Eight Hundred and Eighth: Has It Started? It Has Ended

The latest website: Nikola Jokic has been to several teams for trial training, but there has never been a time when he was as nervous as coming to FedEx Arena today.

Because he knows very well that the Grizzlies are the championship team. It's got the best team vibe, and it's one of the few teams that still wants to use a big center. Therefore, he very much hopes to be favored by the Grizzlies.

Of course, the most nervous thing about Jokic is that the Grizzlies are owned by the most successful basketball player today.

And when Jokic saw Link actually walk into the training ground, he was even more nervous!

After going to so many teams, Jokic, as a second-round pick, has never met the star of any team. After all, which star is willing to waste time on the draft or the second round?

Although I had heard that Link would come to the training site in person, Jokic didn't take it too seriously.

He never expected that Link, who was holding the O'Brien Cup on the TV a few days ago, was standing in front of him right now!

Looking at Link, who was chatting and laughing with the team's general manager and head coach, Jokic's mind went blank, but a shout from the trainer brought his thoughts back.

"I said, how many pounds do you have?" A trainer asked curiously, looking at Jokic's fat body.

This trainer has been with the Grizzlies for 6 years and he has never seen such a fat pro!

He can guarantee that the big guy in front of him is full of fat!

"Uh... 226 pounds." Jokic hesitated for a while and reported a false number. In fact, when he was just weighed, he weighed 252 pounds!

Jokic was afraid that he would be brushed off by the trainer because he was too fat, so he lied. At the very least, let the trainer see his strengths first.

"Well...you're going to have to lose weight if you're really going to stay, man. Okay, stop running, stop. We've got a couple of quizzes before the workout starts. First of all, we need to see how your core strength is. Maybe, your thick fat contains great strength? Don't worry, Marc Gasol was also very fat when he first arrived."

"Core strength? Okay, sir. What should I do?" Jokic stopped running and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's simple,

After a few minutes of rest, you do a set of planks and we'll see how long you can hold on. Simple, isn't it? The trainer smiled. He already knew that the fat man in front of him was the key observation object, so he didn't want to create a too serious atmosphere.

"Well...yes...very simple...very simple..." Jokic grinned, but was actually panicked.

After a few minutes of rest, Jokic began to do planks.

For an ordinary person, and an ordinary person who is not so athletic, it is absolutely no problem to hold a plank for a few minutes.

Although this process may be very "painful", it can still be done by holding on.

And professional players are very perverted, because the core strength is very strong, and they have high-intensity training every day. Therefore, playing a plank for a dozen or two minutes is not a problem at all.

And the limit of human plank support is no longer calculated in minutes. The current world record for a human plank is 8 hours and 1 minutes...

Trainers estimate that Jokic, despite being heavy, has a lot of fat. But as a professional player, no matter how bad it is, you have to have three or four minutes.

Then, just as he prepared the stopwatch, he found that Jokic was already on the ground.

"Uh...you can start, Nikola Jokic."

"Ah? But I..." Jokic was a little embarrassed, and he wanted to say that he was actually over. But in order to strive for better results, Jokic decided to do it and came again.

After seeing Jokic prop up his body, the trainer pressed the stopwatch in his hand.

He was about to put down the stopwatch to take a look at the other Joe Harris' brilliant three-point shot, when he heard a "bang" sound.

The trainer looked down and found that Jokic was sweating profusely on the ground!

The trainer hurriedly pressed the stopwatch, and the time above was exactly 20 seconds. At first, the trainer thought Jokic was injured. As a result, Jokic's "pork belly" lay on the ground and waved, "Coach, I can't do it anymore, I'm at my limit."

"What!? To the limit!?" The trainer's eyes widened. As a professional player, the plank only takes 20 seconds... What an international joke!

"Are you... sure?" The trainer swallowed and asked Jokic again.

Jokic nodded awkwardly.

Then, the trainer shouted at the colleague who was recording the data on the other side of the court, "Nikola Jokic, plank... 20 seconds!"

This shout made the entire training ground suddenly quiet, and everyone turned to look at Jokic.

Jokic's face suddenly turned red and swollen. He didn't expect his grades to be shouted out! He thought it would be a secret between himself and the trainer!

"Pork Belly" immediately clumsily got up from the ground, and then he found that Link was also staring at him!

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm finished." Jokic lowered his head and said nervously to himself, like a child called to the principal's office.

After all, 20 seconds is already his record! In the last test, he only lasted for 18 seconds before "falling to the ground". But Jokic is also very clear that his limits are worthless in this alliance of birds and beasts.

After seeing Jokic's predicament, Link almost didn't laugh out loud. Plank for 20 seconds, a new record at FedEx Arena!

However, Link finally held back, he knew that the current Jokic was not good at this. So he took the initiative to help Jokic clear the siege.

"Why are you stunned? Go ahead, cheer up guys." Link shouted and clapped his hands, which broke the awkward silence of the training ground.

Afterwards, they all threw themselves back into their training. Jokic looked up at Link, and Link said, "Come on," and deliberately took his attention away from Jokic.

Jokic imagined countless scenes of himself and Link meeting, but never expected it to be like this.

Under the reports of the media, Link seems to be a villain who does all kinds of evil. He talked a lot of trash, and even sprayed the former general manager of the Rockets to dismiss the get out of class.

But just now, Jokic thought... Link seems to be quite kind...

On the other side, the eyes of Wallace, Snyder, and Joger all fell on Link.

"That's Nikola Jokic you mentioned, plank for 20 seconds... I don't think he can play in the NBA, Link." Chris Wallace said bluntly, the reason why the Grizzlies Inviting Jokic is entirely for Link's face.

Originally, Jokic was not on the trial list. After all, the Grizzlies already have Gasol, and if they are just looking for a backup center, it seems that there is no need to make such a big deal.

"I have to admit... Plank for 20 seconds, he's really talented..." Link was also embarrassed. Jokic's poor performance didn't mean hitting him in the face.

"But, we can't deny him just because of that. In short, let him finish the trial. And I'm just a suggestion, I didn't say that he has to be picked. If he doesn't impress us after that, we'll have a big deal. No choice. Anyway, there are still more candidates." Link shrugged and observed the other rookies.

"Apart from Jokic, what alternatives do you have?"

"Joe Harris is our number one target. He played four years in college and is very mature. He trains all day, talks very little, listens to the old players, and fits into almost every system. And, he Positive, it suits our style of play. We are a champion team and we should be looking for that kind of instant power. And he's a sharpshooter who doesn't occupy the ball, that's what we need most!" Wallace began to tell Link's draft plan, every one of his picks is well thought out.

"The second choice is Jerami Grant. He is not a scorer, but he is tall and long, explosive, and has a tough style. He may become the second Tony Allen."

"The third pick is Dinwiddie. He's very versatile, he's a tall point guard, and he can play 1-3. If it wasn't for his ACL tear in college, he wouldn't have been in the second round. ."

"Well... they're all good players." Link nodded, and the people Chris Wallace looked at were also very reliable.

It seems that if Jokic really wants to be selected, he has to work harder at the back.

At this point, the trainers completed the various tests and then blew the whistle to gather all the rookies who participated in the tryout.

Next, came the key link of the 5-on-5 group confrontation.