I’m Really Playing Basketball

　　 May 24, 2002, Washington DC.

　　 Received a separate trial invitation from the Washington Wizards, Chen Xiao left Milwaukee and came to Washington DC alone.

　　 Really alone, there is no agent team around him, Ron Howard or Wade and other teammates.

　　 As one of the best players in the NCAA last season.

　　 After the NCAA, many professional agents have approached Chen Xiao.

　　 American, Chinese, Chinese, all.

　　 However, Chen Xiao refused.

　　 It's not that Chen Xiao is playing big cards.

　　 Chen Xiao felt that Wade’s agent Henry Thomas was right. He didn’t have to sell himself when he was about to go public.

　　 can wait.

　　 successfully entered the NBA, the stock took off, and the value doubled.

　　 The stock has dropped to the limit. If you fail to enter the NBA, even those who bought him in advance will abandon him.

　　 Of course, if you can meet a big-name agent in the middle, you can build momentum for him in the draft, and you can get a big-name agent who can get a better pick for him. If you sell yourself, you will sell it.

　　 Unfortunately, there is no such agent.

　　 Wade’s agent Henry Thomas wanted to sign him, but he was very honest.

　　 "My resources are now focused on Dwyane, and I cannot help you for the time being."

　　 If there is no way to help him, it is inconvenient to stand in the pit.

　　 This is a very open and bright person. Chen Xiao still trusts Wade's vision of making friends.

　　Henry Thomas can actually lie to him like those agents who contacted him, saying that he can help him in the draft.

"Chen, you don’t have to worry that the absence of an agent will affect your draft. You are different from ordinary players. You don’t need those ordinary agents to work hard to find opportunities for you to try out and participate in training camps. Without those ordinary agents, you also have countless opportunities for trial training and training camps."

"Remember, the agents you need now are not mediocre people, but someone who can really help you in the draft pick. Your draft pick prediction is very unstable. Of the 17 draft prediction agencies, you are Of all the hottest rookies, there is no such thing as yours in the past draft history of the NBA. The highest can reach the top ten, and the lowest may even lose. This is incredible. This shows that you are full of uncertainty. This kind of uncertainty cannot be controlled by ordinary brokers, and even many big-name brokers can’t control it. If the operation is not good, it may be counterproductive."

　　 Henry Thomas meant Chen Xiao understood.

　　 A player like him is full of ‘mystery’, who wants to get a good draft pick requires manipulation.

　　 The operation is good, so you can fly into the top ten in the draft.

　　The operation is not good, and it is very likely to lose the election directly.

　　 Chen Xiao recognized Henry Thomas' judgment.

　　 He has some selling points, but there are more holes.

　　Playing as a defender, no possession, no passing, no skill.

　　Playing as a small forward, lacks speed, strength, and confrontation.

　　 He needs an agent who can increase his selling point infinitely and at the same time cover his pits.

　　 It's hard to find an agent like this. Henry Thomas has interviewed Chen Xiao a lot, and most of them are actually talking about it.

　　 Of course, because Wade’s draft game was temporarily stopped because the Bulls were ‘hacked’, Henry Thomas was still interviewing Chen Xiao for agents who contacted him, so Chen Xiao was still waiting for Henry Thomas’s interview results.

　　 If there is still no suitable candidate, Chen Xiao can only complete this NBA draft journey alone.

　　 Although you can’t add points, it’s better than subtracting points, right?

　　 "Henry is right. Anyway, I have no shortage of teams to try out and training camps to participate in."

　　 It's not a trial and training camp. He is the team and training camp he chooses to train.

　　Because, after Chen Xiao came to Washington DC, he received many trial invitations from NBA teams.

　　 I have to say that although the big name he made in the NCAA last season does not allow him to enter the NBA directly, it is still very useful.

　　 However, most of these training invitations are joint training, and there are still few individual trainings like the Wizards that are completely prepared for him.

　　 Hearing Henry said, NBA teams generally select teams and compete for posts, so most of them are joint trial training and choose the best one in the trial training.

　　 Training alone means that the Wizards have not chosen him.

　　 Of course, if the results of this trial training are not good, the Wizards may continue to run training camps.

　　 No matter what, the Wizards valued him, he felt it.

　　 Therefore, before coming to Washington DC, Chen Xiao had a lot of expectations.

　　 But...

　　 After coming to Washington DC, Chen Xiao felt something different.

　　 It stands to reason that the Wizards are so eager to send him a separate trial invitation, should he be very important and welcome, right?

