57. The Summer League Is Coming

"Isn't your country's dog a curse word?"

"It's not a curse word, but do you like being called a dog!"

Curry lashed out at Sun Ce angrily, but the feeling of anger dissipated a lot.

The most embarrassing one is Anthony Randolph, but although his skills are not good, it does not mean that his brain is not good. Players who eat cakes usually have a good brain and are good at seizing opportunities.

Curry, the No. 7 pick, even if he is a rookie, will definitely be better in the management's mind than an undrafted pick who has played for two years. Although Watson averaged 9 points and 2 assists per game last season, which is not bad, but the passing Sloppy, averaging only 2.7 assists in 24.5 minutes per game, Anthony Randolph doesn't like to partner with him, and it's not as high as the assist rate of Crawford, who is very unique in people's impression.

And it's not just Curry, Watson offended two people at once, and there is another rookie who may threaten Watson's playing time.

Even a second-round pick, logically speaking, has a better future than Watson, an undrafted pick whose talent has come to an end.

2 to 1, Anthony - Randolph is easy to make a judgment.

The scene was so embarrassing, so there was nothing to talk about. Anthony Randolph didn't take the initiative to talk to the two rookie guards at this time. He smiled when they looked at each other and expressed his kindness.

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On the morning of the 8th, Sun Ce and Curry came to the Oracle Arena together, and it was time for the selection of the summer league lineup.

After today's trials, I will go to Las Vegas tomorrow to prepare for the summer league starting on the 11th.

"E-level events qualify for Summer League..."

Sun Ce looked at this task that was only D-level, but felt the pressure. He didn't talk much since last night, and kept thinking about how to use his existing skills in the game.

Unlike the last event where he completed the event fearlessly with two "Newbie Gift Pack" cards, this time he had to rely on himself.

Curry looked at Sun Ce who suddenly became quiet, feeling a little out of sorts...

"Today we'll be drafting our 12-man roster for the Las Vegas Summer League...

First Team: Stephen Curry, Noah Sun, Anthony Morrow, Anthony Randolph, Anthony Tolliver..."

Although Keith Smart was dissatisfied with the head coach interfering with his summer league head coach's roster arrangement, he did so.

Hearing the lineup arrangement of the head coach of the summer league, Sun Ce felt that he had entered the Warriors summer league lineup to select the "seed team". They are all Warriors players for next season. The frontcourt three of these four teammates have contracts, and Curry will definitely be able to sign the contract.

Sun Ce and Curry looked at Watson tacitly, and sure enough, they saw Watson's gloomy face.

It feels so good! Sun Ce and Curry secretly high fived from behind.

"Team Two: CJ Watson, Darius Andrew..."

"Team three:..."

"Four teams:..."

Except for the distorted face of Watson being "expelled from the seeded team", others feel normal when they see rookies with contracts or draft picks in the "seeded team". The players in the game are used to it, and the Warriors didn't get a chance to play in the summer league, and there were other teams.

After finishing the team training match, that is, the selection team, Smart began to explain the summer league as usual.

The Warriors play in the Las Vegas Summer League, the larger of the three summer leagues, with 23 teams.

The other two summer leagues are the Utah Summer League and the Orlando Summer League. The former has 7 teams this year and the latter has 9 teams.

In addition to the summer league teams of the various teams in the NBA,

There are also the championship and runner-up teams of the NBDL, the championship teams of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), and some league teams from other countries. There are 30 to 40 teams in the three major summer leagues each year.

"The first and third teams stay, the second and fourth teams go to another training ground, 20 minutes of competition, 10 minutes in each half, what we examine is not the outcome of the game, but everyone's performance , Teamwork, the next two hours of warm-up and communication between the team members, the game will start at 11 o'clock."

After finishing the arrangement, Smart came to the first team to direct the players to warm up, and the other three assistant coaches also led their teams to warm up or went to the training ground on the other side to warm up.

"That guy is lucky." Sun Ce muttered as he watched Watson head to another training ground.

"Well..." Curry was also very upset.

Both of them want to take revenge early. Although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, Sun Ce feels that he is not a gentleman. Curry may think that he is a gentleman, but he does not know this sentence.

But Sun Ce didn't play against Watson, and while Sun Ce felt unhappy... he was a little bit lucky. In fact, I really don't know if he can beat Watson. This guy's ability evaluation is similar to that of Dragic, but his NBA experience Rajic is stronger, and his body and technology are more mature.

Those who can gain a firm foothold in the NBA and get a contract and have a stable playing time are among the best players in the world.

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Most of the players in the summer league, that is, those players who are in the NBDL and other low-level leagues and come to participate in the summer league every year, are really not very good.

During the warm-up, we briefly discussed the style of play. Sun Ce was in charge of breaking through and scoring. Curry and Morrow caught and shot the ball. Yes, and just like that, the first team beat the third team 62 to 40...

Before the game, Sun Ce looked at the opponent's ability evaluation. The highest was the D-level center Chris Hunter, a senior graduate of the University of Orlando.

Unexpectedly, there was no pressure. Sun Ce scored 13 points and 5 assists by breaking through, and easily helped the first team win the intra-team match.

But Sun Ce felt that the others seemed to think it was normal. When the three teams met them, they had almost no resistance. Sometimes they just threw the ball in the air, and Randolph could easily dunk it in by jumping up...

Sun Ce felt that he misestimated some things. He thought it was an E-level incident, and it would be difficult, but now that he knew it, Curry went to the head coach to communicate with him. He finished the event!

At 12 o'clock, 20 players returned to the home team's training ground to gather.

"Steph Curry, Noah Sun, CJ Watson, Coby Carr, Anthony Morrow, PJ Tucker, Kadir Martin, Devin George, Anthony Toliver, Anthony - Randolph, Chris Hunter, Mickey Moore, congratulations on being named to the summer league squad, and the others thank you for being a part of..."

Unsurprisingly, all five players from the first team were selected, four from the second team, and only Chris Hunter was selected from the third team. He scored 12 points and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes. Two players were selected, namely Coby Carr, the son of the Nuggets coach, and PJ Tucker, the second-round pick of the Raptors in 2006.

Before Sun Ce really didn't notice that the Warriors' summer league lineup had so many familiar faces, mainly because of the obvious difference in appearance from ten years later, just like Tucker, who was waived after playing half a season with the Raptors in 2006. Later, I went to Europe, and returned to the United States to play summer league every summer...

There are also Devin George and Mickey Moore, two veterans with more than 10 years of professional career, who are still looking for work... I guess they are about to retire after going bankrupt...

The pressure to compete is finally here!

Just when Smart announced the summer league lineup, the event section of the system changed.

"Congratulations to the host, E-level event: The lineup for the summer league has been completed, and the continuous event: D-level event: Summer League situation."