Chapter 72 Sun Yi
After finishing the Warriors' trial training, Sun Yi and Schwartz came to Toronto without stopping.
At the Canada Flight Center Arena, Sun Yi happened to meet DeMar DeRozan, who came for a tryout.
He stepped forward and said hello in a friendly manner, and DeRozan nodded in response.
"It's really hard to make friends with this guy."
Sun Yi knew DeRozan's withdrawn character and did not force him. He could only wait until later to make friends, and then followed the Raptors trainer to complete the physical test.
After the physical examination was completed, Raptors head coach Jan Triano looked at the physical examination reports of Sun Yi and DeRozan.
"Sun's static talent is indeed much better than Demar's."
He feels that it is impossible to understand the specific strengths of Sun Yi and DeRozan from these data alone. If you want to know the strengths and weaknesses of these two guys, you have to look at their performance in the game.
So Triano arranged a half-time 3v3 duel.
Put Sun Yi and DeRozan into two different teams, and their teammates are all players who are predicted to be selected in the second round.
Therefore, this duel is basically a competition between Sun Yi and DeRozan.
After the game started, Sun Yi took the lead to deal the cards at the top of the arc and assisted his teammates in hitting the mid-range shot.
Looking back, DeRozan made a mid-range jumper under Sun Yi's defense, but failed to hit.
The Toolman teammate grabbed the rebound and passed it to Sun Yi.
In this attack, Sun Yi made a fake shot from outside the three-point line. Seeing that he could not shake DeRozan's center of gravity, he immediately started and broke into the three-point line.
DeRozan immediately moved laterally to block the ball, but his thin body at this stage was unable to compete with Sun Yi and was easily squeezed away.
After Sun Yi passed DeRozan, he made an emergency stop and hit a mid-range jumper.
After that, DeRozan hit a mid-range jumper against Sun Yi's defense and returned a goal.
In the following games, Sun Yi's team played smoothly offensively under his coordination.
And DeRozan's team basically plays in singles. After all, they are not familiar with each other, and there is no point guard in the team to control the court.
In the end, Sun Yi's team won.
After the game, the performance of Sun Yi and DeRozan was clear at a glance.
Raptors head coach Jan Triano already has the answer.
The first target must be Sun Yi, followed by DeRozan.
Immediately, he and Schwartz came to the edge of the training hall and discussed for a while.
"We are very satisfied with the results of Sun's trial, and I guarantee on my reputation that we will select him with the ninth overall pick."
"Thank you Mr. Triano for your trust." Schwartz replied politely.
Very few teams will give verbal commitments after trial training. It seems that he is very satisfied with Sun Yi.
Then it is basically certain that Sun Yi will become a lottery pick.
After Schwartz finished communicating with Triano, he left the arena with Sun Yi and headed to the next city.
During the trial training in Phoenix, they were greeted by Nash, Steve Kerr and Suns head coach Gentry.
Such a lineup is very strong, which shows that the Suns attach great importance to this trial training.
"Sun, welcome to Phoenix again. I went to watch you play live during the Round of 64 in March Madness."
Nash was very familiar with him and hugged Sun Yi as soon as he came up.
Sun Yi nodded and saw Nash's figure in the front row of the audience.
Curry wanted to introduce Sun Yi to Nash, but missed it due to some reasons.
After the polite exchanges, Sun Yi and his team came to the arena, found a lounge and sat down, and began to discuss the topic of trial training.
After the discussion, Sun Yi followed the Suns trainer and went through the trial training process again.
When Suns head coach Gentry and general manager Kerr read Sun Yi's physical test report, they were very satisfied.
Nash expressed his opinion after watching Sun Yi's trial training in full.
"Sun, your playing style is very similar to my former teammate Hacker Marion."
Defense, passing, three-pointers, ball intelligence, etc. are all similar to Marion, which fully proves that Sun Yi is very suitable for the Suns.
"Steve, thank you for thinking so highly of me." Sun Yi replied politely.
"I just think that with your excellent performance, it may be difficult for us to select you with the current pick." Nash said regretfully.
At the same time, Cole on the side promised: "Sun, if the previous team did not select you, we will select you with the 14th pick and do our best to trade and obtain a high draft pick."
"Thank you Mr. Cole for your trust." Sun Yi replied.
Afterwards, Schwartz chatted with Cole and Gentry for a few words, and then left the arena with Sun Yi.
On the way to the airport, Schwartz asked Sun Yi what he thought of the Suns.
"Sun, the Suns are very satisfied with you, what do you think about this?"
"It's good. I can play for any team. It just depends on who can choose me, not me choosing the team."
After hearing this, Schwartz was a little surprised by Sun Yi's calmness.
"This young man has a promising future!" Schwartz sighed inwardly.
After completing the Suns' trial training, Sun Yi and Schwartz rushed to the next city.
For the last stop, Sun Yi and Schwartz came to New York and went to Madison Square Garden for a tryout.
Here, Sun Yi met Stephen Curry, who had been away for a long time.
"Sun, you have become stronger again." Curry moved his hands and feet as soon as he came up and touched Sun Yi's muscles.
"Okay, Stephen, stop making trouble and let's get down to business. How are your breakthrough methods and shooting training effective?" Sun Yi asked.
When leaving before, Sun Yi specifically asked Curry to pay attention to his breakthrough method.
"Stephen, I think you need to change the way your right foot exerts force. Every time you make a breakthrough, your right foot will tilt very much. If it goes on for a long time, your ankle will probably not be able to support it.
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Curry took Sun Yi's advice very seriously and went back to watch the video of his own game and discovered the problem.
Immediately, he discussed it with his father Dell Curry.
Dell Curry attached great importance to this and used his connections to find a well-known trainer Lyles to gradually correct Curry's way of breaking through and exerting force.
"Sun, how can you be so fast? The way of breaking through and exerting force is still being carried out step by step. The special shooting training has a good effect. My shooting speed has become faster."
Curry shared the results of his special training during this period with Sun Yi.
Sun Yi also shared the results of his special training with Whiteside during this period.
After reminiscing about old times, the two followed the Knicks staff to go for physical examinations.
After completing the physical examination, Knicks head coach D'Antoni divided the trial players into two groups and conducted a 5-on-5 training match.
Sun Yi and Curry were assigned to the same team by chance.
After the training match began, Sun Yi and Curry's performance was very eye-catching. The two frequently performed tacit cooperation and defeated their opponents.
In the end, the team of Sun Yi and Curry won easily.
After the game, D'Antoni praised Curry so much that he almost signed the contract on the spot.
He was still very satisfied with Sun Yi's performance.
If the Knicks didn't have too many forwards, he would have planned to use a lottery pick to select Sun Yi.
Afterwards, Schwartz exchanged a few words with D'Antoni and received an ambiguous reply, which did not surprise him.
He and Sun Yi had thought of this outcome before coming.
Immediately, Schwartz took Sun Yi out of the arena.
Outside the arena, Sun Yi and Curry exchanged pleasantries and then parted ways.
He will return to the training hall to continue special training until the draft comes, while Curry will follow his agent to the next team for a trial training.
This trial training trip was very successful. Many teams were interested in Sun Yi, so that he would not fall out of the lottery zone.
Chapter completed!