Chapter XXI Summer League

The office of the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, there are many high-level executives of the Cavaliers gathered in the office, and the purpose of their gathering here today is very simple, to discuss the question of Cao Jian's stay and stay.

First of all, it was Kurt who spoke, "Strength is his shortcoming, and his height and strength are also a big problem, but his speed is his strength, his organizational skills are good, and he is still very young, this kind of person we deserve to have, even if we can't have it, I don't think he should be in the opponent's camp." Although Cao Jian showed unparalleled talent in speed and won in the bullfight, Kurt also liked Cao Jian's performance.

"Sign him. Fast, young, and with unlimited potential. Joanna, one of the three managers of the Cavaliers management, also made her position clear.

Two of the five people at the scene said this, but three others did not speak.

The other three, among them, two reasons are almost the same, they said: Cao Jian's strength is not good, and he is too young, and his speed is not at the top level. There is no shortage of people on the Cavaliers guard line, it is not worth wasting money on the guard line, and the Cavaliers salary cap is about to break through this season, and it is not worth signing this kind of newcomer.

Of these five people, four voiced their opinions, of which, two were in favor and two were against.

There is one last one left, and that person is none other than the Cavaliers' next season's coach, Paul Silas.

Paul Silas was previously the head coach of the Hornets, but was fired by the New Orleans Hornets on May 4. Less than a month after Paul Silas' fire, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially appointed former Hornets coach Paul Silas as the team's new head coach.

Silas had a very successful coaching career with the Hornets, leading them to a 47-35 regular season record and a playoff run. They were eliminated 4-2 by Iverson's 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. I just don't know why the Hornets were so brain-dead that they fired Hellas.

Paul Silas didn't express an opinion, sighed, and put forward his thoughts, "So far, I don't know what the strength of this Cao Jian is, I have to go through the competition to know." You let him go to the Summer League. It just so happens that I'm going to coach this season's summer league, so I'll see how good he is and then jump to conclusions. ”

Paul Silas's suggestion was also unanimously agreed by the few people present, and in the end, it was decided whether to sign Cao Jian in the summer league before making a decision.

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As soon as he returned to the hotel where he was staying, Cao Jian also received a reply from the Cavaliers, which did not say whether the Cavaliers were willing to sign a contract with Cao Jian, but only asked Cao Jian to participate in the Cavaliers' summer league.

The knight's answer made Cao Jian wonder whether to sign or not.

Cao Jian was not depressed for long.

He figured it out, the Cavaliers are now letting themselves go to the Summer League, which means that they are still hesitant to give themselves a contract, what kind of contract they want to give, they want to be measured by the value they have in the Summer League, whether they want to give or not, how many contracts are appropriate.

At this time, Cao Jian remembered a player nicknamed Lin Crazy in his previous life, and his current situation was a bit similar to him at that time.

Cao Jian remembers very clearly that Lin Crazy was also not selected in the draft, and was later introduced by Donnie Nelson of the Mavericks to participate in the summer league.

And in the summer league, Lin Crazy also seized the opportunity. In five Summer League games, Lin averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals in 18.6 minutes per game, and ranked first on the team in 54.5% two-point shooting. In the matchup against John Wall, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft, Jeremy Lin and Wall scored 13 and 21 points, respectively, but Lin played 28 minutes and shot 6-of-12; Wall played 33 minutes and shot 4-of-19.

Jeremy Lin also made a name for himself with this game, and after the summer league, he also received contract offers from the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.

During the time when Jeremy Lin was popular in his previous life, Cao Jian had paid attention to him, so he was very clear.

With Jeremy Lin as a reference, combined with his own situation, Cao Jian realized that this summer league is a good opportunity to show himself, and if he wants to enter the NBA, then he must play his own value and show himself in this summer league. If you play well, even if the Cavaliers don't sign with you at that time, other teams that lack point guards will choose to sign with you. In his previous life, Jeremy Lin did this, if he could play well, there was no reason why he couldn't. This may also be the only chance you have to give, and this one you can't afford to miss no matter what.

Thinking of this, Cao Jian's blood boiled again, and soon he calmed down, took a deep breath, and thought of how to show himself to stand out in the summer league, his brows furrowed again.

The summer league is scheduled to start on August 10 local time and will end on August 19. Over the course of 10 days, they will compete in 55 matches in Las Vegas. The NBA Summer League is composed of 21 NBA teams and an NBDL elite team, and on August 10, local time, the Lakers, Mavericks, Heat, Warriors, Rockets, Nuggets, Kings and Cavaliers will participate in four games to kick off the Summer League.

There are three main types of players who participate in Summer League, one is the fringe players of each team, the second is some free agents who want to enter the league, and the third is those rookies. These people have only one goal, which is to use the summer league to earn trust and try to do well next season. All in all, it's about showing yourself and proving yourself.

It is conceivable that the fighting will be very tragic at that time.

If Cao Jian wants to stand out from it and has no strength as a guarantee, it is basically useless.

With 15 days left until the start of Summer League, it's time to strengthen yourself if you want to excel in Summer League.

But now there are too many places that need to be strengthened by Cao Jian, and Cao Jian feels that he has no way to start.

He entered the system again, and as soon as he issued the command, a crisp sound sounded, and Cao Jian felt that he had entered the alien space again, and the voice of the system came: "Welcome to the host to enter the strongest guard system again." ”

Cao Jian asked a question and said, "...... Is there a solution to my problem? ”

After Cao Jian finished speaking, the system made a "ding dong" sound, and a VCR appeared in front of Cao Jian's eyes, and the VCR also had a system dubbing, "Plan 1, improve the power of the host, the host can be quickly upgraded, and it is efficient." In fifteen days, the maximum number of tasks that the host can accept is 42, and the reward for completing tasks is 5,000,000 experience points, which is converted into the strongest coin for 5, and the strength can be increased by 5...... in fifteen days."