The worst day!

In his reminiscences many years later, Wang Zhizhi hailed April 15, 2008 as the most transformative day in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

On that day, they suffered a lot of "humiliation", and on that day they were stripped naked, pressed to the ground and rubbed expressionlessly.

It's hard to imagine that a group of national players lost to the same person in a 7-hour heads-up, physical exhaustion, inner collapse, Lin Mu is like a demon manipulating people's hearts, wantonly playing with his heart and emotions.

But the rare people did not complain, but from that day on, they had a radical change.

Four o'clock in the morning, familiar time.

When Lin Mu carried his bags as always, walking in the silent training camp, the same dimness, the same starry sky, and the difference was the land under his feet, which made Lin Mu feel no longer lonely.

A strong country will give people strength, and when there are hundreds of millions of people behind them, even if they are crushed, they will not hesitate to do so!

The familiar opened the door of the training venue, pressed the switch, and the entire stadium was instantly lit up.

The white light dispelled the darkness and also dispelled the uneasiness in Lin Mu's heart.

I don't know when Lin Mu has had companions, brothers who fight side by side with him, and friends who can understand him and work together with him.

"Are you sure you want to train with me every morning?"

Lin Mu turned his head, looked at the people behind him, and asked a little playfully.

Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Du Feng, Li Nan....

Familiar faces appeared in front of Lin Mu's eyes, at four o'clock in the morning, he never thought that these guys would get up so early.

"Stop talking nonsense! After going head-to-head with you, I realized that the pride in my heart was so vulnerable, in the final analysis, I was too weak! Zhu Fangyu lowered her head and clenched her fists, her face full of unwillingness.

In the CBA, he couldn't even score effectively in the hands of Lin Mu, which was an incomparably huge blow to him, and also made Zhu Fangyu deeply realize that the gap with the world's top players is still far away!

"Xiao Mu, I heard Da Yao say that you love training very much, but what I didn't expect was that you would come to the stadium at four o'clock in the morning."

"Sure enough, excellent people are justified!" Wang Zhizhi laughed while talking, took off his clothes, and started shooting practice with a basketball.

In the heads-up with Lin Mu, everyone realized their own shortcomings, what was lacking and what was missing, without Lin Mu's urging, everyone began targeted exercises.

There was only one person, Sun Yue, known as Sun Dasheng, who did not appear in the basketball hall.

When you become famous at a young age, you will inevitably be arrogant, no wonder Da Yao will say to your face: "If you dare to walk out of this door, I will make you unable to play the Olympics".

This kid is a little untidy.

Putting aside distractions, Lin Mu and everyone started a new day of crazy training!

At the end of the day, when Lin Mu shouted for another two hours of practice, the national players left the training hall without saying a word.

"This kid is a pervert, he's crazy, I'm not crazy!"

"Still training? What time is it? Is he dying? ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sustain this kind of training for a day!"

"I thought four o'clock in the morning would be scary enough, but I didn't expect..."

After seeing Lin Mu's hard training, no one doubted where this guy's strength came from.

But not everyone has enough physical fitness like Lin Mu.

Lin Mu said that he understood that the physical fitness of the yellow race already needs more recovery time, and being able to start training at four o'clock in the morning is a challenging thing for them, and if they continue to practice at night, even if they have the recovery effect of [Super Double], I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain.

For a long time, this approach will inevitably cause damage to the body, and the benefits outweigh the losses.

Not everyone is like Wei Shao, DeRozan, and Thompson, you must know that the players who have established a relationship with Lin Mu are all NBA All-Star level at the most, and their physical conditions are already among the top in the world.

That's how they are, they can keep up with the rhythm, and they are also gritting their teeth and persevering.

It is conceivable how huge Lin Mu's daily training volume is!

Diligence can make up for clumsiness, and train hard while having talent to reach the top of the world!

For the point of desperate training, Lin Mu is unswerving!

A week later, Lin Mu was completely familiar with the players in the training camp, and everyone pulled Lin Mu to fight each other every day, under the strong defensive pressure, the technical progress was particularly obvious, although Lin Mu's defensive level has not reached the top level of the NBA, but it is only one step away from the pyramid!

By August 10th, the day they will play against the United States, these people will definitely impress the whole world!

In addition to the hard training of the players, Yi Jianlian also successfully returned to the team, Lin Mu found the latter for the first time, and the two fought 500 rounds on the court, and finally, Lin Mu pulled the United Arab Emirates to soak in the power room and taught him how to lift dumbbells hand in hand.

Everyone continues to improve in different ways, Yao Ming, who is far away on the other side of the ocean, often has video calls with Lin Mu, when he learned about the recent situation of the training camp from Lin Mu's mouth, his face has improved significantly, and he heard that the injured ankle is also recovering quickly, which can be called a medical miracle!

On May 10, the NBA officially announced that this year's joint trial officially opened, and every player who has the opportunity to enter the NBA will be invited to participate in this joint trial.

