This Forward is Not Serious

After the first day of joint trial training, Lin Ying and Durant returned to the hotel to rest.

Originally, Cole wanted to chat with Lin Ying at night, but because Durant was autistic, Lin Ying declined.

Anyway, he will go to the Suns to try out later. Durant's personal status is more important than small talk.

Durant is really autistic!

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None of them were pushed up!

Because it was the No. 1 pick, when Durant went up, many scouts on the scene came to see it.

In the end, good guy, it didn't feel like a three-minute thing, but... "Are you in?"

The scouts held back their laughter, but the strength coaches on the scene laughed.

"Do you think I'm going to fall out of the lottery?"

After shutting himself off for a while, Durant asked Lin Ying.

"How can it be!"

Lin Ying immediately denied it.

In history, Durant did not push up, and he was still the second place!

However, Lin Ying definitely couldn't justify what she saw with her celestial eyes.

"You know that force is related to torque. Your arms are long, so the bench press is difficult. That doesn't represent your true strength."

Lin Ying tried to explain it with the knowledge of physics.

Durant smiled wryly, even he didn't believe this explanation...

Seeing Durant's reaction, Lin Ying scratched her head, and finally changed her method.

"Do you know how many bench presses Dwight Howard's rookie body measured for 185 pounds?"

Durant shook his head.

It is estimated that only data analysts like Lin Ying will pay attention to and remember this kind of thing.

"7 times."

Lin Ying gave the answer.

"Not 17 times?"

"No, it's 7 times."

Lin Ying repeated.

Durant was still surprised.

After all, Howard is known for his strength, and he is also famous for his upper body strength!

"So this result also shows that you have a lot of room for improvement."

Lin Ying continued.

He is not talking nonsense. Howard bench press 185 pounds 7 times during the physical test, but the maximum bench press at the peak was 475 pounds!

In fact, Durant in history is also such an example. His maximum bench press at his peak also reached 315 pounds.

Systematic and professional training can greatly improve a person's strength.

This time, Durant nodded.

"And only those who rely on strength to survive in the NBA will pay special attention to this statistic.

But it doesn't matter to you, after all, who wants Kevin Durant to fight opponents in the paint? "

Lin Ying said finally.

Durant laughed when he heard this.

"Ying, you already know how to comfort people."

He finally said with a smile.

...

There are still several days of joint trial training, but apart from the physical test on the first day, the rest is actually irrelevant.

Many players will choose not to participate, and Lin Ying and Durant will naturally not stay.

Durant didn't have many workouts, and he returned to Austin to continue training.

Lin Ying's words officially started her personal trial training journey.

First stop of his workout: Phoenix.

Phoenix is ​​no stranger to Lin Ying, because the NCAA final between the University of Texas and the University of Florida was held here more than two months ago!

The previous game arena was called the University of Phoenix Stadium. Phoenix is ​​the abbreviation of Phoenix, which means hot place.

Returning to the hometown after two months, the final seems like yesterday.

Duffy and Lin Ying arrived the day before the trial training.

The reason for this arrangement was that Duffy took him to meet someone first.

"Zonda" Steve Nash.

Nash's agent is also Duffy, and he has been with him for many years.

This is also the reason why Nash and Yao Ming have a good personal relationship.

To use a less vivid metaphor, this is the recruiting of the master, the master brought the younger brother to see the elder brother.

Nash's nose was still a bit swollen, and Horry's hit was indeed a bit hard.

"You may not think that I was there when you played the NCAA finals here."

Nash is also very good at chatting, and hugged Lin Ying with a smile as soon as he came up.

Lin Ying was indeed a little surprised.

However, there are more than 80,000 people, and it is impossible to show everyone the live footage.

At the beginning, Anthony went to watch their games. The NBA did not arrange a game on the day of the finals. It was more normal for Nash to watch.

After a brief face-to-face meeting and a few people sat down to chat, Nash expressed his great interest in Lin Ying.

Defense, passing, three-pointers, ball intelligence, relatively fast speed in the fourth position, Lin Ying is really suitable for the Suns!

Here is a look back at the just-concluded Western Conference semifinals between the Suns and Spurs.

The biggest impact of that impact was not Nash himself, because Nash still played G5.

The biggest impact was that the collision sparked a conflict, and the result of the conflict was that Horry was suspended for 2 games, and Stoudemire and Diaw were suspended for 1 game!

This is tantamount to completing a wave of 1 for 2, which also directly caused the Suns to lose the game 85 to 88 in Tianwangshan.

Due to lack of manpower in G5, the Suns only had 6 players in rotation, but in the end they only lost by 3 points.

