pinnacle swinger

Chapter 42 Trial Camp

The Wizards really, as Hayward said, won the No. [-] lottery with a small probability.

Before they won the No. [-] lottery, it was still nine years ago. At that time, the leader of the Joe gang was still ruling the roost in the Wizards. The Wizards used this No. [-] lottery to draw the first high school student in history-Kwame Brown.Later, everyone knew about the No. [-] pick. The Wizards obviously dug a hole and buried themselves.

Now that they have won the No. [-] lottery again, they have experience. How to pick and which player to pick, every move of the Wizards management has affected the hearts of Wizards fans. In the city of Washington, many fans He even wrote a letter to the team's head coach Philip Saunders, offering him advice and advice.

The 76ers unexpectedly won the second pick, which made the people of Philadelphia ecstatic and also diluted some of the sadness of Iverson's departure.

The most confident Russians only got one No. [-] pick. They were originally very interested in Wall or Turner. Now it seems that they have to reconsider the use of this pick.

Less than 10 minutes after the lottery ceremony, Tang Wenlong received a call from Joe Thomas.

"Don, I think we need to prepare quickly. I think you have seen the draft just now. I have received invitations to the training camp for the top three picks before. I don't think we need to go to all of them. Tomorrow, I will send the pros and cons of the teams in the lottery to your email, and after you read it, list the three teams you want to go to the most, and then we will arrange trial training according to the schedule."

Tang Wenlong raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it possible that I was too anxious? The other rookies haven't said to participate in the trial training yet. When the time comes, I will run over and I will participate in the trial training alone."

"Don't worry, these trials are individual trials, not joint trials." Joe Thomas explained: "As popular rookies, we don't need to participate in flashy joint training camps. Yes, we just need to go to other people's arenas, do some physical fitness measurements, and some basic skills tests."

"Okay, I understand." Tang Wenlong replied with a shrug.

Two days later, Tang Wenlong and Joe Thomas appeared in the Wachovia Center Court of the Philadelphia 76ers.

In the stadium training hall, the team coach Doug Collins just appointed by the 76ers, the current general manager of the 76ers ED-Stefanski, the chief scout of the 76ers Edra, and all kinds of 76ers staff. Standing on the side, of course, there are no media reporters around.

"Nice to meet you, China Tang." The officials of the 76ers didn't have any airs. They shook hands with Tang Wenlong one by one, and everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while before waiting for the staff to arrange the body test.

"By the way, Tang, how tall are you?" Stefanski gestured Tang Wenlong's height with his hands and asked, looking up.

Tang Wenlong hesitated for a moment. Seeing everyone's curiosity, he smiled helplessly: "I don't know. It seems to have been growing. It should be more than 1.9 meters five. I haven't measured it recently."

"Yeah!" Doug Collins' eyes lit up, then he smiled thoughtfully.

Not long after, the testing equipment was ready, and under the arrangement of the staff, Tang Wenlong started the first test, which was the most basic physical fitness test.

Tang Wenlong stood barefoot on the measuring instrument and let the staff take the instrument to measure accurately.The tests at this time are the most authentic tests, and there is no false information reported to the league later, which is why many team training camps are willing to set up this kind of personal trial training for some outstanding players.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Wenlong opened his arms again and began to measure his arm span.

His two long arms are usually invisible, but after opening them like this, they are very scary. Collins and Stefanski looked at each other in the distance, and they both saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

Then came the jumping training. The 76ers used light scanning to measure. Tang Wenlong only needed to point upwards in front of the instrument to measure the maximum jumping value.Not only that, this measuring instrument is the most advanced bounce measuring instrument in the NBA so far. It can also measure the player's bounce speed in situ, and the bounce speed is a key factor in NBA rebounding.

"boom!"

Tang Wenlong stepped on small steps to complete the last bounce. This is his No. 1 bounce in 15 minute, with an average of four times. It measures the player's continuous jumping ability.

The staff continued to lead Tang Wenlong to complete the strength test. Most of the strength tests in the NBA are bench press tests.

At this time, the on-site staff had already printed out some body side data that Tang Wenlong had completed before, and handed them over to several leaders standing on the side.

