…

In the blink of an eye, it's half a month later.

Lin Ying and Durant have been training professionally with the trainer for two months, and have made significant improvements in both months.

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

Before leaving, Handy sat and chatted with Lin Ying.

In addition to his professional abilities, another characteristic of Handy is that he is very good at dealing with players.

This is also a key factor in his success.

After all, there are so many basketball trainers, no matter how strong your professional ability is, if no one wants you, you are nothing.

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

Handy's words were not a complete compliment. Not only did Lin Ying devote himself to training, he also practiced an extra session by himself after the training.

The attribute of a training freak is really rare.

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

The famous NBA training freaks, Kobe Bryant, Jimmy Butler, Leonard, including Durant, all have weird personalities.

This is not simply a matter of self-discipline.

Self-discipline can allow you to train on time and hard, but it will not allow you to think about training after training is over.

Or you can understand it here:

Being immersed in crazy training means that you have to be alone all the time. People with ordinary personalities will not do that.

After practicing all day, you are not allowed to go out to a nightclub to have fun?

Or at least treat yourself to a chilled wine bath or something and post on social media?

Instead of combining work and rest, you have to spend some time enjoying the things you like, right?

But people with this word "Crazy" have nothing to do with these, because they will seize every moment.

"Every minute I take a break is a minute spent catching up or widening the gap with others."

If you look at this kind of thinking from an ordinary person's point of view, it would be strange if you don't think these guys are boring and weird.

As for Lin Ying, he was more normal and had thought about it, but there was no one to accompany him, and he had to figure out how to communicate with people, so he might as well train...

"I have some personal suggestions. If you want to hear them, I can tell them."

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

Lin Ying nodded.

It is recommended that the more these things are, the better, and there is no requirement to listen to them.

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

"I took a look at your trial training schedule. There are too many. In fact, you only need to trial a few that you think are suitable.

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

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

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

As long as there is no injury, Lin Yingfengsan's performance in the trial training is average, and there is little chance of falling out of this range.

So he is qualified to select the team.

This is completely different from Sun Yue.

Sun Yue's words are that every trial training must be done with all one's strength in order to get a chance to knock on the door of the NBA.

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

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

If you're being polite, you can just send a message to the previous scout to say hello."

Handy then added.

Lin Ying nodded after listening.

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

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

But along the way, my ranking has continued to improve, and there is really no need to go to some trials.

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

Lin Ying said and stretched out his hand to Handy.

Handy's training results are very good, and he will have money when he signs his rookie contract in July.

Then long-term cooperation will not be impossible!

Handy smiled and shook hands with Lin Ying.

My child, this is what I’ve been waiting for!

…

After completing two months of campus training, Lin Ying and Durant officially started their trial training journey.

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 clarify one point, which Handy mentioned before:

What kind of team does Lin Ying want to play on and how does he want to play?

This is actually already certain.

Lin Ying's current physical condition can be either three or four, but she must avoid being neither three nor four.

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

He will either play the third position because his ball-handling skills are not good enough, so he will start as a 3D player;

Or play a flexible fourth position, like the template Marion and Odom discussed by Barkley before, playing more mobile, supplemented by a small amount of low singles.

So Yao Ming's suggestion that he not gain weight first is actually correct.

Purely adding confrontation can make him not at a disadvantage when facing off, but he will not lose speed.

Or to put it in more vernacular terms, he can show the effect of "those who are taller than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him are not as tall or as long as him" in offensive matchups.

This is one of the reasons why Marion and Odom are able to thrive.

So among the teams Lin Ying chose, it’s easy to understand the Suns and Warriors.

These two teams are not the only ones in the league that play fast, but they are the teams that have a chance to select him in the current draft predictions.

Three remaining teams:

Needless to say, the Lakers;

In addition to the factors mentioned before, the Nets are competing with Josh Boone, Kostic and others, so he will get more opportunities;

As for the Hornets, with Lin Ying's eyes, they will be able to compete for the championship next season, and their draft ranking is the highest among all trial teams.

It should be noted that this Hornet is the New Orleans Hornets, the future Pelicans, and the current star Chris Paul.

Before starting individual workouts, he and Durant flew to Chicago together.

They will first participate in a joint trial 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 photos in front of the bronze statue, and Lin Ying and Durant also went over to take a look.

They noticed the markings under the bronze statue.

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

(Translation: unprecedented and unprecedented)

Michael, as expected of you!

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

Durant couldn't help but sigh.

Lin Ying also had something in mind.
To be continued...