Vixen. Conor has been struggling lately because his team's record has been a bit less than ideal.

A little over a month into the new season, the Blues have played 12 games and have won just five so far.

While the development league is nowhere near as high-profile as the NBA, in competitive sports, results are everything. Even if it's just a development league team, you have to work hard for better results.

If the results are not good, maybe one day the team owner will stop playing. After all, only teams with better results and more potential can be favored by NBA teams. Why is it that in an era when most NBA teams have a subordinate ladder, the Oklahoma City Thunder still ignore the blue team?

Don't you just think that the level of the blue team is too low, and others don't look down on it.

If they can't attract NBA team acquisitions, it will be difficult for small teams in the development league to survive. And once the team is disbanded, everyone has to finish playing.

Just Vixen. When Conor was at a loss, he saw Link, who had been knocked unconscious the day before, stepping into the training ground. Conor immediately greeted him, not because he cared about Link, but because he didn't want to kill someone in his training gym.

"Link, you can rest for a few more days." The bald Conor walked up to Link and examined the back of his head.

"It's okay coach, the doctor said I didn't have anything to do." Link waved his hand, he didn't want to waste any exposure from now on. And if you want to be exposed on the court, you must first impress the coach in training.

Otherwise, where did Link get the opportunity to play in the NBA? If you don't play in the NBA, will Link really want to be a gardener? And then travel over and continue to live a life of poverty?

Therefore, going home to rest is something that Link will never accept. And in order to fill the progress bar quickly, Link still wishes that he would train at high intensity every day.

"Your appearance the day before yesterday was indeed a little scary, and you actually fainted directly. In this way, you will not participate in today's confrontation training, just practice shooting and pace. Conor was still not at ease, after all, Link's previous physical confrontation ability was indeed too poor.

On several occasions, Conor feared that Link would be knocked to the bone by Brockman. What's more, Link just came out of the hospital.

"It's okay, I can do it. If you can't hold on, I'll take the initiative to tell you. ”

"That's right, sir. Link is in such good shape that you'll be surprised! Upshaw was on the sidelines, he had seen how good Link was last night.

"Hahahaha, don't worry, three minutes at most, you won't be able to hold on."

Hearing the conversation between Link and the coach, Joan was warming up. Brockman spoke coolly.

"Alright, Brockman, you're going to be a little bit smaller in training today! This is a basketball court, not a boxing ring! Connell replied angrily, this coach is harsh, but he is not black and white.

He doesn't care much about a player's fame or skin color, he only cares if a player can help the team win.

It is true that the United States is a particularly racist country, but not everyone is like that.

"Anyway," Connell patted Link on the shoulder after yelling at Brockman, "Be careful in training today." ”

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The daily training time of a development league team is not long, and it is nowhere near as systematic and complex as the NBA. After all, most people who play in the NBDL have to work part-time because playing basketball alone isn't enough to support the players in the Development League.

Only those players who aim for the NBA will find time to practice on their own.

And in the NBDL, coaches generally don't lay out any tactics that are too complicated. Because in this league, the players are mostly based on individual performance and rarely play together. Only if everyone shows their full value can they be signed by an NBA team.

Therefore, the players don't have to struggle to run tactics and memorize tactics, as long as they know some basic tactics, they can play on the field.

During the warm-up, Link has been running diligently, trying to adapt to his new body and the abilities of the twilight Hill.

During shooting practice, Link didn't try a three-pointer either. Others don't think it's surprising, after all, Link wouldn't have shot threes in the past. But Upshaw is a little puzzled, Link has practiced a good three-point hand, why don't you show it?

"Why don't you shoot threes, man." A curious Upshaw leaned over to Link and asked.

Link smiled mysteriously, the kind of bad smile that didn't have a good intention, "It's not the time yet, Zike. ”

Finally, after a long warm-up and individual workouts, Conor blew the whistle on his chest, signaling everyone to gather around him.

The players were all excited one by one, and the confrontation training was about to begin!

Brockman was smiling so much that the only fun he had left in the NBA was to ravage Link on the training court.

Being abused everywhere in the NBA, and abusing others after falling into the NBDL will make Brockman feel very fulfilling.

