I'm really good at shooting.

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Oak Hill High School is located in a small suburban town in the Blue Ridge Mountains that is, once you arrive, true rural America.

The famous Oak Hill High School is located in such a place. If it wasn't for the real arrival, I would never have imagined it.

Sun Hao followed Wanda's guidance to the place where she lived.

It was a country cottage, which should be rented temporarily.

The things inside looked old and a little messy.

It seems that Durant's current family conditions are not good.

Wanda greeted him very warmly, saying that Durant is still training, he has called and will be back soon.

Sun Hao just sat and waited, drinking the coffee that Wanda greeted him, and chatting with Wanda about this and that.

It was during this process that Sun Hao learned some information about Durant.

Those were things he didn't know before.

Durant's father is Wayne Pratt, but he abandoned their mother and child when Durant was 1 year old.

This kind of background can be said to be very American. Among the NBA stars alone, James, Jimmy Butler, and Harden all have such family backgrounds.

It's no wonder that Durant's current family conditions are not very good, and their life should be very difficult.

After chatting for a while and waiting for a while, Durant hadn't come back yet, so Sun Hao simply asked Wanda to take him to the basketball gym.

The town is not big, but Oak Hill High School is not.

It took nearly 10 minutes to walk from where Wanda lived to the basketball court.

When they arrived, they saw Durant training alone.

At this time, Durant was only 15 years old, a few months younger than Curry.

However, he is already more than two meters tall, and his talents are already visible to the naked eye, especially in shooting.

The reason why Durant can become a superstar is his shooting talent at that height.

To use a popular saying in the future: Changing direction is to give you respect, so what can you do if you directly kill you.

The two sat and watched for a while and the training was over.

Durant didn't discover his mother and Sun Hao until this time.

The eyes that looked at her mother were full of tenderness, while the eyes that looked at Sun Hao were full of surprise.

It seems that Pratt wanted to surprise his son and didn't tell him in advance.

It's no wonder they waited so long before. If he knew that he was meeting his idol, Durant would have trotted back.

"sun?"

Durant was still a little unsure.

After seeing Sun Hao smiling and nodding, he blushed, smiled nervously, and reached out to shake Sun Hao's hand.

Durant now feels like the big boy next door, sunny and shy.

After Wanda told her son to study hard with Sun Hao, she left first. She knew that her son would not be able to let go of her here.

Sun Hao and Durant didn't sit down, but went directly to the court, chatting and communicating with basketball.

During this process, Sun Hao knew the story of Durant's love for basketball.

He has an older brother named Tony Durant, and the two used to love watching sports.

He was living with his mother in Washington, D.C., and quickly became a Wizards fan.

After that, Jordan's comeback made him even more fanatical, and then there was the Wizards and Mavericks game that was broadcast almost every game.

He was soon overwhelmed by Sun Hao's shooting skills. In his opinion, that kind of shooting is the most beautiful art in basketball.

At the end of the chat, Sun Hao discovered something that he hadn't expected at all.

Durant loves basketball very much!

But Wanda came to him to say that Durant wanted to give up basketball, which is... right?

Or is it just that Wanda lied in order to satisfy her son's wish to meet his idol?

This is quite possible.

At the end of the chat, Durant found a pen from somewhere and asked Sun Hao to sign it.

After getting in touch with Sun Hao, he also felt that he liked Durant very much.

Compared with James, Durant is really much simpler, a bit similar to Yi Jianlian, but more outgoing than Yi Jianlian.

I had a light meal at Durant's house, and Durant went to the arena for training after eating and resting for a while.

Sun Hao chatted with Wanda again at this time.

"I feel that Kevin likes basketball very much, and he has no intention of giving up."

If Sun Hao said this, if Wanda had lied before, then he should have admitted it now.

"Really? But Taras said before that Kevin said he didn't want to play basketball anymore. Taras is Kevin's basketball godfather."

However, Wanda's answer made Sun Hao a little surprised, and that reaction didn't look like a lie.

Sun Hao was also puzzled.

"Did Talas say why? If not, you can ask."

Sun Hao continued.

"Oh yes, I'll ask now."

Taras seemed to have just remembered something, and turned around to make a call.

Don't be surprised, people's IQ will drop a lot when they panic.

When she came back from the phone call, she also told Sun Hao the result of the question.

The reason why Durant doesn't want to continue basketball is...he feels that the place where he lives is too far away from the training place, and the training at Oak Hill High School is too strict now, which makes him feel very confused.

Sun Hao couldn't help laughing after listening.

This is totally childish tantrum.

That's right, children usually don't tell their parents when they have this kind of temper, they only talk to others.

No wonder Wanda was so nervous.

But Sun Hao has seen this kind of thing a lot, so he told Wanda a way.

In the afternoon, Sun Hao accompanied Wanda to school again.

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Durant had just finished training and was resting when he saw his mother pushing the door and walking in.

"Coach Talas told me that you want to give up basketball?"

As soon as Wanda came in, she asked questions.

Durant's eyes seemed a little dodgy, but he finally nodded.

He said before that he would ask his godfather to keep it a secret first, but after all, paper cannot contain fire.

"Snapped!"

When Durant didn't react at all, he got a slap from his mother directly on the left cheek.

He looked up suspiciously.

"Snapped!"

He received another slap on the right cheek.

Align left and right.

Durant was completely dumbfounded.

"Do you know what basketball means to you and to us? That's the thing that changed our destiny, the only thing!"

Wanda felt distressed when she hit her, but now she couldn't stop crying when she said this again.

"Mom, I was wrong."

Feeling the burning pain on his face, Durant's thought of giving up basketball was instantly blown away.

Wanda hugged Durant and cried for a while.

Women are inherently weak, but mothers are strong. It was really not easy for him to raise Durant alone.

But at this time, she really thanked Sun Hao for his advice, which was simple and effective.

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Seeing the two people hugging and crying, Sun Hao knew that Wanda's "persuasion" had worked.

Of course, what Sun Hao taught her was far more than just two slaps.

After dismissing his son's idea of giving up playing basketball, Wanda took Durant to sit down, started a heart-to-heart talk, and then taught him how to deal with psychological pressure.

Sun Hao didn't stay here any longer, he had quietly left while the two were chatting.

Before leaving, he put an envelope in Durant's house, which contained a bank card and a letter.

Durant and Wanda found the thing soon after they got home.

Durant also opened the letter and read it.

In a hurry, Sun Hao didn't write too much.

But a few words made Durant full of expectations and confidence in the future.

"This is God's test for you, you can't just fall for it, because you are born to be a superstar."

He carefully put away the letter.

That will be what motivates him in later years when he feels like giving up.

"This money was lent to us by Sun, and I know you will be able to repay it in the future."

Wanda showed Durant what it means to be an excellent mother.

Durant nodded.