basketball never sleeps

Chapter 3 What the hell is this a rookie?

On the tenth day after the draft, Mo Wen flew directly to Orlando under the arrangement of the Pistons team to participate in the Pepsi Orlando Summer League held here.

There are six teams participating in the Orlando Summer League: Magic, Cavaliers, Bucks, Pistons, Heat, and Timberwolves.

Because there are only a small number of teams and they have not been around for a long time, the rules of the Orlando Summer League at this time are that the six teams will take turns to play against each other in the preliminary round and play two rounds. After the two rounds, the top four teams will advance to the semi-finals based on winning points.

After group competition based on rankings, the final teams will be determined.

In previous years, there were not many spectators at the Orlando Summer League, but this year because of the arrival of the man with his own traffic - LeBron James, the Orlando Summer League attracted a lot of attention.

James has been touted for a year, and coupled with Nike's unprecedented 7-year 93 million sneaker contract, it can be said that it has whetted the audience's appetite.

People can't wait to tear off the packaging bag to see what kind of blind box this combination of Jordan and Magic is.

Originally, the gimmick before the start of the Orlando Summer League was "No. 1 pick vs. No. 2 pick" James vs. Milicic.

It's a pity that Milicic encountered the same situation as Yao Ming when he wanted to leave the team, so he could only stay in Serbia and Montenegro and slowly work with his parent team.

Unlike the Cavaliers, who brought in half the starting lineup to cheer for James LeBron, the Pistons' lineup was much shabbier.

Not only Milicic, Carlos Defirno, who was selected with the 25th pick in the first round, was also stuck in his contract, which forced his home team in Serie A to stay. As a result, among the three players selected by the Pistons in this year's draft, only Mo Wen was a draft player.

Come and participate.

The remaining players are either substitutes who were just traded this year, or undrafted players and bums snatched from the crowd.

As Larry Brown's second assistant coach during the 76ers' period, Mike Woodson followed Larry Brown to join the Pistons, and took over the leadership of the Pistons in the Summer League like a duck.

The first assistant coach, Herb Brown, is Larry Brown's brother. The old man was the head coach of the Pistons before. He has the qualifications and is unwilling to take on such dirty work as Summer League.

At this moment, Woodson is worried about the team's roster. The Pistons are very strong. It can be said that they severely abused the 76ers coached by him and Larry Brown last season.

But obviously, the summer league is used to select role players. Bob Sura, Lynch Hunter, Campbell, Halvin Dam... 70% of the dozen or so people on the list were not with the Pistons last season.

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His current job is to dig for gold from these dozens of players, examine substitutes, and then win as many games as possible for his own resume.

But, it's difficult.

Looking up, there are more than a dozen people in the training ground currently carrying out their own training.

Mo Wen was taking turns dueling with several swingman-sized players.

At first, everyone thought that this Asian newcomer must be a soft persimmon, with a not-so-thick body, a late draft pick, mediocre college statistics, and skin that was easy to bully at first sight, so they all wanted to pinch him.

But when we really met, we realized that their thinking was too simple.

"F**K, why is this kid so difficult to deal with? Is he a freshman in the draft?"

"I'm sure his defensive strength is on the same level as those guys in the NBA. It's like that cheap BYT. It looks thin but you only know how thick it is when you use it!"

"Really? I usually don't wear it!"

"Shit, do you only have fooling around in your mind? You can't even beat this kid. I think you're going to sleep on the street without the ball!"

A few black people originally wanted to be in the limelight, but ended up being disappointed.

As if defending, Mo Wen, who was standing on the free throw line, was accepting the attack of future "Rockets star" Bob Sura.

One is the Pistons' only draft pick this year, and the other is a mid-level veteran who has played for several years. The duel between the two has attracted the attention of many people.

Old fans in China will be familiar with Bob Sura. Sura joined the Rockets in the last year of his career. He has a very unique style of play and likes to make breakthroughs. He will only take the blame if he cannot make breakthroughs.

Sura often had "good" performances in games, such as driving through wide open spaces for layups, ignoring the open Yao Ming and then rushing into the paint and being blocked, etc., which cured many fans' hypotension.

He scored 10+5+5 in the Rockets, and then had a minor surgery. After his comeback, no one wanted to do it, which proved that everyone can see this guy's cancerous brush attributes.

If you put aside your head, this guy still has some abilities.

But it’s just a bit of ability.

