The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 On June 5th, the 2000 NBA Draft Training Camp officially kicked off at the Shock Sports Center in the West Side of Chicago.

　　 Basketball rookies from all over the United States gather here from all directions. This is the first big reunion of this year's rookies before the start of the NBA Draft.

　　Impact Sports Center is not too far away from the Athletics Association Hotel. In the early morning of the 5th, Leon followed the Celtic team with a total of eight people and took a rented commercial vehicle to the destination.

　　 Except for a breakfast yesterday, Leon never appeared in the sight of the coaching staff. In fact, they also had their own business.

　　 Chris Wallace has contacted Moiso in private, and Moiso arrived in Chicago on the night of the 4th. Wallace revealed his willingness to pick Moiso in the draft.

　　 This is a common occurrence in the NBA. Before the draft, the team and the rookies flocked to each other, and finally got married at the conference.

　　 Of course, some high-ranking players tend to have more than one team interested in them. It depends on the skills of the general manager of each team and the attractiveness of the entire team.

　　 Judging from the news Wallace got, there are not many teams interested in Moiseo. I don’t know if Wallace should be happy or sad.

　　Frank Vogel is similar to Leon. He was a workaholic and locked himself in the room for almost all day. The main thing he did was watch videos.

　　 As a video analyst, it is their mission to dig out useful information from precious original videos.

　　 Vogel focused his energy on Purzbila and Somalia Samaki, the latter of whom was once favored by former team scout Bennett. It seems that the Celtics really want a reliable insider.

　　 There is only Leon, and he puts his exploration direction on some guards. Obviously he didn't know that the NBA has always had a tradition of "if you don't know who to choose, you choose inside". His basis is only one-the data in his hands.

　　 Going to the training camp today, he is going to confirm whether there is an inevitable connection between his data and his intuitive impression.

　　 Pitino looked at Leon holding a stack of materials in his hand and reading it carefully, thinking that this guy was pretending again, and couldn't help but want to ask questions to make Leon Leon. But when the words reached his lips, he swallowed again, because he had learned enough about Leon's outstanding memory, and he didn't want to ask for trouble to slap himself in the face. At the same time, he gave Leon to the other members of the coaching staff who didn't know the truth. illusion.

　　 Therefore, Pitino decided to hand over the task of embarrassing Leon to the reporters in the training camp, when the interview task of the Celtics will be given to Leon.

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　　 By the time Leon and the team arrived at the impact center, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. Various commercial vehicles and media interview vehicles were parked at the entrance of the sports center.

　　 At the gate of the center, there are TV hosts and cameramen who are doing program shooting. It seems that even if the newcomers are generally not favored, the pre-draft training camp is also highly anticipated.

Leon fully experienced the commercial nature of the NBA here. He learned that the entire training camp was open to the media. Before entering the center, he was also told not to refuse interviews from reporters, especially those wearing Celtic overalls. Case.

Although Leon feels that the chance of being interviewed should be very low, after all, his young appearance, plus a strong body, wearing a Celtic work T-shirt, looks like carrying equipment, not a sharp-eyed ball. Explore.

　　Impact Sports Center is a large double court basketball training hall. In addition to having two basketball courts, there is also a comprehensive fitness physical test center. What the players will do this morning is physical fitness testing.

　　 Leon followed the coaching team and first came to the stands next to the basketball court, where the league has specially arranged positions for the Celtics.

　　 Leon is carrying a small video camera on his shoulders, and it looks like it is a mover.

　　 After arriving at his seat, Leon saw that many rookies have already warmed up on the field, and a few have even begun to test the height, the penalty zone and the three-quarters field run.

　　 There are a total of four physical tests for rookies. In addition to the above three items on the field, there is also an off-field test, which is the limit number of bench presses for the standard weight (185 pounds).

　　 Leon set up the camera and looked at the other seats in the stadium. The teams of other teams were almost there, but it seemed that everyone was not interested in physical testing.

　　 After a while, Pitino, Wallace, and O'Brien all left their seats and ran to other places in the stadium to wander around, chatting with people they knew. In some parts of the venue, there are still reporters carrying cameras and microphones around to interview, and some journalists holding small notebooks sitting beside the coach or general manager for interviews.

