no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 67 Chicago Joint Trial

Three days of training camp time is fast.

After these three days, Xu Yong's gains were very limited.

Facts have once again proved a truth: cheap it is really not good.

This training camp is clearly a money trap.

Of course, most people are still very satisfied. After all, they met Jordan himself on the first day and had a discussion with him.

If this was normal, it would be impossible to see Jordan with this amount of money.

Of course, such a training camp did not help Xu Yong, and the thousands of dollars Schwartz invested in him were in vain.

Of course Xu Yong would not be reconciled, so on the last day of the training camp, he found a chance to chat with Grover alone.

At first, he just asked for some training details, and probed Grover's tone.

Grover showed no resistance to his question, perhaps even a little enthusiasm.

This made Xu Yong make up his mind, and immediately sent an invitation to Grover: "Mr. Grover, I want to hire you as my personal trainer."

Grover was taken aback by Xu Yong's sudden request.

On the first day of the training camp, when he saw Xu Yong and Jordan fighting a bull, and then Jordan taught the others one by one but failed to find Xu Yong, he was moved.

If Xu Yong really meets his requirements, he does not rule out the possibility of cooperation.

You must know that ordinary trainers are picked, but top trainers are picked in reverse.

Especially a trainer of his level.

After Jordan, Hill, Kobe, Tracy McGrady, and Wade are all in a cooperative relationship.

He helped them hone their skills, and they furthered his reputation with professional performances.

It's just that now that his fame has reached the point where he doesn't need to do that anymore, what he's doing now is opening some training camps to collect money, plus the routine operation of converting fame into capital: publishing books.

But publishing a book requires topicality.

This is why Pippen, who has always respected Jordan in the future, suddenly said one day "Michael Jordan is a terrible player, and it feels terrible to play with him".

That's right, if you see a star you are familiar with suddenly say something abnormal, there is a high probability that he will sell a book.

After all, black and red are also red. As long as there is attention and topicality, the money is in the pocket, and the reputation can be laundered with money.

Of course, Grover's generation of training masters naturally didn't want to use this method.

If he can choose another young man to cooperate with, and this young man can still play well, that would be the best way.

After all, his book will take some time to write.

"I spend more time with my family now, and I have no idea of ​​becoming a personal trainer." Grover replied.

Xu Yong was a little helpless when he heard that, although he knew that the possibility was unlikely, but his character was like this, and he would not be reconciled if he didn't try.

"But we can keep in touch. I think you are a very special player, and we can communicate more on the phone." But what Grover said next made Xu Yong see the opportunity again.

Having lived two lifetimes, he naturally understands what Grover said.

To use a metaphor, this is that the girl did not refuse after listening to your confession, saying that she needs to know more about it, and sum it up in two words: there is drama.

Now the few thousand dollars is well worth the money.

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Xu Yong did not return to Tempe after finishing the training camp, but stayed in Chicago.

Two days later, Harden, DeRozan and Ayres also came to Chicago.

The next day, May 5, the annual Chicago Combine workout will begin.

The so-called joint trial training is a "blind date" stage set up by the NBA official organization for the management and rookies of each team.

If the team management takes a fancy to a rookie, they can "hold hands" and take them home for private trial training.

Of course, there is still some difference from a real blind date, because a rookie may be favored by many people, and then there will be an open and secret fight.

Because most of the management will send people, even many of them are general managers who have the power to make draft decisions, so most rookies will also come.

Of course, there are also some players who choose not to come in order to maintain "mystery", or have already received promises from certain teams.

This includes Yi Jianlian. In order to maintain the mystery, Yi Jianlian's agent, Dan Fagan, organized a "chair trial training", which was once widely circulated.

Xu Yong did not choose to do this, because his current draft position is not stable, and he will participate with Harden and the others.

On the day of the trial training, Xu Yong and Harden went to the trial training arena together. Here, they saw many familiar and unfamiliar faces.

