No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 98 - 81. He is Kobe, not even 17 years old yet, but what if he has only been practicing basketball for two years?_3

Chapter 98: 81. He is Kobe, not even 17 years old yet, but what if he has only been practicing basketball for two years?_3

The league announced the list of draft entrants on the 2nd, the NBA draft lottery concluded on the 13th, and on the 19th, the NBA held a combine... Zhang Yang never showed his face in public.

Zhang Yang received an invitation to the combine, but Tellem told him not to go, and Bynum was also in the same situation, not participating in the combine.

Zhang Yang asked Tellem why, and the response he got—We don’t need every team scrambling to pick you; focusing on our target teams will suffice, as it maintains your mystique.

Another "mysterious Eastern" athlete...

Finally, after nearly a month, Zhang Yang had his first tryout.

Once he reached the hotel, Zhang Yang asked, "Earnie, are you very close with the logo man? One phone call and he sent us a tryout invitation."

Tellem: "He used to live in Los Angeles, was my neighbor, and we’ve known each other for many years."

Zhang Yang: "Oh, I see."

Tellem: "Aren’t you going to ask more? Like if Kobe was someone I recommended to him?"

Zhang Yang: "I’ve read many urban legends about Kobe Bryant, and I don’t want to know the details. Whatever comes out of your mouth will definitely be very real, and I want to keep my innocence."

Tellem: "..."

After resting for a night, the next morning, the three of them arrived at the FedExForum.

The logo man gave Tellem a lot of face, bringing assistants Michael Cooper and head coach Mike Floyd to greet them at the arena.

After greeting Zhang Yang and Bynum, the logo man asked Cooper and Floyd to take the two for their tryout.

Today wasn’t a ’private tryout’ for the two of them; it was the Grizzlies’ second-round tryouts, and Zhang Yang saw that there were other people already being tried out in the arena, all from America’s top hundred high school students. Today seemed to be a high school student showcase!

Cooper and Floyd took the two to the area for physical testing and didn’t leave to watch other players’ tryouts. Instead, they showed great interest in watching their tests.

As of now, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue had not entered the NBA; Yao Ming was the sole image of Chinese basketball players in the NBA, humble, hardworking, powerful...

Battelle was actually relatively unknown in the US as a Chinese player.

Although Wang Zhizhi didn’t play that well, the Crazy Scientist always expressed regret when mentioning him, stating that if Wang Zhizhi could’ve joined the NBA two or three years earlier, his career would’ve been very different.

Therefore, Zhang Yang’s draft environment was far better than Jeremy Lin’s would be in the future, and also far better than his own on the 10th timeline. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Zhang Yang started with static physical measurements.

Head coach Floyd, after seeing Zhang Yang’s measurements, said, "Jack, are you really only 16? You have better physical conditions than those eighteen-nineteen-year-old high schoolers!"

Zhang Yang glanced over: height 193 cm, wingspan 206 cm, weight 88 kg.

Is that considered good? Although he relied heavily on his physical fitness when playing, he didn’t have a concrete concept...

Then he saw a physical test chart next to him, Gerald Green, 19 years old, height 201 cm, wingspan 211 cm, weight... 86 kg?

After a while, Bynum also finished his measurements.

This time, Floyd exclaimed, "Andrew, you have the best physical conditions I’ve seen for a center!"

Zhang Yang took another look; no wonder the reaction was much bigger than before.

Bynum’s static measurements were truly astonishing!

Height 213 cm, wingspan 229 cm, weight 129 kg.

After the trainer helped the two warm up, they went on to the athletic ability tests. Floyd kept praising Zhang Yang, saying his various metrics ranked at the top among all the high school perimeter players participating in the tryout that day.

Then once again, he marveled over Bynum.

Zhang Yang had the thought, "If Zhang San exists, then why bring forth an Andrew-Pig?"

Fortunately, they weren’t vying for the same position; otherwise, he would have been completely overshadowed!

It’s just that, as expected, he was the 17-year-old rookie drafted highest in the NBA.

Next was the skill testing, which didn’t raise much expectation from Floyd.

Before these two, 20 high school students had already come in today, and their skills were all poor; they seemed to know a lot of things, but from a professional standpoint, it was all shortcomings.

This time Zhang Yang and Bynum were tested separately, at the same time. Floyd first glanced at the test by Bynum, whose physical prowess was off the charts, and, indeed, it was painful to watch...

This super-heavy high school center with amazing movement capabilities, had no idea what to show during the test.

But Floyd was surprised when he saw Zhang Yang’s test!

Mid-range shots swishing in! And the form was excellent!

This mid-range shooting talent brightly caught Floyd’s attention, better than all the high school students trying out today.

Three-pointers...Zhang Yang admitted the distance was a bit much, and Floyd didn’t insist, allowing Zhang Yang to continue testing others.

In the context of high school guards, his ball-handling was decent, but by professional standards, not enough to be the main handler, passing... well, having a shooting skill is great!

When it came to the free skill showcase, Floyd was surprised again.

Stop-and-pop jumpers, that was nothing special, a staple for guards; as long as you play basketball, you generally know how to use this move, and it works well outside of actual games.

But this high schooler also knew the Euro step and step-back jump shots! And could keep the shooting form stable enough to sink the ball!

Wait, what’s this? High post back-to-basket?

Such a slow rhythm... but the turn was so quick! A stop-and-pop jumper after two steps following the turn...

To be honest, Floyd thought this post move was terrible, but the technical details were intriguing.

This high schooler from the mysterious East, daring to enter the draft at this age, certainly had something up his sleeve!

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