　　 But after coming to the Wizards, Chen Xiao did not feel the attention, nor the welcome.

After 　　 came to the Wizards’ training hall, he didn’t even see the team’s head coach.

　　The official players of the Wizards, except for Kwame Brown, Chen Xiao, did not see the second one to greet him.

　　 Kwame Brown is enthusiastic about him.

　　 bang bang bang!

　　嗷woo~!

　　 The champion of last year saw him and gave him a ‘wolf guard’ salute.

　　 This is the respect for him, the leader of the Wolf Guard.

　　 Well, of course, Chen Xiao also responded.

　　 Chen Xiao is very happy every time he sees a new "Wolf Disciple".

　　 But such happiness does not conceal the slight loss in his heart.

　　 On the first day of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao did not see the team's head coach. With the help of an assistant coach, he conducted a physical test alone.

　　 After finishing the physical test, the assistant coach left silently with his data.

　　 On the second day of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao still did not see the team's head coach, even the assistant coach yesterday. This time, he was led by an ordinary coach of the Wizards team.

　　 After taking him to various technical test training, the ordinary coach also left silently with his data.

　　 On the third day of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao arrived at the Wizards training hall on time. At this time, the gate of the Wizards training hall was closed...

Half an hour later, the gate of the Wizards training hall was opened by a staff member. There were no coaches and no players inside. Chen Xiao quietly practiced for three hours of CIC. During the period, the job that opened the door for him The personnel have left.

　　At this time, on a small island in the Caribbean Sea, Michael Jordan was basking in the sun, smoking a cigar, and talking on the phone across the ocean.

　　 "Doug, how was the trial of Wonder Boy?"

　　 "Is it not bad? Hahaha, I knew that kid was not bad."

　　 "A joint training camp will be held after the Wonder Boy trial is over? Is this necessary?"

　　 "OK, since this is the opinion of all of you, so be it."

　　 After the phone call with Jordan, Wizards head coach Doug Collins breathed a sigh of relief.

　　 "Wonder kid is still training?"

　　 "Still still."

　　 After the assistant finished speaking, Doug Collins frowned.

　　 Why didn't you leave early?

　　 How does this make me work?

　　 Don’t let Jordan hate the ‘arrogant’ wonder boy, the Wizards will be hopeless next season!

　　 Therefore, he hoped that after being coldly treated, Chen Xiao would be angry and ‘arrogant’ to leave early.

　　 But now...

　　 "Go, let's go and have a look."

　　 Under the surprise of the assistant, Doug Collins came to the Wizards training hall.

　　, of course, did not appear at the training hall, but in the control room of the training hall.

　　 Doug Collins frowned as he watched the scrupulously shooting boy on the surveillance video of the control room.

　　 The boy on TV didn't have any irritability, anger, or even a little bit of resentment on his face.

　　 "His face is smiling!"

　　 Not only the face is smiling, those eyes, even on the black and white TV, you can see the sparkle of curiosity.

happy?

hapiness

curious?

　　 Isn't it anxious and angry?

　　Doug Collins looked incredible.

　　 On the fourth day of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao came to the team’s training hall on time again. The Wizards’ training hall was still closed. It was not until an hour later that the staff responsible for opening the door for him was late.

　　 "Sir, you are late again today."

　　Wizards staff was surprised to see Chen Xiao, and even more surprised to see the smile on Chen Xiao's face.

　　 Even, under the gaze of those big twinkling eyes, the Wizards staff even felt guilty and embarrassed.

　　Although he is obedient.

　　 There are still no coaches, no players.

　　 However, Chen Xiao, who entered the Wizards Training Hall, still practiced very seriously. Yesterday he practiced CIC, and today he practiced three-pointers.

　　 Chen Xiao has used two C-level potential cards to increase his three-pointers from 70 to 80.

　　 After hesitating, Chen Xiao still chose to increase his offensive range.

After 　　 has three-point ability, he can move more agilely, and he will not be locked up so easily.

　　 "Is this a three-pointer from the NBA three-point line?!"

　　 In the control room of the Wizards training hall, Doug Collins was shocked once again watching the figure that kept jumping on the TV.

　　 Although the shooting speed is not fast, although there is no defensive player, but...

　　 "He has made 50 consecutive three-pointers outside the NBA three-point line, right?!"

"Yes, it is!"

　　 Collins' assistant was also shocked.

　　Everyone knows that in the NCAA finals, Wonder Boy did not have the ability to shoot three-pointers, and that was NCAA's three-pointer ability!

　　 But now...

　　 "Wizards don't need his mid-range, but need his three-pointers..."

