Three days later, Li Kaiming drove from home to the mcI center, parked the car and went straight to the training ground.
Sanders had told him before he came that this trial would last a long time and have many projects. If you want to see it, you'd better arrive early.
When he arrived at the training ground, he found that it was already full of talents. In addition to Sanders, there were also a lot of team staff that Li Kaiming was familiar with, including scouts, trainers and team vice president Tommy Shepard. .
In the courtside rest area not far away, there were several team staff members forming a circle, and it was unclear what was going on inside.
Tommy Sheppard was the first person to spot Li Kaiming. He turned around and waved to Li Kaiming. When the latter came to his side, he smiled and said, "You came just in time, they are preparing for the event." Warm-up, the specific trial training has not started yet.”
"Is everyone here?" Li Kaiming was a little curious. After all, players participating in the draft are not required to come. They can refuse to try out for teams they don't want to go to.
"Of course, our Wizards are now a team with a bright future. With you here, are you afraid that no one will want to come?" Tommy Shepard replied, patting Li Kaiming on his ass.
It is very easy to understand that Shepard wants to have a good relationship with Li Kaiming. The current president of the Wizards, Glenfield, is old. If nothing else, Shepard will replace the retired former in a few years and become the next Wizards. The president, in order to keep the Wizards competitive for a long time, finally selected a historical number one pick, so he naturally has to hold on tightly.
After all, although Washington is the capital city of America, if we consider it from the perspective of economic development and football market, I am afraid it is not even ranked in the top ten ugliest. Its attraction to superstars is not as strong as that of big cities. .
Li Kaiming smiled and said nothing. Sheppard turned his head and looked at the crowd gathered over there, and then said, "You will also take a closer look later. Who do you think is suitable to be your teammate? Then we will keep him." , the draft picks from the past few years are still there, and we have enough space to get them to our team."
Li Kaiming was also a little surprised when he heard Sheppard's promise. It seems that the management has reached an agreement and will form a championship lineup around him starting from this season?
It's good. He and Monica don't have to put pressure on him personally. The management knows how to show sincerity.
The warm-up on the sidelines didn't last long, and soon the crowd dispersed, and Li Kaiming saw these three people who made him very curious for the first time.
The test on the physical hardware conditions had been completed long before the warm-up, and it was no different from what was written in the scout report. Among the three, Klay Thompson, the fairest, was 198cm tall, and the remaining two were both 201cm tall, but from Li Kaiming’s From a perspective, there is not much difference in height between these three people.
However, when it was confirmed that the facially paralyzed man named Leonard really had a wingspan of 221, Li Kaiming was still surprised!
This arm is really too long. As long as you practice a little physical fitness and improve your confrontation ability, it will definitely become a nightmare for all outside players!
And according to the scouting report, the biggest selling point of this guy named Leonard is his defensive ability. The template is Gerald Wallace, a perfect perimeter defensive superstar. If he can polish his offense in the future, he will definitely become Li Kaiming’s right-hand man!
As for the guy who looks like Jordan, not only is he an older rookie, but his physical talent is relatively average. He is obviously as tall as Leonard, but to the naked eye he looks smaller than the latter...
According to the scouting report, Butler's template is Maurice Evans. To sum up his characteristics briefly, he can do everything, but he has no outstanding characteristics, and he is all but not good.
This kind of all-around player is a compliment for a high-ranking rookie, because it shows that this rookie has great development potential in the future and will not just stick to one direction. If he is lucky enough to get one, he can do anything. A superstar would be even more awesome.
It's a pity that Butler is not a high-ranking rookie. Scouting reports and media predict that he will be selected at the end of the first round or the beginning of the second round. As a guy with a high probability of becoming a role player, he has no outstanding advantages at this time. became a shortcoming.
When a team signs a contract with a draft pick at this level, it must be based on immediate combat ability, rather than selecting a rookie at this pick who can do everything, and the physical talent is not outstanding enough. From this perspective, even Li Kaiming knows that Butler is predicted to be selected at the end of the first round, which is not surprising at all.
But even so, Li Kaiming still stared at this guy's face for a long time.
Gee, as a die-hard Jordan fan, Li Kaiming has to say that this guy looks so much like Jordan when he was young!
He even suspected that this was Jordan's illegitimate son living among the people, because according to media reports, when he was a child, Jimmy Butler was not only born without a father like many black children, but he was also rejected by his mother because he was too ugly. When he was 13 years old, he directly told him "I don't like your appearance, please leave"...
