Chapter 4 Knight, I'm Here (Ask for Collection Recommendation Votes)
The Cleveland Cavaliers' home stadium, Quicken Loan Arena, is located in Cleveland, Ohio.
The next day, Li Yang will participate in the training camp held by the Cavaliers with other rookies under Mike's arrangement.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Li Yang, led by Mike, walked into this historic stadium for the first time.
At this time, in the arena, the Cavaliers were already in full swing to carry out the team's blue-white confrontation training, and they were resting on the sidelines at this time.
At present, in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers have fallen behind 0:2, and the situation is very unfavorable. Therefore, everyone on the Cavaliers is holding their breath and is actively preparing for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
At this time, in the stadium, Li Yang also saw a lot of familiar figures.
Colin Sexton, point guard, height: 1.88 meters, weight: 83 kilograms, super physical scoring point guard, extremely aggressive with the ball.
At the same time, the scoring means are very diverse, can cover the entire half, can hit the inside, can also shoot from the outside, and his step-back three-point jumper is very strong. He averaged 19.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game this past season.
Mikal Bridges, from Villanova University, is a 2.03m tall and 2.18m arm span, a 95kg bulky player, suitable for projection and defense of solid long-arm swing man, especially good defensively, with exceptional reach and excellent athleticism, averaging 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, because of the excellent performance in the previous trials, the pick has been rising.
Shay Gilgeous Alexander, a freshman at the University of Kentucky, a long-arm point guard from Canada, is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 82 kilograms, weighing less than Sexton, good at changing the pace, holding the ball alone, and stealing is also good, averaging 14.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this past season.
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At this time, everyone found Li Yang in the crowd, this yellow-skinned player was also going to have a trial, everyone immediately became interested, and they swarmed around, their expressions were like the old aunts in the square, they all stretched their necks, and there was a handful of melon seeds and a small bench in their hands.
This trial is divided into two parts.
The first link is the display of basic abilities, such as shooting, dribbling, and passing, as well as some basic physical tests, such as standing and feeling high, sprinting and running high, and so on.
In this physical test, Li Yang is even better than yesterday when he tried out at the Chicago United, and his 3/4 sprint actually broke into the 2.99-second mark, reaching a terrifying level.
The communication on the sidelines obviously can't affect Li Yang, Li Yang is not the slightest bit slack now, three points or three points, all positions and angles, three points in a hurry, three points in dry pulls, backward jump shots, and a scary high shooting rate.
In the absence of confrontation, Li Yang finally made 50 consecutive three-pointers, hitting 46 of them, a shooting rate of 92%, of course, without defense.
"Who's that? The yellow man. James, the star of the Cavaliers, stepped forward, and after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but ask Alex Moore, the trainer on the side.
"I don't know, I'll go in and ask." There were a lot of players coming in for tryouts during this time, and Moore couldn't be known to everyone, so he walked straight to the team's assistant coach Larry Drew, who was in charge of the tryout.
James nodded, and instead of leaving immediately, he found a place to sit down, leaning back in his chair and looking at it with interest.
At this moment, the head coach on the sidelines, Tyronn Lue, smiled and called a timeout, and walked in front of everyone, "Introduce yourself, I'm Tyronn Lue, the head coach of the Cavaliers, you can just call me coach." Next, start the confrontation ability test and perform well. ”
After finishing speaking, he stepped forward and patted Li Yang's shoulder and said, "Young man, the three points are very good, continue to work hard." ”
Li Yang nodded flatteredly, no matter which team you are in, there is nothing wrong with having a good relationship with the head coach, unless you are a star of James' level, then the coach has to listen to you.
The second part is heads-up, where players go head-to-head with each other.
Li Yang's performance in this link was explosive, with a quick three-point and backward jumper, the opponent was unable to defend, easily defeated the first four opponents, and at the same time, his performance on the defensive end was also remarkable, and he often had a successful steal.
Soon, it was time for the last opponent - Sexton. Sexton walked over from the sidelines, stood casually inside the three-point line, and passed the ball to Li Yang one by one, "Li Yang, come on, it's just us!" ”
Li Yang took a deep breath and stood outside the three-point line with the ball, Sexton stepped forward and hugged Li Yang tightly, his hands were open, and the movement was not very big.
Li Yang made a series of feints to make Sexton's center of gravity lose so that he could shoot. But the opponent's position was too good, and he didn't pay attention to his feints at all, and it was time to attack.
"In that case, you can only fight hard." Li Yang gritted his teeth, his eyes sharpened, and the ball shifted to his left hand with a crotch, which suddenly accelerated and broke through to the left side.
Sexton immediately moved a step to the left to easily block the offensive line, and Li Yang pulled the ball back, turned on the spot, and cut in from the right side.
His series of moves are smooth, and Owen's master ball control skills really live up to his reputation! Basketball seems to have become a part of the body, the combination of people and ball, pleasing to the eye, and the people on the side of the court who watch it are excited.
Suddenly, Li Yang stopped his jump shot urgently, made a decisive two-point shot, "bell", and hit the iron with two points.
Sexton's face was expressionless, and his emotions were not affected by the score in the slightest, as if he had just done a trivial thing.
Through the first round of the competition, Li Yang deeply experienced the defensive intensity of the rookies in the same grade, but he was also more confident in his future.
Li Yang took a deep breath, calmed down again, and looked at Sexton silently, although the opponent's defensive ability is strong, he will also work hard.
In the second round, Li Yang continued to attack, and Sexton still used the same routine, but Li Yang did not rush to shoot this time, but relied on the body of a steel cannon to advance Sexton step by step to near the free throw line, turned around and threw a shot, and with a "brush", the basketball entered the net.
Everyone on the sidelines was surprised to see this ball, but they didn't expect Li Yang's strength to be so good, this ball completely relied on personal strength, strong advancement, and there was no technical content.
Next, Sexton changed his defensive strategy, no longer using this pressing defense, but single-handedly defending his shots.
But this kind of defense obviously can't put any pressure on Li Yang, as long as Li Yang has enough shooting space, the shooting rate is basically not too bad.
Therefore, Li Yang took out his own special three-point shot, first a fake rush forward, and then suddenly stepped back to make a three-point shot, and hit it steadily!
Next, Li Yang took out eighteen kinds of martial arts, such as emergency stop shots, dry pull-out three-point shots, backward jump shots, ultra-long three-point shots and other scoring methods, and hit one after another.
In the end, according to statistics, Li Yang made a total of 6 shots, hitting 4 balls, with a shooting rate of 66.6%, and 4 three-point shots, hitting 4 balls, with a 100% shooting rate, a very bright performance.
On the contrary, when it was Li Yang's turn to defend, Sexton's scoring ability was also very explosive, relying on his explosive physical fitness to score several goals in succession, and finally succeeded in 6 out of 10 attacks, and his performance was not much worse than Li Yang.
"LeBron." Tyronn Lue greeted James with a smile when he saw him coming.
"That's a good rookie." James pointed to Li Yang on the field and said.
Tyronn Lue looked at James with some surprise, there are so many rookies in the tryout these days, but it is rare to hear James directly express his appreciation for someone.
"yes, he's got a lot of outside offense, he's got a lot of open threes and he's very good at speed, and he's a very good shooter." Taryn Lue spoke.
"Hmm" James nodded, thoughtfully, didn't say anything more, chatted with Tyronn Lue for a few words, and then turned and sat down next to Rose.