Chapter 39: A New Journey
It's really hard to fall at this time.
He lay on his back on the bed and forced himself to sleep again, but soon found that it was impossible at all, and that he was hungry after sleeping for so long.
He got up from his bed and was about to go down to forage for food, when the doorbell rang at the door.
He walked to the door, saw through the cat's eye that it was He Tianju, opened the door, He Tianju smiled and said, "How is it?" Did you wake up? When you wake up, I'll take you to eat steak. ”
Tang Shuai was hungry, nodded vigorously, put on his clothes and followed.
There are not many other steakhouses in the United States, and there are several near their hotel, so you don't need to look for them at all, and you can go in directly after finding one.
He Tianju was obviously hungry too, and the two of them gobbled up the food, burping and drinking red wine, which was indescribably comfortable.
At this moment, He Tianju took out his mobile phone and said, "Have you read today's news?" ”
"Can you get on the domestic Internet? I'm going to die. Hearing He Tianju talk about this, Tang Shuai couldn't help but complain.
"You download this app, this is an agent, use it and then go to the domestic network, and it won't be stuck at all." He Tian raised his hand and taught him to speak.
With He Tianju's help, Tang Shuai quickly got on the website, but when he saw the headlines of sports news, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"The inside story of the online explosion draft, CUBA talented players colluded with CBA teams in private, and did whatever it took for the sake of the team and personal interests."
The dazzling red letter made him realize what it was at once.
He clicked into the content of the news, and sure enough, as he expected, Zhao Hao and Tongxi were directly named in the news.
Su Mei didn't listen to him in the end.
He Tianju sighed with emotion: "It's really getting darker and darker now, what kind of talented player, this kind of ball, CBA can't mix." ”
Tang Shuai didn't hear it at this time, picked up his mobile phone and said, "I'll make a call" and then walked to the corner of the restaurant.
The call came, and soon, it was answered.
As soon as the phone was connected, he immediately said, "Coach, why should you? ”
Su Mei said lightly: "You don't have to care, it's not entirely for you, I'm the kind of person who can't hold sand in my eyes, and I also got that video." ”
Hearing Su Mei's affirmative tone, Tang Shuai wanted to speak again and again, and finally just turned into a silent sigh.
After Su Mei told him not to pay attention to rest, she hung up the phone.
When Tang Shuai came back, He Tianju saw that he was a little depressed, so he didn't ask much, and the two of them went back to the hotel directly after eating.
When he arrived at the door of the room, He Tianju patted him on the shoulder and said: "No matter what happens, you have to rest well tonight, tomorrow's trial is the most important opportunity for you and me as a professional player." ”
Tang Shuai didn't expect He Tianju to be so careful, but after listening to him, he still nodded heavily.
He Tianju is right, they have all paid a lot for this opportunity, and now the opportunity is in front of them, there is no reason not to cherish it.
After eating and drinking, and then lying back in bed, he soon fell asleep after a tiring day's travel.
When I woke up the next day, although I still felt a little uncomfortable with the jet lag, I didn't feel as strong as before.
According to the agreed time, they took a taxi to the stadium.
Under the guidance of the staff, he walked into the American Airlines Center, just entered the arena, and saw the huge audience seats, nearly 20,000 seats intertwined into the picture, Tang Shuai couldn't help but feel excited, although there is no one in the stands now, but the momentum that is rushing to the face is already very strong, this is the NBA arena, and the CUBA arena is not the same level at all.
Not long after they arrived, many players came one after another, both black-skinned and white-skinned, and there was even a yellow-skinned little man, who looked only about 1.7 meters tall, and he didn't know which country it was.
When the time was almost up, two people came out of the players' tunnel, the leader was a black man, slightly fat, with a small head, holding a tablet in his hand, and a whistle on his chest, very coach-like, and the other person was Tang Shuai's acquaintance, the Mavericks' scout Nahula.
The black man came in and quickly picked up the whistle and blew it a few times.
The players heard the whistle and quickly gathered around.
When the players arrived, the black man put the tablet under his armpit, glanced at the crowd, and said, "Hello everyone, I'm Melvin Hunter, I'm the assistant coach of the Mavericks, your tryout will be done under me, I hope you can give your full strength and try to stay until the end." ”
After saying that, Hunter took out the tablet, scratched his fingers on it a few times, and then said, "I'll get to know you first, and I'll call you by name." ”
"Eric Griffin."
After Hunter finished shouting, a big black man in his early two meters stretched out his hand and signaled.
Hunter nodded and continued the roll call.
"Salah Mejeri."
Soon a large white man came out and raised his hand.
……
Hunter named them one by one, and soon arrived at the yellow-skinned little one.
"Rich and brave trees."
Yuki Fujian stretched out his hand to gesture, and then bowed to Hunter in a standard manner.
Hunter nodded, motioning for him to return.
From the name of Yuki Tomiya, Tang Shuai quickly knew that he was a Japanese.
The only well-known Japanese in the NBA is Yuta Tawo, but I didn't expect that there would be a Japanese guard to break into the NBA, and it was really not easy to be so short.
"Tang Shuai."
Tang Shuai was thinking about it, and Hunter called his name next, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal.
Hunter glanced at him, got a basic impression, and then immediately gave the next person's name.
It didn't take long for all the names to be reported, and the team members had their first impressions.
Hunter put away the tablet and said with a slightly serious expression: "There are a total of twelve people in this trial, 6 centers, 4 defenders, and 2 forwards, I don't know which of you will eventually have the opportunity to stay in this team, but I hope you can all take it seriously, this is a kind of respect for me, and it is also a manifestation of responsibility for yourself, understand?" ”
"Understood, Coach!"
The team members replied loudly.
"Good!" Hunter nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Now you are divided into two groups, a group of 6 big ones, and a group of others, and go to the physical test first." ”
After Hunt finished speaking, soon a staff member took them to the sidelines.
Physical testing is an indispensable part of basketball, not only the NBA, but also the CBA will have similar tests every year, but NAB's physical testing is obviously more systematic, including a wide range of content, from the most basic height, weight, to vertical jump height (squatting and jumping on the spot), running and touching height, and even to switchback running, bench press and other items, it can be said that it can basically test the basic quality of a player.