New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 111 Lyon, France
At [-] o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yi and others were training in the arena, and found that Wacker appeared abnormally on the sidelines in a suit.

"Coach, what's the matter?" Robert, who was closest to him, asked immediately.

Wacker announced that yesterday, the NCAA selected four teams to play exchange games.

"Duke Blue Devils! Memphis Tigers! North Carolina Tar Heels! And us... UCLA Bruins!"

Hearing this, Wally and others immediately smashed the ball and cheered excitedly, because being selected by the league as one of the international basketball exchange programs is a great honor for any player of an American college basketball team.

And only strong teams can get the chance to represent the league. You must know that the Bruins did not even make it to the top 64 last season. Now they have directly squeezed out the Kentucky Wildcats, one of the top four last year. They are likely to make history.

Zhang Yi didn't feel very excited, after all, for him, it didn't make much difference where he played.

"Coach! Where are we going to play? Europe?" Robert immediately asked this crucial question.

The other players were also looking at Wacker. At this moment, Zhang Yi hoped that he could return to Dagong to play.

Wacker coughed and said, "This time it will be a one-week itinerary. There will be three games in total. The first is Lyon in France, Sydney in Australia, and finally Dagong Yunxing City!"

As soon as the last few words came out, a sunny smile appeared on Zhang Yi's face, and Wali held his neck and asked, "Is Yunxing your hometown?"

He nodded, "Yunxing is the provincial capital of my hometown, and it's not too far from Yunhua, so it's about the same."

"Lucky boy! You can go back to your hometown to play in the first year!" Roy and others said in an envious tone.

Most of the players on this team are not pure Americans, and this situation is more obvious in the weaker teams.

After all, if domestic players know the details, they will not be interested in the fish belly team at all.

Not only did Wacker choose Zhang Yi in Dagong, but the previous head coaches of the Bruins also imported players from abroad. Of course, the effect was not good.

Being selected as one of the four exchange teams is a great honor in itself, but I didn't expect Wacker to make a condition with the league.

Yunxing City was originally arranged for the Duke University Blue Devils. After all, Duke University is the market with the largest sports economic potential besides the United States.

In the past few years, the NCAA has arranged for the strongest teams to visit Dagong.Considering Wacker's opinion this year, coupled with Zhang Yi's special status, he hesitated before switching to the Bruins team!
Of course, they don't know that this decision will make decisive changes in the development of the NCAA in the next few years.  …

Because the regular season has already started, the originally planned games of these four teams have also been temporarily cancelled.

Wacker told Zhang Yi that they only have half a day of training today, and they will fly to Lyon, France in the evening. If there is any personal matter, it is best to settle it in the afternoon.

Zhang Yi thought to himself that he had just picked up his mother, who knew that he would be able to go back to play games so soon, what a twist of fate.

Everyone's training in the morning is not focused, after all, they are only young people in their 20s.

This kind of exchange game is not so much about playing basketball, but more about eating, drinking, and traveling with public funds while increasing popularity...

At noon, Zhang Yi called and told his mother to go home for dinner.She is also surprised that today is not the weekend.

He told Liu Lanzhi that he would go abroad with the team to play a game for a week, and the most important thing was that one of the games was still in Yunlan City!

The mother was also very happy. Although she didn't know the meaning of this kind of exchange game, she knew it must be a great thing when she heard her son's voice of high interest.

"I will prepare your favorite dishes, come back!" Liu Lanzhi said kindly.At first she didn't know what she could do to help her son in Los Angeles, but now, maybe it can be the same as before.

No matter how Zhang Yi changes, there are always some things that only she, as a mother, can bear for him.

After that, he drove to pick up Lucy first, and it happened that she was fine now.

For basketball players, flying games are commonplace, and family members can only accept it passively.

However, due to the development of air traffic, this situation has been greatly improved.

The nanny always eats first in the kitchen. This time, because Liu Lanzhi cooked the dishes herself, she asked her to wait for Zhang Yi to come back to eat together.

Four people sat around the dining table, which in Zhang Yi's imagination could only be realized after many years.

But three months after leaving Yunhua and setting foot in the city of Los Angeles, his dream has come true...

This is really a fantastic experience for Zhang Yi, and he knows that now is not the end.

Lucy's Chinese is getting better and better, and she can even have a simple conversation with Liu Lanzhi.Such a short period of time is not an easy task for a true American, and we can see her hard work.

Zhang Yi asked who she usually learns from, and how can she improve so fast?Lucy didn't answer, but just said with a smile, "It's a secret that that person can speak Mandarin!"

Seeing her appearance, Zhang Yi can roughly guess who that person is when he mentioned her impression of the grand duke when they first met in Lenovo...

"Would you like to come with me?" He was lying on the bed with Lucy in his arms. In fact, neither of them had the habit of taking a nap, but they wanted to be together now.

Lucy shook her head happily, "It's better if I don't go, basketball should be played well only with concentration."

Although Zhang Yi was going to say it's okay, I hope you go.

But after thinking about it, Lucy was right, and if Wack knew that he was going to take his girlfriend with him, he would probably be mad...

At the scheduled meeting time in the afternoon, Zhang Yi and the others followed the tall and rugged Wacker in suits and leather shoes, which was particularly eye-catching at the airport.

Their destination was Lyon, and the flight time was three and a half hours, so it wasn't too far away.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Yi found that the temperature here was much lower than that in Los Angeles. He found that his mother had already put a coat in the luggage.

Lyon is the third largest city in France, because there are three French basketball players who dominate the European football world, and it has also become a gathering place for European basketball fans.

With the popularity of Europe's delicate style of play, more and more top European players are going to the United States to play.

European college clubs have also become the second top league in the world only NCAA.

For this reason, the NCAA sent the Bruins here to play an exchange game with the University of Lyon basketball team.

And the current trump card of the University of Lyon, Prince Leon of Gaul!
In addition to playing in the school, he was also specially approved to participate in the European Basketball Champions League and represent the French national team.

Together with Sweden's Riley, he became a European double star and is the leader of European basketball in the new era.

The playing style of the two can be said to be exactly the opposite. Riley is a rough, manic and full of lethal impact on the inside; while Leon is a gorgeous playing style who is good at difficult direction changes and shaking to open up space projections!

The relationship between the two is very bad, and there are constant conflicts in the game, and some media even call them old enemies.

In this battle, Zhang Yi knew before the game that his opponent was the technical small forward Leon, so he was full of expectations.

(End of this chapter)