Chapter 224: The Answer Returns
Every year in the NBA Summer League, one of the 30 teams will be proposed, and since this is not an official competition, the participating teams will not be full 30.
The Cavaliers selected four rookies this year, and the Cavaliers management, who couldn't bear to test their strength, took the lead in sending invitations to other teams.
After several considerations, the teams that were finally decided to participate in this year's summer league are the Cavaliers, Rockets, Celtics, Pacers, Mavericks, Hornets, Kings, Bucks, Wizards, Nets, Bulls, Warriors, Suns, Bobcats, Timberwolves, Knicks, Magic, Raptors, Spurs, Thunder, Hawks, Pistons, a total of 22 teams announced their participation in this year's summer league, the time is set for July 10, the location is Las Vegas.
The purpose of the Summer League is to test the rookies or young players under their hands, and each team can bring their favorite players from other countries or other leagues to participate in this tournament, which is only a stage for newcomers.
Although there are more than two dozen teams participating in this summer league, each team will play against seven or eight teams, so not every team will be able to play against each other.
In the credit arena, the first team led by Huang Xiang and the second team led by Davis are playing inextricably, and the two sides are attacking and defending each other.
Gibson took the basketball across the half court, glanced at Huang Xiang, then at the players next to him, paused, and then rushed into the basket and threw the basketball high.
The "bump" of the basketball smashed into the hoop and bounced high into the basket, and then fell into O'Neal's hands.
O'Neal had just handed the basketball to Huang Xiang on the side, Scott clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and then got up and shook his hand at the people around him.
"The four of you all have good positions for that shot just now, Williams, O'Neal, Mesf, and Vallejo, so why don't you jump up together and compete for rebounds?" Scott asked, looking at the four people in front of him.
Several people lowered their heads embarrassedly after hearing this, indeed as the coach said, just now the four of them could grab the rebound, but none of them jumped up and scrambled, although O'Neal took the rebound, but it bounced into his hand.
"No matter what time you are, you have to take the game seriously, even if it's internal training, you have to put your mentality well, grab every rebound, do you need me to give you a reason? Every rebound is an offensive opportunity, do you want to lose the opportunity to attack? Okay, that's it for today's training, we're going to Las Vegas the day after tomorrow, you old guys can go with you if you want, of course, the team won't care about you because you can't play. Scott first reprimanded everyone with a stern expression, then smiled slightly and joked with Davis O'Neal and the others.
Huang Xiang and the others laughed after hearing this, except for these four rookies here, they have all participated in the summer league, so the four of them are the most expected, as for O'Neill and the others, they only want to gamble there for money.
The current Cavaliers camp, who participate in the summer league are Gibson, Sessions, Alonzo, Huang Xiang, Jones, Weaver, Williams, Sixson, Hollins, Mesev, only 10 players, two people away from the 12-man roster, so Scott has also been looking for the last two players in recent days.
When the players dispersed, Scott walked to his coach's room, took out the materials in the drawer and began to flip through them.
At 36 years old, it's been a while since I left the NBA, and I don't know if this guy can still play the role he used to be, but it should be okay to pass the ball and be a point guard. Looking at the information in his hand, Scott frowned first, and then a smile appeared on his face, he was holding a bunch of player information in his hand, the guy on the top, the head shape is very similar to Huang Xiang, full of personality tattoos, on his neck, a big Chinese character "loyalty" is so obvious.
Put that information aside, continue to read other materials in your hand, flip through it, and pause there, this person seems to be able to use it as well.
But...... Scott frowned when he looked at it, there are a lot of young people in the team, but these guys are all nearly 40 people, plus O'Neal, I'm afraid the team will be suspended as soon as there is an injury.
Also, these guys used to be the bosses of the team, for a newcomer, can they be convinced?
Thinking about it, Scott also took out the information, and then continued to flip through it, what the Cavaliers lacked at this time was the top inside, otherwise it would be difficult for the Cavaliers to win without a bunch of newcomers on the outside.
Who are the inside superstars who expire this summer? Scott scratched his head, Yao Ming, yes, this guy is due this year, but he has no confidence in himself.
Paul. Gasol? Will the Lakers release him? Without the chips they were interested in, Bynum couldn't put it at all, and they had been using him as O'Neill for several years to cultivate, which was really a headache.
As for Kenyon. Martin, he is also a free agent this year, however, the Nuggets are not expected to release him, forget it, keep him first.
Trying to persuade Scott to put Martin's information aside, Gasol's also took it out.
