After a long wait again, the big black man finally spoke, "I like to collect coupons for fried chicken and sandwiches, I will collect one for you when I have the chance, or I can treat you to fried chicken and sandwiches often in the future, so what do you think?" ”

"Are you a local? I'm not a local, I don't know if I'll have a chance to meet again tonight, I don't think I have a chance to enjoy this benefit you said! Hogist pondered.

"I'm a Californian, tomorrow I'll participate in the Spurs' joint tryout, if I perform well, I may sign with the Spurs, if I can sign successfully, I'll be here except for away and holidays, if you come to the Holy City, as long as I'm here, I'll invite you to dinner!" The big black man assured.

It turned out to be this year's rookie! But with such good physical fitness, it should belong to the lottery show level, right? The Spurs don't have a high-pick signing, so why sign with him? However, if the Spurs can really get him, even if I don't teach him, with Chip's tuning, his projection ability will make great progress, and there will be many friends in the league in the future, right? Why don't I sell him a favor first, lay a good foundation for him first, and let him mention his shooting progress The first person I want to thank is me. Hougist quietly made a small calculation in his heart. I made up my mind.

"I'm from Vegas, and I'm not too far from LA and the Holy City, so there should be plenty of opportunities to get to these two places, so I'll reluctantly agree! But it's up to me to decide how much to eat each time! Hoggist nodded and agreed to the big black man, "Haven't asked for your name yet?" What should I call you? ”

"My name is Kowai. Leonard, you can call me Kawhi or KL. Leonard said a little shyly.

"Your name is kawaii? Could it be that Ling Zun already liked Japanese moe culture 20 years ago? "It's the first time he's heard such an unorthodox name.

"My father likes Hawaii and wants to give me a name that sounds similar, so he gave it this name, although it sounds similar, but it's not Kaaii, it's Kahi, if it's really called Kawaii, I don't have the face to deal with others." Leonard mentioned his father with a hint of sadness in his tone.

Howgist trembled a little when he heard Leonard's voice, knowing that his crow's mouth was asking about the sore spot of others again, so he had to apologize again: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Ling Zun had ......?" ”

"It's okay, his murderer has been punished by the law, but it's still hard for me to get out." Leonard's voice was a little choked, but there was no change in expression on his face.

"My name is Haugist. Hurley, it's a pleasure to meet you, let's put those sad pasts behind and start practicing shooting, after all, it's not too early, and I don't want to cause you to miss the tryout! Hougist took the initiative to divert the subject, trying to take Leonard away from the sad memories.

"Thanks, let's get started." Leonard picked up the ball and followed Haugist back to the court.

"You have a big hand, it's enough to pluck the ball with one hand, and I think you also seem to have a slight force in your left hand, which is the key to your hitting percentage. Now you try to put your left hand behind your back and shoot with your right hand with one hand. Hougist put Leonard in a usual shooting position, and then corrected Leonard's posture by hand.

Leonard made a few baskets with one hand, and although he didn't make them all, he felt a little more comfortable in his hands than before. He then began to jump shots with the ball in both hands, forcing his left hand to take the ball off before he could make a shot. But after a few shots, he was stopped by Haugist, "Your two legs are more separated, don't be so tight, more natural!" ”

Leonard was training in the way of Hougist very seriously, and the shooting rate gradually improved, and Hougist began to tease Leonard's style in order to adjust the slightly heavy atmosphere before, "Your height and hairstyle are very similar to the 'melon' in your rookie period!" ”

"Carmelo from the Nuggets was my idol, and I wore the number 15 jersey at San Diego." Leonard replied.

"Then you have to practice shooting, after all, 'Melon' is very good at mid-range shooting!"

"You don't seem to be particularly effective at shooting this way! Why don't I feel like my hit rate has improved much? Leonard asked.

"Of course! This is just the adjustment of the basics, when you have practiced these I will teach you some of my exclusive tips, now is the process of quantitative change, when the time comes, I will teach you some tips, you can achieve the effect of qualitative change! Hoggist said.

"I see, but I'm going back tomorrow after the tryout, and I don't know when we'll see each other again tonight." Leonard said with a little regret.

"It's okay, I'm going to have a shooting 'bootcamp' in Vegas next month for guys who want to improve their shooting, and you can come there if you have time. Just enough to be able to lift together. Hoggist began to "sell" his so-called "training camp" again, a "training camp" with only three cadets.

Howgist and Leonard's shooting drills continued until nearly 12 o'clock, until other students shouted at them from the balcony complaining that their striking iron was really disturbing, and the two had to go back to their dorm to rest.

The hands of the clock in the evening had just reached 0:00, and Hougist said happy birthday to himself in the mirror in the bathroom, and was about to go to bed, but the mobile phone screen suddenly lit up, and Hougist grabbed the phone and saw that it was actually a blessing email from across the ocean.

Hogist opened the email, it was sent by Qiu Jingli, it said: Honey, watch the video, it was recorded by me in advance, I don't know if the email was delayed, but I calculated the time over there and sent it a little bit, I wish you a happy birthday!

At the end of the email, a short video of Haugis opening the video in Qiu Jingli's bedroom, which can be judged from the dark window to be filmed at night.

"Hi dear! It's June 6th, Chinese time, and I wish you a happy birthday in Beijing! A benefit for you! Do you think my new pajamas are sexy or not? Why~ give you a flying kiss! You have to cheer up in the training camp~"

Hogist watched the video with joy, although it was brief, but he felt that his tired body was full of strength. He was determined to perform well tomorrow!

