Before leaving Chicago, Li Ke met Xiao Du again.

"Kevin, what's going on with your bench press?"

Xiao Du smiled bitterly: "You know, Kobe's transfer farce, Robert has to negotiate in the middle, and he doesn't care about me anymore, so he directly asked Kevin Prichard, who is the general manager of the Trail Blazers, and the reply he got was that the Trail Blazers is no longer Greg Oden, no choice."

"I don't really want to go to the Supersonics because they just changed their bosses and wanted to move out of Seattle. Although their general manager Sam Presti told me that they will send Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis away and completely rebuild it, it actually makes me feel that the Supersonics are too messy and everything is messy."

"The new boss, the new general manager, the entire demolition and reconstruction can be called a brand new team, or even a new city..."

Li Ke nodded, then he realized the whole story: "So that's the case, where do you want to go?"

"I don't know, maybe, Atlanta..."

Xiao Du was a little confused, and Li Ke sighed inwardly.

This is how the talent show is. When you aim at a goal but want it, the remaining choices will become very dull and make people uninterested.

"Kevin, I don't think so much about you. The No. 1 pick does not belong to you, so you will win the second place, and the No. 1 pick does not belong to you, so you will win the Tanhua. You must firmly believe that you are the second best among the rookies in this class."

"The second best one? Even you think..."

"No, I just think that the first one should be me."

Li Ke made a joke, maybe it wasn't a joke.

Xiao Du rolled her eyes.

Li Ke continued to sprinkle chicken soup: "You have to firmly believe that you are the second best among this rookie. The only reason why the Trail Blazers don't choose you is that they are blind."

Xiao Du smiled: "I understand what you mean..."

"No, you don't understand, I mean, supersonics, if you have to go, it's not bad. Remember to leave yourself a backup plan after the rookie contract ends."

Xiao Du thought about this seriously. He seemed to think of Kobe now. Kobe didn't leave any backup plan when he renewed his contract, but now he is in a dilemma.

So Xiao Du nodded seriously: "I understand, Sheldon, thank you."

...

Leaving the joint training camp at the United Center, Li Ke's trial trip began.

In addition to the Pacers, Bobcats and Lakers who were scheduled to be decided at the beginning, Li Ke received a trial invitation from the Bucks, Timberwolves, Clippers and Hornets.

He rejected the Bucks, who had a bad impression of Alien, and the Timberwolves who were about to send off Garnett's completely ruined, leaving behind the Clippers and the Hornets.

The order of trial training is based on the distance, and the first stop is the walkers not far away.

David Falke did not follow him, but his Mercedes directly sent Li Ke from Chicago to Indianapolis not far away, accompanied by Falke's number one assistant Curtis Polk and Luning.

When he arrived in Indianapolis, Li Ke met Larry Bird.

Big Bird, who likes to put on cups, doesn't say much. He just greeted him when he first met, and then stood beside the Pacers general manager Donny Walsh. He looked a bit like a follower, but his strong aura was incompatible, making people unable to ignore his existence.

"Just show what you do best, Sheldon."

Curtis Polk reminded Li Ke.

Li Ke is not stupid either. Of course he knows that the so-called so-called single trial means that players are only willing to show what they are good at, while the team has to try every means to force you to show what you are not good at.

So, Li Ke made several three-pointers and 99% of them were hollowed into the net, and the touch felt very soft.

Then there were various flying buttons, which looked like their physical fitness was explosive.

Donny Walsh nodded with satisfaction, and then prepared to let the team's trainers come on the court and engage in some confrontation...

Variables appear at this time.

"Oh no, am I going to the wrong place?"

The uninvited guest suddenly broke in, looked at the surprised crowd, scratched his head in surprise, but had no intention of turning around and leaving.

Larry Bird, who had been silent, stood up: "No, Danny, you're right, you're here just in time. We're trying out Sheldon Lee, that NCAA Final Four mop..."

After hearing such a conversation, Li Ke knew that things were not simple anymore.

The uninvited guest in front of him, Danny who was mentioned by Larry Bird, was named Danny Granger. He was selected by the Pacers in the 17th pick in the first round of 2005, and averaged 13.9 points per game last season.

