Chapter Ninety-Four: A Journey to Minnesota (Part II)
In the locker room, Ye Feng and Loew were putting on their equipment while listening to Duffy nagging beside them. For Duffy www.biquge.info since he entered the agent industry, he has accompanied rookies to team tryouts hundreds of times, but each time he dutifully confesses the same thing to these rookies who have not yet participated in the draft. "The only thing you have to do in a confrontation test is to teach each other a hard lesson, whether it's a trainer, a substitute or a starter, your task is the same. Don't feel embarrassed or anything, just think of this as a showcase of your skills, always remember that it's all about your future path, and don't leave it alone. ”
Duffy looked at Ye Feng with unfinished thoughts and continued: "Ye, I'm more worried about you than Kevin, because you are a Chinese. You know, Yao is also my client, he was too gentle when he first arrived in the United States, I know this is a virtue of you Chinese, but there is no need to be humble in this situation, do you understand? Ye Feng shrugged his shoulders and said with a relaxed face: "Mr. Duffy, I think you may have forgotten one thing, I am different from Yao Ming, he has always grown up in the environment of Chinese basketball, and I have an American basketball background, and I played in Los Angeles from high school to college, so there is no need to worry about this aspect at all." ”
With that, he stood up, patted Loew on the shoulder, and the two walked out of the locker room together, and Duffy smiled relievedly behind them: it seems that this confrontation test is basically no problem. In fact, except for some players who think very highly of themselves and are strong, many people have difficulty playing their true level during the confrontation test, one is because of nervousness, and the other is because the first NBA-level confrontation will make them feel very stressed, which is why rookies will have a different adjustment period after joining the NBA according to their personal circumstances.
When he came to the court, Ye Feng instantly understood why Duffy said not to keep his hand, of course, what he thought was completely different from Duffy's original intention. In Ye Feng's opinion, it is difficult to retreat from such a formation if he does not go all out, standing in the middle of the court and looking at them with a smile, one is the Timberwolves' starting small forward Gomez, and the other is even more terrifying, McHale himself is eager to try it in the retro Celtics jersey of the year. Ye Feng glanced at Loew sympathetically, but he didn't expect Loew to look at him sympathetically. Both of them have a reasonable idea, Ye Feng thinks that McHale is also one of the top power forwards in history, while Loew thinks that Gomez, who is in the prime of life, is more difficult to deal with, but the actual effect depends on the court.
It was clear that the Timberwolves were going to see the alignment, and when McHale called Love to the other side of the court, Gomez, who was still very serious just now, instantly showed an unscrupulous smile. He hasn't paid much attention to the NCAA this year, so he only vaguely heard from others that there is a very good Asian kid at UCLA, but he thinks it's just a rumor, how strong can Asian players be? Coupled with the fact that the head coach was standing on the sidelines, Gomez had only one thought in his heart, and that was to make the rookie on the other side cry and let him know that the NBA is not so easy to mix.
How could Ye Feng not guess Gomez's thoughts? This is already commonplace in the NBA, not to mention not participating in the draft, even if they officially join an NBA team, the old players will always arrange some bits and pieces such as bags and snacks for the newcomers, which is also the unspoken rule of the NBA. If you think about it, only a super talent once in a few decades, or the team itself is a fish belly, rookies can be exempted from this "treatment". However, Ye Feng is not afraid of the black brother in front of him who is a little shorter than himself, even if the other party is only 26 years old this year and is in the rising period of his career.
As a Timberwolves executive and former NBA star, McHale knows what he needs to do to see what he wants from Love, but Gomez is different, he said to Ye Feng without hesitation: "Hey, rookie, I don't know what confrontation training is not confrontation training, or let's just go head-to-head, ten rounds, you attack in the first five rounds, and I attack in the last five rounds, how about it?" Gomez thought that Ye Feng would agree directly, but Ye Feng didn't play according to the routine at all, he smiled and said, "How embarrassing is this? Let's change it, you attack in the first five rounds, and then change me in the last five rounds. ”
Gomez's eyes narrowed, and there was a reason he made this request. Although as a veteran player, he really wants to frustrate the rookie in front of him, but the general manager and head coach are here, and he can't go too far. Generally speaking, the defender consumes more energy than the attacker, and he proposed that he defended first and then attacked, which was already a little water for Ye Feng, who knew that Ye Feng completely disdained to take advantage of this, and put himself in a relatively disadvantageous position, at least Gomez himself thought so. In an instant, his arrogance was provoked, and Gomez sneered: "Okay, according to what you said, I'll attack first." ”
He made up his mind to give this rookie a little color, and he held the ball directly at the top of the arc and ate it. Ye Feng posted it, and Gomeston felt that something was wrong, the other party did not have particularly obvious muscle lines, but the strength was not bad at all, and the speed that was originally lifted had to be reduced. Ye Feng's defense is clean, but clean does not mean that he lacks aggression, he constantly reaches out to try to steal the basketball in Gomez's hand, and at the same time firmly jams the opponent's breakthrough route. Whitman's eyes lit up on the sidelines, this kid is a good outside gate, but he has to continue to observe.