This mother definitely doesn’t pay attention to basketball, otherwise how could she throw away the second generation Jordan?
However, Butler, who lost the help of his parents, did not give up on himself. He persisted in playing football, from junior high school to community college, and finally joined Marquette University. To reach this point, it can be seen that he is also a very hard-working and self-controlled child. Because if most black children encountered the same situation as Butler, they would have become gangsters long ago, and they might have died in street gunfights.
If you just look at the scouting report, these three people have their own advantages. Thompson has the best outside shooting, Leonard has the best physical talent, and Butler has the best mental will.
For the sport of basketball, technology, physical fitness and will are all very important things. Now it depends on which of these people can perform better in the trial training!
In fact, the NbA held a joint trial before and invited many players to participate in the trial. What a coincidence, these three people all participated in the joint trial today, so there is no need to repeat the test for most projects. Yeah, just test what the Wizards are focused on.
As early as in the previous high-level meeting of the team, head coach Sanders stated that this draft will definitely only require players with good defense and three-pointers, so this trial will also focus on two aspects.
The first item is the three-point test. Just like the three-point contest, there are five points on the outside. Each point takes five shots. A total of 25 shots are taken to see what the hit rate is.
It is worth mentioning that Thompson, who is nominally the most accurate three-pointer among the three, shot 9 of 25 in the three-point test of the joint trial and hit 16 irons, becoming the best player in that joint trial. Bottom score.
Generally, players go to joint trials to demonstrate their strengths and then improve their draft picks. As a result, Thompson used to ruin his own brand...
On the other hand, Jimmy Butler shot a super-high 18-for-25 in that joint trial, which raised his predicted pick from the second round to the end of the first round.
The court staff cleared a half of the court, and then three ball boys were ready under the basket. The first man, Klay Thompson, appeared!
The ball boy passed a long pass to Thompson, and the latter entered the state very quickly. After quickly adjusting his feet, he faced the basket and at the same time bent his hips downward to lower his center of gravity. It can be seen that the rhythm of catching and shooting is very comfortable. Gives a smooth and natural feeling.
What a shooter!
Li Kaiming nodded. After Thompson caught the ball, he took off with both feet. When he reached the highest point, his body had tensed into a straight line in the air. His shooting elbow and wrist were kept at a standard 90 degrees, and then he gently moved his wrist to shoot!
Uh-huh!
The basketball drew a beautiful parabola in the air and then hit the net!
Nice catch and shoot! Li Kaiming couldn't help but admired in his heart.
Soon Thompson's shooting test was over, and his shooting rate was also very good. He made 16 of 25 balls, and his shooting rate was close to 60%, which was very good in a time-limited test.
Next, it was facial paralysis Kawhi Leonard's turn to take action. After seeing Leonard's catching and shooting posture, Li Kaiming instantly held his forehead.
Even if this guy looks like a robot, why does he even shoot like a robot?
And it’s still the kind of robot with lag, as if the Internet speed is not good, one lag after another, especially after watching Thompson’s smooth and fast shot, watching Leonard’s shot is like watching it at 0.5 times speed. Like a love action movie, in one word, frustrating!
The final test results came out. Leonard made 8 of 25 three-pointers. It can be seen that there is no problem at all as stated in the scouting report. This guy's offensive touch is really stiff!
Just kidding, the shooting posture is so stuck, it’s really weird if you can shoot accurately!
Li Kaiming couldn't help but complain in his heart.
However, what surprised Li Kaiming was that after seeing his poor three-point performance, the young man named Leonard did not show any depression. Instead, he looked back with his head lowered as if nothing had happened. Arrive at the original location.
I understand, robots don’t have feelings, right? Li Kaiming rolled his eyes. This guy really doubted which robot company's new product was being used as a prank.
The last one is Jordan 2.0 Jimmy Butler. Li Kaiming also looked at the court with curiosity, wanting to see what this guy who looks like the same model as Jordan can do from beyond the three-point line.
But what surprised him was that when Butler was preparing, he actually looked towards him intentionally or unintentionally.
As a person with very keen senses, it is absolutely impossible for Li Kaiming to feel wrong. This guy is looking at him!
Hey, it seems that this young man is very interested in me. Li Kaiming smiled at Butler on the court.
After the test, Butler made 13 of 25 shots, a shooting percentage of just over half. It was not bad, but it was not as impressive as the previous joint trial. It seems that he had a dumpling last time.
