It was only the beginning of June. Han Zhe's original plan was to return home after the Wizards 'trial and come back at the end of June before the draft. But now, Wittman told Han Zhe that although he didn't know if the Wizards could win Han Zhe in the end, he would allow Han Zhe to train here until the draft.
Han Zhe agreed without any hesitation. Staying here would cost more money, but the opportunity to train at the Wizards was even more of a chore. First of all, he could maintain his competitive state on a professional team and build up his physical reserves. Without so many professional facilities at home, no matter how much he trained, it was impossible to be as effective as the team.
Secondly, Han Zhe was now training with the Wizards, so he could definitely learn a lot from them. He had the skills, but he was still a rookie in terms of game experience. There was still a lot to learn.
For the next two days, Han Zhe did not participate in training. Whitman agreed to it so that Han Zhe could find a place to stay. The hotel that Han Zhe was staying at now cost more than 100 dollars a day. The cost of accommodation and food for two weeks was already a few thousand dollars. Now, he had to stay here for at least a month. The cost was a little too much for him, so he began to look for rental rooms everywhere. It was fine as long as it was cheaper than the hotel.
In the beginning, Han Zhe was running around like a headless chicken, but it was not easy to find a house in a place like Washington where every inch of land was worth a fortune. He found a few rental houses, but they were not much cheaper than staying in a hotel. He might as well stay in a hotel!
The next day, Han Zhe bumped into a few Chinese people at a restaurant. After chatting with them, he realized that he had been searching for nothing. It turned out that Chinatown was not far behind the Wizards Stadium. It was easier to rent a house there, and the price was not expensive.
As expected, Han Zhe found a place to stay in Chinatown in less than half an hour.
A man in his forties asked about Han Zhe's situation. After seeing his ID, he took him to a small building. The Chinese restaurant owned by the landlord was downstairs, and there were apartments upstairs. His family couldn't live in so many rooms, so there were a few rooms for rent.
"Xiao Han, are you really a basketball player? You can even train at the prodigy level?" The landlord brought him to a room with one bedroom and one living room and asked curiously.
Han Zhe looked around the room and smiled." Yes, Boss Zhou. I'll be training at Genius for the next month. If I'm selected by Genius, I'll probably continue to rent a room here. If I'm not selected, I'll return to China.”
Zhou Wenhai put on a smile and praised," Little Han, you're amazing. There aren't many people in our country who can play in the NBA. If you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Zhou. Both of my children like basketball. In the past, they used to watch Yao Ming's games every time. If they knew that a star player from China was living in my house, they would definitely be overjoyed!”
Han Zhe said," Uncle Zhou, you're overpraising me. I'm not a star. I might not even make it into the NBA. I might just end up in the draft and return home."”
Zhou Wenhai said," Even the geniuses have invited you to train. You must be very good at basketball. Besides, you're so handsome. You definitely won't be disqualified!"”
Han Zhe was speechless.
In this uncle's opinion, the NBA draft still depended on looks!
The house was furnished and Han Zhe didn't have many requirements. It was fine as long as he could live in it. The rent wasn't high either. It was 600 dollars a month, which was already a bargain in Washington.
After the procedures were completed, Han Zhe sent the enthusiastic uncle away and officially checked in.
The next day, Han Zhe officially joined the Wizards 'training team. The Wizards didn't treat him well, nor did they target him. They treated him like a normal rookie.
Han Zhe didn't mind. He was already satisfied with being able to train at the genius level. He didn't care about other people's attitudes.
Only Wall and Crawford would occasionally communicate with Han Zhe. Crawford was bragging to Han Zhe and seemed to be very interested in China. He asked Han Zhe a lot of questions. Wall was bragging to Han Zhe. Wall was probably still holding a grudge over Han Zhe's two goals in the training match. He wanted to challenge Han Zhe to a one-on-one fight whenever he had the chance, but was stopped by Whitman!
The current training was very different from the rookie trials. The Wizards mainly trained their physical reserves and the team's tactical drills.
Han Zhe followed along during the physical training. The physical coach treated him equally and guided him. When the Wizards played internal training matches, Han Zhe could only watch because he wasn't a member of the Wizards. He could only watch others practice tactics.
Whitman would also guide Han Zhe in his spare time, but most of the time, he let him train his physical fitness because Han Zhe's physical fitness was indeed much worse than these NBA players. With his current physical condition, in such a high-intensity game like the NBA, he would not be able to play for more than four quarters.
Next, the NBA playoffs finals began. The Western Conference champions, the Thunder, faced off against the Eastern Conference champions, the Heat. The finals could be said to be a collision between Mars and Earth.
The Heat now had the three giants, Zhan Huang, Wade, and Bosh. Their lineup was extremely luxurious, but the Thunder was not bad at all. Adu, Wei Shao, and Harden, who had begun to rise, were not at a disadvantage in the lineup.
After the finals began, the Thunder's two home games were tied at 1:1. When they returned to the Heat's home game, the Heat actually managed a clean sweep of the match, easily defeating the Thunder with a total score of 4:1 and winning the championship this season. This was also the second championship in the Heat's history.
James was the MVP of the NBA Finals, and he had scored 45 15 5 in the game against the Celtics. He was the second player in NBA history to achieve such a score in the playoffs. The first was Chamberlain!
After Han Zhe and the Wizards finished watching the game together, he was a little excited. The Heat and Thunder were at their strongest right now. He really wanted to play against these top players and teams.
However, Han Zhe also knew that if the superstars of these two teams didn't separate, there probably wouldn't be many teams that could face them head-on. Their lineups were too heaven-defying.
The Wizards and Han Zhe had different thoughts. They hadn't been in the playoffs for a long time, and now they could only watch others play. Naturally, they were depressed!
There were less than ten days left until the draft day. Han Zhe was excited and practiced hard every day. In the last few days, Whitman actually mixed Han Zhe into the prodigy lineup and started training.
Wall was the happiest. He could finally fight back. However, after a few days of consecutive matches, Wall was even angrier.
It was unknown whether Wittman did it on purpose or not, but every time he played against Han Zhe, he would drag Han Zhe to play against Wall. As a result, Wall basically could not take advantage of Han Zhe. If he wanted to beat Han Zhe with his skills, he would be 90% cut off. Even if he used his body to fight, he would not be 100% successful. However, when Han Zhe beat him, unless he fouled, he could not defend at all.
Wall was now much more stable than Han Zhe in three-point shooting. He was physically stronger and more experienced in the basket.
Han Zhe's advantage was that he had better defense and breakthrough abilities, a better view of the overall situation, a wider field of vision, and a higher passing quality.
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