Chapter Twelve Forging Beams
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After leaving Chicago, Joni returned to Indiana, where he stayed for two more days until he received another call from R.C. Buford, and then bought a plane ticket to San Antonio for the Spurs trial.
However, the Spurs' trial made Joni a little disappointed, because the Spurs had no draft picks this year, or there were no draft picks at all, so they did not invite any players to San Antonio for the trial. Even in the Chicago United Training Camp, they only sent a scout, R.C. Buford, and general manager Greg Popovich stayed in San Antonio.
Last season, the Spurs were the most powerful team in the league. They won the second best record in the West under the leadership of head coach Bob Hill. So, so far, their goal is still to be the championship, and they will not pay too much attention to these rookies. Until David Robinson was injured later.
Jony didn't even find players in the same position as him here. Greg Popovich and Bob Hill would rather get some players in other positions. However, Jony still showed some of his talents in front of the Spurs uniform group. Popovich finally gave Jony a promise that they would try their best to trade to get a draft pick to pick Jony.
Joni's trial ended soon, and he only received a Spurs trial invitation, so he was ready to pack up and go home. However, Jimmy Adams called Joni and asked Joni to go to Los Angeles to find him.
Joni was helpless and bought a plane ticket at the San Antonio airport. Seeing her smaller and smaller savings, she was in tears.
Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, has one of the greatest wealthy NBA families, and another **-smart team, the Clippers. That day, Joni arrived here and called Jimmy Adams as usual. After a while, Jimmy Adams came to Joni in a taxi.
"Jonny, do you know? I helped you get the Lakers' trial invitation! You have to know! That's the Lakers!"
Looking at Jimmy Adams's a little excited, Joni curled his lips: "Lakes, is it that powerful? Is he that powerful as the Spurs? I went to the Spurs for a tryout before."
"No, no, Joni, you may not know that the Lakers are one of the greatest teams in the NBA. The only one that can be compared with him is the Celtics. So, you know, although they have not played very well in the past few seasons, it is different now. If they choose you, plus the rumored O'Neal, the Lakers will rise again!"
Of course, Joni was not sure about Jimmy Adams' excitement. Whether he was in his previous life or in this life, he was a silk thread that didn't care about the NBA. The difference is that one was the silk thread from the 21st century and the other was the silk thread from the 20th century.
"Okay, Lakers, I want to wish us good luck!" Joni shrugged helplessly. Anyway, the Spurs are willing to choose him, so he doesn't have to worry about entering the NBA now. It doesn't matter if he goes to the Lakers to try it. As long as Jimmy Adams doesn't bring him to Wake Forest.
Jimmy Adams brought Jonny to the place where he came to was not Staples, but the Toyota Center. Don’t get me wrong. This Toyota Center is not the Rockets’ stadium in later generations. The Rockets’ stadium has not started to be built at this time. This Toyota Center is the Lakers’ training hall now.
There were already many rookies outside the Lakers' training hall. They lined up one after another, waiting here, and there were a total of more than ten people.
Outside the training hall, Jonny saw their opponent Derek Fisher in Chicago. If Jonny came later, he would meet the weird guy he had fought with before, Kobe Bryant.
However, Joni found that all the rookies in line had a note in their hands, which seemed to be invitations to the Chicago rookie joint training camp.
"Jimmy, do we have that thing?" Joni looked at Jimmy Adams suspiciously.
"Hehe, buddy, don't doubt me, I found an acquaintance." Jimmy Adams looked proud.
"Hey, Jeff, we're here!" Then Jimmy Adams suddenly waved to a middle-aged white man standing at the entrance of the training hall. "This is the acquaintance I'm looking for, and he'll stuff you in."
But the white man frowned and walked carefully to Joni and Jimmy Adams, and then whispered to Jimmy Adams: "Jimmy, let's talk about it later..."
Before he finished speaking, a sarcastic voice came from behind the white man: "Why, Jeff, you found another group of players who don't know where they came from? Do you want to get kickbacks?" This is Mickey Kupchek, the Lakers' general manager assistant.
"Uh, no, Mr. Mickey." The white scout called Jeff Calvin, who hesitated to explain.
"Does they have an invitation? Take it out and take a look?" Mickey Kupchek smiled sarcastically.
"Uh...this..." Jeff Calvin didn't know how to answer.
"Can't you enter without an invitation?" Joni spoke.
"Of course, otherwise some players who don't know where they can get in?" Mickey Kupchek said with some reference.
However, Joni's eyes were very sharp. He suddenly saw a person without an invitation to enter the training hall, so he pointed at the person and shouted: "What about that guy? Why can he enter without an invitation?"
"Haha, someone is questioning you, Kerry!" Several rookies standing aside watching the show came laughing.
The guy pointed at by Joni turned to look at Joni and said with disdain: "Boy, are you not convinced? Why don't you come and have a fight?" Joni was about to agree, but his words were interrupted by Mickey Kupchek.
"Okay, Kerry, you go in first." Mickey Kupchek let the black defender who was a little resentful of Joni's words leave first. Joni's idea of fighting the black defender was shattered.
"Boy, you really don't know the world. Do you know who the person was just now? That's Crickettels, Louisiana's basketball man! What about you? Hey, really, a waste of time!"
"Isn't such a player not allowed to enter?"
"Of course, otherwise any cat or dog can come in."
"Is this the so-called NBA giant team?" Joni was puzzled by the Lakers' system. In fact, many teams do not have such a system as the Lakers. If a player comes to the door for a trial, under normal circumstances some teams will let the players try it, regardless of their fame.
And now, Kupchek directly refused to let Joni enter the door. This attitude of looking down on people makes Joni angry.
In response to Joni's rhetoric, Kupchek just smiled disdainfully, ignored Joni turned to Jeff Calvin and said, "Jeff, don't bring any players here next time!" Then he looked at Joni and Jimmy Adams with disdain, turned around and left.
Jeff Calvin was a little embarrassed. In fact, he had promised Jimmy Adams with a guarantee, but now, Kupcheck's sudden appearance made Calvin's guarantee a blank check.
Calvin smiled awkwardly and said to Joni and Jimmy Adams: "You guys wait a moment, and I'll treat you to dinner in a few minutes."
Originally, Jimmy Adams was about to turn his head and leave with Jonny, but after hearing Calvin's words, he decided to wait. After all, they would feel puzzled by someone who was ridiculed by them, so they had to figure out what was going on.
Soon, more than a dozen rookies entered the training hall, and Jonny could only watch outside the door. Jeff Calvin, who had finished his work, breathed a sigh of relief, packed up his things and called Jonny and Jimmy Adams into the car.
"Jimmy, I'm really sorry today." As soon as I got in the car, Jeff Calvin began to apologize, which made Jimmy Adams and Joni want to figure out what was going on.
"What the hell is going on?" Jimmy Adams asked immediately.
"Oh, that's it..." Jeff Calvin quickly explained that it turned out that Jeff Calvin was an inconsistent scout in the league. He just entered the Lakers by relationship two years ago and became one of the scouts responsible for the draft. Kupchek is the Lakers' general manager assistant. Some time ago, I didn't know why I had a grudge against Jeff Calvin, so what happened today happened today.
Joni and Jimmy Adams could only smile bitterly. Originally, Kuppchek would not appear at the entrance of the training hall, but he just appeared. It should be said that Joni and Jimmy Adams were lucky. But this is the case. In addition, Joni has already received the Spurs' draft promise, so he is not too cold to the Lakers, so he didn't think too much about it.
Chapter completed!