Time flies, and half a month passed in a flash in the pre-season training. The Magic ushered in the pre-season game at his home court, but Joni once again found himself miserable. He didn't even get a minute of playing chance. Even Amal McCasgill and Brian Evans got a lot of playing time.

It seems that Brian Hill has really given up on him.

Joni was a little depressed. Did he really do something wrong on the first day of pre-season training? It annoyed Brian Hill, but it was impossible to give in if Joni wanted Joni to surrender. After all, Joni never thought he was wrong.

Why didn't Brian Hill play for Jonny? Ricci Adubatu also asked Brian Hill. After the fourth game of the preseason, Jonny didn't get even a minute of playing time in four consecutive games, and Richi Adubatu couldn't stand it anymore, so he came to Brian Hill.

"Bryan, I don't know why you didn't give that kid the ball." Ricci Adubatu pointed to Joni, who was sweating on the court. If there was a serious attitude in the training, no one in this training hall could compare with Joni.

"Is that boy? His strength is just a player at the end of the bench." Brian Hill didn't say much, but just explained it briefly, but obviously this explanation would not satisfy Ricci Adubatu.

"I mean, why don't you give that little guy even a minute of playing time?"

"Didn't I play for him for a minute? It's very simple. The reason just now, coupled with his disobedience, such a player needs to be punished well, Ricci." Brian Hill turned his head and looked at Ricci Adubatu, then turned around and continued to supervise the training of the players on the court.

Ricci Adubatu was very helpless. Joni's strength was not good? At least the result of Ricci Adubatu's observation through the summer league was that no matter how much this magic was, the starting five tigers were stronger than Joni. However, the head coach was Brian Hill. Ricci Adubatu could only give some advice like he did just now. He could not interfere with Brian Hill's arrangement.

Joni failed to play all the preseason. It was not just Joni himself who was anxious, but not just Richie Adubatu, Darrell Armstrong, Amal McCasgill, and they were also anxious about Joni. They all got a lot of playing time, but Joni has not played yet.

Of course, what Jonny didn't know was that there was another person who was anxious about him, that is, Anfini Hardaway. If you want to talk about why the Magic chose Jonny, it was because of Anfini Hardaway's requirements. In this Magic, Anfini Hardaway's prestige is very high. Even the Sharks chose to leave because the Magic management prefers Anfini Hardaway, and wasting a draft pick in the final round, John Gabriel was also very willing.

Why did Anfini Hardaway choose Jonny? Of course, because of Lockwood's single-handed challenge, Jonny directly convinced Anfini Hardaway, who was highly regarded, after all, he was beaten by Jonny and had no power to fight back. Anfini Hardaway couldn't accept it. Although he returned to the Magic, Anfini Hardaway found that Jonny seemed to have lost his strength that time, but Anfini Hardaway still believed Jonny very much. So now Brian Hill doesn't give Jonny a chance to play at all, which made Anfini Hardaway anxious.

Why did Anfini Hardaway let the Magic choose Jonny? Of course, it was for the championship. In O'Neal's Westward Journey, the Magic lost a lot of strength, but did not make any effective signings. Therefore, Anfini Hardaway put almost all his hopes on Jonny, but now Brian Hill doesn't let Jonny appear at all, which is a scam.

Although Anfini Hardaway doesn't like the head coach of Brian Hill, he is not the kind of person who uses his special status to suppress his head coach from time to time. Moreover, Anfini Hardaway doesn't know that Brian Hill actually refused to let Jonny play because she looked down on Jonny's strength. He always believed that Brian Hill did not let Jonny play, but more because of Jonny's disobedient training before the season. Therefore, Anfini Hardaway took it for granted that in the regular season, Brian Hill would definitely let Jonny play. After all, Jonny is the first-round rookie of the Magic this season.

So, in order not to let Jonny have other emotions, Anfini Hardaway also found Jonny and comforted Jonny.

"Jonny, how about it? Are there any problems with training recently?" Penny first acted like a captain and came over to ask about his well-being.

But this was seen through by Joni at first glance. It was very simple. You came to talk to me after the preseason. What did you do early? Joni couldn't help but sigh that he was the only No. 15 person in the team throughout the preseason. He didn't even get a minute of playing time. Even a fool could see that there was something wrong.

So Joni rolled his eyes and said, "What do you think?"

Penny touched his nose and said awkwardly: "Jonny, don't take it to heart. Coach Brian didn't let you play. Maybe he had his considerations, but don't worry, he will definitely let you play in the regular season."

"Really?" Joni asked, a little disbelief. Anyway, according to his current situation, he would not get a chance to play.

The Magic's first opponent this season is the Washington Bullets, which will change the team name to the Wizards after the end of this season. When it comes to the grudge between the Bullets and the Magic, it seems that it is easy to find one. Chris Webber, one of the leading players of the Bullets, was selected by the Magic in 1993 and then used to trade for Anfini Hardaway. So, the biggest point of view in this game is actually the battle between Anfini Hardaway and Chris Webber.

However, before this game, Joni received bad news. Before each game, the head coach would announce an unactivated roster, because the league stipulates that only 12 players can play in each game, so that the Magic would have to have 3 players on the unactivated roster.

As for the unactivated list announced the day before the game, Joni suddenly saw his name.

Joni had the idea of ​​turning his head and leaving, but he held it back. He knew that even if he left now, it would be useless? Where is the team willing to ask him now? But Brian Hill didn't let Joni play at all, which really made Joni angry. After a day, Joni was a little unhappy.

So much so that Joni didn't hear anything from Anfini Hardaway. He didn't hear anything from Anfini Hardaway in his ear.

Of course, on the night of the game, the other two players who were not on the roster all went to watch the game. They were originally players at the end of the bench, so they didn't care at all. And Joni didn't go, and he seemed to protest to Brian Hill in this way.

However, Joni was still very concerned about this game, so he watched the live broadcast of the game in his small apartment he just rented.

Kevin Harlan is an NBC commentator, but he has a close relationship with ESPN. He has a very good relationship with ESPN expert reporter Henry Abbott. Therefore, before the start of this game, he was commissioned by Henry Abbott to belittle the rookie named Joni Lee as much as possible.

However, when the game started, Kevin Harlan discovered that this rookie named Joni Lee did not appear on the bench. In other words, Joni Lee did not appear at all. So, in order to complete the friend's commission, Kevin Harlan laughed: "We saw the Magic's roster, haha! The previous Joni Lee who was very optimistic about by the Magic did not appear on the roster. When contacting the preseason, Joni Lee did not get a minute of playing time, so we can draw a conclusion that Joni Lee has been exposed by the Magic's coaching staff, and his strength is indeed unable to gain a foothold in the NBA."
Chapter completed!