super point guard

Chapter 5 One on One
Although Promise has always said that he does not want to accept the invitation of Indiana Pacers owner Danny Granger to fly to Indianapolis to meet Danny Granger, but after his agent Bill Duffy After repeated insistence, Xu Nuo's family took a flight to leave New York, the Big Apple city, with the company of Bill Duffy, and came to the quieter city of Indianapolis.

Xu Nuo had never been to Indianapolis before, and he didn't know much about the city of Indianapolis. After entering the urban area, Xu Nuo felt that Indianapolis was a little less flashy than New York, and seemed more It was quieter, and the wide and clean streets in the city made Xu Nuo feel very comfortable. "I more or less like the city of Indianapolis." Xu Nuo said to Bill Duffy.

Earlier, Danny Granger had told Xu Xu that he would go to the airport to pick up Xu Xu and his group, so when Xu Xu walked out of the passenger passage at the airport, he saw Danny Granger smiling and looking at them.On the way to Danny Granger's house, Danny Granger kept talking and laughing with Xu Nuo's family.

It was almost noon when they arrived at Danny Granger's house, but Danny Granger's wife, Diona Kaan, had already prepared meals for them.Until this time, Xu Nuo didn't know what Danny Granger's real purpose in letting him come to Indianapolis was.

But shortly after lunch, Danny Granger took Xu Nuo to the basketball court in his own yard.

"You seem to be a second-round pick this year, right?" Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo, "Am I right?"

"Yes, the No.12 pick in the second round." Xu Nuo said this, but he murmured in his heart: He should know my draft pick, so which one is he going to play?

"Oh, the No. 12 pick in the second round," Danny Granger said, "It looks like a pretty good draft pick."

Xu Nuo couldn't help frowning, he really didn't understand what Danny Granger meant.

"I heard from Mr. Larry Bird that before joining the Pacers, you really wanted to go to Orlando or New York, right?" Danny Granger continued.

"Yes," Xu Nuo nodded and said, "I thought that way at the beginning."

At this time, a sneer appeared on the corner of Danny Granger's mouth, "A mere second-round rookie is just a bench player in the team. What qualifications does he have to pick the team?" He said.

Now Xu Nuo understands Danny Granger's meaning. It seems that the boss of the team doesn't like himself as a second-round rookie and wants to take this opportunity to humiliate himself.Xu Nuo took a quick look at Bill Duffy and the others who were talking in the distance, making sure that the conversation between him and Danny Granger would not be overheard by them.

"To be honest, I didn't deliberately choose which team, it was just my wish when I participated in the draft." Xu Nuo explained.

"Well," Danny Granger said, "Even if that was just your wish when you participated in the draft, why did you keep clamoring for a transfer after you learned that the Pacers selected you? Mister Larry Bird himself to persuade you to join the team?"

Xu Nuo shrugged helplessly, he really couldn't think of anything to refute Danny Granger.

"What an arrogant second-round pick!" Danny Granger looked at Xu Xu and said, and then threw the basketball in his hand in front of Xu Xu, "Unless you can beat me today to prove that you really have Ability to qualify to pick a team."

Xu Nuo immediately turned into a sad face, thinking that you shouldn't be like this, but then he thought that he would still be under the hands of others in the future, the boss's words must not be violated!So Xu Nuo took off his sports coat and said, "Alright then."

The corners of Danny Granger's mouth twitched slightly, "Wait for the ending of failure, rookie!" He said, Xu Nuo smiled faintly and said nothing.

When the promise was ready, Danny Granger began to talk about the rules of the game: "Whoever gets ten goals first is the winner, and the one who scored the goal continues to attack, you hear me?"

"Understood." Xu Nuo said lightly, but his heart was really uncertain. After all, he hadn't played basketball for a while, and he didn't know how he was at the moment, and the opponent was the boss of an NBA team. , promised not to guarantee that he will win. "Just do your best." Xu Nuo said to himself in his heart.

Danny Granger casually picked up the ball from the floor, "I'm going to attack!" He said, leaning on Xu Nuo with his body advantage behind his back, Xu Nuo was physically at a disadvantage and couldn't carry it at all. Danny Granger started as a small forward, and he didn't dare to steal Danny Granger's dribble rashly, because he knew that if he failed to steal the ball, Danny Granger would easily throw it away. Drop yourself for an easy layup or simply a hard dunk.And Danny Granger also seemed to know that Xu Nuo's physical fitness was completely inferior to his own, so Danny Granger used his arm to hold Xu Nuo, and began to play singles with his back.

However, Danny Granger still overlooked one point, that is the promised speed.

When playing in the domestic arena, Xu Nuo frequently uses his speed to eat opponents and score. Whether it is his running speed, reaction speed, movement frequency or shooting speed, he is very fast. For Xu Nuo, as long as the opponent has even With the slightest flaw, he can use his speed advantage to defeat the opponent.And Xu Nuo also knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to defeat Danny Granger or try his best not to be defeated by Danny Granger, he could only use his own speed advantage.

