Public opinion is gradually fermenting, and Yi Feng is participating in the draft joint training camp on time.

The second and third days of the camp were all shooting drills. Whether the rookies come or don't come is all voluntary.

There are pros and cons to participating in joint tryouts, the upside is that NBA coaches, GMs, and scouts will be in attendance, making it a great opportunity to catch the eye; The downside is that if the tryout is not good, your draft market will be greatly affected.

Yifeng is a very typical example.

He sold himself through the platform of the joint training camp. Now it has a certain reputation in the United States, although it is not a good reputation. But the important thing is that the teams in the NBA know that he exists and understand that there is great value in him.

On the 12th and 13th, there were not many rookies who were confident to participate, and there were less than 28 people in the total. And most of these people are of average physical fitness. They are eligible to be invited to joint trials, not by their bodies, but by their skills.

Therefore, in the past two days, in the arena of the United Center, it is rare to hear the sound of basketball "clanging", and more of the sound of basketball passing through the needle.

Yi Feng's projection ability was further confirmed by the coaches and scouts who came to investigate.

He really has a very soft touch, and his outside shots are not only fast, but also very confident. In the face of interfering shots, the drop in shooting percentage is not significant; The same is true for shooting against opponents.

His ability to fight is not like what his thin figure can have. Even when facing inside-level confrontations, he will always be overweight and unbalanced, but he can always keep his shooting posture unchanged to ensure a consistent shooting percentage.

And his confrontation, with the blessing of top athleticism, can actually be hard and rigid inside without falling behind!

In addition to shooting training, in the three-on-three games organized by the rookies themselves, Yi Feng can always break the bag of the opponent's two, and then increase his speed to block the opponent's inner line!

Such a good show has been staged repeatedly, so that the rookies who want to step on Yi Feng's top position dare not think carefully anymore, and they don't even dare to play three against three with him anymore.

Russell also took part in shooting drills.

Compared to his physical fitness, shooting is actually Russell's strong point.

Russell is a left-hander, which gives him a big advantage in attack. Because most basketball players are right-handed, although professional basketball players have developed their left and right hand abilities well, they still use their handedness more in games out of habit.

A strongman who can earn the title of the NCAA's No. 1 guard, Russell's projection skills are excellent. It's a pity that his shooting consistency is not too good.

When he was in good shape, he was able to hit one hit after another, but this state did not last long. With the depletion of his physical energy, or the emergence of emotional changes and other factors, his shooting rate will be greatly affected.

And it takes a lot of time for him to get into the state, and he seems to be slow to heat up. More often than not, he's looking for form, and his shooting percentage is average.

Whether it is a person or a thing, they are afraid of comparison, and there is superiority in comparison. Russell's projection technique was originally good, but compared with Yi Feng, he fell behind. Coupled with Yi Feng's physical fitness and Russell's physical fitness, it seems that the positions of the two of them in the hearts of coaches, managers, and scouts of NBA teams are going to be reversed.

The 14th is the interview time, and the NBA team will invite some rookie players for a simple interview, and the rookies can also choose their own team for interviews. This is a two-way selection interview, similar to a double selection interview in college.

Interviews are also conducted in the United Center arena.

Yi Feng received a lot of interview invitations, including the Lakers and Warriors teams that he liked. But in the end, as long as it was the team that had invited him, he went for an interview.

As a result, the teams were very happy with the results of this interview. They not only saw Yi Feng's talent on the court, but also saw his communication skills, and saw some of his special temperament.

Russell's performance in the interview was somewhat unsatisfactory.

He is like an immature child, eager to express himself, but not good at words. Sometimes it is easy to fall into the trap of speech, and it seems that IQ and EQ are not enough. The interviewer did not find in him the bearing that a genius should have, and the mind that a leader should have.

Perhaps, he is more suitable to be a second-in-command, rather than as a cornerstone of team building, as a leader.

This is the answer that many interviewers agree on.

On the 15th, it was the last day of the joint training camp trial, and the highlight of the joint training camp trial finally came.

5v5 Match!

The resumption of the 5-on-5 matchup was the proud work of Adam Silva, the new NBA commissioner who took office last year. The joint training camp, which has been tepid all these years, has become unexpectedly eye-catching this year under his continuous heavy punches.

The training camp was fully open to the media, so that Yi Feng, who shined in the training camp, took advantage of the situation and became the focus of heated discussions in the United States. And Russell has become a hero created by the times, and he has been with Yi Feng for a long time, and he is bright for a while. People seem to have forgotten that there are also two top picks, Downs and Okafor.

