Chapter 182: Draft Tetralogy (1): Interview (1st Update)

With Roy's gorgeous stats as a benchmark, the stats of the next few players immediately became bland and tasted like chewing wax. Although there have been a few upsets since then, there are a few upsets who have had very good individual stats, but in the overall comparison, no one in the whole field can be the right of Roy, and there is no doubt that Roy is the strongest of all the 50 players who participated in the dynamic test.

In addition, we have to mention another Chinese star, Zhou Qi, who then made his debut.

Compared with his excellent static data, his dynamic data is slightly inferior, but it is harmless, the inside players are not very athletic, not to mention that with the addition of Roy's auxiliary BUFF, Zhou Qi, who is also Chinese, has also gained a lot of good impression points from the team and the media.

After all 50 players who participated in the dynamic test were tested, the results of each individual test were also released immediately:

The best player with a vertical jump score on the spot was Dorian Finney-Smith from the University of Florida with a score of 38.5 inches (97.79 cm).

The best player to bounce on the spot was Zhou Qi with a score of 12 feet (365.76 cm).

The player with the best maximum vertical jump (run-up jump) was Demitrius Jackson of the University of Notre Dame with a score of 43.5 inches (110.49 cm).

The player with the best score in the biggest vertical bounce was Thorne Mark from South Sudan with a score of 12 feet 3 inches (373.38 cm).

The best player in the baseline switchback run was Joel Bolenboy of Webb State University with a time of 10.26 seconds.

The player with the best sprint time in the 3/4 games was naturally Roy, who was also the only Superman in the field to run in 3 seconds with a time of 2.88 seconds.

The physical test is over, because this year's previous shooting, dribbling, offensive and defensive conversion, one-on-one, two-on-two and other technical test links have been canceled, and the unified five-on-five training match will be replaced by tomorrow's five-on-five training match, so the trial content of the first day is all over.

Seeing the end of the trial, a group of reporters immediately surrounded Roy.

They had prepared a lot of questions before Roy arrived at the arena, and when they saw Roy's physical test against the sky, the questions increased dramatically, until the physical test was over, and the questions they had been holding on to had to be released.

The reporters flocked to the top, and the microphones were stuffed horizontally in front of Roy, and they didn't care about their demeanor, and the reporters who grabbed the front row asked spontaneously.

Reporter: Hi Roy, I'm a reporter for ABC TV, can you tell us how many first-round draft promises you've gotten right now?

Roy: I'm sorry, I'm not going to answer that question, and I don't know how many teams have taken a fancy to me, so you'd better go and ask my agent, Mr. Bill Duffy.

Reporter: Roy, I'm a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and I want to ask, which city do you think is better for you, Philadelphia or Los Angeles? We all know you're in high school in Los Angeles, and you've thought about heading to the Lakers to take Kobe Bryant's place?

Roy: I'm sorry, but I can't say too much before the draft, I don't think it's okay to go anywhere, I love basketball, I want to play in the NBA, that's all.

Reporter: Hello Roy, I'm a reporter from TNT, I want to know, how do you usually train? You're more physically fit than most American players, but as far as I know, you haven't been in basketball for long, right?

Roy: That's right, I've been playing basketball for less than a year, and I think maybe that's my talent, and I train at least 12 hours a day, and that's why I'm growing up.

Reporter: (Chinese) Roy, hello, I'm a reporter from Tencent Sports, I want to ask, do you have any thoughts on Brandon Ingram's withdrawal from the physical test? Also, what do you think of your national youth teammate Zhou Qi?

Roy: (Chinese) Hello, it's nice to see Chinese journalists in the United States, I want to say that Ingram and Zhou Qi are very good players, I respect Ingram's choice, he may be a little uncomfortable, he may not like to show himself in crowded situations, but each of us can live our own lives, right?

"Roy, Roy, Roy......"

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Back at the hotel, Roy fell headlong into bed, and his ears were still buzzing, he didn't expect a small physical test to lead to so many topics.

The TV was playing ESPN Sports' NBA draft show, and there was a player running and jumping in the picture.

Seeing himself on camera, Roy's interest came, and he sat up.

ESPN's hosts and guests were also very interesting, first mocking the basketball experts in their own station, thinking that they were wrong to think about Roy before, and then went to great lengths to release the latest mock draft rankings.

Through the TV footage, it can be clearly seen that Roy has jumped from 14th to 5th place after his impressive performance in the morning, which is the highest ranking he has received since announcing the draft.

