Chapter 43: Trial Camp

The Wizards really did what Hayward said, and won the lottery with a small probability.

They won the lottery nine years ago, when Joe was still in the Wizards, and the Wizards used this lottery to draw the first high school student champion in history - Kwame Brown. Later, everyone knew about this champion, and the Wizards obviously dug a pit and buried themselves.

Now that they have received the top pick again, they can be regarded as having experience, how to pick, which player to pick, every move of the Wizards management has touched the hearts of Wizards fans, and in the city of Washington, many fans even wrote to the team's head coach Philip Sanders to give him advice.

The 76ers unexpectedly won the pick, which made the people of Philadelphia ecstatic and diluted some of the sadness of Iverson's departure.

The most confident Russians, who were originally very interested in either Wall or Turner, were given only one pick, and now it seems that they are going to reconsider the use of that pick.

Less than ten minutes after the draw ceremony, Tang Wenlong received a call from Joe Thomas.

"Don, I think we need to hurry up and get ready. I think you've seen it in the draft just now, I've also received invitations to the top three picks in the training camp before, I don't think we need to go to all of them, tomorrow I'll send you the strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the lottery area to your mailbox, and after you read it, you will list the three teams you want to go to the most, and then we will arrange a trial according to the itinerary. ”

Tang Wenlong raised his eyebrows and said, "Will it be too anxious, the other rookies haven't said to participate in the trial yet, when the time comes, I will run over, and I will participate in the trial alone." "Rest assured, these trials are individual trials, not joint trials." Joe Thomas explained: "We don't have to go to flashy joint training camps as hot rookies, what kind of ball control training, what 5-on-5 matches, we just need to go to people's stadiums, do some physical fitness measurements, some basic skills testing. "Okay, I see." Tang Wenlong shrugged and replied

Two days later, Tang Wenlong and Joe Thomas appeared on the Philadelphia 76ers' Wajovia Center Court.

In the stadium training hall, the 76ers' newly appointed team coach Doug Collins, the 76ers' current general manager Ed Stefanski, the 76ers' chief scout Edla, and the 76ers' staff were all standing on the side, of course, there were no media reporters around. "Nice to meet you, Chinese Tang." These officials of the 76ers didn't have any arrogance, and they shook hands with Tang Wenlong one by one, and everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while before waiting for the staff to arrange the side test. "By the way, Don, how tall are you?" Stephaški gestured Tang Wenlong's height with his hand and raised his head and asked.

Tang Wenlong hesitated for a moment, saw that everyone looked curious, and smiled helplessly: "I don't know, it seems to have been growing, it should be more than one meter ninety-five, and I haven't measured it recently." "Yes!" Doug Collins' eyes lit up, then he smiled thoughtfully.

It didn't take long for the testing equipment to be ready, and Tang Wenlong started the first test under the arrangement of the staff, which is the most basic physical fitness test.

Tang Wenlong stood barefoot on the measuring instrument and let the staff hold the instrument to measure accurately. The tests at this time are the most realistic tests, and there is no false information about the later reports to the league, which is why many team training camps are willing to offer this kind of individual tryouts for some of the best players.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Wenlong opened his arms again and began to measure his arm span.

His two long arms are usually not visible, but after opening them like this, they are terrifying, and Collins and Stephaš in the distance glanced at each other, both seeing the excitement in each other's eyes.

Then there is the bounce force training, 76 people use light scanning measurement, Tang Wenlong only needs to fight to the sky in front of the instrument to measure the maximum bounce value. Not only that, but the gauge is the most advanced bounce gauge in the NBA to date, and it can also measure how fast a player is bouncing on the spot, which is a key factor in the NBA's rebounding. "Bang!"

Tang Wenlong stepped on small steps to complete the last bounce, which was his fifteenth bounce in a minute, an average of four wonderful times, and measured the continuous bounce force of the player.

The staff continued to lead Tang Wenlong to complete the strength test, and the NBA's strength test is mostly a bench press test.