　　 Clang!

　　 51 in a row!

　　 This is Chen Xiao's winning streak, but it is still not as good as Novak's best winning streak of 75.

　　 "Steve is really something, my three-point ability is 80, still not as good as his open three-pointer!"

　　 Chen Xiao was a little shocked, but what Chen Xiao didn't know was that at this time, not far from him, there were two more shocking people than him.

　　 Shot an NBA three-pointer in the NBA training hall, which made Chen Xiao feel very happy.

　　 Therefore, in the next two days of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao was practicing his new weapon.

　　 Chen Xiao is very satisfied with this new weapon.

　　 Even though it is NBA or NCAA, three-pointers are not mainstream, and even his good friend Wade looks down on three-pointers from the bottom of his heart.

　　 "How can Jordan fans shoot three-pointers, the middle distance is the strongest!"

　　 But Chen Xiao thinks that the three-pointer is still very powerful, especially after the final with Duke University, the magical three-pointer performance of Jie Williams shocked him.

　　 In the control room of the Wizards Training Hall not far from Chen Xiao, Doug Collins was also there these two days, and he was extremely punctual.

　　 On the seventh and final day of the Wizards training camp, Chen Xiao arrived at the Wizards training hall on time.

　　 On this day, the staff who opened the door for him seemed to'have no sleep in'.

　　 "Sir, early to bed and early to rise are good for your health. You look great today."

　　 "……"

　　 Is it caring or mocking?

　　 Seeing Chen Xiao walking into the training hall from the back, the slightly ashamed look on the faces of the Wizards staff was fleeting.

　　 "Mr. Collins, Wonder Boy is here again..."

　　 Chen Xiao, who came to the Wizards Training Hall at this time, would definitely find it incredible if he knew that the Wizards head coach came earlier than him.

　　 "You said, is it a good choice for us to pick him with this year's first-round pick?"

　　 Hearing this as if talking to himself, the assistant's eyes widened.

　　 On May 31, 2002, after the Wizards’ one-week solo training session ended, Chen Xiao left Washington DC with a little regret and went to his next stop, New Jersey.

　　 As soon as the Wizards’ trial was over, Chen Xiao received a call from two friends Ron Howard and Wade.

　　 From the phone, Chen Xiao learned that Ron Howard had ended his joint training camp with the Heat.

　　 Hearing his excited voice, the result seemed to be pretty good.

　　 Did Brother Luo really get his revenge on Jie Williams?

　　 And Wade...

　　 seems to be still at home sucking the baby.

　　 "Chen, how was the trial training for the Wizards? With your personality, you didn't even talk to me about the fun of the training camp."

　　 There was silence on the other end of the phone.

"List?"

　　 "Xiaotai, I don't seem to be that popular."

　　 Listening to the voice on the phone, although the voice cannot hear any sadness, but...

　　 Wow~

　　 "Dwyane, you hurt your baby!"

what!

　　 For a while~www.NovelMTL.com~ Faced with the out of control baby, the two new parents also lost control.

　　 Just when Wade and Theo Vaughan were in trouble, Jordan, who had now come to the Pacific from the Caribbean for vacation, once again enthusiastically paid attention to Chen Xiao’s training in the Wizards.

　　 "Doug, the training camp of Wonder Boy is over, how is his overall performance?"

　　 "Very good, very good? Hahahaha, I rarely hear you say this to rookies."

　　 "Oh, don't we need to do the Wizards joint training camp?"

　　 "OK, I'm not in your final say, I will go back to the draft on time."

　　 "Hahahaha, I really can't wait!"

　　 Chen Xiao knew nothing about this.

　　 On June 1, 2001, Chen Xiao came to another team that provided him with a separate trial, the New Jersey Nets.

　　 In New Jersey, Chen Xiao met the first and only agent recommended by Henry Thomas for him.

　　 "Hello, Chen, my name is Dan Fegan, I am very happy to serve you."

At the same time, Chen Xiao also met Rod Thorne, the general manager of the Nets in New Jersey for the first time. This took the Nets from a poor underdog to the Finals in just one year. Recently, he has been very popular in the United States "Shenren" general manager.

　　 Such a big-name general manager personally received him. To be honest, Chen Xiao was surprised.

　　 Is this what a single trial should look like?

　　 "Anyway, this time, it seems to be different..."

　　 When the Wizards met the cold, some dim big eyes flashed again.

　　Ps: Second, after taking care of the baby and wife at 11:30 in the evening, it is finally completed, please recommend and collect! !