stadium ambition

Chapter 14 Pretending to be James Harden

Su Yang quickly came back to his senses and saw his teammates staring at him, as if waiting for something.

Before he could figure it out, Ron said, "Don't fight, you will be the boss."

Su Yang was a little dazed. He had promised to fight heads-up, why didn't he fight?

Could it be because in the previous games, there were many heads-up duels, and Ron only won one goal, and felt that he was invincible?

"You are better than me in basketball, and the team will be better if you lead the team," Ron said again.

After the words fell, some teammates showed regretful expressions for not being able to see the heads-up. Gay and the others seemed rather sluggish. Su Yang didn't think of how to answer for a while, and the atmosphere gradually became a little weird, as if time had stopped suddenly.

After thinking for a long time, Su Yang got up and walked to Ron, standing side by side facing the whole team.

"Our goal is the state championship. Our opponents have James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, and many other players whose names are not yet known but are equally strong. If we want to beat them, we need to work together. I The goal is the same as Ron's, it's just to win, I care more about when I can have a girlfriend than whether I can be the boss or not."

Saying this, Su Yang instantly transformed from a strong newcomer into an ordinary boy with explosive sexual desire.

As for being the boss, it seems like that. The high school team is not a gangster group and has no real interests.

Many teammates laughed at the sound, and the tense atmosphere was swept away. After all, women are always a common topic for men.

Someone yelled 'I know a lot of girls', Su Yang nodded to deal with it, and the whole team was cheerful as usual.

The fight for the boss came to an end, all the teammates were busy with their own work, some went home, some went to take a shower.

...

In the locker room, Ron had a detailed chat with Su Yang for the first time, and the two talked about the upcoming preliminaries.

According to Ron, before the start of the preliminaries every year, Coach David will re-determine the starting lineup and the main rotation. The inspection method is to form a team challenge without any restrictions. Although they try their best to express themselves, they encourage the players to improve their communication and organizational skills.

Because of the existence of this system, the starters will accept many substitute team challenges every year, so Ron asked to form a team challenge before, in fact, it was to advance the steps, which is why Guy asked Su Yang who he wanted to replace.

And this kind of inspection will be conducted again in the midterm. Coach David hopes that the players will continue to work hard.

But during this period, the playing time of each player will not change much, and they can fully perform.

Su Yang suddenly realized, and understood why Coach David offered to help and why his teammates worked so hard.

Ron said that the opponents in the preparatory round were several nearby high school teams, whose strength was very weak, and they could win if they played casually.

This is not an exaggeration, but because the tasks of several nearby high schools are much heavier than that of Muqiao High School, and they pay little attention to sports, especially basketball. In the past few years, they have played against each other many times, and some high schools could not even make up ten students. team.

During this time period in previous years, Coach David would use it to experiment with new lineups and prepare for the state championship. He did not regard the preliminaries as an official game at all. Sometimes he tried seven or eight lineups in a game, just to pursue the best match.

The two chatted about the state championship championship, and Ron frowned and said, "Do you really think you can beat Adishia High School? I saw James Harden at the AUU game last year. He is tall, strong and fast, and his skills are still very good." .”

"He has lost the game, so he is not invincible." Su Yang said, "And he still has many weaknesses."

"What weakness?" Ron was curious.

"His breakthrough on the right side is relatively poor. We can focus on defending his right hand, and he hates physical confrontation. During the game, we can use a lot of close defense to interfere with his emotions. In addition, he is easy to miss people in defense without the ball. We can use it."

Harden in high school has not evolved the rich offensive methods of the MVP period, and has not even developed the special foul-making skills of the college period. Although he is very talented, it cannot cover up those shortcomings.

It's just a high school level game. The major teams know little about the players of other teams. It's not like the NBA. Before each game, they find someone to study how to target them, and winning or losing doesn't matter so much.

"How do you know?" Ron was even more curious.

"I read a scouting report on James Harden before." Su Yang said, "That person is particularly optimistic about James Harden becoming a superstar in the future. The various researches are very detailed, and I remember it very clearly."

"That's true." Ron said, "In that AUU game, all the scouts on the scene focused on him, and the McDonald's Slam Dunk Contest champion DeMar DeRozan, like an ordinary player, was unattractive."

"Don't panic, we have a lot of time to prepare, everything is possible." Su Yang pretended to be relaxed, "In our China, a great man said that there are always more ways than difficulties to despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically."

"To be honest, I'm still worried." Ron shook his head slightly.

"We know our weaknesses, and we may not be able to defend efficiently. In that AUU game, Harden didn't use three threats very much, and he rarely used screens. The goals were basically single-handed breakthroughs and strong shots."

Su Yang was stunned for a moment. Ron shouldn't be timid, but Harden's performance in that game was too tough.

And having said that, knowing the opponent's strategy does not mean that you can limit it.

It's like NBA players know that Iverson will break through from the right, like fans know that Robben will cut inside with the ball, like opponents know that FAKER chooses Galio to show off, and there is no good way to know, just stare.

