Chapter 12 Bonding
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After leaving Chicago, Jonny returned to Indiana, where he stayed for another two days until he received another call from R.C. Buford, who bought a plane ticket to San Antonio for a Spurs tryout.
However, the Spurs' tryout made Jonny a little disappointed, because the Spurs didn't have any draft picks this year, or no draft picks at all, so they didn't invite any players to San Antonio for a tryout, and even the Chicago Union training camp, they only sent a scout, that is, R.C. Buford, and general manager Greg Vic has been staying in San Antonio.
Last season, the Spurs were one of the best teams in the league, and they finished second in the West under head coach Bob Hill, so so far, their goal is to win the championship and not put too much emphasis on these rookies. It wasn't until later that David Robinson was injured.
Jonny didn't even find a player in the same position as him here, Greg Vic and Bob Hill would have preferred to get some players in other positions, but Jonny still showed some of his talent in front of the Spurs uniform, and Jonny finally gave Jonny a promise that they would try their best to trade for a draft pick.
Jonny's tryout was over quickly, and he only got a Spurs tryout offer, so he was ready to pack up and go home, but at this point, Jimmy Adams called Jonny and asked him to go to Los Angeles to find him.
Somewhat helpless, Jonny bought a plane ticket at the airport in San Antonio, looking at his dwindling savings, and wanted to cry without tears.
Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, is home to one of the NBA's greatest giants, the Lakers, and another **-silk team, the Clippers, on this day, Jonny arrived here, and then dialed Jimmy Adams as usual, and after a while, Jimmy Adams came to Jonny in a car.
"Jonny, you know what, I got you a tryout invitation for the Lakers! You need to know! That's the Lakers! ”
Seeing that Jimmy Adams was a little excited, Jonny pouted: "Lakers, are they that powerful?" Is he as good as Spurs? I went to the Spurs for a tryout. ”
"No, no, Jonny, you may not know, the Lakers are one of the greatest teams in the NBA, and the only one who can compare to him is the Celtics, so, you know, although they haven't played very well in recent seasons, but now it's different, if they choose you, plus the rumored O'Neal, the Lakers will rise again!"
For Jimmy Adams's excitement, of course, Jonny is unclear, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, he is a **silk who doesn't care about the NBA, the difference is that one is the **silk of the 21st century, and the other is the **silk of the 20th century.
"Well, Lakers, I want to wish us the best of luck!" Jonny shrugged helplessly, anyway, the Spurs are willing to choose him, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to enter the NBA now, and it doesn't hurt to try it with the Lakers, as long as Jimmy Adams doesn't bring him to Wake Forest.
The place where Jimmy Adams brought Jonny was not Staples, but the Toyota Center, don't get me wrong, this Toyota Center is not the arena of the later Rockets, and the stadium of the Rockets has not yet begun to be built at this time. And this Toyota Center is now the Lakers' training gym.
Outside the Lakers' training hall, a lot of rookies have already gathered, and they are lined up one after another, waiting here, a total of about a dozen people.
Outside the gym, Jonny saw their Chicago opponent, Derek Fisher, and if Jonny had come a little later, he would have met the same odd guy he had singled out before, that is, Kobe Bryant.
However, Jonny found that all the rookies who were in the queue had a note in their hands, which seemed to be an invitation to the Chicago Rookie Syndicate training camp or something.
"Jimmy, do we have that?" Jonny looked at Jimmy Adams suspiciously.
"Hey, buddy, don't doubt me, I've got an acquaintance." Jimmy Adams looked smug.
"Hey, Jeff, we're here!" Then, Jimmy Adams suddenly waved to a middle-aged white man standing at the door of the training hall. "That's the acquaintance I'm looking for, he'll shove you in."
The white man frowned, walked up to Johnny and Jimmy Adams with some caution, and whispered to Jimmy Adams, "Jimmy, wait a minute."
