Chapter Ninety-Nine: New Teammates

Back on the Magic, Sean invited the whole team to dinner to celebrate scoring 50+ this time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

All the players of the Magic team participated, and even Coach Van Gundy brought the coaching staff to slaughter Sean once, and Sean also accepted it, the atmosphere in the Magic team is good, and it is easier to contact feelings at such a dinner.

It's just that the next day, Sean was alone on the training court practicing offense and shooting, while the team manager and coach interviewed more than a dozen players at once, including forward players and interior players.

These players are all rookies or players from NBA leagues who are working hard to get a chance to get into the NBA.

It's just that the results of the interview were miserable, and none of the players met the needs of the team.

Among them, the undrafted rookies and players from NBA's affiliated leagues are either brain-dead and have no ball quotient, or their physical fitness is very tragic, and there is no possibility of entering the NBA to play, and even then the team pinched its nose and signed a power forward on a ten-day short-term contract.

After training, team manager Ottie Smith and Van Gundy chatted about the interview together, Sean put away the basketball and prepared to leave, but hearing the words of the two, Sean suddenly remembered someone:

"Coach, Mr. Otti, you were just looking for some replacements for the team, right?"

"Yes, do you have any good advice?"

Audi Smith asked with a smile, not unhappy by Sean's inquiry. In fact, the Magic, although Howard's team, are ...... Howard doesn't have any idea of how the team is built, and Sean is an integral part of the team.

Although he has a three-year contract, Ottie still values Sean very much, and if Sean has any opinions, Otti will definitely value it more.

"Now the team has some problems inside, I think it seems that there is an undrafted draft that should suit us, I remember he was the MVP of the NBA draft training camp, but he was not selected because of his height, if you have time, you can go and have a look."

Sean said casually, not asking for anything.

Ottie Smith showed a thoughtful look when he saw this, the MVP of last year's training camp, seemed to have an impression, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"The undrafted rookie is called Chuck Hayes, who originally played at the University of Kentucky, and the long-armed monster of the Celtics is teammates, he is very good defensively, very strong, and the top defense and assistance defense are passing, but there is no offense, height is also a big problem, and the deterrence under the basket is insufficient, but if you are a substitute, you should be qualified."

Seeing this, Sean added two more words and left by himself.

Ottie Smith and Coach Van Gundy said a few words and quickly left. The Magic uniform team has its own group, and it quickly found Chuck Hayes's information, at this time Chuck Hayes was playing in the NBLA league, and the data was less than 10+10.

That's a terrible statistic.

NBA's bench interior can get 20+20 data when they go to the NBLA, but Chuck Hayes' data is embarrassing. However, Chuck Hayes was recommended by Sean after all, and Audi Smith endured the discomfort and continued to watch.

Hayes' stats weren't great, but his performance on the pitch and his defensive efficiency were good.

Look...... is a relatively good blue-collar worker.

In fact, there is no superstar who really comes out of the NBLA, even if there is a second-round rookie who rises against the sky and becomes a superstar, it is very rare, after all, the uniform teams and experts of various NBA teams are not fools and will not throw Puyu as mud. But...... As a blue-collar worker, Hayes's efficiency is still good.

Inside the apartment of an NBLA affiliate team in Los Angeles.

Chuck Hayes had just returned to his rented apartment. The apartment is small and the decoration is average, if it is other NBA insiders, it may feel uncomfortable to live, but for an undrafted rookie, Chuck Hayes can't ask for more.

Just after taking a shower, the phone on the couch rang.

Hayes flicked his towel and saw that the phone was showing a call from an agent.

The strength of this broker is not very strong, it is just that the big company is reputable. Chuck was lying on the couch, looking depressed and unwilling to answer the phone. Tonight, in the NBLA game, Chuck Hayes only got 6 points and 12 rebounds, which has not improved in the NBLA, let alone entered the NBA, which made Chuck very disappointed. From the University of Kentucky's starter, to the NCAA star, to the NBA's undrafted passerby A and B, this gap makes Chuck feel hopeless.

In fact, the NBLA is basically all such players.

In high school, he was a genius in every state, his on-court performance was often in the newspapers, and he was the starter or core of various teams in the NCAA, but when it came to the draft, he was tragically lost.

Chuck isn't the only one, there are plenty of them every year.

Most of them give up after two years and go out to find a secure job to spend the rest of their lives, while some are full-time basketball-related staff or go to other leagues to earn a living.

That's the reality.

There is a big gap between the life of the NBA superstar and the rich man with an annual salary of 20 or 30 million, Chuck Hayes only earns thousands of dollars a week, rents an ordinary apartment, takes the bus to play every day, and lives on a budget.

The phone rang again after it was disconnected, and Chuck Hayes woke up from his loss and answered the phone with a blank face.

"Hello, this is Chuck Hayes."

"Chuck, listen to me, the ticket has been booked, come to the airport immediately, I'm already on the way to Orlando, there is a tryout with the Orlando Magic team tomorrow, this is a good opportunity, you must seize it, Orlando is short of interior line now, it is urgent, you just need to seize the opportunity to stay and show your strength in the NBA......"

The agent chattered, Chuck Hayes's eyes lit up, and he quickly put on his clothes and packed his things.

Soon Chuck called a taxi to the airport, at this time Chuck Hayes clenched his fists and cheered himself up from the bottom of his heart: "This is the best chance, Orlando has no inside line, Dacomilisic is average, Howard alone is not enough, as long as I seize the opportunity, I will definitely be able to stay." ”

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The next morning, during the team's training, Chuck Hayes arrived.

Everyone on the Magic team was quietly training, and Dacomilisic was very focused and hardworking, and no one cared about the new tryout. In the past few days, there have been more than a dozen players on trial for the Magic team, but each one is more brainless than the other.

Most of the outside players will just rush and shoot on their own, and there is no use other than adding defensive experience to Sean and Stephenson and adding blocks to Howard. As for the inside players, they were even more swept away by Sean, and the other teammates who watched wanted to laugh.

The NBLA and the NBA are not leagues at the same level, and the gap is very obvious.