Suns fans are really hard to understand.

Of course, you can also feel that many championships in the NBA are actually not so clean.

Footsteps, disabled people, suspensions for causing conflicts, referees controlling the field... This can be seen in many series.

So Nash's interest at this time is better understood.

Although as a player, it is even more difficult, but the competition must continue in the coming year.

They are so close to the championship this year, and their salary structure is also reasonable, and they will definitely make a comeback next year.

Recruitment is a must.

"I just think it might be difficult for us to draft you with the current pick."

Nash's next words were more realistic.

The Suns now have two picks in the first round, one with the 29th pick of their own, and the other with the 24th pick from the Cavaliers in the previous trade.

"I've talked to Steve about this, and he doesn't rule out the option of trading picks up."

That's when Duffy cut in.

What he was talking about was Steve, of course not Nash, who was sitting across from him, but Cole.

Cole also returned to Phoenix the same day as them.

"It seems that we will have the opportunity to play ball together in the summer."

Nash said with a smile after hearing it.

...

The home of the Suns is now called the US Airways Center, a name that was changed only last year.

Before that, it was called the American West Arena, and older fans should be more familiar with this name.

Trials are held in the training hall of the arena.

This isn't the Suns' first tryout, but it's one that's been taken seriously.

General manager Steve Kerr, head coach D'Antoni, and team boss Nash were all present.

When Lin Ying entered, Nash reached out to greet him, and pulled D'Antoni to say a few words, and D'Antoni also looked at Lin Ying a few more times.

Lin Ying took a look at the people who came to try out, most of them had never met before.

It can be roughly divided into two parts:

Some big men: Nick Fazekas, Josh McRoberts;

The other part is the point guard: Alandu Tucker, Aaron Brooks, Gabe Pruitt;

From this, we can also see the types of reinforcement players for the Suns, one is an insider or striker with three-point ability, and the other is to find another substitute for Nash.

Before the trial training started, someone came over and explained the trial training process to them.

The first part is a no-confrontation workout.

This test mainly focuses on some basic abilities, such as shooting, passing, dribbling over obstacles, catching and dunking;

The second part is the confrontation trial training.

This part is more direct, which is to arrange trial training players to confront each other, and observe players through one-on-one, three-on-three, or even full-court confrontation.

The trial training started soon, and Lin Ying was in a group with Fizekas and Josh McRoberts.

Three-pointers and passing are Lin Ying's strengths, and he basically does it all at once.

And what surprised D'Antoni was that his ball handling skills and three-point shooting speed were much better than he imagined.

"It seems that the rumors are true, he is a training freak."

D'Antoni turned to talk to Cole.

In fact, based on Lin Ying's current draft predictions, he shouldn't appear in this trial training.

But as I said at dinner yesterday, the Suns may trade up the draft pick for him.

So naturally, D'Antoni will definitely pay more attention to him.

Then, he found that he also liked Lin Ying a little bit.

It's better than expected, which shows that Lin Ying has been training and improving crazily for the past two months.

Which coach would not like players who train hard!

The first part of the trial training is over, and the second part will start immediately.

The first paragraph of the second part is one-on-one, which is a bit like the one-on-one approach of the US team.

If a ball can be scored, it will stay on the field, and if it is shot down, it will wait to play again, and then get another chance to attack through successful defense.

During this process, you can observe the player's offense and defense at the same time.

Lin Ying and Mike Roberts were arranged to be the first two people to play.

Mike Roberts attacked and Lin Ying defended.

Mike Roberts is also a figure who became famous when he was young. He was regarded as the number one power forward in the United States in high school.

Players who have played NBAlive should be familiar with it, the big killer of live08.

He has the body of a center but plays like a guard, can shoot and pass well, and has an elegant style of play. He was considered a lottery prospect in 2005.

But Mike Roberts made a mistake in that he didn't directly run for the election like Howard, but chose to go to college.

It doesn't matter if you go to college, you still go to Duke.

Then, he was done...

He was asked by the old K to gain weight to play center forward!

As a result, even when his body fat rate reached 13%, he still couldn't hit those big centers, and he also lost his elegant style of play.

Others are neither three nor four, but he has become neither four nor five!

Young drafts like 2006 fell to the end of the first round and were forced to go back to school for another year.

As a result, he was injured this year, and after a lumbar discectomy, he had a chronic back injury.

This is considered useless.

What needs to be said is that the trial heads-up is not launched directly from the three-point line, but the attack is launched by receiving a pass from a high position.

Mike Roberts opted for a face-up offense.

What makes him stronger than Lin Ying is that his offensive skills are more comprehensive, especially good at attacking with the ball.

