5-on-5 trial training is the most sensible project that reflects a player's true strength.

Although it is not possible to determine whether a player is excellent by a game, combined with on-the-spot performance and people’s previous understanding of a player, at least people can see a player more thoroughly.

Link moved a small stool to the side of the training ground, and for the first time he felt like he was a coach.

As soon as he sat down, he found that Jokic was staring at him. After finding that he was looking at him, Jokic immediately turned his face away.

Even if Jokic is in the league and team, he is not famous, let alone a strong European team.

Therefore, in the European League, Jokic rarely sees European superstars, let alone NBA superstars!

Suddenly, Jokic came to those who could only see on TV, and he would inevitably look at him curiously.

However, his round figure and looking around made him look a lot worse than other rookies in terms of momentum.

Jokic was assigned to the first team by Joe Harris, the Grizzlies' focus of observation, and Dinwiddie, who had just recovered from a serious injury.

On the other side, there are Jerami Grant, Jordan Clarkson, K.J. McDaniels and Jokic's opponents, Dwight Powell, a senior insider at Stanford University.

Link also had some impression of Powell. Although his data was not very good in college and he was not able to become a star in the NBA. But in the future, he was one of the important rotations of the Dallas Mavericks.

He has the ability to survive in NBA.

So for Jokic now, Powell is a powerful enemy.

The game began soon, and during the jumping stage, Jokic Nakambi's elderly Duncan's bounce made Link's face turn green.

After all, it’s someone I recommend, can you give me some face?

Basketball was easily taken away by Powell. His physical fitness was not top-notch, but he was also a type of running and jumping.

Jordan Clarkson broke through immediately after receiving the basketball, and his attack made most people unresponsive.

In this way, Clarkson broke through to the inside. At this time, Jokic was the only player who could protect the basket.

"Come on, boy, stop him!" Link clenched his fists and silently recited in his heart.

As a result, before the bulky Jokic could turn around, Clarkson passed by one step.

Jokic seemed to be a large truck driving overweight on the highway, and could only watch "cars" like Clarkson whizzing past him.

After the breakthrough, Clarkson jumped with one foot and suddenly jumped into the air like a UF equipped with anti-gravity device, and successfully dunked!

Clarkson reported a height of 96 meters, and the actual height of Link is probably only 93 meters. Although he is a little short, it is not a slightest to attack the basket.

Next to Link, Chris Wallace nodded with satisfaction. In the second round pick, Clarkson's instant combat power is not something that he often can have.

After the offense and defense transition, Joe Harris was unable to move forward under McDaniels' defense.

He is indeed a sharpshooter, but no matter how powerful the shooter is, he must have room to score. Harrisp's ordinary athletic ability makes it difficult for him to get rid of defense by himself.

In the end, Dinwiddie could only take over the offense. It was a pity that under the defense of Jerami Grant, Dinwiddie's breakthrough was not threatening.

Dinwiddie fought fiercely, and he wanted the Grizzlies to know that he was not depressed after being injured. But it was sometimes not a good thing to use too much force.

In the end, Dinwiddie's layup was blown away by Powell, who came back to defend, and Jokic's team was in a mess.

"Powell's physical fitness is beyond imagination. What do you think of him?" Beside Link, Jogel smiled and discussed with Link.

"It's okay, it's okay." Link nodded absent-mindedly. Jokic's team was beaten too badly!

In the subsequent attack, Jerami Grant took advantage of his height and wingspan to the basket. Once again, Jokic's defense became a decoration.

Although he rushed forward bravely, he was blocked by Jerami Grant before he could take off.

Although Jokic is very heavy, his strength is indeed too weak. The existence of plank support for 20 seconds is not a joke.

Although Randolph was fat, Link knew very well that the "big black bear" had real tendon flesh hidden under the fat. What about Jokic? The fat was still under the fat.

The toned Jerami Grant and Jokic are at a loss for the confrontation.

After Jokic was locked up, he looked at the sidelines pitifully again. As a second round pick, he was basically screwed up after being so trial training.

Link couldn't say anything encouraged, as it seemed unfair to other rookies. But at this time, Jogel took the lead in getting to Link's ear.

"By the way, when watching the video, Jokic is good at supporting and shooting, right?"

"Ah? Yes, from the video, he is a center with a very high ball quotient." Link nodded repeatedly.

"Well, he is not suitable for fighting in the inside, but maybe he can do something else. Snyder, go up and tell them to let Jokic hold the ball." Jogel waved his hand and decided to give Jokic some room to show himself.

