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Chapter 4 Getting the contract
Barefoot height: 1 meters, height with shoes: 99 meters, weight: 2 kg, arm span: 03 meters, standing reach: 91.4 meters, body fat percentage: 2%, vertical jump in place: 18 meters, Maximum vertical jump: 2 meters, 69 kg bench press: 5.1, baseline run: 0.85 seconds, 0.97/84 field sprint: 16 seconds.

Thanks to the training in the system and hard training for a period of time, Zhang Chen got this pretty good result, ranking among the top 20 among all the players who participated in the test.

As the main force of the NCAA championship team, although he only had one amazing game, it is still very convenient to go to the training camp. In addition to his physical fitness, what Zhang Chen showed most was his ability to attack with the ball. After all, this is what he is best at.

As for team basketball, a group of rookies in the training camp did not do this, and his experience in the NCAA also proved his team ability, obeying the coach's arrangement, and doing dirty work without complaint.

It's just that Zhang Chen didn't expect that he tried his best to show his ability to attack with the ball, which almost made him lose his chance to enter the NBA.

If it’s tough defense plus one-handed catch-and-shoot skills, many teams need such a role player, and it doesn’t even matter if it’s just defense. With the addition of body data, there will be a few teams who have ideas to cultivate it. .

But if a player like this likes to attack with the ball, I'm sorry, the team only has one basketball, and the big guys in the team don't have enough points.

It's just that there is an accident in everything. The flash of inspiration in the NCAA finals made an ambitious coach notice him, but Pat Riley didn't want to contact this player at this time.

With the Los Angeles Lakers on offense and the New York Knicks on defense, with the Miami Heat Pat Riley is starting to balance the offense and defense.

This year's Miami Heat only has the No. 51 pick, and the lineup built around Alonzo Mourning is almost the same. At this time, Alonzo Mourning is in his prime. He can attack and defend, and he gets 20 plus 10. It was similar to eating and drinking water. Of course, no one expected that this tough man would have kidney problems two years later.

The Miami Heat have Alonzo Mourning, plus the big blue-collar P-J-Brown, the inside is not a problem at all.

But the outside core "Bug" Tim Hardaway is 32, and he is no longer young even after his second spring. - Mashburn is in his prime, but unfortunately, his body is a bit fragile, and he doesn't know how many games he can play.

As for the backup of the striker and defense line, it is even more so old that running back and forth is a problem.

So Zhang Chen's information is now on Pat Riley's desk, "Well, he should be able to become a qualified substitute."

In the eyes of Pat Riley, Zhang Chen is just a player he is slightly tempted by, and he is also the easiest one to get. The other guys are basically useless. The Miami Heat will not make major changes this season. If you sign Zhang Chen, you can sign it, if you can't sign it, forget it.

He guessed that other teams are unlikely to choose this type of player. If he invites Zhang Chen to try out, he is afraid that someone will cut him off and disgust him.

But Zhang Chen didn't know about this kind of thing at all. After participating in two rookie training camps in a row, no team contacted him, so he was a little confused.

Originally, he thought that many teams were good. Michael Jordan would retire for the second time, the Bulls would soon fall, and then the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs would rise. He didn’t mind playing soy sauce. The Jazz were close. , is also very good...

Now he thinks all the teams are good, but no team thinks he is good.

Fortunately, it was not that he had been sadly reminded. After two days of depression, he started training around the clock again.

If no NBA team finds him, he will go to the second-tier league to find opportunities. With his status as an NCAA champion player, it is impossible that he will not be able to play in the second-tier league.

As long as you work hard, there will always be opportunities.

The draft day came soon, and Zhang Chen sat nervously by the TV. No team had contacted him, and his mood was very complicated.

I stared at the TV carefully, afraid of missing any details, but I was a little scared in my heart.

It was precisely because of uncertainty that he did not dare to tell his sister Zhang Xiaomeng about the draft day.

When the draft was about to start, the familiar sound of the door lock suddenly rang, and Zhang Xiaomeng's voice rang along with it, "It hasn't started yet, you are so serious, don't remind me, at such an important time, Of course I want to be by your side, but luckily I recorded the date on the schedule on the company desk."

An inexplicable warmth surged in Zhang Chen's heart. His sister, who had never asked for leave before, took time off to watch the draft with him. This kind of family warmth diluted the last bit of discomfort of having a new identity.

The rookies in 1998 still had some ruthless characters, and history has not changed. The Los Angeles Clippers, holding the No. [-] pick, still selected Michael Olowokandi, the parallel import No. [-] pick, and they were destined to be laughed at for many years.

The Vancouver Grizzlies chose Mike Bibi at No. 2, a very good white guard, but in fact they can have better choices. Of course, it is good to choose Bibi at No. 1.