At this time, the on-site staff had already printed out some of the body side data that Tang Wenlong had completed before, and handed it over to several leaders standing on the side. "1.97 meters!" Collins and the others couldn't help but let out an exclamation! "The reach is 2.13 meters!" Chief scout Edward had a look of disbelief and a little shame. Immediately afterwards, he faced the eyes of the two bigwigs of the team asking for an explanation, so he had to touch his nose and push it to the part-time scout Brandon Beal in one breath: "I don't understand, Bill said that Tang Wenlong is only 1.93 meters, I didn't expect him to be so irresponsible, I will go back later and immediately criticize him seriously!" "I seem to be a little lighter." Collins didn't go into much detail with him and gave his opinion.

Stefanski glanced at him and said: "Laugh, there are a few players who have just entered the league who can meet the weight standard, and it is normal to be thin!" “

Joe Thomas watched the three guys from the 76ers come together and talk sneakily with a confident smile on his face.

Once upon a time, Tang Wenlong couldn't even receive an American college invitation, but now, he is the hottest college player in the United States, who can understand the hard work? Only him, he saw everything in his eyes, he knew what kind of dreams this child had in his heart, he knew how strong he really was.

Immediately after, the screams of the staff chanting God rang out in the stadium! "What happened?" Stefanski and the others ran over one after another following the sound, and everyone immediately gathered around the strength tester, and suddenly gasped together!

I saw Tang Wenlong, who was still being talked about "thin" by them just now, lying on his back on the bench, with his legs bent on his knees, his feet on the ground, and his hands holding the barbell, pushing back and forth at a rapid pace.

The air seemed to stand still, except for the heavy breathing of the boy's chest heaving.

Edra rubbed his eyes, he couldn't believe his eyes, he looked at Tang Wenlong all over, making sure that what he was seeing was not James. "How much more bench press?" Tang Wenlong put down the barbell and asked panting.

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly showed an embarrassed look on his face, looking at the unkind eyes of the big guys around him, and almost cried: "I don't know, hey, I suddenly forgot to count just now." "Well, it should be exactly twenty-five, if I count correctly." Tang Wenlong got out from under the bench press and said with a smile.

Then he was startled by the group of people around him, how could so many people suddenly appear? Tang Wenlong Erzhang couldn't figure it out, standing over there, and didn't know what to do. "120 kg bench press 25 times in a row! And it doesn't look like the limit! Collins's gaze became extremely hot, and he looked at Tang Wenlong, who showed a streamlined figure in front of him, as if he was looking at a rare treasure. He used to coach Jordan when he was young, and he once knew that Maddy, who was a first-class defender in the Raptors, almost always had at least this level of strength, supplemented by terrifying bounces, arm spans and reflexes, if this kid has monster-level strength among guards, the ceiling is simply immeasurable.

Tang Wenlong moved his steps slightly, he felt that the eyes of the people here were a little weird, which made him panic in his heart

Finally, after a basic shooting test, Tang Wenlong rested for half an hour and began his best "performance"!

He has spent countless lonely nights shooting to the basket alone, and this mid-range jumper from inside the three-point line is as simple as eating and drinking water for him, and it is more accurate than a free throw. "Huh!" "Huh!" "Huh!"

The basketball kept passing through the net, most of which were hollow into the frame, and after more than a minute, everyone heard the sound of Tang Wenlong's first iron, and then a series of hollow frames were "brushed, brushed, brushed".

But this time, everyone is okay, after all, there are many excellent shooters in the 76ers team, like Cappano throwing three points in training, it is also a series of goals, I feel that there will be shots, and I can't stop at all.

In the end, Tang hit 96 of his 100 mid-range jumpers, which was higher than his free throw percentage in his college season.

Edra has already changed Tang Wenlong's player report to the ground, he added another sentence after Tang Wenlong's height and long arms, amazing bounce, and terrifying strength, and his shooting is very accurate. After writing this sentence, he suddenly found that Tang Wenlong already had the basic qualities of some top scorers in the NBA, and the difference was probably game experience. "I don't know how this kid is in control of the ball." Edra thought.

Joe Thomas was very satisfied with Tang Wenlong's trial, he watched the reaction of the 76ers up and down, and knew that he had not come in vain this time, if he followed Tang Wenlong's performance in college, he would be the fifth pick, but now look at the looks of Stefanski and others.

Hey, Turner, Wall, who said that the champion must be locked by these two people?