At this time, the team's head coach Sanders also discovered Li Kaiming, so he walked over and said hello to Shepard.
"Li, how about it, who do you think is more suitable to be your teammate among these three?"
Li Kaiming pondered for a moment, "If we only look at three-pointers, Klay Thompson is naturally more suitable, but isn't our trial program not over yet? Let's see how other performances go."
The next test was about ball control and ball-handling shooting. In this project, Klay Thompson, who had previously performed best in the three-pointer, became mediocre and even a little bit behind.
Although the other two people have average control of the ball, at least they will not dribble the ball to their feet like Thompson...
The best performer in controlling and dribbling is Jimmy Butler. Leonard's performance can only be said to be very average, especially when the staff next to him starts to interfere, his dribbling rhythm will be disrupted.
It can only be said that Leonard is still a semi-finished product, and his movement control skills are completely unqualified in the NBA. Especially as a striker without the ability to hold the ball, the threat on the offensive end will be reduced by half.
The third test is the layup test. Of course, for such quasi-professional players, there is no need to test undefended layups. This time it is to evaluate their ability to resist interference in the basket and hold the ball. The ability to get to the rim.
After the final test, surprisingly, Jimmy Butler still performed best, but if you think about it carefully, this is also in line with his jack-of-all-trades style of play.
The performance of Thompson and Leonard in holding the ball and hitting the basket was simply like a dragon and a phoenix, which made Li Kaiming, who was watching from the sidelines, frown.
The last item is a test of defensive ability. When it comes to this item, Leonard, who had a mediocre performance before, instantly became the most dazzling player on the court.
Whether it was defensive awareness or sliding speed, Leonard's performance was far ahead of the other two. Even in the subsequent one-on-one session between the three, Leonard robbed Thompson twice in a row. Next to him, Li Kaiming’s eyelids twitched!
Be good! This defensive pressure is simply a death coil!
And it’s worth mentioning that Leonard’s defense is a perfect combination of physical talent and awareness. Most players who are good defenders have some dirty tricks in their games, but Li Kaiming didn’t notice it from Leonard’s performance this time. A little bit of little movement, it's all a clean defense to get the better of him!
This guy is simply a stadium robber!
Not only Li Kaiming, but also Sanders next to him looked at it and his mouth was always open and never closed. What the Wizards currently lack most is perimeter defense. If they can get this guy, then basically they don’t have to worry about perimeter defense. !
Of course, in addition to Leonard, Thompson and Butler's performance on the defensive end is also above average. At least neither of them is a colander. It's just that Leonard's lead in defense is too big, and the two of them are It makes it look like there is no defense.
After the defensive end test, the stadium staff announced "The trial is over!"
But suddenly a voice came from the side: "Wait!"
These words echoed in the empty arena and instantly attracted everyone's attention. Sanders and Shepard, who were standing next to Li Kaiming, both looked puzzled. They didn't know what Li Kaiming was selling in the gourd. medicine.
Li Kaiming walked onto the court, and under the gaze of the people around him, he asked the three players who came for the trial: "Are you interested in playing one-on-one with me?"
As soon as these words came out, the entire training ground fell silent. After Sanders heard this, the corners of his mouth slowly raised, and then he folded his arms in front of his chest, obviously ready to watch the show.
Shepard was a little confused, "Did Li feel itchy just watching them play? Or is he planning to go up and teach the rookies a lesson?"
No one answered him, because almost everyone was staring at the three rookies.
The hottest superstar in the league wants to challenge himself. This is an opportunity that many people dream of. It is the same for these three people. However, Thompson and Leonard did not react for a while, but Jimmy Butler next to him, very I readily agreed!
"OK!"
Seeing Butler being so active, the corners of Li Kaiming's mouth slowly curled up...
This guy has noticed him a long time ago and really wants to practice with him!
So Li Kaiming pointed at Butler and said, "Then you go first!"
The people around them naturally cleared a space for them and asked for a ball from the staff. Li Kaiming walked outside the three-point line and then threw the ball to Butler with his back to the basket.
"You come first, lest others say I bullied you."
Hearing Li Kaiming's words, Butler couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He is a person who is not convinced by anyone he meets, and he is still an older rookie. Although Li Kaiming is already an NBA star, he is older than Li Kaiming. Still big!
So after hearing Li Kaiming's slightly contemptuous tone, Butler suddenly felt a little angry!
They are all in their early twenties, why are you so crazy?
So Butler picked up the ball, made a fake move and dribbled to the mid-range, using his half-leading position to directly attack the basket!
This skill of breaking through with the ball is indeed good, but it is still almost impossible to score from Li Kaiming's defense. Although the first step was passed, Li Kaiming used his pace and speed to make up for the half-length behind, and then used his wingspan to directly beat Bart Le's layup was nailed on the backboard!
