Chapter 53 The Summer League begins! Durant: Chen Yan and I are halfway there!
In five days, the NBA Summer League begins!
Chen Yan came to Las Vegas with the team two days before the game.
The level of the summer league is a bit lower, but it is still an NBA event, and the benefits will definitely be greater than those from training.
Chen Yan has not only been training every day for more than half a month, but he also used the honor points he earned after being elected second place to buy three 7-day double training cards.
As a result, during this period of time, Chen Yan added 1 rebound attribute point, 1 defensive attribute point and 1 strength attribute point.
It’s just a waste of blood!
Training, which is the fastest way for other players to improve, is the most cost-effective way for Chen Yan.
Chen Yan also concluded a truth, that is, don’t do all the bells and whistles in the future. Use your honor points directly to add attributes and buy star skills, which is better than anything else!
The summer leagues are divided into Rocky Mountain Summer League, Orlando Summer League and Las Vegas Summer League.
This year the Suns are participating in the Las Vegas Summer League.
Although it was established the latest, the Las Vegas Summer League is the largest and most influential of the three existing summer league events, with a total of 22 NBA teams participating.
There is also an interesting phenomenon in this year's summer league, that is, in addition to NBA teams, there are also two national teams participating in the competition.
They are the Croatian men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team.
Coincidentally, the Chinese men's basketball team also participates in the Las Vegas Summer League, and has a competition with the Suns!
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Many domestic fans expressed that they would like to see Chen Yan wearing the national team jersey in the summer league, rather than appearing in front of the camera as an opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team.
But there is no other way. The men's basketball team's training roster for this round will be determined at the end of May.
Although Chinese men's basketball coach Yunus is very optimistic about Chen Yan, rules are rules. It is impossible to parachute a player into the national team at this time. This is also unfair to other players.
But if nothing happens, Chen Yan will definitely be included in the next national team training list!
The Suns' summer league trip began soon, and their first opponent was the Boston Celtics.
This was the first matchup between Chen Yan and Durant after leaving the University of Texas, and it was quite a spectacle.
Although Las Vegas is a gambling city, fans are still very passionate about basketball.
The attendance rate for tonight's game exceeded 80%, which is already a very scary figure in the summer league.
Before the game started, Durant carried his small schoolbag and went to the pre-game press conference.
"Kevin, this game is the first time you and Chen have appeared on the court as opponents. What special feelings do you have?"
"Hopefully I don't pass the ball to him during the game."
After Xiaoshuai said this, the reporters around him laughed. In fact, Xiaoshuai has a sense of humor, but most of the time it is a cold sense of humor, and he himself doesn't know it.
Then the next reporter asked:
"Kevin, how do you think Chen will perform tonight?"
"I know that guy. The intensity of the summer league will not be a problem for him. He will definitely perform very well tonight."
"What do you think it would be like if you faced him?"
Durant thought for a while: "Let's do it 50-50. I often eat his alone during training."
After the pre-game press conference, Durant changed his clothes and went to warm up.
Near the center circle, Durant and Chen Yan said hello.
"Chen, I heard that you didn't start tonight?"
Chen Yan smiled and said: "It's just a warm-up match, there's no need to be so serious."
It was D'Antoni's intention not to put Chen Yan in the starting lineup. Before the start of the summer league, D'Antoni specifically told the assistant coach to strictly control Chen Yan's playing time. Winning in the summer league was meaningless. He did not want to see Chen Yan playing in irrelevant roles.
Injured during the game.
Durant also smiled: "It's the same idea as mine, I just play casually."
If it weren't for Durant's performance after the opening, Chen Yan almost believed what he said!
In less than 5 minutes of play, Durant scored 10 points!
Three-point pull-ups, mid-range jumpers, quick breaks after transitioning from offense to defense, breakthroughs in positional battles and fouls!
Durant took out almost everything in his arsenal. Is this called casual beating?
After the first quarter, the Celtics led the Suns by 10 points, 23-13.
The Suns played in a disorganized manner, whoever got the ball got to play, and there was basically no communication between the players.
Chen Yan had anticipated this before playing in the summer league. After all, those who participated in the summer league were all NBA marginal workers. These players were all in a competitive relationship and naturally did not communicate much.
Everyone works hard to score just to make their data look better, to gain the trust of NBA teams, and to sign a guaranteed contract.
This has also resulted in a situation where players are fighting on their own.
In contrast, Chen Yan does not have this problem.
He is the second overall pick, the team focuses on cultivating talents, and his mentality is completely different from these players.
It feels a bit like the rich second generation entering a factory to experience life...
