This Forward is Not Serious

...

In a blink of an eye, it was half a month later.

Lin Ying and Durant have been training professionally with trainers for two months, and they have improved significantly in two months.

Because they will have a series of arrangements such as trial training, draft, summer league, etc., this wave of training is also temporarily expired.

Before leaving, Handy sat and chatted with Lin Ying.

In addition to his professional ability, Handy also has a characteristic that he is very good at dealing with players.

This is also the key factor for his success.

After all, there are so many basketball trainers, no matter how strong your professional ability is, if you are not hired, you are nothing.

"To be honest, I have helped many NBA players train, but you are the most serious and devoted in training I have ever seen. You will definitely succeed in the NBA in the future."

Handy's words were not a complete compliment. Lin Ying not only devoted herself to the training, but also practiced for a while after the training.

The attribute of this training madness is really rare.

In fact, looking back at Lin Ying's experience and his character at this time, it also made him become a "training freak" somewhere.

The famous NBA training madness, Kobe, Jimmy Butler, Leonard, including Durant, are all weird in character.

This is not simply a matter of self-discipline.

Self-discipline will allow you to train on time and hard, but it won't keep you thinking about training after training is over.

Or you can understand it here:

Immersing yourself in a crazy workout means being alone all the time, which is not something normal people do.

After a day of practice, why don't you go out to the nightclub to have fun?

Or at least treat yourself to a chilled wine bath or something, and post a social media post along the way?

Regardless of the combination of work and rest, you must spend some time enjoying what you like, right?

But people with this crazy word have nothing to do with these, because they will seize all time.

"Every minute I rest, I waste a minute catching up or widening the gap with others."

This kind of thinking, from the perspective of an ordinary person, you don't think these guys are boring and weird.

As for Lin Ying, he is more normal and has thought about it, but no one will accompany him, and he has to think about how to communicate with people, so it is better to train...

"I have some personal suggestions, and I can talk about them if you want to hear them."

Perhaps Lin Ying's attributes attracted him, Handy said proactively.

Lin Ying nodded.

It is suggested that the more the better, there is no requirement to listen.

As a data analyst, he can basically judge whether it will be beneficial to him.

"I took a look at your trial training arrangement, there are too many, in fact, you only need to try out a few teams that you think are suitable.

A team that fits you is more important than draft pick. "

Handy's words are based on the premise that Lin Ying has a good draft pick.

Lin Ying's current draft forecast is between 13 and 20.

As long as there is no outbreak of injury, Lin Yingkuangsan's performance is considered to be average in the trial training, and the probability of falling out of this range is not high.

So he is qualified to pick the team.

This is completely different from Sun Yue.

Sun Yue's words are that every trial training must go all out in order to win a chance to knock on the door of the NBA.

"And too intensive trial training will also affect your performance in trial training, and the gain outweighs the loss.

You don't have to worry about not going to the trial training. There are so many players in each trial training, but they don't really care that much.

If you are more polite, you can send a message to the previous scout to say hello. "

Handy went on to add.

Lin Ying nodded after listening.

Since Crazy Three, he has successively agreed to the trial training invitations of some teams.

Because at the time he was not sure that he could enter the NBA, or that he would not be ranked high if he entered.

But this way, the pick has been continuously improved, and some trial trainings are really unnecessary.

"Thank you, Phil, I think we may have a chance to continue working together until August."

Lin Ying stretched out her hand to Handy as she spoke.

Handy's workouts have worked out well, and he'll have money when he signs his rookie deal in July.

At that time, long-term cooperation is not impossible!

Handy smiled and shook hands with Lin Ying.

My child, what I've been waiting for is your words!

...

After finishing the two-month campus training, Lin Ying and Durant officially started the trial training tour.

Lin Ying accepted Handy's suggestion and reduced the trial teams to a few:

Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Nets, Hornets.

These teams are all attractive to Lin Ying.

Before analyzing them, we must first straighten out one point, which is also mentioned by Handy before:

What kind of team does Lin Ying want to go to and how she wants to play.

This is actually already certain.

Lin Ying's current physical condition can be three or four, but one must avoid indiscretions.

So his position has not been determined, but the style has actually been determined.

