I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chen Xiao was flattered by the reception and attention she received in New Jersey.

The Nets have reached the finals and are now waiting for the birth of the Western Conference champion.

Under such circumstances, the team's general manager Rod Thorn and the team's head coach Byron Scott all appeared in his individual trial training, but Chen Xiao was a little moved.

Before going to the Wizards to participate in the trial training, Chen Xiao still had a lot of expectations for this trip to the United States.

For example, it is sought after by thousands of people, popular and so on.

But after sitting on the bench for seven days with the Wizards, he knew that he was not that popular.

Although he is a very humble person, the NCAA's pursuit of him last season still had a great psychedelic effect on him.

Now, Chen Xiao no longer fantasizes about the high lottery pick of the Wizards.

Now, he just wants to get the Nets' first-round pick down-to-earth.

The Nets are still in the playoffs, and they don't have the time or the energy to do the second and third tryouts.

Even Chen Xiao's solo trial training only lasted three days.

Chen Xiao's individual trial training with the Nets lasted from June 2nd to June 4th, and on June 5th, the finals were about to start.

Therefore, in order to secure the first-round pick from the Nets, Chen Xiao wanted to do his best.

However, just as Chen Xiao was about to give it his all, Dan Feigen, his current manager, stopped him.

Dan Fagan is the agent recommended by Wade's agent Henry Thomas for him.

Out of trust in Henry, Chen Xiao of course also trusts Fagan.

"Chen, no matter whether the NBA team's attitude towards you is warm or cold, their ultimate goal is to achieve their own interests. They hope to make a risk-free decision after fully understanding you."

"The team has the interests of the team, which is understandable, but the players also need to have their own interests. Our interest is to let the NBA team use a higher bargaining chip to make a super-risky investment. If we can win in the future It’s the best, if we can’t win in the future, I hope that the one that hurts the most in the end is not my players, but the NBA team, Chen, do you understand what I’m talking about?”

"..."

"Chen, Henry told me a lot about you. You are a very smart kid, but you are a little too kind-hearted. I know you understand what I said. Maybe you don't agree with it now, but please remember , The NBA is not the NCAA, there is passion, loyalty, and trust here, but more interests, interests, interests!"

"The Nets' enthusiasm for you is too low to take off the red hijab you are wearing, 'honggatou', is my pronunciation correct?"

"Very, very good."

Chen Xiao nodded with wide eyes.

"So, Chen, the Nets want to get to know you completely, no problem, first give the bride price enough, and marry you in first, if it's just enthusiasm and an 'I love you', it's not enough, understand? "

Of course Chen Xiao understood, and she understood it a long time ago.

The Nets are using their enthusiasm to treat her as an "empty glove white wolf".

"Chen, remember, you are not an ordinary rookie. Your goal is not to enter the NBA. Your goal is to enter the NBA with a higher pick. Those ordinary rookies need to show their hearts and souls to the team. All of it, you don't need it."

As a 19-year-old young man who had just entered the society and this money society, Chen Xiao was really shocked by Dan Feigen's words.

So red and fruity!

Soon.

It wasn't just Chen Xiao who was shocked, but the Nets' management was soon shocked as well.

"Mr. Thorne, Mr. Scott, I'm very glad that you Nets invited my players during their busy schedules, but unfortunately, my players will not conduct physical fitness tests and confrontation tests in any of the trials. , I do not agree with your trial training content."

"Is the technical ability test acceptable?"

"No way."

Rod Thorne and Byron Scott were stunned.

No talent test, no confrontation test, no technical ability test...

"Then what can we do?"

Facing the shocked and angry two, Dan Fegan smiled slightly, brought a few stools from the side of the training field, and formed a circle around the paint area.

"You can sit in these chairs and watch my players up close and watch their incredible mid-range shots."

Seriously, Rod Thorne and Byron Scott are well-informed people.

Especially Rod Thorn, he is the NBA and Jerry West are known as two people who understand the king.

He had never seen such a thing in any training camp.

In fact, it can't be blamed that Rod Thorn hasn't seen it, because in the history of NBA drafts, there has never been a player who has nothing like Chen Xiao.

"This is the draft trial for the New Jersey Nets of the Finals team. What we need is not a player who can only make a few mid-range shots from the chair!"

Rod Thorne and Byron Scott hadn't spoken yet, and the Nets star Keith Van Horn, who was specially brought in to test Chen Xiao next to them, couldn't help it.

"That's sorry."

After Dan Feigen finished speaking with a smile, he left the training hall with Chen Xiao who had just changed into training clothes.

