On May 19, early Saturday morning, Li Liang woke up from his sleep, got up and almost knocked on the beam.

Zhu Shu's apartment is an attic, and the bed is placed under the beams, and if you are not careful, you will hit your head.

Last night, Bai Xiaoting took Zhu Shu to Aunt Changdao's house and asked her to stay there for a short time, and this attic was temporarily reserved for Li Liang and Wei Dazhi.

Relying on his parents at home and relying on friends when he goes out, Li Liang feels very lucky to meet these two friends when he graduates.

As for Wei Dazhi, who hugs his thighs, he is still sleeping like a pig.

Li Liang pushed him and said, "Hey, get up, get up!" Do you want to come with me to training camp? ”

As soon as he heard the three words training camp, Wei Dazhi got up and said in a daze: "Training camp!" Bootcamp! Let's go! ”

"Let's go, get dressed first!"

It is about an hour's drive from Zhu Shu's house to the training hall, and Li Liang must hurry.

After breakfast, Li Liang put on his coat and brought his own sneakers - a pair of Nike James third-generation combat boots.

There is a taxi waiting downstairs, and Li Liang contacted the car yesterday to prevent him from being late for a taxi in the morning.

The camp is located at the PNY Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and is the New Jersey Nets' training ground and team office.

Of course, the New Jersey Nets will disappear from the league after the season and the Nets will relocate to Brooklyn.

The PNY company, a technology company that makes electronic devices, will also be named after the Nets' new training hall and office space.

Li Liang still has an impression of the PNY center.

Because in 2010, Chinese player Yi Jianlian went to the PNY Center for a trial and finally joined the Nets.

In the summers of tournament years, the U.S. national team often trains here.

Li Liang hopes that this place can become his blessed land, show his strength as soon as possible, and win the favor of the team.

The duration of the training camp is only two days, the 19th and 20th.

After that, the Nets will hold a small training camp of their own, and select the new players in the big training camp to participate.

By the end of May, the league will hold a draw to determine the draft picks in the lotto area.

After the draft picks are decided, the next big training camp will be held in Minneapolis.

Then, in mid-June, the NBA will officially conduct a centralized rookie tryout before the draft.

In terms of rookie quality, the earlier the training camp starts, the worse the players' quality.

Those NCAA celebrities, draft favorites aren't going to waste their time at this kind of training camp.

They all have to wait until the lottery is over and each team determines their picks, and then according to their draft positioning, they go to each team for tryouts, and finally participate in the official NBA training camp.

Therefore, training camps like those organized by the Rockets and Nets belong to casting a net if you have nothing to do, and you may be able to catch two fish.

It's normal to not be able to catch it, so you should look for the NBDL's trumpet for instant combat power.

Having said that, such a training camp is very suitable for an unknown person like Li Liang.

With not a particularly strong competitor and scouts from all 30 teams on the field, could there be a better stage for him?

After the Nets and Rockets announced the relevant news, Li Liang contacted the assistant manager of the Nets and the head of the training camp, Bobby Marks, through Calipari's relationship.

Max saw Calipari's face and agreed to Li Liang's application for a tryout, asking him to come over with a letter of introduction on the 19th.

In the taxi, Wei Dazhi opened the official website of the Nets with his mobile phone, clicked on the relevant news of the training camp, and saw Li Liang's name on the trial list - Bruce-Lee.

"Hey, it's really your name, I'll take a look at the others..."Wei Dazhi felt a little excited when he saw his roommate's name appear on the trial list.

Wei Dazhi flipped through the trial list a few times, and found that there were no players who were too famous.

"What, what? I've never heard of any of these players! ”

"Okay, I've seen all these people, in fact, they are all great in the NCAA, but you don't know."

After the list was sent out, Li Liang did his homework and had a general understanding of the competitors who participated in the training camp this time.

With the addition of Li Liang, there are a total of 28 people in this training camp, and the best of these 28 people may be at the end of the first round, and the rest is the second round and the draft.

In Li Liang's view, there are several players who are more outstanding.

One is Jay Crowder from Marquette University.

He was this year's Great East Player of the Year, averaging 17.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game this season, making him a standout player at the No. 3 position.

He overlaps with Li Liang in position and can be regarded as Li Liang's competitor.

The second is Kyle O'Quinn from Norfolk State University.

He is the best player and best defensive player in the Middle East Conference this year, averaging 15.9 points, 10 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game this season.

In the NCAA tournament in March, he scored 24 points and 14 rebounds in the second round to lead the team to eliminate the University of Missouri.

Like Li Liang, he is a senior and is 22 years old this year, and he is an older rookie.

Otherwise, with his performance, he is still an insider, and he will not participate in such a training camp.

The third is a player from France named Evan Fournier, Li Liang has not seen him play, and there is no video.

He just thinks that this player must be good based on his feelings.

Not only because he is an international player, but also because he is at the top of the list.

The Nets' roster is roughly arranged according to the player's fame and strength, which is so straightforward.

Therefore, with Li Liang's strength and fame, he can only be ranked last on the list.

In addition to the title of a champion member of the University of Kentucky, Li Liang's basketball resume is not worth mentioning in other aspects.

Although the participants in the training camp belong to the middle and lower ranks of the entire NBA rookies, they are all top young people in the United States and the world.

