This year's "Southern California Summer League" will start on July 14th, and the Lakers have no draft picks this season, so they can only select some international players through tryouts, or players in the development league for scouting, and maybe some of them will be buried, or gold that has not yet been discovered.

On July 4, the Lakers had their first three-day official tryout, and the tryouts were mainly attended by international players.

Zhang Zhu didn't come to the scene to participate at all, mainly because he was worried about giving people a handle, after all, as long as he went to that station, the Lakers staff would definitely treat the two Chinese players preferentially, and the two Chinese players would be nervous, and in the end it was likely to be a faceless ending for all three parties.

In fact, even if he doesn't go to the scene, the Lakers don't dare to snub Wang Zhizhi and Battle, so it's better to avoid suspicion.

The Lakers' main players will also be on vacation, and they won't join the team until "preseason training camp." It's going to be all going its own way, even Harris is vacationing thousands of miles away, and the summer camp and summer league are all run by assistant coaches.

The Lakers' international trial camp invited a total of more than 20 players, most of whom were European players, a small number of South American players, as well as players from Canada, Australia and other countries, and only Asian players were Wang Zhizhi and Battle.

Of course, the Lakers attach great importance to the two Chinese players, this is for the sake of Zhang Fu's face, regardless of what they think in their hearts, but on the surface, the hospitality given to the two is similar to that of several European players that the team has a fancy.

In this three-day trial, the Lakers finally took a fancy to five players from overseas, in addition to two interior players from China, one is a power forward Nowitzki from Germany, the other is a forward Stojakovic from Serbia, and the last one is a guard Ginobili from Argentina.

Zhang Zhu only went to the trial site for the first time on the third day of the trial, because there was the last game with full NBA rules today, and the Lakers had already picked out the ten most promising players, Zhang Zhu only went to see these ten people this time.

Wang Zhizhi and Battle were both placed on the red team, and the same team was the favored Serbian striker Stojakovic. The blue team includes Nowitzki from Germany and Ginobili from Argentina.

As soon as Zhang Yu arrived at the scene, the entire training base went crazy, and the whole scene was out of control for a while, and it was basically the same as a fan meeting.

There is an Argentine named Ginobili who is the craziest, similar to the brain-dead fans that Zhang Zhu usually sees, but the long hair makes Zhang Zhu, who cut his hair shorter this year, very unhappy, "Lao Tzu has cut his hair short, are you showing off your hair?" ”

This is not the first time the two Chinese players have met Zhang, who has been living in Zhang's villa since arriving in Los Angeles, but today is the first time Zhang has been on site to see them tryout.

After the trial training two days ago, Zhang Zhu had already learned about the true level of these two people by phone, but in fact, this thing only needs to be checked by the system.

Wang Zhizhi is really talented in terms of technique, his ball sense is very good on the inside, his shooting is also very stable, his feet are skillful, and his first-class physical fitness in Asia makes him an Olajuwon level in the lower league.

It's a pity that Wang Zhizhi's physical fitness is a bit underwhelming in the NBA, his strengths and weaknesses are too distinct, and it is difficult for the average team to use them well, and he needs to go to a particularly suitable system to play his strengths, but in the current league that emphasizes confrontation and encourages physical contact, his prospects are not good.

Battle, on the other hand, is a first-class Mongolian man even in the NBA on a static physical confrontation level. But the NBA doesn't just emphasize static confrontation, dynamic confrontation is also important, and Battle is much worse off in this regard - his movement is slow, his feet are inflexible, and even after this year's training in this area, it is still difficult to keep up with the NBA's offensive and defensive rhythm.

Zhang Zhu still thinks that Battle is more suitable for the NBA, he is now a little faster than when they first met, but his innate divine power and skeleton cannot be changed. This guy can practice a static confrontation ability close to Mason in China, and if he strengthens it in the NBA for a few years, he will be used exclusively to play positional battles, or to deal with a strong big center like O'Neal, but he can make the best use of things, and it may work wonders.

