From sparring to superstar

Chapter 9 8. Joining someone who is not very good at fighting
Seeing that the head coach still looked like he couldn't get used to Li Ao, Brown just smiled and said nothing.

Xavier Johnson is not out of work this evening. Before Li Ao called, the assistant coach was teaching shooting for the women's team. When Li Ao called, their head coach called him in a daze. When I came here, I was complained by the head coach of the women's team for a long time.

Henry Bibby looked at Li Ao on the field and began to learn new things. The rookie with almost zero foundation has entered a clumsy state again, but he is actively working hard to adjust according to the guidance of the assistant...

Maybe you really found a treasure?

It's just that, as he said just now, it was too late for this kid to receive professional basketball guidance.

Even if Li Ao is only 18 years old, he has good talent, but if he can use it, he may have to wait until next year.

With Sputnik and Alex graduating from college, their strikers have become very weak. Only Brusenthal is left with a strong offense. Shelby Jordan doesn't know where he is fooling around now. It is said that this guy is fast. When he had no money, he ran to Las Vegas to gamble, and won a large sum of money, and continued to take his girlfriend around.

As the head coach, he is very authoritative, but this player is really a jerk. He has nothing to say about playing on the court and works very hard. not give a damn about.

The time came to October 10, Saturday, and the USC Trojans entered the selection stage for the roster.

At 8:50 in the morning, Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium. When he changed into training clothes and came out, more than [-] people had basically arrived.

Seeing his teammates full of enthusiasm, he was inevitably a little frustrated.

After yesterday afternoon's training, Henry Bibby informed him to continue the special training today.

This means that the first roster selection day has nothing to do with him.

I didn't even have a chance to participate in the first selection day, and then...

Fortunately, he had licked his wound silently last night. After following Xavier Johnson to the small internal training ground, he readjusted his mentality and trained hard.

At this moment, he was ready to be a training partner for the first year.

Xavier Johnson was very dissatisfied with Henry Bibby's choice this time. Although he also felt that Li Ao would not be able to make the list, at least give him a chance!

This decision is too hurtful.

He also had a dispute with Henry Bibby when making a decision yesterday, but he is the head coach and he cannot change the decision he made.

Seeing that Li Ao regained his energetic expression, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and stopped thinking about it. He calmed down and guided well.

On the other side, at the main training field, dozens of players were divided into 6 teams, each with 8 players, and started the intra-team training match on 3 courts. The rules were the same as those of the NCAA games, with 20 minutes each in the first and second halves.

There are still a few remaining players, but like Li Ao, these people don't even have the chance to compete for the big list.

The strengths of the two teams are equal in pairs. Through the previous training and intramural games, the coaches and scouts of the Trojans have a relatively clear understanding of the strength of each player.

What Henry Bibby was watching was the 16-man match he valued most, the confrontation between Team A led by Trey Pagnier and Team B led by Scalabrine.

The two had just met in the final of the intramural competition, and they played against each other again, and both played even harder.

Trey Pagnier had better teammates, and he went all out to pay back Scalabrine for a loss.

Brandon Granville gave Trepagnier a strong help. He delivered ammunition to Trepagnier continuously, and the latter hit one after another.

The newly added 89th high school genius in the United States, Nate Hale, is not satisfactory, but at least he is not as rough as last year's Sam Clancy.

In the stage of the main matchup, the two teams played back and forth, and Henry Bibby was also quite satisfied.

Compared with last season, Granville, Trepagnier, and Scalabrine have all made great progress.

But after entering the rotation stage, the situation tilted in a favorable direction for Team B.

After Team B had Sam Clancy as the main attack point, Team A couldn't stop his impact.

It's not about how strong Sam Clancy is. In Henry Bibby's view, this high school genius can only use his body to force him. It's just that David Rosentable of the A team doesn't like confrontation. Wes Turner is a lanky power forward who can't stop him at all.

However, Sam Clancy's defense is also terrible, and he flies at one point. Rosentable's rich offensive skills can lead Team A to barely maintain the situation.

But college basketball, or intra-team competition, Sam Clancy's offensive success rate is obviously higher.

Seeing this, Henry Bibby shook his head helplessly.

It’s better to be Alex Ayuso, with both offense and defense. In 97, it was thanks to this tough guy from Europe that they reached the Crazy Three after many years. Their performance in the past two years is actually not bad. The three were a little bit short, but unfortunately the former captain graduated from college.

Now, their forward defense is good, and there is only one Shelby Jordan left. This guy has a strange personality. He is still in the class of 96 and will soon graduate from college.

Suddenly, a voice came from the side, which startled Henry Bibby.

"Henry, you can let the kid try it."

Henry Bibby almost jumped to the side, but fortunately he held back, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

He said angrily: "Sam, you want to scare me to death...that kid? Who are you talking about? The one in the small training ground?"

Sam Hayes nodded.

Henry Bibby said disdainfully, "What can he do?"

Sam Hayes recalled the recent special training, his cold expression became complicated, and said: "His defense is very special. I think it will bring you a surprise."