Danny Granger played Xu Nuo with his back, and suddenly turned around, Xu Nuo was almost left behind by Danny Granger.However, at the moment when Danny Granger turned around, Xu Nuo saw the ball in Danny Granger's hands, and then Xu Nuo took advantage of the time of [-] seconds to break Danny Granger's hand. The ball in Granger's hand, although it almost failed, the ball still came to Xu Nuo's hands.

After turning around, Danny Granger thought that he had passed the promise, and when he was about to make a dunk to show off himself, he was suddenly robbed by Xu, and he was naturally very annoyed. "That hit just now was just to test your strength," Danny Granger said, "Now the contest really begins."

"Scam!" Xu Nuo said in his heart, but on the surface he was still concentrating on facing Danny Granger's defense, and began to dribble the ball slowly.

"Here we come!" Danny Granger said to himself.

Sure enough, Xu Nuo suddenly accelerated his dribbling rhythm, breaking through to the right of Danny Granger. When Danny Granger reacted, Xu Nuo was about to leave Danny Granger behind.Danny Granger was taken aback in his heart, he didn't expect the speed of promise to be so fast, but just when Danny Granger wanted to follow promise, he lost his center of gravity under his feet, and his body couldn't help falling on the ground. on the floor.Promising an easy layup, he turned and asked Danny Granger, who was getting up from the floor awkwardly, "'Boss, are you all right?"

Danny Granger shook his head, "It's really embarrassing just now," he said in his heart, "It seems that this kid really has two tricks, and he can't underestimate the enemy anymore."

In the ensuing contest, Danny Granger took advantage of his rich experience, promising that it would be difficult to take advantage of his speed advantage, while Danny Granger opened fire completely, leading promise 6:1 in an instant five balls.

"How?" Danny Granger looked at Xu Nuo and said, at this time he seemed to have completely forgotten the embarrassment of the first ball, and a smile hung on his face, "Do you want to continue playing, rookie? "

Xu Nuo exhaled, "I haven't lost yet!" He said.

"Good boy!" Danny Granger actually praised.

At this moment, Xu Nuo no longer cared whether Danny Granger was praising him or hurting him. At this moment, he had only one goal, which was to defeat Danny Granger.

Danny Granger once again used his strong body to squeeze away Xu Nuo and ran all the way to the basket. Just when he was about to jump for a layup, Xu Nuo suddenly appeared in front of his eyes!

Danny Granger was taken aback again, even taken aback. He had clearly managed to get rid of the promise. How did this kid catch up, and he jumped so high that his head had to be with his head? The basket is even.But Danny Granger didn't have time to think about it. He tried to avoid Xu Nuo's defense, but Xu Nuo took advantage of Danny Granger's little panic at this time and succeeded in throwing Danny Granger away. Ranger blocked the layup and grabbed the ball.

At this moment, Danny Granger did not dare to slack off a bit.

Afterwards, Xu Nuo used his other weapon - a pull-up jumper. When Xu Nuo made another shot, Danny Granger suddenly found that the rookie in front of him had already made five consecutive shots on his head. up.

"This kid, it's more difficult to guard against Tracy McGrady's shot." Danny Granger thought to himself.

"It's already six to six." Xu Nuo looked at Danny Granger and said.

At this time, Danny Granger was not angry at all, but smiled, promising to see that Danny Granger's smile was completely sincere and from the heart.

In the end, the promise still failed to beat Danny Granger, but Danny Granger only won by two goals.Danny Granger was panting heavily, and he was completely impressed by Xu Nuo in his heart.

"Are you really just the No.12 pick in the second round?" Danny Granger asked Xu Xu.

"Yes," Xu Nuo said, "what's the matter?"

"Did Mr. Bird make a mistake and traded the No. 42 pick to San Antonio and kept the No. 15 pick." Danny Granger said.

Xu Nuo couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that, "I'm the No. 40 No. [-] pick. I didn't hear that Mr. Bird said he wanted to trade me." He said.

"With your strength, I think you can enter the lottery," Danny Granger said, "I really don't understand how you can fall as low as 42."

"I don't know why." Xu Nuo spread his hands and said helplessly, "Maybe those American scouts didn't know me very well before that."

"It's probably the same, who knows what those idiots who call themselves scouts are doing!" Danny Granger said and extended his hand to Xu Nuo, "I take back what I just said, you are welcome to join us I am now really looking forward to our games in the new season, maybe we can become good friends."

Xu Nuo smiled and held the hand extended by Danny Granger: "Then, after I join the team, you must cover me, 'boss'!"

Danny Granger finally shook hands with Xu Nuo, and after this trip to Indianapolis, Xu Nuo's family also left the United States and embarked on a journey back home.On the plane back to China, Xu Nuo was always in a good mood. In his opinion, the future must be very bright.

(End of this chapter)