One Guard

Yiyang carefully dribbled the ball outside the three-point line. He kept alternating left and right hands, so that the guards defending him had no chance of stealing.

Seeing Jeremy Lin start running again, Yiyang looked up at the time on the backboard. 13 seconds, 13 seconds left before the end of shot clock. Yiyang began to speed up his dribbling rhythm with left and right hands alternately. The Suns guard who defended him knew that this guy was going to break through!

However, Yiyang did not suddenly accelerate as people imagined. Instead, he raised his hand and passed the ball, allowing Jeremy Lin, who ran out of space, to control the ball.

The small guard of the Suns hadn't reacted yet, but Yiyang, who was off the ball just after passing the ball, quickly flashed past him.

Jeremy Lin is also a point guard and is extremely willing to share the ball. After seeing Yiyang cut inside, Jeremy Lin made another pass as planned. The basketball hit Yiyang again. At this time, Yiyang, who escaped the matchup by running without the ball, faced only the Suns center defending the basket!

Facing the unnamed big black man guarding the penalty area, Yiyang was not afraid, but took off directly and made a layup!

The big black man is not to be outdone, if he can block the layup of the Tanhuaxiu, maybe he will leave a deep impression on the team!

The two took off one after the other, neither showing any sign of weakness. But the tall and long-armed Suns center obviously has the upper hand, and a block seems to have become a certainty.

Just when the black center of the Suns team was about to catch the basketball, Yiyang retracted the basketball in the air and arched his waist. After avoiding the block, he straightened up again with his strong waist and abdomen, lifted the basketball, and then picked it into the basket. A pull-bar layup with a terrifying time in the air made it impossible for Yiyang to score the ball!

"It's so easy! The cooperation between Yi and Jeremy Lin is very exciting. And the last attack of Yi is even more jaw-dropping! An extremely beautiful tie-bar layup, in the summer league, in Yi It seems that it may be as enjoyable as playing!" The commentator watched Yiyang's performance, smiled and shook his head. No wonder the Mavericks' summer league is so popular this year that TNT had to temporarily buy the rights to broadcast it.

The show from China completely raised the excitement of the summer league to a whole new level.

After the goal was scored, the Suns were already 15 points behind, and there were only two minutes left before the end of the game. The coaches of the two sides "hit it off", this game is incomparable!

Terry Stotts replaced his main player Yiyang. The third overall pick who scored 22 points and 13 assists won the applause of everyone present.

In fact, most of the fans in this small arena came for Yiyang. After all, this is the best opportunity to watch future superstars with the least price of tickets!

"It's over." After Yiyang left the field, he took the towel and put it on his neck, and then said something to the assistant coach.

"That's right, it's over." Terry Stotts patted Yiyang on the shoulder. After this game, the Mavericks' summer league tour will also officially come to an end.

After that, Yiyang has to start all-round meetings with the team, participate in training camps, and play preseason games. Then, this kid really has to show his face in the real NBA battlefield.

"They...will they sign Jeremy?" Yiyang looked at Jeremy Lin who was still on the court and took the time to express himself. After working with him for so long, Yiyang really liked the guy who had the same personality as himself. The guy of skin color and himself partnered in the backcourt. With two guys who can pass and attack at the same time, Yiyang's offensive options are indeed more abundant.

"Lin's performance is good, and I also know that you two get along very well in the locker room. But I'm sorry, but whether he can stay or not, I said it doesn't matter. So, I don't know if he can get a contract. Stotts spread his hands, it was the first time he saw a player who was so reluctant to part with his summer league teammates.

For a boy who is used to being alone in the Woodland area, after meeting a group of friends in college, he learned to cherish the preciousness of friends. He knew that no one in this world had the obligation to treat him well. And those who treat themselves well must also treat others sincerely. But in this cruel world, people often don't show mercy.

In the end, the Mavericks won their final summer league game. This year's Las Vegas Summer League title was also won by the Mavericks. And Yiyang, with averages of 23.2 points, 12.4 assists and 3.5 steals per game, has become the MVP that everyone expects.

For Yiyang and Stotts, maybe winning the championship in a summer league doesn't mean much at all. But for other players who don't know whether they can play in the NBA, this championship means too much.

After the game, the players celebrated wildly in the locker room. For marginal players, this trophy is their O'Brien Cup. After all, many of the people here may be the last chance to play in the NBA.

In the future, when they are doing other jobs or playing in other leagues, they can still chat with their relatives and friends and say: "I also won the NBA championship back then!"

That night, Jeremy Lin, who shared a room with Yiyang, received a call from the Mavericks official. Although Yiyang didn't say a word, he was still eager to hear the good news.

