Chapter 7 [Five Lucky Stars in Summer]

After the meeting, Scott Maguire handed Yang Rui a list of free agents, nearly 100 people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This list includes marginal people who have played in the NBA and are worried about their next job; There are crane tail second-round rookies who have lost the draft in recent years, or have not been signed; There are also young, international players who are not under contract.

Back in the coach's office, Thibodeau first looked at the list, circled seven people, and then handed it to Yang Rui. "You can pick eight more, and you'll have a list of fifteen people in the end."

Yang Rui asked: "Is it necessary to choose so many?" Fifteen people, each person's time is too short, and they can't hit good data at all. ”

Thibodeau sighed: Young people are still unreliable, and they don't know basic common sense.

He explained: "It's easier to pick a few more people to pick out the ones who are strong. I've been in summer league and all teams do that, as long as the players play separately, like one person only plays three games. ”

One of the advantages of playing separately is that it puts pressure on the players, and in order to get good stats, they will work harder in a limited time, but they will definitely be less cooperative.

"I'll take a look at the list first."

Yang Rui took the information and looked at it carefully, and when there were more than 20 names, his heart beat wildly a few times, and he saw an extremely familiar name - Ben Wallace!

"Big Ben" is just a blue-collar worker that no one wants at this time, and this is cheap and not white.

According to the data, Big Ben played 34 games for the Wizards last season, and was absolutely marginal, averaging only 5.8 minutes per game, with 1.1 points and 1.7 rebounds. If the Wizards weren't short of people on the inside, they would never sign him.

In this era, except for the reborn, who would have thought that Ben Wallace would become an All-Star in the future, a super defensive player?

His registered height is 206CM, and in fact, 201CM is a bit much, because when he is 206CM, he has at least 5CM of water, which is his explosive head.

Being short doesn't mean that he doesn't have strength, in Yang Rui's previous life, Big Ben relied on his fierce style and amazing strength, and was very good at grabbing rebounds and blocks, and was elected as a four-time best defensive player and a four-time NBA All-Star.

Yang Rui continued to look down, and soon another familiar name jumped into his eyes.

Chaki Atkins, a 180CM tall and 78kg point guard, was undrafted as a rookie in 1996.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Atkins did not join the Magic until 1999 with a base salary, played 82 games that season, and was named to the All-Rookie team. He can shoot suddenly, and his weakness is passing, which is not like a point guard at all, so no one cares.

He joined the Pistons in 2000 and stayed for three and a half years in his glory days, but unfortunately he was traded out midway through the season when the Pistons won the championship and became one of the chips in the exchange for Rashid Wallace.

In the 2004-2005 season, Atkins joined the Lakers, averaging 13.6 points and 4.4 assists per game, making more fans aware of him.

He is famous not because of his football skills, but because he has a very poor relationship with Kobe, and after leaving the Lakers, he sprayed Kobe, saying that Kobe is the general manager of the Lakers or something......

In short, this man is capable.

When he saw the third acquaintance, Yang Rui believed that the summer league would definitely play well.

Mickey Moore, who is 211cm tall and weighs 102 kg, will be nicknamed "Snake Man" in the future, has good physical qualities, and is a player who can fly and is full of passion. He has been laid off countless times in his career, but at his peak, he also averaged 10+5 per game and won a middle-class contract.

Playing in the NBA for 13 seasons, Moore naturally has his strengths. Despite his light weight, he has a fierce style of play, characterized by fast speed, flexible and active on the defensive end, and can cut and dunk in the air on the offensive end, and can also show off his mid-range jumper.

A big man who can shoot is just right to partner with Ben Wallace, who has been a rough brother all his life.

After looking at it for a while, Yang Rui swallowed and spitted, he saw the future generation of Tianjiao...... The Terminator, the first of the Ten Villains, Bruce Bowen.

BOWEN, who is 201CM tall and weighs 84 kg, has a brief introduction because of his NBA experience: he was undrafted as a rookie in 1993 and joined the Heat on a short contract in 97, playing a total of 1 minute, no data.

I'm rubbing, it's so easy to write a celebrity introduction, a bad review.

Yang Rui thought to himself, as the beginning of "Bowen's True Biography", the introduction should still be written like this: One minute before 8 p.m. on March 16, 1997, Bowen was on the court, because his league would remember this minute, and from that moment on, he was an NBA player for one minute, which is a fact, you can't change it, because it's already in the past. (You Wong Kar-wai possessed, right?!) )

Bowen has a poor offense, from entering the league to retiring with a three-point shot and picking up leaks, but he was once one of the best defensive players in the league at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, and was named to the All-Defensive Team for five consecutive years.

He was a controversial player, with admirers giving him the nickname "Defensive Expert" and haters arguing him as synonymous with "dirty" and "mean". Admittedly, he's the hardest thorn in the spurs.

Yang Rui continued to look down, and when he was about to turn to the end, another name entered his magic eyes.

Stephen Jackson, the future famous "Captain Jack" and "Martial Saint", is impressively listed.

The name was only seen at the end of the profile, as the scouts didn't want Jackson at all, and the profile made it clear that he was a problem player.

Jackson was not well educated since he was a child, and his academic performance was very poor. After graduating from Oak Hill High School, Jackson didn't get enough grades to go to college and went straight to the draft as a high school player.

The Suns selected Jackson in the second round of 43 this year, and he regretted it after the selection, because he got into a fight outside a nightclub with a group of gangster friends at the end of June, and the Suns management immediately decided to give up on him, anyway, he is a low-pick high school student, and he has no regrets.

If it weren't for Yang Rui's sight, Jackson would have played in the Continental Basketball Association for a period of time like in his previous life, and then traveled to Australia, Venezuela, Dominica and other countries to earn a living, and was able to return to the NBA after three years of training.

Yang Rui wrote down his name, although he was in the news for illegal gun ownership, drunk driving, and acquaintance with the underworld, he was quite honest on the basketball court, and he had a total of one fight.

If it weren't for the world-renowned "Battle of Auburn Hills Palace", Jackson's peerless martial arts might not have been known. When teammates and fans are entangled, Jackson is like a tiger entering a flock, casually pulling down a piece, knocking down one with a punch, and crushing the enemy like a martial saint.

After being surrounded, he showed excellent breakthrough ability, and 10,000 people rescued Adou from it, no, it was Atai......

In any case, Yang Rui wants Jackson to use him to play well in the summer league and improve his status with the Knicks. As long as Jackson develops well and stays with the Knicks, he may also come in handy in the new season.

He began to be excited about the upcoming trials, and with this "Summer Five Lucky Stars", couldn't he still win the summer league?

Yang Rui handed the written list to Thibodeau. "I have chosen, just these five, a total of 12 people, enough."

Xibodu was stunned for a moment, and seeing Yang Rui's confident appearance, he said seriously: "Jerry, the management has arranged for you to lead the team this time, my assistant, if you don't play well, you will be responsible." ”

"Twelve people are enough, this is the number in the international competition, and it takes a while to see the talent, and if I lose, of course I am responsible. If someone doubts it, I'll explain it too. Yang Rui smiled.

"Then take your shoulders." Thibodeau couldn't see his expression.

Yang Rui and Xibodeo are not related, they have just become colleagues, he is 16 years younger but he is more valued, Xibodeo is too late to be jealous, what obligation does he have to repeatedly remind the other party not to make mistakes?

He persuaded him to do this, and if something happened, it would be considered benevolent and righteous.

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