Chapter 8 Ginger is still old and spicy
In Bill Duffy's office, Duffy pushed a document in front of Li Yang, and then said, "This is what I just collected, about the trial materials of each team, you can take a look first to see if there is any team you want to go to?" ”
After finishing speaking, Bill didn't wait for Li Yang to finish reading, turned around and went to make a cup of steaming coffee, leaned back in the chair, and enjoyed the rare early morning time.
"Secret information?" As soon as Li Yang's eyes lit up when he heard this, he immediately became interested, put away his appearance, sat up straight, opened the information with relish, and looked at it carefully.
He read several copies in succession, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, and he had a deeper understanding of Duffy's ability in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh, the ancients were right, there is really no vanity under the fame!
This year, each team needs to strengthen in different positions, so each team has a different focus, so the way of tryouts is also different.
Just like the Cavaliers and Spurs tryouts he experienced before, they are two completely different ways, and if you can prepare in advance, you can definitely do more with less.
And these are all internal information, only those who participate in the trial training know, although this is not particularly confidential information, but to be able to collect in such a short period of time, how much network of contacts is required, you can imagine that the difficulty is not ordinary.
He then flipped through a few more copies, and then put down the papers, although the information was very complete, the problem was that he had not received the trial invitations from these teams!
It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!
Duffy saw the movement in Li Yang's hand and asked suspiciously, "What?" Aren't you interested? You've already made up your mind to go to the Cavaliers or the Spurs, right? ”
Li Yang shook his head and said helplessly: "That's not it, the key is that I didn't receive the trial invitation from these teams, you show me a fart now!" ”
Duffy smiled, stood up with a smile, walked to Li Yang's side, pressed his shoulders with both hands, and after letting him sit down, he explained: "Li Yang, I don't know if you have ever thought about it, is it too passive to simply wait for an opportunity now?" ”
"Passive?"
"Yes, passive, very passive, you're not a native of the United States, you're still a yellow Asian, and those scouts in the league don't think much of you at all, let alone take your pre-draft performance seriously, and the most impression of you comes from the edited video.
It is estimated that the first few teams that invited you to tryout, even if they like you, will not disclose the trial information, because they want to use a lower order to pick up the leaks, and it is estimated that the Spurs are also playing this time. ”
Li Yang nodded helplessly, what Duffy said is indeed very reasonable, at present, there are basically no past videos that can be watched on the Internet, only a few trial pictures, which are very bleak.
Duffy continued: "So we're going to sit back and wait, we're going to turn the passive into the proactive, and we're going to have to turn the impression that outsiders have of you, and that's when we need to create something big enough to bombard the market and get scouts to you." ”
"What counts as a killer feature? Could it be a video! Li Yang said uncertainly.
"Let's talk about your best tactics at the moment." Duffy sat back down, smiling but not answering.
Li Yang hesitated for a moment, and said seriously: "Three-point shot, ball control, speed, power." ”
Three-point shooting (90% fusion), step-back threes (80% fusion), ball control master (75% fusion), steel cannon (72% fusion), these are all his current skills.
"Which of them is the best?" Duffy then asked.
"Three-pointers, I hit 19 of 20 shots, and I actually had a good ball control." Li Yang said truthfully.
“…… 19 out of 20? Duffy stared blankly at him.
Li Yang nodded embarrassedly, "Hey, this is all a routine operation, the hit rate will be reduced a little if there is defense, but it will not be too bad, it depends on the defensive intensity!" ”
Since the last time he strengthened his long-range shooting skills, Li Yang's three-point long-range shooting attribute value has reached 85, which is slowly approaching the upper limit of A-level skills.
"If that's the case, you can make it to the first round, maybe try hard and have a chance to finish in the top 10!" Duffy dropped the information in his hand and said excitedly.
"Huh?" Li Yang looked at Duffy in surprise, can't this make it to the first round?
Duffy turned to look at the door at this time, and saw that his beautiful assistant had returned, and he immediately said, "Selena get ready, call Brown and Jones, get the camera equipment, and then we will go to the court together." ”
"Okay boss!" Selena, Duffy's assistant and friend's daughter, just graduated from college, interned here at Duffy, proficient in eight Chinese languages (including Chinese), a white woman in her twenties, tall, with delicate facial features, wearing a well-tailored professional dress, her hair coiled behind her head, giving people a very capable workplace beauty.
