basketball dreams

Chapter 10 The Sixth Man?
The first day of training ended with Baker's meticulous guidance of several people's shooting movements.When they went back that night, several people felt that they had gained a lot.

Before leaving the gymnasium, Baker told them that after going back today, he would carefully study the characteristics of the five of them, and then make a training plan for each of them, and asked them to train before 07:30 the next day. We're going to gather at the arena.

After everything was explained, several people dragged their tired bodies back to their residence.

However, Tang Yin and Embiid didn't leave. They seemed to have something important to discuss.

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At 09:30 in the evening, in the arena, Tang Yin, who was left behind, looked at Embiid in front of him in surprise.

"You mean, Brett Brown (the head coach of the 76ers) wants me to play as the sixth man next season?" Tang Yin's expression seemed a little exaggerated.

Embiid nodded first, then shook his head: "Well... that's it, not all of it."

"What the head coach means is that I hope you can change your style of play from next season, and then act as the team's sixth man in the future like your draft template Crawford."

Tang Yin frowned unconsciously when he heard the words. He seemed to have sensed another meaning from Embiid's words.

"So, what does the coach mean, let me not have illusions about the starting position?" Immediately, he smiled.

Change your style of play and become the team's sixth man just like Crawford.These words may be very good for a rookie, after all, it means that you will play an important role in the team in your rookie season and will get a stable playing time.

But if you think about it, changing your style of play to adapt to the role of the sixth man, like Crawford, doesn't mean that if you are always in this team, then you will always be the sixth man, never again. No chance of being a starter.

Tang Yin's breathing became heavy, and he lowered his head. It could be seen that he was suppressing his emotions.On the second day after being selected, he met Brown, the head coach of the 76ers. At that time, he told Brown that he would work hard to become the team's starter, but it was obvious that Brown didn't pay attention to what he said. .

Embiid's emotional intelligence is very high, and he immediately understood Tang Yin's mood, and hurriedly said: "Don, don't be angry, this is just the head coach's unilateral intention, and he didn't want to force you."

But at the next moment, Tang Yin broke out: "Nonsense! If you didn't want to force me, then why did you come to me? Don't you want you to use this summer to convince me?"

"Don...I know what you think...but we must put the future of the team as the top priority! The current team's starting lineup is full...just lacking a super sixth man who can lead the bench. "Embiid tried to keep his voice down as much as possible, and continued to appease Tang Yin's emotions.

"Full?" Tang Yin suddenly raised his head and stared at Embiid with wide eyes. "Redick is 35 years old. If I play well, should I still let that old man start!"

"Don, Redick will no longer be the team's starter next season. One is because of his age, and the other is because of his insult to China last time. The team has decided to deprive him of his starting qualification through various considerations. gone."

"Then why not let me start? My ability is not enough? I am only 23 years old, I have plenty of time to grow! If they can't afford to wait for me, why choose me?"

"Don... the head coach has decided to leave the starting position to Fultz who will come back next season... As the No. [-] pick last year, he must be the team's key training object, so you can only..." En Beede sighed, and he didn't want to see such a situation, but such a situation was bound to happen after Fultz returned, but between Tang Yin and Fultz, the head coach chose the No. [-] pick.

After all, no head coach of any team would put the No. [-] pick on the bench for a yellow guard.

Hearing this sentence, Tang Yin suddenly became quiet, and then lowered his head again. Embiid was very tall, so Tang Yin's expression was completely invisible at this time.

In 2010, Tang Yin, who was 15 years old, saw the NBA game on live TV for the first time. At that time, he was still a thin boy who only knew how to play games at home all day long. He never knew what hard work was.

But that day, he saw the NBA Finals, the Lakers-Celtics Finals tiebreaker.

Watching basketball for the first time, he was quickly attracted by a figure in the picture.

Kobe Bryant, the man closest to God. In the tiebreaker of the 2010 Finals, Kobe led the Lakers to an 83-79 victory over the Celtics. Kobe only contributed 24 points on 6 of 23 shots, but he grabbed as many as 15 rebounds.

Elegant shooting, grabbing rebounds almost with all his strength, and the spirit of not shrinking back even in the face of two or even three double-teams of the opponent, these fascinating qualities immediately attracted Tang Yin at that time, and because This man named Kobe fell in love with the sport of basketball.

Since then, Tang Yin has searched all the news about Kobe on the Internet.He suddenly discovered that the person he admired had such a legendary experience!
In this way, he had a dream about the NBA, and he fantasized countless times that he could be as powerful as Kobe in the NBA.

Finally, this time travel gave him a chance to catch up with his idol. After waking up that day, he swore that he would become the team's starter, the core of the team, and an All-Star just like Kobe. A frequent visitor, becoming the man closest to Kobe in NBA history!
But today, Embiid's words almost shattered his dream.He has a 2+2 contract with the team. If the team is unwilling to trade him, he must stay in the 4ers as a substitute for at least 76 years in the future. This is simply a nightmare for him!
The sixth man, he doesn't look down on the sixth man, but he understands that Kobe will never play as a substitute!
"Don..." Embiid put his big hand on Tang Yin's shoulder, but Tang Yin still lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

Embiid also felt uncomfortable looking at Tang Yin.He likes Tang Yin very much. Although he has only been in contact with him for a few days, he is very interested in this yellow boy from China. He is very humble and persistent, and he must do what he decides.

There was a summer league game that impressed Embiid deeply. At that time, Tang Yin sprained his foot on the field. He should have been off the field for inspection, but it was the last minute of the fourth quarter of the game, and the team fell behind by 3 points. It is the moment to decide the outcome.

Tang Yin endured the severe pain in his foot and the risk that the injury might worsen, and insisted on playing despite the team doctor's advice. In the end, relying on his three-pointer at the last moment, the team was suspected of passing and narrowly defeated the opponent by one point!

At that time, Embiid, who was watching the game, understood that this yellow boy was the most perfect puzzle on his way to winning the championship in the future!What he needs is this spirit of going all out and never giving up!Therefore, he took extra care of Tang Yin.

But as the head coach, Brown doesn't really believe in yellow people. In American society, such a concept is very common, not to mention that Tang Yin's competitor is last year's No. [-] pick Fultz.

"The head coach thinks, I'm definitely not as good as Fultz?" Just as Embiid was thinking wildly in his mind, Tang Yin suddenly moved, he straightened up, and raised his head.

I don't know if it was a hallucination, but Embiid actually felt that Tang Yin's eyes were extraordinarily bright.

"Uh...the head coach has some prejudices against people of yellow race, don't worry about it..."

Tang Yin waved his hand to signal him to stop talking, then turned around and went to the back to pick up his backpack and put it on his back.

Then, without looking back, he said a sentence that Embiid will never forget.

"Then let him see who is stronger, me or Fultz! This starting position, I want to decide!"

(End of this chapter)