Five: I'm Going to Score Here

Vixen Conor has been very troubled recently, because his team's record is not very good.

More than a month into the new season, the Blues have played 12 games and have only won 5 games so far.

Although the G League game is far less high-profile than the NBA, in competitive sports, results are everything. Even if it's just a G League team, it has to work hard for better results.

If the results are not good, the team owner may give up the game one day. After all, only teams with better performance and potential can be favored by NBA teams. Why is the Oklahoma City Thunder still ignoring the blue team at a time when most NBA teams have a subordinate ladder team?

It's not that I think the blue team's level is too low, and others don't look down on it.

If you can't attract NBA teams to buy, it's actually very difficult for small teams in the G League to survive. And once the team disbands, everyone has to play.

Just when Vixen Conor was at a loss, he saw Link, who had been knocked out the day before, step into the training ground. Conor immediately greeted him. He didn't care about Link, but didn't want people to die in his training hall.

"Link, you can rest for a few more days." Conor, who had a bald head, walked up to Link and checked the back of his head.

"It doesn't matter coach, the doctor said I have nothing to do." Link waved his hand, from now on he didn't want to waste any chance of exposure. If you want to be exposed on the court, you must first impress the coach in training.

Otherwise, where would Link get the chance to play in the NBA? If he doesn't play in the NBA, can Link really want to be a gardener? And then continue to live a life of poverty after crossing over?

Therefore, going home to rest is something that Link will never accept. And in order to make the progress bar fill up quickly, Link was eager to train at a high intensity every day.

"You looked a little scary the day before yesterday, and you actually fell unconscious. Well, you won't participate in today's confrontation training, just practice shooting and walking." Conor is still not at ease. After all, Link used to The body's ability to resist is really too bad.

On several occasions, Conor worried that Link would be broken by Brockman. What's more, Link just came out of the hospital.

"It's okay, I can do it. If I can't hold on, I'll take the initiative to tell you."

"That's right, Boss. This kid Link is in great shape, you'll be surprised!" Upshaw helped, he had seen how good Link was last night.

"Hahaha, don't worry, at most three minutes, you won't be able to hold on anymore."

Hearing the conversation between Link and the coach, Joan Brockman, who was warming up on the side, spoke sarcastically.

"Okay, Brockman, move a little bit during training today! This is a basketball court, not a boxing ring!" Conor responded angrily. Although this coach is strict, he is not a black and white person.

He doesn't care much about a player's reputation and skin color, but only cares about whether a player can help the team win.

The United States is indeed a particularly racist country, but not everyone is like that.

"Anyway," Conor patted Link's shoulder after yelling at Brockman, "Be careful when training today."

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The daily training time of G League teams is not long, and it is far less systematic and complicated than the NBA. After all, most of the people who play in the NBDL still work part-time because just playing basketball isn't enough to support the G League players.

Only those players who are targeting the NBA will find time to practice on their own.

And in NBDL, coaches generally don't arrange too complicated tactics.

Because in this league, players mostly focus on individual performance and rarely cooperate. Only when everyone fully demonstrates their worth can they be signed by an NBA team.

Therefore, players don't have to struggle to run tactics and memorize tactics, as long as they know some basic tactics, they can play.

During the warm-up, Link has been diligently running the basket, trying to adjust to his new body and the abilities of Hill in his old age.

During shooting practice, Link didn't even attempt a three-pointer. Others don't think it's strange, after all, Link can't shoot three-pointers before. But Upshaw was a little puzzled. Link practiced a good three-pointer, why didn't he show it?

"Why don't you shoot three-pointers, man." The curious Upshaw leaned over to Link and asked.

Link smiled mysteriously, the kind of wicked smirk, "It's not the time yet, Zeke."

Finally, after a long warm-up and individual individual training sessions, Conor blew the whistle on his chest, signaling everyone to gather towards him.

The players were all excited one by one, and the confrontation training was about to begin!

Brockman had a great laugh, and the only fun he had left every day in the NBA was to ravage Link on the training ground.

Being abused everywhere in the NBA, and being abused by others after falling into the NBDL will give Brockman a sense of accomplishment.

