You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 82
The summer of 2004 had three big events for USA Basketball.

Years of internal friction in OK came to an end. The Lakers traded O'Neal in exchange for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and draft picks.

The university system is not good at recruiting students, and many talented high school students choose to skip the university stage and enroll in the election.

The dream team's undefeated myth is shattered.

Here are some things that are not good for the university system to recruit students.

Since the NBA has announced that after 2005, players in the American campus system must first attend a year of college if they want to participate in the draft.If you don't want to go to college, you can also join a professional team outside the NBA.Even overseas players must be at least 19 years old to participate in the draft.

Thus, the story of 18-year-old geniuses and under-18 geniuses joining the NBA comes to an end.

The introduction of the new rules seems to have spurred high school students.

Among the top 2004 high schools in the United States in 100, No. 2004 Dwight Howard, No. [-] Sean Livingston, No. [-] Al Jefferson and No. [-] Josh Smith all decided to skip the college stage, sign with an agent, and participate in the [-] draft.

If you expand the range to the top ten in the United States, there are also Sebatis Ann Telfair, who is ranked sixth in the United States, and Robert Swift, who is ranked eighth in the United States.

Six of the top ten high school students in the United States skipped college to participate in the draft.

For the NCAA, the remaining few are like fat, and they will not hesitate to fight for them to join.

Rudy Gay, ranked No. [-] in the nation and No. [-] at shooting guard, was recruited by the defending champion UConn.

No. [-] nationally ranked "Sleeper" Marvin Williams joins UNC.

Villanova doesn't usually set its sights on top-[-] high schoolers in the country.

Snatching Jason Frazier from a long list of contenders two years ago was already a shock, and the latter's development with the Wildcats has not been as good as expected.Originally, even if he participated in the draft as a high school student, he could be selected by the NBA. After playing in Villanova for one year, his market was gone. It is inevitable that he will bear the bad reputation of killing geniuses.

Wesha's decision to stay on is a big deal for Villanova.

As long as Weixia keeps improving, Villanova has a lot to do in the new season. First of all, they have to make up for their shortcomings.

Therefore, the Wildcats acquired two top [-] high school students in the United States this summer.

One of them is center Steven Hill, the 44th-ranked center in Kansas.In the future, he will become another NBA player produced by the Wildcats.

As an NBA player, he only played 1 game in his entire career, played a total of 2 minutes, scored 2 points and 3 rebounds, setting the record for the shortest NBA player career.

Another is from Philadelphia.

This person originally wanted to join St. Joseph University, but because of Wei Xia, he chose the Wildcats.

His name is Kyle Lowry (Kyle Lowry), ranked 29th in the United States, and is the biggest gain of the Wildcats this summer.

Wei Xia played against him in high school and left a deep impression on him.

People who have dealt with Wei Xia, as long as they don't feel disgusted by his trash talk, they won't feel bad.

Lowry was the group of people who had a crush on him.

Later, Wei Xia became famous in the NCAA, and his defeat of the national champion Connecticut in the Big East Championship made him a celebrity in Pennsylvania, which directly influenced Lowry's decision to choose a school.

Hearing that Lowry was coming, Wei Xia was surprised and delighted.

He knows Lowry's strengths, and he knows how much help he can bring.

Villanova has retained the main backbone of last season this year, laying a strong foundation for the new season's impact.

With the blessing of David Thompson's talent, Wei Xia will have a huge leap in strength.

Lowry and Hill, two rookies at the level of top [-] high school students in the United States, will strengthen their lineup depth.

From July to October, Wei Xia basically stayed in Philadelphia.

He is not idle, in addition to daily training, but also volunteered to help Lower Merion High School.

The children in the team were very excited when they saw him coming.

Greg Donner often called Wei Xia to gossip.

According to normal development, Wei Xia will definitely become an NBA player like Kobe in the future. He hopes that Wei Xia will keep in touch with the school and never follow Kobe's old path.

"Unless I marry a black man, I shouldn't be able to follow his old path." Wei Xiadan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tang Na could only smile wryly.

In addition to helping with the young players, Wei Xia did not lag behind in his own training.

He fills his training time every day.

Physical training, gym ironing, and the most important thing-shooting training.

He has to shoot at least 1600 balls every day and practice day and night for three months.

Skywalker's talent made him suddenly become a flying man, compared to himself, like two people.

Wei Xia, whose vertical bounce suddenly reached 110 cm, completely lost his shot.

It was in vain to practice big shots from high school.

His jumper rhythm is completely different now than in the past.

In the past, his bounce and bounce height were pitifully low, and his body was used to shooting at that height. Now, even if he wants to jump beyond the height of the past, it is impossible.

Dribble the ball and pull it up to a height of half a meter.

Skywalker's elasticity is by no means a joke. Wei Xia inadvertently received a gift from a legend, but it was a blessing and a misfortune, which made him return to the original point of shooting after years of hard training.

Frustration is ultimately exchanged for the strongest determination.

Shooting can be practiced, skills can be practiced, everything that can be improved by practice is not the most important.

He may have been one of the best performers in the NCAA last season.

But after the end of March Madness, his mock draft has fallen to the middle of the first round.

The rest of the talent just needs a good game in the tournament in March to make an impact on the list.

What the NBA pursues is the upper limit of players. At that time, he belonged to the type with a low upper limit in the eyes of scouts.

This is why he is determined to play in the NCAA for one more year. Now that he has obtained the physical fitness of Skywalker, he will use one year to show his changes, get used to the impact of the changes, and realize his dream of March Madness.

In mid-October, before school started, Wei Xia returned to the team early.

This year he is a sophomore and has qualified for the Philadelphia Top Five Invitational.

The Wildcats, which lacked only freshmen, rushed to the competition after a week of running-in, and they faced Temple University in the first game.

The lineup of Temple University is not much different from last year. The core is still Marty Collins. On the other hand, Villanova is strong.

(End of this chapter)