087 Difficulties
TMZ's revelations have caused widespread discussion.
Many fans believe that Morey cannot consider this issue when the Rockets and Lakers are in full swing, as it is too easy to affect the morale of the army. Moreover, the lottery draw is still coming, and it is unknown whether the top five picks will fall in the He family.
There are also a very small number of fans who believe that Morey is indeed possible to do that, because Yao Min and McGrady have suffered injuries for years. It is difficult to estimate what state they can play in the future. Houston must supplement the stars if he wants to win the championship, and Li Zhe is the best candidate, and in terms of NCAA performance and physical test data, it is completely worthy of the top five picks.
Bill Duffy thought so too, and called Li Zhe as soon as the news appeared.
Li Zhe said that he would let the flow be and devote himself to training.
On May 20, the highly anticipated 2009 lottery conference was held in Chicago.
Li Zhe took time to watch the live broadcast, but the results were no different from the original history.
The Kings, who have the highest chance of No. 1 pick, are not lucky and only won the fourth pick, while the Clippers became the biggest winner.
The result was released, and there was a hot discussion on Twitter. One of the discussions about Li Zhe was reposted and liked a lot.
"The Clippers will choose Blake Griffin. The Grizzlies' senior executives are very interested in Hashem Tabit. The Thunder will definitely choose James Harden, so as a Kings fan, I have begun to celebrate getting Jamie Lee."
The famous commentator Bill Simmons forwarded it and wrote: "I learned an interesting story, that is, Kings General Manager Geoff Petri is very satisfied with Jamie Lee's performance in the joint trial. If Houston wants to get Jamie Lee, he must find a way to trade with the Grizzlies to get the No. 2 sign, otherwise the King will definitely take the lead."
Amid many discussions, Li Zhe began to go to each team to participate in the trial training.
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On May 30, Sacramento, Kings Training Base.
Li Zhe walked into the stadium and found Curry was shooting and four other players were warming up.
"I promised to try out alone but changed my mind. There are many players here today, and you have to perform with all your strength." Duffy reminded.
Li Zhe nodded and then walked towards Curry, "Hello, Stephen."
Curry stopped shooting when he heard this and stretched out his hand, "The last goal of your finals is really amazing."
"Thank you, what are the trial training procedures?" Li Zhe asked.
Curry shrugged, "It's still the same thing, but it seems there will be a one-on-one single fight."
"Oh? Then we might fight?" Li Zhe smiled.
"I don't know yet, but I'm looking forward to it." Curry also laughed.
After a few words of chat, the King's staff informed the two of them to prepare to take their seats.
After the tedious and lengthy physical data tests, Li Zhe finally wrote down all the names of the players who came to participate in the trial. In addition to him and Curry, there are also Tyrek Evans, Jonny Flynn, Tony Douglas, and Patrick Mills.
Then there was the shooting test, with Curry performing the best, Li Zhe next, Mills and others among them, and Evans the worst.
The King staff signaled the six people to assemble, and General Manager Gioff Petri stood in front of everyone.
"I'm very happy to see you guys come to participate in the trial. Let's enter the last part, which is an exciting one-on-one single match. The rules are not limited to the number of dribbling times, but only 24 seconds of offensive time, 3 points are counted as 2 points, and 11 points win."
"You are divided into three groups, and the three of them will challenge each other in the second round. The winner will receive a mysterious gift."
"Does anyone want to take the initiative to choose an opponent?"
After Gioff finished speaking, the six people didn't chew on it, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.
"Well, Jamie is different from Jonny, Stephen is Tony, and Tyrek is Patrick?"
Still no one answered, Gioff waved helplessly, "Let's start."
The six people turned around one after another, and Li Zhe and Flynn chose a half-time nearby to start a one-on-one challenge.
Flynn performed well in college, but was unable to perform well due to her height and injuries. She left the NBA before her rookie contract was over. Lee Cheol made full use of her height advantage and intentionally made Flynn shoot and easily won.
The other two groups also quickly split the results, Curry defeated Douglas 11-7, and Evans defeated Mills 11-4.
After a long rest, the three of them stood together again.
Gioff clapped his hands and said, "Who will come first next?"
"I'll do it first." Evans walked out of the queue.
Seeing this, Li Zhe turned his head and looked at Curry. Curry also happened to look at him. The two of them said in unison: "Are you here?"
"Stop being modest, Jamie, come first." Gioff waved.
Li Zhe nodded and walked out of the queue, quickly walked into the stadium with Evans.
After winning the free throw, Li Zhe stood at the top of the arc to catch the ball and took three threatening positions, and began to think about countermeasures.
Evans is 198 cm tall and weighs 100 kilograms. He will suffer too much physical contact. It is best to use his speed to get rid of it.
Making up his mind, Li Zhe exerted force on his shoulders and took a step to the left.
Evans hurriedly stepped back and intercepted, Li Zhe stopped the free throw line and closed the ball and took off, and his vision was seriously disturbed.
Dang! Shooting iron.
The ball rights change, Evans takes the ball from the top of the arc and directly breaks with his body.
Li Zhe couldn't stop it. He retreated all the way to the basket and then jumped to block the block.
Bang! The basketball rebounded into the net when it hit the board, and Li Zhe took two big steps in a row due to the impact.
The ball rights change, Li Zhe took the ball from the top of the arc, and changed hands and directions continuously under the crotch.
Evans pressed tightly, Li Zhe changed his desire to go left, and accelerated his strong breakthrough.
The two of them arrived at the free throw line in a blink of an eye, and Li Zhe closed the ball and started a three-step layup.
Bang! The basketball was ruthlessly slapped away by Evans' big hat.
The ball rights were converted, Evans got the ball at the top of the arc and rushed to the basket with a feint.
Li Zhe chased him sideways, but his movement speed is slow, and his body is suffering from confrontation, which is completely unstoppable.
The two consecutive goals formed a sharp contrast. Duffy looked a little nervous when watching the game on the sidelines. Curry's agent Austin frowned slightly, while Gioff was full of excitement, as if he had discovered a new world.
After attacking again, Li Zhe adjusted his strategy, dribbled to the free throw line and finally scored, but he still had no choice but to return to the defensive end, so he could only watch Evans score the goal, and then he simply dribbled the ball and grabbed three points immediately.
In the end, the two fought 11-8, with Evans winning.
Li Zhe walked back to the sidelines and said to Curry: "It's up to you!"
Curry nodded and walked into the stadium excitedly.
I thought that Curry was even worse, only scored 5 points, and if he had two points, he would still get 3 points.
The moment when Gioff announced Evans' victory, Curry spitted out his braces and turned his head to look at Li Zhe, and the two of them spread their hands and smiled bitterly.
After the trial, the two left their phone numbers and made an appointment to train together when they were free.
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On the afternoon of the 1st, Li Zhe and Duffy arrived in Auckland together.
As soon as he walked out of the airport, Duffy answered the phone and his face became more and more serious.
"What happened?" Li Zhe asked.
"You fight with Evans and you were actually filmed and released on social networks." Duffy said anxiously. "There are a lot of discussion on Twitter now, saying that you can't adapt to the pace of NBA games."
Li Zhe took out his cell phone and quickly logged into Twitter to check it out. Sure enough, there was a lot of discussion.
"It seems that Jamie Lee and Stephen Curry are both average, and Evans is the best point guard of this rookie."
"I'm a Kings fan, I like Jamie Lee, but Evans is more conducive to the team's development."
Chapter completed!