Chapter 18 The guy who changed the atmosphere of basketball
From the position of Wake Forest's pair of aces, we can see why Sandeck chose this team as their opponent in the second warm-up match.
Point guard Jeff Teague and Aminu, who is a small forward but 2.06 meters tall and can definitely play the fourth position in the NCAA, correspond to the two core players of their own team, James Harden and Lin Ri.
He is determined to test the level of James Harden and Lin Ri in this game!
Of course, this is not surprising. After this warm-up match, there are only two weeks left before the start of the new season. This time is barely enough to discover and solve problems. If we really have to wait to continue training for a while,
If we discover any weaknesses in these two people, I'm afraid it will be too late to do anything by then!
It is said that the head coach of Wake Forest University did not originally want to come to Arizona State University to play this warm-up game. Their information about this team was only at the stage of "this team has James Harden".
From the perspective of Forest's head coach, this team cannot be their opponent.
Well, he thinks the Sun Devils are too weak.
For this reason, Sandek could only edit the highlights of the last game against the University of Memphis and sent it to the email address of the head coach of Wake Forest University. After "whipping the corpse" of the University of Memphis, Sandek quickly received
A call from the head coach of Wake Forest University, who agreed to Sandek's invitation and became the Sun Devils' opponent in the second warm-up game.
No way, the Sun Devils were too brutal in that game! They almost "teared" the University of Memphis to pieces!
It is a good thing for Wake Forest University to have a warm-up match with such a team. Wake Forest's head coach and Sandek also have the same idea. In this game, Wake Forest's current strength will be tested.
What's the quality? If there are problems, it's good to expose them now; if we can defeat the Sun Devils who tortured the University of Memphis, then it will give these Wake Forest players more confidence. No matter what happens, it won't matter.
It’s profitable!
This is a very interesting situation: Sandek believes that Wake Forest is very strong, even better than the current Sun Devils. When playing this game, he has the mentality of finding problems with the team, but Wake Forest’s
The head coach also thinks like him that the Sun Devils are the stronger team, and Wake Forest’s warm-up game is a valuable thing...
These two are not the people I'm looking for!
Bundy had now completed his observation of Jeff Teague and Aminu, and put a cross in front of the names of Jeff Teague and Aminu in his notebook. According to his habit, he put a cross in front of them.
He will not continue to follow up with subsequent players.
As for the game before it started, the reason why Bundy excluded these two people was because he could not see any superstar qualities in these two people.
For this reason alone, discerning New York fans will not welcome the arrival of these two newcomers.
So he ruled it out directly.
As I just said, for the current New York Knicks, they need more than just a potential rookie. What they need more is a charismatic newcomer, like Grant Hill back then, or like Anfernee Hadda.
A guy like Wei!
It's definitely not Jeff Teague or Aminu. Even though this guy has royal blood flowing through his body and is the kind of being who will go home and inherit the throne if he doesn't win well, he has a "poor look" on his face.
Doesn't have charisma.
After excluding the two star players from Wake Forest, Bundy had no regrets on his face. After he saw the changes in the basketball atmosphere at Arizona State University, he had great expectations for James Harden. He believed that this
Guy will most likely be one of the rookie candidates he sends to the Knicks general manager's office.
So at this moment, Bundy is eagerly looking forward to James Harden's appearance.
There are many scouts who have the same thoughts as him. After meeting Jeff Teague in person, they began to wait for James Harden to appear.
Among the scouts present tonight, at least 3 or 4 scouts are here for James Harden, which means that there are already at least three or four teams that are very interested in James Harden.
Think again about his expression that barely changed yesterday after hearing Sandek say that NBA scouts would come to watch the game today... Sure enough, guys with confidence usually have something to rely on!
So many teams are definitely not interested in him all at once, but they have gradually accumulated from high school to college.
James Harden obviously knows his current situation, so he is not worried at all.
He is just like the talented power forward from the University of Oklahoma. They no longer need games to prove their ability. For them, the gate of the NBA can enter if they want, without any hindrance!
That Chinese player should be out soon, right?
Among so many scouts who are eagerly looking forward to James Harden's appearance, one scout has a different mentality. Although he is also waiting for the Sun Devils to enter the court, the person he is waiting for is not James Harden.
But a "beast" from China.
His name is Fagan, and he is a scout for the Suns. A week ago, he learned from the mouth of Calipari, the head coach of the University of Memphis, that Arizona State University has a "beast" at the fourth position from China this year.
After watching the video highlights of the Chinese "beast" tearing apart the University of Memphis, he paid a lot of attention to Arizona State University. When he learned that the Sun Devils were having a warm-up game with Wake Forest, he immediately set off to catch up.
