You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 85 National Team
At the welcome barbecue meeting, Wei Xia met this year's freshmen.

Steven Hunter and Kyle Lowry.

One tall and one short, the common feature is strong.

When Lowry saw Weixia, he chatted with him about the duel in the Pennsylvania AAAA Championship two years ago.

"At that time, I thought we would meet again in the future!" Lowry was a typical black man, "I didn't expect it to be so soon."

He is familiar with himself, smiles warmly and purely, speaks fast and has a rhythm, if he practices seriously, it will be Wuyifan within half a year, and there is no problem.

As soon as Lowry finished speaking, Jay Wright said: "When I recruited Kyle, he directly told me that he wanted to play with Felix, and we quickly reached a consensus."

After finishing speaking, he also used Wei Xia as an example.

In Coach Wright's story, Wei Xia seems to be visiting Zhuge Liang in the thatched cottage.Obviously, Wei Xia was not as easy to deceive as Zhuge Liang, and Wright did not cry as soon as Liu Bei did. He never cried.But what he did was more sincere than Liu Bei who offered his knees and tears.

"I assure you, Felix is ​​the toughest player I have ever recruited." Wright said proudly, "It turns out that hard work always pays off, and he is even better than we expected."

The self-introduction of the newcomers ended soon.

The most tense moment at the barbecue remains Sheridan's confession to the freshmen that he's gay.

In the previous Wildcats team, no one disclosed this matter. Everyone in the team knew that Sheridan was crooked, but no one discriminated against him, bullied him, and his sexual orientation was strictly hidden.

Like Randy Foye said back then.

They built a wall of silence between each other, they could only get in and out, and the secrets could only be announced by the parties involved.

Steven Hill said on the spot that this matter would not affect him.

Lowry said to Sheridan: "I understand you, man."

"You too." Sheridan was denied by Lowry before Sheridan had time to be happy, "I'm not, what I mean is, I understand your feeling, I have had it too, I have been different from the children around me since I was a child."

He told a passage that fans will find familiar, no, no, it is correct to change the name of the protagonist of the story to any NBA player with experience in the slums.

Lowry said that his partners are all gangsters, and only he likes basketball, so he always practices with a basketball on the dilapidated court.

"Is this the same level?" Wei Xia muttered, "Kyle, your story is far worse than Will's."

Lowry muttered, "What's wrong?"

"The gap between Lamar Odom and the 'Magician'." Wei Xia vividly compared.

"Lamar is a lottery pick." Lowry very much hoped to win something unimportant for himself.

When the atmosphere is dignified, someone needs to break the game, and Wei Xia is the one who breaks the game.He's not humorous, he's just good at self-deprecation and harmless sarcasm of those around him.Sometimes his friends couldn't tell he was being sarcastic, like Lowry today.

In Wei Xia's world, it is absolutely mocking to raise the metaphor of "you are like Odom and Magician compared to him" to a person who thinks he is very proud.

The barbecue was still harmonious, and the newcomers kept Sheridan's secret.

2004/11/23

In the first game of the new season, the Wildcats are playing at home, not Finneran Arena, but the Wells Fargo Center, which is generally only used in the divisional playoffs.

It's no coincidence that the Wildcats will use the Wells Fargo Center for the rest of the season, because they've been visibly strong this year and Feneran Arena seats are in short supply.

The first show of the season, against the University of Maryland Baltimore County (referred to as UMBC).

UMBC had two veterans who averaged double figures in scoring last year. Unfortunately, those are the only two veterans on their team who averaged double figures in points per game.

Some people worry that no one on their team can average double figures this year.

There are no top [-] high school students in the United States on the whole team, and there are no leftovers who have made rapid progress after entering college. There are only a group of ordinary players.

Such a team is bound to be unable to stop Villanova.

UMBC's best-looking player is Andrew Feelby, a 6'10" (210 cm) player with little athleticism or physicality, and his threat comes entirely from his size.

After the game started, his height had no advantage in front of Jason Frazier.

The Wildcats succeeded in jumping the ball, and Weixia immediately made a wonderful cooperation with Allen Ray.

Wei Xia pretended to be a pick-and-roll, and Ray aimed his eyes at the basket.

Then, Wei Xia turned and ran to the basket.

This running position is the empty catch that Wei Xia made after recovering from injury.Before the empty pick, Wei Xia performed a similar movement according to the actual combat simulation.It's the tactic that David Thompson ran a lot during the game, and it's the oldest alley-oop tactic.

This tactic has been used by countless teams in later generations, and its starting method is very simple.

The empty receiver runs from the wing to pick and roll for the ball handler. If he does not hang up, the opponent will have the illusion that he is going to hang up and suddenly cut to the basket.

Anyone who has seen the game.. no, you have seen this play just by watching the slam dunk highlights.

The earliest all-around tactics are still in use today and are not outdated.

Ray did not adopt Weixia's suggestion to name the tactic "Skywalker". He simply and rudely named this tactic "Flying Dragon Riding Face".

Wei Xia didn't agree with it at first, but later found that it was quite easy to call it so, so it was casual.

In the first dunk of the new season, Wei Xia rode the face of UMBC's first height and smashed the ball.

"In just half a year, Wish has undergone genetic modification, and his physical fitness has improved by leaps and bounds. It's incredible!"

The commentator's applause could not save UMBC from being beaten at home by Villanova.

The crowd at the Wells Fargo Center witnessed an 84-42 superpower victory.

Wei Xia played for 24 minutes and finished with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Although the opponent is a big fish, there are also many scouts at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Wildcats aren't just Weisha with NBA prospects, like Randy Foye, Aaron Ray, Steven Hill and Kyle Lowry, they all have a chance to become NBA players in the future.

However, Wei Xia is indeed one of the most attractive names.

The victory over UMBC is a harbinger of a strong start to the season for the Wildcats.

They started a ten-game winning streak strongly, and they didn't encounter some challenges until the away game against the University of Notre Dame.Before that, they won at least 17 points per game. Against the University of Notre Dame, Wei Xia scored 26 points and 9 rebounds, leading the team to beat the opponent by 13 points.

The "Philadelphia Chronicle" commented on the Wildcats' game: "A national team is rising rapidly north of Philadelphia, and you must not miss it!"

(End of this chapter)