Chapter 11 Ending the Trip to California
Players in the NBA Development League basically have one or two flaws that are difficult to make up, but they are more balanced in other aspects. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
To put it nicely, it's called comprehensive.
To put it mildly, it is actually relatively mediocre, with nothing particularly outstanding, but it has flaws that are difficult to make up.
But even so, the individual ability of these players is much better than that of NCAA players, and even close to catching up with the level of Australia's national team. At least the individual abilities of these players are not bad, and the skills other than the flaws are also more proficient and experienced.
Zhang Qi fought these opponents, and the pressure was still not small, and he relied entirely on his body to eat.
But in terms of personal skills, he is not much better than the other party, and it is only with the addition of physical fitness that he stands out from the crowd.
Zhang Qi has a training bonus in the virtual space, but this feature costs 100 competition points a night, and the competition points he earns from playing a game in Australia are only enough for him to train for a day or two, and he can't use them uncontrollably.
In addition, he has to save up for the competition point to buy cards, and in fact, he can only use the virtual training function two or three times a week, and he does not get seven or eight more hours of training time than others every night.
In addition, Australia is really not very good at youth basketball training, and the skills that Zhang Fu has practiced using the virtual space are similar to those freshman and sophomore rookies in the United States.
At this time, Zhang Zhu is a bit like Zhang Wuji, who has just practiced Jiuyang Divine Skill, although his internal strength is strong, his moves are average, and he still uses his physical talent to reduce ten times with one force.
So he himself knows that once he goes to the NBA, it's different, and most of the starting forwards there are not necessarily afraid of his body. Who called him only 18 years and a few days old, and his body has not yet fully developed.
Fortunately, Zhang Fu's basic skills are good, which can ensure that he does not make too many mistakes on the field, and also allows him to do whatever he wants in the lower leagues, but when he was training with the Australian national team before, Zhang Fu has already realized that his skills are not enough.
Now this is also the case, Zhang Mao's last shot will be affected by the opponent, and the basketball will often turn around mischievously on the basket, and then roll out again, which is a manifestation of the lack of skill in small skills.
But such a problem is not a problem in the eyes of the Kings coaching staff, who know that it is just a lack of professionalism and a lot of training.
At this moment, what they value is Zhang Fu's potential, an 18-year-old high school student, can do a good job in the first half of the ball breakthrough link, which is not easy, it is enough to see that Zhang Fu's basic skills are good, his foundation is very good, which allows him to enter the NBA in the future and no longer have to start from scratch, compared to most rookies with rough skills.
Now Zhang Fu is like a piece of jade, just waiting for the master to come and carve it......
"Where did this kid come from?" Some of the Kings staff didn't even know Zhang's name.
"This is the genius from Australia, I thought he was an embroidered pillow, but I didn't expect his strength to be good, and he broke through like a bulldozer." To be honest, Zhang Fu's appearance is easy to impress, but his ability exceeds everyone's expectations.
The general manager of the Kings, Da Lisandro, also arrived at the scene, although the head coach could not take a step away, but the general manager of the NBA team is the one in charge of most teams, and they usually report directly to the owner and have a great say in the draft.
So as long as Dalessandro is happy with Zhang, he can find a foothold on this team, but only if he can be drafted by the Kings.
"Sure enough, let me release the water again!" After the trial was completed, Zhang Yi once again heard the exact same words in Alessandro's office as the previous two trial teams, which was really nothing new.
He thinks these guys are too dirty, and he doesn't want to think about how to trade for the top draft picks.
This is actually Zhang Wei himself can't understand, NBA teams don't all like to play this trick, but who called him too famous in the United States, no one will know his true level, so he put water in the trial, no one can notice it at all, everyone will only think that he is really an embroidered pillow, and it is useless.
The Lakers, the Clippers, and now the Kings, these teams all have the mentality of picking up leaks, so they will let him go to other teams to try out and put some water, and they all want to use a late signing to pick up a big bargain, then make a lot of money!
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the NBA has always paid little attention to international players, although they know that Zhang Fu has outstanding potential, but deep down they are still unwilling to use a draft pick that is too high to get him, which is the habitual thinking of human beings.
In the next few years, there will be a lot of excellent international players, and this is how they will be picked up.
Many of these international players have the potential to be All-Stars, or even superstars, but due to the arrogance of the American media, these players with better potential were finally selected by those teams who were lucky or really discerning, and the result was that these international players quickly helped the team complete the rebuild and slapped many people in the face.
It wasn't until this kind of thing happened one after another that these arrogant guys who realized it slowly reacted and finally admitted that the strength of international players should not be underestimated.
