This Forward is Not Serious

The summer of 2007 was destined to be a tormented offseason for the Lakers.

Kobe scored crazy points for two consecutive years, but the Lakers fell in the first round one after another because of the strength of the lineup.

This kind of encounter made Kobe lose trust in the management, so he started to care about it.

At this time there is no "designated next home", Kobe's move is more like forcing the management to strengthen the team.

After all, he is a man determined to surpass his idol Jordan, but now he is wasting his peak in Los Angeles.

Because there is a precedent for Carter to force the Raptors, the Lakers dare not say that Kobe will never leave.

Anything Kobe said at this time, they will take it seriously.

So in the four o'clock in the morning, you said that the Lakers arranged the trial training is definitely unrealistic.

It's more like Kobe couldn't find someone. He asked Lin Ying to practice with him. He found that he had an appetite for him, and then he took advantage of the trend and asked the management for this person.

Reasonable and reasonable.

As for why Kobe would look for Lin Ying, this is probably only known to Kobe.

Perhaps, if Lin Ying does go to the Lakers, he can ask Kobe directly.

There may be some interesting stories in there.

Of course, the premise is that the Lakers can pick Lin Ying.

But anyway, Lin Ying ended the trial training trip in a way she never expected.

Although he has not received a clear draft commitment, unless he suddenly suffered serious injuries in the past two days, he should not fall out of the top 20.

He returned to Austin after the trial in Los Angeles.

Not long after he returned, Duffy told him a piece of news.

He was invited by the "Little Green House" of the League Draft Office!

The small green house refers to an area surrounded by a green baffle over 1 meter between the draft stage and the auditorium.

That position is facing the stage, which is also the focal area facing the media lens.

Generally, only players who are considered to have a chance to enter the lottery zone in the draft, that is, the top 14 picks, will receive an invitation.

Of course, this invitation will generally be more than 14 people.

After all, this list is only invited by the league based on the intentions of the teams, and no one knows whether those teams will suddenly change their minds.

But receiving this invitation means that there are people in the lottery team who have ideas about Lin Ying!

Judging from the trial teams he has participated in, the only lottery zone is the Hornets.

But an excellent hunter will not easily reveal his traces.

So the Hornets may be a possibility, but not the only possibility.

Question: Can I refuse this play after being invited?

Answer: Of course!

It's an invitation, so naturally you can decline it.

In the history of the 2021 draft, Usman Garuba refused because he wanted to represent Spain in the Olympic Games.

Just being invited into a small green house is not only an honor, but also a kind of exposure, and most people will not refuse.

Of course, theoretically speaking, some people are afraid of dropping out of the lottery, or dropping to the second round like Jordan and Pol. They can also not go.

Lin Ying, of course, has no reason to refuse.

Sitting in a small green room with Durant waiting to be selected, what a wonderful thing.

Then, Lin Ying also asked about the list of this small green house by the way.

Including him, there are 16 people this year.

The remaining 15 people are: Oden, Durant, Horford, Jeff Green, Brewer, Conley, Noah, Brandon White, Julian White, Assi Law, Hawes , Al Thornton, Stuckey, Nick Young, and Yi Jianlian.

This means that at least 2 of the 16 invited are going to drop the lottery.

It is worth mentioning that although Yao Ming was elected the NBA champion in 2002, he did not come to the draft due to the national conditions at the time.

So this is the first time in history that Chinese players have entered a small green house, and they have entered two at a time.

Talk about Yi Jianlian.

When Lin Ying tried out, the other two Chinese players Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue who participated in the draft this year were also trying out for the draft.

Just like in history, Sun Yue's trial training didn't have much news, but Yi Jianlian was a big fan in the United States.

Yi Jianlian's talent is definitely better than Lin Ying.

The height of 2.13 meters, the wingspan of 2.22 meters, the size of the power forward, the speed of the small forward, excellent athletic ability, and excellent outside shooting ability and offensive ability with the ball.

With these alone, he will be a lottery pick no matter which year he enters, the only difference is the rank.

In fact, if Yi Jianlian had run for the election in 2006, he would even have a chance to hit the top three in that draft year.

This is not an exaggeration.

Take this year as an example, even if Lin Ying helped the University of Texas win the NCAA championship, his attention from NBA teams is not as high as Yi Jianlian.

In the draft, the higher the pick, the more important it is to talent.

Of course, Yi Jianlian also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, his current confrontation ability is very poor.

