I'm good at basketball too

"Brother Yao, do you think Nikolai will be stage fright?" Li Ran was a little worried about Jokic's state after playing. After all, compared to another time and space, Teacher Yue lacked a year of training experience in the Serbian league, so he was directly caught by him. Pulled to the NBA arena.

However, before Dayao could reply, the English translation of Li Ran's words came from behind the three of them.

"Hey, Li, don't worry, Nicholas will definitely not be stage fright." Then, a carefree voice spoke half-baked English.

Behind Li Ran, sat Jokic's two older brothers, his manager, and a Chinese translator.

This is what his elder brother said.

What's more, his second brother, speaking Yugoslavian Chinese, stumbled and said, "Damn, Nicholas, Bu Hui, Hai fear!"

Since Jokic was selected, the three brothers have started to learn Chinese in a sudden, and it has to be said that they are also a pair of live treasures.

Li Ran couldn't help but laugh.

We still don't know how much "goodwill" Nikola Jokic encountered from his brother during the two offseason months.

Li Ran lay back comfortably, and stretched out his hands on the backs of the chairs of Dayao and Ah Lian beside him.

His clothes are different from the other coaches. The other coaches are five-person and six-person in suits and leather shoes. But Li Ran is wearing a Hornets training uniform. As for whether he is wearing a Hornets jersey inside, guess what?
Again, in the Hornets, the head coach is warming up on the sidelines, not a joke.

In the offseason training, Li Ran has convinced all the players of the Hornets.

Jokic stood nervously in front of Vucevic, looking at the fierce-looking fellow countryman - Montenegro center Vucevic, with an expression like a bullied child.

However, this child is 2 meters tall, while Vucevic is only 13 meters tall. . .

Vucevic didn't take Jokic very seriously, but since Jokic is from his hometown, he didn't mean to kill them all. After all, it was the rookie's first show, so he still wanted to save some face for the younger brother. .

Wen Zhizhi, Montenegro and Serbia once belonged to the same country, commonly known as Serbia and Montenegro, and it has not been ten years since Montenegro became independent.

The two sides jumped the ball, Jokic just jumped symbolically, and watched Vucevic put the ball into the hands of his players.

The Hornets players seem to have known the result in advance, and settled their positions in the fastest time.

After all, with Jokic's bounce, he couldn't even jump Li Ran in the Hornets.

The Magic's starting point guard is the No. 1.9 pick selected this year. Alfred Payton is [-] meters tall.

Another guard of the Magic is Evan Fournier, the No. 12 pick in 20 from France. He is also a tall guard with a height of 2.01.
Also a rookie this year, Payton's mentality is completely different from that of the cautious Jokic.

He was so proud and arrogant that he didn't pay attention to the blood cloth on the opposite side at all. After all, he was nearly ten centimeters taller than Bledsoe.

He is from a rugby family, and he only specialized in basketball and entered the league because he was not as good at playing rugby as basketball.

Facing the blood cloth with the ball, Payton didn't hesitate at all. After a simple cross dribble, he started directly, trying to overpower his opponent.

However, Payton obviously forgot that Eric Bledsoe, the real nickname in the NBA, is "Mini LeBron"!
The blood cloth firmly withstood Peyton's breakthrough route, and the sound of physical collision rang out dully.

Payton felt as if he had hit a wall and almost missed being bounced back. Fortunately, he protected the ball in time and did not directly lead to a turnover.

But he didn't dare to be careless. After regaining control of the ball, he obediently lobbed the ball to Vucevic inside.

Vucevic has never had such a wonderful experience of being stuck, and the physical feeling of the wall of flesh behind him is excellent. . .

After receiving the ball, he put it down and began to hit Jokic with his back.

However, Jokic's strength is obviously enough to compete with his predecessors. He tried hard to stand up to Vucevic, and he didn't even fall behind in his footsteps.

He has been tempered by Yao Ming for a whole offseason. . .

Vucevic's final turn and hook shot missed the basket, and the round-headed Dream Chaser jumped up from the wing to collect the rebound.

Then, a scene that no one expected happened.

Instead of handing the ball to the team's point guard, Green dribbled the ball and started walking upfield.

Although his dribbling posture is not elegant, his basic skills are obviously extremely solid. When advancing, he easily avoided the steal of the Magic small forward O'Quinn and came to the frontcourt smoothly.

Just when the fans on the sidelines hadn't recovered from the scene where the power forward dribbled the ball forward-after all, the last power forward who did this was named Kevin Garnett.

A scene that surprised them even more happened.

Jokic dragged his hard-fought fat to the top of the arc tremblingly, and then stood there motionless. . .

Vucevic took a peek at Li Ran on the sidelines. He obviously knew Li Ran's style.

It seems that in every team that Li Ran has been in, he likes to let the team's insiders out.

When he was in the Nuggets, he frequently appeared in the interior position and frequently pulled his opponents out.

In the Grizzlies, Xiaojia's three-point shot made people have to guard against it.

Now, when it comes to the Hornets, he has Jokic pulled out again.

Vucevic didn't dare to be careless, and followed Jokic to the top of the arc, and the two stared like bullfighting bulls.

Green took the ball on the wing, observed the situation on the field while protecting the ball, and then he passed the ball to Jokic at the top of the arc, and he began to cut inside.

The Magic's defensive formation was compressed immediately, but the current personnel positions are very strange.

The center holds the ball at the top of the key, and the other four players run wildly and screen off the ball.

Just when the melon eaters were dizzying, Jokic, who seemed to be just catching the ball at the top of the arc, suddenly moved.

He passed the ball, but it was not a normal transfer of the ball.

The ball was like a cannonball, rubbing Vucevic's ear and going straight to the basket.

The player wearing the No. 11 jersey of the Hornets appeared under the basket at the right time, received the ball comfortably, jumped up slightly, and hit the basket with a lick.

Clay ran out with a smile on his face and gave Jokic a high-five to celebrate.

"Nice job, Nicholas."

Jokic had a look of disbelief on his face.

I just got my first assist in the NBA?

Just now, the Magic's defense line was full of loopholes in his eyes, and he almost didn't need to think about it, he knew that Clay would definitely appear there.

Teacher Yue, who had been in awe of the NBA because of being abused all summer, found out. . .

NBA, but that's it?

Teacher Yue, who suddenly felt as if he really had the potential to play in the NBA, felt as light as a swallow in an instant. Back on the defensive end, he gave Fournier a big cap on the inside.

Although he was called a foul in the end, Jokic already had a smile on his face.

It's the same kind of silly smile as on the face of the cowherd boy in the village. (end of this chapter)