China's two players did not rely on Zhang Fu's nepotism to enter the final confrontation link, at the moment among the ten people on the court, is the most optimistic ten people in this trial camp, and China's two players, one has the best internal basic skills and internal skills, one has the strongest strength and confrontation ability, but it is the two people with the strongest actual combat ability, which is beyond the expectations of Zhang Zhu and the Lakers coaches.

The final score was 86-69, and the red team actually beat the blue team, which was unexpected by Zhang and the Lakers coaches.

Nowitzki, who is from Germany, only played 15 minutes in this game, and he was completely beaten by Wang Zhizhi in the game, proving once again that this tall and flexible guy is like an all-star without a physical disadvantage.

In this game, Wang Zhizhi destroyed the entire defense line of the blue team from the inside out like beating a child, he can not only play hooks and dunks after playing the opponent with his feet on the inside, but also pull to the middle and long distance to shoot the basket, and even have a good ability to break through the face frame, even throwing two three-pointers, which is simply omnipotent.

"How does this guy look stronger than Duncan?"

"He's got a really good sense of the ball, he looks comfortable with the ball, it's fluid and he has a good awareness."

"This guy's skills are too comprehensive, so high and yet so flexible."

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Wang Zhizhi showed confidence in this battle, he was already a brother in China, and he thought that he would suffer many setbacks in the United States, but he didn't expect that in the three-day trial camp, his performance was actually the best one, and he completely showed his ability.

"Now, maybe I can stay with the Lakers and play?"

Wang Zhizhi didn't know that someone behind him used a card to increase his status, and his original plan in his heart was that it was best to make his name known when he came to the United States this time. If he really can't do it, then at least let the teams know his name, find their own shortcomings, and go back to improve in a targeted manner, so that he can come to the draft next year, at least not lose.

However, if the Lakers are favored by this trial, even if they join the Lakers as an undrafted player, it is not impossible.

In the first year, he didn't expect to have much playing time, and even if he could only play training games with the Lakers, it was actually better than going to other teams to keep the water cooler.

It's a championship team, and the atmosphere and intensity of training here is definitely different from the average team. Not to mention, there is also a boss of his own here, and he will definitely not be bullied and excluded by his teammates, so it will be easier to integrate into the NBA.

Battle thinks the same way, and the Lakers are really a good fit for them to settle in. The only problem is that the Lakers probably won't want two Chinese players, otherwise a team with three players from China or Chinese descent will definitely make fans resist, and he and Wang Zhizhi can only keep one at most.

Now the Lakers' coaches are also starting to struggle, because the best performance in the past three days turned out to be two Chinese players, is China going to rise in basketball?

Wang Zhizhi scored 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks in this game, and another Chinese player, Battle, also performed well, and his strength advantage made Noviski lie directly on the ground in the confrontation.

The Germans played only 15 minutes today and were bullied by Battle, and poor Nowitzki was almost carried down, which shows how important the body is.

Battle not only has a brilliant performance on defense, his mid-range shooting and three-point shooting are surprisingly accurate, although the shooting posture is very painful, but the shooting speed is very fast, a power-type blue-collar center, Ya actually has such a long range, it is simply mad!

There are really few such centers in this era, and the inside line that is generally pulled out to shoot is a thin player, but Battle obviously has the strength of O'Neal, but he has practiced a good mid-range shot and three-pointer, which is a bit excessive!

Battle said he remembered Zhang's words a year ago, when he told him that if he could develop a consistent mid-range shot while continuing to build up, he would get a $2 million contract in the NBA. If he could move a little faster, he could get a contract worth more than $3 million a year.

Since then, Battle has only had a small amount of money in his eyes, not to mention an annual salary of more than three million US dollars, even if it is two million US dollars a year, it will be nearly 10 million yuan after taxes, what a huge amount of money in China? How could he not work for it?

The performance of the two Chinese players was so impressive, and the young Nowitzki was of course ignored, which made the German men's basketball coach Holger, who accompanied him to the Lakers tryout, a little remorseful.

Holger understands the potential of his disciple, and now he is humiliated not because of his lack of strength, but because he is too young at 17 years old, and he is a little too anxious, maybe it would be wise to come back to the NBA in two years.

