"Archie, let's go, the bus will leave soon!" Iowa Energy is an ordinary American NBDL team, and the only thing that is not ordinary is that it is a subordinate NBDL team shared by the NBA Bulls and Suns.

"Here I am, Steven, I'm coming!" It's been two or three weeks since Archy Goodwin arrived, and with no way out from his ambition at the beginning, he took a bite of a banana to replenish his fitness and walked to the team bus.

"Archie, when did you say we could fly and fight!" Sitting next to Archie Goodwin is a black strong man forward Steven, who has been playing in the NBDL for nearly two years, and joining the NBA has always been his dream, but who is not playing in the NBDL for the purpose of the NBA? Although the geographical distance of the stadium is not far away, they all know very well in their hearts that this distance sometimes cannot be crossed with a lifetime of hard work.

Archigood Dwin knows that Steven is very envious of himself, because he is also the 29th pick this year, and signed a three-year "big contract" of $3.33 million with the Suns.

"Who knows?" Once Archie Goodwin was also a high-spirited basketball genius, selected for the McDonald's All-Star Game, and played 18 minutes to score 14 points on 7-of-13 shooting when he represented the Western Army in the McDonald's All-Star Game. Represented Team USA at the Nike Pinnacle Challenge, scoring seven points in a loss to the Internationals. Winner of two national victories. They are ranked in the top 15 in the national high school student rankings of the three websites.

Honors and awards: National Champion AAU 17U 2010; 2011 Arkansas 5A High School Contact First Team; 2011-2012 Arkansas Gaddle Player of the Year; Arkansas Mr. Basketball, 2011-2012; McDonald's Arkansas Player of the Year 2011-2012; 2012 Arkansas Division 5A National High School League Champion MVP and League MVP; 2012 Parade Magazine High School First Team; 2012 McDonald's All-American First Team; 2012 ESPN High School Men's All-American Third Team; Selected to the 2012 Jordan Young Players team.

However, it was only after meeting the real genius that he realized how unworthy the honors he had received, and now that he thinks about it, how ridiculous it was that he thought he could become James, Kobe, and Jordan as soon as he entered the league!

After entering the Suns, Archiy Goodwin is a complete fringe player, a small role that the coach does not value, has no tactics, and has no ball possession.

He was once very jealous of Li Mojie, thinking that this Chinese American could definitely be elected as the top pick, and he definitely took advantage of his complexion, just like Yao Ming at the beginning, the NBA league wants to cultivate a Chinese superstar.

However, after training with Li Mojie for two months in the preseason, he discovered that there is a difference between talent and talent!

Although there are not many opportunities to play, at the beginning of the season, Archiy Goodwin still wears a suit and follows the team back and forth home and away, there is no way, a team can have 15 players, but only a maximum of 12 players can rotate per game. The player who can't play is DNP, and Archie Goodwin is not qualified to enter the squad, after all, the Suns are fourth in the West this season, and they belong to the level of a strong team in the league, and there are too few opportunities for players like him to make mistakes!

As Archie Goodwin recalls his experiences before he was delegated to the NBDL.

"Archie, what are you still sitting here for? Come with me, the Suns are going to call you! After the game and bus back to the Iowa Energy arena, Archie Goodwin went home, unthinking that his agent, his black brother Mitch, who had grown up playing with him, knocked on his door and pulled him up from the couch.

"Suns, bro, what stupid are you talking about? The Suns have Bledsoe, Ramon Sessions, Ismael Smith, and Lee Mojab on point guard. Middleton at quarterback, Gerrard Green, Barbosa, how could they call me? Archie Goodwin was in ecstasy when he heard the news, then thought about the relationship, and sat down on the sofa and hugged his head and said.

"Dude, I'm your agent, didn't we say we're going to be James and Rich Paul?" Mitch patted Archie Goodwin on the shoulder and shouted.

