stadium ambition

Chapter 79

After making a general plan, Su Yang further thought about the details. First, he decided what name he should go to UCLA to challenge.

Several plans flashed through his mind. Su Yang decided to follow Durant's choice of the University of Texas and go to UCLA in the name of a visit. As long as the other party is willing to receive him, he will definitely go to the training hall to stage a heads-up or competition.

The premise is that others are willing to receive them. Although I have the title of the top high school student in the United States, UCLA may not necessarily buy it. After all, it is a century-old basketball school. Many stars have come from there, and now there are Afflalo, Da Players like Len Collison and Luke Mbah a Moute who have entered the NBA draft predictions really have no shortage of talents.

Before the key point, the opponent's scouts just handed over their business cards according to the usual practice, and did not express their strong will.

After the training and returning to the residence, Su Yang informed Zheng Xiang about the matter. After discussing for a while, the two came up with a plan. Let the scouts inform UCLA first, clearly express their desire to visit, and then make the next step according to the situation. .

The two called the UCLA scouts to explain the situation, but they received a reply in less than a minute. There happened to be an open training session in the team over the weekend. The head coach Ben Holland tried his best to invite Su Yang to participate and experience the Bruins personally. The rigorous and creative basketball atmosphere of the team, I believe he must like that feeling.

Su Yangzhui asked if he could invite some viewers to watch, and soon got a positive answer.

Zheng Xiang posted the incident to social platforms such as QQ group and Facebook, and invited foreign students and Chinese students related to UCLA to watch it. At the same time, he told the incident to Mr. Zhao's team to achieve as much publicity as possible.

To settle UCLA, Su Yang contacted the University of Southern California and the University of Irvine.

Anyway, the plan is to visit all the famous and efficient players in the entire Southern California area, defeat all the backcourt players among them, and let more international and Chinese students know that the alliance is about to be formed, which is a bit like a road show before the movie is released.

After everything was done, Su Yang dug out the detailed explanation of UCLA's tactics and tried to understand as much as possible.

Before going to bed, Zheng Xiang told that many international students expressed great interest, but unfortunately the Chinese students showed little interest, and even some people who claimed to be "Su Hei" sarcastically thought that Su Yang's fight in the national live broadcast greatly damaged the friendship of the Chinese. image.

Zheng Xiang originally thought that kind of remarks were a special case, but unexpectedly, many people responded. Several of them bluntly said that Su Yang can only represent overseas students, not Chinese, because of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Su Yang felt that it didn't matter, as long as he could win over the people he could win over, he didn't need to entangle with idiots.

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Early on the weekend, Su Yang and Zheng Xiang arrived at UCLA.

Three foreign students came to welcome them. After exchanging pleasantries, they went straight to the arena.

The Bruins players have not yet arrived, but a lot of foreign students rushed to occupy the place ahead of time. Looking around, they are all men, and I haven't seen a single girl. They are chatting because Su Yang is more like Iverson or Kobe. Argue.

Su Yang took a group photo with everyone, and then entered the arena to start warm-up training. He deliberately slowed down to observe and take pictures. He also answered many doubts about shooting and dribbling.

At about eight o'clock, everyone from the Bruins arrived. Westbrook excitedly pulled Su Yang and introduced them to his teammates one by one.

The reaction of the players was mediocre. After all, college students watched high school students, and there was little admiration but more appreciation.

Head coach Ben Holland chatted with Su Yang, and made it very clear that he liked Su Yang very much. He also bluntly stated that he could not make a promise now, because it is not yet certain that the positions of the team will change.

Su Yang expressed his understanding that this matter was not lying or perfunctory. Westbrook joined UCLA because Farmar temporarily decided to participate in the draft, so that the Bruins had an extra full scholarship, otherwise Westbrook would not have joined.

There is also the issue of position. The Bruins will have Westbrook and Collison at the point guard position next season, and the potential candidate for the starting shooting guard is James Harden, a local high school student with a high voice. The competition is quite fierce.

In about 10 minutes, all the players finished warming up.

Coach Holland briefly introduced Su Yang, invited him to participate in training in public, and emphasized that he can choose a team at will.

Su Yang raised his finger to Westbrook without hesitation: "I want to be teammates with Russell, the rest is optional."

Westbrook smiled and nodded in response, Coach Holland asked with a smile: "Can I ask why?"

Su Yang raised his head at Westbrook: "The two of us fighting together is equal to winning the game! What do you think?"