Don’t forget that when he was the first king in S6... Oh no, it was when he was beaten by Jordan, Kobe, and Wade in [Nightmare Dungeon]/[Hell Dungeon], Sura’s level

Players are afraid that they won’t even make the squad for that kind of game.

Sura doesn't think much of Mo Wen either. Sura's annual salary this season is 6.3 million. Not to mention the highest salary among the Pistons' summer league lineup. Looking at the entire current Pistons team, it is only as high as "Mask Man" Hamilton with an annual salary of 6.5 million.

His head.

A "big star" like him is willing to "condescend" to participate in the summer league because his data performance last season was not very good. This year is another contract year, and he wants to participate in the summer league to express himself and strive for more for the new season.

More playing time.

Cricket No. 58 rookie, isn’t he ready to catch him?

Sulla, who was famous for his explosive breakthroughs in college, has not changed his style of play after eight years in the NBA. Although the 28-year-old has suffered several injuries, his athletic ability is still at its peak.

Sura lowered his body and held the ball at his waist to make a breakthrough. He was playing his cards right and looking down on you.

Mo Wen didn't press too far forward at first, and his posture and center of gravity showed no obvious flaws, and his defensive posture was very stable.

Unlike Su La's impression of the reckless college rookie, he felt the stench of maturity in Mo Wen that only an old football ruffian could have.

An illusion, it must be an illusion!

After holding the ball and shaking it a few times, seeing that Mo Wen's center of gravity was still stable, Sura decided not to test again, and rushed towards Mo Wen's left foot in front of him with a back-breaking breakthrough.

Mo Wen took half a step and quickly turned his hips, his center of gravity did not fluctuate. After a small sliding step, he maintained the defensive cover again, and his movements were still steady.

Sura didn't release his killer move until he was halfway through the attack. He was just feinting, but when he saw the opponent was blocked, he suddenly pulled the ball to the right hand side of the opponent.

Mo Wen successfully blocked the ball again with a low-altitude sliding step without any extra movement.

Sura took a step back to open up space for another attack, and Mo Wen also followed half a step forward to maintain pressure.

"Are you so difficult?!" Sura frowned as she smelled the sweat coming from Mo Wen's body.

When Su La broke through again, the amplitude was even greater, but the speed was not as fast as at the beginning, and Mo Wen quickly caught up again.

However, after getting entangled again, Mo Wen did not give Sura a chance to dribble easily, and began to step forward to steal aggressively.

This is a trick that Mo Wen learned from future brother Deng in the dungeon. Many people’s defensive impression of brother Deng is Sharingan defense, but Harden’s defensive efficiency is actually at the upper-middle level of the league. Harden is very

He is good at using this kind of aggressive steals to maintain his deterrence on the defensive end.

Su Lazai was confused by this sudden attack. The ball slipped and was stabbed by Mo Wen, who then chased him.

"Hey, look, no serious NBA player has ever made a fortune. This kid really has something."

"His defense is really strong, but he definitely can't prevent my breakthrough."

"Shut up, you 1.7 meter dwarf. You are blocked nine times out of ten times. You are an idiot who can't even pass the ball except for breakthroughs."

"Son of Bichi, what are you barking at? Come and challenge me!"

Just one ball can make the onlookers see a lot of things.

Mo Wen's talent may not be that good, but his mature defense is something they can't match.

It's also outrageous. What serious college student wouldn't think about practicing offense and how to score and be cool, and practice defense first. You really deserve to be dropped to the bottom of the second round.

Several swingmen who were still taunting each other on the sidelines looked at each other with more hostility in their eyes. Mo Wen was basically destined to be signed, and the competition pressure for them to stay became even greater.

If Mo Wen's defense has been tempered by being "severely beaten" in various copies to be stable and efficient, then Mo Wen's offense is even more unexpectedly confident and courageous.

The success rate of the offense may not be high, but it will definitely not be sloppy, just like those stars in the NBA.

After several consecutive rounds of offensive and defensive battles, Sura was extremely depressed. Apart from his physical talent, his overall performance was almost completely suppressed by Mo Wen.

Before, when I saw Mo Wen playing well with those black players, I thought they were just black people.

After I stepped onto the court, I realized that Mowen was like a swamp. I couldn't tell the depth. The more I stepped on it, the deeper it got.

This is a rookie, who can believe it!?

I uploaded the cover and the website sent me a message saying that I cannot use the website’s logo??

(End of chapter)