Either he plays the third position, because the ball handling skills are not good enough, start as a 3D player;

Either play the flexible fourth position, like the templates Marion and Odom that Barkley and the others discussed before, play more with movement, supplemented by a small amount of low-post singles.

So Yao Ming's suggestion to let him not gain weight is actually correct.

Pure confrontation can make him not at a disadvantage in the matchup, but without losing speed.

Or in more vernacular terms, he can show the effect of "he is not as fast as he is taller than him, and he is not as tall and long as he is faster than him" in offensive matchups.

This is one of the reasons why Marion and Odom are able to play so well.

Therefore, among the teams Lin Ying chose, the Suns and Warriors are easy to understand.

There are more than these two fast-playing teams in the league, but they are the teams that have a chance to pick him in the current draft predictions.

The remaining three teams:

The Lakers needless to say;

In addition to the factors mentioned before, the Nets went to compete with Josh Boone, Krstic and others, and he will get more opportunities;

As far as the Hornets are concerned, with Lin Ying's eyes, they will have the strength to compete for the championship next season, and their draft is the highest among all the trial teams.

What needs to be explained is that this Hornets is the New Orleans Hornets, which is the future Pelicans, and now the head star Chris Paul.

He flew to Chicago with Durant before starting a solo workout.

They will first participate in the joint tryouts held there.

...

This morning, they followed Duffy to the United Center.

At the entrance of the arena, the bronze statue of that man is very conspicuous.

Because of Jordan, the United Center is one of the most prestigious arenas in the NBA.

Many rookies took a group photo in front of the bronze statue, and Lin Ying and Durant also went to have a look.

They noticed the markings under the bronze statue.

"The.best.there.ever.was, The.best.there.ever.will.be."

(Translation: No one before, no one after)

Michael, it's you!

"If one day we can have such a bronze statue, we will have no regrets!"

Durant couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Lin Ying also has a heart.

This honor is more valuable than a championship.

After staying at the gate for a while, they entered the United Center with the large group.

After entering, they saw many familiar figures, Horford, Jeff Green, Brandon Wright, Conley, Brewer...

Players in this period still attach great importance to joint trial training, and basically no one will be absent.

From the predicted No. 1 pick to those not on the predicted list, as long as they are invited, they will come.

The same is true for NBA teams. Some teams even send their general managers to visit the site.

For example, Lin Ying saw a familiar figure right now: Steve Kerr.

Cole has been working as a commentator for TNT since he retired, and he also explained the game between the University of Texas and UNLV on the spot.

But last month he was invited by the Suns to become the general manager of the Suns.

As a rookie general manager, it is reasonable and reasonable to come to the joint trial training site to inspect rookies.

"Forest!"

Lin Ying was looking at Cole intently, when a voice suddenly appeared next to his ear, which startled him.

He turned his head and saw that it was Oden.

It's only been two months, and he looks...a lot older.

But look at him smiling, very happy.

"I have something to tell you."

After saying that, Auden pulled Lin Ying out.

"What are you doing?!"

Durant patted Oden's salty pig's hand away, and gave him an unhappy look.

Do we know you well?

Auden scratched his head in embarrassment.

However, he has a good personality and is not angry.

"I have something I want to talk to Lin alone."

He looked at Lin Ying, he was a little anxious when he saw that Lin Ying was too excited just now.

"Kevin, I'll be right back."

Lin Ying was also curious about what Auden wanted from him.

But in this joint trial training scene, it is impossible for Oden to eat him.

Although Durant was a little reluctant, he didn't say anything.

Just at this time Abrams came over, and he was also invited to participate in the joint trial training.

"I went to Houston to find an old Chinese doctor named Tang Tian. He was great. He helped me a lot. I must thank you in person."

Lin Ying followed Aoden to a place where there were fewer people, and Aoden said in a low voice at this time.

Lin Ying was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and he would have almost forgotten about it if Auden didn't say anything.

"Oh, by the way, what's your mobile phone number? I'll introduce Tang Tian to you later. If you need it in the future, he should be able to help you as well."

Oden continued.

It is basically impossible for a basketball player to have no injuries, nothing more than big and small, and he is not a crow's mouth.

