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12. The Bobcats, DeMar DeRozan (Template: Vince Carter)

DeRozan received a 93-point rating and is considered the second best defender swingman this year behind Seo Yong.

The Bobcats sent Jason Richardson to the Suns last season, and the trade for Raga Bell is not a long-term option for their shooting guard, with Seo being their top target.

According to the information obtained so far, the Bobcats management has a [very strong] interest in Xu Yong.

If Seo doesn't fall to that top, then DeRozan will be their new target.

……

The final man in the foursome, Jeff Ayers, is expected to be drafted by the Bulls with the 26th pick.

5/8/12/26, after seeing this draft prediction that is very close to the final list, Xu Yong and they are in a very good mood.

If that's the final draft, it's totally worth the effort they've put in over the past year.

After reading the latest list, they went back to pack their bags and prepared to follow their respective agents to a private trial the next day.

Xu Yong rested in his room for a while, and Schwartz knocked on the door to his room.

He discussed with Xu Yong which teams to try out.

Now that Schwartz has more than a dozen trial invitations in his hands, Xu Yong naturally can't go to each of them.

"With the exception of the Clippers, Grizzlies and Timberwolves, seven of the top 10 picks have sent us individual tryouts."

As soon as Schwartz came in, he introduced Xu Yong's current market situation.

Of course, what he didn't say was that three of the other four remaining teams in the lottery had also sent out trial invitations.

In this market, Xu Yong is almost a soft sister coin, and everyone loves him.

"But there are some differences between trial training and trial training." Schwartz said as he took out the tablet.

He has divided all the lotto teams into two tiers.

Or it can be understood in another way, comparing the audition to a "company interview", which includes a "side", that is, a private audition with other rookies; And some skip the "one side" and directly give the "two sides" opportunity, that is, a separate trial.

The teams on one side are: Thunder, Wizards, Kings, Warriors, Nets, Pacers;

The teams on both sides are: Knicks, Raptors, Bobcats, Suns.

Of course, this is just a distinction, if Xu Yong performs well in one side, he will naturally get a chance to two sides soon.

"Jeff, I'm more focused on opportunity than on the pick." After handing the tablet back to Schwartz, Xu Yong followed up with his needs.

Schwartz nodded after listening, and then according to Xu Yong's idea, the eleven teams were reduced to six, namely the Kings, Warriors, Knicks, Raptors, Bobcats and Suns.

Xu Yong is still very satisfied with this result, these teams except for the Raptors and Suns are all rebuilding, and they have not determined the core of the reconstruction.

If the Raptors say, if nothing else, Bosh will have to leave after another season, and the Suns don't need to say much, Kerr has already looked for him.

And it's also worth noting that this is a small year in the draft.

One of the major characteristics of the draft year is that many of the high-pick picks are for sale.

This can be seen in the previous draft predictions.

It's very possible that a team outside the top 10 picks like the Suns or the Bobcats could trade up for a draft pick in order to get him.

It is precisely because of this in mind that Xu Yong did not use the order to choose the trial place.

"Rest well, you'll be tired for the rest of the day." After the discussion, Schwartz reminded.

Tryouts, drafts, press conferences, endorsements...... For a high-ranking rookie like Xu Yong, the next month or so will be very intensive.

Especially in the trial training, whether the rest is enough is the key to determine the state of the trial.

Xu Yong nodded, a reminder from a top agent like Schwartz must be useful.

The next day, Xu Yong and Harden said goodbye to them and started their trial journey.

His first stop on trial was New York.

If the draft is not drafted, but the players choose the team, then the Knicks are Xu Yong's favorite target.

Big cities, a lot of fans, and benchmarking his hometown of Shanghai, these factors alone are enough to attract him.

What's more, the Knicks are in a state of ruin, and their core has been changed from "lone wolf" Marbury to Eddie Curry in the past few years, and then to Randolph and Crawford.

This is not the end of the season, and now the team's leading scorer, Al Harrington, is clearly not the future they want.

If you want to talk about the future, there is only David Lee on the inside, but that does not conflict with the core training that Xu Yong needs.

As for the management, that's not his concern.

