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Chapter 93 Heralds and Visions

In July, more than three months have passed since Georgetown won the championship, and everything seems like yesterday.

There is a holiday in college, and the basketball fans in the first half of the year are transformed into NCAA football fans in the second half of the year.

Qin Fei completed the signing in Seattle, and then according to the team's arrangement, he went to Los Angeles non-stop to participate in the summer league.

It was Tellem who arranged the trip. After arriving in Los Angeles, Tellem disappeared and was replaced by Rob. Qin Fei knew in his heart that Tellem was looking for Kobe. After all, Kobe was also his player.

So it's not easy for an agent, especially an agent who is not yet a big name. When he reaches the level where he doesn't have to do everything himself, it means that the agent's level is already very high and the team is very strong.

"Are you still going to school?"

Rob knows that Qin Fei probably has a girlfriend who is very beautiful and has a good figure, just like a celebrity, so two days before the start of the competition, he is already ready to go to USC again.

"No, I'm back on vacation. I don't have any acquaintances in Los Angeles right now. Just wait in the hotel for the past two days." Qin Fei thought to himself that this Rob has a good idea, so he goes to see his beautiful sister in college every now and then?

"Okay, then call me if you need anything."

After checking in the hotel for Qin Fei, Rob left.

There are many summer leagues in the NBA, and they generally start in mid-to-early July. Before August, the Sonics sometimes participate in the Rocky Mountain Summer League (the predecessor of the Salt Lake City Summer League), and sometimes participate in the Southern California Summer League.

The Southern California Summer League is generally held at the Long Beach Pyramid Stadium. There are generally about ten teams participating, and most of them are mainly Western teams, including the Lakers, Clippers, Supersonics, Suns, Warriors and so on.

This year, there is another special place, that is, the Huaxia national team also came to Long Beach to participate in the summer league and train for the Olympics.

The day before the game, Qin Fei went to the Pyramid Stadium and met Bob Withey, the assistant coach who led the Supersonics this time.

Bob Withey joined the Sonics as an assistant coach in 1994, but before that, he had served as head coach in the Spurs, Hawks and Clippers.

The players who play in the summer league are basically rookies or fringe players who have been in the league for two or three years.The main purpose is, on the one hand, to allow the rookies selected in the draft to adapt to quasi-NBA-level games.

The entire Sonics won a total of two rookies in the 96 draft. In addition to Qin Fei, there was also a rookie at the end of the second round named Drew Barry, who was also a shooting guard.

Although Drew Barry is only at the end of the second round, he has a prominent family background. He is a member of the Barry family, a well-known basketball family in the NBA. His two older brothers were selected in the first round of the 92 draft and the 95 draft respectively. His father, Rick Barry, is even more powerful. He is a basketball Hall of Fame player.

The main reason for choosing Barry is because of the shooting ability that everyone in their family is good at, to see if they can be cultivated.

In addition to Qin Fei, there is another player on the team with the official establishment of the Supersonics, which is the team's backup point guard Eric Snow (Barry has not yet signed).

This player was selected by the Bucks with the No.14 pick in the second round last year, and then traded to the Sonics. He just turned 23 this year.

Apart from these two, there are no other well-established players. The team temporarily invited some players, including the subjects of the investigation, to form a team of more than ten people to participate in the summer league. These players, who are similar to temporary workers, will be paid by the team, but it is relatively small. Most of these players will not be able to stay in the team after the summer league. After all, they still have to leave.

Those who can stay are considered the marginal among the marginal, and the status of temporary workers has not changed.

They still have to go through inspections, until the end of the preseason and the official start of the regular season, they may be cut at any time.

In the 15-man roster, there are only one or two positions that can really be given to these players, and the competitive pressure is very high.

When the weather was hot, Qin Fei and the teammates he had just met stepped into the Pyramid Stadium.

There are two to three games a day in the summer league, and there is no champion yet, it is purely a friendly match.

Before the start of the league, there was no ceremony or anything. The leaders of the participating teams drew lots, and then the games started in order.

The Supersonics took turns on the first day, so Qin Fei and the team members went to other training grounds for training.

