All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

Time flies, and November comes in a blink of an eye.

Since Markson decided to open a column in the "Philadelphia Evening News" to cover the new season of the Pennsylvania High School Basketball League, this guy has almost become Lower Merion's team reporter...

Every now and then, Maxon would take a trip to Lower Merion with his camera.

In addition to filming the team members' usual training scenes, Maxon also plans to collect some material about the story between Kobe and Su Feng.

In Su Feng's previous life, many biographies of NBA stars came from reporters like Maxson.

For example, when Kobe was a senior in high school, many reporters came to Lower Merion.

Because Kobe was already very famous at that time, everyone was optimistic that he would enter the NBA and become a star.

But it can be said that it is quite rare for reporters like Su Feng, who is not famous now, to help him do these things.

There are many journalists like Maxson abroad.

Of course, they not only interview athletes, but some also go "undercover" to some companies to expose the inside story of the industry.

In Su Feng's previous life, many reports that won international news awards were written through this kind of long-term investigation and interview.

As a person with journalistic ideals, Markson felt that writing a story about a talented American high school student entering the NBA was not novel.

But what if the story is about a Chinese international student entering the NBA?

Maxon thought it would be fun.

Greg Downer and the school are very supportive of Markson in this matter.

Because in the eyes of the school and Greg, this is giving them free publicity.

For a moment, if it weren't for the huge difference in skin color between Su Feng and Maxon, even Kobe would have doubted the relationship between Su Feng and Maxon.

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The 15th is the eve of the Pennsylvania High School Basketball League game.

After finishing the extra training with Kobe, Su Feng returned to the apartment and took a bath to relax.

Then while taking a bath, Su Feng opened the system interface.

Under Su Feng's almost insanely strict standards, Su Feng felt that he was not far away from becoming an excellent little blacksmith, well, an excellent basketball player.

"Host: Su Feng, Nationality: Chinese, Age: 16 years old, Height: 190 cm, Weight: 76 kg..."

"The host's current ability value (NBA second-round pick), short-range shooting: 44 [64], mid-range shooting: 75 [79], three-point shooting: 77 [80].

Passing: 20 [45], vision: 25 [50], ball control: 49 [55].

Lateral movement: 78 [88], one-on-one marking: 77 [91], steals: 46 [81].

Jumping: 54 [71], strength: 36 [45], backcourt rebounds: 24 [30].

The host is currently equipped with the shooting action: Grade A Stephen Curry College Shooting Bag.

The host is currently equipped with a special skill: Kobe Bryant's Flip Back (Golden Epic), and his current level is: University Elite.

Stunts not equipped in the Host Stunt Library: Sam Gold (original).

Host currently has badges equipped: None. "

In terms of changes in ability values, Su Feng's ability can be said to be increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

However, after improving some attributes through daily training, Su Feng also discovered that the higher the ability value, the slower its growth rate would be.

For example, Su Feng's shooting ability scores often increased several points a day before, but recently, his mid-range and three-point shooting abilities have basically not increased.

In addition, because Su Feng continues to pursue difficulty, hidden stunts such as "Kobe's flip back" have been upgraded to the elite level in college.

The biggest change brought to Su Feng by the college elite "Kobe's Turn Back" is that his turn over speed is not only faster than before, but also more stable.

So...it's that damn paradox again.

The system eliminated any possibility of cheating by Su Feng.

"Oh, no matter how good your defense is, could you have predicted that I would encounter a humanoid plug-in like Kobe?" Su Feng thought to himself after reviewing his abilities.

“The goal in the next stage is to unlock the 7.0 system.

Although I have saved a lot of blacksmithing value recently and can draw a lottery, it is not necessary.

After these few friendly matches, my current ability is definitely enough to play in the high school league.

Although I really want to know what functions the badges have, it is unreliable to compare the character, and it may also slow down my progress in upgrading the system.

Now upgrading the system and unlocking more abilities is the key to my continued improvement! "

After making the plan, Su Feng fell down and fell asleep.

After all, if you train hard every day, even an Iron Man needs to go to bed early and get up early.

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The next day, because today was the opening day of the Pennsylvania High School Basketball League, Su Feng and Kobe had made an agreement beforehand.

From now on, as long as it is a game day, the special training events at four o'clock in the morning will be cancelled.

Of course, training has been cancelled, but the sandwich is still right in Kobe's eyes.

"You just transferred here. It would be bad if you are late because you got lost. I will go to your house and wait for you on game days."

At the end of training yesterday, Kobe said to Su Feng.

Su Feng did not expose Kobe's excuse, which was full of loopholes. After all, you have friends to go to school with you, so why not?

And although Su Feng's actual age is much older than Kobe, the friendship between men sometimes has nothing to do with age.

