The Oklahoma Blues, an unremarkable team in the NBA Development League.

This team has never won any honours and has not produced any impressive players. Even the history of this team is only two years.

In 2005, the Alves Heights relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and changed their name to the Tulsa 66ers. Two years ago, the Tulsa 66ers relocated again, from Tulsa, Oklahoma's second-largest city, to Oklahoma City, the first-largest city, and changed their name to Oklahoma Blue.

The team's move is undoubtedly hoping to attract the attention of the NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder, hoping to become a subordinate team of the Thunder's Development League.

That's right, the blue team hasn't been claimed by any NBA league's parent team right now. Without the support of big funders, this kind of small team in the development league does not know how many years it can last.

It is precisely because the blue team is not a subordinate team of any NBA team that the players here need to play more outstanding if they want to attract the attention of NBA teams.

The people who are still here are all aiming to enter the NBA.

Link had just finished breakfast the next day, and while living on the third floor, he heard a car horn from downstairs in his apartment. Link stuck his head out the window and looked out the window to see a beat-up Chevrolet sedan parked downstairs.

He made an appointment with Upshaw yesterday that the two would go to the training gym together. Upshaw showed up on time today, and in Link's memory, Upshaw has always been very reliable.

Link took a deep breath, he was about to go to the first training session of his career! Although there are memories of the former owner of this body, it is not Link's personal experience after all. So for the training later, Link is still a little nervous.

But thinking about what happened on the basketball court yesterday made Link relax a lot. If he really has Grant now. Hill, even if it's twilight Grant. Hill's ability to play the development league should be more than enough!

Because Link remembers that Grant during the Suns. Hill also averaged more than a dozen points per game in the NBA. A player who can score more than 10 points in the NBA should not have a big problem playing in the development league.

Link clenched his fists, he must seize his opportunity and try to get a guaranteed contract from the NBA this season!

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"I didn't sleep all night last night."

As soon as Link got into the car, Upshaw began to complain.

"Why?"

"Scared by your performance, when did you get your shooting so accurate? And your body ...... Nothing has changed in terms of size, but I always feel like you're getting stronger. Upshaw still finds it incredible for Link yesterday.

After shooting three points yesterday, Link also tried the mid-range, and the results were also accurate. In the end, Link and Upshaw fought a few rounds of bullfighting.

As a result, Upshaw was forced to stagger by Link's spicy stance and tough confrontation, and it was difficult to move an inch. But once, Upshaw was able to eat Link with his body! In the end, Link beat Upshaw 10-2. The only goal that Upshaw scored was actually a release from Link.

"Hehe, I played really hard yesterday, and you just used the bullfight as a warm-up, so you couldn't squeeze me. As you know, Coach Connell hasn't liked me very much lately, so I've got to keep it motivated. Link scratched his head in embarrassment.

"You're right, you made two mistakes in a row as soon as you came on the pitch in the last game and you didn't do very well in training. Coach Conor isn't bad, it's just that your recent performance has really ...... You've got to do your best in today's training, Link. Hopefully, you'll be able to perform like you did last night. ”

"I'll work hard, with you as a good sparring partner, how can I not improve?" Link said, holding out his fist. Upshaw smiled knowingly, and reached out to lightly bump fists with the Chinese guy next to him.

It seems that Link has become accustomed to having such a black American friend.

A little over a dozen minutes later, Link and Upshaw arrived at their training ground, which is also home to the Oklahoma Blues, Anthee Coliseum.

Although it is in the same city as the Thunder, it is impossible for the blue team to use the Chesapeake Energy Arena for games and training because the blue team is not affiliated with the Thunder team.

Although this Anteshi Arena is not as tall as the Chesapeake Energy Arena, it is not small from the outside. As far as Link can remember, the stadium, which can accommodate about 12,000 spectators, was converted from an unused and abandoned stadium.

Although the luxury is not as luxurious as the home court of an NBA team, it is quite magnificent for Link, who has never played professional basketball.

"Hey, Zike, didn't you sleep well yesterday? With such big dark circles under his eyes. ”

"Zike, coming with Link?"

