Bankrupt-Version Bulls

"Who's Ginobili?" Mike Bibby looked utterly baffled. The name was so unfamiliar; he didn't seem to have heard of him in the NCAA.

"Who's Wang Zhizhi?" Candy Man looked around.

"Does Kobe want to watch the top prospects beat up on scrubs? Aside from North Carolina's UFO, everyone on Team B is trash!" Larry Bird said disdainfully. He couldn't wait to beat these guys and then provoke Kobe.

"Damn it, why didn't Kobe pick me?!" The other rookies hung their heads in disappointment.

Their draft projections were clearly countless tiers above those of Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi. They could all make the team! Why couldn't they?

I could do it too if I were out there!

"We're being underestimated." Pierce gave Carter and Wang Zhizhi a meaningful look.

Others might not know what those two were capable of, but how could Pierce, who had trained with the Lakers alongside them, not know?

Carter was a young Jordan!

Wang Zhizhi was a 7'0" sharpshooter!

Put together, they had looked exactly like a miniature Bulls team in Lakers scrimmages!

The Bulls had the Jordan-Pippen Pick-and-Roll, with Joe Smith stretching the floor.

They had the Pierce-Carter Pick-and-Roll, with the 7'0" giant sharpshooter Wang Zhizhi!

Their combination was nowhere near the Bulls' level, but it already had a touch of that same spirit. In terms of offensive devastation alone, they could rival the starters of some average teams.

"Is this Kobe's test for us?" Carter's expression turned solemn. He had spoken with Kobe at length and knew that Kobe considered him the most promising rookie.

Pierce and Wang Zhizhi were good, but Jason Williams and Ginobili had to be Kobe's way of raising the difficulty!

If Kobe hadn't been there, cautious Carter would have certainly coasted. He didn't want to reveal too much of