From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 42 Chicago United Trial Training (5) Jianghu, you really deserve to die

"Jiang, I want to fight you one-on-one!!"

Tatum looked sincere, with the ball in his left arm, and his right hand stretched out his fist to Jianghu.

"no problem."

Jiang Hu froze for a moment, then stretched out his fist to meet him.

Tatum wanted to fight him one-on-one, which was indeed beyond his expectation...

Jianghu thought that many people would come to him to single out, he thought of Daron Fox, thought of Donovan Mitchell, thought of Malik Monk and Laurie Markkanen, but he didn't think of Tatu m.

In Jianghu's impression, Tatum's personality is that kind of obedient and not too strong. Jianghu didn't expect him to come to him so proactively to challenge him one-on-one.

In fact, Tatum's reason for looking for Jianghu heads-up is very simple, because he found that since the beginning of this training camp, the eyes of Celtics president Danny Ainge and chief scout Terry Fries have been focused on Jianghu body.

They have followed and observed him for three years. Wherever he goes, he has always been their focus. Today is an exception. This will inevitably make Tatum feel a little bit disappointed.

After the loss, I was a little unconvinced...

Anyway, before the start of today's training camp, he was also the one with the highest predicted pick among the participants.

Although he knew that the success rate of challenging the rivers and lakes might not be high, he still wanted to try.

What if Jianghu's physical condition is good and his shooting skills are also good, but his ability to combine the ball is poor?
In the heads-up session, the ability to hold the ball and combine the ball is the most important. In this regard, Tatum is confident that he will not lose to any player in the same position.

Don't ask, the question is that when I was young, I played with the confidence given by the point guard.

The most important point is that Tatum took the initiative to step forward after seeing no one singled out the world.

This is also a trick of his. When no one dares to go up, what does it mean?
It shows that he is a player with a competitive mentality. The mentality is hard to explain, but many managements will pay attention to this issue.

Danny Angie is also observing the situation here at this time. He is optimistic about the two players. He also wants to know whether Jianghu has an advantage in facing Tatum, and if so, how big an advantage is it?

Jianghu smiled and shook his head, took the ball in Tatum's hand, patted it on the floor twice to test the feel, and passed it back to him.

"Same as before, 7-point system, you go first!!"

The rule of American heads-up is 7-point system, or 11-point system, 2 points count as 1 point, 3 points count as 7 points, and the person who reaches [-] points first wins.

Since the 7-point system was chosen, the person who kicks off first has a certain advantage. Jianghu did not bully Tatum and let him kick off first.

"To be fair, I think we should toss a coin and the winner goes first." Tatum frowned and thought for a while, then rejected Jianghu's kindness.

Tatum actually wanted to tee off first, but he couldn't save himself, fearing that others would think he was taking advantage, so he threw a neutral coin toss.

"Don't throw it away, it's too troublesome."

Jianghu shook his head impatiently and rejected Tatum's proposal.

"If you don't want to go first, then I will go first."

The corner of Jiang Hu's mouth showed a hint of cunning.

"But if I go first, you won't have a chance to fight back. Have you thought about it?"

Tatum was completely overwhelmed by Jianghu's rejection, but when he heard his next sentence, he immediately became an unknown fire.

What do you mean I have no chance to return the phone before you?
It's so contemptuous of people, I don't believe it! !
"Shut up."

"Even if you go first, I can still beat you!"

"let's start!!"

Tatum became angry for no reason, and immediately acquiesced to Jianghu's first attack, and bent down, preparing to defend Jianghu's attack.

The child just couldn't stand the aggressive method, Jianghu sighed, and started to catch the ball and attack.

Jianghu holds the ball with both hands, bends down to drop the ball, stretches his left foot forward, and makes a standard tentative step.

Tatum reacted immediately and moved half a step to the left to block.

Jianghu receives the ball, immediately catches a crotch dribble, pulls the ball from left to right, dribbles high with his right hand, and is about to hit the inside.

Tatum panicked and immediately came to block it.

Jianghu once again switched from his crotch to his left hand, pulling on the spot.

Tatum rushed over with all his strength, but his arm was still about 15cm away from Jianghu's shooting point.

Short in height, short in wingspan, and short in jumping, Tatum is doomed to only look at the ball and sigh.

"Shua~" The basketball entered the net neatly.

2 is better than 0
Tatum patted the ball angrily, and then passed the ball to Jianghu again.

If it is a normal heads-up, Jianghu will definitely say some trash to affect the mentality of the opponent.

But seeing Tatum's mentality collapsed a little, Jianghu didn't talk trash to stimulate him.We met on the first day, and I didn't offend myself, so there's no need to make it too ugly.

