swing striker

Chapter 12 The Unknown Journey

"Shi Lei, a talented player from China, will represent the Celtics in the summer league in Las Vegas!"

They thought it would be an explosive news, and soon a large number of reporters from afar would surround the TD Garden Stadium, but...
Well, the calculations of the Celtics fell through, not everyone can be an icon, and they picked the wrong one.

The Celtics' plan failed, and Shi Lei's good luck came to an end. From now on, he had to rely on himself for everything.But for Shi Lei, fortunately, he has already arrived in Las Vegas.

The NBA Summer League, also known as the "Vegas League", is a league held by the NBA every year shortly after the draft for players and rookies who have entered the league within 3 years, usually in Las Vegas.The rules of the summer league are roughly the same as those of the NBA regular season. The biggest difference is that players are sent off for 10 personal fouls instead of 6 times in the regular season.

Tickets for the summer league are quite cheap, only $10, so although it is an insignificant game and there are no stars, there are still a lot of people who come to watch the game.

This year's Celtics will participate in nine summer league games, which is the most among all teams, because they have too many rookies.They have been bad for so many years, and they have accumulated a lot of high-quality young players, but unfortunately, none of them is "Bill Russell", nor is there "Rally Bird". The one with the most potential is still called — "Slow progress, too easy to get hurt" Al Jefferson.

"Shi, get ready to play."

In the first game, Shi Lei got the chance to play, it was halfway through the second quarter.

Shi Lei, who had been looking forward to it, quickly stood up from the bench, arranged his jersey, and waited for the dead ball to arrive.

Shi Lei's position on the court is shooting guard or small forward. Because of his current height and thin weight, he can only play outside.

In the first round of attack, Shi Lei didn't get the basketball and it ended.

With cheers and joy, he finally stood on the stage he dreamed of, but Shi Lei found that he didn't know what to do!
The current him is not capable enough to bear the ethereal dream.He is just a basketball fan, and he has no game experience except for self-entertainment games on the field court. He doesn't understand the tactics, and he doesn't even know the meaning of the referee's many decisions.

Shi Lei ran back and forth on the field in a daze, like a headless fly, all he could do was to follow his opponent closely, even during the attack.

However, Shi Lei, who hoped to perform, had not touched the basketball after four rounds of offense and defense.

Everyone here is working hard for a contract or a position in the new season. Of course, it is impossible to give basketball to Shi Lei for no reason, at least before he proves himself.

Shi Lei felt that his forehead was already covered with sweat, he was not tired, but nervous, this was an opportunity he finally got, he didn't want to be messed up like this.

"No, I have to at least get the basketball first."

With that in mind, Shi Lei started to quietly approach the basket from his position.Yes, he wants to rebound.From the very beginning, this game was full of all kinds of solo fights. After receiving a pass and cooperating with this group of unfamiliar teammates, Shi Lei didn't dare to expect extravagantly.

So people saw that a guy less than two meters, every time he attacked or defended, he would desperately get stuck in the position under the basket, trying to grab the rebound that was missed.

All of this is due to Shi Lei's matching template. With his keen sense of rebounding, Shi Lei grabbed two rebounds within 3 minutes and successfully delivered them to his teammates.

This made Brevo very satisfied, "A hard-working young player with enough enthusiasm on the court", he wrote such a line on Shi Lei's evaluation.

So in the third quarter, Shi Lei got another chance to play.

Shi Lei wiped the sweat from his forehead with a happy smile, this time he was tired.Although this kind of game is no different from the wild field in essence, there are also no tactics, no running positions, and no coordination, but relying on the opponent's height and muscles alone, every time Shi Lei wants to grab a rebound, he has to spend countless times. Double the strength.

Without formal competition experience, Shi Lei's distribution of his physical strength was very unreasonable.The current Shi Lei certainly couldn't think of this, he felt that he was performing well, and continuing to get opportunities to play was the best encouragement for him, and he began to fight even harder for every rebound.

On the head of a center forward with a height of [-] meters, Shi Lei took another rebound and sent it out.

Brevo frowned, and tapped the pen and paper in his hand, but he didn't write anything in the end.

Seeing that the basketball he passed was sent into the basket by his teammates, Shi Lei smiled with satisfaction. He thought that his performance was not bad. In a few minutes, he had already grabbed four rebounds and sent out one assist.

"It seems that I think the NBA is too difficult." Shi Lei thought like this.

In his first NBA game, Yao Ming handed over a goalless score, which caused Shi Lei to feel a lot of fear about his first game. In addition, he had not undergone systematic training and had never experienced any The big game made him dare not try to score.

He wanted to seize this hard-won opportunity so much, so he desperately grabbed the rebound he was good at with the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

The summer league was originally organized to test rookies. Everyone who came here tried their best to show off all the abilities they have or don't have. Only Shi Lei, who is inexperienced, chose to hide his clumsiness in this kind of competition.

Then Shi Lei finally received a pass from a teammate, and he hadn't received any professional training in shooting, which made him miss the ball, which made him relax a little bit and tense up again.

So he grabbed the rebound more actively.

Shi Lei grabbed another rebound.

At this time, the Celtics chose to make a substitution. The replacement was Shi Lei, who was complacent about adding another stat. He never had a chance to play until the end of the game.

On a piece of white paper that Shi Lei couldn't see, Brevo marked a line of words heavily with a pen - "Sense of position?"

A shooting guard made zero shots, but grabbed six rebounds and sent out an assist!
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