In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 27 Mike Montgomery's Request

Jalen Collins's hook was blocked by Zhang Tian, ​​which really made Casey Jacobson and the others unexpected, especially Jacobson, who had fought against Zhang Tian before, seeing the latter's performance , It's like seeing a ghost, why didn't I see him in just a few days, the gap between that guy and me seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

Jalen Collins was not too frustrated with his offensive failure. After all, Zhang Tian was the MVP of the U19 World Youth Championship, and he was not even selected for this tournament.And compared to offense, he is still better at defense, well, then he will find his way back on the defensive end.

Jalen Collins looked at Zhang Tian from the inside line. The latter sent the ball to his left hand, posing a three-threat. The former took the initiative to come close to Zhang Tian and did not give Zhang Tian a chance to shoot, but Zhang Tian did not retreat and chose to shoot. It was facing Jalen Collins, and the close contact between Duang, Zhang Tian and Jalen Collins was pulled apart due to the impact, and the latter did not adjust at all in mid-air, and directly chose to shoot, brush, and the ball was easily released. into the basket.Zhang Tian is like this now, as long as he has a shooting opportunity, he will not let it go.

Jalen Collins felt very frustrated. Is the gap between himself and Zhang Tian really that big? Seeing his younger brother being bullied so badly on the field, Jason Collins, the gay man, stood up.

"Jalen, take a break. I'll fight Zhang." He wanted to find a place for Jalen. Compared with his younger brother Jalen, he was more aggressive on the defensive end. The latter wanted to score easily. It's not that simple.

But Mike Montgomery shot at this time, "Okay, stop now, Jason, you are not Zhang's opponent."

Mike Montgomery is an absolute Pope-level figure in the Stanford Cardinals. Although this guy has never played in the NBA, he is still very prestigious in the California basketball world.Although not as good as the boss at UCLA.

Except that Jason Collins is an out-of-the-closet man, he has no black spots in other aspects, both brothers are like this, so when he announced his sexual orientation in his previous life, no one hit him, but sent him blessings mostly.

Of course, the current him is not gay, he is still a guy who likes girls.

When Zhang Tian saw the old man walking towards him, especially the bright green light in his eyes gave the former a familiar premonition.That's how Ye Peng looked at him before.

"Zhang, are you interested in playing for the Cardinals? I can give you the No. [-] core treatment. I believe that under my guidance, you will become Larry Bird No. [-]."

Well, before entering the NBA, he was labeled as the second largest bird. If he is proficient in blacksmithing, is he an old hooligan? He is the successor of Havlicek. Sometimes the American thinking, Zhang The sky is completely incomprehensible, listening to the wind is rain, which is even more outrageous than the content of a picture at the beginning of the previous life, which was all edited.And what Larry Bird's successor and Jordan's successor are poisonous titles, whoever gets it is cool.

"No, thank you for your kindness. I came to Palo Alto to find a place to train and then prepare for the next trial. If your arena is going to be used, I can go to another place."

Maple Pavilion Arena, after all, is the home arena of the Cardinals. If Zhang Tian comes up as if I am the protagonist and you all kneel and lick, then the precipice will die miserably. Don't be too high-profile, otherwise there will be no good results. If you don't believe me, just look at the big dog, Jennings, and Brother Qiu will know.Wretched development is king.

Although Zhang Tian's refusal was within Mike Montgomery's expectation, the old man was still a little disappointed when he heard that such a good embryo refused.Hey, although the influence of the ncaa basketball department dominates the professional sports league of the NBA in North America, few fans in the world know what the ncaa league really is.

"No, anyway, we are on vacation now, you can practice here, but can you practice against the swingmen in the team during practice? I think this will help them."

Mike Montgomery knows very well that although the Cardinals have recruited a few good seedlings this year, they will only be in the top eight in the Elite Tournament.Because there is no absolute defensive core in the team, there are a lot of offensive players.

Since Zhang Tian came to Stanford to prepare for the NBA draft trial training, there is nothing wrong with using him to train those outside players.

Zhang Tian agreed, and it happened that he was also used to the power of the Gay star card. There is nothing wrong with letting this group of NCAA players be experimental products, although most of them will not be able to enter the NBA.But compared to many opponents in the U19 World Youth Championship, they can easily beat them. After all, they came from the basketball kingdom. This kind of background is not available in other countries.

Ryan Mendes is a sophomore of the Cardinals. He was supposed to be on vacation on the beach in Hawaii, or go surfing in Miami, but he was called by Mike Montgomery, and the other party told himself , If you want to hit the NBA in the future, come to Palo Alto, where a great fortune is waiting for you.

For Mike Montgomery, the meritorious coach in the history of the Cardinals basketball team, Ryan Mendes, a sophomore, has no doubts, because last year he chose himself who was unknown in Texas high school. If there is no former , he can only report to the NCAA secondary league.

Ryan Mendes came here excitedly, and when he arrived at the arena, he found that the entire Cardinals players were present, and the most interesting thing was the striker who was about the same height as him on the court.

The guy was wearing a jersey with no number and was shooting from the perimeter at a couple of spots.

"Ryan, come here quickly. After Zhang's warm-up is over, you two can start sparring. I hope that during this period of time, your defense can make a qualitative leap."

Jalen Collins, Casey Jacobson and others gave the Cardinals captain sympathetic looks, and Ryan Mendes was completely stunned.

During this period of time, it's a joke to practice defense. I can defend alone, but my speed is too average, and can that guy without a jersey number really help me?He is stronger than Li Arthur?

Zhang Tian finished shooting at several points, and Ryan Mendes' stretching muscle training was also done. Mike Montgomery called the two to the center line of the field, with a whistle in his mouth, and the ball was high. After a whistle sounded, Ryan Mendes and Zhang Tian jumped at the same time, but Zhang Tian's bounce speed was obviously faster. He got the ball by relying on his wingspan, and started to fly toward Ryan Mendes's goal. Half court offense.

Because it was one-on-one, Ryan Mendes didn't have any idea of ​​retreating. He took the initiative to step forward to grab Zhang Tian's ball. Zhang Tian took the ball to the other hand and took a step forward with his left foot. , turned in the opposite direction, and forcibly passed in front of Ryan Mendes.

It's all about relying on your body, Ryan Mendes didn't back down, bang, the two collided, and Zhang Tian passed by, Mike Montgomery didn't call a foul, Mendes last year was hanging on Rea The name of Lun No. [-] came to Stanford. Junzi Lei was also a physically strong existence when he was young, but he didn't expect that the guy opposite him had better physical fitness than himself.

After the pass, Zhang Tian quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, took off near the free throw line, staggered and dunked the ball into the basket. up.

(End of this chapter)