"[-] meter [-]!" Collins and others couldn't help but exclaimed!
"The wingspan has reached [-] meters!" Chief scout Edward's face was a little unbelievable, but also a little shy.Immediately afterwards, he faced the stares of the two big bosses of the team asking for an explanation, so he touched his nose and pushed it to the part-time scout Brandon Bill in one breath: "I don't understand either, Bill said Tang Wenlong He's only [-] meters, I didn't expect him to be so irresponsible, I'll criticize him seriously when I go back later!"

"The weight seems to be a bit light." Collins expressed his own opinion without further arguing with him.

Stefanski rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm laughing. There are a few players who have just entered the league who can reach the standard weight. It's normal to be thin!"

Joe Thomas watched the three guys of the 76ers get together and talk furtively, with a confident smile on his face.

Once upon a time, Tang Wenlong couldn't even receive an invitation letter from an American university, but now, he is already the most popular college player in the United States. Who can understand the hard work?Only him, he sees everything in his eyes, he knows what kind of dream this child has in his heart, and he knows how powerful he is.

Immediately afterwards, the staff shouted God's exclamation in the arena!

"What happened?" Stefanski and others ran over following the sound, and everyone immediately gathered around the strength tester, and they all gasped!
I saw Tang Wenlong, whom they talked about as "thin" just now, was lying on his back on the bench, his knees were bent, his feet were on the ground, his hands were holding the barbell, and he was pushing it back and forth quickly.

The air seemed to be still, except for the sound of the boy's heavy breathing as his chest rose and fell.

Edra rubbed his eyes, unable to believe his own eyes, he looked Tang Wenlong all over his body, and made sure that what he saw was not James.

"How much bench press?" Tang Wenlong put down the barbell and asked panting.

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly showed embarrassment on their faces. Looking at the unkind eyes of the surrounding bosses, they almost cried: "I don't know, hey, I suddenly forgot to count just now."

"Well, it should be exactly 25 reps, if I counted correctly." Tang Wenlong got out from under the bench press and said with a smile.

Then he was taken aback by the group of people surrounding him, why did so many people suddenly appear?Tang Wenlong couldn't figure it out, and stood there, not knowing what to do.

"120 kg bench press 25 times in a row! And it doesn't look like the limit!" Collins' eyes became extremely fiery. He looked at Tang Wenlong with a streamlined figure in front of him, just like looking at a rare treasure.He once coached Jordan when he was young, and he also knew McGrady in the Raptors period when he was a first-class defender. Almost all of them have at least this level of strength, supplemented by terrifying jumping, wingspan and reaction nerves. If a child has the power of a monster among defenders, the upper limit is simply immeasurable.

Tang Wenlong moved his footsteps slightly. He felt that the eyes of the people here were a little weird, which made him panic.

Finally, there was the basic shooting test. After Tang Wenlong rested for half an hour, he began his best "performance"!
For countless lonely nights, he faced the basket and shot alone. For him, this mid-range jumper within the three-point line is as simple as eating and drinking, and it is more accurate than free throws.

"Shua!" "Shua!" "Shua!"

The basketball kept passing through the net, and most of them were hollowed into the frame. After more than a minute, everyone heard the sound of Tang Wenlong hitting the iron for the first time, and then a series of "swiping" hollows. frame.

But this time, everyone is fine. After all, the 76ers also have many excellent shooters. For example, Kapono made a series of three-pointers during training.

In the end, Tang Wenlong made 100 of his 96 mid-range jumpers, which was even higher than his free throw percentage in the college season.

Edra has changed Tang Wenlong's player report to nothing wrong. He added Tang Wenlong's tall, long arms, amazing bounce, and terrifying strength, and he shot very accurately.After writing this sentence, he suddenly discovered that Tang Wenlong already possessed the basic qualities of some of the top scorers in the NBA, and the only difference was his experience in the game.

"I don't know how this kid handles the ball." Edra thought.

Joe Thomas was very satisfied with Tang Wenlong's trial training. He watched the reactions of the 76ers and knew that he did not come in vain. But now look at the expressions of Stefanski and others.

Hey, Turner, Wall, who said that the champion must be locked by these two?
(End of this chapter)