In the evening, Scott dialed out one by one and continued his team path, Grant and the information in his hand, as the phone calls were dialed one by one, the smiles on their faces bloomed again.
On July 6, 2011, the NBA once again broke the news that the Cavaliers exchanged Vallejo and Alonzo and 800,000 cash for the Suns' Petrus and Carter, once again consolidating their perimeter, and their hands and feet reminded everyone of last year's Heat.
But the trade didn't stop, and at noon, the local media in Cleveland broke out again that the Cavaliers were rushing for Kevin. Garnett's efforts came at the cost of Davis, but the deal was very unfavorable, because the Celtics have a top point guard like Rondo, and there is no shortage of point guards, and secondly, what the Celtics lack is a good interior lineman.
Not long after the news came out, someone broke the news that the Cavaliers were rushing at Paul. Gasol worked hard, and some people said that the Cavaliers and the Trail Blazers reached an agreement to exchange Camby for Davis, but this news was denied by Scott to his face.
Just when people thought that the Cavaliers were waiting for the next summer league, a plane from Turkey to Los Angeles slowly descended, and a person slowly walked out of it, with dark skin, a wheat ear shape, spacious clothes full of hip-hop elements, big sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, a pair of big headphones hanging on his ears, walked out of the airport alone, got into a taxi and left.
On July 7th, at the Credit Arena, Carter and Petrus were chatting with O'Neal and others, and the two of them came to Cleveland yesterday, and it was officially reported today that both of them are veterans, so they are also very familiar with O'Neal and others.
While everyone was chatting and farting and playing ball, several people walked into the players' tunnel, led by Grant, followed by Scott, and then followed by a man dressed in hip-hop street style.
"Everyone, be quiet, welcome new friends, and get to know each other." Scott clapped his hands and gathered everyone together again, and the frequent transactions in recent days have made many players frightened, for fear of who to exchange again.
But when I saw this person coming, the hearts of three people twitched fiercely, this guy, isn't it in Turkey?
"Ai ...... Iverson? Huang Xiang was so excited that he almost fell to the ground, this guy in front of him was actually the answer, Aaron. Iverson, the league's shortest scoring champion, the Lightning attacker who shook Jordan when he first entered the league.
That's right, this guy is Iverson, whom Scott and Grant brought back from Turkey, and the guy who plans to see if he regresses in the summer league.
"Hello everyone, I'm Iverson, and I hope to have a good time with each other in the future." Iverson was also a little excited, he locked himself in his room when he received the call, thought about it all night, and didn't realize until the next day that he had been looking forward to returning to the NBA, and if he had a chance this year, why not come back?
"Hi, Aaron." With a unique smile on his face, O'Neill stepped forward and hugged Iverson fiercely, the two were true friends.
Then Iverson and Carter also hugged tightly, they were once good friends, but they haven't seen each other recently, but it's really nice to be back and fight together.
"Hi" Davis also said hello to Iverson, but the expression on his face was a little stiff, after all, plus Iverson has 4 point guards, it can't be like this, and the team doesn't need two veteran point guards, so he and he can only have one person stay here.
Looking at the bearded Davis in front of him, Iverson seemed to have the same idea as him, if he stayed with the Cavaliers, then it meant that he would leave, but he really wanted to stay on this stage.
Just when the two of them were thinking about their own calculations, an extremely discordant figure suddenly rushed to the two of them, and the pen and notebook in their hands were handed to Iverson at some point.
"Iverson, can you sign me?" A man grabbed Iverson's shoulders tightly and looked at Iverson with adoration.
What the? Seeing this, everyone else fell to the ground, even Davis, who had just shaken hands with Iverson, couldn't avoid it, they all looked at the guy just now, Huang Xiang, you're too good.
That's right, the very embarrassed guy just now is Huang Xiang, he only had two dreams about the NBA, one is to play a real game with Wade, and the other is to become teammates with Iverson, he has always thought that the first one is easy to achieve, and the second one is impossible to achieve, after all, Iverson has left the NBA stage, but who would have thought that the second basically impossible wish to be realized first?
"Hehe" Iverson laughed dryly, is this this year's champion show? Oh my God, that's humorous.
"Idol, do me a favor." Huang Xiang patted Iverson on the shoulder, and the latter reacted quickly and wrote his name.
Looking at the camp in front of him, Grant smiled slightly, and the team at this time is really taking shape.
(I'm a little dizzy, the exciting NBA game is about to start, everyone is looking forward to it, hehe, come on, there is still a chapter in the evening, work hard, and strive to give you three chapters today)