Healing Basketball

Chapter 25 25. Best Leveling Locations

"Brother, look, you were selected to the third team in the Orlando Summer League!"

"..."

"Can you still win the Rocky Mountain Summer League brother in Salt Lake City?"

"..."

"Brother, look, LeBron James, the No. [-] pick, and Dwyane Wade, the No. [-] pick, met for training in Orlando! They are both training for a while, but you are paralyzed here, brother. Too lazy!"

"I've been training too! I've been practicing for two hours."

"You practiced boxing, okay! Did you go to the NBA to play basketball or boxing?"

Less than two days after Liu Xiucai returned home, Qing'er started complaining.

The most incomprehensible thing for her is that Liu Xiu does not do basketball training, but she does Sanda, boxing and other training several times a week almost without interruption.

Liu Xiu replied, "It's all there. For someone like me, if he doesn't know how to box in the NBA, it may be difficult for him to get along."

Qing'er thought of the time Anthony complained to her father Cheng Fengwei about Liu Xiu when she came to their house for dinner, and felt that what her unlucky brother said was true.

Not to mention those competitors, as the cutest, most virtuous, kindest and most innocent younger sister in the world, Qing'er herself would occasionally be so angry by her unlucky brother.

Qing'er found that Unlucky Brother had a very clear understanding of herself...

Seeing Liu Xiu's lazy look, Qing'er had nothing to do, the emperor was not in a hurry with the eunuch.

The main reason is that Liu Xiu's current circle has gone from college basketball to the world's top basketball leagues. Qing'er only pays attention to the top basketball news, and her perception and perception are completely different.

……

Another few days passed, and Qing'er was completely convinced - her unlucky brother was the same as before, and there was no change because of entering the NBA!
Should it be said that this unlucky brother has not forgotten his original intention?

Or should we think that this unlucky brother is hopeless?

But Qing'er doesn't dislike her brother being so lazy. In fact, she quite likes it. She stays at home when she has nothing to do, watching news and videos...

On July 7th, Liu Xiu was about to leave Syracuse for Salt Lake City at noon. Qing Er, who was on summer vacation, cooked the meal on time as usual, and had lunch with Liu Xiu.

The send-off meal was rich, with two more dishes than usual at noon.

After eating and drinking, Liu Xiu packed up his things and prepared to send his younger sister to his aunt's company. He was taking care of her for the past few days... being taken care of by Qing'er was actually a great help to her uncle and aunt. Now he I'm going to work, so naturally I have to send Qing'er to my aunt, and then my uncle and aunt's life and work have to go back to the rhythm of taking care of children.

After packing up her things and going downstairs, Liu Xiu saw Qing'er bouncing around in the living room...

"What are you doing, dear?"

Qinger responded while dancing: "Qing...er...is...jumping...high...long...high..."

Regardless of whether the high jump is necessarily related to growing tall, Liu Xiu asked: "Qing Er, why are you growing tall?"

Qing'er stopped bouncing around, with a serious expression on her face: "I want to grow taller so I can play basketball. When my brother runs out of balls one day, I will play professional games to earn money to support my brother so that he will not starve to death."

"The WNBA doesn't pay well."

"That's better than nothing, brother, you are so lazy, what will you do without the ball?"

"Hmm...my academic performance is quite good, and the school is also very good. It shouldn't be difficult to find a job after I graduate without playing basketball."

"..."

Qing'er felt that she had been stabbed. She remembered that her stinky brother didn't get into Syracuse University by playing basketball or boxing.

For most other college basketball players, the better they play, the worse their academic performance.

The better you play, the more time you spend on basketball and the less time you spend on other things. Situations like O'Neal and Duncan are relatively rare.

But Liu Xiu is even more rare than those rare examples. In his junior year, he was free and even went to learn musical instruments. After that, he played better and better, his grades were as good as ever, and he was still cultivating his own interests. Hobbies... Now Liu Xiu can just wait for his graduation thesis defense, the credits are already enough.

Qing'er's academic performance is very good, but!Brother Smelly is about to graduate from university, and all the hardships and tiredness are over, but Cheng Qinger, who started bilingual teaching since she was a child and has no chance to struggle and remembers, is still in elementary school, and the suffering has just begun!
……

Half an hour later, at the downstairs of the studio where Aunt Liu Xiu worked, Qing'er saw off this unlucky brother. She was very reluctant at first, but thinking of Liu Xiu's graduation from university, she didn't want to see Liu Xiu for a long time.

But there is still work to be done...

After Liu Xiu left, Qing'er and her mother got together and looked at the map and city handbook: "Mom, what do you think of this school?"

"It's very close to the Rose Garden Arena. You can let your brother pick you up. It's not bad...but this school is also available. I saw this school in the news. A few years ago, a Nobel Prize winner came from here. Yes, it seems to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics?"

