Chapter 34: Unable to Play

Time flies quickly, more than half a month has passed in preseason training, and the Magic ushered in the preseason on their home court, but Jonny once again found himself miserable, he didn't even get a minute to play, and even Amar McCasgill and Brian Evans got a lot of playing time. ∑

It seems that Brian Hill really gave up on him.

Jonny was a little depressed, could it be that on the first day of pre-season training, he really did something wrong? Annoys Brian Hill, but it's impossible to get Jonny soft, after all, Jonny never thinks he's wrong.

Why didn't Brian Hill play for Jonny? Ricky Adumbatu also asked Brian Hill, after the fourth game of the preseason, Jonny didn't get even a minute of playing time in four consecutive games, Ricky Adubatu couldn't stand it, so he found Brian Hill.

"Brian, I don't know why you didn't play that kid." Ricky Adubatu pointed to Jonny, who was sweating on the field, and if you talk about the seriousness of training, there is no one in this training gym who can compare to Jonny.

"That kid? His quality is just a player at the end of the bench. Brian Hill didn't say much, just a brief explanation, but it was clear that it wouldn't please Rickie Addubatu.

"I mean, why don't you even give that little guy a minute of playing time?"

"Didn't you play him for a minute? It's very simple, the reason just now, coupled with his disobedience, such a player should be punished well, Richie. Bryan Hill glanced at Qiadubatu before turning back and continuing to supervise the training of the players on the field.

Richie Adumbatu is very helpless, Jonny's strength is not good? At least what Ricky Adubatu observed through the summer league is that this Magic, no matter how much, is a little stronger than Jonny's starting five. However, the head coach is Brian Hill, and Ricky Adubatu can only give some advice as he did just now, and he can't interfere with Brian Hill's arrangement.

Jonny didn't play for the whole preseason, and it wasn't just Jonny who was anxious, not just Ricky Adubatu, Darryl Armstrong, Ammar McCathgill They were also worried about Jonny, they all got a lot of playing time, but Jonny hasn't played so far.

Of course, what Jonny doesn't know is that there is another person who is also anxious about him, that is, Anfernee Hardaway, to say why the Magic chose Jonny, it is because of Anfernee Hardaway's requirements, in this Magic, Anfernee Hardaway's prestige is very high, even the big sharks chose to leave because the Magic management was more inclined to Anfernee Hardaway, and wasted a draft pick at the end of the first round, John Gabriel was also very willing.

And why did Anfernee Hardaway choose Jonny? Of course, because of Lockwood's heads-up, Jonny directly convinced Anfernee Hardaway, who thinks highly of himself, after all, he was blown up by Johnny and had no power to fight back, and Anfernee Hardaway couldn't be convinced. And although back to the Magic, Anfernee Hardaway found that Jonny seemed to have lost his strength that time, but Anfernee Hardaway still believed in Jonny very much, so now Brian Hill didn't give Jonny a chance to play at all, which made Anfernee Hardaway feel anxious.

What did Anfernee Hardaway ask the Magic to choose Jonny for? Of course, for the championship, in the case of O'Neal's journey to the west, the Magic's strength was greatly reduced, but no effective reinforcements were made, so Anfernee Hardaway put almost all his hopes on Jonny, but now Bryan Hill doesn't let Jonny play at all, which is very cheating.

Although Anfernee Hardaway doesn't like Bryan Hill as a head coach very much, he is not the kind of person who uses his special status to pressure his head coach from time to time, and Anfernee Hardaway doesn't know that Brian Hill actually doesn't let Jonny play because he looks down on Jonny's strength, he has always thought that Brian Hill doesn't let Jonny play, more because of the disobedience of Jonny in preseason training, so Anfernee Hardaway takes it for granted that in the regular season, Bryan Hill will definitely let Jonny playAfter all, Jonny is the Magic's first-round pick this season.

Therefore, in order not to let Jonny have other emotions, Anfernee Hardaway also specially found Jonny and comforted Jonny.

"Jonny, how's it going, have you had any problems training lately?" Penny first made the appearance of a captain, and came over to shush the cold and ask for warmth.

But this was seen through by Jonny at a glance, it's very simple, the preseason is over, you just came to talk to me, what did you do earlier? Jonny couldn't help but lament that throughout the preseason, the No. 15 man in the team, he was the only one, and he didn't even get a minute of playing time, and a fool could see that there was a problem.

So Jonny rolled his eyes and said, "What do you say?" ”

Penny touched his nose and said with some embarrassment: "Jonny, don't take it to heart, Coach Bryan didn't let you play, maybe he had his considerations, but don't worry, when it comes to the regular season, he will definitely let you play." ”

"Really?" Jonny asked, a little incredulous, anyway, with his current posture, he wouldn't get a chance to play.

The Magic's first opponent of the season is the Washington Bullets, a team that will change its name to the Wizards at the end of the season. And if you want to talk about the grudge between the Bullets and the Magic, it seems that it is easy to find one, and now one of the Bullets' star Chris Webber was selected by the Magic in 93 and then used to trade for Anfernee Hardaway. Therefore, the biggest attraction of this game is actually the fight between Anfernee Hardaway and Chris Webber.

However, before this match, Jonny didn't have time to look forward to it when he got bad news. Before each game, the head coach will announce an inactive roster, as the league rules limit 12 players per game, which would make the Magic have three players on the inactive roster.

And the inactive list announced the day before the game, Jonny suddenly saw his name.

Jonny had the idea of turning around and leaving, but he held back, he knew that even if he left now, it wouldn't help? Where else is there a team that wants him now? But Brian Hill didn't let Jonny play at all, which really made Jonny angry, and at the end of the day, Jonny was a little unhappy.

So much so that Jonny didn't listen to Anfernee Hardaway's comfort again. Anfernee Hardaway whispered something in his ear, and he didn't hear a word.

Of course, on the night of the game, the other two players who were not in the squad went to watch the game, and they were originally players at the end of the bench, so they didn't care at all. Jonny didn't go, and he seemed to be using this way to protest to Brian Hill.

However, Jonny was still very concerned about this game, so he watched the live broadcast of this game in his small apartment that he had just rented.

Kevin Harlan is an NBC commentator, but he has an inextricable relationship with ESPN, and he has a very good relationship with ESPN's expert reporter Henry Abbott, so before the game started, he was commissioned by Henry Abbott to belittle the rookie named Jonny Lee as much as possible.

However, when the game started, Kevin Harlan found that this rookie named Jonny Lee did not appear on the bench, in other words, Jonny Lee did not play at all, so, in order to complete the commission of his friend, Kevin Harlan laughed: "We saw the Magic roster, haha!" Jonny Lee, who was very optimistic about the Magic before, actually didn't appear in the squad, and then didn't get a minute of playing time in the preseason, so we can draw a conclusion that Jonny Lee has been punctured by the Magic's coaching staff, and his strength is indeed unable to gain a foothold in the NBA. ”

Jonny Lee turned off the TV all of a sudden, and I can't get a foothold in the NBA? Jonny Lee patted the couch hatefully.