Those who are familiar, that is, those who have fought against each other before, such as this year's top pick Griffin, Tyreke Evans, Jordan Hill, Jrue Holiday, Thabeet, and the North Carolina Four. .

But more are still unfamiliar, such as Curry.

This is the first time Xu Yong has met Curry because he has never played against him in the Invitational or Championship before.

Then, this was also the first time that Xu Yong recognized each other at a glance.

It's really that Curry's baby face is so special, it's basically the same as that face more than ten years later.

Then, Harden went up to say hello directly.

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment. Is there anyone who doesn't know Harden?
But when you think about it carefully, talented players in the United States are usually invited to participate in some temporary training camps when they are young. It is not surprising that they knew each other before.

What Xu Yong said was that he went to the United States halfway to study high school, which is not within this range, so he was surprised.

Soon, the management of each team came to the arena one after another, and the joint trial training officially started.

The trial training will last for about a week. During this week, the players will undergo body measurements, physical examinations, sports tests, shooting demonstrations, media interviews and other links.

Among them, the first two days of trial training are physical tests and sports tests. These are the easiest two days for players, but they are also the part that attracts the most attention from managers.

This can be seen from the test content. Body measurements include body fat percentage, height with shoes, barefoot height, arm span, weight, hand length, hand width, etc.; exercise tests include vertical jump in place, run-up jump, bench press , three-quarter sprint, four-point movement in the 3-second zone, bottom line round-trip running, etc.

To make a brief summary, this is the static talent and dynamic talent test of the players.

Xu Yong's test sequence is relatively high, and his data is also the first to come out.

Physical test data are as follows:

Body fat rate: 7%
Barefoot height: 203.235cm
Height with shoes: 205.825cm
Armspan: 212.455cm [Note 8]

Weight: 103 kg
Hand length: 23.25cm
Hand width: 25.86cm
After completing the static test, Xu Yong went to participate in the dynamic test.

And in this test session, he made a blockbuster right at the beginning.

Vertical take-off height: 104cm
Run-up take-off touch height: 375cm
This result caught the attention of the management team.

Especially those team management personnel who were bottom-ranked and held lottery picks began to look at Xu Yong with bright eyes.

Xu Yong was also a little excited.

Before his rebirth, although he did not test it publicly, he privately tested his run-up jump at about 370cm.

But now, he is a full 5cm higher than before!

This is not because he is in a good state today, but because of his physical training in the past four years, he broke through his bottleneck and made great strides forward!
There is a good saying, "You can pretend to work hard, but the results will not lie".

After putting in so much hard work, Xu Yong reaped the fresh and sweet fruits watered by sweat!

After completing the bounce test, he took other dynamic talent tests one after another. Whether it was the bench press that reflects strength or the switchback running that reflects speed, his performance was excellent.

What needs to be explained here is that during the NCAA period, in order to adapt to the role of the team's power forward, he has gained a certain amount of weight, and his weight is about 109 kg.

But in order to participate in the draft, in the past few months, he has carried out targeted weight loss and muscle gain, reducing his weight to about 103 kilograms.

The change this brought to him is that, under the premise that his strength is not lost, his speed has improved a lot compared to the NCAA period.

After the quartet finished the talent test one after another, Xu Yong was undoubtedly the best one, and even ranked high among all the players as a whole.

In fact, after the two-day test ended, Xu Yong's agent Schwartz accepted many private trial training invitations.

That includes the Thunder, Warriors, Wizards, Knicks and other teams with high lottery chances.

Therefore, Xu Yong's decision to participate in this joint trial training was extremely correct.

The whole trial training process went smoothly, but there was one thing that Xu Yong still remembered.

It was during a full-court confrontation, and Curry actually failed three consecutive dunks with both hands during the fast break.gif.

Xu Yong was stunned by this scene, and he had to sigh with emotion that the top shooter has a heart of a general, and "Golden State LaVine" has already shown signs.

　Thanks to brother yu2003 for the reward~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)