Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 8 On the way home
"Shhhhhhhh..."

The basketball hall, which is noisy on weekdays, became extraordinarily quiet after April. The only sound in the basketball hall at this time was the sound of the ball brushing the net and landing.

After returning to Stanford, Li Weisi ignored the drunkenness of other team members. The next day, Li Weisi found that the bruises on Xiao Weisi's body were much lighter, and the pain was no longer there when he moved. This allowed Li Weisi to train with confidence.

In this way, in the following days, Li Weisi finally recovered the peaceful campus life he had longed for, and spent a month in peace like this.

Looking at the dedicated figure in front of him, Mike Montgomery felt sincerely grateful to God for allowing him to meet such a basketball genius in the first year of taking over the team.

Before coaching Stanford University, Mike Montgomery taught at the University of Montana for 8 years, and worked as a teaching assistant for [-] years before coaching. On the first day at Stanford, after seeing Li Weisi's performance on the court, yes, it was a performance. What he showed on the court was the art of the court. Montgomery suddenly realized that he would not be able to coach.

Unbelievable basketball vision, extremely precise passing, excellent scoring ability, and extremely high basketball IQ. If we talk about these, there have been such players in history, such as: "Pistol" Maravich, "Magic" Johnson , "Big Bird" Larry Bird, etc.

But it's the first time I've seen a player like him with a shooting range reaching the midfield, which made Montgomery even more delighted than shocked.

American college basketball was originally a basketball testing ground. Countless famous tactics were born from the university, and even many basketball tactics themselves are named after the university. For example, the Princeton tactics are named after Princeton University. The UCLA air cut is a tactic invented by the legendary coach John Wooden when he was at UCLA.

Therefore, after Montgomery came to Stanford University, with Li Weisi as the core, he experimented with various tactics crazily. Since the NCAA did not have a three-point line, Li Weisi's three-point ability was greatly weakened, but this did not prevent Montgomery from using Li Weisi's ability. Long-range shooting ability to design tactics.

Sure enough, Li Weisi did not disappoint Montgomery's trust, and finally allowed Montgomery to win his first NCAA championship in his life, which made a good start for his coaching at Stanford University.

As for whether debut is the pinnacle, I'm afraid Montgomery has a 13 number in his mind.

Montgomery waited until Li Weisi finished shooting practice, and then walked over to greet Li Weisi and said, "Hey, West!"

Li Weisi, who was sweating profusely, came to the sidelines after finishing his shooting practice, wiped his sweat with a towel, just in time to meet Coach Montgomery who greeted him, and replied, "Hi, Mike!"

Montgomery came to Li Weisi's side with a smile and said, "Why don't you rest for two more days after the game. I heard that you came to the arena for training the day after you returned to school."

Li Weisi, who put down the towel and picked up the water bottle, didn't have any scruples about the coach talking to him, unscrewed the bottle, drank a few mouthfuls of water, and then replied: "No, for me, training has become a habit. Now is the time to be in the NBA, and now is not the time to slack off."

Montgomery didn't care about Li Weisi's actions at all. The two were chatting like friends. Montgomery said: "Yeah, I'm going to participate in the NBA draft soon. How about it? What do you think? I still have a few in the Lakers and Warriors." A friend, do you want me to help you get in touch?"

Hearing that Montgomery was going to recommend an NBA team for him, Li Weisi quickly waved his hands and said, "No need, I already have a plan for the team."

Knowing that Li Weisi had his own arrangements, Montgomery didn't try to persuade him any more. After all, after getting along for a year, how could Montgomery not know that Li Weisi is a person with big ideas.

So he said to Li Weisi earnestly: "The NBA is different from the NCAA. It is a commercial league. The situation in it is much more complicated than that of the university league. I hope you will maintain your current mentality and not be disturbed by other people or things. , Concentrate on playing, I believe you will be able to achieve something."

When Montgomery was talking, Li Weisi had already tidied up and stretched himself. Then he said seriously to Montgomery: "Mike, I have to say that although your coaching ability is terrible, your vision is right!"

After finishing speaking, Li Weisi picked up his bag and said, "Mike, it's nothing, I'm leaving first. I'm going back to San Francisco today, so I have to leave early."

Montgomery looked at Li Weisi's leaving figure, and felt in a trance that this young man was no different from when he first met him.

What a lack of heart, I don't know how to survive safely without being beaten to death?
However, one thing is certain, that is, he was born for basketball. Perhaps, for Li Weisi, life is basketball.

The reason why Li Weisi chose to leave while talking to Montgomery was because he saw Frank's fat figure, so he chose to leave immediately. After all, out of politeness, he couldn't keep Frank waiting.

"Polite? Are you polite in front of me?" Frank drove the car with an unbelievable expression, and then he was emotionally excited, slapping the steering wheel like Zhang Dongsheng and vented: "I am going up and down millions every minute. Let me pick you up when you get home, you are so awesome, let my boss, who is worth hundreds of millions, come to be your driver without paying any money!"

"Be careful, be careful, look ahead, it's about to hit you!" Li Weisi looked ahead in horror and couldn't help reminding.

"I'm watching!" Frank roared, and immediately turned the steering wheel, passing a Chevrolet in front of him.

"Slow down, slow down! We're about to hit, we're going to hit!" Li Weisi was no longer relieved, and still shouted loudly.

"It's okay, I'm watching!" Frank calmed down a little.

"You're not keeping enough distance from the car in front!"

"I have!"

"No, you didn't! Let me do the math for you. This car weighs 4000 pounds. My weight is calculated as 180 pounds, and your weight is... 220 pounds..." While speaking, Li Weisi turned his head and glanced at Frank.

"220? I'm 200 pounds. I've lost weight recently." Frank said dissatisfied.

"...No, you didn't, you can't fool me!" After examining Frank again, Li Weisi rejected Frank's answer and continued to calculate: "Then our entire weight is 4400..."

"4380!" Frank roared again.

"Well, the current speed, my god, 60mph, assuming your brakes are new and the calipers are calibrated, when we apply the brakes, we will collide with the Ford in front of us, for a short time The inside was crushed into a meat paste, and died a miserable death..."

"OK, OK, you won!" In order to avoid Li Weisi's nagging, Frank finally gave in and reduced the speed of the car.

Seeing this scene, Li Weisi closed his mouth obediently, and nodded with a satisfied expression.

(End of this chapter)