Before he finished speaking, a somewhat yin and yang voice came from behind the white man: "What, Jeff, you found another group of players who don't know where they came from?" Do you want to get a kickback? "This is Mitch Kupchak, the Lakers' assistant general manager.
"Uh, no, Mr. Mitch." The white scout's name was Jeff Colvin, and Jeff Colvin explained it heavily.
"Do they have an invitation? Take it out and take a look? Michkupchak smiled mockingly.
"Well," Jeff Covin didn't know how to answer.
"Can't you enter without an invitation?" Jonny spoke.
"Of course, otherwise some players who don't know where they came from would be able to blend in?" Mitch Kupchak said meaningfully.
However, Jonny's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw a person who had not been invited into the training hall, so he pointed at the man and shouted, "What about that guy?" Why can he come in without an invitation? ”
"Haha, someone's questioning you, Kerry!" There was laughter from several rookies who were standing on the sidelines watching the show.
And the guy who was pointed at by Jonny turned his head to look at Jonny and said with a disdainful expression: "Boy, are you not convinced? Why don't you have a fight? Jonny was about to say yes, but he was interrupted by Mitch Kupchak.
"Alright, Kerry, you go in first." Mitch Kupchak let the black defender who was a little upset with Jonny's words leave, and Jonny's idea of going head-to-head with the black guard was shattered.
"Boy, I really don't know the sky, do you know who that person is just now? That's Kerry Kittels, Louisiana's Mr. Basketball! What about you? Hey, really, a waste of time! ”
"Isn't that a player like that not allowed to enter?"
"Of course, otherwise any cat or dog can come in."
"Is this the so-called NBA team?" Jonny was puzzled by the Lakers' system, and in fact, many teams don't have a system like the Lakers, and if a player comes to the door for a tryout, some teams will generally let the player give it a try, regardless of fame.
And now, Kupchak directly refused to let Jonny enter the door, and this dog-eyed attitude made Jonny angry.
In response to Jonny's rhetorical question, Kupchak just smiled disdainfully, and ignored Jonny turned to Jeff Colvin and said, "Jeff, don't bring any players here next time!" Then he looked at Johnny and Jimmy Adams with disdain, turned and walked away.
Jeff Colvin was a little embarrassed, in fact, he had promised Jimmy Adams a ticket before, and now, Kupchak's sudden appearance made Calvin's assurances a blank check.
Calvin smiled awkwardly and said to Jonny and Jimmy Adams, "You guys wait, I'll treat you to dinner in a few minutes." ”
Originally, Jimmy Adams was going to turn around and leave with Jonny, but after hearing Calvin's words, he decided to wait, after all, they would also feel inexplicable after being ridiculed by an inexplicable person, so they had to figure out what was going on.
Soon, a dozen rookies entered the training gym, and Jonny could only watch from the door, and Jeff Colvin, who was done with his work, breathed a sigh of relief, packed up his things and beckoned Jonny and Jimmy Adams to get in the car.
"Jimmy, I'm really sorry today." As soon as he got in the car, Jeff Colvin began to apologize, which made Jimmy Adams and Jonny even more want to figure out what was going on.
"What the hell is going on?" Jimmy Adams immediately asked.
"Alas, it's like this" Jeff Colvin quickly explained, it turned out that Jeff Colvin was an unpopular little scout in the league, and he just entered the Lakers two years ago by virtue of his relationship and became one of the scouts in charge of the Lakers draft, and this Kupchak is the assistant general manager of the Lakers, and I don't know what happened some time ago, and Jeff Colvin had a feud, which led to today's incident.
Jonny and Jimmy Adams could only smile bitterly, originally Kupchak would not have appeared at the door of the training hall, but he just appeared, it should be said that Jonny and Jimmy Adams were a little unlucky. But that's already the case, plus Jonny has already received a draft promise from the Spurs, and he's not too cold about the Lakers, so he didn't think too much about it.
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