A week later, Shen Fei received a call from his assistant.
At this time, there are only a few days left before the free agent market opens, and each team has already begun trial training with their favorite players.
The assistant said excitedly on the phone that the three free agents previously designated by Shen Fei will all come to Toyota Center today.
Shen Fei smiled slightly when he heard this.
After hanging up the phone, he drove directly to the arena.
When Shen Fei entered the arena, PJ Tucker, Tony Allen and McGrady were doing shooting training.
Among the three, Tucker had been prospecting for gold overseas. As soon as he received the invitation from the Rockets, he rushed back to the beautiful country.
McGrady agreed to return to the Rockets for trial training because of Shen Fei's promise.
Tony Allen was the Rockets assistant who proactively contacted yesterday and expressed his willingness to accept the invitation for a trial training.
Shen Fei is not surprised by this, because during this period, this year's rookie has been cooperating with the team for a period of time.
The rookie selected by the Celtics - Avery Bradley must have performed well in the team's training.
He is as good at defense as Torrey Allen, but he is younger and his salary is lower.
The management of the Celtics weighed the two sides and chose Bradley as they did in the previous life.
After Tony Allen knew the intentions of the team's top management, he had no choice but to find a new home.
Shen Fei is confident that he can reach an agreement with Teacher Tony today.
The Rockets' assistant coach, Lucas, saw Shen Fei arriving and immediately ran to his side and greeted him enthusiastically: "General manager, you are here."
Since the team currently has no head coach, he became the interim head coach.
"Um."
"Let our three rookies play a 3-on-3 game with them."
Shen Fei didn't waste any time and made arrangements directly.
The assistant coach nodded, called Paul George, Stephenson, and Jeremy Lin from another field, and led them to the trial training field.
"Okay, let's stop shooting for now."
"Next, we will have a 3-on-3 training match."
"Your opponents are the three rookies we selected this year."
The assistant coach stopped the three people who were shooting and announced.
McGrady and others were stunned when they heard this, and looked at the Rockets rookies with some strangeness.
t-mac first noticed Paul George, who was similar in stature to himself.
When the two people's eyes met, George's eyes were slightly respectful, but neither humble nor arrogant, and had no intention of escaping.
Maddie nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the young man's energy.
Tony Allen's expression was slightly disdainful.
Last season, he fought against Kobe Bryant for 300 rounds in the Finals!
Do these three new recruits dare to challenge themselves now?
Teacher Tony couldn't help but doubt the sincerity of the Rockets in inviting him to try out.
How should I put it, should we let strong players like Kevin Martin or Aaron Brooks be our opponents?
However, although Tony Allen was dissatisfied, he came and could only accept the Rockets' arrangement.
The game was about to start, and the rookie team took the lead in serving.
Jeremy Lin passed the ball to Paul George, who faced Tony Allen.
"Come on, rookie. Show me why you're the No. 10 pick."
Teacher Tony, an old man, always talks rubbish.
George did not pay attention to the other party's words, but assumed a triple threat posture and used test steps.
His tentative steps are fast and extremely long, which is very confusing.
But who is Tony Allen?
He is a strong defensive player who can defeat the "Splash" brothers in their infancy in a series.
He also made the "God of Death" suffer in a duel with Durant!
Facing George's fake moves, Teacher Tony remained unmoved at all and remained firmly in front of his opponent.
Pickle pepper tried several times but failed, so he had no choice but to drop the ball, hoping to use his speed to directly form a breakthrough.
"Bang~"
The bodies of the two collided. Tony Allen remained motionless, but George stumbled back two steps and almost lost control of the ball.
Teacher Tony took advantage of the situation and immediately took a step forward, preparing to pursue the victory and complete the steal.
In the blink of an eye, George quickly adjusted his steps and used the backward force of the collision to widen the distance between him and the opponent.
I saw him kicking his feet on the ground, turning over and throwing out his hands.
Tony Allen jumped up hard and rushed toward George...
The moment the ball left George's fingertips, Teacher Tony's hand touched the former's finger.
The basketball draws a beautiful arc in the air...
"Shua~"
Hollow into the net!
Allen was stunned.
This is sealed to your fingertips, how can you still get in?!
George looked calm, as if he had done something ordinary.
But Shen Fei on the sidelines still noticed the slightly raised corners of his mouth.
Obviously, there is a certain amount of luck involved in this ball.
But as a rookie, Paul George can complete such a difficult shot under the defense of Tony Allen, which is something to be happy about.
With everything in mind, George has been training at Toyota Center for about half a month.
Including the buff of [Spiritual Time Room], this is less than half a year of training.
If he develops normally, George will already be a player who can stably output 10 points per game in the NBA.
Coupled with his outstanding physical talent, it is not surprising to score such a goal.
McGrady on the side looked directly at George, the admiration in his eyes getting stronger.
From this action just now, t-mac seemed to see what he looked like when he was young.
The game continues, and the rookie team continues to serve.
This time, Tony Allen adopted a close-pressing defensive strategy, making it extremely difficult for George to connect the ball.
Jeremy Lin saw that it was difficult to pass the ball, so he chose to play alone.
Opposing him was the former scoring champion Tracy McGrady!
Although t-mac is only 32, he is still at the tail end of the peak of ordinary athletes.
However, due to injuries, his explosive power and lateral speed are not as good as before.
After seeing George's performance, McGrady was a little lucky that he didn't have to defend such a young man.
[If you can't guard George, you can still guard a yellow-skinned little guard.]
Maddie thought to herself.
Shuhao doesn't know what the other person is thinking.
He was extremely excited to finally have the opportunity to play against a star like McGrady.
The next moment, Shuhao moved!
There were no fancy moves. He dribbled the ball to his left hand, made a short and powerful crossover, and then accelerated toward the basket.
Maddie's relaxed expression froze immediately when Shu Hao accelerated.
[So fast!]
t-mac suddenly felt something bad and quickly turned around to pursue the defense.
At this time, Jeremy Lin had already moved away from him.
McGrady was unable to regain his defensive position and finally had no choice but to try to get the ball from behind, but to no avail.
"bang!"
Brother Hao directly performed a one-arm dunk.
"???"
Tony Allen and PJ Tucker were shocked.
McGrady was actually passed by a little-known undrafted player.
They couldn't believe that such speed and explosive power could appear on a yellow man!
On the sidelines, Shen Fei smiled slightly.
In his previous life, Jeremy Lin was able to stage the "Linsanity" legend in New York. The biggest reason was his super physical fitness!
You know, in this year's rookie physical test, his full-court sprint speed was comparable to the No. 1 pick, John Wall.
As for Wall's speed, everyone must have heard about it. He is definitely top 3 in the league!
This shows how much energy is contained in Jeremy Lin's seemingly ordinary body!