Link was not afraid today, but stared into Brockman's eyes and laughed. The previous Link was not very confident, so he never dared to look Brockman in the eyes. After all, Brockman's looks are very ferocious.

But today, Link not only dared to look directly at him, but also dared to laugh so jokingly.

"Damn idiot, I'll see if you can laugh later!" Brockman clenched his fists, he didn't mind letting his "good teammate" fall again.

"Today's first round of confrontation training, I don't want to see too fierce confrontation. Everyone is looking for feelings, there will be a game tomorrow. The group is the same as usual, go to the court and show the performance that can impress me." Connor Er simply said a few words, then clapped his hands.

The players dispersed and found their own groupings. Conor used a mixed grouping method of starters and substitutes in training. After all, in the G League, the positions of starters and substitutes are constantly changing.

Maybe you're the starter today, but if tomorrow the NBA has a team to release players, then no matter how good you were before, you have to go to the bench and sit. Maybe you're the starter today, but you're better tomorrow in the same position as you. So the same, go to the bench and sit down obediently.

So in NBDL, there is no clear concept of substitute and starter. Everyone can be a starter, everyone can be a substitute, it's mostly based on performance. So sometimes, the competition in the G League is actually more brutal than the NBA.

Link and Upshaw are a pair, serving as shooting guard and small forward, respectively. Link's old rival, Brockman, is on the other team and also plays small forward.

In fact, during his college days, the wild Brockman was a typical "muscle 4". But at 2.01 meters, he entered the NBA and played the fourth position, which seemed a little too short. But at the 3, Brockman is too slow in the NBA and doesn't shoot.

Four years in college, Brockman made only one 3-pointer. Most of the time, Brockman is hard to go inside and finish, shooting? what is that?

His inconsistent positioning is the reason why Brockman is not acclimatized in the NBA. This time, Brockman's goal is undoubtedly to transform to play the 3rd position. So this season on the blue team, Brockman is mostly against Link.

Since it was a training match, there was no jump ball in the middle circle, and Link's side directly sent the baseline ball.

After the point guard pushed the ball past the half court, Upshaw was the first to look.

Upshaw has averaged 9.8 points per game for the blue team this season, which is not high. But with a 38.6 percent 3-point percentage, he's the blue team's most reliable 3-point shooter.

Meanwhile, Link is looking for a three-point shot. The reason why he didn't shoot 3-pointers when he was just warming up was to wait for now.

"Stupid big guy, I'm going to score there later." Link pointed to beyond the three-point line while confronting Brockman.

"Hahahaha, who do you think you are? Larry Bird? You go, I don't even bother to guard you." Brockman almost didn't burst into tears. Link's three-point shooting percentage, come on .

Seeing that Brockman was so slack, Link seized the opportunity, pushed Brockman secretly, and then quickly ran beyond the three-point line.

Brockman really didn't chase after him, he was ready to see Link's joke.

Seeing this situation, Upshaw understood it, and he was the only one in the audience who knew what would happen later!

"Let them startle, Link!" Upshaw said to himself, calling out the basketball.

Link ran to the position he just pointed, caught the ball, faced the basket, took off, shot, and shot.

Conor's eyes lit up with his movements in one go.

A simple shot, but it reflects Link's basic skills. He doesn't look like an undrafted pick, but more like an old ruffian who has worked hard in the professional league for decades.

And most importantly, that kid actually made a three-pointer? He'd never shot a 3-pointer before.

"Link, you kid..."

Conor was about to yell, but his voice was interrupted by the tumbling of the Nets.

"...A good shot! Just throw it like this!" Conor almost scolded the "worst" sentence, but immediately changed his mouth.

The basketball hollowed into the net and hit a three-pointer!

After scoring the goal, Link pointed to his feet, and then looked at the "big white bear" Brockman with a stunned face.

"I said, I'm going to score here."

After spouting trash talk, Link stepped back and gave Upshaw a high five who assisted him.

He suddenly found that it was really cool to beat his opponents on the court.

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Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone, the editors are on holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the signing time may be postponed again, but I am helpless.

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