Fans were discussing the 2007 draft, and Xie Hou was not allowed to relax.

He also wanted to prepare carefully for what happened after the season, but conditions did not allow it.

The Pacers' pick-up was not played at the draft, but there were two Chinese players who were going to participate in this year's draft, and both Xie Hou knew them.

One is Space Yi, who has become famous after the 2006 World Championships and is currently ranked in the top ten picks on major draft predictions; the other is Sun Yue, who finally got the draft promise after visiting many teams for trial training.

The two of them had the opportunity to create the history of Chinese basketball: for the first time in history, two Chinese were selected in the draft.

"Brother Monkey, you've all come to your territory. Wouldn't you take us to have fun?" Sun Yue's personality is quite outgoing. Fortunately, with him there, it won't be a mess.

Xie Hou can speak eloquently and unrestrainedly, but he is not the kind of person who has something to say and has nothing to say to create topics and continues to talk about.

Xie Hou went to the airport to take them to "Xuewei and You", called out Lao Wang, and the four Chinese national team gathered together.

At the dinner table, Sun Yue talked about his trial training.

"You may not know how hard I have been recently-" he began to describe his mental journey, "I ran around, ran around, and ran around, and half of the United States was run by me, and I could be considered a promise."

Wang Zhizhi pretended to be aloof and deliberately showed no interest: "Oh, that's it."

This reaction is usually the sequelae of listening to too many commentary by George McGuinness.

"Is that so? Congratulations." Xie Hou was not very interested in whoever Sun Yue was selected, as long as he was not as unsuccessful as Xiao Tang last year.

Seeing that they were not interested, Sun Yue asked in surprise: "Don't you want to know which team gave me a promise?"

"Is this a secret? Can you disclose it to us?"

"A second round guarantee is not a secret!" Sun Yue waved his hand and sold the team he promised to him. "The Lakers gave me a draft promise!"

Everyone's reactions were different, and they were easy to smile, not the kind of smile that was happy for Sun Yue.

He is a relatively introverted person and is not easy to express his feelings unless he is in front of a familiar friend. Although he won the title of world championship with his teammates of the national team, not many people kept in private after the national team was disbanded.

The smile at this moment is just to make yourself look more sociable.

Personality usually does not become a big problem in playing in the NBA. There is no shortage of people with strange temperaments in NBA history. As long as they have enough strength and meet the team's requirements, there will still be someone to ask for it.

However, character will still determine destiny to a certain extent.

For example, if you are not strong enough, you need to communicate and communicate more to let your teammates understand your ideas. Good teammates can help Nicholas improve their performance. The biggest difference between those marginal people who are returned by the NBA and those marginal people who are left by the NBA is that they are not good at communicating.

For example, Matt Bonner, if he hadn't joined the team that suited him the most, with his strength, it would be difficult for him to play in the NBA for such a long time.

In just one meal, Xie Hou understood the little thoughts of these two people.

Lao Wang asked: "Then are you here in Indiana this time for a trial or a free meal?"

"It has both." Sun Yue smiled.

He both had free meals and tried out.

Sun Yue's predictions of draft picks fluctuate, with the highest number of the first round and the lowest number of the second round.

As the first Asian wing in history to have draft prospects, he has the conditions and potential to make the NBA excited.

He has a height of 205 cm and has played No. 1 position for a long time in the Ao Shen team.

The Ao Shen team joined the ABA (American Basketball League), and he also ended his professional league debut this season.

Sun Yue averaged 13.5 points, 10.5 assists and 6.0 rebounds in his first ABA season.

He is higher than Xie Hou, but he plays in the number one position. Even if he can't play in the number one position in a higher level game, his physical condition is enough for him to transform.

The template that scouts set him for him is Pacers' starting guard Theo Papalucas.

At the same height, outstanding defense, insufficient independent offensive ability, and three-pointers at one-handed.

Xie Hou was not surprised that the Lakers promised him the draft. He was the type of player that Zen master liked, tall, comprehensive and flexible, and full of athletic ability.

Since the Bulls won 72 in 1996, the Zen master has fallen in love with the comprehensive swing wing.

Sun Yue's playing style is in line with the Zen master's aesthetics, and the Chinese market behind him is actually the least thing to consider.

Currently, there are three Chinese players in the NBA. The cake you should score is almost the same. If you attract Chinese players, if you don’t play well, the market you can drive is limited.

With a huge market backrest, if you don’t need strength to be able to walk on flat ground, Chinese players other than Yao and Xie Hou will not have to be so difficult.

Sun Yue boasted about his trial training throughout the whole process, but Yi, who received more attention, was quiet and silent, and said little.

"Xiao Yi, do you believe it?" Xie Hou asked on his own initiative.