Come to Arizona State University.
He wanted to see the "beast" from China with his own eyes!
Let's see if he is really as destructive in the paint as in the video, and it's not because the University of Memphis' paint is too weak.
He has learned about Wake Forest University. Aminu is a good freshman. Although he is at the third position, his height can handle the fourth position. If the Chinese "beast" wreaks havoc under the basket, Wake Forest
The head coach should put this newcomer at the fourth position. If the Chinese "Beast" can "tear" Aminu into pieces, he really needs to send this guy's information to Suns General Manager Shi
Steve Kerr's desk was on the desk, and then he said to him: "You shouldn't just pay attention to Stephen Curry, there is a Chinese beast here that you need to know about!"
Of course, if Lin Ri's performance in this game is average, then just pretend that he has never been here...
Finally, when these scouts were about to feel sore in their necks, the cheers from the audience suddenly became louder. This forced these guys who were about to twist their necks to relieve the sore necks to do it again.
He stretched his neck. According to past experience, when there is a sudden commotion in the audience, it is usually when the home team players come out.
Sure enough, this time when they craned their necks to look towards the tunnel where the home team's players came out, they saw the figures of the Sun Devils players.
That guy must be Jeff. At first glance, he looks like a shooting insider, and his body shape doesn't look like he can fight against him.
Hey, why is there a Chinese guy? He's really strong, but I've never seen this guy before. Forget it, who cares! Have any Chinese players succeeded in the NCAA?
That one should be James Harden. With his height and body, if his body fat can be reduced a little more, he will be a standard No. 2 player!
The mentality of these scouts should be similar. At first, they looked familiar to Jeff. After all, he is also a frequent visitor on major draft prediction websites. Although his ranking is not high, he has become familiar after such a long time.
Then he was attracted by Lin Ri's skin color, and then praised his body in his heart, and then nothing happened. Yi Jianlian's failure with the Bucks last year made these NBA scouts clearly realize that not every Chinese player
The players are all Yao Ming!
Finally, they focused their attention on James Harden.
Bundy was a little disappointed.
When he saw James Harden in photos, he felt that this guy looked quite cute. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he felt even more cute... How could a guy like this change the basketball atmosphere at Arizona State University so quickly? Is it possible?
Do fans nowadays like this kind of cute-looking core of the team?
Bundy felt left behind.
These muscle lines, these well-developed calves, these...
Among the scouts, Fagan was the only one who stared at Lin Ri the whole time. The sight of his body made him drool.
This made him seem to have seen another Robin Lopez, another tool man of Steve Nash!
"The sun, one deduction!"
"The sun, one deduction!"
"The sun, one deduction!"
Suddenly, a unified cheer came from the audience. These cheers grew from small to loud, and eventually spread to the entire audience, causing people from Wake Forest University on the visiting team's bench and several NBA scouts to look sideways at the home team's bench.
Sun Devils member on.
"The sun" must be a familiar word to them, but now it sounds so unfamiliar to them. They really want to see who in the Sun Devils team actually dares to call it "the sun"!
How capable this is!
Can it shine as brightly as the sun?
Lin Ri, who was arranging his equipment, heard the shouts of Arizona State University students in the audience. He was stunned for a moment, and then stood up dumbfounded amidst Jeff's heckles.
He didn't expect that these alumni would actually act like this.
I really can’t get enough of dunking!
It's him!
The Wake Forest guys and the scouts in the audience were all surprised. They really didn't expect that "the sun" was actually calling this Chinese!
Why!
Is it just based on these muscles?
They were puzzled.
But a few seconds later, when they saw Lin Ri rushing to the basket with the ball and completing a pull-bar back dunk in a very standard posture, and their mouths unconsciously opened into a "0" shape, they suddenly understood.
Why.
"I'm going!"
"Fake, right?"
"Is this guy that strong?"
Everyone in Wake Forest who came from afar was speechless, and several NBA scouts were also dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that Lin Ri could complete such an action that was at least S-level difficult for a big man!
What a beast this is!
Fagan watched Lin Ri complete this action, feeling familiar and yet unfamiliar... Familiar because he had just seen Lin Ri use these actions to ravage the University of Memphis basket in the video, but unfamiliar because he was witnessing it with his own eyes now!
perhaps……
Bundy's eyes were also full of shock.
He looked at the enthusiastic Arizona State University fans, and a strange thought came to his mind: Perhaps the person who changed the basketball atmosphere at Arizona State University was not James Harden, but this Chinese player named The Sun.
Chapter completed!