Three threats with the ball, change direction and break through.

He is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms.

It's rare for a big player to use this skill.

And although he is no longer the high-spirited boy in high school, he can still see the demeanor of Weber's successor back then.

However, because of Duke's round trip this year, he didn't have the chance to fight Lin Ying. He obviously underestimated Lin Ying's attack speed and Lin Ying's understanding of him.

Sky Eye is a good thing for traversers.

The peak of McRoberts' history was during the Bobcats period, with one-handed passing and organization, and a long flowing hair, passing the ball behind the back and crossing the ball across the half court, just like a rough and young version of the big Ginobi profit.

Well, still a left-handed general.

Lin Ying looked directly at the position to fight, and then put pressure on the defense, and then forced him to go to the right.

Compared with the predicament in which Oden could only go around the front when defending Oden in the Crazy Three finals, his defense at this time is obviously much more calm.

This is the impact of counter-improvement.

Although his current confrontation is not necessarily enough for the NBA, it is enough to face most NCAA players.

McRoberts was not strong in confrontation, and after gaining weight, his speed was slow, and he was forced to his uncomfortable right, and finally turned around reluctantly and shot out of the basket.

In the first round, Lin Ying managed to stay on the field.

This also allowed him to get an offensive opportunity in the next round.

Next up was Nick Fazekas.

Compared with McRoberts, Fazekas' reputation is much lower.

But Lin Ying was no stranger to him.

Without him, it is only because the future has been naturalized by Japan, and he can often be seen when the men's basketball team and Japan play against each other in Asia.

In general, this is a weakened version of Brandon Wright.

Lin Ying caught the ball with her back and directly chose to attack!

Originally, before his confrontation promotion, he had an advantage in playing this kind of slender inside line. After the confrontation promotion, he also became more calm.

The back is hard, and the big buttocks are pushed out and then turned around directly, which is a dunk!

"Boom!"

The muffled sound of this buckle was loud enough!

Trial! Never miss an opportunity to show off your fitness!

This dunk also made D'Antoni like it even more.

Because of her identity as a yellow race and her MOP in the semi-finals, Lin Ying's current reputation is not small.

Durant's label in the media is "indifferent", Lin Ying's words have changed over the past year, not withdrawn, but "introverted".

Good guy, introverted, this style of play is not introverted at all!

He is indeed the man who has dunked Hibbert and Auden three times insanely!

Of course, there is also the golf quotient displayed by Lin Ying.

The ability to watch people order food, how does it look like a rookie!

And golf dealers are something that can be seen but not touched, and it is still very mysterious.

Let's put it this way, if a scouting report says that a person has a good golf quotient, you may not believe it.

But hearing is believing, seeing is believing, and D'Antoni sees it very clearly now.

After Fizekas, other players came on the field one after another, including guards and insiders, but they were all dismissed by Lin Ying.

You are the prettiest kid at US Airways Center!

In fact, in terms of one-on-one ability alone, Lin Ying is not strong.

But heads-ups can also be divided into methods, and this method of catching the ball at a high position and attacking with one step is very suitable for him.

And he really plays with his brain.

Of course, the improvement of confrontation cannot be ignored.

In history, Yi Jianlian gained weight and muscle in his second season with the Nets. He was able to grab rebounds in the paint with a few opponents, and he was able to directly dunk with a few people.

Fighting against this thing will greatly enhance the player's self-confidence!

After the one-on-one trial training, three-on-three and full-court confrontation followed.

Three pairs and three more tests teamwork, this kind of Lin Ying is even more comfortable.

When the three-on-three was over, D'Antoni also played a show operation.

He assigned Lin Ying and some players who were predicted to have no chance of entering the NBA in the second round of the draft with him.

Then he played Brooks, Alandu Tucker, Dudley, Fizekas, and Mike Roberts on his side.

The purpose of doing this is also very clear, this is to test Lin Ying's ability to lead the team!

After the final 12 minutes of full-court confrontation, Lin Ying lost 16-20.

The difference in individual strength between the two sides is obvious, and in the full-court confrontation, McRoberts' organizational ability has also come into play.

Under his tandem, the game there is also very integrated.

However, it still couldn't cover Lin Ying's light!

Lin Ying scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal by himself. Basically all the points were related to him!

D'Antoni reached out and stroked his mustache.

Among other things, if he really wanted to pick one from this wave of people to join the team, he would choose Lin Ying blindly!

His thoughts now are the same as Nash's yesterday, Lin Ying is really suitable for his system!

And after touching his mustache, he turned around and said to Cole:

"Steve, find a way to prepare a lottery pick! The higher the better!"