Chapter 765: Drew League One
In September, Los Angeles is still warm and cool.
Yang Di took Nancy, Tang Xinran, Gianna, Yang Ting, Little Allen and others to the mansion in Los Angeles, which is equivalent to a new place to spend the next vacation.
Odom wants to go to the Timberwolves to be his boss, but the mansion in Los Angeles doesn't want to deal with it, and after Yang Di came to Los Angeles, Odom invited Yang Di to participate in the Drew League together.
"You've become so positive."
When Yang Di saw Odom, he also felt that people will change, and when he was in the Heat, he had never seen Odom so positive.
"Young, I've decided, I'm going to be an All-Star next year!"
Yang Di has comforted him before He remembers it, this period is his best time to become an All-Star, as long as he can complete the "20+10+5" achievement with the Timberwolves, at least it proves that he can also reach the level of Kevin Garnett. ”
"The Timberwolves don't have much else to do, they're hoarding rookies, they're getting ready to rebuild, and they've got to hit enough trade value to get out of that bitter cold place." Yang Di said with a smile.
The Drew League is an amateur league held in Los Angeles for both professional and non-professional players.
Over the years, the Drew League has attracted NBA stars and is a completely free league that generates most of its revenue from voluntary donations from fans.
In the summer league, there were already a few players who came here to play.
It is a stage nature, players can join the game in each cycle, the rules of the league are relatively casual, the arrival of stars like Yang Di or Odom will make the Drew League a lot more glorious, but in the bones, it is still a civilian league, affinity and grassroots characteristics, is the spirit of this league.
Yang Di has long wanted to participate in some ordinary amateur leagues in the summer, on the one hand, to find the feeling of the game, and on the other hand, to prepare for the arrival of the new season.
He signed up for one session of the Drew League, and there were almost 4 games.
On the first day of his game, he attracted a large number of fans in Los Angeles, and the league's revenue reached an unprecedented peak.
Yang Di joined a team called "King Kong".
In addition to him, there are Odom, two blacks and one white, a black center, a white point guard, and the remaining one is a short point guard who is less than 1.8 meters tall.
"Then I can only play on the wing, small forward, I can play too."
Yang Di said to everyone that as soon as he came to the team, he immediately became the core player of the team with his super aura and fame.
Odom served as the team's interior core, the position of power forward, and the two played together, and immediately became the favorite to win the championship in the entire Drew League.
The team I met on the first day was actually the "Wrench" team led by Louis Williams.
Louis Williams smiled wryly, "Boss, why are you here, if you come to participate in this kind of competition, then we won't be able to play." ”
"I won't go all out, just play a little bit, it's not like Kobe and LeBron are coming, I'm just going to go ahead and explore the way first."
Luis was in the street race, and he couldn't figure it out.
His possession of the ball has reached the realm of one-man unity, the speed of change of direction is extremely fast, no one can defend him one-on-one, and he is also proficient in step-back shooting, when he feels good, he can score 40 points and 50 points in a game, which is easy.
So after the game started, the "Wrench" team led by Louis Williams actually took the lead.
Yang Di had been holding the ball, but he didn't have a strong desire to attack, and after warming up for a while, he began to look directly at the unnamed player defending him - a thin but scrappy black small forward.
The black small forward, with his dreadlocks and headbands on his head, is a replica of the big Iverson, and there are a lot of players dressed like this in such an amateur game.
Yang Di saw that his name was Thomas, and he was actually quite flexible and very positive.
Facing the heavy responsibility of defending Yang Di, Thomas felt a little excited, Yang Di, that is a freshly baked FMVP, defeating Yang Di is equivalent to defeating the NBA's MVP, which will definitely cause a sensation, and even because of this, the value will rise, and the income will inevitably increase by a lot of grades.
Many people regard playing basketball as a profession, and the opportunities for promotion and making more money are in front of him.
Yang Di dribbled the ball under his crotch, dialed back and forth, and stepped forward with his right foot and left foot alternately, making a dynamic of imminent breakthrough, but Thomas had not yet discerned where Yang Di was going to break through.
There is no trash talk in the Drew League, and the relationship on the court is more pure, more like an ordinary basketball game in the community.
Yang Di and Odom immediately became the tallest players on the field, and the strength of the opponent was not weak, at least Thomas was very dedicated, and he opened his arms.
Yang Di's right foot poked out, and his right hand retracted the basketball and landed on the ground, bounced up and returned to his left hand.
Completed a very fast forward change of direction, from the right side to the left side of the breakthrough, the left foot stepped out, the right heel with the left to form a cross step, in an instant past Thomas's defense, no body contact.
Thomas's shaking situation is particularly serious, and ordinary defensive players in the NBA, even if they can't prevent Yang Di, they can't prevent it after physical contact.
Yang Di lightning turned inward, pulled up the basketball, and faced the center of the "wrench" team, a 2.05-meter fat man.
Yang Di jumped up, held the basketball in the air and glided for a distance, and then gently picked it up with his low hand and hit the ball into the basket.
"Wow, that's handsome!"
The fans in the stadium applauded.
There was also a lot less media in the Drew League, with only one local TV station in Los Angeles coming in for cameras, a tripod, and a camera at each end of the court.
Louis Williams was full of confidence, and after completing the pick-and-roll with his teammates, he misplaced to face Yang Di.
After a few crotch dribbles, he pretended to cross his steps to break to the left, and suddenly the whole person made a sudden stop, took a big step back in the elbow area, almost stepped on the three-point line, and then drifted and jumped to shoot.
Yang Di followed up with a block, but after all, he was a little slower, and he didn't touch the basketball with one hand.
He looked back, and the basketball fell lightly into the basket, rolling up the white net.
"Huh!"
Still crisp and clean.
"Yes, Luis, it's all in!" Yang Di looked at Lu Wei, he hadn't seen him this summer, he seemed to be stronger, and he was darker, his eyes were bright.
"This is a trick, you have to practice it well." Hitting the shot on Yang Di's head, Lu Wei looked very excited, and his face was more confident.