57. Summer League is coming
"Your national dog isn't a curse, is it?"
"It's not a curse, but do you like to be called a dog!"
Curry angrily spewed at Sun Ce, but that feeling of anger dissipated a lot.
The most embarrassing is Anthony Randolph, but although his skills are not good, it does not mean that his brain is bad.
Curry, the No. 7 pick, even if he is a rookie, will definitely be better in the eyes of the management than a draft pick who has played for two years, although Watson averaged 9 points and 2 assists per game last season, which is not bad statistics, but the passing is sparse, and he only has 2.7 assists in 24.5 minutes per game, Anthony Randolph does not like to partner with him, and it is not as high as the assist rate of Crawford, who is very unique.
And it's not just Curry, Watson offends two people at once, and another rookie who has the potential to threaten Watson's playing time.
Even if it is a second-round pick, logically speaking, it has more future than Watson's undrafted pick.
2-1, Anthony Randolph easily made a judgment.
The scene is so embarrassing, there is nothing to talk about, and Anthony Randolph did not take the initiative to say more to the two rookie guards at this time, just smile when they look at each other and express their kindness.
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On the morning of the 8th, Sun Ce and Curry came to Oracle Arena together, and it was time for the summer league roster selection.
After today's tryouts, I will go to Las Vegas tomorrow to prepare for the summer league that starts on the 11th.
"E-Tier Event Finalist Summer League ......"
Sun Ce looked at this D-level mission, but he felt the pressure, he didn't talk much since last night, and he was thinking about how to bring his existing skills into play in the competition.
Unlike the previous event, which was completed fearlessly with two "Starter Pack" cards, this time you have to rely on yourself.
Curry looked at Sun Ce, who suddenly quieted down, and felt a little uncomfortable......
"Today we will select a 12-man squad for the Las Vegas Summer League......
First team: Stephen Curry, Noah Sun, Anthony Morrow, Anthony Randolph, Anthony Tolivier ......"
Keith Smart was unhappy with the head coach's interference with his summer league manager's roster arrangement, but he did so.
Hearing the summer league head coach's lineup arrangement, Sun Ce felt that he had entered the Warriors' summer league lineup to select the "seeded team", there is no doubt that in addition to him, the other four people will definitely be able to enter the summer league lineup, and they are all Warriors players next season, these four teammates on the same team have contracts in the frontcourt, and Curry will definitely be able to sign the contract.
Sun Ce and Curry looked at Watson very tacitly, and sure enough, they saw Watson's gloomy face.
It's a lot of fun! Sun Ce and Curry secretly high-fived from behind.
"Second Team: CJ Watson, Darius Andrew, ......"
"Team Three: ......"
"Team Four: ......"
Except for Watson's face being distorted by being "expelled from the seeded team", it feels normal for others to see rookies under contract or draft selected on the "seeded team", and other players who have been in the summer back-to-back every year have become accustomed to not getting the opportunity to play in summer league with the Warriors, and there are other teams.
After dividing the teams in the team training match, which is the tryouts, Smart began to explain the summer league as usual.
The Warriors compete in the larger of the three Summer Leagues, the Las Vegas Summer League, with 23 teams participating.
The other two summer leagues are the Utah Summer League, which has seven teams this year, and the Orlando Summer League, which has nine teams.
In addition to the summer league teams of the NBA, there are also the champions and runners-up of the NBDL, the champion teams of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), and the teams of some other national leagues, with a total of 30 to 40 teams in the three major summer leagues each year.
"The first team and the third team will stay, the second team and the fourth team will go to another training ground, 20 minutes of play, 10 minutes each in the second and second halves, we are not looking at the outcome of the game, but everyone's play, teamwork, the next two hours of warm-up and communication between the players of each team, the game starts at 11 o'clock."
Smart came to the first team to direct the warm-up after the set-up, and the other three assistant coaches also took their respective teams to warm up or go to the training ground on the other side to warm up.
"That guy was in good luck." Sun Ce muttered as he looked at Watson heading to another training ground.
"Hmm......" Curry was also upset.
Both of them want to take revenge early, although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, but Sun Ce feels that he is not a gentleman, Curry may think that he is a gentleman, but he doesn't know this sentence.
However, he didn't fight Watson, and Sun Ce felt unhappy at the same time...... There is a hint of luck, in fact, I really don't know if I can beat Watson, this guy's ability evaluation is similar to Dragic, but the NBA game experience is stronger than Dragic, and his body and skills are more mature.
Those who can get a firm foothold in the NBA, get a contract, and have consistent playing time are among the best players in the world.
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Most of the players in Summer League, the players who play in lower leagues like the NBDL and come to Summer League every year, are really not very good.
During the warm-up, there was a brief discussion of the style of play, Sun Ce was responsible for breaking through the ball, Curry and Morrow received the ball and shot, and the two inside players tried to eat cakes...... That is, there is no tactic, Sun Ce's breakthrough is the best breakthrough, and just like that, the first team also beat the third team 62-40......
Sun Ce looked at the opponent's ability evaluation before the game, and the highest was D-level center Chris Hunter, a senior at the University of Orlando.
Unexpectedly without pressure, Sun Ce relied on the breakthrough to get 13 points and 5 assists, and easily helped the first team win the intra-team game.
And Sun Ce felt that the others seemed to feel normal, and the three teams had almost no resistance when they encountered them, and sometimes they threw the ball into the air casually, and Randolph could easily dunk it when he jumped up......
Sun Ce felt that he had misestimated some things, he thought it would be an E-level event, and it would be difficult, but now that he knows, Curry went to the head coach to communicate with him and wanted to be on the same team as him, and basically helped him complete the incident!
At 12 o'clock, the 20 players returned to the home team's training ground.
"Stephen Curry, Noah Sun, CJ Watson, Cobe Carr, Anthony Morrow, PJ Tucker, Kadir Martin, Devin George, Anthony Tolivier, Anthony Randolph, Chris Hunter, Mickey Moore, congratulations on making the Summer League squad, and everyone else is grateful for your participation......"
Not surprisingly, all five players from the first team were selected, four players were selected from the second team, and only Chris Hunter was selected from the third team, who had 12 points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes, and two players from the four teams were selected, Cobe Carr, the son of Nuggets head coach, and PJ Tucker, the second-round pick of the 2006 Raptors.
Sun Cezhen didn't notice that the Warriors' summer league roster had so many familiar faces, mainly because there was a significant difference in appearance from ten years later, just like Tucker, who played half a season with the Raptors in 06 and was cut, and then went to Europe, and returned to the United States to play summer league every summer......
There are also Devin George and Mickey Moore, two veterans with more than 10-year careers, still looking for jobs...... I guess I'm going bankrupt and I'm going to retire......
The pressure of competition is finally here!
Just as Smart was announcing the Summer League lineup, the system's events section changed.
"Congratulations to the host, E-Rank Event: Finalist Summer League lineup has been completed, start the streak Event: D-Rank Event: Summer League Storm."