This is Yu Fei's first time in Cleveland, and it feels like Kent City.

Their generation could not have imagined that Cleveland was one of the most important cities in the United States half a century ago.

When Mr. Yu and Mr. Demio took a taxi from street to street, the old shops along the street would always play Ian Hunter's "Cleveland Rocks."

It's a song written in the '70s, the golden age of rock 'n' roll.

But for Fei, this song is no different from noise, neither the melody nor the key is good, and the lyrics are quite strange.

"Mom knows but she doesn't care,

She also has her own troubles,

Seven children and a fake affair,

Rent is due.

All the little girls with crimson lipstick are growing,

Cleveland rock, Cleveland rock, "

The puzzling lyrics are paired with a ghostly chorus — the phrase "Cleveland rock" is 58 times, if not repeated a hundred times.

The trial for the knight was set early, but neither Yu Fei's agent nor Yu Fei himself had any expectations for the knight's trip.

Although the Cavaliers have the No. 8 pick this year.

Is the number eight sign special? It's special for flying.

In the mock drafts of several major newspapers in recent years, Yu Fei was basically selected by the Cavaliers with the eighth pick.

However, the current stage of the mock draft can be called a player prospect leaderboard, which does not take into account the actual needs of the team, but ranks the players according to their development prospects.

As a high school student who became famous quickly, had a weak foundation, and had a huge gap between the upper and lower limits, the eighth pick was the most suitable position for flying in the eyes of experts.

However, the Cavaliers are not so hungry for players of this type of fly.

Yu Fei has the potential to be a tall point guard, but the Cavaliers don't need a point guard, they have a player named Andre Miller on their team, who has a steady control technique like an old dog.

Yu Fei can play inside, but since he participated in the trial, he has been in the position of small forward, because he cannot play center in the NBA, and the big forward is currently the most talented position in the NBA.

It just so happened that the Cavaliers needed a small forward, which was why they tried out to train Yu Fei.

However, what the Cavaliers need is a small forward who can cut points.

Yu Fei is quite able to score points in high school, and scoring 20 points per game is as simple as drinking water, but high school data is just a glance for NBA teams, and has no reference value.

So, how can Yu Fei prove that he is the kind of player the Cavaliers need?

Yu Fei didn't know, because the knight arranged a separate trial for him.

Yu Fei met with their coach, Randy Wittman, at the Cavaliers' training base.

Whitman didn't show much enthusiasm for flying, and for him, the tryout was just one of many official duties he had to do in the offseason.

The Cavaliers aren't counting on the No. 8 pick to change the team's current predicament.

Rather than believing that they could draft a real man with the No. 8 pick, expect LeBron James to qualify for the 2002 NBA Draft, and then the Cavaliers can do whatever they want for this once-in-a-decade supertalent.

The Knight's tryout was interesting, starting with the physical test.

Although Yu Fei had already brought the previous physical test data, the Cavaliers insisted on re-testing.

Yu Fei had no choice but to obey his fate.

After the physical test, I came to the technical test link, today, Yu Fei didn't feel good about shooting, but fortunately, he raised his impression score in the control link.

Finally, there is the interview.

Yu Fei's most disgusting interview.

Yu Fei thought that the Cavaliers' interview questions would be as brainless as the Rockets, but as a result, they mainly asked game questions.

Whitman would use the tactical board to paint a scenario in front of Yu Fei, and then let Yu Fei make decisions on behalf of the ball carrier.

This kind of interview is suspicious of talking on paper, but it is much better than the fake big empty questions of the rocket.

Yu Fei considers himself a player with a decent ball quotient, and Whitman's questions are not difficult to answer, although they seem to him to be brain-consuming.

As long as you put yourself in that situation, it is not difficult to arrive at the optimal solution.

Therefore, Yu Fei got a high score in the interview.

Whitman believes he's an extremely smart player who can make the right ad hoc based on any issues that arise on the court.

But, he's a tall small forward.

Even, he wants to play point guard in the NBA.

If NBA scouts believe that Yu Fei is talented enough to play point guard in the NBA, then he will be the top pick in the draft, beating the rest of his class.

The problem is that scouts aren't that confident about flying.

He became famous too fast, and his rise was like a rocket.

At this time last year, he was an unnamed 11th grader at Kent Merridian High School, and now he is the fifth high school student in the nation in the class of 2001.

NBA scouts didn't hear about his ABCD training camp until last month.

