Chapter 120 Trial Heat

The draft is approaching, and the rookies are all busy working out for their teams.

With the progress of the trial training and some news from the previous joint trial training, the real data of many rookies have surfaced one after another, and the draft selection has become more and more clear.

The most volatile is Perry Jones. This rookie who unexpectedly announced his candidacy has fallen from the top spot because of his poor performance in trial training. Now he has come to the edge of the lottery. It is reported that he is likely to Will eventually withdraw from this year's draft.

The opposite situation belongs to Tristan Thompson, a freshman from the University of Texas, who has risen sharply from the first round of the lottery because of his outstanding performance in the joint trial and team trial, and now It has come to the top six, and is even competing for the top three.

(Note: Harrison Barnes, Sullinger, etc. have determined not to participate in the 2011 NBA draft.)

The changes brought about by the trial training are evident.

On June 19, ten days before the draft, Tang Tian participated in the Heat's trial training with some other rookies under the arrangement of Fagan.

Generally, hot rookies, such as Irving and Derrick Williams, have only one person for trial training, and may even try out several teams by one person and watch on the sidelines at the same time.

But the trial training that Tang Tian participated in is just the opposite. There are many people to choose from at the 31st pick, so there are more than a dozen players participating in a trial training.

Among these people, Tang Tian also saw many familiar figures.

Norris Cole, a senior at Cleveland State University, is 1.88 meters tall and 77 kilograms in weight. He belongs to a thin point guard. In the past season, he averaged 21.7 points, 5.3 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. The data is gorgeous. , but Cleveland State University did not qualify for the championship this year.

Jordan Hamilton, a sophomore at the University of Texas, 2.01 meters tall and 100 kilograms in weight, the same as Tang Tian, ​​an NBA standard small forward figure, averaged 13.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in the past season and hit three-pointers Ranked first on the team in percentage and hits, and helped the team reach the Sweet Sixteen of the Championship.

Shelvin Mark, the core of Butler University, Tang Tian is very familiar with him. He was able to defend enough in the finals. With a height of 1.91 meters and a weight of 94 kilograms, he is the exact opposite of Cole. Averaged 16 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Tyler Honeycutt, a sophomore at UCLA, is 2.03 meters tall but only weighs 85kg. He is a thin striker and has excellent defense. He has an extraordinary wingspan and excellent athletic ability. He can contribute 7.2 rebounds and 2.06 times per game. Blocking, because the previous trial training has performed well, and the ranking has been rising.

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From the candidates chosen by the Heat to participate in the workout, it can be seen that their goal this year is clear: either choose a point guard or a swingman.

This is completely reasonable. The Heat's loss last year has a lot to do with the weak position of the point guard. As for the swingman, James and Wade have always been short of such players.

Seeing the competitors in the trial training, Tang Tian's self-confidence was even stronger.

Take Hamilton and Honeycutt as an example. The former is good for three-pointers, but the defense is not good in the NCAA, let alone at the NBA level. Honeycutt is the opposite. The defense is good, but the outside shooting is not good. .

To put it bluntly, they either only have 3 or only D.

Maybe their athletic ability is better than Tang Tian in other aspects, but it's obviously not what the Heat want.

The training is divided into three parts.

The first part is the demonstration of basic abilities, such as shooting, dribbling, and passing, as well as some basic physical tests, such as standing to reach height, sprinting to reach height, and return running.

In this link Honeycutt and Hamilton both performed very well in their respective areas of expertise.

The second link is heads-up, where players are heads-up against each other.

Tang Tian began to show his strength in this link. After improving his shot speed, his three-point shot made the opponent hard to defend. Of course, his defense was more eye-catching.

His opponents, including Hamilton and Honeycutt, were players at the end of the first round or in the second round. Their strength was a notch weaker than the Irving and Derek Williams he had met before, and he was defended by him. are quite embarrassed.

Only Kerr, a thin point guard, had an absolute advantage over him in terms of speed, and everyone else lost to Tang Tian in the heads-up session.

"Who is that? That yellow guy." The players were training, and no one noticed that James, the core of the Heat, had just passed by the training hall. After watching for a while, he couldn't help speaking to the trainer Mancias beside him. asked.

"I don't know, I'll go in and ask." People come to try out every day, and it's impossible for Mancias to know everyone. After he went in, he walked directly to David Fizdale, the assistant coach of the team in charge of the tryout. .

James nodded. He didn't leave right away, but went in and found a place to sit there, biting his nails and looking interested.

After the second part of the trial training ended, it soon entered the third part, full of confrontation.

The confrontation was divided into two groups, Tang Tian and Cole were divided into a group, and Mark was divided into a group with Hamilton and Honeycutt.

The temporarily formed team does not have much tacit understanding, and the offensive end depends on the players' respective strengths.

After the opening of the two sides, it was basically Cole and Mark fighting against Biao.

The players on Mark's side have better overall talent, and they have been pressing Tang Tian and the others to play.

When Mark's shot caused Cole's foul to go to the free throw line, Tang Tian took the initiative to pull Cole and chat on the outside.

When switching sides to attack again, Tang Tian took Cole's open position and made a quick three-pointer.

Players don't have enough tacit understanding on the offensive end, and the same is true on the defensive end. Simple coordination is very effective in this kind of game.

After scoring the goal, the players who did not play on the sidelines could not help cheering, and the counterattack of the weaker side always attracted attention.

James was looking a little bored and was about to leave, and then looked at the court when he heard the shouting.

Tang Tian stole Hamilton in defense and passed the ball to Kerr, who made a fast-break layup.

Mark's throw failed to respond. In the frontcourt, Kerr and Tang Tian played a pick-and-roll again, and Kerr returned the ball to Tang Tian's open three-pointer at the top of the arc.

After an 8-0 offensive, Tang Tian and the others brought the situation back at once.

James raised his eyebrows, and without waiting for Mancias to finish his question, he got up and walked over.

"LeBron." Fizdale saw James coming and greeted him with a smile.

"That rookie is good." James pointed to Tang Tian on the court and said.