At about 5:30 a.m. the next day, Haugist got up for morning exercise as usual, and when he arrived on the court to find himself second again, Leonard had arrived earlier than him, and his vest was already soaked with sweat.

"Morning!" Hougist took the initiative to greet Leonard.

“。。。。。。 Early...... Leonard was succinct.

"How's your shooting practice?"

“。。。。。。 Not bad...... Leonard replied with a blank face.

"Uh...... Go ahead! After last night's training, Hougist probably understood that Leonard was such a taciturn person, so he didn't care too much, and came to the next court to practice shooting by himself.

After practicing for more than an hour, Hoggist did a stretch and was about to go back for breakfast, when he saw that Leonard had no intention of leaving, he stepped forward and greeted: "It's almost 7 o'clock, Kehuai, aren't you going to have breakfast?" ”

“。。。。。。 No...... Leonard continued to shoot in earnest.

"Uh...... All right! I'm going to eat first, you take it easy, be careful of the physical exhaustion during the trial! Hougist waved his hand and left.

“。。。。。。 Bye。。。。。。 Hougist was about to walk out of the court before he heard Leonard squeeze out such a sentence.

After breakfast, the players gathered in the training hall, and Coach Fogier still led everyone to warm up first, and while everyone was actively warming up and discussing today's exhibition match, Coach Budenholzer walked into the training hall with three young people.

Everyone looked up, and the three of them were like stairs, one taller than the other. The shortest was a thin black man with a slightly lighter complexion, of course, the thinness was only compared to the other two around him, if compared to them were still a lot stronger than these high school students, this player was about the same height as Haugie Straven and others, but was significantly thicker than Haugist.

The medium-height black Hoggist knew that it was Kowy, whom they met for the first time last night. Leonard. The tallest is a white man, about 6 feet 10 inches tall, who looks a lot like Blake in '09. Griffin.

The trio began warming up on the other side of the field, led by Budenholzer. And Hougist saw Budenholzer come here with these three rookies to warm up, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, Coach Fusier said yesterday that the individual test and the difficult little stove should be for me to play against the rookie who is as tall as me, right? Let me be a high school student and go to college school? I'm really trying to push the limits of my offensive and defensive abilities!

But where would Hoggist think that the opponent that the Spurs prepared for him was not the rookie of similar height, but the more capable Kewai. Leonard!

Everyone almost stopped warming up and began to talk to each other.

"These three guys should be the rookies of the Spurs' tryout this year, right? The three of them have very different styles! ”

"Spurs are supposed to be rebuilding this year, right? Being black-eight by a grizzly bear simply breaks my heart! ”

"I can't afford to buy a big name, and I can't get a high-ranking sign, how can I rebuild it!"

"Also, I can only hope that there will be another TP9 or Manu among these low-ranking rookies!"

"That's too difficult, there are so many second-round shows every year, it's good to have a great one, how can we go back and let us find treasures?.

These local high school students are talking about it, but they don't know that the reason why Spurs have repeatedly won the jackpot in Taobao is precisely because they have insisted on holding this summer training camp!

The three rookies and the high school students in the camp here have completed the warm-up, and Budenholzer began to arrange for the three rookies to practice, and all three of them have fully demonstrated their abilities, the 6-foot-3 point guard is a good backup point guard player, although his projection ability is average and his defensive ability is also insufficient. And that copycat Griffin, although he has the same height and better arm span as Griffin - basically no one with the same height will have shorter arms than Griffin, but this copycat Griffin is a small forward style of play, with a three-point basket on the outside, and also has a certain ability to break through, but the offensive ability of the back basket and the defense under the basket are lacking.

Leonard's tryout came as a surprise to Budenholzer, as Leonard's shooting skills had improved significantly from the NCAA season a few months ago and had reached the league's average, which strengthened Popovich's determination to sign him after watching the tryout in his second-floor office.

After the tryout, Budenholzer gave the three rookies a break, then turned and waved at Coach Phosir, who walked up to Hougist and smiled, "Let's go!" Your special test is here, do well! After speaking, he leaned into Horgist's ear and whispered, "Let me tell you a little secret, Greg peeked in the office on the second floor, if you perform well, he will give you a promise for your future!" ”

Coach Fosier had expected Hoggist to be overjoyed with Popovich's promise, but found that Hoggist didn't show much change in expression. Could it be that he is also a facial paralysis? Coach Faucier guessed.

In fact, Horgist has long been clear about the purpose of holding the training camp, so sooner or later his strength will attract the attention of Popovich, and Popovich's desire to sign him in the future is also within his prediction, so when Coach Focier told him, Horgist was not too surprised.

Coach Faucier led Haugist to Budenholzer's half, and the training camp exploded, and LaVine asked Hollis Jefferson, "What's going on?" Why would Coach Faucier bring the boss over there? ”

Hollis Jefferson replied: "Didn't Hoggist say yesterday that the Spurs had a special training session for him? This should be it, right? ”

"Is Hoggist going to train with three rookies?" A participant from the "GDP" group asked.

"Don't forget what Coach Fogier said yesterday is that there is a special 'exhibition game' today, and since it's a 'game', then it should be a one-on-one battle between Hoggist and that rookie guard! After all, the two of them are about the same size. ”

"Possibly!"

"Makes sense!"

The players in the "GDP" group agreed. And Booker's eyes are full of envy and jealousy, if he performs better yesterday, at least fight a little more, and play an even match with Hoggist, maybe he can get this opportunity himself? Booker's heart was filled with remorse.