Chapter Seventy-Five: A Good Friend in the Training Camp

"I don't think Wood White deserves a valuable No. 3 pick at all, and if he can be kept for the No. 12 pick in the draft, then I'll consider taking him."

David Morway, in the general manager's office of the Utah Jazz, said to his assistant next to him with great regret. Although he knew that his right-hand man wanted to get Bai Xiaonian, the elf of UCLA, he was honestly not interested in this draft plan.

"But..."

"Gasyan doesn't need to persuade me anymore, I've already decided to sign that young man from Switzerland with the No. 3 sign, look at how good his muscles are. Trust me, you're going to love him! ”

It stands to reason that he, as the deputy general manager of the team, should not question the boss's decision, but as a supporter of Bai Xiaonian, Gasyan still decided to work harder, so he said:

"David! I know Enes Kante is a really good guy... Hey! David! David! ”

A little helpless looked at David Mowey, who turned his head and pushed the door out before listening to his words, although he is nominally the deputy general manager of the Jazz, but in fact he has no power, if David does not nod and agree, no matter how hard he tries, it will be useless.

After sitting in his seat and thinking for a while, Gasyan gritted his teeth and resolutely walked out of the office, deciding to go to the team's owners and ask if his plan could still be implemented if he could get the support of the board of directors.

Bai Xiaonian, who had just flown from Los Angeles to Oakland for a joint trial training camp, certainly didn't know that there was a middle-aged man in distant Utah who had been thinking about him.

He's busy trying to get himself into the best shape quickly, knowing that there have been a number of hot rookies training here for several days before his arrival, including Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams, Enes Kanter, Tristan Thompson and others, but after walking around the training camp alone, Bai Xiaonian was very strange not to see Klay.

"Wood, what are you doing? Come over and let me see how much you've improved in this time. ”

Seeing Bai Xiaonian slowly walking into the court, Owen teased loudly, seriously speaking, he and Wood haven't seen each other for half a month, and I don't know what this guy is busy with every day.

"Did you see where that guy Clay is?"

Bai Xiaonian pushed away Owen's outstretched groping hand and asked, logically speaking, he should have arrived a long time ago.

"Don't you know? That guy has been assured by the Golden State Warriors that he's going to take him with the No. 11 pick, and now he should be secretly having fun somewhere. ”

Owen was surprised why Bai Xiaonian didn't get this news, under normal circumstances, Clay would tell Bai Xiaonian about himself first, after all, the relationship between Bai Xiaonian and Clay was much stronger than him when it came to knowing each other.

After listening to Owen's words, Bai Xiaonian was startled and quickly took out the phone, in addition to the happiness of the good brother finding a home, there was also a little unhappiness, how could the boat of friendship between him and Clay capsize?

"Hey, I'm Klay Thompson..."

"Why didn't Clay tell me when he heard Irving say that you made a deal with the Warriors?"

Bai Xiao's young and fast tone had a hint of questioning, he has always regarded Clay as his brother, and he told each other everything as soon as possible, and Clay didn't tell him about such an important thing as the draft, which made Bai Xiaonian very hurt.

"Uh... You say this, how do you know? I'm not afraid that you will think too much, in case my little thing affects your performance in the training camp. ”

Clay was a little angry on the phone, in fact, when he reached a consensus with the Golden State Warriors, he wanted to tell Bai Xiaonian, his best brother, although Bai Xiaonian always pressed him in all aspects since he was a child, but his little brother should be convinced.

Just when he was about to dial Bai Xiaonian's phone, he suddenly thought about it, he has indeed found his final destination now, but his good brother doesn't, that is, in the past few days, he has often called to ask for his opinion on the team's choice, if he tells him the news here, will it affect his participation in the trial?

So in the end, he didn't broadcast the call, and was going to wait for Bai Xiaonian to tell him the good news after the trial, but who knew that Owen, a guy who didn't know the situation, took the lead in telling Bai Xiaonian about the situation that he reached an agreement, so that it made a fuss.

After knowing Clay's good intentions, Bai Xiaonian hung up the phone with some guilt, it seems that his trust in his brother is not sincere enough, and he secretly speculates before he understands the whole story...

Bai Xiaonian, who was secretly annoyed, saw that Owen who was standing on the side and didn't know how strong he didn't get angry, and kicked him hard on his straight ass.

"Wow! Wood, why are you kicking me! ”

Owen's loud howl rang out in the arena of the joint trial camp, and the melodious cry attracted the attention of everyone in the arena.

"I'm not just going to kick you, I'm going to give you a taste today... Awesome! ”

Feeling the elastic texture coming from the soles of his feet, Bai Xiaonian's heart was secretly refreshed, and he chased after him directly.

The other people who were training in the stadium saw the two who were fighting, and hurriedly retreated, looking at their emotional appearance, maybe someone would be taken a fancy to one day.

In this way, the two best players in the joint tryout camp came together, and for the next few days, the two of them were almost inseparable, and they were tired of being together every day, either bullfighting or studying how to integrate their offense and defense.

Klay Thompson, who lives alone outside the training camp, was a little jealous when he heard about the situation, and told the Los Angeles Sports Newspaper reporter:

"Lately the two of them have become more and more like a gay couple, and I think Emma's suitors can go after your goddess again now, because Wood-White is enough for him to have Owen!"

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't go to Orlando, I don't think that Owen guy would have been able to compete with me...", tilting his head and thinking about it, Clay added with a grin.

So far, the legend of Bai Xiaonian and Owen's passion in the training camp has been passed down forever, and the love triangle with Clay has spread in the gossip tabloids across the United States.

In addition to the internal rookie evaluation, the audition camp is also the focus of attention on the observation report that is open to the public. It didn't take long for Wes Carroll, a daily observer at the tryouts, to put his report on this year's rookie on his Twitter.

Bai Xiaonian scored a whopping 91 points in his report, which is a good score behind Owen's 95 points and Kante's 92 points. In his report, it reads:

His offensive prowess is definitely the best of the rookies in this class, especially beyond the three-point line. He was much more clever on the defensive end than I expected at first, and although he wasn't a good defender, he knew how to use his strengths and weaknesses very well, and with his weak body, the defense was already above the passing line.

It's fair to say that he's unbeatable other than his knee that has been injured and worries about its strength, and that's one of the reasons why he's rated lower than Kyrie Irving's over the same period...