However, that was more than a decade later.
It's the '90s, the time when international players are most looked down upon by Americans, and this situation won't get better until after 2000.
If Zhang Wei hadn't relied on his Hollywood-like face to become familiar first, no one would have known who he was at this moment.
The two fathers and sons were more direct this time, the Kings had a first-round No. 14 pick this year, Zhang Fu fooled Alessandro in reverse, and happily agreed to the other party's proposal to release the water, but he also asked the Kings to use their first-round pick to pick him, and promised to give him a starting position.
These two requirements are not low, don't look at Zhang Zhu's trial today's situation is very tempting, but after all, there is no rookie in the lottery area to compare with him today, so although Alessandro gave out the promise as if he didn't want money, both parties can see from the promise that this deal is not safe, and either side has the possibility of changing the hexagram.
But business is like this, how can there be a 100% sure deal? Unless you're a genius like O'Neal who can even see the blind, didn't even Jordan fall to the third pick back then?
Before the final draft results are released, even the biggest favorite of the champion may not be able to become the final champion, and these teams don't know who they will choose in the end.
On June 18, the father and son made their final stop in California, this time to the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors have had a great year, not only with one No. 1 pick, but also with four second-round picks, for a total of five draft picks.
That said, if Zhang falls to the second round, there's a good chance he'll be drafted by the Warriors with one of four second-round picks.
"Bug" Tim Hardaway and "Madman" Latrill Sprewell are the stars of this Warriors team, these two guards averaged more than 20+ points per game last season, plus Chris Mullin, who is known as the "left hand of God", as the team's sixth man, this team's outside offensive power, on paper, has been so strong that it overflows, if they can use the top pick in their hands to pick an excellent interior player, then it can be expected that the team's re-emergence.
Well, of course it's not that simple, the NBA often has a bunch of good players, but they just can't produce results.
This team is really strong on paper, but they don't have a core that can really dominate the whole team, and this Warriors' roster is too biased.
Many fans will only stare at the data, but ignore that "bugs" and "madmen" will only shoot at this stage, and Mullin has degenerated into a pure pitcher, but the biggest problem of the Warriors is that the interior is too weak, and the defensive ability of the outside is also very urgent, even if they are very strong on the outside, in fact, they are not as strong as everyone thinks, and it is easy to be limited in the playoffs just by being good at breaking through.
The new head coach of the Warriors, Adelman, can naturally see where the team's problems lie, what they urgently need now is an interior star, so Zhang Mao's arrival has not been taken seriously, even if his physical measurement data is still very good, but the athleticism of the madman Sprewell is not worse than Zhang Fu, and the Warriors have no reason to go far.
You must know that after Jordan retired last time, "Madman" Sprewell was considered by the American media to be one of the top outside players who could take over the main team, and now he has no point forward play, so they have little interest in Zhang Fu.
Zhang Qian didn't even participate in the confrontation training this time, anyway, the Warriors' precious champion pick can't be used on him anyway, unless Zhang Qian can fall to the second round, and then the Warriors will choose him to see his luck.
"Okay, I guess I didn't have a chance with the Warriors, so I shouldn't have fallen to the 34th pick, right?" After Zhang left the Warriors' trial court, he already knew in his heart that he would not play in the city.
After tryouts for the Warriors, the father and son finally made the final leg of their trip to California.
Next, they will move to Chicago for a joint trial on the 20th.
The new NBA joint training camp will be held in Chicago on June 20, and this is the big scene that Zhang Mao is really looking forward to, he can finally see those American talents who have been blown away by the media in Chicago.
"It would be nice if I could find you an agent by the way." Zhang Mo ran down with him in the past few days, and found that the basketball knowledge he had made up for in the past few years was still too poor, and many times he was afraid of saying the wrong thing.
Even now, he doesn't know if his son is stronger or worse than the American geniuses that the media advertises.
In fact, not to mention Zhang Mo, even Zhang Mo will feel a pain when he sees the news reported by the American media, such as "An 18-year-old seven-foot man can take off the coin on the top edge of the rebound"!
Is there any mistake? If the cow is like this, will this person not be able to fly?
Not to mention, the American media did report on the 18-year-old high school genius named Garnett, who was so careless that he could easily put a coin on the edge of a rebound and jump to get it off there.
However, this kind of guy who can go to heaven and earth, the draft market is not the top three, and he is still being questioned for being too young and too weak.
Zhang Qian couldn't help but complain in her heart: "If you say so, then I'm still a fart, just roll up the cover and go back to Australia." ”