The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 211, hello, bearded.

Thunder training hall.

Today, 10 rookies came to the Thunder for trial training, hoping to get a chance to enter the NBA.

Now in the 5V5 game, the coaching staff and the management are watching the performance of the rookies off the court.

On the Thunder team, there are 5 players under contract.Li Senlin, Westbrook, Collison, Krstic, Lovell.

The rookies Li Senlin who came to try out only knew two, one was Griffin and the other was Harden.

At this time, the game was very intense.

Li Senlin continuously educated the rookie Harden in the low post.

He was blown away by leaning back, mid-range, and turning around to break through.

"James, are you defending with a beard?"

"James, you have a good eye defense!!"

"James, you shouldn't have the same name as LeBron."

While Li Senlin was blasting Harden, he was still spouting trash talk, educating the future MVP.

It is a very fulfilling thing to beat the rookie board.

As the top star of Arizona State University, James Harden is in college this year. In his sophomore season, Harden averaged 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and his shooting percentage reached 50%.

Although they were eliminated in the second round of this year's March Madness, it was because of poor overall strength. Harden's personal ability is completely fine.

Many media spoke highly of him, and they all believed that he could enter the top six in the draft.

Harden does not have the best body at the shooting guard position. He is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 100 kilograms. His speed, jumping and explosive power are all above average.

Harden was an excellent shooter in college, a scorer who was unstoppable in college. He has height, various shooting methods, and is good at scoring under physical confrontation.

Just now, Harden was eaten raw by Li Senlin three times in a row.

Although he was also angered by Li Senlin, he had nothing to do with Li Senlin's offense. His defense could only be regarded as constantly tickling Li Senlin.

Although Harden's ability is no worse than that of ordinary professional players, there is still a gap between him and Li Senlin, who has been training in the professional arena for a year.

In terms of talent, there is not much difference between Li Senlin and Harden, but in terms of game experience and playing skills, Li Senlin has the advantage.

Harden couldn't figure out why, as the NBA's best rookie and Mr. 70 points last season, his mouth could be so trash-talking, which made him a little hard to accept.

Because Harden was ill for a while before, he didn't have many opportunities for trial training.

The Thunder is the third team that Harden has tried out. Before coming to the Thunder, Harden has been to the Kings and Grizzlies for tryouts.

The King's trial training was good, but the King's draft pick was not as good as the Thunder's. During the Grizzlies' trial training, Harden's performance was not satisfactory. Although the Grizzlies management said that the trial training would not affect their draft decision too much, Ha Deng can already feel that the Grizzlies are obviously more satisfied with Thabeet who also went to the trial training.

And the Clippers with the worst record almost took Griffin into their bag, so now there are not many choices left for Harden by the top-ranked teams, and the Thunder is undoubtedly a very important team among them.

The situation on the court is a bit bad now.
Li Senlin has already hit Harden with 3 goals on the offensive end. Harden's weakness on the defensive end has been fully demonstrated in front of the Thunder coaching staff. Harden has to find a way to reverse the situation as soon as possible and give himself extra points.

So even though Li Senlin's trash talking is too much, Cainiaodeng dare not reply. He also knows that the core of the team has a great influence on draft suggestions, so he can only respond to Li Senlin through performance.

"Li, it's not good for you to hit a rookie's self-confidence like this?"

The tortoise jogged over and said to Li Senlin.

"Russell, this is the only option for our No. [-] pick. It's impossible for Griffin to fall to the No. [-] pick. I don't like anyone else. Don't worry, this guy is not so easy to beat."

Li Senlin looked at Harden who was slowly advancing. He had observed the other rookies and had no impression of them all.

"Well, I'll take a look later."

Westbrook doesn't have a good eye for people. He still thinks that most people are similar. After Li Senlin reminded him, he felt that the ability of this bearded man was slightly stronger than others. It exploded.

Off the court, Coach Brooks was holding the physical test reports of all the players, and happened to see Harden here.

Harden's side data is very good

Barefoot height: 195cm
Height with shoes: 199cm
Weight: 100KG.