To be reasonable, Chen Xiao, who was taken out of the training hall by Dan Feigen, was still confused.

Would this be too bad?

The Wizards treated him so coldly, he insisted on going for seven days, and the Nets treated him so courteously, he actually left directly...

"Danny, is this going to be bad?"

"Chen, don't worry, I believe in your ability. A team that shoots less than 40% of its mid-range shots in the regular season and playoffs needs you."

No one expected that a trial training that had been prepared for a long time would break up like this.

Chen Xiao didn't expect it, and the Nets actually didn't expect it either.

Maybe only Danny Fagan thought of it?

Chen Ling didn't know if Danny Fagan had thought about it, anyway, after he broke up with the Nets, Dan Fagan led him around New Jersey as if nothing had happened.

After that breakup, the Nets never contacted Chen Xiao again, and of course Fagan never contacted the Nets again.

On June 5, 2002, Chen Xiao and Fagan watched the G1 finals game between the Lakers and the Nets in a hotel in New Jersey.

The Lakers players are a little tired after the tragic fight with the Kings, while the Nets on the opposite side are full of morale.

But as soon as the game came up, the Nets were directly defeated by the Lakers.

In the first quarter, the Nets only scored 14 points, and the team's shooting percentage was even less than 30%. Even if the 3-for-0 three-pointers were removed, the two-point shooting percentage was only 6 of 19. If layups and dunks were excluded , How miserable is the Nets' mid-range shooting percentage?

Throughout the first quarter, the player with the most distance goals in the Nets only scored one.

The finals between the Lakers and the Nets ended in G1. The poorly-formed Lakers defeated the highly motivated New Jersey Nets 99-94 at home.

The game between the Nets and the Lakers was over. I don't know if it was Chen Xiao's illusion, but the smile on Fagan's face became even brighter.

On June 7, 2002, in the second game of the Finals between the Lakers and the Nets, the Lakers, who had recovered, easily defeated the Nets 106-83 at home.

The Lakers' state has recovered a lot, and the Nets, their shooting state in this game is worse than the previous game.

In this game, the Nets shot less than 35% from the field. They couldn't hit O'Pang inside, couldn't make three-pointers from outside, and didn't have a stable mid-range ability. The Nets in this game were really miserable.

"I always thought that the Lakers would not win a championship this season..."

"The Lakers are still strong."

After Fagen finished speaking with a smile, Chen Ling nodded.

If the Lakers really become a dynasty, the Ok combination should still be able to survive.

Will I be able to play against the Ok Lakers in the NBA next season?

Thinking of this, Chen Ling laughed like Fei Gen next to him.

Looking forward to it!

In the 2002 NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers swept the New Jersey Nets 4-0 with a style of play.

On June 13, 2002, the second day after the NBA finals, Chen Xiao and Dan Feigen were in the hotel. Early in the morning, they met the general manager of the Nets, Ron Sauder, and the head coach of the Nets. Len Scott.

Seeing the two high-level executives of the Nets standing in front of him, Chen Xiao's unusually bright big eyes were full of admiration for Dan Feigen who was standing beside him and smiling.

"Ron, Byron, in my opinion, the Nets can become stronger next season, what do you think?"

"Danny was right."

Ron Sauder and Dan Fagan, who were chatting at this time, still had 10 days of tension.

Seeing the two of them exchanging friendly greetings, Chen Xiao was silent.

"Is this the world of adults?"

New Jersey, the Nets' practice facility.

Because of the loss in the finals, the Nets left here with their sadness and pain.

And here, it completely became a stage for Chen Xiao and the 'chairs' to have fun.

Of course, the two high-level executives of the Nets were not sitting on the chairs, but the trainers of the Nets.

"Okay, guys, instead of sitting, you can stand on chairs now."

Under the command of Dan Fagan, all the trainers who were sitting on the chairs stood on the chairs.

NBA trainers are already tall, but now they all stand on chairs, like little giants.

"I allow you to open your hands again."

"Chen, is there any problem?"

"No!"

Of course no problem!

"This guy is too good at playing!"

Byron Scott was stunned.

However, whether it was Byron Scott or Rod Thorne, they were all watching intently.

Standing on a chair to defend has more reference value.

"Constantly raising expectations?"

"Will you give me a jujube after hitting you with a stick?"

Seeing Chen Xiao, who was walking in the mid-range and hitting various shooting points in the face of little giants, Rod Thorne had to admire Dan Feigen's style of play.

Knowing that it was a pit, he also fell into it.

"Danny, I want to try another three-point shot against them, how about it?"