Because the management of the Bulls was also mixed back then, but Jordan did the same in the end.

Forcing team management to trade certain players and change teams without trading is not his style.

So the king of New York?

Why not!

Two days later, Xu Yong ended the Knicks' solo tryout.

The results of the trial can be described as "perfect".

After the off-ball tryouts of shooting and ball control, the Knicks also specially found the former steal king, that is, Larry Hughes and Xu Yong, who were once scolded by Cavaliers fans for building a "Hey Hughes, please don't waste any more shots.com website to scold him.

Facing this veteran who has been in the alliance for a long time, Xu Yong had the upper hand at the beginning, and even seized the opportunity to make a violent dunk on the opponent's head.

Mature, steady, and tough, this is the impression that Xu Yong left on Knicks President Donnie Walsh the most, and Walsh was also delighted.

Although he only came to New York last year, he has been in the league for more than 20 years and knows exactly what kind of players the Knicks need.

The guy named Stephen Curry, whom head coach Mike D'Antoni and owner James Dolan liked, simply couldn't get a foothold in New York.

Consider what happened to the last goalscorer, Alan Houston, in New York, and it takes more than just skill to conquer the city.

After the tryout, Walsh and Xu Yong had dinner together, expressed his love for Xu Yong, and also said something meaningful: "We will treat you as one of the final choices." ”

Xu Yong was not surprised by that "one".

The story of [the Knicks love Curry but can't do it], he also knew it before he was reborn.

You must know that Curry also has a single intention in his history to go to the Knicks, and for this reason, he has almost refused tryouts from all other teams.

As a result, the Knicks didn't pick Curry in the end, because Golden State didn't care I would shoot and the Warriors cut off that baby face.

Now the draft pick is the same as it has been in history, and this will basically happen.

But in this way, it also means that he now has the eighth pick.

……

After a tryout in New York, Xu Yong went to Charlotte and Toronto.

Charlotte's tryout went well, and although Jordan didn't show up at the tryout, he could feel the management's liking for him.

And digging deeper, Jordan is only a small boss of the Bobcats at this time, and he doesn't actually have much say in the draft.

However, because of the long distance and tiring travel in Toronto, he behaved relatively averagely.

After his trip to Toronto, he boarded a plane to Sacramento.

The Kings, this is a very popular team in the NBA.

The team has had championships in its history, but that was in ancient times, when they were still called the Rochester Royals.

Since then, they have made the most impression on the golden backdrop of the Lakers team at the beginning of the century: the Princeton Kings.

Because the rookies selected in recent years have not performed well, it is also called the "rookie grave" by many fans.

But Xu Yong didn't care about this, because he knew that the Kings were in a very similar situation to the Knicks, and they were also desperately looking for a team core.

And the Kings are also the highest-ranked team he is interested in.

In a very realistic sentence, they are all places they want to go, why should they be fourth or eighth?

So Xu Yong also put on eye patches and earplugs on the plane this time to sleep and recuperate.

By the time he arrived in Sacramento, Xu Yong had adjusted his mental state to the best.

Because it was one side, he came to the Kings for a tryout this time, along with Terrick Evans, Ricky Rubio and Jrue Holiday .

As shown on the draft prediction list, the Kings want a point guard right now.

However, after the trial began, Xu Yong, who had adjusted his condition, played very well.

Especially the shooting performance.

Coincidentally, this year's point guards are markedly polarized when it comes to shooting.

Either extreme projection, like Curry; Either that's the ultimate inability to shoot, and the three point guards the Kings have found all belong to this ranks.

Evans: I'm pretty good at projection.

Rubio: I wasn't in good shape today.

Holiday : What is Shot?

If Xu Yong hadn't come up at the end and staggered in, they would have thought that something was wrong with their own basket.

And after the off-ball trial, the Kings also let a few of them play a wheel-style one-on-one offense and defense.

The most exciting of these is the confrontation between Xu Yong and Evans.

Evans stands out for being dazzled, while Xu Yong shows a clean look.

Basically, Evans showed his crotch and changed direction to score, and when he turned around, Xu Yong could use a dry pull, or turn his back to make a layup and return a ball.

