Chapter 51: Vince Carter Arrives
Zhang Feng was not extremely excited, but said that he would do his best to help the team win the championship. Rana Divi and David are not in such a hurry, generally speaking, it is good to rebuild the team to achieve good results in three years. Of course, it also depends on what team, in 08, if the Celtics Big Three did not achieve results in the second year, the fans would not be able to accept it, and the Thunder team did not rise until Harden was selected and was also liked by fans.
What's more, in this tragic Western Division, the two major demon kings of the Warriors and Spurs, the Rockets, the Thunder team that just strengthened George Paul, the rising Lakers Timberwolves, and the Pelicans with twin stars, may not be able to enter the playoffs with a 50% win rate, and Lanadivie's own expectation is to make up the lineup in the first two years and enter the playoffs in the third year.
At the welcome lunch at noon, David revealed that the team has signed several veterans, namely George Hill, Vince Carter, and Zach Randolph. These veteran players will help the Kings' youngsters gain more experience and help the Kings become a competitive team faster.
When the news broke that the Kings would sign Vince Carter, there was no widespread, heated discussion on the Internet. First, Vince Carter is old and far less performant than he was back then; Second, the Kings are a small team, and there are few fans and not many people who care.
But there are still double fans of the King and Carter who said that if Carter signs a contract with the King, he will eat a book himself.
More talk, though, is David Jogle's attempt to get back into Grizzlies system basketball, where he proved successful with the Grizzlies and where he intends to bring that system to the Kings. Fans are suspicious that the Grizzlies originally had two very strong interior linemen Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, and now the Kings only have one elderly Randolph, so what to support this system?
The addition of the other two veterans surprised Kings fans and expressed their welcome at the forum.
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At the end of the draft, each team has made various trades, signed and strengthened, today is the day of the team's training camp before the summer league, Zhang Feng learned the spirit of Kobe Bryant to see the night scene of Los Angeles at 4 o'clock in the morning, and arrived at the training room 2 hours early.
Since it was only 7 o'clock at this time, except for the doorman who opened the door for Zhang Feng, the other staff did not arrive. Zhang Feng, who was bored, picked up his own shooting and practiced, he thought about challenging the recent hot shooting of 400 three-pointers, and shot 19 in a row, hitting 100 shots.
But Zhang Feng didn't want to continue throwing, not because he was struggling, nor because he was afraid of breaking the streak record, but because no one picked up the ball and passed the ball was too troublesome. Looking at the basketball that rolled to the edge of the court, Zhang Feng did not continue to pick it up, but walked to the side of the court and sat down.
As soon as Zhang Feng sat down, he heard a shout: "Boy, catch the ball", and then Zhang Feng saw the basketball that should have been on the sidelines flying towards him.
Standing up suddenly, instinctively catching the basketball, and instinctively throwing it out, he still hit a three-point shot, twenty shots and twenty hits, Zhang Feng felt that the hoop was as wide as the ocean at the moment.
"Not bad, not bad" The person who came came high-fived and kept high-five, and walked towards Zhang Feng.
After looking at it, Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, isn't this Carter, he actually arrived so early, hurriedly went up to shake hands and introduced himself:
"Hello, Carter, I'm Zhang Feng"
Carter enthusiastically gave Zhang Feng a shoulder bump, jokingly: "Ding Ding, I know you, I have seen your trial physical test, the bounce is more powerful than when I was young, and the future life is terrifying."
"I'm a bit higher jumper, but my dunk level is far inferior to you," Zhang Feng said honestly.
"Hmm" Carter also recognized what Zhang Feng said, and had a good impression of this humble and powerful young man, "That's right, the most important beauty of dunking, jumping high is only the basis for dunking, and it is a real dunk is always much more exciting than a dunk without interference, I have seen the video of you and Kobe Bryant going head-to-head, and you have understood the introductory skills of dunking"
I didn't expect the Carter team to recognize his skills in dunking so much, Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Why did you come so early?"
"You've been here so early as the Kings, I'm a veteran, and I should be a role model, remember, if you want to achieve success, you have to have self-control and be strict with yourself," Carter said sternly.
Carter wasn't bragging, as he had a good stat with the Grizzlies last season as a veteran. Also as a small forward, the young Chandler Parsons did not strictly demand himself, became a glass man, played a few games off the airport, and his career was basically useless. There is a big gap between the two contracts, and there is a big gap in the data, but Carter is the one with good data, and Parsons is the one with the big contract. Carter, who has never won a championship, has always been praised for his professionalism, and he is qualified to say this by example.
Zhang Feng nodded silently in agreement with Carter's words, and Carter turned around for a three-pointer, and the ball scored.
"Why don't you come and compare, let you, a rookie who has just arrived in the NBA, see how powerful the veteran is," Carter said in a somewhat provocative tone.
"Compare is compare, who is afraid of whom" Zhang Feng did not show weakness.
"See that timer?" Carter pointed to the bell used for timekeeping on the sidelines, "The rule is, one person holds the ball and rings the bell, and then dribbles to any position on the court to shoot, the shot does not count, and after throwing, return to ring the bell again, and the other person does the same, if the other person also throws in the same position, in the end, the person who always takes less time wins, if both of them lose it, it is a tie, but if someone throws twice in a row, the point will be deducted directly, and the bell cannot be arranged before the autumn is not in the frame, understand?" Zhang Feng nodded yes.
This game is very simple, test the ability to control the risk, shooting level, movement speed, you can choose the position you are very good at shooting, so that it takes less time and then the opponent may take more time or even can't shoot in to win, and the rules of continuous shooting deduction and people can't always go to the place where it is difficult to score goals to shoot, this is a good competition shooting game.
"Do you come first, or do I come first? I can do it all," Carter said confidently, setting the bell on the table and moving to the midpoint of the midline.
Zhang Feng thought for a while, he had to take advantage of the first investment, and he couldn't take advantage of Carter, so he said generously: "You take it first."
When Carter heard the words "you first", a smile appeared on his face, as if to say, "You kid is dead."
Carter rang the bell, directly did not follow the routine, and threw a three-pointer at the midline position of the bell, and the knife fell, luckily, scored, and slapped the bell, which took a total of 2 seconds.
"How? Awesome, isn't it? It's your turn," Carter smiled and handed the ball to Zhang Feng.
I didn't expect Carter's routine to be so deep, Zhang Feng thought: Then have a good time with you. Zhang Feng did the same, quickly threw a ball near the midline, the arc was very good, and the speed was faster than Carter.
Carter stared motionlessly at the basketball thrown, will it score?