In order to cover up this, his agent Dan Fegan conducted a series of harassment operations.

First, I did not participate in the joint trial training in Chicago, and then only demonstrated some non-confrontational ability during the trial.

This led to the negative effect, and some NBA team management expressed dissatisfaction.

The first to express dissatisfaction was Celtics general manager Danny Angie.

Because he found that even if it was a separate trial, Fagan would not allow him to arrange a confrontational trial with Yi Jianlian.

"That was an excellent trial. Yi Jianlian played against a chair or a coach, and that chair played good defense several times."

This is also the root of Yi Jianlian's "chair man" in history.

Lin Ying has been in the United States for two years, knowing that this is actually an American complaint made by Anji.

The "chair" here is vomiting for non-confrontational training.

But since Durant was labeled "indifferent" before, you know how **** the American media is.

Soon, the well-known American media person Bill Simmons began to use the "chair man" to form an easy connection.

This label also spread like wildfire.

...

On June 27, the day before the start of the draft, Lin Ying and Durant flew to New York with Bill Duffy.

This year's draft will be held in Madison Square Garden, the home court of the Knicks, the "Basketball Mecca" as usual.

NBA officials have arranged for rookies participating in the draft to stay in a unified hotel.

However, if you have family members coming with you, you will have to find a place to live.

Durant ran to Lin Ying's room to chat.

The night before the draft is prone to insomnia.

As long as they are selected in the first round and nothing else, they will become millionaires first!

Two people ordered takeaway and watched TNT programs while eating.

Barkley and they are discussing the draft predictions for the final issue of NBAdraft.

This period is also called the "ultimate prediction". In addition to rankings, players are also scored based on physical test data from previous joint training sessions.

This score is divided into 12 individual items, namely athletic talent, size, defense, strength, agility, leadership, jump shot, NBA readiness, ball feel/rebound, potential, passing/basket technique, mental willpower.

The maximum score for each item is 10 points, and the total score is 120 points.

Durant and Oden both scored 106 points in history!

This score is the highest score in the NBA in the past 15 years.

Barkley and Smith are analyzing who will eventually win the No. 1 pick.

It's just that the analysis of these two people is not to compare strengths, but to compare weaknesses.

Oden's shortcomings are that he has no shooting ability, has potential injuries, and is prone to foul trouble.

Durant's shortcomings are lack of strength and physical fitness, and there is a certain probability that he will not be able to adapt to the NBA confrontation.

Lin Ying was quite impressed by this rating.

In history, Durant is 2 points less than Oden, but now his defense and mental willpower are better than in the same period in history.

The same score, so the question of who is the top pick is also very noisy.

However, the effect of the program is very good.

To be honest, Lin Ying couldn't guess whether Durant would be the champion.

Although the draft draw is the same as in history, many things have changed.

Barkley didn't discuss each of them.

After discussing the champion, they discussed Yi Jianlian.

After discussing Yi Jianlian, then Lin Ying.

When the two discussed, Lin Ying's complete score and draft report were given in the live broadcast.

Athletic talent: 7

Size: 8

Defense: 8

Strength: 8

Agility: 8

Leadership: 6

Jumper: 8

NBA Readiness: 8

Rebounds: 8

Potential: 7

Passes: 9

Spiritual willpower: 9

Overall comments: 94

This score, 8 is basically the average level of the lottery show, below 8 is the relative lack of relative ability, and higher than 8 is considered excellent.

This is more obvious in the text version of the report.

Advantages: Basketball IQ is very high, always able to make the right choice in the game;

Excellent passing ability, outstanding fast break pass ability;

With excellent wingspan, good palm size, has shown NBA-level defensive ability, and there is room for improvement;

With good strength and agility, this allows him to play both power forward and small forward positions in the NBA;

Possess a stable three-pointer ability and also demonstrated a certain low offensive technique;

A player who has a strong will to play and is hard to beat.

Disadvantages: lack of offensive ability with the ball, relatively simple offensive methods;

Because of the lack of sufficient offensive threats, organizational skills are more dependent on the performance of teammates;

Although it has a good size, the athletic ability is relatively ordinary;

Introverted personality, unable to become a team leader;

A good instant player, but with limited potential, it is difficult to grow into an All-Star player.

Draft template: Sean Marion/Larry Bird.

"Fxck!"

Durant looked quite immersed in the front, but he jumped up when he saw it.