Lin Ying reported her number to Oden.

But he didn't ask for details.

Now the matter of Oden's knee injury has not been exposed, even if he asked Oden, it is impossible to say it.

After chatting for a few more words, he went back soon after the trial training started.

The joint workout mainly includes several parts: physical testing (static and dynamic testing), strength and agility testing, shooting drills, half-court training, five-on-five training, and medical examinations.

The first part is the physical test, which is also the most important part.

The first is height, which Durant has already started.

"6'10?"

After Durant finished measuring, the staff confirmed it to him.

"6'9."

Durant returned a number.

The staff directly wrote 6 feet 9.

Hey, it's that simple...

And, a little outrageous!

But no one thinks it's strange, it's all agreed upon.

As long as you don't change too much, the staff will basically follow suit.

Some people may say that this is not the players and the league united to fool the NBA team?

Not so.

First of all, the trial training cannot be the only joint trial training this time. The team will definitely measure the height of the players in private.

Secondly, NBA teams care more about wingspan, strength, jumping speed, continuous jumping ability, shooting ability gap, rebounding ability to judge the ability of these aspects, more or less 1 inch, they don't actually care that much.

Soon it was Lin Ying's turn.

"6'8?"

The same question was thrown to Lin Ying.

"6'9."

Lin Ying also gave her own answer.

Duffy also gave them advice on how much height to report.

In Lin Ying's words, she chose to follow the mainstream and report an extra inch.

But it's also a good thing that he and Durant didn't measure their height next to each other.

Otherwise, if the two reported the same height, the picture must be quite inconsistent.

After measuring her height, Lin Ying took part in other physical tests one after another, and this will be the entire content of the first day of the joint trial training.

Before doing the last 185-pound bench press, his physical measurement data are as follows:

Barefoot height: 6 feet 9 (205.74cm)

Height with shoes: 209cm

Weight: 101kg

Armspan: 221cm

Body fat rate: 7.3%

3/4 sprint: 3.29s

Height in situ: 273.8cm

Take-off height in situ: 68cm

Run-up take-off height: 80cm

Bottom line switchback run: 10.8s

...

One year in the NCAA, coupled with the past two months of professional training, his abilities have improved.

He and Durant finally met again before going to the final 185-pound bench press.

They were right with the physical test report in their hands.

When seeing the height, both of them laughed out loud at the same time.

And what's interesting is that although Lin Ying's run-up jump is not as good as Durant's 85.09cm, his stand-up jump is worse than Durant's 66cm.

"Kevin, why don't you bench press and find a reason not to go, such as stomach discomfort or something?"

On the way there, Lin Ying suggested in a low voice.

He knew that Durant didn't bench press once in history when he participated in the joint tryout.

Now Durant's champion is very popular. If he can't push it up, it will definitely make the Trail Blazers worry.

"No one will believe this, right?"

Durant actually didn't really want to go.

In his eyes, the bench press is something that weightlifters should practice. Why is he doing that for a skilled small forward?

Lin Ying nodded helplessly.

It may not be possible to push it up, but if you don't go, it may make people suspect that he is injured.

There is no way but to let nature take its course.

Speaking of which, Durant's current strength is considered to be more than that in history, and he may be able to push one or two up.

When they arrived, the bench press was already being tested.

At this time, Brandon Wright was being tested, and his result was 2...

Well, being detained by Lin Ying is not wronged.

Horford 20 times...

No wonder Lin Ying couldn't take advantage of it in the finals. This guy's upper body strength is terrifying.

It's a pity that Lawson didn't come, otherwise the little steel cannon would have been amazing for a while.

Soon it was Lin Ying's turn.

After Lin Ying performed a wave of operations, his number was 13 times.

No more, no less, just one more than Noah, just like Thaddeus Young.

This is at the upper-middle level among rookies, but it has been significantly improved compared to the 7 times when he first crossed.

Core strength training is still effective.

Durant is on!

Lin Ying silently cheered for him in her heart.

Durant also suffocated.

Then, he still didn't push up...

Hi! Unavoidable scene!

ps: I don’t dare to say that people are okay, I feel that I set up a flag yesterday, and the saved manuscript was changed first, and it was too late to change last night.