However, Jeremy Lin's disappointed expression after hanging up the phone made Yiyang understand everything.

"It seems that today is also the last game of our cooperation." Jeremy Lin threw his phone on the bed and forced a smile at Yiyang.

Just now, the official called to inform Jeremy Lin that he had been officially laid off by the Mavericks. This call wasn't even made by Cuban or Nelson Jr. himself. It can be seen from this that Jeremy Lin's importance in the eyes of the Mavericks management is actually not very great.

Yiyang didn't know what to say, if you want this taciturn guy to comfort others, it's naturally impossible.

Yiyang just stood up and punched Jeremy Lin in the chest. "Don't give up, it's still early."

"You too, buddy." Jeremy Lin's eyes were a little rosy, but his smile still remained. "Let those damned guys see that a little yellow-skinned guy can also gain a foothold in the NBA!"

"I'll prove it, and you can too." Yiyang squeezed Jeremy Lin's shoulders hard, and didn't continue this sad topic.

At the moment he hung up the phone, Jeremy Lin actually wanted to give up. Apart from the NBA, Jeremy Lin does not want to play anywhere else. He originally wanted to find a job related to basketball, such as being a scout, trainer or something.

But just now, Yiyang's firm eyes made Jeremy Lin sweep away these thoughts. He wants to play in the NBA, he can't give up yet!

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Actually, it's not just Jeremy Lin. Except for Yiyang, Cuban didn't like any of the players who represented the Mavericks in the Summer League this summer. Yiyang's brilliant performance just made Cuban completely lose interest in other undrafted rookies and fringe people. After all, if a player can't play a dominant performance in the summer league. After entering the NBA, I'm afraid it really doesn't have much use.

There were no newspapers, no media, no reporters, and no one cared. Early the next morning, the champion team of the Las Vegas Summer League quietly disbanded without anyone knowing. The players ended their fantasy championship journey and went their separate ways.

At the beginning, a group of young men came to Las Vegas with great ambitions. Now, only Yiyang has the chance to play in Dallas.

This incident undoubtedly made the fledgling Yiyang experience the coldness of professional basketball for the first time. He knows that in the NBA, he must keep improving, keep improving, and maintain momentum. As long as one day he dies, the league and those fans who may have been cheering for you the night before will abandon you mercilessly! And you can only disappear in the wheel of history, as if you have never been here.

See how hard Jeremy Lin is, and his performance on the court is not bad. But the management will play like a stranger, and they can knock you out casually.

In the NBA, only strength can represent everything! Yiyang looked out the window, at the desolate desert in Nevada. He suddenly felt that there seemed to be no difference between the NBA where the weak and the strong preyed on the strong and the Wood District in Long Beach...

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Half a month after the end of the summer league, the Mavericks' pre-season training camp also restarted. This time around, the goal of training isn't to get players' bodies out of vacation, but to prepare for the long season ahead.

When Kidd, Nowitzki and others returned to the training ground, their views on Yiyang had undergone a huge change. The Chinese defender's performance in the summer league has conquered the fans and also conquered his teammates.

During the pre-season training camp, Kidd, who has long been impatient, would go up to guide Yiyang from time to time. As for Yiyang, although he can't talk about enthusiasm, he is very humble when facing Kidd's every guidance.

Gradually, Yiyang and the players of the Mavericks gradually became acquainted. Terry, the clown, became the guy who talked to Yiyang the most in the locker room.

Although sometimes Terry would make some harmless jokes about Yiyang, Carlisle was still very happy to see that Tanhua got along so well with his teammates.

After the training camp is over, the NBA preseason officially begins. And Yiyang finally made an official appearance in front of the fans.

In the preseason, the Mavericks played a total of five games and won three of them. After five games, Yiyang's average per game has changed from a blockbuster in the summer league to a mediocre 9.8 points and 6.2 assists.

People are laughing at Cuban, laughing at him for trading an All-Star for a "Summer League Jordan." And there are fans in China who are completely disappointed with the Chinese defender and complain again and again. Sun Yue's performance in the summer league was miserable enough. He thought he had seen hope, but who knew that in the end, he was even more disappointed.

But the Mavericks themselves don't seem to be worried about this issue. Everyone knows Yiyang's strength, and everyone knows it too. As a point guard, it will take time for Yiyang to adapt to a new and stronger system.

In a blink of an eye, there are only 3 days left before the start of the 2010-2011 NBA season. It is also getting closer and closer to the time when Yiyang, a Chinese prospect, will make his NBA debut.

Under the ridicule of "Summer League Jordan" from the outside world, what kind of performance will Yiyang show?

With dreams and expectations, this Asian boy from Wood District is about to officially hit the road!