What is a joint trial?

To put it simply, an NBA joint tryout is a career fair for draft players.

The multi-day joint tryout, led by the NBA, is an important appearance for the players drafted before the NBA Draft begins in June, especially for players who have average draft prices and have not received team commitments.

This includes group auditions with team executives, coaches and scouts, open to the media, and individual interviews.

According to the official announcement released by the NBA, this year's joint tryout will last for three days and will be held in Chicago.

The content of the tryout is varied, mainly a test of physical fitness, shooting ability and confrontation.

These include height, reach, touch height, palm length and width, bench press, switchback running, multiple shots, and the ability to compete against the game.

These test results may have an appropriate impact on a player's draft market, and for this reason, players will choose to "play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses" and reject tests that may expose their shortcomings.

For this kind of trial, Lin Mu chose to refuse without hesitation, not only him, but also Derrick Rose, Kevin Love, Wei Shao and many other popular rookies did not participate in this trial.

At best, it's a job fair for draft players, and if it's bad, it's a bunch of players who may not be drafted to fight for their chance to enter the NBA.

Such a tryout job fair is completely unnecessary for talented players.

Moreover, the results of the joint tryouts don't have much of an impact on a player's draft pick.

In 2016, Zhou Qi's physical condition was praised when he participated in the joint tryout, and after the joint tryout, he participated in the separate tryouts of the Celtics, Suns, Clippers and Grizzlies, but Zhou Qi, who was previously thought to be selected in the first round, was not selected by the Rockets until the second round and the 43rd overall pick.

On the contrary, Wang Zhelin, who went to the United States to recover in the same year, kept his mouth shut about the draft and did not participate in the trial, was selected by the Grizzlies in the second round and the 57th overall pick, which was surprising.

Regardless of the physical gifts considered for the draft, the agent is just as important as the agency.

Qualified agents will greet their favorite teams in advance and arrange for players to have individual tryouts to ensure the final draft ranking.

Xia Song, a famous Chinese basketball agent, used to operate Wang Zhizhi and Battle to land in the NBA, and made Xue Yuyang, whose ability was not widely recognized at the time, selected by the Nuggets in the second round in 2003.

Yao Ming made an exception in 2002 to give a single tryout for a single player for the first time in NBA history, and the scene was so grand that all NBA teams participated in Yao Ming's individual tryouts on the same day, except for the Los Angeles Lakers with super center O'Neal.

Yi Jianlian was also selected with the 6th pick in the first round in 2007 when he did not participate in confrontation training, which shows the importance of agents.

Lin Mu is full of confidence in himself, while having both talent and strength, Lin Mu has no reason to worry that he will lose because of this.

But the relevant draft operation still has to be done, and Lin Mu, who has already contacted Xia Song, the consultant of the Basketball Association, finally decided to only select his favorite team for trial, and no other team will go.

When the 2008 lottery ended, the Chicago Bulls won the top pick, the Miami Heat won the spot, and the Minnesota Timberwolves caught the last train and were lucky to get the spotter.

Who is the champion?

When the dust settles on the lottery ceremony, everyone's concern has changed from the lottery to the selection.

Derek Rose, Michael Beasley, Lin Mu, Kevin Love....

Many good players gathered, which is tantamount to a big problem for the bulls who hold the top pick!

Considering the current roster of the Chicago Bulls, with a number of forwards such as Lore Deng and Andres Nocioni, the probability of the Bulls choosing a forward is very small, and their target is likely to be Derrick Rose, which is not different from before.

In what pick will Lin Mu be selected?

This issue has become the focus of concern for Chinese fans.

Heat?

Timberwolves?

Or the Thunder with the fourth pick and the Grizzlies with the fifth pick?

Lin Mu received individual tryouts from the Heat, New York, Grizzlies and Clippers before the draft, and the tryouts were very optimistic, and the general managers of several teams expressed great interest in Lin Mu.

But in the end, the teams didn't give a definite attitude, they didn't want to expose their ideas too thoroughly, and when everything came to light, it meant that there was no room for anything.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

At this time, the management of each team has a lot in their hearts!

When everything became confusing, no one could guess which team Lin Mu would end up into.

In the midst of this speculation and unease, the 2008 draft was held on June 27 in the theater of Madison Square Garden in New York, USA.

The draft was broadcast live to 203 countries and regions around the world through ESPN in the United States.

On the same day, Lin Mu put on a handsome suit and sat in the small green house early.

Blowing the air conditioner and crossing Erlang's legs, Lin Mu is waiting quietly for the final fateful ending!

The rare leisure was quickly broken by a familiar voice.

"! Lin Mu, you are a turtle grandson, you didn't even contact me when you came to the United States, and you haven't seen me for more than two months, is your relationship weak? ”

Turning his head, he saw Wei Shao walking towards him with a smile...