Yi said with little certainty: "I have gone to all the places I should go, probably the fourth or fifth."

"That's right, Xie Hou was the third pick back then, right?" Wang Zhizhi said with a smile.

Yi obviously couldn't be interested in the result, and he had higher requirements for himself.

"That's right?" Xie Hou didn't expect that Lao Wang, who was only selected in the second round, would dare to make a big fuss about his ranking. Moreover, the third ranking was just a matter of that year.

If the Pacer has the first pick, he believes that the Pacer will also choose him with the first pick.

Speaking of this, Xie Hou explained with the idea of ​​not letting Lao Wang lead the rhythm: "Well, based on the results of ESPN's re-ranking of the 1999 draft last year, I ranked first in that draft."

Re-ranking is to play a hindsight. The most nonsense is that in 2000, the best player comes from the second round, and all the teams holding the first round pick are blind.

When it comes to talent shows, everyone has something to say, Yi says the least, Lao Wang says the most, and he keeps showing qualifications, so that everyone here and Yao and Bart who can't hear these words at all know that without his efforts, there would be no glory for you people today.

"I should have to do it." Strictly speaking, Xie Hou was the first Chinese to be appreciated by Americans, but he only entered the NBA later than Wang Zhizhi and Yao Yun.

After hearing this, Wang Zhizhi made sense and ruled him out.

Sun Yue consciously toasted Lao Wang: "You are right, you should give me a big tribute!"

This meal was enjoyable.

After dinner, Yi had to go to New York to meet with his agent to prepare for the draft, Sun Yue had to participate in the Pacers' trial, and Lao Wang had to prepare a speech for the championship ceremony and make a decision related to the future.

Wang Zhizhi signed a short contract with the Pacers two years ago, which will expire in the summer.

In the past two years, he has become a champion who is about to be eliminated by the NBA and averaging 6 points and 3 rebounds per game. He has two rings in hand. He is only 30 years old. His systematic training and game have created good physical condition and skills, and he is still at the peak.

After pursuing his dream for 7 years, he has tasted the ups and downs. At the age of 30, he faces a choice to return to China or renew his contract.

Bird has long stated on behalf of the team that if Wang Zhizhi is interested, the team is willing to sign a four-year contract with him.

It is easy to find a substitute in the interior, but it is difficult to find a substitute with Xie Hou in a co-star style.

One day later, Xie Hou and Sun Yue went to the Walker's training center together.

Sun Yue was about to participate in the trial training, and Xie Houze stood beside him to observe.

Just like Tang Zhendong, who came to Pacers to try out last year.

Sun Yuexian conducted a shooting test. He is a left-handed player. His shooting movements are not beautiful but his shooting point is high. He is 205 cm tall. If he can develop a stable three-pointer and transform into a number two and three positions that can be held in a ball, it is also good.

His shooting test results are neither good nor bad.

11 of 18 three-pointers;

7 of 18 three-pointers with the ball;

Running and receiving the ball and 12 of 18 three-pointers;

Shooting within the three-point line has no reference value. If he wants to play in the NBA, he will not have too many opportunities to catch and shoot within the three-point line.

"His shots still have room for development," said Steve Frank, Pacers' shooting coach.

Xie Hou nodded, this is a positive comment.

Next is the technical test. Sun Yue's dribble is quite solid. Compared with his height, he has good ball holding ability.

The obstacles in the test were just a piece of cake and he passed easily.

BJ McDowell, who found out about Shehou with Bird, said: "Have the potential to be a ball holder in the NBA."

Another positive comment, it just doesn’t hurt or itchy.

There is room for room for the potential, and these words are for young popular rookies.

Sun Yue is currently 21 and a half years old and is still young, but it is time to have preliminary exchange potential.

In the strength test, Sun Yue performed poorly.

Just like his thin body shape, his strength is lacking.

Afterwards, he and several other players who came to participate in the trial team formed a two-team to play against each other.

The confrontation can see something more intuitively.

Sun Yue's style, weaknesses, and his characteristics that seem to be advantages but become weak under high intensity.

The most obvious advantage turns into disadvantage is his ball holding.

In the ABA league, he averaged 10.5 assists per game and was at ease as a point guard. At the trial level, he faced a group of young people who had just graduated from college. Their pressing made Sun Yue anxious, and he lost the ball with consecutive mistakes and gave up dribbling after stopping the ball.

"The lack of confrontation ability caused him to be unable to withstand the pressing."

"The height of the height makes him unable to protect the ball well."

"There is a lack of skills to hold the ball on the back."

"The lower limbs are not thick enough to occupy the defensive position."

"He has good skills, but it takes three or four years to shape his body to hold the ball freely in the NBA."

McDowell smiled at Bird and said, "It's gratifying that everything he lacks can be improved through training."
Chapter completed!