"Good morning, Zike, how are you feeling today?"

After walking into the training hall, many people greeted Link and Upshaw. Link looked at a tall professional player in the training gym, and his eyes were glazed.

These players are top players in most places, but in the United States, they can only play in the development league on a meager salary. This shows how powerful the group of "birds and beasts" in the NBA is.

Link also nodded at his teammates one by one, the previous Link was taciturn, didn't like to talk, and wouldn't offend anyone. Therefore, I was not isolated and excluded from the team because of my skin color. Of course, Link's relationship with everyone is not too good.

On the blue team, only the "self-cooked" Upshaw seems to be willing to be friends with Link.

Of course, not everyone on the team is so friendly to Link. Just as Link and Upshaw were about to go to the locker room, a strong white player with a black head walked out of the locker room.

This gentleman is very vicious just by looking at his face, and he does not have the slightest sense of elegance of a white player. After seeing Link, the strong-haired man smiled playfully, "Weak chicken forest, healed so quickly?" It doesn't matter what your head is. Hahahaha, I didn't mean to drop you, it's just that you're too thin. ”

Link knew that chink, a word with a similar pronunciation to chicken, had nothing to do with half a dime. In addition to the meaning of weak chicken, the words in the mouth of the inch-headed strong man also have a strong racial discrimination implication in it. It's like saying "Nigo" to a black man's face.

"You're enough, Joan! Stop pestering him, we're teammates, aren't we? Upshaw shoved the white man and helped Link out of the way.

"Hahaha, okay, I won't pester him. But later on the training pitch I'm going to have to pester him. The white man named Joan spread his hands and walked to the training ground.

Joan. Brockman, who was drafted by the Trail Blazers with the eighth pick in the second round in 2009, was immediately traded to the Sacramento Kings. He used to be the main forward of the University of Washington, can swing in the third or fourth position, is an agile "big white bear", has super excellent paint area movement ability, offensive is very aggressive, and the ball style is fierce and strong. often roaring, falling, and destroying the basket on the court, it is by no means a common white soft man.

He played 52 games with the Kings last season, averaging 2.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and spent the rest of his time in the Development League.

This season, Brockman was traded to the Bucks, where he played in 15 games, averaging 2.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. Such embarrassing data caused Brockman to be thrown into the Development League again, and then he became teammates with Link.

In the Development League, the camaraderie between teammates is nowhere near as deep. In particular, it is between two players in the same position. Because in the Development League, everyone's goal is to make it to the NBA with a good performance. So, teammates in the same position are more like competitors.

Because of this, Brockman has not been very kind to Link. Because only by bullying the Asian striker in training can he keep his starting position. And only by keeping the starting spot can he win the favor of NBA teams.

The day before yesterday, Link was chasing Brockman in training, but Link, who was flying into the air, was secretly made a small move by Brockman, which caused Link to fall to the back of his head and faint.

"Ignore him, that damn white skin always feels like he's on top. Don't let him get you, and do well in training later. Walking into the locker room, Upshaw comforted Link.

These so-called "civilized people" always look down on people of color, yet sometimes they are actually more brutal than "barbarians."

At first, the Americans said that the Indians were barbarians, but what did they do with the Indians?

"It's okay, I don't care what that idiot said." Link waved his hand, he was not so middle-two, and he would fight with others if he didn't say the right thing.

This kind of person only appears in comics.

Upshaw looked at Link in amazement again, Link had never scolded before, and had always been a crepe young man. Why has Link's temperament changed so much since he was discharged from the hospital?

"Of course," Link said to Upshaw as he put on his shirt, "I'm not going to let him bully, you're right, I should focus on training." Then fight for it, and let that guy bring himself to his own shame. ”

Link is from 2019 and he has never heard of Joan before that. The name Brockman. This shows that Brockman has never made a name for himself in the NBA in his life.

A player who has never heard of it, wants to talk to Grant. Hill's trick? It's not that Link is arrogant, it's that he really has the ability to defeat the other party!

How you bullied the previous Link, I can't control it. But bullying me now? There are no doors!

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