professional shooting guard

Chapter 90 New Season

The man who has been nourished by love is really different, his whole body is radiant.

Zhang Zifeng was in a good mood, smiling all day long.

With Chen Wei by his side, the training is no longer boring.

When thirsty, Chen Wei will hand over energy drinks and carefully wipe sweat with a towel.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng and Chen Wei spreading dog food all day long, Thornton and Knight, who used to go out to play with Zhang Zifeng every few days, didn't want to come.

But this sweet time is over in less than a week.

No matter how Zhang Zifeng spread scoundrels, before school started, Chen Wei still lived in the dormitory in North Carolina.

Fortunately, Duke and North Carolina are less than 10 minutes away by car, which is better than being separated by the Pacific Ocean.

Zhang Zifeng also cleared up his mood and prepared to meet the challenge of the NCAA in the new season.

Last season, Duke's interior was a big shortcoming.

In the loss to Mercer University, in addition to Parker's sluggish performance, Duke's inside players scored only 10 points in the penalty area and had 9 fewer rebounds than their opponents.

Rival Mercer University has 16 points more than Duke University in this data.

This season, the old K learned from the pain and tried his best to recruit high center Jahlil Okafor.

Jahlil Okafor is the 2004 NBA No. [-] pick Emeka Okafor is his distant cousin.

Jahlil Okafor is a traditional post-up singles big man. With a height of 2.11 meters, he has a wingspan of 2.26 meters and rich low-post offensive methods at the basket, which makes him a match player every night on the court. nightmarish.

Recruited Jahlil Okafor, and the old K also persuaded the swingman Justis Winslow to enter Duke University to replace the vacancy after Parker left.

Justise Winslow 1m 98, 100kg.He is a small forward with super athletic ability. His excellent speed and explosive power make him a very conspicuous spring man on the court.

The enrollment of freshmen Okafor, Winslow and others naturally has to give up some people to make room for these team rookies.

After all, the NCAA stipulates that there are only 13 people at most in the official roster, and Old K also excluded several people who performed poorly last season from the big roster.

When Zhang Zifeng met Okafor for the first time, although he was very polite, Zhang Zifeng always felt that there was arrogance under his polite appearance.

Also, this big man is extremely talented. He was the core of the team in junior high school and high school, and led the team to several district championships.

It's normal to be arrogant.

But I will let you understand that entering the NCAA and coming to Duke University is not what he decides here.

This year's team leader position is definitely settled, and I will never allow anyone to interfere with my plan.

With the approach of the regular season in November, on October 11, the new season of Duke University officially kicked off the training curtain.

After resting for such a long summer vacation, old K also wants to know more about the physical and technical conditions of the team's new and old players, so as to make arrangements for the next training plan.

The first day of training is a competition between freshmen and seniors!

Freshmen: Matt Jones, Tyrus Jones, Winslow, Rasheed and Okafor
Senior Team: Cook, Zhang Zifeng, Hairstone, Jefferson, Plumlee.

As soon as the whistle sounded, there was no suspense about the result of the jump ball.

Okafor jumped high to overwhelm Plumlee and gave the racket to Winslow.

Zhang Zifeng saw: "In terms of jumping alone, this year's Okafor's quality is really good. I don't know how good he is."

The first grade started to attack, Okafor quickly ran into the paint, and Winslow saw a lob pass to Okafor.

Okafor hits the back twice, suddenly turns around and cuts to the inside, then soars into the air, and completes the attack with a beautiful dunk.

The game continued, Zhang Zifeng received the ball in the frontcourt, he did not come by himself, and passed the ball to Plumlee.

He wanted to see Okafor's strength.

After three years of college career, Plumlee appeared to be more mature and stable. He leaned on Okafor with his back and squeezed to the inside step by step.

After a feint, he turned around and shot with a small hook.

Although the ball finally hit the iron.

But seeing Okafor shaken easily, Zhang Zifeng shook his head. "This big man has good offensive ability in the low post, but his defense is much worse!"

However, Zhang Zifeng's eyes lit up when he got stuck in the rebound.

"Overall, this guy has outstanding strength, and he should be a good helper for me to hit the NCAA. He is a little arrogant, a little self-willed, and desperately wants to express himself!" Zhang Zifeng thought, "It seems that I have to teach this Okafor a lesson, let him Know who is the boss of the team!"

In the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zifeng yelled at Cook while running forward, "Quinn, pass the ball to me!"

Since Parker left, those old students automatically regarded Zhang Zifeng as the boss of the team.

Cook went to the frontcourt and quickly handed the ball to Zhang Zifeng, and then the other players pulled away-obviously this was a chance for Zhang Zifeng to play singles.

Zhang Zifeng stood outside the line to control the ball, and Winslow stood in front of him. Obviously, this first-year freshman is also a guy with ideas.

But it doesn't matter, I will fight until you are convinced.

Dribbling back and forth, Zhang Zifeng suddenly started, pulled the ball to his left hand, and cut into the inside line from the left like lightning, Zhang Zifeng leaped into the air.

Facing Okafor's raised hands to block the shot, Zhang Zifeng pressed down on the opponent and smashed the basketball into the basket vigorously.

Although it is not a direct dunk, it is also explosive enough.

The players in the arena immediately erupted, and enthusiastic cheers rang out from all directions.

A cold light flashed in Okafor's eyes, and he wanted the ball to hit Plumlee again in the next attack.

Pushing back to the inside, Okafor turned around and wanted to dunk.

Zhang Zifeng rushed in from behind, jumped up and blocked the ball directly.

After grabbing the ball, Zhang Zifeng sprinted to the frontcourt, dodged Winslow, and made a layup.

Since last year, Zhang Zifeng has never stopped physical strength training.

From 83 kg when I first came to the United States to 94 kg now, I have gained 11 kg in weight.

With the increase in weight, Zhang Zifeng already has the confidence to carry his opponent.

Zhang Zifeng kept breaking through Winslow's defense, shooting from inside and outside, hitting Winslow with no temper.

After teaching Winslow a lesson, Zhang Zifeng aimed at Okafor.

In the next round, after passing Winslow, Zhang Zifeng did not slack off, and went straight to the inside to kill Okafor.

Zhang Zifeng controlled the speed and pretended to make a layup. At this time, Okafor moved laterally to stop him.

When Okafor came over, Zhang Zifeng suddenly accelerated.

The whistle sounded and Okafor blocked the foul.

"What?" Okafor was furious. It was obviously a normal defense. How could the referee call himself a foul.

Zhang Zifeng sneered, fouling the center forward is one of the skills that defenders must learn.

Two minutes later, the whistle sounded again.

Okafor furiously complained to the referee.

It's a pity that Okafor did not stand firmly on this ball, and it was undoubtedly a foul.

Second offender, Okafor ends.

After Okafor left the court, Zhang Zifeng stopped playing singles and showed his strength to the freshmen.

With lightning-fast cuts and quick passes, Zhang Zifeng used his own breakthroughs to link up the senior offense.

The senior grades cooperated with each other smoothly, and the score was instantly increased.

At the end of halftime, the point difference has been widened to 16 points.

In the second half, Okafor played again, Zhang Zifeng did not play again, sitting on the bench watching Okafor's performance.

In the absence of Zhang Zifeng, Okafor is the most watched one on the court. With his continuous scoring, the point difference is gradually narrowing.

It seems that this Okafor played a bit alone, focusing on individual performances, and did not play well with his teammates.

Winslow should have surrendered to himself. It seems that this Okafor needs to be beaten a few more times!

(End of this chapter)