The same goes for the 20-year-old Argentine Ginobili, who just wanted to try his luck and didn't expect the competition here to be so brutal, his long-range shot is not consistent enough now, and the opponent is a seasoned mature player, which makes his long-range shot completely unplayable.

But the most frustrating thing is that under the defense of the two Chinese players, his best breakthrough can not rush in at all, which makes his advantages unable to play, and as a result, he performed very badly in the confrontation game, only handing over a shooting percentage of 1 in 8 shots, and it seems that the dream NBA journey is going to be postponed again.

Serbian striker Peja Stojakovic did well in this trial, and his performance was not inferior to that of the two Chinese players, and he was particularly good in several matches.

In his final tryout, Stojakovic shot 6-of-7 from three-point range, and his movement was extremely erratic, always finding open shots, while also having a good playmaking and cutting technique. To put it simply, in addition to poor defense and physical fitness, he has all the qualities that a good European player should have.

It's a pity that Peja doesn't plan to enter the NBA this year, he and Wang Zhizhi's plans are similar, coming to the Lakers for a tryout to let people know what they are capable of, and at the same time take the opportunity to understand their flaws and improve them when they go back.

So, not only will he go to the Lakers for a tryout, but other teams will go as well, and this guy is only going to participate in the draft next year.

After completing the Lakers' trial, Wang Zhizhi is also ready to go to other teams to continue the trial, if the Lakers don't want to sign him this year, then he will go back to strengthen his confrontation ability and participate in the draft next year.

Battle wanted to stay with the Lakers, and after the trial, Zhang Mao also heard what he meant.

After thinking about it all night, Wang Zhizhi simply said that he was going to go to other teams to break through again, which was tantamount to giving up the place to join the Lakers to Battle.

This is also self-confidence in himself, this trial has allowed him to understand a part of the NBA, and now he feels that he has the ability to stand in the NBA, and he has the ability to participate in the draft, so there is no need to enter the NBA in this way, he wants to enter the NBA in a dignified way in the draft.

Zhang Zhu is very supportive of his decision, Wang Zhizhi's flaws are similar to Stojakovic, as long as he trains his strength and confrontation, he will not fall down at the touch like Nowitzki, and he does have the strength of a first-round show. But on the other hand, his ball sense and technique are talents that most people can't practice if they want to, and his strength and confrontation can be made up for the day after tomorrow.

The Lakers are also studying it, and there will be a few shrunken tryouts in a few days, but the players who are stronger than Wang Zhizhi, Battle, and Stojakovic have basically gone to the draft, and they really have no hope of finding a stronger player than these three.

It can't be helped, but any young player who has the ability, who doesn't want to enter the NBA through the draft, the rookie contract is much more secure than the salary at the end of the year, and the team's training efforts are completely different.

Moreover, even among these three, Wang Zhizhi and Stojakovic do not want to participate in the NBA this year, they both want to wait until next year to participate in the draft.

So the Lakers counted and found that they didn't have many options, and Battle was the best, or the only option.

But all three decided to come back to represent the Lakers in the Summer League after completing tryouts with other teams.

This is also a statement from them, which means: the Lakers will be my first choice, and I will give priority to playing for the Lakers.

Ginobili and Nowitzki also received invitations, and the Argentine immediately agreed, although he did not perform well in the matchup, he is still one of the most talented guards in this tryout, and he himself wants to prove himself in the summer league, maybe if he plays well, the Lakers will keep him.

The Argentine doesn't have the ambitions of Wang Zhizhi and Stojakovic, and if the Lakers are willing to give him a base salary this year, he is certainly willing to stay on the NBA championship team. What's more, he is still Zhang Fu's brainless fan, he has been wearing Zhang Fu's sneakers during the trial, and even his voice trembled with excitement after seeing the koala baby, another dead Zhengtai!

In this way, the Lakers' summer roster is almost out, and in addition to the point guard, the four starters are basically confirmed: Ginobili, Stojakovic, Wang Zhizhi, and Battle.