Chapter 7: The Debut of Youth

The Clippers didn't have any rookies in the draft this year except for the top pick Lang Griffin, and this time the team went to the summer league with the team, in addition to Griffin, there were also 08 second-round pick Dedrew Jordan, backup interior Smith, backup point guard Telfair, and substitute wing Rasubatar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Gordon was also on the list, but Gordon said he didn't want to participate, and the Clippers immediately let it go, after all, it is an indispensable firepower point for the team now.

It's boring on the plane, but Griffin finds a big guy named Andre Jordan, a big man who was drafted by the team at the end of last year's second round, and whose skills are said to be unimaginably rough, and the only reason for keeping the Clippers on him is his beast-level athleticism.

It didn't take long for Griffin and Jordan to become good friends, Jordan always seemed energetic, and Griffin also got along with this reckless big boy, and the two were of the same age, from games to girls, they always smelled the same.

Soon the plane landed in Las Vegas, the world-famous city, the largest city in Nevada, USA, because it is on the edge of the desert, so it is in a state of high temperature all year round, but Griffin thinks that there is one thing that Las Vegas is similar to Shenzhen, China, that is, this gambling city has developed from a small village to this kind in only 10 years.

Naturally, the summer league leader can't be Dunleavy, just a dispensable assistant coach who is more of a tour guide for the team.

He and DeAndre walked around the casino casually, and the famous scenery of the casino opened the eyes of the two hillbillies, in Las Vegas, Griffin was at most a relatively tall passerby, and the two were happy to do so.

The two of them can't go to the nightclub or something, Griffin is not yet 20 years old at this time, and if there is any news at that time, it will not be comparable to a scandal or something.

After the two wandered around and returned to the hotel, Griffin stayed in the same room with DeAndre Jordan, Griffin first made a phone porridge with Caitlin, exchanged heartfelt conversations, and then played a few 2K games with Jordan, for NBA players, PS and XBox may be one of the indispensable travel companions.

The two weren't too crazy, they slept honestly when it was time, and tomorrow was the first game, even though it was only summer league, but Griffin didn't want to be caught by the damn media for any reason to criticize him.

It's also especially important for Jordan, who only played 53 games last year, and his performance can be described as terrible, not to mention that he is only a second-round pick, and how well he performs in the summer league is even more important to him.

However, when the energetic Griffin saw Telfair and Rasubatarer staring at the big black circles in the arena the next day, Griffin realized that he was still naïve.

The opponent of the Clippers in the first game was the Bobcats, who were also in the belly of the fish, and the most famous of the team, Elvis Wallace and Tyson Chandler, naturally would not attend, just a group of players who Griffin couldn't even name.

The Clippers started with No. 5 Smith, No. 4 Griffin, No. 3 Butler, No. 2 Davis (not the beard), and No. 1 Telfair.

The Bobcats are Akinsa at No. 5, Muhammad at No. 4, Brown at No. 3, Henderson at No. 2 and Augustin at No. 1.

The Bobcats were a qualified shooter with the 12th pick in the '09 draft, and Augustin, a rookie in '08, didn't perform as well as they could last season, but the Bobcats showed confidence in him.

Jumping Atkinsa won the advantage, Griffin hurriedly retreated to the half, the Bobcats played very simply, Asakin went up to make a block for Augustin, and Augustin immediately hit a jumper.

Before the game, the coach probably talked about the tactical arrangement of making the ball for Griffin, so Griffin directly started to ask for the position, and Griffin immediately felt the weakness of Mohammed behind him, and Griffin assured that he could catch the ball and turn around and dunk it!

But the truth is always cruel, Griffin is almost three seconds off, Telfell did not pass the ball, but asked for a single tactic, Telfel is not small, he is Stephen Marbury's nephew, and his style of play is also on the street.

Successive shaking followed the change of direction, but Augustin firmly covered Telfair, and Telfair made a very gorgeous step-back jumper, which caused a burst of cheers from the audience.

However, Griffin felt that the goal was too difficult, Augustin did not lose his position at all, and the fans who only spent $10 to watch the lively game naturally hoped that the more streets were better, even if they did not score.

Griffin immediately started to compete for the card position under the basket, and his strange power was played to the fullest, Asakin and Muhammad were squeezed by Griffin, and sure enough, the ball collapsed directly out of the basket, Griffin reacted super fast, his legs exerted force, and he directly and vigorously dunked the basketball into the frame!

The ball also detonated the audience, because Griffin is not really tall, but his explosive under-basket dunks are always prone to adrenaline rush.

DeAndre Jordan stood up for the first time to cheer for his new friend, and Griffin was also very satisfied with his ball, before Griffin discovered his talent for some predictions of basketball, not only in rebounding, but also in defense.

Augustin is very calm, still orderly organization of blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, Augustin is not fast, but he has a bit of a good grasp of the rhythm, after attracting the attention of the outside line, immediately distributed the ball to Henson on the outside, three splits.

Griffin continued to be in the low position on the left side, Telfair passed it this time, Griffin subconsciously made a three-threat move, and his left leg slammed into force, like a rocket rushing out, immediately left Mohammed behind, Asakin made up the defense very well, but to his surprise, Griffin jumped half a step away from him!

There were exclamations on the spot and on the bench because it was supposed to be too early to jump, but Griffin was so confident in his explosiveness that he didn't even need a run-up to jump to his highest level.

"Bang!" The loudspeaker on the basket transmitted this violent dunk to the ears of everyone present! Asakin didn't jump, otherwise he risked becoming Griffin's backdrop.

The game continued like this, and the Bobcats played well under Augustin's command, but the Clippers gradually took control of the court, and halfway through the game, Telfair and Smith came off the court and replaced them with DeAndre Jordan and another small point guard.

DeAndre was very passionate when he came on the court, fanning a low-handed layup from Muhammad as soon as he got on the court, and he dominated the rebounding ball with Griffin, including offensive rebounds.

By the end of the quarter, Rasubatler hit three three-pointers in a row, and the game was completely over, ending the first summer league game in a relaxed rhythm.

Griffin faced the interior of the Bobcats, who were a little anxious about athleticism, and played his own top style, scoring 28 points and 14 rebounds on 12-of-17 shooting, including as many as 5 offensive rebounds, and DeAndre Jordan came off the bench to pick up 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, and the efficiency was also amazing.

The good news of the victory and the excellent performance of the champion Lang Griffin were announced to the public at the first time, slightly diluting the crowd's previous dissatisfaction with Griffin.

In an apartment in Los Angeles.

"Caitlin, look at your baby Griffin on the news, wow, Champion Lang Xingyao Casino."

"Andy, don't talk to me in that tone, you know, it's all good for us!"

The woman known as Andy shrugged and stopped talking, and Caitlin looked at Griffin's young head on TV and sighed slightly.