Jogel is very clear that looking at a player, you can’t just look at his weaknesses, you have to let him play to his strengths.

No player is perfect, and every player has his own good and bad. But if a player's strengths can outweigh his shortcomings, his imperfection is not unacceptable.

For example, Tony Allen, just looking at shooting, players like him can't play with the NBA at all. But in fact, Tony Allen is an important part of the Grizzlies.

But Joggel won't use this sentence on Link, because in his heart, Link is perfect

Snyder rushed up to pause the game. He was ashamed of Jokic with a look of evil looks. Jokic probably thought he had been wiped out.

But afterwards, it was probably because of hearing Snyder letting him hold the ball, Jokic's expression changed from fear to surprise.

Although it is a bit unkind, Link really thinks this expression is very interesting. It seems that he will have to participate in more of this kind of trial training activities in the future.

After more than ten seconds, the game started again. Snyder could not have arranged any tactics for them. This kind of trial training was originally a personal ability. After a simple sentence "Hold the ball more for Jokic", it depends on the players themselves what to do.

Link has experienced this atmosphere. Everyone played like this when they were in the Development League. They ranked first in self-expression, and tactics and other things are second.

Training started over and Jokic leaned against Powell at mid-range.

Dinwiddie really didn't trust the fat white man very much. He wanted to hit the basket by himself to prove that his body was completely fine.

But he was indeed very embarrassed by Jeramy Grant, so in the end, Dinwiddie hung the ball to Jokic.

Jokic held the ball with his back, and his muscleless arm contrasted sharply with the strong Powell behind him.

Seeing this, Jerami Grant immediately went to double-team Jokic. He believed that the joint efforts of him and Powell were enough to make the bulky fat man make a mistake.

When Dinwiddie saw Grant leaving him, she immediately tangled towards the basket.

But he actually didn't expect much, and he didn't expect Jokic to see his chance.

Grant and Powell double-teamed, Jokic could not turn around and face the frame at all, and it was even more impossible to see Dinwiddie behind him who had already cut into the penalty area.

Just as everyone was waiting for Jokic to make a fool of himself, the fat man suddenly passed the ball behind him with one hand!

Dinwiddie was stunned when he saw the basketball flying over. He didn't expect that Jokic would actually see the opportunity with his back to him!

Powell turned around in surprise, but all he saw was Dinwiddie who had completed his hands dunk.

After Dingweidie succeeded in dunk, Link turned his head and looked at Chris Wallace beside him, but found that he had opened his mouth wide.

Link smiled. It seemed that Jokic's trial was not completely finished.

Jokic showed his excellent support ability in the following several attacks. His ball quotient, passing vision and passing accuracy were all demonstrated.

With his support, Joe Harris and Dinwiddie no longer had a chance to move forward.

He can pass the ball with one hand again the moment he touched the ball, he can make a gentle jump shot when he gets the opportunity, and he can clearly find every potential opportunity at the high position. Even in a fast break, Jokic dribbled the ball behind him to pass Powell.

The skills he showed are amazing and anti-traditional. Nowadays, there are few centers in this league who play like him. His ball quotient is amazingly high, and his ball sense is like a guard! It is hard to believe that he is only 9 years old and he has received regular basketball training for less than four years!

Although his athleticism and figure are still so eye-catching, Chris Wallace at least saw the shining points on Jokic.

If he can successfully lose weight, will the Grizzlies get a second Mark Gasol? This question has already made Wallace think.

In the end, Jokic first team fought back and won a 5-minute 5-on-5 trial match in a bad start.

Jokic scored 6 points and 4 rebounds in the game, was dunked twice, and was flying twice, but he sent 6 assists in an alternative way!

With his support, Dinwiddie and Joe Harris played like fish in water. You know, these rookies have not even trained together before, but even so, Jokic can still string the offense together.

This ability is not something you can do after training. You can practice your body, but the ball quotient really depends on talent.

Especially for inside players, this kind of talent is even more rare. Many inside players have been playing in the NBA for their whole lives and cannot figure out what support and pass.

After the trial, Wallace said a few polite words and let everyone part, and no player left behind any other player saying they were interested in him.

Jokic looked a little disappointed, and he must have thought his trip to Memphis had been completely screwed up. He wanted to ask for a Link's autograph, but he was too embarrassed to walk up.

But after all the outsiders left, Wallace said to Link, "I have to say, Link. The boy you asked us to find is indeed interesting."

Before leaving that day, Wallace specially copied a bunch of Jokic's game videos from Jogel's computer and went home to study.
Chapter completed!