Except for the potential, everything from scoring to analysis is relatively objective.

But what the **** does the final template give!

No, it's enough for you to give Marion, what is the one added later!

Lin Ying is also a Nick Yang-style question mark face.

The head of the "NBAdraft" must have been kicked by Barkley's donkey, and the template given to him contains Bird...

This is simply a curse!

In fact, let alone the two of them, Barkley and Smith in the show started to laugh at the end.

That makes people suspect that these two guys and the talent show website worked together.

But they are really analyzing it.

Barkley analyzed some similarities between Lin Ying and Bird. They have average athletic ability and can play two positions at the same time. They have outside three-point ability, excellent passing ability, outstanding mental attributes, and of course, the most important thing is the top player.

Other players who used Bird as the template did not play out in the end, a large part of the reason is that the golf quotient was not enough.

However, Kenny Smith quickly analyzed that Lin Ying and Bird were not up to each other, or even the opposite.

The biggest thing is character. Bird is a king, and Lin Ying's words are more like Tim Duncan after being sanctioned by "bald" Crawford.

And Bird's ball holding ability is far beyond Lin Ying.

"When has personality become a template reference factor? And Kevin Durant doesn't have the T-mac's ability to hold the ball now, doesn't he? Kenny, the players will improve."

Somehow, Barkley had a faint smell of "Lin Blow".

Both Lin Ying and Durant were silent.

What he said is so reasonable, we can't even refute it!

"Shadow, it's actually not impossible."

Durant suddenly changed his words.

Lin Ying looked at Durant suspiciously.

"Others can't do it, doesn't mean you can't do it!"

Lin Ying was stunned for a moment.

What you said is so reasonable, I still can't refute it!

"I am the first person, you can barely become the second person."

Durant is really special, and this has begun to divide the world!

Lin Ying smiled and nodded.

yy, anything will do.

"By the way, Ying, what lucky objects have you prepared tomorrow?"

Durant then asked.

During the NBA lottery conference, the representatives of the lottery will use a variety of lucky objects to give themselves lucky blessings.

Similarly, players will do similar things when drafting.

"Yes, I'm ready."

He really prepared this.

Two small national flags.

This is the plot of the novel "I'm So Good at Shooting Basketball" that he has read before.

He thought it was pretty good, and learned from it.

The national flag is not so easy to buy, so he managed to bring Yang Yi from the country before.

Durant gave Lin Ying a thumbs up, and then also showed off his lucky objects by the way.

That is a pair of green lucky panties.

...

On June 28, there was a rush of people in Madison Square Garden.

The major media were in place, including Yang Yi, who also came to the scene to prepare for the domestic live broadcast.

There may be three people selected by the NBA at the same time this year!

Of course, there were more fans from each team, with turbulent waves and enthusiasm.

This year is the draft year, the league teams are highly motivated, and the enthusiasm of the fans is even higher.

Especially fans of Trail Blazers, Supersonics and Eagles.

These three teams failed to win the Celtics last season, but in the end they got the top three picks. Isn't that happy?

Lin Ying entered Madison Square Garden with her uncle, Duffy, and the Durant family.

The NBA stadiums basically have an attendance rate of about 20,000 people, which is much smaller than the venue where they played three games before.

But this size is actually the most suitable for basketball games.

And as a "basketball mecca", this arena is even more iconic than Staples Center.

They were led into the small green house by the staff.

The staff is very considerate, telling them that there is a draft meeting process on the table, and also carefully said the location of the bathroom.

The draft will last a long time.

The tables are all arranged, Lin Ying and Durant are at the adjacent tables, and directly below the stage.

A small detail reflects the professionalism of the NBA.

Durant's side ~www.readwn.com~ brother Tony Durant, mother Wanda, Rose Springman, Randy Williams sat at a table.

On Lin Ying's side, he only has his uncle's family, so Duffy sat at his table, and Rick Barnes was also at his table.

Because of the close proximity, this arrangement seems quite lively.

Then, Durant’s next table is Oden, and the table behind Oden is Yi Jianlian.

When Lin Ying looked up, Yi Jianlian was also looking at him.

The two Chinese in the little green house have trouble not paying attention to each other.

This is also the first time Lin Ying has seen Yi Jianlian.

What a sunny and handsome guy!

At this moment, the scene lights began to dim, and all the spotlights hit the center of the stage.

The draft will begin soon!