A little after six the next morning, Su Yi got up to train, as usual.
As soon as he left his room, Xu Rui rushed out of the study, visibly excited. "Yi, you're up! The game you developed is so much fun. I played all night!"
Su Yi nodded calmly. Of course it was fun!
"A Rui, I'll leave the release to you."
He handled development, while Xu Rui handled the release!
Xu Rui thumped his chest. "Yi, leave it to me."
"Hurry up and go to bed. I'm going to train!"
After saying that, Su Yi headed for the door. He usually started his morning workout by running a lap around the neighborhood.
The neighborhood was pretty big. One lap was about five kilometers, perfect for warming up.
After warming up, Su Yi moved straight on to training for his other events.
Two and a half hours later, Su Yi returned to his room, his body tired and his clothes drenched in sweat. He washed up and changed into clean clothes.
By then, Saicang Halin had prepared a lavish breakfast.
Su Yi dropped into a chair at the table and wolfed down his food like a starving wolf, eating his fill!
After eating and drinking his fill, Kai Lei Menluo personally drove Su Yi to the Cleveland Cavaliers' training facility.
On the way, Kai Lei Menluo reminded Su Yi not to be nervous.
Su Yi nodded repeatedly. He wasn't nervous.
Then Kai Lei Menluo launched into all sorts of other reminders!
He was making himself out to be more nervous than Su Yi.
To be honest, Su Yi really wasn't nervous. He was actually looking forward to seeing LeBron James train.
Would he get to see LeBron James go one-on-one with a trainer in person?
For some reason, Su Yi was kind of excited. (❦ω❦)
They soon arrived at the Cleveland Cavaliers' training facility.
Su Yi said goodbye to Kai Lei Menluo, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and walked into the Cleveland Cavaliers' training facility alone.
Since it was his first time there, Su Yi didn't know his way around, so he asked a staff member for directions.
As soon as the staff member saw Su Yi, he immediately recognized him as one of the team's rookies that year and kindly offered to show him the way.
"Thanks."
When they reached their destination, Su Yi quietly took a ten-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it to the staff member.
The staff member immediately accepted it. His smile grew even brighter. "Su, don't mention it. If there's anything else you don't know, come find me."
Su Yi nodded, then walked inside.
Watching Su Yi's back, the staff member's fondness for him shot up. Even LeBron James, the team's biggest star, had never tipped the staff.
For a rookie to do something like that—well, there was nothing like a comparison to make the difference obvious.
If anyone ever asked him which Cleveland Cavaliers player he liked best, he'd answer without hesitation, "I like Su!"
(GM LeBron: Fire him. He has to go!)
Su Yi went to the locker room and put his things in the locker with his name on it. His locker was smaller and tucked away from the others.
That reflected Su Yi's place on the team right now.
But Su Yi didn't care.
After all, he had a cheat code.
He just had to be patient, and he'd leap over the dragon's gate!
Once he'd changed, Su Yi headed to the training court. He'd been training for less than half an hour when—
The Cleveland Cavaliers players began arriving at the training facility one after another.
"Hi, Big Z. I'm Su Yi, this year's rookie. I hope you'll look after me!"
"Hello..."
Most of the Cleveland Cavaliers players ignored Su Yi's enthusiastic greeting.
Big Z was the only one who responded. He came over and said, "Rookie, I've watched you play. Your outside shot is really accurate. I hope you can shoot just as well from outside in the new season."
Big Z really had watched Su Yi play.
What had impressed him most was Su Yi's outside shooting.
The team's spacing was extremely cramped, because they didn't have a suitable shooter.
During the offseason last year, the team had signed the Toronto Raptors' all-around player, Donyell Marshall, who held the record for twelve three-pointers in a single game.
To be honest, the team had been interested in Donyell Marshall precisely because of his three-point shooting.
With the Toronto Raptors, Donyell Marshall had averaged 2.3 three-pointers per game, with a three-point percentage as high as 41.6%.
But after joining the Cleveland Cavaliers, Donyell Marshall's three-point percentage had plummeted to just 32.4%, and he was making only 1.6 per game!
He wasn't living up to expectations at all.
Meanwhile, the team's overall three-point percentage was only 33.9%. With outside shooting like that, how good could their spacing possibly be?
So Big Z understood exactly why the management had chosen Su Yi.
His deadly three-point shooting in the NCAA had left a deep impression on them.
"Sure!" Su Yi said with a smile.
He hadn't expected such a warm welcome from the team's second-best player, Big Z.
Big Z's actions made the other players a little friendlier toward Su Yi.
Just a little, but at least they responded!
Not long after, the man arrived—the founder of the traveling dynasty, the acting vice-GOAT, the creator of staggered departures: LeBron James~
"LeBron, how was your offseason?"
"Morning, LeBron!"
"LeBron..."
The Cleveland Cavaliers players flocked over to greet LeBron James, their faces wreathed in smiles.
After all, GM LeBron's "dominance" spoke for itself.
Anyone who didn't fall in line got traded!
Even the team's former star hadn't been spared.
(Ricky Davis: ┭┮﹏┭┮)
Su Yi was no exception. He walked over to greet LeBron James.
"Hey, rookie. Welcome to the NBA. Hurry up and buy us donuts and Happy Water. From now on, you have to have them ready before every practice."
LeBron James immediately carried on the NBA tradition of picking on rookies!
Su Yi nodded, indicating that he'd go right away.
And when he came back with the stuff, he was expected to pay for it himself.
What the heck, this cheapskate was too stingy.
Su Yi kept trash-talking LeBron James in his head.
But he wasn't surprised. After all, in his previous life, this guy had been famous for being cheap!
When he went out to eat with friends, he usually split the bill. He couldn't bring himself to pay twenty dollars for a data plan, so he'd look for places with Wi-Fi. He never paid for subscriptions, listened to free music, and wouldn't buy any paid apps.
You could call all that being frugal.
But he'd publicly promised to pay the fines for teammates who'd stood up for him, and then never paid.
That wasn't frugality. It was a character issue—he was just plain stingy!
With head coach Mike Brown's arrival, training camp for the Cleveland Cavaliers officially got underway.
They started with fitness testing.
Quite a few players groaned in misery. After all, they really had taken the offseason off and hadn't trained at all.
But for Su Yi, this was no big deal.
He'd trained all through the offseason.
Name: Su Yi Gender: Male; Height: 198 cm; Weight: 101 kg; Wingspan: 221 cm. Speed: 76; Explosiveness: 73; Strength: 73 Vertical: 76; Stamina: 82; Agility: 73 Layup: 74; Mid-range: 90; Three-point: 96 Dunk: 72; Pull-up shot: 72; Free throw: 74 Steal: 77; Block: 73; Rebound: 72 Passing vision: 72; Playmaking: 72 Defense: 75; Offense: 75 Ball handling: 73; Passing: 75 Injury immunity: 99 Overall ability: C+ Skills: Hot Potato Master (When receiving a pass from a teammate in the final five seconds of the 24-second shot clock, shooting accuracy increases by 50%.)
After one offseason, Su Yi's overall ability had gone from C to C+.
His physical attributes had each increased by around three points, while most of his other stats had gone up by two.
This offseason, Su Yi had focused on bulking up and shooting.
His weight had gone from 96 kilograms to 101, a full five kilograms of muscle, all to handle the physicality of the NBA.
His mid-range shot had also jumped straight to 90!
That gave him a major boost to his offensive arsenal.
After all, reaching 90 was a qualitative leap.
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