"Mom, there is no mathematics award for the Nobel Prize, and even if there is an award, it is a student of this school decades ago, right? But the score of this school is quite high..."

Qing'er is discussing with her mother which school to transfer to. The targets are all schools that require entrance exams or schools that are sponsored by money. The way she enrolls is naturally to prepare for entrance exams.

Qing'er's mother initially rejected the idea of ​​her precious daughter, but in the past few days, Liu Xiu helped at home... and was taken care of by Qing'er. Qing'er's mother is actually not busy with work these days, and her father is not busy with work either. .

The couple have been going out on dates from time to time these days, and it feels like the second spring of love has exploded, and they are planning to have a second child.

So both of them thought they could send Qing'er there.

Seeing Liu Xiu's lazy appearance, as an uncle and aunt, she is still very worried, so she plans to send the most responsible person in the family to take care of her precious nephew.

……

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Salt Lake City, a good place, with a low crime rate, a clean city, and a good environment... but it's not very human.

There are quite a lot of people here, but there is very little communication with each other. There are a lot of believers here, and people of different beliefs are extremely excluded, and they are not very friendly to people of color... That is, the Trail Blazers come here to consume. The service staff will give consumers a smile.

Liu Xiu came here yesterday and quickly felt the awkwardness of this city.

But it doesn't matter, he has no interest in coming here to play, he comes here once or twice a year, he doesn't care what it's like here... If he has to come, it's not impossible.

The locals should not be so indifferent to the players of the well-known teams in their own city, right?

The Rocky Mountain Summer League is the second longest existing summer league, established in 1984, second only to the Southern California Summer League.

This year, 11 teams signed up to participate, the Jazz is the host, the other 10 teams: Trail Blazers, Suns, Lakers, Clippers, Mavericks, Spurs, Bulls, Knicks, Pacers , 76ers.

Early this morning, Liu Xiu followed the coaching staff to the Pepsi Center in Salt Lake City. The training ground provided by the Jazz to the Trail Blazers is a training ground in this stadium.

Maurice Cheeks didn't know where to go after arriving in Salt Lake City. Chief assistant Kevin Pritchar was introducing Liu Xiu: "Jess, you may be more used to playing this game."

"I'll be more used to it?"

"Yes, almost none of the teams in the Rocky Mountain Summer League will bring NBA players other than rookies, and the development league players will not bring players with more than 3 years of experience. Most of them are college students and undrafted rookies. The stage where young players really pursue their dreams.

The 15 people on our team this time, except you, Matt, and Travis, are all players who have just left college and college students from Utah and surrounding states, most of whom are functional players... There is no Bonuses and income will all be used to support university education..."

Liu Xiu looked at the temporary teammates whose faces were obviously younger than the Orlando Summer League, and then looked at his own summer league ability evaluation, and understood.

He was wondering just now, after a few days of rest, how did his ability rating in the summer league improve so much?
"Host ability evaluation: 87 (summer league), 76 three-pointers, 80 mid-range shots, 94 layups, 91 ball control, 85 passing accuracy, 87 speed, 90 strength..."

There is also a difference in strength in the summer league!

Although the Orlando Summer League has just started, it is precisely because it has just started and there are not so many conventional rules. The Magic will even find a group of old ball ruffians to support the scene. Summer League is even higher!

In addition to him, Travis Outlaw and Matt Carroll's ability evaluation has also improved compared to the Orlando Summer League.

'Is this what Fatty Lan said?No wonder he was so worried that I would fall short of making it to the NBA after I played in the Rockies Summer League. '

'However, the players we were looking for were functional undrafted and functional college students, and the college students did not find those top players, that is, they all served as training partners for the selected players. I bring help. '

Kevin Pritchar introduced the specific situation of the Rocky Mountain Summer League and explained some things that Liu Xiu did not know.

After Kevin Pritchar finished speaking, Liu Xiu responded: "Thank you coach, I understand, I will seize the opportunity to polish my skills."

Handsome face, gentle smile, thankful tone, polite words...Kevin Pritchar admires Liu Xiu very much.

Just too lazy!
and also……

Kevin Pritchar was about to say something to Liu Xiu when Liu Xiu's phone rang, and he said sorry and went to answer the phone.

Kevin Pritchar didn't leave, he was going to wait for Liu Xiu to finish the phone call before talking to Liu Xiu about getting along with others...

"Oh, my dear sister, I've arrived at the training ground, I'm not late, you know I'm never late, and I never leave early.

teammate?The teammates are very ordinary. Their talents and abilities are a bit far from those of professional players. I am better than them without training. I appreciate their hard work for their dreams. However, some things cannot be achieved with hard work... ..."

Qing'er on the other end of the phone was at a loss as she listened to Brother Smelly speaking English. What did she ask?Didn't ask anything?
On the phone, Kevin Prittcha had a mouthful of old blood in his throat...here it is again!It's started again!

(End of this chapter)