Henry Bibby was curious to make such an evaluation from this powerful defensive technical director who was abandoned by Kentucky because of his personality.

After thinking about it, he nodded in agreement with Sam Hayes' suggestion.

...

Li Ao has already practiced a few sets of shots, and his body and touch have been activated. He is going to try the training task again, and directly told Xavier Johnson how he wants to practice next.

Xavier Johnson did not refuse. He was very happy to see that Li Ao had his own training ideas, which proved that Li Ao also had his own brains.

Moreover, the training content Li Ao mentioned is in line with the current training progress in his opinion, and he can come to this kind of training several times occasionally.

Just when Li Ao rested for 5 minutes and the special training was about to start, Sam Hayes came and left after saying "the head coach asked you to play the game".

The news came suddenly.

Li Ao and Xavier Johnson looked at each other, and the latter reacted first, and quickly said: "Go! The opportunity is here!"

Li Ao didn't have time to think too much, and immediately followed in the footsteps of Sam Hayes with Xavier Johnson.

Through the long and narrow fitness area, the three came to the main training ground.

Seeing his teammates playing in full swing, Li Ao was envious for a while, but immediately remembered that he seemed to be going to play too!
He rushed to the side of Henry Bibby at a sprint speed of [-] meters and asked, "Coach, do I have a chance to play?"

Henry Bibby remained expressionless for two seconds before responding, "Yes."

Li Ao became even more excited and asked, "Team D? Or Team F?"

Here's a break!

Henry Bibby pointed to the one in front and said, "Here, you go to Team A."

"Team A?"

Li Ao asked uncertainly.

This is not just a surprise, it can be called a shock.

Henry Bibby asked, "Are you afraid?"

Li Ao came up in a hurry, and immediately responded: "Who is afraid of a puppy! It is agreed that I will go up, right? You are also a puppy if you go back on your word!"

Henry Bibby, who was thinking about how to give two words of encouragement, was also angry, but he couldn't let this kid go on the stage to spread fire, so he wouldn't be a puppy?
Looking at Li Ao and Henry Bibby who entered the cold war mode, Xavier Johnson, who quickened his pace to keep up, was also helpless.

He didn't even want to ask what's the matter, the two people's zodiac signs were probably in conflict, so they didn't have a good word to say when they met.

Not long after, the first half of the match between Team A and Team B ended. Team B relied on Sam Clancy's outstanding performance to take a 5-point lead, with a score of 45 to 50 at halftime.

The defense of the two teams made Henry Bibby heaving a sigh of relief.

After a 5-minute break, Henry Bibby made personnel adjustments and placed Li Ao in the third position of Team A.

And the third position of the B team is arranged by Sam Clancy!
It wasn't that Henry Bibby wanted to punish Li Ao on purpose, he just wanted to see what Sam Hayes meant by 'special'.

This rotation surprised the players of both teams who were playing.

In-team training matches, the rules are actually not that strict. Often, players from other competing teams are transferred to a team with stronger overall strength because of their outstanding performance.

But Li Ao's situation is not like this, this guy didn't even enter the 48-man competition list!
To their surprise, their reactions varied.

Granville, who abused Li Ao's School of Computer Science, stepped forward and patted Li Ao's buttocks and said, "Perform well, and I'll pass the ball to you if I have a chance."

Trepagnier also came to encourage Li Ao, and team B's center Costa-Charles came up to tell him to be careful and give him a big hat.

Seeing that Li Ao didn't respond, they were not surprised.

From being "assigned" to the small training ground for special training, to directly joining the strongest group to participate in the competition, they felt that Li Ao was too excited.

On Li Ao's side, he was indeed excited, but it wasn't because of this. He had adjusted his emotions just now and was ready to be abused on the field.

He is excited because the task is coming!

"For newcomers see:
Goal: Surprise the coach and teammates in this intra-team training match.

Reward: 1 primary lottery draw. "

Number of primary draws!Equivalent to 1000 achievement points!
But to be astonishing...surely it doesn't mean to surprise his teammates with how good he is?
He is very confident, and he can't surprise them no matter how bad he is.

Seeing that the other 9 people have already entered the stage, Li Ao shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and just finished the job!
He is a barefoot rookie, and he is not ashamed of playing poorly. What if he performs well?
Walking onto the court, Li Ao took the time to see who was on both sides.

For Team A, the point guard is Granville. The team's point guard is 175 cm tall. He is good at speed, has good breakthroughs, good vision, and excellent passing ability.

The shooting guard is currently played by Rashad Jones, who is 188 cm tall, has good physical fitness, and is not bad in terms of technology, but none of them are particularly outstanding. He was a substitute throughout the freshman season and his performance was average.

The 206 cm Brusenthal plays a power forward. He has a strong body, good skills, and excellent rebounds. His biggest shortcoming is that he doesn't like confrontation, and his shortcoming is his general athletic ability.

The center is Frankie Evanisco, a junior, 211 cm tall. His height and wingspan are his strengths. He is good at pick-and-rolls, but his other abilities are not outstanding.

On the opposite side, the 89th-ranked high school prodigy Nate Haier continued to advance. With a height of 190 cm, he has a huge advantage in body shape, first-class athletic ability, and can shoot and pass.