After blocking the shot, Li Kaiming shook his finger at Butler and said, "Welcome to NBA, rookie!"
Everyone around laughed when they heard this. Butler was one year older than Li Kaiming, so it sounded a bit weird for Li Kaiming to say this to the former.
Butler lowered his head and said nothing, picked up the basketball and went to the top of the arc, then handed the ball to Li Kaiming and immediately began to defend closely.
However, his defense, which he thought was very good, was full of loopholes in the eyes of today's Li Kaiming. He directly pushed Butler away with his body, then shot a three-pointer at the speed of light, and immediately turned his back to the basket and opened his arms!
Swish! The basketball went hollow into the net, and Butler stretched out his arms and was stunned!
At this time, Thompson and Leonard, who were standing nearby and watching the game, both had a sentence in their minds, this guy is so strong!
Li Kaiming ignored Butler, who was in a daze, and waved to Leonard, "It's your turn!"
Leonard hesitated for a moment, then stepped on the mechanical leg and walked onto the court. After getting the ball from Li Kaiming, he held the ball and broke through inside after a non-threatening triple threat. However, his holding the ball was really It stretches my hips too much. He is not a fast player in the first place. His dribbling speed is even slower, but Li Kaiming can follow it steadily without losing his position.
When he was forced to stop by Li Kaiming in the mid-range, Leonard had no choice but to force the shot. Unfortunately, he was slapped out of the baseline by Li Kaiming again!
But this time Li Kaiming didn’t talk trash because he knew Leonard was not good at attacking, so when it was his turn to attack, he said, "Present your strongest defense and let me see what you are capable of." !”
There was no change in the expression on Leonard's face. He mechanically handed the ball to Li Kaiming, and then opened his arms half a step away from Li Kaiming, assuming a defensive posture of Zamabu.
Good attitude! Li Kaiming praised him in his heart. If someone with a bad mentality would have just come up and press him, this guy still defended meticulously and had very good habits.
In fact, facing this kind of defense, Li Kaiming could directly pull up from the outside, but he wanted to experience for himself how powerful Leonard's defense was, so he directly dropped the ball to face Leonard and changed direction in front of him!
What he didn't expect was that Leonard actually predicted the trajectory of his dribbling, and then stretched out his long arm and touched his ball!
But fortunately, he quickly caught it with his quick eyes and hands, and then hit Leonard with a drift jumper from mid-range. Leonard still couldn't defend this kind of ball.
But even so, Li Kaiming also deeply understands how good this guy's defensive talent is. No wonder he can enter the lottery area with such a good offense.
The last one was Thompson's turn. What made Li Kaiming a little speechless was that after this guy took the ball from his hand, he picked it up and threw it. The speed was so fast that he didn't even have time to react, and he was even thrown in by this guy!
Damn it, I tried to show off but ended up capsized in the gutter!
Now Thompson became the only one among the three who scored in a one-on-one with Li Kaiming, but then Li Kaiming also responded with a step-back three-pointer.
After the one-on-one duel with these three people, this individual trial training finally came to an end. After a month, Li Kaiming was somewhat satisfied.
After that, the Wizards held another senior team meeting to discuss which player to get. In fact, Li Kaiming is still very Buddhist. These three players are very good. Only children make choices. I want them all as adults!
After hearing Li Kaiming's answer, Sheppard was a little bit dumbfounded, "Lee, Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard are not low in the draft. The possibility of winning three is too small, and the assets in our team are It’s not good either. If we want to get two high-ranking picks, then this year’s first round will definitely have to be traded. Getting two picks is our limit!”
In the end, it was head coach Sanders who came up with a plan: give priority to acquiring Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard. If not, trade a player to acquire one of these two players, and then use the No. 25 pick to acquire Jimmy Bart. Take it!
This plan was unanimously agreed by Li Kaiming and the management. After the high-level meeting, the management also began to actively operate around this plan...
In the end, in the draft on June 23, the Wizards became the most active team, with Al Thornton, Nick Young, Trevor Booker and others as the main players, exchanging their players from the Milwaukee Bucks. The first-round pick added a garbage contract to Kenny, and the Bucks used this first-round pick to select Klay Thompson from Washington State University with the 10th pick in the first round.
Then the Wizards sent Josh Howard and the No. 25 pick to the Jazz in exchange for the opponent's garbage contract Bell and the opposite No. 12 pick, and this pick selected Kawhi Leonard from San Diego State University. .
At this time, far away in Golden State and San Antonio, the Warriors president and Popovich were yelling at each other at the same time!
The Gunny was all ready, but it was cut off!