Ahead of Roy are Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Chris Dunn and Dragan Bender.

"It's really unfair, three and a half guys who didn't participate in the physical test are still in front of me." Roy's complaint is not unreasonable, he firmly believes that if the other four rookies also participate in all the physical test items, the results may not be better than him, since they dare not test publicly, they must want to hide some weaknesses.

Hide a weakness? That's true.

Any smart agent will reduce the draft risk of their potential stars, which includes participating in fewer dynamic tests and fewer opportunities to compete with other rookies.

Because a product with a high price tag cannot withstand repeated pondering and comparison, if you want consumers to consume impulsively, you must maintain a certain sense of mystery.

Sure enough, in the second day's 5-on-5 training match, almost all of the rookies who were expected to make it to the first round and who had been guaranteed a first-round pick were absent.

Roy originally wanted to use this match to prove himself again, but he was strongly opposed by Su Dong.

Are you stupid? In the good situation, there is no need to fight hand-to-hand and bayonet with those second-round rookies or even undrafted rookies, they are in a weak position, hiding in the shadows, and must be fearless, but Roy is different, he has already made a name for himself, and a small mistake may cause a drop in the rankings, not to mention that it is not cost-effective to be injured in case of a kill.

After listening to Su Dong's analysis, Roy completely dispelled the idea of participating in the training match.

Of course, those old team managers and media people also knew that Roy would definitely not participate in the next day's training match, so the training hall on the second day was a bit deserted.

Like other high-top rookies, what awaits Roy is the final two days of team interviews.

However, when it comes to an "interview", it is actually a meeting between the player and the general manager of the team he likes, and the two sides will bargain for something that they don't have, and then there is no more. Unless both the team and the players have a strong desire to choose each other, something can be said from this short half-hour chat.

Speaking of which, this is also the first time Roy has seen the foolish kung fu of those NBA general managers.

Not to mention Divac and Juric, who have already promised Roy a first-round pick, in addition to making their commitment clear again, they also made a request: I hope Roy will not go to other teams for individual tryouts in the future. For this request, Roy naturally can't agree, he won't give up any possibility of becoming the champion.

Not to mention the teams that have been rumored with Roy, such as the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Colangelo, the general manager of the 76s, is probably the most famous of all the general managers on the floor, and he is a four-time NBA General Manager of the Year, so he has a lot of ways to fool rookies. He first praised Roy and praised him as the best rookie of the year, and then he asked Roy a lot of questions, and after getting a satisfactory answer, he praised Roy again. Although he didn't give Roy a clear draft promise, he painted a glorious picture of the 76 team after the rebuild, so much so that Roy had the illusion that the old man would definitely choose himself. Of course, Colangelo won't give a draft promise lightly, but he assured that if Roy is selected, he will definitely rebuild the team with him at the core. Isn't this nonsense, who else can use the 76 team......

To Roy's surprise, many other teams who have never been in contact with Roy and his agent have also chosen to interview him, including the New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Pelicans, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz.

It wasn't until they proposed to interview Roy that Su Dong knew that there were still six teams interested in Roy.

If their guess is correct, they must have seen Roy's physical test results before deciding to interview Roy on the spur of the day.

Su Dong's conjecture is correct, these six teams really decided to interview Roy on the spot, they interviewed Roy very carefully, and asked a lot of questions, such as "what role do you think you will play in the team", "If the team has a poor record for a long time, will you lose your fighting spirit", "How will you lead the team to victory", "What position do you think our team still has flaws" and so on.

However, in addition to serious questions, there are also some strange questions, such as Steve Mills, the general manager of the New York Knicks, who asked Roy "If you were to die tomorrow, how would you choose to die?" ”

Rookies are usually confused when they hear this question, but Roy's answer is also very interesting, his answer is "20,000 shots without interruption is exhausting".

After two days of on-the-go team interviews, Roy is also a little confident about his draft prospects.

According to Su Dong's statistics, eleven of the thirteen teams with lottery draft picks have expressed interest in Roy, they are the Philadelphia 76, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks (traded from the Celtics, originally a draft pick belonging to the Nets), Phoenix Suns (two lottery first-round picks, one of which originally belonged to the Wizards), Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, Denver Nuggets (originally belonging to the Knicks draft pick), Sacramento Kings, Milwaukee Bucks, Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls.

Needless to say, from this moment on, the battle for Roy officially began......