The 2012 summer league came as scheduled, although because of the incident with Jeremy Lin in December last year, the Spurs had a disagreement, but after all, Jeremy Lin has already played his value, and like this rare opportunity to exercise himself, Hougist will never give up. So Hoggist was still invited to participate.

On the way to the summer league training camp, Henry asked Hoggist to pay more attention to the Spurs' players in this year's summer league to see which one has the potential to play.

Since Hougist accurately judged the outbursts of Terry and Jeremy Lin in a row, Henry has completely regarded him as a god, often asking Hoggist which rookie is likely to break out, and before the draft, he frantically called Hoggist to let him come to San Antonio to watch the rookie tryout. Haugist didn't want to see Budenholzer's bloated face, and the Spurs only had a second-round pick of No. 59, so there were no players to choose at all, so he resolutely did not agree.

This time, because he was going to participate in training, Hougist had no choice but to agree to Henry's request.

This year's summer league is very large, except for the Indiana Walkers, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder seven teams, the remaining 23 teams all participate in the summer league of Las Vegas, and the development league has formed an independent team to join, each team has arranged five games in a 10-day schedule.

Hoggist originally fantasized about being sharp in training, dominating the crowd, and then dominating the competition in regular competitions.

But on the first morning, his dream was shattered by reality, and he almost tried his best to keep up with the NBA-intensive training. And his physical strength is only enough to support half a day's training, and every afternoon Hougist can only sit on the sidelines, massaging his body to eliminate lactic acid accumulation in the muscles and joints, while observing the training of other teammates.

"How's the Summer League players going? Who do you think can do it? Henry took the trouble to come and make noise in Hoogist's ear.

Horgist was stretching with aches all over his body, "That Jimmy. Butler is very good, I am afraid that he will be able to compete with Leonard in the future, and you may lose money by choosing Joseph with the 29th pick. ”

"Then we can't choose two Leonards, right? Parker has to have a replacement, right? Henry said.

"I think Mills is pretty good, although his playmaking skills are slightly weaker than Joseph's and his height is much shorter, but Mills' projection ability is much stronger than Joseph's." Hougist said.

"What about that Selby of the Grizzlies? When he was in high school, he was about as popular as you, and he didn't play much in college because of a fracture and fell to the second round of the draft, and now that he has recovered from his injury, how good he is! I think he has a good chance of winning the MVP of this summer league! ”

"Selby is too short, his projection ability is not good, and although the breakthrough level is invincible in the summer league, I don't know how much hot pot I have to eat when I really enter the NBA! Short guards either have the projection ability or reach Iverson's breakaway ability, or they will eventually run out of water. Hogist said to Henry: "Don't think that hearing is believing, seeing is believing, what you see can sometimes deceive you!" To observe a player, you have to put his ability into the big data of history to find the pattern, so that you can really see the potential of a player. ”

After stretching and returning to his seat to rehydrate and rest, Hougist suddenly thought of Leonard and asked Henry, "Why didn't Kehuai come?" Did he know I didn't want to be in Vegas, so he didn't come? ”

"Kawai is now practicing shooting with Chip, and Chip is very happy with his foundation and thinks he can shoot to the level of Jordan!" Henry said.

"That's right, I taught him the foundation! Although his shooting talent is very poor, his talent in hard work is really amazing, and a player like him is the only one in the league Kobe Bryant, right? It is said that the difference in talent is irreparable by hard work, but the effort is not enough, and the level of effort like Kewai is not a problem! "Hougist is always full of praise when he mentions Leonard.

"You also have a credit for this! By the way, are you going to play in the evening game? ”

"Are you kidding me? I can't keep up with my training, and you let me play? Who is it who was killed by them? Hougist waved his hand repeatedly.

"Didn't you just say that the Summer League defense is more watery? How can you say that others are indifferent, but you admit it yourself? Henry scoffed.

"Nonsense, the players on the guard line of your Spurs this time are shorter than the other, I went up to the top 3 position, that time I singled out Ke Huai and was bruised just for attacking, this time I have to face the NBA-level 3 position at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, it's terrible to think about!" Hoggist still has lingering feelings when he thinks of last year's heads-up.

"It's always okay to have a dozen garbage time, right?"

“…… This can be considered. ”

Unexpectedly, Hoggist's relenting mouth put himself in an extremely embarrassing mysterious situation.

In that night's game, the Spurs' opponent was the Heat, although LeBron and several other superstars did not come, but there were still many players in the team who had a relationship with Hogist during the championship parade.

Hoggist sat at the end of the bench and kept his head down for fear of being recognized by others, but there were unforeseen circumstances, and these rookies and water cooler managers of the Heat were extraordinarily rookies today, and they were beaten 26:9 by the Spurs in the second quarter, and the score in a single quarter was only in single digits. Pushing the Spurs to more than 20 points at halftime made the entire second half garbage time.

Coach Sifoel decisively replaced Hougist in the second half, considering that there were more leaders and the opponent was still more vegetable, Coach Sifoel directly let Hougist serve as a point guard.

The Spurs kicked the ball, Haugist was nervous and his muscles were stiff, and he almost didn't know what to do, Joseph patted him on the shoulder and said: "Little brother, play how you want, don't be nervous, just think the opposite side is the Miami High School Heat." ”

Hoggist was relieved a bit, and he could at least dribble the ball stiffly across half court. Although there were many tourists in the crowd, there were also many locals. Many of these locals are fans who have watched Hoggist play. Hoggist's maiden night performance on the pitch stunned the local fans. Everyone cheered him on.

"Don't be cowardly, Haugist!"

"Come on! Vegas will always have your back! ”

"Give them some color!"

