Chapter 4 Draft Bootcamp

"I mean......" Morey muttered, "help him sign up for the league, go through the pre-draft training camp, and wait for a while to decide whether or not we choose him!" ”

Dawson thought for a moment and said, "Okay, that's it!" ”

He turned to Simone, "When are you going to the training camp?" ”

Every year before the official NBA draft, the official will hold a concentrated training game for rookies, which lasts about three to four days. The scouts of the various teams will definitely go www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion in order to get first-hand real information. So, Dawson asked. This year's official basketball camp was set up in Dallas, the Mavericks' home court, close to ---- Rockets.

"I'm going to be there tomorrow morning, and tomorrow is April 25th, which is the deadline for rookies in the league and the official start of the rookies' training camp."

"Okay, let's help Zhang Chu sign up first, and then you take him to Dallas tomorrow." Dawson lifted his glasses, "Let's dismiss!" ”

Under normal circumstances, the rookie registration is reported by the players themselves, or if they have their own agents, the agents will sign up, and of course, there are very few, like Zhang Chu, who are signed up by the club.

Team Rocket has decided that no one will be interested in Zhang Chu except himself. Otherwise, I am now helping him sign up, and taking him to the training camp or something, in case in the end, he is selected by another team, and the Rocket team will not be an empty wedding dress.

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The 2006 rookie camp was held in Dallas, USA, and about 60 players preparing for the draft participated. And almost all the club's scouts and related staff will come, among so many rookies, to investigate, compare, discern the talent, and pick out their favorite players.

As for the process, basically a physical test is carried out first, and each player forms a detailed report, which is sent by the training camp official to the scouts of each club.

Then, for about a day, or half a day, the rookies will perform at will, show themselves at will, show their characteristics, or their strongest abilities.

Then, it is a group, with 15 players in each group, to play a knockout competition until the final champion is determined, and then, the training camp ends.

Through this series of physical tests, self-presentation, group confrontation, in short, the purpose of the training camp is one---- that is, to give the rookies a stage to show themselves comprehensively, and at the same time to give the scouts of each club a comprehensive and close opportunity to meet the rookies.

On April 25, Simone took Zhang Chu to Dallas, first signed up for the rookie, filled in some basic information, and added a physical test...... The results of this physical test are to be used as official data.

Basically, this physical test result is similar to yesterday's Team Rocket. Zhang Chu also understands that with the current comprehensive strength of 50, his physical test data should be the bottom even if it is not the worst among these dozens of players.

"Okay, dear Zhang, you can do whatever you want today, it is estimated that there will be a group draw in the afternoon, and from tomorrow, there will be a group confrontation......" Simone told Zhang Chu, and Terry also came with him to help him translate.

Simone's task is very heavy, although the focus of the Rockets this year is Guy, but other players must also be investigated, in case Guy is not obtained, he has to make two plans.

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On the pitch of training camp, dozens of rookie players are showing their talent and talents, trying to bring out the best in themselves. Because, on the sidelines, scouts from various clubs, even head coaches and general managers have come, and their eyes are staring.

Fortunately, the court in the training camp is big enough, and there are more baskets, although there are many people, it does not seem to be supportive and chaotic.

Simone was busy with his own work, and Zhang Chu found a place on the sidelines to sit down, quietly observing the rookies on the field.

Well, in the 2006 draft, he tried to figure out what players were great in the 2006 class.

The big white man on the court, Andrea Bagnani, was the top pick in this draft, from Italy, playing as a power forward, with the soft touch inherent in European players, but later did not develop well in the NBA.

The tall and lanky man should be LaMarcus Aldridge, who is either a center or a power forward. In his previous life, he often watched NBA games, and when compared with the current real people on TV, Zhang Chu is still easy to recognize. Well, Aldridge should be regarded as the highest achievement among the players in the class of 2006, Zhang Chu remembers that one year in the playoffs, the Rockets vs. the Trail Blazers, Aldridge seemed to have scored 40+ in the first two games, and the Rockets lost their temper.

It should be Roy who has a flat head and a mature look, and he plays as a shooting guard. At that time, he was called "Yellow Mamba", Kobe Bryant was "Black Mamba", he was called "Yellow Mamba", his strength and status can be seen, if it were not for injury, Roy should be the representative of the 2006 rookie, after Kobe Bryant retired, the league's first scoring guard is likely to be Roy, and it is not the turn of the bearded Harden. Of course, this is only if, a knee injury ruined everything for Roy and forced him to retire at a young age.

Well, there's Rudy Gay, who is at small forward. Zhang Chu has seen it in China. There are also Rondo and Lowry, two small point guards, although the draft was relatively low, but in the future, they also worked hard in the NBA to make their own world, among which Rondo also followed the Big Three with the Celtics to get the championship ring.

There is also Paul Millsap, a two-meter-one-meter power forward, who was not favored in the draft, one of the important reasons is that he is too short, the official data is 2.03 meters, in fact, it is 2.01 meters at most, which is about the same height as Zhang Chu.

But then Millsap entered the ranks of the All-Stars, if you want to say that the draft is really a science, or a gamble, the players you are optimistic about may not be able to develop well in the future, such as the champion of the year, Bagnani, Tanhua Morrison and others. If you are not optimistic, you may not be able to become a star, such as Millsap, Lowry and others.

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Zhang Chu was observing on the sidelines, and suddenly an idea popped up, because he knew the achievements of these players on the court in the NBA in the future, if he was the general manager or could influence the club's decision-making, through a series of operations, and get multiple draft picks, wouldn't it be possible to pick out a team of hopeful stars?

Especially the draft picks like Rondo, Lowry and others that year were not high, and Millsap fell to the second round, and they were not favored.

He was taken aback by his bold idea, forget it, he himself may not have a chance to enter the NBA, and he still picks others, alas......

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"Zhang Chu, why don't you come on the stage to perform?" The Rockets' translator, Big Brother Terry, saw Zhang Chu sitting on the sidelines, observing the rookies on the court to their heart's content, but he himself didn't get off the court, and he was a little puzzled, "You can't do this, it's too subtle, no scout will take the initiative to come to you......"

"Brother Terry, let's be honest, I'm a game-type player, and I can only play well in actual battles." Zhang Chu smiled and replied. He is still very grateful to Team Rocket, as well as this translator, Brother Terry, this translator almost follows him an inch, otherwise, if he doesn't understand the language, he will be in big trouble. Therefore, he gratefully honored the eldest brother.

As for how not to show himself, he is still relatively self-aware, his comprehensive strength is only 50, and his abilities should be the bottom of so many rookies. His biggest reliance at present is the super skill of "mind control", and this skill can only be triggered in the official game when his side is more than 10 points behind......

However, Zhang Chu was not in a hurry, and soon, the lottery list for the group competition came out. The 60 players are divided into four teams of 15 players each, which is the same as in the club competition.