This year's draft is scheduled for June 27.

According to the regulations of the draft, players need to submit draft applications at least 60 days in advance of the draft.

In other words, before April 27, players who are preparing to participate in the draft must submit their applications.

During the two months in between, players are free to train, participate in NBA training camps held in various states, and each team's own individual workouts.

For training camp, any player eligible for the draft can participate, while individual trials require an invitation from the team.

STO, along with Arenas, Jefferson, and Woods, submitted draft applications to the league, but Walton chose to give up at the last minute.

Luke Walton believes he is not ready to participate in the NBA draft yet.

The reason why he feels this way recently is that he can't even beat Shentong.

Once a fringe member of the team.

Although the current strength has made great progress.

"I still choose to practice in the NCAA for another year or two. Maybe next year, I will lead the Wildcats to win the championship again and then enter the lottery." Walton is full of confidence. He already has a ready-made template.

STO!

Since he can get better and better as he plays, he must be able to do it too.

...

Soon, the application of the Wildcat Four received a reply from the alliance, and all applications were approved!

It didn't take long.

Arenas received trial invitations from multiple NBA teams.

The Atlanta Hawks have the No. 3 pick, the Golden State Warriors have the No. 5 pick, and the Cleveland Cavaliers have the No. 8 pick.

All three teams with top-10 picks have made an offer to Arenas.

But Arenas turned down a tryout invitation from the Cleveland Cavaliers, believing that he would definitely be selected in the top five picks.

As for other teams holding lower draft picks, Arenas didn't even bother to refuse.

Just ignore it.

"I am the MVP of the NCAA Finals and the top star of the Arizona Wildcats. In the entire college basketball, there is no one better than me, no!"

Arenas is full of confidence.

In fact, he also has such capital.

In his sophomore season, Arenas averaged 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.5 steals in the NCAA this season.

Many authoritative basketball magazines have ranked him in the top five, and some media have gone to the extreme to rank Arenas in the top three.

After all, this year is recognized as a weak year for the draft.

...

Jefferson has also received invitations from several teams. Although not as many as Arenas, it is enviable enough.

Especially the Los Angeles Clippers, who hold the second pick, sent Jefferson a trial invitation.

When Arenas found out, he said bitterly that there was only one team in Los Angeles, and it was definitely not the Clippers. He also said that if the Clippers sent him a trial invitation, he would definitely not go.

Jefferson said that the Clippers probably wouldn't use the second pick to select him, but he still wanted to try his luck.

In addition to the Clippers, the New Jersey Nets, who hold the seventh pick, and the Philadelphia 76ers, who hold the 26th pick, also extended invitations to Jefferson.

Jefferson politely responded to both teams with a message of acceptance and made the schedule.

"Hey, man, Philadelphia only has a 26th overall pick, you can't fall to that position." Arenas believes that Jefferson doesn't have to go to Philadelphia at all, even if Allen Iverson is there.

STO supports Jefferson very much.

No one knows what will happen in the actual draft, even if it is a guaranteed choice, it is not bad.

...

STO waited until May, but still no team sent it a separate trial invitation.

Shentong, who was originally full of confidence, was a little discouraged.

According to the rules of the NBA draft, any college player who applies for and participates in the draft, even if he is unsuccessful, cannot return to the NCAA to play.

Shentong began to doubt himself.

Could it be that those scouts forgot about his performance in the second half of the NCAA Finals and that priceless three-pointer?

...

In the evening, Sister Hua was clearing away the dishes.

"Xiaoqing, are you losing weight? Why do you have so much food left?"

Shen Qing touched her round belly and said, "I have my favorite spicy chicken today, how could there be leftovers? If my stomach hadn't been so full, I would have wanted to eat another bowl."

"Old Shen?"

Lao Shen, who had eaten and drank enough, was reading a newspaper. He stretched out a hand from behind the newspaper and waved.

Not Lao Shen either.

Sister Hua looked towards the backyard, turned around, pursed her lips, and continued to clean up the dishes silently.

After a while, Lao Shen closed the newspaper, pinched off the cigarette butts, and stood up slowly.

...

There was movement behind me.

Shen Tong turned his head, and Lao Shen was already sitting next to him.

"Something on your mind?"

Shentong nodded and shook his head.

"Rub..." (lighter sound)

Lao Shen lit up a cigarette, took a brief puff, and held it in his hand.

The father and son sat silently on the steps of the backyard.

The lit cigarette butt flickers in the night.

a long time.

"dad."

"Um?"

"I...I don't know if I should withdraw my draft application."

"What, you don't have confidence in yourself?"

"No, just maybe, I should play in the NCAA for another year..." Shentong lowered his head.

"Snapped!"

A pain in the back.

Shen Tong suddenly sat up straight.

"My son, Lao Shen, cannot bow his head, let alone be dejected. He survived two years on the bench and finally became famous with one goal. Is there any better script than this?"

Hearing Lao Shen mention that winning goal, Shen Tong puffed up his chest unconsciously.

Lao Shen flicked the long cigarette ashes in his hand.

"When you are faced with a choice, you can solve it by tossing a coin. If you see the result but want to toss it a second time, you should know the answer."

Shentong was shocked.

Lao Shen put out the cigarette butt in his hand.

"No one can deny you, except yourself. If you feel that you have been denied by others, it is very simple, defeat them."

After saying that, Lao Shen stood up.

"Ye Liang, go back to the house early."

Lao Shen turned around and walked up the steps.

"dad."

"Um?"

"Thank you."

"Um."

...

At this moment, Shentong was completely and completely determined!

When I was 1.78 meters, I thought I was the king in this height category.

If you give me enough height, I can beat the world.

I waited for three years at Peking University.

Just to argue with you.

Now, I have a height of 1.98 meters, but I have lost the confidence of 1.78 meters?

Withdraw application?

That's not what I want.

If.

If you must make a choice.

I want to prove it to everyone.

That three-pointer was just the beginning!

...

Shen Tong stood up.

The sky is vast and the earth is vast.

"The roc rises with the wind in one day and soars ninety thousand miles away! Hahahaha..."

STO’s confidence is back.

If a person has no self-confidence, no one will believe it!

...

Lao Shen had a long talk.

Four words are useful!
Chapter completed!