"Philadelphia? Will the championship team also invite me to a tryout? Do they think I'm going to be chosen by them? In a café on the street, a young black man looked at his phone screen and laughed disdainfully. Indeed, it is the dream of most players to join a championship team, as it means that they will have a high starting point and be the closest to the championship.

But Arenas doesn't think so, he wants to be in the middle of the pack and be the core of that team and then ...... Led the team to win the championship by himself, he is not a person who likes to hug his thighs.

Arenas did have that confidence, averaging 15.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in his two seasons at the University of Arizona. The year he left school, he ranked 25th on the Arizona scoring rankings (1,105), becoming the sixth sophomore in school history to score 1,000 points. In 2000-01, he played in 36 games, averaging 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.81 steals per game.

In his opinion, he will definitely be selected in the lottery area, and it may not be impossible to be in the top ten or even the top five, so Arenas intends to directly decline the 76ers' trial invitation. But the middle-aged man sitting across from him stopped him in time: "Gilbert, I think you should accept this invitation, it will be of great help to your draft market!" ”

Arenas looked at his agent, Thomas, frowned, and said, "But they can't have selected me in the draft, they don't have such a high pick!" Wouldn't it be a waste of time for me to go to a tryout? ”

Thomas shook his head and said, "First of all, you're not sure that the 76ers won't get a higher draft pick in a trade; Secondly, this team has a very good eye for selection, you can see if you look at Michael Reed, they found such a baby in last year's draft and they have made a name for themselves, and you go to the tryout means that they are very optimistic about you, which helps you to continue to move up the draft pick, in other words, we can use their hands to complete a hype. ”

Arenas thought about it for a moment and a smile appeared on his face, he felt that Thomas was right, the championship team wanted to try out me, so that doesn't prove that I have the strength? He nodded at Thomas and said, "Please book me a plane ticket to Philadelphia tomorrow, and I'll show the other guys who came to the tryout how stupid it is to try out with me!" ”

This time, the 76ers' tryout invitation was not just given to Arenas, according to the list provided by Chang Wei and Brown, they also invited Zach Randolph of Michigan, Brandon Haywood of North Carolina, Gerald Wallace of the University of Alabama, Salem Porter of Seaton University, Scala Bryan of South Carolina and other players, these are all potential options for the 76ers, of course, they also invited some other players, that is Billy King's idea.

In fact, there is a future Finals MVP who participated in the draft this year, but seeing that the team already has Iverson, Chang Wei does not plan to recommend this international player to Brown - French sports car Parker. Strictly speaking, Parker and Iverson's talent is not on the same level, but the former is a better team player, while the latter is more inclined to individual heroism, if Iverson is leaving, then the Spurs choose Parker is nothing, but the championship gives Iverson the motivation to stay in Philadelphia, even if he wants to leave at that time, Chang Wei will help the team choose another excellent point guard to save the game.

In addition to Wallace, Arenas, Scala Bryan and other strikers, inviting big men such as Randolph for a trial is obviously afraid that he will not be able to get Mourning but does not have a plan B to make up for it. In Chang Wei's opinion, Hellam Porter is the best choice, and it is also the most likely one for the 76ers to get, Randolph's draft pick is still relatively too high, and he is a floor stream, and it is debatable to protect the basket, but it doesn't hurt to try out, at least you can see Damham Porter's performance. Chang Wei's impression of the Haitian center comes from his previous life, and it is not bad to have Randolph and him.

In order to show the importance of the team, Brown personally appeared at the trial site, but what made him angry was that the original team announced that the trial start time was 9 o'clock in the morning, but now it is 8:55, and there is still one person who has not arrived, and the others have already begun to do regular warm-up exercises, even Randolph, who has the highest prediction on the draft website among all of them, is no exception. Chang Wei, who was standing next to Brown, was also a little embarrassed, because what had not yet arrived was Arenas, whom he highly recommended.

Seeing that the numbers on the electronic clock were about to reach 9 o'clock, Arenas showed up at the trial site. Looking at his hanging, Brown's brows furrowed even tighter, he was originally known for his strict management of the army, and the 76ers already had such a thorn in the 76ers, but after all, they are the top stars in the league, what are you dragging a rookie?

He asked in a low voice, "Chang, are you sure he can play well in the team without causing trouble?" I don't look like it! ”

Chang Wei smiled dryly: "Well...... I've heard that his personality is still a bit unruly, but I know that he is a very capable player, as long as he is selected, isn't it casual under your old man's hands? ”

said so, but Chang Wei had already thought of the most excessive thing Arenas had done in his previous life, that is, "holding a gun". On December 25, 2009, it came to light that Arenas was being investigated by the league and the team for illegal gun possession, and he brought the gun to the locker room. The Washington police then intervened to investigate, saying that an unloaded firearm had been found in Arenas' locker, and Arenas was fined heavily by the league, suspended until the end of the season, and sentenced to a one-month reintegration training facility with a two-year probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine.

Such a player who dares to bring a gun into the locker room is obviously not a good boy, but Chang Wei likes his strong scoring ability, and as for personality issues, he believes that the 76ers' good team atmosphere and Brown's coaching style can smooth it out. But now it seems that Brown's first impression of this guy is not good, and he prefers players who are down-to-earth, humble and cautious.

However, everyone is coming, and it is always difficult to directly say "because you didn't come in advance, so please go where it is cool to stay directly", or give others a chance to try. Of course, Brown has made up his mind that if Arenas doesn't show his talent during the tryout, he'd rather trade for a backup scorer.