It is worth mentioning that although the competition system of the American High School Basketball League is very different from the NCAA, it also has many things in common.

Generally, like in Pennsylvania, what is held in November and December is called the district preliminaries.

In January and February, what is called a regional competition is held.

What happens in March is called the state championship game.

Because like Pennsylvania, if so many high schools have to play against each other, then a high school team will probably have to play hundreds of games a year.

Therefore, the general competition organizing committee will first divide a zone according to the area where the high school is located. This zone usually has 30 to 40 high schools.

These high schools will compete against each other in a single round-robin format, and then the top four in each division will advance to the final district competition.

After the competition enters the regional competition stage, the top eight at the state level will be determined through a round-robin system, and then the final single-elimination championship battle will be held.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Su Feng wanted to sewer the sewer for Kobe.

Because in this competition system, even a steel chariot has a certain chance of overturning.

Of course, Su Feng felt that it was too early to give Kobe an advantage. He planned to slowly instill the corporate culture and philosophy of Sewer into Kobe after the league started.

Having said that, Lower Merion doesn't have good luck this year, because the division they are assigned to has a team like Ridley High School that has won six consecutive championships.

But......

Kobe, Su Feng and Lower Merion's teammates don't think their divisions are bad.

Because they had beaten Ridley High School in a friendly match before, the Lower Merion players all lost their respect for the defending champion.

And the opposite...

On the other hand, at Ridley Middle School, head coach Fernandez wanted to hire a murderer to assassinate Greg Downer after seeing Ridley's division.

After losing to Lower Merion in the last friendly match, Fernandez was really depressed.

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In the opening game, Lower Merion's first opponent was Shipley, a school with an average SAT score of 1,300.

Um......

Usually in the United States, this kind of school is recognized as a fish belly in basketball circles...

It turns out that Shipley may have insulted the word belly.

"Why do I feel like the game is over before we even warm up?"

As the first official game of his high school basketball career, Su Feng, who originally wanted to make a killing, looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines and said a little depressed.

"Normally, they played pretty well this year. You know, last year we beat them by 70 points." Kobe said, patting Su Feng on the shoulder.

Su Feng: ORZ.

I thought that Nefaria was already a piece of dregs, but what I didn't expect was that there was someone even worse than dregs of dregs.

26 to 87, on the court, if Lower Merion's substitutes hadn't stopped playing, Shipley's score might not have been over 20 today.

There is no way, the gap between American high school basketball is really too big.

Therefore, Su Feng and Kobe were replaced by head coach Greg after the first half.

In the whole game, Su Feng, who only played in 2 quarters, made 8 of 11 shots, including 4 of 5 three-pointers, without a free throw, and scored 20 points.

Kobe Bryant made all 10 shots, including 3 of 3 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks.

Facing an opponent like Shipley, Su Feng really couldn't even think about how to strike.

Fortunately, Lower Merion's next opponent, Malvern Prep High School, is said to be quite capable and has the ability to qualify from the division...

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On the 19th, Malvern Prep High School basketball gym.

After the third quarter of the game, the students in this basketball hall have begun to wonder if they are watching the NBA.

Kobe performed a slam dunk show in this game, completing a total of 5 dunks in the game.

Su Feng, on the other hand, put on a three-point show and made a total of 7 three-pointers in the whole game.

Even...there are three super long three-pointers that are uncommon in this era.

During the game, Su Feng not only showed off his shooting range, but also stunned the students of Malvern Prep Middle School with his catch-and-drift shooting and fade-away three-pointers.

Su Feng was desperate.

Because today... his touch is simply amazing.

I originally wanted to increase the difficulty to increase the iron value after taking a big lead, but the feel did not allow it.

And there is something to say...

Malvern Preparatory High School is said to be a strong basketball school.

Take a look!

It's only been three quarters, why is the score already 70-44?

"Well, it is right to increase the difficulty of the shot to obtain the iron value when winning is certain. After all, a grasshopper is still meat no matter how small it is.

Today I was just too accurate and my opponent was too weak. "

After the game, looking at his technical statistics, Su Feng comforted himself.

In the end, Lower Merion won the game 86-57. Su Feng made 12 of 21 shots, including 7 of 14 three-pointers and no free throws. He scored a game-high 31 points and 5 more. rebounds and 0 assists.

On Kobe's side, he made 11 of 23 shots, including 0 of 6 three-pointers and 5 of 8 free throws. He scored 27 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 4 blocks.

Although Kobe Bryant was not accurate from outside in this game, all of his 5 dunks were wonderful.

And Su Feng always felt that Kobe was deliberately rebounding for him, because Kobe missed several three-pointers and the rebounds were picked up by himself in the end.

"I hope the opponent in the next game can be more powerful!" After the game, Su Feng silently cheered for the opponent in the next game.

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