There were many people on the floor at the time, but not many NBA scouts witnessed Yu Fei's performance.

Therefore, although Yu Fei landed fifth in the United States, NBA scouts did not know him, they did not observe the game of tracking Taifei for a long time, and they were not sure if Yu Fei was another D'Angelo Collins, and this suspicion directly affected his prospects.

The Cavaliers, who are hungry for a scorer, were quite happy with the tryout.

However, Yu Fei is not a scorer.

He is too young and needs time to grow.

When he grows up and has enough muscles, will he still be able to play as a small forward in the NBA? If he can't play small forward, can he play power forward?

None of this, the Cavaliers know.

Therefore, they want the safest option, a scorer, and it is really better to choose a center.

Anyway, no one in this era will think that they have too many insiders.

At the end of the day's trial, Whitman gave Yu Fei a special commitment.

"Fry, you're the best rookie in a tryout for a while, and I really like your style."

Yu Fei could almost guess what he was going to say next.

"But you're not the type we need the most." Whitman said.

Isn't it too straightforward? You're great, we want you very much, but this matter needs to be considered in the long run, please wait for us to hear from you. Isn't that a good way to say?

"I understand."

Yu Fei looked at Whitman puzzled, he didn't know why Whitman said this.

Whitman hesitated, as if he didn't know whether to move on.

Soon, he decided to say it: "If you're willing to stop tryouts, I can promise you that we'll pick you out with an extra lotto draw through a trade." ”

Yu Fei had heard such a story.

That's about Austin Rivers, the biggest surprise for the Lakers in 2023, the dude who joined someone's blog after the team established himself and said that he had a second-round commitment that year, but he wanted to play for the Lakers so much that he would rather sign a two-way deal with the Lakers than be drafted in the second round.

Well, let's believe that Rivers really was born a Laker, even if doing so would cost him millions of dollars early in his career.

But why did Yu Fei do this?

Whitman asked him to stop tryouts in an attempt to draft him with a late lottery pick, the problem is that he already has a draft commitment from the Rockets and Celtics.

He's not bad at all with this post-position lotto draft promise.

Whitman's suggestion was essentially the Cavaliers' reluctance to pick him with the No. 8 pick.

Yu Fei rejected Whitman, and he wanted to continue the tryout.

He is not Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler, these two have been the nation's most watched talents since the tenth grade, professional scouts fully believe that they can make a name for themselves in the NBA, Yu Fei must fight for a higher pick, after all, he has already stolen James's nickname, how rude would it be to occupy his nest again?

In mid-June, Arne Trem personally flew Yu to Detroit and New Jersey (for the second time) for the last two trials.

The Nets and Pistons had the seventh and ninth picks in the first round, respectively.

Yu Fei had already come to the Nets to participate in a tryout before, and its coach Byron Scott admired Fei very much, and said on the spot that he wanted to invite Yu Fei to a private trial, but soon after, the fight between Yu Fei and Eddie Griffin caused the trial to be suspended for a while, and it was not officially completed until now.

The Nets were also very happy with Fly's second tryout, but were skeptical about whether to pick him with the No. 7 pick. Therefore, they did not give Yu Fei a draft promise.

However, Yu Fei's agent, Arne Trem, said, "I wouldn't be surprised if the Nets chose you with the No. 7 pick in the end." ”

The Pistons were amazed by Fly's tryout.

It can be said that all aspects of Yu Fei meet their needs.

They want a tall two-way forward who can dribble, shoot, defend, and swing the No. 4 position when he gains weight.

Previously, they locked on Rodney White, and the appearance of Yu Fei made them easily abandon White.

At the end of the final tryout, Yu Fei was promised the ninth pick in Detroit, which is the highest he has received so far.

Because the team with the top six picks sent an invitation to Yu Fei, Yu Fei, who had already tried out all the teams that could try, ended the trial.

In addition to waiting for the draft to arrive, the next step is to make some business signings.

If nothing happens, he'll be a member of the Detroit Pistons.

But there's no more unpredictable stage in professional basketball than the draft.

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"By all indications, the Wizards will draft Kwame Brown with the No. 1 pick." —The Washington Post

"Detroit is ecstatic about Frye Yu's tryout." —The Seattle Times

"The Golden Club trial has reached a climax, with a number of NBA players, including Patrick Ewing, admitting that they have been treated 'favorably.'" —The New York Times

"Fry Yu has become one of the favorite sports stars of Asian Americans, according to the survey." —The Associated Press