Instead of being afraid today, Link stared into Brockman's eyes and smiled. Link wasn't very confident before, so he didn't dare to look Brockman in the eye. After all, Brockman's appearance was already very vicious.

But today, Link not only dared to look him in the eye, but also dared to laugh so jokingly.

"Damn idiot, I'll see if you can laugh later!" Brockman clenched his fists, and he didn't mind letting his "good teammates" fall again.

"In the first round of training today, I didn't want to see too intense confrontations. Let's find out how it feels, there will be a game tomorrow. The group is the same as usual, go on the field and show a performance that will impress me. Connell said a few words and clapped his hands.

The players spread out and found their own grouping. Connell uses a mix of starters and substitutes in his training, after all, in the Development League, the starting and substitute positions are constantly changing.

Maybe you're a starter today, but if there's a team in the NBA tomorrow that sends players, then no matter how good you've been before, you're going to have to go and sit on the bench. Maybe you're a starter today, but tomorrow you're in the same position as you and you're doing better. So the same, obediently get out and sit on the bench.

So in the NBDL, there is no clear concept of substitutions and starters. Everybody can be a starter, everybody can be a substitute, it's mostly based on performance. So sometimes, the competition in the development league is actually more brutal than in the NBA.

Link and Upshaw are a pair, serving as shooting guard and small forward, respectively. Link's old rival Brockman, on the other hand, is also playing small forward.

In fact, during his college years, Brockman, who played wildly, was a typical "muscular male No. 4". But at 2.01 meters, he entered the NBA and played the No. 4 position, which seemed a little too short. But if he plays the No. 3 position, Brockman is too slow in the NBA and doesn't shoot.

In his four years of college, Brockman made just one three-pointer. Most of the time Brockman is hard to dig inside, shooting? What is that?

His inconsistent positioning is the reason why Brockman is not accustomed to the NBA. This time he was devolved, and Brockman's goal was undoubtedly to transform into a No. 3 position. So this season in the blue team, Brockman has been playing against Link most of the time.

Since it was a training match, there was no jump ball in the middle circle, and Link's side served directly from the bottom line.

After the point guard pushed the ball across the halfcourt, the first thing to look for was Upshaw.

Upshaw is averaging 9.8 points per game for the Blues this season, which isn't high. But with a 38.6 percent three-point shooting percentage, he is the blue's most reliable three-point shooter.

Meanwhile, Link is looking for a three-point shot. The reason why he didn't shoot threes when he just warmed up was to wait for now.

"Silly big man, I'm going to score there later." Link pointed outside the three-point line as he confronted Brockman.

"Hahaha, who do you think you are? Larry. Bird? You go, I'm too lazy to guard against you. Brockman almost burst into tears, Link's three-point shooting, come on.

Seeing Brockman so lax, Link seized the opportunity, secretly pushed Brockman, and then quickly ran outside the three-point line.

Brockman really didn't chase the defense, he was ready to see Link's jokes.

Seeing this, Upshaw made a pass with understanding, and only he knew what was going to happen later!

"Surprise them, Link!" Upshaw passed the basketball in his own words.

Link runs to where he just pointed, catches the ball, faces the basket, jumps, shoots, shots.

His movements were all in one go, and Connell's eyes lit up.

A simple shot, but it reflects Link's skillful fundamentals. He looked less like an undrafted pick and more like a veteran ruffian who had been in the professional league for decades.

And most importantly, that kid actually shot three points? He had never shot a three-pointer before.

"Link, you kid ......"

Conor was about to lash out when his voice was interrupted by the sound of the Nets tumbling.

“...... Strike! Cast it like that! Connell's "wo grass" almost scolded, but he immediately changed his words.

Basketball hollow into the net, three-point hit!

After the goal, Link pointed to his feet, and then looked at Brockman with a stunned face.

"I said, I'm going to score here."

After squirting trash talk, Link stepped back and then gave a high-five to Upshaw, who assisted him.

He suddenly found that the feeling of crushing his opponent on the court was really cool.

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Happy Dragon Boat Festival, the editors of the Dragon Boat Festival are on holiday, and the signing time may be postponed again, helpless.

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