Thinking of this, Li Liang took a deep breath, and there was a trace of apprehension in his heart.

Although he has been trained by [Almighty King] for more than a month, Li Liang has not played a regular game.

He was mainly worried about injury.

The super newcomer is injured, and the team will wait.

If Li Liang is injured, no one will look at him, so go home and sell tractors.

The car drove for an hour, and on Saturday morning, the New York City road was unblocked, crossing the East River, passing through Manhattan, and then crossing the Hudson River, arriving in New Jersey.

Get off the elevated highway and into the athletic complex in East Rutherford, home to professional sports in New Jersey-New York.

In the past, the Continental Airlines Arena, the home of the New Jersey Nets, as well as the MetLife Arena, the home of the New York Jets, and the training ground of the New York Giants, were all concentrated here.

To the northwest of the sports center, a brown-red building is the PNY Center.

Stopping the car, Li Liang opened the door, today's sunshine is very good, the air is fresh, it is a good day to play basketball.

The parking lot outside the training centre was already full of cars, some of the players, some of the journalists, and some of the scouts of the 30 teams.

In the lobby of the training center, there are Nets staff to conduct qualification review receptions.

Li Liang reported his name, and the staff found Max.

Max is a middle-aged, white man with a slightly balding head, who wears a black sports T-shirt — the main color of the new Nets — with a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of his nose.

Seeing Li Liang, Max pushed his glasses and said, "Bruce Lee? ”

Li Liang nodded, took out the letter of recommendation that Calipari had written for himself from his duffel bag, and handed it to Max.

Max opened the envelope and glanced at it symbolically, pointed to the direction of the locker room in the stadium, and motioned for Li Liang to enter the locker room to change clothes.

Then Max went off to the side and went about something else.

Except for asking for a name, he didn't bother to say a word to Li Liang from beginning to end.

It's not that Max is arrogant, it's that he does have a lot of things on his plate.

The scouts for 30 teams, 28 rookies and their agents, and a lot of reporters all need Marks to coordinate.

A little transparent like Li Liang would be good to point him to the location of the locker room.

Li Liang didn't think there was anything, the NBA is more realistic than any workplace in the world.

You're playing awesome, and the whole league and the fans revolve around you.

If you can't play, professional managers won't look at you more, and fans won't know you exist.

Li Liang went to the locker room, and Wei Dazhi got a temporary work permit because he was with Li Liang.

Because he did not have a press card, he could only stay in the stands to observe and take pictures, not to interview or video.

Li Liang entered the locker room, and there were already many rookies changing clothes in it to prepare for the trial.

Li Liang glanced at it and could recognize a few, but he was not familiar with them, there were too many NCAA players.

If it weren't for the fact that they were nationally famous and regularly featured on television, many players would be relatively unknown, even if they were already well-known locally.

Li Liang is better, because he has been to the NCAA finals, and he has shown his face to score too many points, and the TV station has given him a close-up shot.

Especially his black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, in the predominantly black American basketball world, he is very eye-catching.

So speaking of which, Li Liang can be regarded as a "famous" figure in this group of rookies.

As soon as he entered the locker room, the others threw him "friendly" looks, and several guys raised their hands to greet him.

Li Liang stepped forward to shake hands with a few people who greeted him, bumped his chest, and then found a locker to change clothes.

American Lao Hei is like this, if you don't know each other, you like to call yourself a brother, and as for going on the court, I'll see you again.

After changing into the training clothes issued by the Nets to the players, Li Liang moved his limbs, and he felt that he needed to say something.

"Hey, hey guys," Li Liang said loudly as he stood in the middle of the locker room, drawing everyone's eyes to him, "I'm Bruce Lee from the University of Kentucky, and it's a pleasure to be with you on this training camp today. I want to say, I'm definitely going to be in the NBA and I'm going to be there for you. ”

As soon as the words ended, the players in the dressing room looked at each other and burst into laughter.

A few guys were smiling particularly brightly, as if listening to a Jimmy Canmore talk show.

"Yes, that's right, after all, you're an NCAA champion, a champion!"

"It's still going to be too much in the finals, key points."

"Big Heart, Free Throw Line Killer!"

"Kentucky's champion!"

In the face of Li Liang's arrogant declaration, the rookies began to ridicule Li Liang as if they had found a breakthrough in the topic.

The atmosphere of the dressing room, which had been dull, suddenly came alive.

Li Liang didn't mind, just snorted and said, "I hope you can understand that most of you here can't get into the NBA, you may go to Europe, or you may go to China." China is my hometown, and playing there is a good choice, good food, less games, and more money. If you need to learn Chinese, you can find me, Baojiaobaohui, free of charge within a week. ”

Li Liang's words were a little contemptuous, and the atmosphere in the locker room was a little subtle in an instant.

At this time, the staff who had been guiding in the locker room clapped their hands and said, "Okay, okay boys, don't waste your energy on your mouth, go to the field!" ”

Everyone left for the training ground, and a bunch of words appeared in front of Li Liang's eyes: [Anger +10, from Tony Mitchell], [Anger +15, from Alex Young], [Anger +10, from Kim Inglish], .........

Anyway, it's nothing, just collect a wave of anger, Li Liang thought.