Two choices, two different paths.
"King of Europe" should be a badge similar to "Emperor's Wrath" and "Pat Your Head". It is a non-upgradeable badge.
Improving the influence and voice among European players may seem like no substantial improvement in strength, but it is of great significance.
For example, if Sun Hao went to the NBA, Nowitzki would probably treat him as a brother when he saw him, and Sabonis would also call him "little brother" when he saw him.
Even later, when Ginobili, Parker, Gasol, Dio and others came to the NBA, they would regard him as the European big brother.
This kind of achievement is something that James and others will never achieve.
But this option 2...
Sun Hao felt very... annoyed.
Because of that【click to see details】.
When I first got the system, there were notes on it.
After the system is upgraded, the time ratio will increase, and more functions and props will be unlocked.
But this sentence is actually very vague. It does not mention how much the ratio will increase, what functions will be unlocked, or what props will be added.
Then, it’s not mentioned here either!
This must be the system's revenge for his previous complaints!
But in this case, as long as he clicks, it means he has chosen the path of the "little emperor".
But without clicking, he couldn't make a comparison.
It’s like asking you to choose a girlfriend, one has good looks and a nice figure, and the other has a great figure but her face is blurred!
At this time, it depends on people's personality. Steady people will prefer [European Jordan], while adventurous people will choose [Little Emperor].
After thinking for a long time, Sun Hao finally... did not make a choice.
The reason is simple. It's because it's his birthday and the system automatically pops up this option.
But it doesn't mean that he has to make this choice now.
The La Liga playoffs haven't started yet, so he can just wait and see the situation after the La Liga is over.
After all, after he won the Champions League and MVP, many NBA teams came to him for tryouts.
If he wins another La Liga championship, his prospects will be much better when he chooses to draft.
If, by chance, he fails in La Liga, that would be a completely different situation.
Don't underestimate this possibility. In the single-elimination format of the European League, no one can guarantee success.
The new MVP Ribraca and the current European champion Bodiroga, Panathinaikos has such a strong lineup but they all failed. Who else can give a 100% guarantee?
To give another example, those superstars who later became big names in the NBA rarely won the championship in the NCAA March Madness.
If he really doesn't win the championship and his draft stock declines, then the things he should consider will be different.
"Sun?"
Sun Hao was pulled back out of the system by Bodiroga's voice.
Seeing that he didn't react , the European Emperor in front of him waved his hand in front of him.
Fortunately, there is a ratio between the time inside and outside the system, otherwise people would think he was possessed.
"I... need to think about it."
Originally, Sun Hao was going to decline directly, but after the system gave him this option, all his decisions had to wait until after La Liga.
If he really stays in Europe, playing with Bodiroga will be the best option for his personal improvement.
Even if not in Barcelona, ​​somewhere else will do.
He could even try to convince Bodiroga again.
Turning enemies into friends is something that can definitely be discussed!
Bodiroga just choked on his coffee, he didn't refuse, right?
Besides, it’s not like he hasn’t played for Real Madrid before!
"I know that La Liga is not over yet. I hope you can give me an answer after La Liga is over."
After all, he has played in La Liga, so Bodiroga can understand Sun Hao very well in this regard.
Sun Hao smiled and nodded.
The water had already boiled, so he turned around and made coffee.
After taking a sip of the slightly hot coffee, he finally fulfilled his morning wish.
But he found that this thing was not as delicious as his wolfberry tea.
"By the way, there is something I might want to remind you of."
Just then, Bodiroga suddenly spoke.
Sun Hao looked at him puzzledly.
"You won the Champions League and the MVP, but you will definitely be targeted in the following games."
Sun Hao thought it was something else, but when he heard this he smiled.
From the moment he became the core of Real Madrid, he has been constantly targeted.
"Do you know why I became a white magician?"
Bodiroga saw Sun Hao's reaction and continued to ask.
“You have talent.”
"That's just one aspect. It's more because I've been targeted all the time. Whatever they target me for, I'll train that. I can tell you, by the end of this season I'll be training three-point shooting."
Bodiroga's answer was a little unexpected to Sun Hao, but he soon understood the meaning of his words.
No one is born a king. Like Kobe, Bodiroga has been constantly improving himself to become the king of Europe.
In the final, his three-point shooting was targeted by Real Madrid, so he practiced three-point shooting during the offseason.
By next year, he will be even more versatile than this year.
"So what happened to me will definitely happen to you."
Bodiroga saw that Sun Hao understood, and then made a conclusion.
Sun Hao nodded.
Bodiroga is talented in passing, but he is good at shooting in a different way.
But just like adding points in 2K, no matter which one you click first, you will definitely go the all-round route in the end.
