Chapter 10: Bullfighting!
After the draft, Chu Yi's current first priority is to find his position in the Hornets and integrate into the team as soon as possible, so that not only the team manager and other teammates are satisfied, but the team's record will also flourish. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
You know, the NBA has never lacked foreign players, but most of them are mainly American players, Chu Yi can not adapt to the league, only eliminated, because compared to Chinese, they prefer local players with the same cultural atmosphere and professionalism since childhood.
This time, George Sheehan selected Chu Yi, completely for the sake of the US dollar, but if Chu Yi played too much water, so that other teammates couldn't stand it, especially the boss, what was waiting for him was either to be traded to other teams or kicked out of the NBA.
In order to satisfy Chu Yi, the Hornets gave up the original idea of choosing the interior player Cole Aldridge and selected Chu Yi as an outside player, but trading Tyson Chandler, the defensive pillar of the interior in exchange for Okafor, is equivalent to weakening the deterrent power of the Hornets' interior line, and they need to trade a qualified blue-collar center.
So, they reached an agreement with the Kings and traded a second-round pick player, Hassan Whiteside, the long-handed monster center, to strengthen the defensive depth of the Hornets' interior line, and the Kings quickly agreed to this deal, no way, they just drafted the interior monster Cousins in the first round, and they are not so interested in Whiteside.
In order to verify the value of the deal, Sheehan flew back to New Orleans with Chu Yi and Hassan Whiteside that night, and he wanted to start the team training camp as soon as possible to speed up the pace of integration of the two into the team.
On the plane, Chu Yi had a good impression of such a center from North Carolira, and said that black people were stupid and foolish, but in fact, this sentence was not wrong, but Chu Yi felt that black friends were really sincere and would not play those tricks.
It was also because of this that Chu Yi chatted very well with Whiteside, and after a while, he flickered him towards the bloody phoenix of Arenas, although the process was difficult, but it was not impossible to do.
Ye Xuan mentioned Whiteside when chatting with Chu Yi, don't look at his relatively thin physique in the center, not even as heavy as James as a small forward, but his arm span length and his defensive awareness make him have the ability to surpass Chandler in the future and become the representative of the league's new generation of defensive centers.
Physical fitness can be enhanced through acquired effort, and those height, reach, ball sense, and awareness are innate, and acquired effort is far less than the innate condition.
Just like Jordan, his physical condition and ball sense can be called demonic, whether he is tall, arm span, or palm size, he surpasses Kobe Bryant too much, which is why Kobe Bryant can see the sunrise at 4 o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles for 20 years, but it is still difficult to surpass Jordan in history, this is the congenital gap.
Hassan Whiteside's arm span is definitely super long hand monster level, 7-foot-7 arm span has exploded Chris Bosh, DeMarcus Cousins and even DeAndre Jordan, this is his advantage, which others do not have, as long as he can grasp it well, he can definitely become Chandler's successor, the new inside gate of the Hornets.
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After the next plane, it was early in the morning, and Sheehan separated from Chu Yi and Hassan, and went home to sleep by himself.
Chu Yi went to find a hotel to live in, because it was late at night, and the people who sold the house were already closed, so he couldn't buy it if he wanted to.
Holding the excitement of the first round of the show, Chu Yi got up at five o'clock to train before dawn the next day, jogged a few laps around the block, warmed up, used it as a morning exercise, and then had breakfast.
At seven o'clock, Chu Yi arrived at the training hall on time, and when he finished changing clothes in the locker room and was about to start training, he found that the team boss Chris Paul seemed to have been training for a long time.
can't help but have a trace of admiration, Chris Paul, as the best player of the 05 generation, his performance has completely exploded the champion of the same year, Andrew Bogut, and even faintly has a tendency to move forward with the league's No. 1 point guard.
However, he has never indulged in the prosperity in front of him, his private life is very clean, no drugs, no ****, no gambling, no scandals, and he still trains hard, which is difficult for many players to do, but he did it.
"Hey, boy, you came early, you should have been late last night." Chris Paul felt a little surprised to see Chu Yi come so early.
Generally, first-round players, on the day they are selected, which one doesn't go to the bar in groups to have a party, and then find a stripper Hu Tianhe, there are not many players like Chu Yi who still come to train so hard the next day.
"Actually, I got up at five o'clock in the morning and walked around the neighborhood a few times before I came. I feel that if I don't work hard, I'm sorry for this order, and I'm sorry for Mr. Sheehan's trust. "Chu Yi has the character of repaying kindness, since others have given you trust, you can't live up to him.
"As long as you can keep up this effort, I believe you can surpass your compatriot Yao Ming." Paul agreed with Chu Yi's words, patted Chu Yi on the shoulder, and said words of encouragement.
"Yao Ming, how can I be enough, I want to surpass Jordan's man." Chu Yi was very helpful to Paul's encouragement, and said "big words" with a smile.
"Eh, you kid ......" Paul was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Chu Yi to be so angry, then reacted, smiled, and didn't continue to speak.