It can only be said that Downs and Okafor's absence from the trial of this year's Chicago joint training camp is a great loss for them. Not to mention Yi Feng, who originally had no roots in the United States, is now as famous as these draft favorites; Even Russell, who had been suppressed by Downs and Okafor, showed signs of overtaking.

Although Yi Feng is now famous, as an outsider and as a Chinese, he has no roots and no background in the United States. When it comes to the draft, in the hearts of many managers in the league, it still can't be compared with those big favorites.

Because his current fame is too vain, and it is a fame that has been hacked. He didn't really prove himself on the field, he didn't have enough performance support, and he couldn't have the slightest right to speak.

Now, here's his chance. If he can put on a good performance in the matchup, then his fame will gradually turn from virtual to real. It proves to the major teams in the NBA that he can indeed perform on the court, but he just looks great physically.

Again, this is an opportunity that belongs to Russell. He was able to prove through the confrontation match that Yi Feng only had physical fitness and couldn't play at all. Of course, he has to play against Yi Feng in the confrontation match, and be able to suppress Yi Feng fiercely at all times.

If he can really suppress Yi Feng, then with the high hopes that he has placed on him by the American imperialist people at this moment, he can even surpass Downs and Okafor, and properly become the top pick in this year's draft.

You must know that every American imperialist people have a deep heroic complex. At such a critical moment, Downs and Okafor are invisible, while Russell faces a strong enemy and turns the tide, and he will undoubtedly become a hero and be admired by thousands of people.

Heaven is as people wish, or it is a dark box operation, in this confrontation match, Russell and Yi Feng are divided into two different groups.

On Russell's side, almost all of them are rookie players who have the strength to be drafted in the first round; On the other hand, Yi Feng is almost a rookie with the strength of the second-round show.

Yi Feng was at an absolute disadvantage, while Russell had the advantage.

With such an obvious difference in strength, the results are also obvious.

Zhou Mu angrily complained to the person in charge of the training camp, but the result was useless.

Mark Tatum smiled helplessly, "Zhou, you know, I also have Chinese ancestry in me, and I'm also angry about the differential treatment that I am vulnerable to. Although I was the leader of this training camp, this grouping was directly from the league headquarters, and I had no authority to change it. ”

The match is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and will be divided into two halves, each of which will last 20 minutes, for a total of 40 minutes.

Russell (G) and Emmanuel Moodier (G), Mario Herzonia (F), Willy Cauley-Stein (F), Frank Kaminski (C) made up the starting line-up and wore the red jersey. There is also a strong teammate: Justis Winslow, Myles Turner, Trey Lyles, and many more. These are the top 14 existences that can be ranked in the list of media predictions.

On the side of Yifeng (G), Andrew Harrison (G), Montres Harrell (F), Richard Holmes (F), and Satenam Singh Bamara (C) formed the starting line-up, wearing a white jersey. Yi Feng's teammates, such as Larry Nance II, Anthony Brown, Joseph Young and others, are far worse than Russell's team.

However, what surprised Yi Feng was that there was a tall and thin Kristaps Porzingis like a bamboo pole on his side, and a white and tender Devin Booker.

He didn't know why these two rookies who had the strength to make it to the lottery were on his side. Could it be that Porzingis is not an American?

And what's going on with Booker? Could it be that his brilliance as a teammate of Downs in college was completely obscured?

Yi Feng knows that Booker's performance in shooting training a few days ago is not even inferior to Russell. And he is a little more physically fit than Russell, and he is taller, and he has the strength and potential to enter the lottery.

And what surprised Yi Feng even more was that these two people were not starters!

Luckily, the league didn't have an interim coach to dictate the players after designating such a messy grouping, allowing the players to arrange their own tactics.

It's also a test for the rookies, surrounded by teammates who don't have any tacit understanding to speak of, and the opponents are high-quality would-be NBA players. At this time, how do you lead the team, lead your teammates, and defeat strong opponents?

It can be said that for those big picks in the draft, this match is not only a platform to show their skills, but also the best stage for them to show their leadership skills.

And in the eyes of more American imperialist people, this is the abnormal life-and-death match between Russell and Yi Feng.

If Russell is victorious, he will be enthroned as king and will be admired by all the people; If he fails, he will be abandoned by the American imperialist people. Because they have an endless stream of basketball talents. One more of him is not more, and one less of him is not less.

And Yi Feng has no way out.

He can't afford to lose.

Also, can't lose.

What's more, won't lose.