Whitman nodded to himself, but Gomez was crying on the inside, he rarely encountered such a difficult defense, which even reminded him of the Spurs' Bruce Bowen. He was taken aback by the thought: When did an NCAA rookie have such perverted defensive ability? He was so distracted that the basketball was almost taken away by Ye Feng, Gomez hurriedly blocked Ye Feng with his back, intending to rely on his back to run into the interior single. Ye Feng thought it was very interesting, didn't this brother see the situation clearly just now? Still playing with the back? But Ye Feng considered himself a kind person, so he withdrew some of his strength slightly, making Gomez think that he had a chance to run under the basket.
After a few dribbles, Gomez was reassured that it was all a hallucination, and he planned to turn and face the basket in a relaxed and happy way. But when he was just halfway through, he suddenly felt a light on his back, and the basketball was directly cut off, Ye Feng stood in front of him and said with a smile: "Senior, it seems that I won the first round." Gomez was stunned for a moment before he nodded reluctantly. However, he had already guessed Ye Feng's approach, which was to show weakness to the enemy when defending himself, and take advantage of his turn to go directly to the side to break the ball.
Gomez adjusted his mentality, picked up the ball and walked outside the three-point line, and snorted coldly: "Come again!" Ye Feng nodded with a smile. As a result, Gomez lost more simply in this round, and he wanted to fight with his 37.2% three-point shooting rate this season, but he didn't expect Ye Feng's movement speed and reaction speed to be also perverted. Just as he used the front of his body to change direction to flash out of the shooting space, Ye Feng instantly rushed forward, and a big hand directly covered Gomez's vision, and the basketball could only smash out of the frame. In the remaining three rounds, no matter what method Gomez used, Ye Feng responded unhurriedly, and only allowed Gomez to score a difficult goal in the fifth round. Everyone present knew that this was Ye Feng's deliberate release of water.
Looking at Gomez's somewhat darkened face, Ye Feng smiled slightly and said, "Next is my offensive round, please give me more advice." Seeing Ye Feng's movements, Gomez's eyes straightened, what's the situation? Teach to be a human series? It turned out that Ye Feng learned from Gomez in the first round, and after breaking through to the inside line, he began to play with his back to his back. Gomez's anger came up, and no one would be calm in his heart, he lowered his center of gravity and put his elbow behind Ye Feng's back, trying to interrupt Ye Feng's attack with a tougher defense. But he failed, because Ye Feng didn't intend to score with a turnaround layup or a jumper like him, he leaned sideways and lightly threw the ball, drawing a huge arc and falling into the basket.
Gomez asked dumbfoundedly, "Isn't this a hook that is often used by interior players?" Ye Feng said with a smile: "That's right, but who stipulates that outside players can't be used?" Gomez nodded and motioned for Ye Feng to start the next round. The same routine, the same action, if it weren't for the switch between the offensive and defensive sides, it would be exactly the same as the second round, but Gomez's defensive ability is a little inadequate compared to Ye Feng. Round 3...... Fourth Round...... Ye Feng won all with one hit, he unreservedly used the fast shot he learned from Hornacek, although Gomez struggled to block, but he didn't even rub the ball, but one of them hit Ye Feng's arm directly, and it was a 2+1 in the official game.
However, in the last round, Ye Feng still showed mercy, he deliberately adjusted the power and arc of the shot, and the basketball smashed in the front of the basket as expected, but it didn't matter much to Gomez whether the last goal was scored or not, and this duel undoubtedly ended in his complete defeat. Although he recognized Ye Feng's strength, the only thing he felt uncomfortable about was Ye Feng's deliberate imitation of his own attacking style in the first two rounds, which he thought was a humiliation. God is pitiful, Ye Feng just wants him to see what can be improved.
As for Whitman, he stood silently on the sidelines watching the two halves face off, not knowing what he was thinking.