　　 Obviously, the training camp is not organized as intensively as Leon thought, but loosely. The organizers and rookies are dedicated to completing their own test projects. What else do they like to do.

　　 Even Wesland didn't know where he went, leaving only Leon and Vogel sitting in their seats.

Since yesterday, Vogel hasn't paid much attention to Leon. This weird guy from New Jersey who speaks a New England dialect obviously doesn't look very pleasing to Leon. It's not because Leon's arrival delayed Vogel's promotion. He didn't care about the position of the exploration, otherwise he would not work as a video editor in Kentucky for five years.

　　 But Vogel was suffocating in his heart, feeling that he loves basketball more than Leon, knows the sport better, and is more worthy of the name of the Celtics scout.

　　 He thinks Leon is just a boastful basketball keyboard man. By looking at the information and bragging to become a Celtics scout, maybe he is still a guy who is good at skimming.

The two people just sat in the stands and watched the rookies on the field taking physical tests one by one. Those young faces were full of childishness. No matter how unfavorable the outside world was, they were the same. The most outstanding new basketball player of the year is the star of hope in the basketball world.

"Spidie Clarkston, it's really fast. It's a little over three seconds, really a little bit, but it looks a little thinner." Leon's eyes were fixed on the three-quarters sprinting field. Muttered.

　　 Vogel listened and looked over there. He saw a small black man who had just finished running, his face was full of excitement, and it seemed that he was running very fast.

"Who is he?" Vogel asked subconsciously. Because the distance was a little far away, he couldn't see the little guy's face, and this guy didn't look very familiar. Vogel thought about it as if it was on his watch list. no such person.

"Spidie Clarkston, graduated from Hofstra University, a point guard, is good at speed, breaks the ball very well, but has limited vision. I have seen his information and photos, although he can't see his face. But the body shape can match, you know, you don't have to rely on your face to recognize people." Leon replied while continuing to stare at the test on the court.

　　 Vogel listened to a cold snort and said, "A little more than three seconds, how much is a little bit? 3.1 is a little bit more, and so is 3.2. The difference is big."

　　 Leon was silent for about five seconds, then turned his head and said affirmatively to Vogel: "It's about 0.06 seconds longer, it should be a little bit."

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　　 The morning physical test ended soon. Everyone took a break at noon and had lunch. The main event did not begin until the afternoon, and the real training was about to begin.

　　 said it was training, but it was actually a public show. The most important thing for newcomers in the training camp is not to improve their skills through training, but to show their strength through training.

　　 At this time, Leon felt that the reason why everyone was so loose in the morning physical test was not because everyone did not pay attention to it, but because the physical test was not worth mentioning to the newcomer and the team.

This is what Leon heard from Jim O'Brien. He said that many newcomers who ranked in the top three on the physical test table could not even play in the NBA because there were no candidates for them. Even in the trial, no team wanted them. .

　　 Hearing this, Leon has a deeper understanding of the cruelty of NBA competition.

　　 The afternoon training was hosted by the famous NBA trainer Tim Glover, and senior trainers from each team were invited to assist in the training. The afternoon training was mainly training and testing of basketball skills.

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　　 The first four groups were tested in the middle distance, three-pointers, running position, lateral movement, low defense, face-to-basket attack, and back attack in the four halves. Each group focused on training according to the player's position.

　　 The training of the center group was postponed. The big men were temporarily arranged to sit on the sidelines and watch the show. This is also the practice of the rookie training camp. The coveted big insiders are always reserved for people to watch.

　　 The Celtics are most concerned about Pulzbila, Jerome Moiso and Samaki are all divided into the center group, so the coaching staff feel a little unimpressive.

　　 "Weissland, show me the physical test data." Pitino, who had nothing to do, decided to look at the freshly released physical test data.

"Sigma-Carton, it took three seconds to run three-quarters of the field, really fast. But why doesn't this guy go to the Olympic track and field competitions, run to play basketball, I guess no team would choose him, What a waste." Pitino said with emotion looking at the physical data.

　　 As O'Brien said, many of the top three newcomers on the physical test table cannot even play in the NBA.

　　 At this time, Vogel, who was sitting on the side, put his head over, glanced at the physical test table, and quickly found the name he was looking for under the Sigma-Carton.

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