The moment Jianghu got the ball, it was immediately a fake shot. Jianghu's three-point line performance was still vivid in his mind. Tatum was a little nervous and rushed over immediately.

The moment Tatum pounced, Jiang Huyuan ground the ball, took a small step to the left, and made another easy three-pointer.

"唰~" 4 to 0.

It is completely easy and clear to fight Tatum in Jianghu.

A thin line of sweat began to break out on Tatum's face, which was a sign of nervousness.

Jianghu caught the ball again, and this time he played a fancy behind-the-back dribble.

At the same time, he was observing Tatum's shoulders, and he found that Tatum's shoulders moved a little more to the left. He immediately accelerated to the left, and Tatum blocked it immediately.

"I was fooled, treasure." Jianghu said silently in his heart, and once again used a behind-the-back dribble to change the ball to his right hand, and accelerated the breakthrough directly from the right side.

Small steps turned into big crotch steps, speeding up, Jianghu took long legs, passed Tatum in one step, and went straight to the basket.

"Boom." Jiang Hu dunked with both hands.

5:0
"This, the gap between them is too big..."

"The combination of Jianghu is great, this is the level where you can play a point guard!!"

"Choose him, let him practice for two years, and also give him a star, let him do it with LeBron?"

"good idea!!"

The scouts on the sidelines and the management of each team were once again full of amazement.

Jianghu once again surprised them, and now their impression of Jianghu is already at the level of LeBron in the future.

Seeing the rivers and lakes hanging on the basket, Tatum was already a little uncomfortable. He felt that he had made a wrong decision...

"Damn it, I should have opened it first, maybe there is still a chance!!"

He didn't think it was because of the level gap between him and Jianghu, that's why he couldn't beat...

Jianghu received the ball again and faced Tatum.

"Let's end it, it's boring..."

The current Tatum is still too immature. Jianghu was completely crushed in the duel with him, and he didn't get any sense of refreshment.

He made another fake shot with the ball, this time Tatum didn't jump...

The rivers and lakes immediately turned the fake into the real, and they made a move...

"Shu~"

7-0, Jianghu defeated Tatum neatly.

Tatum looked back at the trembling Nets, his eyes full of disbelief...

"Where did this guy come from?"

"Why did you suddenly appear and crush us all??"

He shook his head, glanced at the basket again, ignored the eyes of everyone in the audience, and walked towards the sidelines seemingly casually.

He picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank most of it in one gulp.

Jiang Hu has been watching him, and found that he is holding the mineral water bottle with his thumb and index finger, and the remaining two fingers are hanging in the air, as if trembling slightly.

Jianghu also discovered that Tatum's face was normal, but his ears were particularly red...

Obviously, he is a shy person, he is very shy when he is shy, his ears are red, but his face is not red.

Jiang Hu shook his head, walked over and patted Tatum on the shoulder solemnly and said, "Don't be discouraged."

"Failure is only temporary."

"You are still young, and there are still opportunities in the future."

Tatum was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Jiang Hu to be so heart-warming. After defeating him, not only did he not ridicule him, he even ran over to encourage him.

What a nice guy! !
"Thank you." Tatum was so touched that he also set a goal. In the future, he must surpass the Jianghu. No matter it is one year, two years, three years, five years, he must do it.

"You're welcome, come on, I'm optimistic about you."

Jiang Hu pursed his lips, clenched his fist and slammed Tatum's chest, then turned and left.

Looking at the back of Jianghu, Tatum was so moved that he drank the mineral water in his hand again, as if it was a jug of spirits...

Mitchell next to him curled his lips, looked at Tatum with a teasing chuckle and said, "If I remember correctly, you were born in March 1998, right?"

"Yeah." Tatum said without looking back, still drinking water.

"Didn't you read Jiang's profile? He was born in September 98, the youngest in our class!"

"Pfft~" Hearing this, Tatum's eyes widened, he spit out the water in his mouth, and then coughed violently...

"Cough cough cough!!!"

"Cough cough!!"

Jianghu was actually younger than him, and when he suddenly heard the news, Tatum was so shocked that he was caught off guard and choked on the water...

Mitchell, who was beside him, hurried over and patted him on the back for a long time before he managed to recover.

He raised his head, eyes still covered with choked tears, looked at Jianghu, and found that Jianghu was still talking and laughing with his manager.

The more Tatum looked at Jiang Hu's smile, the angrier he became, he gritted his teeth angrily, and clenched his fists hard against Jiang Hu's back.

"Jianghu, you really deserve to die!!"

(End of this chapter)