Obviously, he doesn't think that Chu Yi can surpass Jordan, because it is too difficult, Kobe Bryant's amazing star has worked hard all his life to reach Jordan's realm of solitary defeat, let alone Chu Yi?
It's just that he didn't expect that Chu Yi would have Xiao Wu's help, and 15 years later, at his exit performance, he recalled the words he had spoken when he communicated with Chu Yi for the first time, and sighed that Chu's greatness was that he achieved all the goals he had made and sworn to complete, which even Jordan had never done.
"Just you, kid, can surpass Jordan, in the next life." A player came out of the locker room and let out a disdainful taunt.
"Marcus Thornton? A second-round show? Are you qualified to speak of me? "Chu Yi knows that Americans believe in the strong, at this time, if you are soft, then he will think that you are weak and can be bullied, and it will be rare for you to raise your head in the future.
"What, heads-up? Let me see where you're a first-round pick. "Marcus Thornton couldn't stand the mention of his second-round pick the most, and he felt that if it weren't for the referee's distrust of him, he would have been the second Arenas entirely.
He is also confident, four months ago, on February 23, against the Cavaliers, he shot 15 of 22 from the field, and 3 of 7 from three-point range, scoring a game-high 37 points, of which, in the second quarter, he scored 23 points alone, breaking Peja's team record of 22 points in a single quarter, which is even crazier than many rookies in the top ten in the first round!
If it weren't for Chu Yi's arrival, he would have been able to replace Devin Brown's position and play the starter, but Chu Yi ruined all this.
He was not reused by head coach Byron Scott, and it was even more difficult for him to get more playing time, so he turned the spearhead of hatred to Chu Yi, and he wanted to step on Chu Yi to take the position!
It's a pity that he chose the wrong time, if he had been even 12 hours earlier, Chu Yi might not have fought with him, but now, he just wanted to find someone to try the power of General Arenas's three-point shot!
And Chu Yi's inadvertently revealed strong self-confidence also attracted Paul, he was very curious, curious about how Chu Yi, a rookie who had never played a game in the league, won this rising star in the team!
As time went on, there were more and more players practicing in the arena, and there were some team bigwigs, such as West, Peja, etc., which made Thorton happier.
In front of so many cores of the team, if Chu Yi is abused by my blood, how can he grab the start with me? He didn't think that he would lose, and in that way, he would fall even worse, however, what is generally unexpected, often comes true.
"You're a rookie, you kick off first!" As if there was a lot of generosity, Thorton gave Chu Yi the right to tee off like a handout.
These 2 goods, without understanding the strength of the opponent, dare to be so big, then I am really sorry for your "kindness" if I don't teach you a lesson. Chu Yi shook his head, mocked the opponent in his heart, and then became serious, the so-called, tactically contempt for the enemy, and strategic attention to the enemy is this truth.
When Chu Yi took a step outside the three-point line with the ball, he found that Thorton's second goods actually let him go two steps away, which is simply looking down on the three-point ability of General Arenas!
With a wave of his hand, he gently pulled the ball out, drove the basketball through a perfect arc in the air, and then drilled into the center of the net.
1:0
"The Chinese really only sneak attack, hum." Thorton pursed his lips, very disdainful, he felt that without defense, it was normal to throw, and if he couldn't shoot, it was called abnormal.
After exchanging possession, it was Thornton's turn to attack, and he stood outside the three-point line with the ball, constantly dribbling the ball. Continuous crotch changes, back dribbling, all kinds of crossovers, however, he found that Chu Yi was always unmoved.
It's weird to be fancy for the sake of fancy, and it's weird to be able to trick people into losing their positions, just like there are many people who are very good at playing streetball, but it is difficult to be the king in the NBA, isn't Alston one of them?
After laughing at himself for a long time, Suoton found that Chu Yi was not deceived by his fancy moves, so he wanted to use his black physical fitness far beyond the yellow race to squeeze Chu Yi away and forcibly break through.
Chu Yi really has no way to do this, but his ball quotient of up to 86 is not a vegetarian, and he can't resist you, so don't you allow me to sneak attack?
So, Chu Yi silently gave him a breakthrough route, and when Suoton felt that there was an opportunity, he broke Suoton's ball with a big long arm.
This time, it can scare the onlookers, especially Paul, when he saw Chu Yi dodge and set aside a breakthrough route, he knew that this was a trap, but he didn't realize that Chu Yi's ability to cut off Thorton's ball required agile sensibility, extraordinary judgment, and a grasp of timing.
It seems that this rookie is really not as unbearable as imagined, a smile appeared on the corner of Paul's mouth, his teammates are one point stronger, isn't the chance of winning the championship one point greater?
When the ball was converted again, Thorton also put away the contempt in his heart and seriously guarded against Chu Yi, but, if it can be restricted, is a superstar still called a superstar?
The gap between a superstar and an all-star is there, one can be limited and the other can't!
Therefore, even though Thorton has reached the body hair level defense, Chu Yi still stood up to him and scored three points, one of the most humiliating ways to score.