After officially becoming a member of the Chicago Bulls, Sun Xiaotian will represent his team in the upcoming Las Vegas Summer League.

Summer League will be a rare opportunity for underdrafts and rookies, who have to do some confrontational training in order to gain the trust of the team and make an impact on the squad. Because if they want to be appreciated and reused by some teams in the new season, they have to desperately perform themselves in the summer league.

And there are still a lot of players who stand out in the summer league, and rookies such as Jeremy Lin, Hayes, Barria, Haria, ...... Ha. Not only have these players received coveted big contracts, but they are also an important part of the team.

And for those rookies who have been picked by the team, or even in the lottery zone, all they have to do is show the coach and management of the team what they are capable of and try to be able to play at the start of the new season.

Regarding the summer league, there was also a statistic in the market. Six of the Rookie of the Year award winners in the past seven years have competed in the Summer League in Las Vegas. They are: Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Kevin Durant, Tyrek Evans, Blake Griffin and Kyrie Erving. Although this statistic is not authoritative, the summer league's own confrontation and league popularity are still worthy of recognition.

For Sun Xiaotian, it is right to show his strength, but the most important thing at the moment is to let his right foot find the rhythm of the game in the confrontation. After all, his right foot has not been able to feel the rhythm of the arena for three months, so sometimes Sun Xiaotian often feels unnatural and even rigid.

There are five games in the Bulls' Summer League, which are the Rockets, Spurs, Warriors, Heat, and Hornets. What Sun Xiaotian has to do is to find the feeling of the game as soon as possible, once his body can adapt to the game well, the next "Team of Heaven" will conduct targeted training according to his own situation to help him better adapt to the rhythm of the NBA arena.

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The game with the Rockets was Sun Xiaotian's first official confrontation game in three months after a long absence. In this game, according to the coach's arrangement, Sun Xiaotian's first thing to do was to feel the atmosphere of the arena. In this game, Sun Xiaotian played less than 20 minutes, scored seven points and added four assists, but had six turnovers, and the Bulls also lost to the Rockets 109-97.

In fact, it is understandable that there has been no serious confrontation training for three months, and it is inevitable that such a situation will occur in the game. However, this game also gave Sun Xiaotian an inappropriate feeling, that is, he seemed to feel the high-pressure rhythm of the NBA. Although there is no comparison between the summer league and the NBA. But the fighting spirit shown by every player who participated in the summer league on the field is memorable, after all, many players want to seize this opportunity to perform, so their performance is also unbearable for Sun Xiaotian for a while.

By the time of the second game against the Spurs, Sun Xiaotian had clearly felt that his physical condition had improved. He played 28 minutes and contributed 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. In the end, the team also won the first victory of the summer league.

By the time of the third game against the Warriors, Sun Xiaotian's form was completely found. The two teams battled for two overtime games, and finally led the team to two consecutive victories with Sun Xiaotian scoring 6 points in the second overtime.

Throughout the game, it was almost all Sun Xiaotian and the Warriors' No. 7 rookie Harrison. Barnes's two-man battle of points. In the whole game, Sun Xiaotian played 35 minutes, scoring 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. And Harrison. Not to be outdone, Barnes played 40 minutes and recorded 32 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.

In this game, Sun Xiaotian's surprise is that he dared to break through. In the games where he was injured with his right foot, Sun Xiaotian mostly chose to end the battle with a shot or a single with his back to his back. Because if you choose to break through, the pressure on your right foot will make you very painful. In today's game, Sun Xiaotian repeatedly made layups or fouls in the opponent's penalty area. Of the 30 points he scored, 19 came from driving layups or making kills.

And Sun Xiaotian's state also continued to the remaining two games, in the game against the Heat, Sun Xiaotian contributed 20 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds. In the game against the Hornets, Sun Xiaotian scored 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. The Bulls also have a one-win and one-loss record in those two games.

At the end of five games, the Bulls had a poor record of 3 wins and 2 losses. Sun Xiaotian performed quite dazzlingly in these five games, averaging 19 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, and was selected for the best team in the summer league.

Sun Xiaotian's outstanding performance in the summer league deeply touched Coach Thibodeau. He was very pleasantly surprised by Sun Xiaotian's comprehensiveness, and this was only when Sun Xiaotian's right foot had just healed.

Thibodeau is well aware of the team's current weaknesses, the team does not have a competent No. 2 position, and in many cases he has had to field a two-point guard lineup, and the disadvantage of the lineup makes the Bulls struggle against Eastern Conference rivals Heat, Pacers, Knicks and Kaizi, especially at the No. 2 position.

The Heat have Wade, and the Pacers have Paul. George, the Knicks have new signings J.R. Smith, Kaizi also has new Jason. Terry, almost all of these No. 2s are All-Star calibre.

Looking at the Bulls again, Hamilton, the mid-pitcher who originally had high hopes, has not been able to play his due value due to injuries. And the newly traded pitcher Belineri, the state is still unknown!

Therefore, when seeing Sun Xiaotian's performance, Coach Thibodeau decisively believes that this young man may become his ideal No. 2 position.

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After the end of the summer league, according to the arrangement of the "Sky Team", Sun Xiaotian will return to China to participate in some business activities. During this period, Sun Xiaotian may also meet Li Ning and sign a contract with Li Ning Sports Brand to become a signed star under Li Ning.

Although Sun Xiaotian is quite repulsive to these so-called business activities, he must try to adapt to this kind of thing as a well-known figure.

After the end of the trip to China, Sun Xiaotian will start a three-month closed-door training. During these three months of training, Sun Xiaotian will receive NBA-level training on the right track, and every subtlety, from strength to shooting, will be instilled with scientific methods. In fact, this is what Sun Xiaotian has been looking forward to, he hopes that he will become stronger, and he is convinced that he will be different from himself in 3 months.