"Your other abilities are good, but you are on the short side. I believe you will become a breakthrough point for the opponent's offense in the next game."
"I know you're good at confrontation, but this is Europe. Tall players have more ways to deal with you than just forcing you to eat them."
"Don't disbelieve me. Take the last round of yesterday's game. If I got the ball, you couldn't stop me."
Perhaps he has already planned to play with Sun Hao next season, Bodiroga said a lot.
Sun Hao then nodded, these words were correct.
Bodiroga understands the game much more deeply than he does.
After all, he has played so many games.
And he wasn't caught and beaten before because, on the one hand, he was resisting, but others gave up after trying a few times and failing.
But now that he has defeated Bodiroga to take the Champions League crown, his opponents’ view of him must have changed.
Catching him and beating him, even if unsuccessful, is also a strategy to deplete his physical strength.
Human physical strength is limited, so his offensive end will naturally be affected.
True superstars, such as Jordan, Kobe, and James, are both good at offense and defense.
"But I can't give you much advice on this. You know my height is similar to yours..."
"I know."
When Sun Hao heard this, he said MMP in his heart.
I know, but don't tell anyone!
But he also knew that Bodiroga meant no harm, and he still had a smile on his face.
The two chatted for a while, and then Bodiroga reminded Sun Hao to remember to give him an answer and left.
After sending Bodiroga away, Sun Hao stretched and felt a little more relaxed.
Since winning the Champions League yesterday, he has become the busiest man in the world.
I took a leave from the team and spent a day with my parents in Belgrade.
The next day, he celebrated his birthday with his parents, sent them on the plane back home, and then rushed back to Madrid.
Although he said he wanted to be a young genius, he must not fall behind in action.
With the help of shooting training machines and shooting assist machines, he started high-intensity training within the system.
The Champions League title has already been won, just like climbing two-thirds of the way up a rock. He must give his all for the remaining one-third, otherwise if he falls, all his efforts will be wasted.
However, just two days after he started training, he received calls from scouts from the Spurs, Houston, Mavericks and Lakers.
They spoke in different ways, but the message they gave was the same. They all hoped that he could participate in the upcoming European joint trial.
NBA teams have little interest in European perimeter players, but are very interested in players in other positions.
Take last year's draft for example, Ginobili was selected at 57th overall, but the highest-ranked "handsome shooter" Wally Szczerbiak, the swingman, was a legitimate No. 6 pick!
There are also center Alexander Raducevic selected at 12th overall, small forward Andrei Kirilenko selected at 24th overall, and so on.
All these show how much importance the NBA now attaches to European players.
The NBA has a joint tryout for draft picks in its home country, but many European players cannot attend that joint tryout.
Because in most European leagues, the playoffs end at the end of June, which is very close to the start of the draft.
For example, the La Liga where Sun Hao is located is expected to end on June 22, and the draft is on June 29, which is only a week away.
If Sun Hao wants to try out with each team by then, there definitely won't be enough time.
Because this year is the first year of the Champions League, the NBA organized a European joint tryout after careful consideration.
Or it might be more appropriate to call it a mini-combination.
Because unlike the joint tryout where all teams are present, only some teams that are of interest to overseas teams come.
Among them are several teams that have expressed interest in Sun Hao.
Sun Hao...agreed.
Although he has not chosen the two options given by the system, this does not prevent him from participating in the tryout.
In other words, what he has to do is to choose between picking the peach on the left or the one on the right when the peaches are ripe.
It's not that the peaches on one side are ripe and the ones on the other side are not, so he is forced to pick the ripe ones.
The location of this joint tryout is in Paris, France.
This is also Sun Hao's third trip to France.
But compared with the previous two times, he obviously didn't have time to wander around this time.
The tryout will last for two days. The first day is a basic quality test, and the second day is half-court and full-court confrontations.
Compared with all the tests Sun Hao had encountered in Europe before, it was the most professional.
Before going to the tryout, Sun Hao entered the system and looked at his attribute panel.
Height: 183cm; Weight: 80kg
Strength: 77; Speed: 75; Agility: 70; Jumping: 73; Physical: 77; Basketball IQ: 88
Ball control: 79; Pass: 58; Dunk: 45; Layup: 80; Mid-range: 53; Three-pointer: 83
Defense: 62; Blocks: 58; Steals: 73; Rebounds: 58
Previously, his height changes were relatively regular, averaging about 10cm per year.
But in the year before, this growth rate suddenly changed, and my height remained almost the same for almost a year.
Just when he thought the system was stuck, it suddenly rose again.
Perhaps it was because he was young and trained too much, which led to some developmental problems, or perhaps the system didn't want him to catch on to the pattern.
Anyway, it's pretty good to reach this height.