The Denver Nuggets also chose a big man with the third overall pick. Inside players always take advantage of the draft, but River LaFrentz is also a scam, and there are obviously many good players.

The teams with the top three picks, in the eyes of Zhang Chen, an insider, don't have any vision for selecting players.

The Toronto Raptors chose Antawn Jamison at No. 4, but Zhang Chen knew that they would immediately call Vince Kurt with the Golden State Warriors at No. 5. Unfortunately, Jamison was good, but Carter, who still pulled out the "death button", was even more aggressive.

After that, the Dallas Mavericks were smart. The selected Robert Traylor and the No. 9 Milwaukee Bucks replaced Dirk Nowitzki, and they got a team leader for many years.

"White Chocolate" Jason Williams at No. 7, and Larry Hughes at No. 8 are also ruthless characters.

The 10th Paul Pierce has also become the leader of the Boston Celtics. This should be the most comprehensive small forward this year.

When all the 29 choices in the first round were over, Zhang Chen's name hadn't appeared yet, and he became even more nervous. Of course, there are many people who are more nervous than him, such as Rashad-Lewis.

There were also some familiar names in the second-round pick in 1998. In addition to "Mr. Billion", people like Ralph Alston and Cutino Mobley were later known to the Chinese because of the Houston Rockets.

After hearing all the familiar names, there was still no Zhang Chen, his shirt was drenched in sweat, and even Zhang Xiaomeng, who didn't know much about the draft process, clenched his hands.

"The Miami Heat selected Zhang Chen from the University of Utah with the No. 51 pick."

When David Stern read this passage, Zhang Chen jumped up excitedly. At that moment, he felt that the old man on the TV was very kind.

The Miami Heat, it turned out to be the Miami Heat. It seems that the Miami Heat were blacked out by the New York Knicks this season. Who cares, being blacked out means that the regular season is the first result.

Big city, strong team, everything feels so happy.

The premise is that the other party is willing to sign him, so the latter lottery is likely to be impossible to sign.

After calming down, Zhang Chen thought about it a lot, and in the end he still felt that staying the same and improving himself was at least better than having no team choice. He was confident that the Heat would keep him.

However, it is estimated that the wait will be a bit long, because he knows that the NBA will be suspended soon, and it is estimated that the signing will have to wait until after the labor negotiations in 1999.

Zhang Chen's academic performance is fair, and he has no remaining problems in college. After his graduation is successfully settled, he will completely become a natural person.

The NBA was suspended as in memory, and as the French Football World Cup was in full swing, Zhang Chen's pockets slowly bulged.

For the efficiency of practice, he specially set up an advanced fitness club membership with a basketball training ground. Compared with the consumption of gold bars in the system, the real world is much cuter.

Of course, he also participated in competitions. As a champion member of the NCAA and a rookie this year, there are still some private leagues that ask him to join in the field. He is also happy to go for activities and let his training results be transformed into arms.

Consciously living a life of sweating, in half a year, most of Zhang Chen's statistics have improved slightly.

In January 1999, the wrangling between labor and management finally ended. The NBA will start in early February, a shrinking season without an All-Star weekend.

Two days after the lockout ended, Zhang Chen was notified to go to Miami to participate in the Heat's training camp.

The hasty start did not leave much time for the NBA teams to get familiar with. After Zhang Chen finished his physical examination, he started training with a group of familiar and unfamiliar guys who could only be seen in front of the TV before.

Similar to his situation are the former star players, the 36-year-old veteran Terry Porter who just arrived in the Heat this season, the 34-year-old veteran Blue Edwards, the fringe figures of the NBA Mark Davis and Jamil Warren. Jetson.

Due to the lockout, the players who participated in the training camp were basically the players who were set for the new season. He was the only real rookie, and because Jamil Mashburn’s injury was not completely healed, the injury relapsed just after joining the training. The Heat quickly gave him and the two marginal players a contract, just because all three of them are players who can play forward.

Two years and $2. As a rookie at the end of the second round, Zhang Chen is already very satisfied with such a 80 plus 1 contract, although the most important reason is the old age and injuries of the Heat's front line.

This rookie contract is not worth mentioning compared to the well-known rookies this year, but for the newcomers who have been idle for half a year after college, it has surpassed most guys who have just graduated from college.

After signing the contract, Zhang Chen finally felt relieved, rented a house not far from the team training hall, and called his sister Zhang Xiaomeng one by one to report.

As for Xiaoye, he also has something to do.

Winning the NCAA championship was rewarded with a chance to draw a lottery worth 10 system points, which he had been saving all along.

(End of this chapter)