The shooting guard is the new roster contender Sandy Fletcher, a junior, who has been a training partner for the past two years. He is 190 cm tall and a standard white player. He has solid strength and good shooting, but his athletic ability is average.

The small forward position is Sam Frank, 201 cm, very strong, not fast but full of explosive power, daring to fight hard, technology is weak.

The position of power forward is the freshman Rob Erez, a black player invited by the team to join in the summer. He has excellent running and jumping ability, but he is afraid of inside confrontation and has few other advantages.

The center position is the team's leading center Costa-Charles, 211 cm, good frame protection, good at blocking shots, low offensive footwork is not bad, mature senior player.

After a glance, the information of the other 9 players on the field quickly popped up in Li Ao's mind.

For more than a month, although he has been in special training, he is also paying attention to those teammates who are outstanding. In addition to the information collected by Liam and Vivienne, although he has not formally cooperated or fought with these people, he is very concerned about his teammates. He already knew the general situation of them.

After the players of the two teams entered the field, the trainer who served as the referee blew the whistle for the start of the second half. Team B, which lost the jump ball at the beginning of the game, went first.

Nate Hale received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, and passed it to Sam Clancy who wanted the ball directly from the top arc. It was Li Ao who was defending him!

Sam Clancy looked at Li Ao with contempt, he wanted to destroy this newcomer!
He is not angry, not convinced!

Anyone can see that Li Ao's treatment in the team is very special.

The two assistant coaches took turns to give him special training, which was the envy of Sam Clancy, who was highly anticipated last year.

Xavier Johnson and Sam Hayes are well-known technical guides in the college basketball world. The Trojans have improved in recent years. In addition to Henry Bibby's strong coaching ability, these two assistants also contributed.

The former graduated from the school and chose to join after receiving an invitation from Henry Bibby, while the latter took advantage of it. After Sam Hayes was kicked out by the University of Kentucky, Henry Bibby was the first to send out an invitation, and the other party Here we come.

In fact, the special training time arranged by Henry Bibby was not so long at the beginning, and shooting and defense were done in a large group. It was Li Ao who won more special training time with his positive attitude and excellent physical strength.

But it doesn't look like that to others.

For now, Sam Clancy is not afraid of Li Ao in terms of strength, but what about in the future?

Both of them are sophomores, and Sam Clancy already feels the crisis.

He wants to keep the pride of the top 50 high school students in the United States!
Put this nasty guy underfoot!Let the coaching staff know that he is the one worthy of training!
Just when Sam Clancy was trying to make a violent breakthrough to crush Li Ao, unexpectedly, Li Ao took the initiative to stick to him.

Instead of surprise, Sam Clancy was overjoyed, violently violent..."snap"...the clear sound of muscular impact spread to the ears of the people around him.

But unlike what others expected, after the confrontation, although Li Ao was knocked back a bit, Sam Clancy was also forced to stop at the start!
At this moment, Sam Clancy was startled and angry. Feeling ashamed, he irrationally changed his direction and continued to push forward. Li Ao continued to post.

This time Li Ao is more confident. In the confrontation just now, he confirmed that although his strength is a little weaker than the opponent's, he can completely withstand it!
With confidence, his feet moved more freely, and he stuck to Sam Clancy.

Sam Clancy slammed his head into close range, but his speed did not increase and he failed to form an impact.

Sam Clancy had already lost his composure at this moment, and forced himself to throw a forceful shot on Li Ao's head..."slap"...hat!
Li Ao took off vigorously and caught the ball thrown by Sam Clancy!

Granville, who had shrunk, grabbed the ball and counterattacked!

Nate Hale, who was on the outside, ran directly to the backcourt to prevent Granville from counterattacking. He saw Li Ao's fast break immediately after blocking the block, but he didn't care. Sam Clancy had already caught up with Li Ao. The athletic forward teammate, he is very confident.

Nate Hale is very familiar with Granville, a competitor. He knew that although the latter is fast, he has no long-range shooting ability. He ran directly to the backcourt and successfully blocked Granville on the left side of the three-second zone, but he just Blocking Granville, Li Ao arrived at the three-second zone almost at the same time as the two of them!

Granville lobbed the ball, Li Ao took off vigorously and pressed the ball into the basket in the air!
And Sam Clancy had just reached the free throw line at this time!
Nate Hale is messy, so fast!

If it weren't for the fact that he originally stood on the outside and ran to the backcourt with all his strength, he might not be as fast as Li Ao!
The teammates staying in the backcourt were even more surprised. They saw that Li Ao and Sam Clancy started at the same time, and Sam Clancy started a little faster, but when they were out of the three-second zone, Li Ao and Sam Clancy started Arriving at the same position, Li Ao had already thrown Sam Clancy away when he crossed the center line. Even if Sam Clancy tried his best, he still couldn't catch up!

But Henry Bibby, who was watching from the sidelines, looked strange at the moment.

He seemed to understand what Sam Hayes meant by 'special'.

He saw Li Ao's little move when he ended the defense!
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