Otherwise, he might really have to switch from his original point guard style to point guard.
Over the past year, his various attributes have improved significantly compared to before, and his basketball IQ is still the most eye-catching.
In addition, three-pointers and layups also exceeded 80.
There is no need to say much about three-pointers, and layups are related to his practice of the first step.
Of course the most surprising dunk attribute.
Finally, it is no longer a glaring 0.
The reason why he grew so much all of a sudden must be related to his height.
After all, dunking, to put it bluntly, is all about your jumping ability plus your height and arm span being able to touch the basket.
Haven’t you seen that Boban can dunk without jumping, he can just stand still.
Sun Hao suddenly became eager to dunk.
After all, this thing is extremely attractive to a normal person of average height, let alone a short person.
When he arrived at the training hall, Sun Hao saw that there were already many people inside.
Tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, and this yellow one.
The scene was even bigger than what he had encountered when he first arrived in Spain.
Among these people, Sun Hao saw many familiar faces.
Olumide Odejie.
This Nigerian center didn't make a name for himself in the NBA. He was the kind of passerby who disappeared after playing for a year.
However, he is very famous in the CBA and has been selected for the CBA All-Star Game many times. He is a very special existence.
Somalia Samaki.
This one is even more familiar. He is the meritorious foreign aid of the CBA Wanma team and has won the title of CBA's block king for many times.
However, compared to O'Deji, he will be more famous in the future because he served as a substitute for "Big Shark" O'Neal in the NBA.
And unlike Odejie, who is also from Africa, his hometown is Mali, a very poor and backward country.
Sports are all related to economy and politics, and being born in such a country can give you the opportunity to enter the NBA.
What is visible is his talent, what is invisible is the hard work he has put in.
Of course, compared with these CBA legends, the one who attracted Sun Hao the most, or the one who attracted the most attention from other teams in this joint tryout, was a Turk.
Hill Turkoglu.
In the just-concluded Champions League match, his team lost to Panathinaikos and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
But this cannot conceal his brilliance.
In the Champions League group stage, he averaged 13.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
This data is second only to Bodiroga among small forwards in the Champions League.
And unlike Bodiroga who is already 27 years old, he is only 21 years old!
More importantly, he looks just as versatile as Bodiroga!
When Bodiroga refused to go to the NBA, they naturally envied the younger and more talented Turkoglu.
There are others, Deliber Bagric, Primoz Brezec, Marko Jaric, Igor Rakocevic.
These are all rookies in the 2000 class.
However, the appearance of one person surprised Sun Hao a little.
Jose Calderon.
He actually came for the tryout!
Although it was an accident, it made sense.
It is said that he became famous for winning the La Liga championship last year, but he is one year older than Sun Hao.
Since Sun Hao is here, there is no reason for him not to come.
The grudge between the two in La Liga, coupled with the fact that they play the same position, can be considered as arch-rivals.
Before the tryout started, Tekoglu took the initiative to greet Sun Hao.
Unlike the iconic Zappa beard he would later grow, the "agent" at this time had not yet started growing a beard and looked a little immature.
"congratulations."
Tekoglu seemed to have a mild temper and he came up to congratulate Sun Hao first.
The Champions League is a multinational competition, and the two would not have met if they had not met in the finals. This was also the first time the two greeted each other.
"It seems that we will not have the chance to meet in the Champions League. We will both go to the NBA."
Tekoglu is very confident in himself, and this sentence also shows that he recognizes Sun Hao's strength.
After all, European guards cannot enter the NBA if they are not strong enough.
"I hope so."
It was impossible for Sun Hao to tell his true thoughts to someone he had only met once.
Turkoglu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then went to prepare for the tryout.
Calderon also saw Sun Hao, but he didn't come over to say hello.
The two are likely to meet in the upcoming La Liga playoffs, and they were competing for the same position during the tryout.
The first day of the tryout was a basic project.
Height, arm span, jumping ability, bench press, shuttle run, endurance. Guards will also have to dribble past the post, pass the ball into the basket, etc. These are all basic items.
Sun Hao's height and wingspan are not outstanding, but his remaining items amazed the scouts present .
Especially jumping and bench press.
Because of Sun Hao's playing style, they couldn't see these during the game.
But after testing, Sun Hao's maximum jump height is 88, and his bench press is 135kg!
My horse, Sun Hao, doesn’t look tall, but he’s a little cannon!
One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage.
Sun Hao has had the system for five years, which is equivalent to ten years of hard training within the system, which is the best interpretation of this sentence.
"You've never dunked in a game?"
After the test, the Lakers scouts couldn't help but come over to ask him.
The expression was as if he could dunk but deliberately didn't.
Sun Hao smiled and nodded, but this sentence reminded him that he had to practice in the system when he returned and try to deduct one as soon as possible.