Mitch said and took out an old-fashioned BlackBerry phone, opened the website, and put it in front of Archie Goodwin, "It's true, you can see for yourself, No, here, Eric Bledsoe announced an unlimited injury for the season because of a torn meniscus, you see even the official website has announced the news, so today General Manager Ryan called me!" ”

"Really, really?" Archiy Goodwin stood up with an excited face and patted his face as if he had won a million-dollar jackpot, at this time don't blame him for being ruthless and unjust, ignoring his nominal Suns teammate Bledsoe's season reimbursement, but fighting for his position with an excited face.

This can only be said, how big a head is and how big a hat is, you can't expect a beggar who can't afford to eat and clothing to care about the things that the president cares about, for a player like Archy Goodwin who has been delegated to the NBDL team, he just wants a chance to sit on the Suns bench now!

On February 1, 2014, the Suns hosted Charlotte Bobcats.

The Suns had already lost to the Indiana Pacers, a powerhouse in the East, and Hornacek was given a must-kill order before the game, as the Bobcats had a 21-27 record before the game and were among the teams that could hope to make the playoffs.

However, because of Bledsoe's injury reimbursement, the Suns have played a little difficult in these games, because for the core of the Suns, Li Mojie, Bledsoe is his well-matched point guard, Bledsoe can give the ball to Li Mojie's organization, and at the same time defend hard.

Archie Goodwin, who was sitting on the sidelines, gritted his teeth and looked at the Hornets players opposite.

"Why don't these bastards admit defeat yet, hurry up and enter garbage time, so I can play for a few minutes!"

But at the beginning of this game, the best performance was McKegie of the Hornets and Al Jefferson, the former Wolves, who beat the slow-burning Suns 15-6 inside and out.

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Archie Goodwin watched Hornacek jump to his feet in a hurry as he watched him off the pitch.

Seeing that Hornacek was about to make substitution adjustments, Archigudwin couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, although he knew that the chances of calling him were very low.

Sure enough, Hornacek didn't even look at Archigoodwin: "PJ Tucker, you go up, you have to pay attention to resisting Jefferson out of the penalty area, do you know?" ”

The competition between the two sides was also extremely fierce, and in the first half the two teams went back and forth, and the score never opened. At the end of the first half, the Hornets instead led by six points at home.

After the start of the second half, the two sides began to strengthen the physical confrontation, and the difference between the two teams could not be widened.

Until there were 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Li Mojie began to exert his strength, he first broke through McGeogie to cause a two-plus-one success, and then assisted Middleton to shoot a lethal three-pointer on the outside, leading the Suns to overtake the Hornets with a wave of force, and then the Suns slowly began to widen the difference.

"That's amazing!" Archiy Goodwin on the bench shook the towel and thought in his heart, he is also a rookie, at the same age, he really wants to be a player like him! Became famous at a young age, amazingly talented, the core of the team, a charming girlfriend, an All-Star rookie selection, and a big contract for Adidas sneakers......

At the beginning of the final quarter, the Suns suddenly went on a 10-2 run, and with six minutes left in the game, Channingfrye hit a three-pointer to give the lead to 15 points.

So the head coaches of the two sides tacitly glanced at each other and chose to make substitutions, and the game officially entered garbage time.

At this point, Hornacek breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the bench.

"Ismael......" Hornacek called Ismael Smith's name first, which made Archigoodwin, who was looking forward to it, chuckle in his heart. Because Ismael is a 181cm tall point guard, and Archiy Goodwin is a 196cm two-way guard, Hornacek named Ismael and gave Archigoodwin one less chance.

But Hornacek's next voice made Archigoodwin's heart fall into the trough instantly float into the clouds. "Archie, you're on!"

Hurriedly ripped off his training clothes, Archie Goodwin was thrilled because he was finally on the NBA arena again. Even if it's garbage time, that's a huge step forward.

What's more, with more than five minutes to go, there is an opportunity for Archigoodwin to try to perform.

This is the story of Archie Goodwin, and it is also the story of most NBA rookies, such as Kobe, Leonard, Paul George, these stars get very few opportunities in the rookie period, they also start from the bench, step by step with the star status in the future, rookies like James, Durant, and Li Mojie are also extremely rare in the NBA! Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!