After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, everyone came to the training hall, and there were already a group of elite players from local high schools waiting on the sidelines. Everyone wore Spurs training uniforms and warmed up shots on the sidelines, although the Spurs provided the players with sneakers, but they were the most basic style, and the teams of these high school stars generally had equipment sponsorship contracts, and the shoes were much better than those provided by the Spurs, so no one wore Spurs-issued shoes.

The local high school students over there cast envious glances, not only because of the sneakers, but also because of the strength and talent of these players. Especially when they saw LaVine easily make all kinds of fancy dunks, everyone's jaws fell to the ground in shock.

Lang Day leaned over to Hougist and exclaimed, "This buddy's 'Little Carter' name is really not blown!" He's just as tall as you, and he's so much better at jumping than you! ”

"Go to the side, why compare him with me, why don't you compare yourself with yourself, you are an inch taller than me, your arm span is also perverted, isn't your bounce inferior to him, one of the high school students in this training hall counts as one, who can bounce comparable to him?"

"It's amazing that no one is buckling, I don't know if the actual combat can be so easy?" Lang Dai asked.

"I don't know, let's see." Hoggist said as he made a shot from beyond the three-point line.

LaVine buckled a few, feeling that the joints and ligaments all over his body had been moved, so he returned to Hoggist, pointed to the local high school elite on the other side of the court and asked Hougist: "Boss, they don't look very strong, and they are also the target of the Spurs' future low-pick draft?" I think they have a hard time playing the NCAA, right? ”

Haugist hurriedly pressed Laven's hand pointing at the opposite side, "Don't point fingers at others, how rude, and besides, keep your voice quiet, don't let them hear, it will hurt their feelings!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" LaVine asked, puzzled.

"Do you remember what I said to Henry on the first day at the riverside restaurant?" Hogist asked Laven rhetorically.

Ravan recalled for a moment and said, "Yes! You ask Mr. Vincent, 'How can you eat cactus?' Then Mr. Vincent replied, 'Of course, the cactus is the essence of this dish, and the cactus berries are sweet and sour. And ......'......"

"Shut up, shut up, did you go out with your head to look tall? I told Henry so much useful information, you didn't remember a word, why do you remember so clearly whether cacti can eat or not? Hougist wanted to kick Laven.

"Of course, the food aspect is more important!" Ravan argued.

"Henry said that this training camp is nominally an NBA care action, but in fact it is to look at potential high school students across the United States."

"I remember when you said that, as if you said something like that that day, but I didn't understand what you were talking about, you said I didn't need to understand, just behave well in the training camp." Ravan recalls the conversation that day.

"Spurs have been on training camps for so many years, and they've been very productive, but they haven't been imitated by other teams, guess why?" Hougist asked Raven, who shook his head, and Lange came up with interest to listen to Hoggist's talk.

"This training camp has done a lot of work on the surface, in the name of 'NBA Care Action', it holds a training camp for local students for free, and also generously provides NBA-level resources, and it takes so much effort to cover the potential high school students carefully selected by the scouts, and it is very inconspicuous to put 7 of us in the local more than 50 students, and it will not attract the attention of others! The bulk of the resources are spent on local students, and no one can question anything. In joint training, the coach only needs to add some training items for a few of us, and we can easily judge our strength. Popovich is really calculating! Hoggist shook his head in admiration.

"There's a lot of truth to what you're saying, it sounds like this!" Lang Dai agreed.

As he spoke, another assistant coach of the Spurs, Chad . Faucier walked into the arena and asked everyone to assemble. The crowd gathered in the middle circle and waited for Mr. Faucier to speak.

"Welcome to the Spurs' summer camp, where we will provide you with NBA-level training methods, training venues and training equipment, and I hope you can make good use of this rare opportunity to improve your technical level and tactical awareness, and lay a more solid foundation for the future."

Faucil paused and then said: "The words of encouragement are finished, and now we have to talk about the requirements, as we all know, my Spurs are a big family, but we have always pursued paramilitary management, and the requirements we put forward in training must be strictly observed, if anyone does not obey the management, immediately roll up and leave!" ”

"Understand, now let's start grouping, according to the tradition of the training camp, I will divide you into two groups to fight, and on the day of the end of the training camp, the two groups will play a game to divide the competition. Both groups are named after the championship combination in the history of the Spurs, one group is called 'Twin Towers' and the other group is called 'GDP', now let's voluntarily divide it first, with the midfield as the boundary, those who want to join the 'Twin Towers' group stand on the left, and those who want to join the 'GDP' group go to the right. ”

Hoggist didn't say much and walked straight to the right side of the field, where LaVine and Hollis Jefferson followed. Booker and Anderson waited for Hougist to choose a side first, then walked to the left of the court and stood opposite the three Hoggist. Some of the local high school students were bluffed by LaVine's dunk and stood behind LaVine on the right; Other high school students were more convinced by the tall Anderson and Sabonis and chose to stand on the left.

At this time, in the office on the second floor of the training hall, Popovich stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window, holding half a glass of red wine in his hand, staring at the lamp for a long time, and then took a sip to feel the taste between his lips, teeth and mouthpiece. Budenholzer stepped forward to fill his wine.

"Interesting, this year's training camp has not officially started, and there has been a confrontation between these children, it seems that there are people who understand, and it is not easy to realize this layer at a young age!" Popovich drank the wine in his glass and said, "Yes, Burgundy is a good place!" This batch of red wine from 1996 Chinese New Year's Eve is just right now, and recently I have taken all my wine from this box! ”

Budenholzer nodded, "I'll focus on a few of them." You look at the draft......"