Assistant coach Bob Withey specially found a trainer to train Qin Fei alone.

Qin Fei is the key training object of this summer league team. Other players can only follow the coach's arrangement no matter how uncomfortable they feel.

"What position did you play in college?" Bob Withey held the ball in his hand and was not in a hurry to start training, so he chatted with Qin Fei first.

The two actually met each other in a box in New York. Qin Fei replied with a smile: "Actually, the coach assigned many roles at that time. I remember playing from the first position to the third position, but the most common one was the second position."

"Well." Bob Withey knew Qin Fei's coach, John Thompson, the famous towel coach.

"I've read your scouting report before. Your strength is not bad. You can bench press 84 kg 9 times. But after entering the NBA, you will encounter many very powerful opponents. Some are in your position, and some may be forwards. So you need stronger strength and better confrontation ability." Bob Wisey briefly explained his thinking.

Of course Qin Fei agreed, and he would do whatever the coach arranged for him.

So during the summer league, his training in the team is divided into three parts, one is the full-court confrontation with teammates, the other is basic physical fitness training, the most important thing is strength training, and the third is individual exercises, mainly involving shooting practice.

During confrontation practice, Qin Fei, Snow and Drew Barry form a group, Snow is the point guard, Barry is the shooting guard, and Qin Fei is more often a small forward.

At the end of the first day of training, Qin Fei heard that Kobe had scored 27 points.

Although it was just an ordinary summer league game, it was enough to show Kobe's excellence. He showed perfect personal offensive skills on the court and blasted everyone who played against him.

At night, Kobe invited Qin Fei to dinner.

In fact, it is a buffet in the hotel.

When the two came to the hotel restaurant, they met a group of Chinese basketball players who were eating.

Since 94, the Huaxia men's basketball team has officially entered the golden generation. At that time, we implemented the basketball concept of "small, fast, and smart" to the end.

The most important thing is tenacious mental willpower and a tough style. You dare to fight against any team you meet. You don’t panic when you see that you have black skin.

Qin Fei remembers that the national team players of this era were his favorites in his previous life. They all had nicknames, and they were all chic and handsome. He didn't expect to have a face-to-face meeting in this situation.

In fact, Qin Fei's name already has a certain reputation in China. After all, even the Imperial TV station has published short news. In the national team, these big brothers often discuss together.

The biggest question is how good is this 18-year-old Chinese player selected by the NBA?

"What's the matter?" Seeing Qin Fei not moving, Kobe was a little puzzled.

"It's okay, I'll go say hello, you find a place to sit down first." Qin Fei walked towards the players of the national team with a smile.

When these big brothers saw Qin Fei, they all smiled at Qin Fei. Although they were cautious, they showed kindness.

Chen Dechun, one of the members of the coaching team at that time, stood up first as a representative and reached out to shake Qin Fei's hand.

Qin Fei was taken aback for a moment, and after holding his hand with a smile, he spoke first: "I really like the brothers in our national team, they are all heroes."

Hahaha

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised that Qin Fei's Chinese was not bad, and while being amused, they added a point of recognition.

"Xiao Qin, come quickly, sit down and eat with us." Hu Weidong, who was wearing glasses, waved to Qin Fei.

Qin Fei walked over and sat next to Hu Weidong.

Hu Weidong actually helped Qin Fei introduce him: "Brothers don't know yet, Xiao Qin is a child from our Jiangnan Province, hahahaha"

"Look who made you proud"

Chen Dechun came over and patted Hu Weidong.After Lao Hu sat down, several other players came over and surrounded Qin Fei. They first saw that Qin Fei was very young, and then noticed the two exposed arms of Qin Fei when he was wearing short sleeves. The muscle lines on them were clear, and they looked like very powerful unicorn arms.

"This should be our first Chinese player who is seriously going to play in the NBA?" Wang Zhizhi, Battelle and Li Nan are the youngest players in this class. Seeing that the big brothers have surrounded them, and the three of them are sitting there watching from a distance, Wang Zhizhi's tone is inevitably tinged with envy.

NBA, it turns out that we are not very far away!

At the age of 19, he began to have some longing in his eyes

(End of this chapter)