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At the beginning of the second quarter, many fans in the stands shouted Chen Yan's name.
Half of the fans at the scene tonight were here for Chen Yan. As a result, after playing for more than one quarter, Chen Yan was not seen. Can you not be anxious?
Before all the fans shouted for rnm to refund the money, the Suns assistant coach replaced Chen Yan on the court.
The Celtics coaching staff wants to arrange a matchup between Durant and Chen Yan.
Durant said that he was not stupid, so how could he defend Chen Yan alone?
Durant immediately found a fringe player named Alan Ray on the court and asked him to defend Chen Yan.
Alan Ray agreed without thinking. His script has been written. He will beat the second pick, prove himself, win a guaranteed contract, and reach the peak of his life!
However, his plan stalled at the first step...
Chen Yan made a change of pace as soon as he came up. He easily shook him off and hit a mid-range jumper.
After two rounds of consecutive steals, he succeeded with a tomahawk chop!
Then there was another transition between offense and defense, with Alan Lei performing a slowed-down version of the Mystery Step.
After easily getting rid of Alan Thunder, Chen Yan even made a jelly layup.
Very angry!
With less than 50% of his power, Chen Yan completely defeated Alan Lei without difficulty.
Chen Yan's scoring performance suddenly made the scene noisy! These spectators are not fans of any party. They will applaud anyone who plays wonderfully and scores a beautiful goal!
Chen Yan plays in the summer league to maintain his condition, not to abuse him. Alan Lei makes him feel no intensity at all.
Ever since, in the next Suns offensive round, Chen Yan approached the coach.
After the pick-and-roll switch, Chen Yan and Durant formed a 1v1!
The fans at the scene began to boo, scream, and whistle.
Everyone wants to see the duel between these crispy noodles brothers.
coming!
In front of Durant, Chen Yan used his signature freezing technique!
Although Durant was not frozen in this round, he could not escape the fate of being passed by Chen Yan!
Although he was flexible enough, Durant's center of gravity was still too high. The moment he lowered his waist, Chen Yan found a flaw and broke through the defense.
Then, Chen Yan broke through the level alone and reached the inside line!
Against three defensive players, use [Shadow's Trace]!
The ball was scored in the gap and resulted in an extra penalty!
and-one!
The pace of the summer league is faster, which reduces the team's drama and increases the space for players to perform individually. Players need to commit 10 fouls before being sent off.
All players often make random moves when defending, and their movements are sometimes very large. This causes Chen Yan to hit 21 very frequently.
This kid...has his steps become stronger again?
After seeing Chen Yan use [Shadow Shadow], Durant behind him couldn't help but sigh.
Looking back, the fans screamed even louder.
It turned out that on the defensive end, Chen Yan took the initiative to find Durant.
Durant wanted to use his height to beat Chen Yan, but Chen Yan was blocked in advance, forcing him to go to the right.
With 7 seconds left in the shot clock of the round, Durant forced the ball to hit the ball.
Chen Yan really knows Durant very well. Chen Yan not only knows what kind of Internet celebrities he likes and what kind of crispy noodles he likes to eat, but he also knows his shooting habits and his weaknesses and shortcomings.
During this period, Durant's shooting motion was straight up and down. If he was forced to go to the right, his signature pull-up would be very uncomfortable and his shooting percentage would drop significantly.
The season when Durant became the Grim Reaper in his previous life was because his shooting movements were changed, and various man-ball combination techniques were added, including low-post singles and left-right turning techniques.
But now Durant is just a schoolbag, and Chen Yan treats him steadily.
In the next few rounds, Chen Yan used the same routine. The only thing Durant could do was to keep hitting Chen Yan's head in an uncomfortable position.
On the defensive end, Durant also tried his best to limit Chen Yan.
He basically understands Chen Yan's offensive routines.
It can be said that the two of them know each other very well.
The only difference is that Chen Yan has a way to restrict Durant when he knows the basics, but Durant is helpless against Chen Yan.
This is related to the playing styles and characteristics of both sides. Durant cannot keep up with Chen Yan's speed and frequency.
Let's put it this way, many times even if Chen Yan tells Durant in advance that he is going to rush to the right, he still can't guard him!
At the end of the game, the Suns defeated the Celtics 88-80 and won the summer league on a good start!
Chen Yan scored 34 points in 17 minutes of playing time. His score not only exceeded the number of minutes, but even doubled!
Durant also scored 25 points, but his efficiency was impressive, especially when playing against Chen Yan.
The on-site commentator laughed and joked after the game: "After watching this game, I finally understand why Chen is ranked second and kd is ranked third!"