"But you're still going to make it, are you?"

In the dark night, Chamberlain whispered, his bright eyes flashing with longing and yearning, just as he had when he first came to the United States. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Under the same starry sky, different people face different landscapes. Thinking of the trial that was coming tomorrow, and thinking of the days that would be good in the future, Chamberlain finally fell asleep in the wandering of his mind.

The '03 draft is a draft that will leave a heavy mark in NBA history. It was a golden year for superstars, just like '96.

Like most draft players, Chamberlain, led by Randy, frequently haunts the training camps of various teams in hopes of earning a draft spot for himself.

Chamberlain is very clear about his position, he is not like other NCAA players, who try to show off their offensive ability. Now he's just a piece of leftovers. Leftovers have the role of leftovers, how to stand out among the many leftovers?

San Antonio Spurs training camp. Chamberlain and fellow NCAA stars are on the field.

The Spurs' draft picks this year are not high, so lotto favorites such as Melon, Little Emperor, Wade and other lottery favorites have not appeared. There are familiar characters in later generations. Candrick Perkins, Marcous Banks, Aleksandar Pavlovich, Leandro Barbossa, etc.

Opposite Chamberlain was Candrick Perkins, a fat man with no offensive skills at all.

Both sides jump the ball.

Chamberlain's bounce is average, but his body is much thinner than the opponent, so Chamberlain takes the first step, and the ball is dialed by him to the hands of Leandro Barbossa, and he doesn't want to waste much effort on the defense, so that the Brazilian lightning can easily break into the inside layup.

In fact, in the training camp, few people choose to cooperate. Players with the ball in hand always choose to finish the offense in a short period of time, and most of them will choose to break through and dunk in order to hit and look good.

Chamberlain, who was on the inside, stood on the path of the player who did not leave his name in the NBA in advance, and there was no time to react, so he could only be sadly whistled for an offensive foul.

It all seems simple, but it's actually hard. How do you judge the other party's path forward? When will it take to stand up? If it's early, you'll give them time to react, and if you're late, you'll foul yourself.

When it was his turn to attack, he saw his temporary teammates start to rush up, and in his path, Chamberlain quickly got stuck in front of Candrik Perkins.

Chamberlain, with his accurate judgment of the rebound, once again picked up a frontcourt rebound. Passing the ball out of the line, he quickly made a spiral turn around the fat man's body, blocking the ball between him and his team-friend, who was still in a daze, and threw the ball almost empty, and gave Chamberlain a thumbs up.

Chamberlain again caused an offensive foul while defending..... Chamberlain took a pass from his teammate and hooked the ball into the ..... Chamberlain grabbed the rebound......

Like in other training camps, Chamberlain tried hard to show everything he could do, and thanks to the hard training in the "training camp", his inside movement was very standard, but it also revealed all his shortcomings, such as he could get out of position, but he couldn't let himself stand there for even a second on the premise of grabbing position.....

Showing himself so unscrupulously is undoubtedly fatal, almost all the players who participate in the trial, the first thing the agent tells them is to tell them how to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses, but Randy did not tell Chamberlain this, and even whenever Chamberlain made these mistakes, he always had a strange smile on his face.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was unaware of any of this, showing himself as much as he could, putting all his attention on the pitch, which made him overlook a lot, including the presence of a man he should have known on the sidelines.

"Hey Smith, our chief scout, how did you get time here?"

Spurs head coach Popovich, who was watching the rookies perform, turned his head and joked.

Smith Forlan, a scout for the NBA Spurs, has tapped a lot of potential players for the Spurs. Do you think Popovich really has a pair of "discerning eyes"?

"I'm here for the center on the yellow team."

"The Asian?"

"Yes, I've been following him for a long time and thought he wouldn't choose to participate in the draft this year....."

Fran spread his hands incomprehensibly, and then took out a document from his bag: "This is his player inspection report, maybe you will need him!" ”

"You're bullish on him?"

Popovich asked, taking the player report from Forlan. Popovich enjoyed listening to Forlan break down some of the characteristics of some of his players, and many of them proved to be insightful.

"I don't know how to describe what I've seen about this player, it's very indescribable, but I think this material, which I think will be in your hands in a year or even two years, will give you all the information I want to say!"

NCAA Player Watch Report

Chamberlain: Gonzaga University Bulldogs. Height: Six feet three inches, Weight: 173 lbs.

It was a Darko Mirichic who had weakened several times, who could play all positions and not play well in all positions, had a stable shot, had a very amazing judgment on where to land on rebounds, had solid basic movements, was a player who played with his brain, and was determined. The emaciated body seriously affected his performance.

Inside Tip B

Outside Tip D

Height B

Weight D

Note: Physical weakness makes his stats look ugly, his strong ability to make fouls is his main skill to survive on the inside, and more importantly, he comes from the middle.... If it's an inconsequential signing in the second round, it's an option for the team to gamble on.

Smith Fran

11 April 2003

"He's great at making fouls?"

Looking at the report that Fran handed him, Popovich suddenly looked up and asked.

"Yes, impressive, as fast as him!"

"Really?"

Popovich rubbed his chin and put his eyes on Chamberlain for a moment. He didn't pay any attention to Chamberlain before, because for the current Spurs, they need players who are ready to play, not potential rookies. Chamberlain was so thin that even helping him gain weight was a predictably long process, and Popovich had such leisure!

But now he has changed his mind.

Popovich, who was watching the game from the sidelines, said to Forlan: "That's going to be a skinny guy with a special purpose." When he said this, he had a strange smile on his face.