"Is it an NCAA three-pointer?"

"No, it's the NBA three-point line!"

Soon, not only Byron Scott and Ron Thord, but even Dan Fagan were stunned.

"How long has it been? Just practiced such a three-pointer?"

"This incredible basketball learning ability!"

"What is his physical fitness? If his physical fitness reaches the average level of the NBA, it doesn't matter even if he is a little bit worse!"

"I really want to know his physical fitness and confrontation ability in a comprehensive way!"

"Damn Dan Fagan!"

As Chen Xiao's training in the Nets became more and more excellent, the surprises he brought were getting bigger and bigger. The two principals of the Nets scolded Dan Feigen frantically in their hearts, but their faces turned to Feigen and Chen Xiao. Attitude is getting better and better.

Just when Chen Xiao was showing herself to the fullest in the Nets, returning from vacation alone attracted the attention of the entire NBA.

"Michael, may I ask if you ended your vacation early for the NBA draft?"

"certainly!"

"Michael, who do you like most in this rookie class?"

"Hahahaha, of course it's the magical boy who is about to come to the Wizards!"

Jordan's laugh stunned the surrounding media.

"Is Jordan setting off smoke bombs or does he really want to pick Boy Wonder?"

Of course, it was not only the media reporters who were so arrogant and stunned by Jordan, but also the Wizards head coach Collins.

"Michael, if we really wanted Boy Wonder, we shouldn't be saying that in the media."

"Doug, you mean, what that guy Pat Riley said, I can't say? You mean, my draft is not as good as that guy Pat Riley?"

"..."

The return of Jordan pushed Chen Xiao to the focus of the 2002 draft.

New Jersey.

"Rod, have you read today's USA Today?"

Looking at Dan Feigen who was smiling at this time, Ron Thord felt his teeth itch with hatred.

He tried his best to test Chen Xiao's physical talent, but this guy saw through them all.

Of course he read the USA Today report, not only USA Today, but many media have reported on Jordan's return.

"Rhode, I hope Chen can stay in the Nets, but this requires not only my efforts, but also yours."

"I know, but I hope that Chen can refuse all team invitations and official NBA invitations after finishing the Nets' trial training."

"no problem."

Seeing that Dan Feigen agreed to his request so easily, Rhodes Thorne froze for a moment.

"Rod, please believe in my sincerity. I not only hope that my players will benefit, but I also hope for a win-win situation."

"I know, for our win-win, cheers!"

Dan Fagan and Rod Thorne toasted and smiled at each other, with a hint of grudges.

"Danny, are we really going to reject all official training camps?"

"certainly."

Dan Fagan looked at Chen Xiao seriously and said, "Chen, I won't let you be a stepping stone for other rookies. In any joint training camp without Wade participating, you will only be a stepping stone. So, even if there is no Nets I will help you to refuse all the requests."

Chen Xiao, who originally wanted to meet the heroes, nodded solemnly.

Now, if no one passes the ball to him, he can only serve as a stepping stone for others.

Those joint trials are not individual trials. I heard that they are very barbaric.

"Danny, do you think the Nets are more suitable for me than the Wizards?"

"Of course, the Nets got you because they needed you, and the Wizards got you because it was Jordan's personal preference."

"Chen, do you want to be Jordan's pet?"

"..."

"I see, Danny, what do I need to do now?"

"You don't have to do anything, just wait with me for the 2002 draft."

"It's not us who need to work hard now, it's the Nets."

So, accompanied by Dan Feigen again, Chen Xiao started touring the United States.

To be honest, Chen Xiao never thought that her draft journey would be so easy.

"Is this the benefit of having a big-name agent?"

Chen Xiao understood it.

"Danny, why did such a big-name agent like yours take a fancy to me?"

"Wade begged Henry, Henry begged me."

"Chen, you have a very good friend who is very worried about what happened to you in the Wizards."

"..."

Xiaotai...

In Chicago, a certain gangster is going crazy at this moment...

ps1: Dazhang, Dazhang, please recommend, please collect! ! !

ps2: Dan Fagan is a very controversial agent. Everyone is familiar with him as Yi Jianlian’s agent. However, he is also Arenas’ agent. The big contract directly contributed to the league's 'Arenas' clause. At the same time, he is also the agent of Timberwolves Joe Smith, the leader of the Timberwolves' underground contract, and one of the culprits of the Timberwolves' banned draft picks.

Because there is no bottom line and unscrupulous means, Dan Fegan's fans and the team's evaluation is not so high, but he is very popular with the players, including the UAE is grateful to him.