"Then strengthen your training. Training will make you feel calm and powerful." Su Yang thought about it, but he could only use this method to comfort him. The impact Harden brought to Ron can only be eliminated by confrontation, pure encouragement Easy to aggravate.

"Then I'll try." Ron nodded absently, as if he didn't fully believe it.

The two chatted for a while, about which colleges to apply to next year, and then left the locker room.

...

Su Yang returned to his residence by bicycle, had a simple dinner, turned on the TV in the living room, and watched local news.

What is being played is the relevant analysis of the Lakers' new season press conference, and the preview says that Kobe will interview and answer.

The host believes that the bragging of the Lakers management in the off-season has not been realized. In terms of free agents, only Radmanovic joined, but he is not a main player. The overall impact is very small, but the two rookies Bynum and Farmar deserve expect.

"This should be the reason why Kobe left." Su Yang sighed in his heart. The main lineup of the Lakers in the 06-07 season was quite poor. They barely entered the playoffs and were brutally abused by the sun. Kobe was so angry that he wanted to be traded, and it almost came true.

The screen switched to an on-site interview, and the reporter asked Kobe if he had any interesting encounters during the off-season.

Kobe replied that there were a lot of interesting things, one of which was that a high school student wanted to imitate his continuous shooting all day long, which impressed him deeply, but he still suggested that the improvement of shooting should be gradual, and sudden high-intensity practice is prone to injury.

Seeing that Kobe mentioned himself, Su Yang immediately ran back to the room, turned on the computer and checked the mailbox.

Unfortunately, there is still no response from Kobe or the Lakers. The video uploaded to YOUTUB did not exceed a hundred views, and the video with the exaggerated title uploaded on the streetball website did not increase rapidly.

Back in the living room, I found that Zheng Xiang also ran out to watch TV. The program was reporting the enrollment of USC athletes in the new season.

"This is the school I want to apply for next year." Zheng Xiang said in a slightly excited tone, "They have the best film school in the world, and I want to go to study film production. You know Spielberg, he is this school graduated."

"Okay, come on." Su Yang agreed casually, thinking that it's no wonder this guy loves comics so much.

He wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly thought of what Gabe Pruitt said earlier, Su Yang sat down again, intending to watch USC basketball-related news by the way, just to pass the time, anyway, there is nothing to be done in a hurry.

Soon, the program began to introduce the basketball team.

The host said that Nick Young is about to usher in a rebounding expert named Tai Gibson, but Gibson is 22 years old and has a low talent limit, so it is difficult to help the team go further in the league.

After the host finished speaking, the TV screen switched, and Nick Young and a group of teammates were interviewed by reporters.

The reporter asked Nick Young about his goals for this season. Nick Young smiled wryly and said that it is enough to stop counting down. Gabe Pruitt next to him interjected, and tried to pronounce in imitation Chinese: "Brother Su, come on, we welcome you."

There were only five seconds of screen time in total, but Su Yang looked dumbfounded. He didn't expect Gabe to come for real.

Zheng Xiang turned his head slowly, and said with a little shock: "Did that person call your name just now?"

"Yes." Su Yang nodded, "Didn't you watch the video of me playing streetball, you just challenged me one-on-one."

"Uh... I did see it..." Zheng Xiang stammered, as if he had been caught lying, "But I think foreigners all look the same, a little face blind, and the picture is too fast to recognize, you don't have that kind of situation ?"

"No." Su Yang shook his head, got up and left his seat, "I'm going to bed, you should go to bed early."

"Wait, I'll give you some comics." Zheng Xiang opened the cardboard box next to him, "These are "Slam Dunk", these are "Naruto", you must take time to read them, I guarantee you will like them, Definitely want to see”

"That's fine." Su Yang reached out and took a copy.

Open it casually, and suddenly saw Akagi Takenori's famous saying: Whoever controls the ball and rebounds can control the game.

For some reason, Su Yang subconsciously thought that after the Rockets sent Capela away, they often lost a lot of rebounds and won the game.

"Do you agree with this sentence?" Su Yang held up the cartoon to show, "Controlling the rebound is equal to controlling the game."

"Hi!" Zheng Xiang waved his hands, showing disdain.

"Takenori Akagi just didn't want to do a pick-and-roll for Hisashi Mitsui, so he had to find a reason to desperately grab offensive rebounds. In a game, the more rebounds the better, there is nothing to say. It's like winning by scoring more points than the opponent. next game."

Su Yang smiled, and gave a thumbs up after thinking about it: "Your analysis angle is a bit interesting."

...

In the afternoon of the next day, the regular class ended, and Su Yang rode his bicycle to the arena again.

As soon as he was about to warm up for shooting, Coach David came over, "Su, I have a new task for you!"

"What mission?"

"I want you to pretend to be James Harden!"

　Sorry for the delay today, I will make it up at midnight tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)