Although the Doug Building is an office building, this is a building named after Doug, and naturally a supporting basketball court is indispensable.
Li Yang and his entourage of five hurriedly went downstairs and walked through the aisle to the basketball court on the east side of the building.
This is a standard small indoor gymnasium, with only one basketball court in the middle, and a small number of seats neatly distributed on both sides.
Once inside, Duffy asked his assistant Jones to pick a position, debug the equipment, and prepare for the recording.
Li Yang and Brown moved a basket of basketballs from the sidelines.
"OK" Jones adjusted his position, then gestured to Duffy, saying, "Head, everything is ready to start recording." ”
"Got it." Duffy nodded, then stood on the sidelines of the court and waited to watch Li Yang's three points.
The role of caddie is naturally played by Brown.
When everything was ready, Li Yang took off his coat and was ready to shoot.
"Wait a minute!"
Li Yang hadn't started to vote yet, but Duffy suddenly shouted to stop.
Li Yang looked at him suspiciously, not knowing why he suddenly stopped.
Duffy then said, "Li Yang, can you be as accurate as you say in your coat?" ”
Wearing a coat?
He really hasn't tried this, although the jacket will have a certain impact on the shot, but for him with three-point shooting skills, the impact should not be too great.
Li Yang thought for a moment, and then said, "I'll try it first." ”
"Okay." Duffy turned to Jones and said, "Jones, when Li Yang starts to vote, you will start recording, try the first time first, and see the effect." ”
Li Yang put on his coat and moved a few times, fortunately, today's outer suit belongs to sportswear, not a suit, and the restriction on two arms is not very large, so there should be no big problem.
After getting used to it, he walked to the basket outside the three-point line in the bottom left corner, picked up the basketball, and nodded to Duffy on the sidelines to get started.
Duffy responded, Jones began recording, and Lai Yang began shooting.
With the long-range shooting attribute reaching 85 points, Li Yang shot more and more three-point shots, and the three-point projection became more and more fluent, he could feel that his three-point shooting level had undergone a qualitative change.
The first shot was in the bottom left corner, and he aimed for the basket before making a quick shot. The angle, arc and power of the shot are perfect.
The basketball crossed a graceful arc in mid-air and went straight to the net.
"Huh!"
Basketball hollow into the net.
Li Yang's hand kept grabbing the second ball in the basket. The same position, the same hand shape, is still a perfect arc, and the basketball is again hollow into the net.
Next, there was a burst of beautiful music in the arena - the sound of basketball rubbing into the net.
Swish! Swish! Swish! ……
There were thirty balls in a basketball, and by the time thirty were finished, he had hit twenty-eight balls.
"Alas, I'm still too accurate!"
"Keep a low profile, don't look too envious!"
"Damn, I'm still not low-key enough!" Li Yang looked at his hands and sighed.
"Oooo The scene that happened in front of her made Selena on the sidelines completely stupid.
Li Yang pulled a total of two basketballs before, and after the first basket was thrown, he threw the second basket non-stop, and the balls that were thrown were picked up by Brown and moved the basket to the left 45-degree angle.
Li Yang's hit count is still rising, and the sound of basketball hollowing into the net is constantly echoing in the small arena.
"It seems that today is going to exhaust the old man and me!" Brown was already sweating profusely, and the caddie thing was really not that easy to do.
Li Yang started from the bottom corner of the left side, then the left 45-degree angle, the three-point line at the top of the arc, and then the bottom corner, five positions, 60 balls in each position, his hands began to sour at the end, but the shooting rate still maintained a very high level, basically able to maintain about 90%.
By the time Li Yang threw 195 balls after throwing four points, Selena was not just stupid, but completely stunned.
After throwing the last ball, Li Yang was also tired and sweating, and most of his clothes were wet.
Look at the caddie Brown on the side, he was even more tired and collapsed directly on the ground.
Although Li Yang is very tired, there is an indescribable refreshment in his heart, to say that he is usually a training maniac, but he has never shot so many basketballs at one time, and the sound of "swish" goals is still so intoxicating, it is simply a natural sound.
"Well, I played average today, and I wasn't at my best."
"Alright, you're done, it's time to call it a day!" Duffy clapped his hands, ignored Li Yang's shameless praise, and shouted loudly.
Li Yang also stood up, shook his sore arm, and walked outside the basketball hall.