Because Boston had gained an additional lottery pick through a trade, they had two lottery picks this year, the tenth and eleventh overall.
As a result, many potential lottery picks would go there for tryouts.
Yu Fei wasn't surprised that Eddie Griffin was going to try out for The Celtics, but Roy's appearance really surprised him.
Since he couldn't get into a First Division League university, Roy decided to skip college. If he couldn't get picked by an NBA team, he would only have two paths to choose from: either give up on basketball and find a random job to enter society or attend a community college in the meantime and try to improve his academic performance, with the hope of playing in the First Division League in the future.
Based on Yu Fei's understanding of Roy, he should have chosen the second path.
As to why he was still trying to pry open the door to the NBA and even obtained a tryout with The Celtics, Yu Fei didn't understand.
Therefore, he gave Roy a call.
"Fulai, is that really you? How have you been?!"
He sounded very excited. Indeed, Yu Fei hadn't contacted him for quite a while.
Yu Fei shared his recent situation and then turned the conversation to Roy, "I heard you're going to try out in Boston tomorrow?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Because I'm going too."
"That's awesome! This... this is unbelievable!!!"
Roy's situation sounded as crazy as Zhuang Qiang learning that Wang Duoyu had inherited ten billion.
With Yu Fei there, he could confidently showcase himself.
After all, he played a different position than Yu Fei, and their draft prospects were entirely different: one was a certain edge-of-the-lottery or even lottery prospect, while the other would be grateful to be picked by any team.
"I know you're excited, but don't get ahead of yourself," Yu Fei said. "What's your situation right now?"
It seemed that Roy had made up his mind to go all the way in the professional basketball world.
After failing to recruit a professional basketball agent, he broadened his search and finally found an overseas agent. This agent had contacts with The Celtics and arranged this tryout for Roy.
Yu Fei was surprised and also worried about Roy's future.
He might have inadvertently changed Roy's life trajectory.
Would a Roy who didn't go to college be the same Roy from his previous life?
Yu Fei didn't know, so he asked again, "Are you really not considering college anymore?"
Roy said firmly, "I don't want to waste my youth in some crappy school."
At this point, all Yu Fei could do was to wait and see.
That evening, Yu Fei got the list of people going to Boston for the tryout from his agent.
He didn't realize it until he checked, but there were quite a few familiar faces.
Apart from the known Roy and Griffin, there were Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Kedrick Brown (Kedrick Brown SG/SF), and Rodney White (Rodney White SF).
"Yu Fei, from Kent." Yu Fei added, "You can call me Big Fei."
The two exchanged a few more words casually and then headed back to the gym together.
Yu Fei wasn't planning to take part in the physical tests today since he had already been tested by two teams and hadn't held back; the Celtics could find the results if they wanted.
Gerald Wallace, on the other hand, was very interested in the physical tests since that was his strength.
About 20 minutes later, the other players also arrived.
Roy, seeing Yu Fei, couldn't avoid exchanging greetings.
Yu Fei, observing his carefree attitude, worried about his draft prospects. He also noticed that there were a total of 12 players attending the tryout today.
When Eddie Griffin appeared, Yu Fei gave him a look.
Neither of them spoke.
A natural antipathy and opposition arose between them; no one wants to be considered someone else's version of somebody else.
After the physical tests were over, Jim O'Brien said, "You can freely choose your teammates. In 10 minutes, we'll divide into a White Team and a Black Team for a 28-minute scrimmage."
Yu Fei naturally teamed up with Roy, and then Gerald Wallace joined them.
Thus, the framework of one team was formed, and Yu Fei naturally became the leader of this team.
On the other side, Eddie Griffin chose to partner with lotto prospect Kedrick Brown.
This gave Yu Fei the opportunity to persuade Joe Johnson.
"Joe, you surely don't want to play backup on their team, do you?" Yu Fei asked with a smile.
Joe Johnson and Kedrick Brown clashed positions. Of course, positions could be flexible in this temporary scrimmage, but Johnson didn't want to play second fiddle to anyone.
Therefore, he joined Yu Fei's team.
After that, Yu Fei managed to recruit a short center named Jack Dawson to the team, completing the lineup.
The final team assembly meant Eddie Griffin's team had seven players, while Yu Fei's side had five, implying they needed to play the entire game.
"When does the game start? I can't wait!" Roy asked excitedly.
"Five more minutes."
Shortly after, Yu Fei and his team went to claim their jerseys from the Celtics' equipment manager.
When Yu Fei asked for a No. 44 white jersey, the equipment manager looked at him meaningfully, "Kid, you would fit well with our team."
"What does that mean?"
Yu Fei was puzzled.
"Humph, if I explained everything to you, you would have a hard time growing up. Now, take your jersey and move aside."
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