Armspan: 210cm Standing height: 263cm Fat content: 10.1%
Vertical bounce: 78cm
Maximum bounce: 91cm
Bench Press: 17 reps

Straight run: 11.10 seconds

3/4 court sprint: 3.13 seconds

The column of 84KG bench press 17 times is particularly conspicuous.

"what"

Brooks also saw Harden's bench press and was a little surprised.

If you don't understand what this concept is, it will be clear by comparing it.

Wade and Rose's 84KG bench press was 9 times, and Griffin was 22 times, which means that Harden's strength is closer to a talented inside player, and his big butt gave him a lot of motivation.

Strength means confrontation. This is a defender with full potential. Brooks is also surprised by this physical test data. He has already vaguely felt that the talent of the bearded man is definitely not too bad.

"Li, even though you were the Rookie of the Year last season, I'm not easy to mess with."

After Harden spoke harsh words to Li Senlin, he also gestured for his teammates to pull away, and he wanted to slap Li Senlin alone.

Cainiaodeng's teammates pulled away reluctantly.

The rookies who came to the trial training all came with the chance of being selected by the Thunder. Whoever has more opportunities to perform, naturally has a higher probability of being selected.

Harden played singles, obviously stealing their chance. Naturally, many people were not convinced, but they seemed to be very excited when they saw Li Senlin clapping his hands, so they had no choice but to cooperate.

Seeing that his teammates had dispersed, Harden immediately began to adjust his dribbling rhythm, constantly changing hands left and right, and observing Li Senlin's position.

Li Senlin did not change with his rhythm. Li Senlin is now an A-level talent, invincible at the same level, and now he can use 100% of his "suffocation defense".

At this time, Li Senlin's hand didn't rush to steal the ball. Everyone knew that Harden's foul-making ability was very strong. Li Senlin had already taken precautions. If he was fouled by a three-pointer, it would be embarrassing.

Li Senlin's position defense made Harden very depressed. He couldn't find a gap. Harden was going to use his strong body to open the way. Li Senlin looked very thin and should not be able to support himself.

Harden barely speeds up and prepares to break through to the right by relying on Li Senlin.

"Snapped."

Relying on his defensive experience, Li Senlin made a clean cut without hesitation and took the ball off Harden's hand.

Launch a fast break in place.

Throw the ball directly to the hungry turtle in the frontcourt.

The two played fast breaks like this many times last season, and it was a headache for all teams.

The Turtle played 1 to 0 in the frontcourt, and quickly completed a split dunk, leaving the rookies far behind.

"Brooks, Lee and Russell are getting stronger again!"

Presti, who also saw the steal and fast break from the side, said something.

"Hmm! That's right. After the All-Star Game, the progress of the three of them can be described as lightning fast. In addition, Jeff's injury is slowly recovering. This season, they will surprise all the teams in the Western Conference!"

"Well, I trust the three of them. By the way, Serge Ibaka's buyout in Spain is almost completed, and our inside strength will increase a lot this season!! I have tried my best, and it depends on how many of them Where can this one bring Thunder?"

"Ah."

Brooks looked deeply at Li Senlin and Westbrook with glasses.

"Hey, James, your ball protection is not very good, is it at this level? If it's just like this, the Thunder will not choose you!"

Griffin passing by heard Li Senlin's sarcasm to Harden.He was immediately glad that he was an insider and didn't have to face Li Senlin.

It's really annoying to have a star who is overwhelmed by matchup strength and then speaks unforgiving, but you can't do anything about him.

Griffin looked at Harden and his beard with sympathetic eyes.

When the other rookies heard Li Senlin's words, they looked at Harden like a joke. Harden's performance just now made many people unhappy, and the rookies who are also competitors are very happy to see him being taught a lesson.

After hearing Li Senlin's words, Harden did not appear very impatient, but was still very calm. His big beard helped him cover most of his expressions well.

Seeing Harden's calm look, Li Senlin felt confident. There is no good player who can grow to the MVP level. Even if he is a rookie, it is difficult to defeat him mentally.

This kind of player can only beat him when he is slack. If he wants to admit defeat, it is definitely not just a few singles and some trash talking.

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(End of this chapter)