Kings general manager Jove Petri, who was watching the game, looked at Xu Yong and was very moved.

While the Kings need a point guard right now, Francesco Garcia and Andres Nocioni are at small forward, both of whom have limited strength and talent.

And one thing, it's still the heyday of the Frontguard Swingman.

After the tryout, Xu Yong got another free dinner, this time with Jove Petri.

Seeing that it was Petri, Xu Yong suddenly felt like seeing a magpie in the treetops.

"Xu, I'm planning to pick you off in the fourth pick." Sure enough, Petrie opened his mouth and gave him good news.

And unlike the information given by Walsh, Petrie directly gave the exact draft promise!

And you must know that this trial is only "one side", and Petrie directly skipped the second side and gave this draft promise.

This shows that the king is quite optimistic about him.

Of course, it was impossible for Petrie to say anything about his exchange with Schwartz, who had successfully reminded him of the commercial value of Xu Yong's strength beyond his strength.

"I'm thrilled to be joining the Kings family, Mr. Petri." Xu Yong immediately shook hands with Petrie with a smile and said.

What is a two-way rush!

……

After leaving the Kings, Xu Yong rushed to Oakland to participate in the Warriors' tryout.

He's still playing well, but the management isn't as enthusiastic about him as he might have liked.

He could have guessed that after the joint tryout, the Warriors should have made up their minds to cut off Curry.

But with the Kings' draft promise, such a result doesn't affect him much.

On the last leg of the trial, Xu Yong returned to Phoenix.

Then to his surprise, it was Steve Cole, whom he had seen before, and a fifty-year-old who looked at the face of a seventy-year-old, a person he knew but couldn't name for a while.

Once in the car, Kerr introduced him: "This is the current head coach of the Suns, Alvin Gentry. ”

That's right, Gentry.

And the general manager and head coach of the team, even if it is a "team in the same city", this battle is so big.

"If you don't get picked in the fourteenth pick, we're going to pick you." Cole's opening statement was straightforward enough.

"But now it seems like you're going to have a hard time falling into that pick, so we're looking to trade up, and if it goes well, I'm sure we can take you off with the fifth pick." Cole then added with a smile.

Gentry nodded earnestly, as if to prove that Cole wasn't joking.

In this year's high-pick draft, the Grizzlies had the highest pick in the trade market.

However, the asking price of the list is generally very high, so the probability of trading is not large.

And then there's the No. 5 pick in the Wizards' hand.

Speaking of this year's high-pick teams, the Wizards are the most special one, because their strength is absolutely playoff level.

Antoine Jamison, Caron Butler, Gilbert Arenas, which are synonymous with the "trident" in the East.

But they have struggled for the past two seasons as Arenas has struggled with a left knee injury.

The character who was fighting against Kobe Bryant at the beginning, who also used 40 points as drinking water and sweating at 50 points, dragged the team back because of injuries.

However, Arenas has recovered from injury this season, and the Wizards are still theoretically a playoff team, which is why they have been trying to trade the No. 5 pick.

If this kind of team selects a high-pick rookie, it will not be Milicic of the Pistons and Kuminga of the Warriors, who will not be able to play time, and there is a high probability that they will be lost.

Of course, this is also the reason why Xu Yong did not choose to go to the Wizards for a tryout.

As with the reason for not going to the Thunder, he has limited opportunities on that team.

However, if the Suns can really get the No. 5 pick, it will be another guarantee for him.

It's just that......

Xu Yong looked at Cole and then at Gentry, as if he was here for a tryout, right?

Their car ended up in front of a restaurant.

Kerr and Gentry had dinner with him, and at the dinner table, they talked to Xu Yong about team development and how to develop Xu Yong.

Well, we talked about everything, but we didn't talk about tryouts.

But in the end, Cole may have sensed Xu Yong's doubts, and said with a smile: "We have watched enough of your game, and we know you well enough, if we can, we would love to have you tomorrow." ”

After listening to Cole's words, Xu Yong understood what it meant to be "near the water and get the moon first", "the rabbit wants to eat the grass by the nest", and "the strongest person is in the city".

And the eighth, fourth, and fifth, one draft promise after another, made him a little impatient for the upcoming draft conference.