Because of his outstanding performance in the second half of the season, many experts have predicted that he will explode next season and become a new star wing.

Li Ke's memories of later generations also prove this. Danny Granger was the Pacers boss after O'Neal Jr. until he was stepping down by James.

"This is a match for me..."

Sure enough, Granger walked into the middle of the crowd, and Larry Bird then suggested: "Let Danny play with Sheldon, I believe they won't refuse."

Danny Granger nodded with a smile, Li Ke also looked at Larry Bird with a smile on his face, as if he was looking at an old silver coin, and cursed in his heart: This pretender is so silly!

If Granger was not arranged by Larry Bird, he would not believe that Li Ke was killed.

But in the face of such a one-on-one invitation, Li Ke could not refuse.

If he really refuses, he will be immediately criticized for being timid and fearful, which is devastating.

"bring it on……"

Danny Granger took off his heavy training jacket in a few seconds, jumped and warmed up, and then stood in front of Li Ke.

"Sheldon, you attack first."

Li Ke nodded, held the basketball in both hands, glanced at the basket, and then started dribbling.

Although Li Ke does not have the skills to control the ball and does not have the relevant skills to attack with the ball in the system, he is still very good at basic dribbling.

But once Granger presses him up, his situation will become very embarrassing.

I took two ugly steps, then pulled up a mid-range shot, and with a bang, I didn't make it...

Luning stood on the sidelines like a little transparent person and glanced at Larry Bird.

However, Larry Bird is like a robot without any expression, and he can't see anything.

"It's time for me to attack..."

Danny Granger took the ball and then sideways blocked Li Ke's uneasy right hand.

Then he turned around suddenly and threw away half a step.

Although Li Ke also quickly turned around and followed, Danny Granger stopped suddenly, and Li Ke rushed out and stopped quickly.

Granger took advantage of the situation, and Li Ke's interference was in place.

With a bang, the sound of basketball irons hitting again.

"Fortunately, the defense performed well."

Lu Ning breathed a sigh of relief. At least, this one-on-one trial still had some highlights.

Li Ke's offensive round was no longer surprising. He performed too badly and had no other routines. Granger's defense was not bad, so it was impossible for him to give him any chance to break through the defense.

With a bang, Li Ke still failed to score.

Immediately afterwards, it was Granger's turn, and he made changes.

Holding the ball in front suddenly made a false action of worshiping Buddha. After shaking a little space, Li Ke took three or two steps in a row, and another emergency stop.

Li Ke also rushed to the scene. Seeing Granger lifting the ball with both hands, he immediately rushed forward.

As a result, this was a false action of worshiping Buddha.

Li Ke was completely shaken away, and Granger rushed to the basket without any obstacles and dunked.

"This is just the beginning, Sheldon..."

Indeed, this is just the beginning.

Li Ke's defense is quite tenacious, and he can defend himself from one or two goals every few days.

Granger scored more goals, and he had already broken through Li Ke's defense, but he had not yet reached the point of completely blowing up.

But for Li Ke, who takes single defense as the selling point, this situation is already quite bad. He has lost the single defense selling point.

Li Ke was also helpless. His opponent had excellent face frame attacks, and was tall, with a height of 6-9 and a 7-1 wingspan.

The ability to play three or four is very powerful, but the disadvantage is that the speed is not fast.

But Li Ke's current speed, coupled with explosion and flexibility, is not fast.

The advantages are gone, the disadvantages are still widened...

Speaking of which, Danny Granger, who averages nearly 20 points per game next season, can now be regarded as a pro-star player.

Li Ke's single defense is only C-level, and he defended countless so-called star scorers in NCAA. However, when he arrived at NBA, he met Danny Granger, a prospective star player, and immediately revealed his feelings.

Lu Ning began to frown, it was a bad thing!

He still couldn't see Larry Bird's expression, but the fool knew that Li Ke was useless in this trial.

The trial ended quickly, although Donny Walsh still said with a smile: They will take Li Ke into consideration.

But the members of Li team understand that Donny Walsh was just pretending to be false in the end.

Li Ke did not receive any draft promise, which means that this trip to Indianapolis was in vain.

...
To be continued...