The gossip of the audience on the sidelines caused Norris. Cole's attention, he saw that Hougist, who was opposite him, was struggling to dribble, so he wanted to come up and steal.

Horgist dribbles past half court, Norris. Cole came to the high post to press. Cole's level could have easily completed the steal, but when he looked up and looked at Hoggist, he was stunned for a moment.

Horgist knew that Kerr must have recognized him, but he understood that this was not a good time to catch up, taking advantage of the moment when Kerr was stunned, Howgist returned to his former state of dominance on the court, a body change of direction directly past Kerr, dribbling to the top of the arc before the three-point line directly shot a three-pointer, Kerr reacted too late, and the other players were not in time to make up the defense, Horgist easily hit this empty three-pointer.

The crowd erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Someone exclaimed, "Hoggist just turned 16, right?" Are you already able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA? What a neat move this pass was, nailing that championship point guard directly to the spot! ”

When the Spurs returned to the defensive half, Kerr dribbled over, faced Hougist's defense, and said angrily while dribbling: "Why are you so bad-eyed?" I was about to talk to you, why did you run away by surprise? I didn't recognize the wrong person, did I? You're the kid LeBron invited to the float, right? ”

"Sort of!" Hougist was noncommittal.

"What do you mean? You have a very wide circle of friends, you know LeBron, and you can play summer league with the Spurs, it seems that you are at a very high level? "The rhythm of Cole's dribbling started to change.

"I'm a high school student, how good can I be?" Hougist said modestly.

"I think so!" Before Kerr could finish speaking, he suddenly started to pass Haugist with a large forward change of direction and stepped on the three-point line to shoot a long two-point shot. The ball was equally easy to hit.

"Welcome to the world of basketball for adults!" Cole said and ran back to the backcourt.

Hoggist showed a helpless smile, and taunting his opponent seemed to be his usual characteristic! He was taken away by him today, should I go back?

Hogist dribbled over half court, the nervous state of mind has been relieved, the dribble did not show flaws for the time being, and Kerr did not go too high, but took a step back to prevent a breakthrough.

Usually in the school team Hougist is the number one, with unlimited firing rights, this opportunity to take a step, coupled with the provocation of his teammates just now, Hougist will definitely shoot back with three points. But now that he is training with the team through the back door, it is already a very precious opportunity for others to have the opportunity to play, and he does not dare to do whatever he wants regardless of the feelings of the other four people on the field.

Hougist called for a pick-and-roll, and Aaron Brown, an inside player from Australia. Baines came to the top of the arc to give him cover. Hougist broke through to the inside with cover, and the unknown defender on the wing contracted the inside to help the defense and tried to make a steal, and Hoggist directly distributed the ball to Mills, who was vacated by the defender on the flank. Mills didn't say a word, and he raised his hand to make a 3-pointer, which was also an easy hit.

"Hoggist's passing ability has not been lost, it seems that he is really adapting to the rhythm of the NBA game!" The audience was full of discussions.

And Hoggist, who was on the field, also had the illusion that he was playing with ease. Kerr dribbled past half court, and Hougist took the initiative to go up and force it, wanting to break the ball directly.

Kerr easily passed Horgist in a half-turn and scored an inside layup with ease. The audience on the field saw something unusual, this is the second time that Cole has easily passed Haugist, the last time it can be said that Haugist was careless in talking to Cole, but this time Haugist obviously came prepared, and he was still holding back to steal, but Haugistt was not a gambling steal and was missed, and he was inexplicably left behind before he could make a shot.

But isn't defense also Hoggist's housekeeping skill? Why can't a point guard shorter than him defend himself?

Even Hoggist himself didn't figure out how he was shaken off.

"Don't think about it, play in the NBA, you're not qualified enough!" Cole said as he ran past Haugist.

Hoggist is very unconvinced, I can't cut 3 points and 1 assist on your head if I'm not qualified, do I have to cut a big three yuan on your head to be qualified?

Hougist dribbled to the front court, intending to show his best stunt for Cole a little color. But Cole suddenly pounced, and Hougist felt that his center of gravity was already very low on the dribble, and there should be no problem, but Cole broke the ball in an almost strong manner, and also took Haugist to the head.

The expected whistle didn't sound, and Kerr dribbled to a layup after breaking the ball to score two points.

"You can't do it, let's practice the core strength again!" Cole said as he staggered past Haugist.

Hoggist didn't have much of a wave psychologically, after all, he had thought about the gap between himself and professional players in advance, and even players on the edge of the NBA were definitely better than him. Summer league was supposed to be an opportunity for Popovich to give himself training, so that he wouldn't give up on himself because he couldn't play! On the contrary, only by seeing the gaps can we know where we can improve. I have to seize the short playing time given by Coach Sifar now to find more gaps and find my own shortcomings.

Hoggist dribbled past half court and was more cautious this time, beware of Cole's attacks. Kerr saw that Haugist was on his guard, so he didn't rush to attack and still waited at the three-point line.

Wanting to see how far apart he was off the ball, Hogist passed the ball to Joseph on the flank, and he started running as the Spurs did.

Haugist's speed is still no problem, taking advantage of De Juan. Blair and Aron. Baines' cover shook off Norris. Cole cuts inside empty. Joseph saw that Haugist had a chance to run and decisively passed him an aerial relay.

Hougist jumped high and received the ball for a dunk, and Anthony, the Heat's interior player who was on guard, also jumped up to block. Horgist dodged Anthony's long arm with the ball in one hand and was about to press the ball into the basket, but what he didn't expect was that the bodies of the two collided in the air, and he flew forward but was bounced back by Anthony who jumped on the spot, and the ball naturally failed to dunk.

Hoggist lost his balance in the air, but still threw the ball towards the basket as best he could.