Basketball Dragon

Chapter 13 The Orangemen
When Li Hai filled out the information, he indicated that he could play several positions, such as No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4, but the main report was still No. 3. He felt that his physical and technical characteristics were more suitable for No. [-] .

Just because Anthony is in this school, you can't dare to say that you are a forward.

However, there is no Carmelo Anthony among the freshmen who report to the forward position. It is estimated that their scholarship roles do not need to prove their strength in advance.

The three people in front of him were all tall white men, two were about as tall as him, and the other was taller than them.

Unlike my impression, Syracuse University still has a lot of white players.

After the warm-up, coach Jim Boyhan asked them to directly confront each other two-on-two.

"Hey, kid, don't drag me down, or you won't be able to stay on the school team." In a group with Li Hai was the strongest of the four of them, with a fierce face, named Gary Huo you.

There are two opponents, one looks more elegant, just showing his shooting ability, the basket is not bad, his name is Josh Brooks, and the other is the tall guy, about 2 meters 06, with very good athletic ability, he dunked during the warm-up. A couple of nice ones called Matt Gorman.

Confronted with the right to use free throws to decide the first attack, Li Hai took the initiative to stand on the free throw line first and made a steady hit. All four of them scored in the first round. In the second round, Li Hai was still very stable, but Josh Brooks was The error gave up the ball.

Gary Hall, who was in the team with Li Hai, was strong and strong, but he was also a shooter and had no intention of passing the ball.

Matt Gorman, who was facing up against Li Hai, wanted to use his excellent height to protect the rebound, but was stuck behind Li Hai's strength. Hall's shot missed and bounced out. Li Hai firmly grabbed the rebound, and a fake The action starts from Gorman, and the step forward is to smash the buckle vigorously.

It was Li Hai who served the ball just now. After scoring the goal, he directly threw the ball to Hall and asked him to go to the center circle.

Li Hai's dunk still had momentum, and Hall went to the middle circle and gave him the ball.

When Li Hai rushed in front of the defender, it was a cross step, and when he got rid of the opponent, it was another dunk. Compared with his speed, he was definitely the fastest among the four.

His performance made the other three feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. The opponent did not dare to defend the third ball, and Li Hai directly hit a three-pointer.

After his own performance, he did not forget his teammates, and the fourth ball came with a breakthrough.

He has played in professional leagues before, and he is very clear about what he needs to show in this two-on-two. He has a strong body, excellent singles ability, has a three-point range, and can also create opportunities for his teammates. He is active, confident and stable, and fully demonstrated a Anything a lineman can do.

After winning this small confrontation, the coach didn't say anything. He just asked Li Hai to go to the team management to formally register, and after doing some simple tests, he was asked to officially come over the next day.

Holt Eddy also filled out the registration form. Although there are only 15 players who can represent the school team in the NCAA at most, Fatty's ambition is not here, and he is very happy not to be eliminated directly.

"Listen to me, buddy, you're a good ball player, but to do well on the school team, you have to be covered by someone. In places like that, you have to play with the right people .”

Li Hai said in a joking tone: "It's better for me not to follow anyone, because no matter white buddies or black buddies, they probably have to rank me last."

The basketball team left about [-] people, most of whom were freshmen. From the second day on, the team started a week-long, three-hour physical training every day.

It is extremely hard for inexperienced students to train physical fitness without touching the ball, but Li Hai is very used to it.

Freshman high school star players Carmelo Anthony, Gerry McNamara and seniors, including one of the team's key training cores, Hakeem Warrick, have all appeared.

Maybe it's because of the lack of familiarity, as Eddie said, most of the time there is a clear distinction between white buddies and black buddies, and foreigners like Li Hai seem a little lonely, basically working hard.

But as the U.S. team lost again and again in the World Men's Basketball Championship, the young people in the school team gathered together to express their dissatisfaction.

"Their performance is not as good as directly sending players from our university to participate in the battle."

"Nick Collison at the University of Kansas is not helpful to the team. If we have a chance to play against the University of Kansas, we must teach them hard."

"If it weren't for the NBA's superstars not going, the US team would never have lost."

"It's like, they're supposed to be playing for their country, and they've lost pure basketball for money."

Li Hai also took the opportunity to join in. Only basketball is a topic that everyone is familiar with.

He asked with interest: "Hey, Anthony, if you join this American team, can you help the team win those few games?"

"Of course." Anthony said confidently, "I will make those key shots steadily. To be honest, they just lack a player like me."

"It's the same with the Orangemen. I and I led everyone into March Madness, winning one victory after another."

Li Hai secretly thought that now Anthony is full of confidence, and he is looking forward to playing against such a top player.

On the last day of physical training, they started to get in touch with basketball and did some simple shooting and dribbling training.

At this time, several people have already left voluntarily. After class, they train for three hours every day. For those who want to show off, it is really a bit hard.

At this time, Li Hai felt that the same major as Xia Weiliang was the most correct choice. With a top student, he also benefited a lot in his studies.

On the eighth day, coach Jim Boyhan divided them into ten teams for full-court confrontation practice, and will only stay with 25 people after three days.

The real meat scene is coming. Li Hai estimates that the team will start to determine the main lineup. After all, with the addition of a big name like Anthony, the team's lineup will definitely undergo some changes with him as the core.

Now the orange team is most famous for first-year players Carmelo Anthony, Gerry McNamara and second-year student Hakeem Warrick, who are respectively No. 3, No. 1 and No. 4. bit.

So now the Orange people team may change is the 2nd and 5th positions, there are big men over 2 meters, Li Hai will definitely not be able to compete for the center position, so he should be able to try as a shooting guard.

(End of this chapter)