"Let him come to the tryout first, remember that it must be done in secret, you can arrange for him to play here with these kids for a day, and as for the change of draft picks, I will talk about it after I have seen him tryout." Popovich shook his empty glass.

Budenholzer understood, poured a full wine for Popovich again, hesitated, and said: "George's potential is indeed good, and he is good enough to be Toney's qualified replacement in the future, but this potential is endless, he is now enough to become a defensive gate in the No. 2-4 position, and his offensive potential is still in its original state, completely undeveloped, if there is Chip's guidance, he can definitely reach Paul. Pierce's level, think about it, his lower limit is at least Bruce's level, and the upper limit may be Timothy Theodore Duncan on the outside! ”

"I'll see him tryout! And even if he does what you say, we must not trade George for a draft pick, and we must give Mr. Bird a little more blood! Popovich gritted his teeth.

"A player with the 26th pick in the first round to the No. 15 pick of Indiana is already a big bargain, Bird is a very shrewd person, how can he add another head!" Budenholzer said worriedly.

"This year is a small year for the draft, there are only a few potential players, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the No. 15 pick has not been able to select any good seedlings, except for the one you guarantee to have potential, the rest is estimated to be at the level of the end of the first round in previous years. My George has already proven himself this year, and he is worth far more than his No. 15 sign! Popovich pondered.

"But the rookie signing salary of the No. 15 sign is higher than George's! We can't take advantage of it anymore! Budenholzer said.

"Your thinking is too Jiangjiang! Don't take the rules for granted, use them flexibly! Draft picks don't have a specific value and can't be traded as a subject of trade, right? Popovich asked.

"That's right! So we had to make an agreement with the horse walkers to let them choose to change our George! Budenholzer still didn't understand Popovich's intentions.

"So now that we have a trade subject, we can let the horse walk a few more draft picks that have no real value as an add-on!" Popovich said something heaven-shattering.

"You're so calculating!" Budenholzer suddenly realized.

After the grouping was completed on the court, Fucier spoke again, "You have to think about it, once I have registered, I can't change the group, all the training results will be ranked from today, and the top 12 in each group will be able to enter the final competition squad." Let's do our best! ”

"Yes!" The people answered.

"Let's start training! Stretch with me first, then jog a few laps to warm up! Faucier began to warm up with everyone, and Hougist, Longday, and Anderson were all following the training one by one, while LaVine, Booker, and Whitehead felt that this warm-up was really pediatric and boring.

All this was seen by Fucier, but he didn't say anything, just shook his head secretly. Hougist overheard that LaVine was grinding foreign workers, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Zach! Warm up well, don't be lazy, and don't learn badly from the people opposite! ”

Ravan stuck out his tongue and had to start warming up in earnest.

After the warm-up was completed, Coach Fusier was about to start testing the basic skills of everyone in the school. First, there are 17 switchback runs, each person does a group in each round, a total of two rounds, and the best result is ranked. The "Twin Towers" and "GDP" are carried out on both sides of the field at the same time, which means that the two sides will form an intuitive contrast, and everyone will see who is slower, and it is still a shame if it is slower than the opponent.

On the "GDP" side, LaVine volunteered to be the first to come, Booker of the "Twin Towers" group wanted to compete with Hougist, Anderson himself was slow, Sabonis was too tall so he was self-aware, and the rest of the local high school students watched LaVine's dunk and knew that their physical fitness was far inferior to LaVine, and no one wanted to fight.

Whitehead had no choice but to step up and stand on the sidelines. Coach Fusier blew the whistle, and the two of them burst out at the same time, like bullets out of the chamber. Whitehead adopts the Volkswagen style of running, slowing down when he is close to the sideline, stepping on the line and then turning around to accelerate; And LaVine relied on his good physical talent and strong waist and abdominal core strength, and every time he reached the sideline, he did not slow down, but chose to forcibly stop and turn around. With this style of running, he had already lapped Whitehead on the 8th time, and it took only 45 seconds to finish LaVine in 17 runs, standing on the sideline and gasping for breath, it seems that he did his best to win the first place. It wasn't until the 55-second mark that Whitehead finished the test out of breath.

Hougist just wanted to criticize Lavin, but Coach Faucier spoke first: "LaVine, your running style is too harmful to the body, you are still underage, try not to use this kind of exercise that damages the body." ”

Hougist echoed him, and Laven stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and said, "I thought I would be praised by you for running so fast!" ”

"It's not time for you to trade your body for grades! There is no need to fight so hard for face. Hougist whispered.

Ravin nodded and went to rest. Hoggist took the initiative to stand on the sideline, and there was a local high school student in the "Twin Towers" group, although he was less than six feet tall, but his upper body was thin and thick, and he looked like an explosive player, and he was also eager to try and want to play second.

"He's my prey!" Booker said as he pushed the little man away and went straight to the starting line.

Coach Faucier blew the whistle again, and Booker sprang out like a cheetah, while Haugist ran unhurriedly at a constant pace, and by the time Haugist reached the opposite sideline, Booker was already halfway back.

"Why is the boss running so slowly? I thought he was just bouncing badly! That's not much faster than the second half of my run! ”

When Hoggist ran to the 6th time, Booker had already run 8 times, Booker's speed has been declining, and the strange thing is that Hoggist still chased unhurriedly with the same speed as at the beginning, and when Booker ran 15 times, the gap between Hoggist and him was only a few positions, Booker burst out with all his strength, and opened up some gaps again. But Hoggist was not in a hurry to catch up, it was still that pace, and by the time Booker finished his 16th run, Hoggist had already caught up with him. In the last section, against the backdrop of Booker's tired pace, Hoggist continued to move at a uniform pace, overtaking Booker and reaching the finish.