Westbrook raised his hand and slapped his chest: "Of course!"

As soon as this remark came out, many players expressed dissatisfaction. Coach Holland shrugged: "Then come on."

A total of 16 Bruins players and Su Yang were divided into blue and white groups, basically starting from the bench.

Westbrook once again pulled Su Yang to meet his teammates, namely small forward Matt, power forward Joey, and center Aubrey.

The five people gathered in a circle for a little discussion, and decided to let Su Yang control the ball to fully feel the team atmosphere.

On the starting side, Westbrook also introduced to Su Yang, point guard Collison, shooting guard Afflalo, small forward Shipp, power forward Luke Mbah a Moute, and center Loren. Their strength is comparable to last year' The Crazy Three' top four lineup should not be underestimated.

As the referee blew his whistle, the blue team attacked first, and Su Yang received the ball from the backcourt and advanced.The four of Westbrook skillfully lined up based on the free throw line. Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc in a blink of an eye, and the classic 1-4 formation was formed.

The scene was very familiar, but Su Yang was only surprised that the defender was Afflalo.

"This guy was known for his defense at the beginning of his career, but he is not strong. He has excellent footwork and is good at sticking to the ball holder. He is especially good at judging basketball routes. I don't need to try again, and I just show my full strength."

Su Yang made up his mind, raised his hand and passed the ball to Westbrook on the right wing, and suddenly dropped his shoulders and accelerated his start.

Teammate center Obo's screen quality is very high. Su Yang successfully cut into the right waist, but just after receiving Westbrook's return pass, Afflalo re-attached him, while Mbah a Moute shrank to the basket to block the breakthrough ahead of time. The route and coordination are impeccable.

"Is this the strength of the top four lineup in Crazy March? It feels stronger than the opponents in the Nike Challenge!" Su Yang thought in his heart, immediately took the ball and took a step back, switching from his left hand to his right, leaning sideways against Afflalo.

That action looked like he was about to start a back-to-back single, and Afflalo immediately retreated, not giving Su Yang an opportunity to take advantage of it, but at the same time he was able to complete the defense by virtue of his height advantage, which was almost a perfect defensive strategy.

Subconsciously, Su Yang turned and stepped forward, followed by the ball and raised his hand to aim at the basket, sincerely preparing to shoot.

But as soon as he raised his hands to his chest, he saw Afflalo jump up with his right hand high, and decisively dodged sideways around the ball, then took a step forward and kicked the ground vigorously to take off, gliding in the air for a short distance, and gently challenged the ball. Basketball hit the board.

Mbah a Moute took off a little slower to block the shot, the basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, and the arena burst into applause.

In the transition between offense and defense, Collison quickly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to the left winger Sipp, and used Loren to cover and cut inside.After Loren covered in place, he bowed and took a big step forward, and then set up a wall to cover at the 45° three-point line.

Shipp took the opportunity to get rid of the defense and rushed to the top of the arc, but couldn't break through Matt who bypassed the screen and intercepted.Fortunately, at the same time, Collison circled from the basket to his right elbow, and returned to the top of the arc with the help of Afflalo's cover. There was a lot of room for passing the ball.

Shipp hurriedly passed the ball, Collison caught the ball and ran sideways to the basket, but Westbrook hadn't squeezed through the screen.

In an instant, Su Yang chose to believe in Westbrook's ability to chase, and instead of switching defenses to intercept, he followed Afflalo to the outside.

As he expected, Westbrook quickly chased after Collison, sticking to him like brown sugar.

Collison's height, wingspan, and explosive confrontation all suffered. He dared to lay up against the defense. He didn't have time to think about it in a hurry. He raised his hand and threw the basketball over his head to the right wing, completely following the usual training tactics.

Su Yang had been prepared for a long time, and still stood in front of Afflalo, raised his hand and snatched the ball halfway, then turned around and ran forward, just relying on his speed advantage to rush to the basket first, and chased after Afflalo. Take off defensively.

Just when everyone lamented his strong style of play, Su Yang threw the ball from behind, and Westbrook, who followed up, caught the ball and jumped up, hitting the basket with a forceful dunk. De Efflalo almost fell.

There were cheers in the arena, and Holland turned to look at the assistant coach: "Where did the two of them have a tacit understanding?"

The assistant coach frowned: "Maybe they played wild ball together, or maybe they were born good teammates?"

Holland looked thoughtful: "Then who do you think is more suitable for us than James Harden?"

(End of this chapter)