specific body data to him.
It wasn't until two months later that the agent took the initiative to contact his boss, Yang Di was very suspicious, this guy really can't do it, is it because the salary settlement date is about to come? Or if he lays off this agent at this time, the system shouldn't have any reaction, right?
Of course, Yang Di is clear about his body data, and the system has been testing it for a long time.
"He is 2.05 meters tall barefoot, weighs about 255 pounds, has an arm span that is slightly longer than his height, 2.11 meters, and is about 2.68 meters tall vertically."
"What about bouncing?"
"Do you need to bounce too? If anyone is interested in me, I'll show them live. Yang Di blushed a little, his bounce power has been rising relatively slowly, and he has only 40 ability points so far.
"Of course you need to, the NBA measures the potential of a young player, and physical fitness always comes first."
"The vertical bounce is about forty or fifty centimeters." Yang Di silently added in his heart that he might be able to achieve it under special circumstances of being in a good mood.
"Okay, you come to Chicago and wait, there may be NBA teams willing to try you out." On the other end of the line, Jones's voice always seemed to smell of alcohol.
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Sacramento, late afternoon.
Sacramento is located in the middle of California, although it is the state capital, but it is only the fifth largest population in the state, and the economic and cultural prosperity is not as good as Los Angeles, San Francisco and other places.
Yang Di and Jones came to Sacramento in the dust, and they didn't have the heart to miss the more typical urban atmosphere of the West.
"I really didn't see that you still have such connections." Yang Di was surprised, but he didn't expect Jones to be able to connect with the Kings.
"The Kings' key interior bench, Hido Turkoglou, has been plagued by injuries lately, and with the playoffs just around the corner, the Kings are desperate to find an interior top, and of course, it's only a ten-day temporary contract, so this time there will be a lot of strong players coming to the Kings tryout, and it's expected that there will be a side and a simple full game." Jones must have done his homework, and the rules were clear.
Yang Di glanced at Jones in surprise, he really underestimated this agent.
The two of them went to the hotel to rest for a while, and by about four o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at the Arco Arena, where the Kings had moved since 1988.
Although it is more than ten years old, the standard of the arena is that it can accommodate more than 15,000 people according to the top design of the time, and it is located in Sacramento, like a landmark building in the city. Especially in the past two years, the Kings have an excellent record, a gorgeous style of play, and there is an endless stream of fans who come to the arena to watch the game every night, and the game is quite popular.
There is no game today, the Kings have a holiday, and Yang Di's hope of walking into the arena to see NBA players face-to-face is still disappointed.
He followed Jones and a white officer into the Kings' training hall, which was a fixture to Arco's arena and was the size of a regular basketball arena.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a crowd of all kinds of players, black, white and even two yellow.
"Basketball players who want to try their luck in the NBA come from all over the world, mostly black players, but not white and yellow, and the competition is very fierce." Jones pointed to the black players who were testing the height, and saw that the black players of about two meters were like monkeys, "whooshing" and jumping into the air, as if there was no gravity, and the height was definitely more than 3.6 meters, which caused a lot of exclamations from onlookers.
"Go report the next one." Jones shifted his direction again, and there was a line of four or five people, the first one filling out the form with a black pen.
"Sign up?"
"Or else? It can be said to be an entry form, or it can be said to be an irresponsible agreement, and the Kings will not be responsible for being injured in such a test or game. ”
Yang Di felt a chill in his heart, and his mind automatically made up the scene of someone leaving the stadium after falling and being injured, no support, no applause, only he went back to silently **** the wound, and he fell into silence all of a sudden.
Jones turned around and left the side, and Yang Di also went over to line up.
The side of the body is simple, mainly measuring height, weight, arm span, bounce, and strength. Yang Di excelled in strength, completing 21 reps of 84 kg bench presses, and his strength has increased to 63 points in the ability attribute of system monitoring, which is a data that has always been in the lead.
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Yang Di sat on the bench and waited for a while, then heard someone shouting his name.
"Yang Di? Who is Yang Di? ”
"I am, I am." Yang Di stood up.
"Well, get ready to play, you only have ten minutes, take advantage of it." The staff member with a blue sign around his neck walked up to Yang Di and handed him a red vest. "Power forward position, you know what?"
"I know." Yang Di nodded and quickly put on the red vest.
At this time, the red vest team on the field was all replaced, Yang Di's teammates had three blacks, one white, one of the black athletes was more than two meters tall, probably similar to him, and the other three were all players about 1.9 meters.
The five athletes on the yellow team are all black, with one player around 2.10m, the rest of the two less than 2m2m, and two shorter ones less than 1.9m.
When Yang Di came on the court, the black point guard among his teammates muttered, his face was a little dissatisfied, he didn't hear what was said, but he could guess that it was dissatisfaction with his skin color, this kind of remarks he is used to hearing now, and he can generally ignore it if it is not directed at him.