Sun Hao won the Champions League MVP and was the strongest defender in the training camp.
Coupled with the static body data of this experience, he really amazed the scouts.
However, the content of the first day's tryout is not the key, especially for defenders, the more challenging part for them is the confrontational training on the second day.
It started out as one-on-one, then two-on-two, then three-on-three, and finally five-on-five.
The scouts are most concerned about one-on-one and five-on-five situations.
One examines the individual abilities of the players , and the other examines their team abilities.
This is similar to the training content when Sun Hao first arrived in Spain.
The difference is that this is a tryout, the players will give their all, and the intensity is more than one level higher than training.
As soon as Sun Hao came on the court, he was arranged to face Calderon.
These NBA scouts don't understand what foreplay is, they want to see the climax.
Then, Calderon was beaten by Sun Hao in a one-on-one match.
Whether it was confrontation, shooting, or breakthrough, Calderon was completely suppressed.
If it had happened before yesterday, this would have seemed incredible to everyone, after all, Calderon had led his team to defeat Sun Hao before.
But after yesterday’s physical examination, their reaction was: Yes, that’s it, just as we imagined.
And perhaps they felt that such a confrontation was not satisfying enough, so at the suggestion of the Lakers scouts, they actually proposed that Sun Hao and Turkoglu face off against each other.
Generally speaking, during tryouts, players compete against each other in the same position.
I don’t know whether these scouts think that Sun Hao has no rivals among guards, or they want to see some other strengths of Turkoglu.
In a one-on-one match with five balls, Sun Hao was deliberately allowed to attack first.
Tekoglu knew that Sun Hao was an accurate three-point shooter, so he jumped to the outside when he started defending.
However, Sun Hao accelerated and passed him.
He's really, really slow.
Especially on the defensive end, he was much slower than Bodiroga, whom he had faced before.
Then, as if copying a round, Sun Hao attacked Tekoglu three times in a row.
The scouts on the sidelines were already whispering to each other. Judging from their expressions, it was unclear whether they were talking about Sun Hao's breakthrough or Turkoglu's defense.
On the second to last ball, Turkoglu was forced to retreat to defense, and Sun Hao made a three-pointer but it almost went in.
The two sides exchanged the ball and Turkoglu started to attack.
In the next few minutes, Sun Hao experienced what Bodiroga had reminded him of before.
In the face of the height difference, his defense really seems to be of little use.
Turkoglu looks slow, but he has a very strong sense of rhythm, plus there is a height difference.
Sun Hao was directly hit back by him with four balls.
For the final ball, Sun Hao used all his strength to defend the next one.
When he got the ball again, he didn't give Turkoglu any chance and made two consecutive three-pointers to end the one-on-one game.
Turkoglu has a really good temper.
Even though he lost the game, he still smiled and gave Sun Hao a thumbs up, as if the tryout in front of him was not that important to him.
However, other than thinking that he was a nice guy, Sun Hao was not too surprised.
Turkoglu and his draft prospects are completely on a different level. The previous news was that he was going to keep the fifth place and fight for the third place.
The tryouts he can get, and even the draft commitment he can get, cannot be determined by this joint tryout.
The final event is a five-on-five full-court confrontation.
It’s interesting to say that the scouts originally separated Turkoglu and Sun Hao, but Turkoglu himself asked to be on the same team with Sun Hao.
As a result, in the first full-court confrontation, Sun Hao and Turkoglu teamed up to defeat Calderon.
Joselito must be a little mentally broken. Why is he always the one who gets injured?
Is it just because he beat Sun Hao once last year?
Of course, the outcome of the game is not the focus of scouts.
Calderon's organization was demonstrated throughout the confrontation, and it can be seen that his strength is better than last season, or even at the beginning of the season.
This finally put an end to his embarrassing one-on-one situation.
However, the ones who gave people the greatest impression throughout the game were Sun Hao and Turkoglu.
The two of them really hit it off!
When setting a pick-and-roll, Turkoglu can cut into the basket or go to the outside.
When there is no pick-and-roll, Turkoglu can also organize and easily pass the ball to Sun Hao who has finished running.
The two of them are a perfect match!
After the fight, Sun Hao seemed to understand why Turkoglu was so polite to him.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that a person has a good temper, but it means that you enjoy playing with him!
It’s a very simple truth, James dreams of playing with Curry!
After two more games of changing the combination, Sun Hao and Turkoglu separated, and both of them also demonstrated their respective leadership abilities.
It's just that it can be clearly felt that the performance of the two people after separation is weaker than when they are together.
After the three games are finished, this joint tryout will officially come to an end.
As soon as the game ended, the Lakers scout walked towards Sun Hao.