Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 4 Historic moment, head to training camp

Throughout the afternoon, Woody had a feeling that "a penny beats a hero".

In the evening, Wu Erzhuang told him that he had signed up for this summer's "AND1 High School Training Camp".

Woody would be lying if he said he wasn't moved.

Wu Erzhuang also revealed his own thoughts: "Xiao Di, you know that Uncle Er has always wanted to make a fortune in the United States, and then return to China in a prosperous way..."

But in fact, Wu Erzhuang is very clear that with his own ability, it can even be said that it is a luxury to fulfill this dream, unless it is really lucky, otherwise it is almost impossible.

Compared with him, Woody has a good basketball talent. If he can enter the NBA and be worth a million dollars, then he, as Woody's second uncle, will naturally be able to enjoy the glory.

"So, Xiao Di... just go ahead, Second Uncle will depend on you to support him in the future!"

It's a cozy night.

But the registration fee for the AND1 training camp for high school students should not be cheap, because the next morning, just after dawn, Wu Erzhuang knocked on Woody's door: "Wake up, don't sleep, it's time for us to get up and exercise!"

"???"

Woody opened the door in a daze. The training camp is in late June. What kind of training is this training?
Wu Erzhuang urged him to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then showed him his "result" in the second half of last night: a self-made training plan.

"Although Second Uncle Ni can't teach you basketball, he still knows a little about physical exercise. During this time, we can carry out intensive training for your endurance!"

Then, without waiting for Woody's response, he brushed his teeth, washed his teeth and had breakfast before dragging him downstairs to the park for a run.

only……

"Ho, ho, ho...Xiao Di, your stamina is really good!"

At the beginning, Wu Erzhuang wanted to run with Woody, and when he couldn't hold on anymore, he would cheer him up next to him.As a result, after running around the park for two and a half laps, Woody's breathing just changed a bit, and Wu Erzhuang was already out of breath.

In the end, it became Woody cheering Wu Erzhuang: "Second uncle, hold on for a while, and we will be at the door soon."

After the third lap, Woody asked Wu Erzhuang to go back to rest first, and he continued to complete Wu Erzhuang's next endurance training plan.

Looking at Woody's back, Wu Erzhuang, who was still gasping for breath, showed a smile: "Ho~ho~, Cheng, you really have talent!"

For the next period of time, Woody has been carrying out endurance training according to Wu Erzhuang's training plan. At first, he was trying to make his second uncle happy, and let him see his determination by the way.After half a month, Woody found that this plan was really useful.

His current stamina has risen from 65 to 67.
In just two weeks, it has risen so much, and my second uncle still has a little water in his stomach.

On June 6, the annual NBA Draft was held as scheduled in Madison Square Garden.

And thus a historic scene was born:
The Houston Rockets used their "No. [-] pick" to select Yao Ming, a player from China.

The first foreign "No. [-]" in NBA history, and also the first "Chinese No. [-]" in NBA history.

For the Chinese basketball world, this is also an important moment.

Woody checked the information about Yao Ming and found that it is not easy for him to become the "No. 2 pick" in the NBA. The height of 26 meters alone is already a rare physical talent in the NBA.

In the history of the NBA, only 4 players are taller than Yao Ming, and now there is only 1 player named "Sean Bradley" who is taller than Yao Ming.

In addition to his height, Yao Ming averaged 41.2 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game in the just-concluded domestic CBA finals. In the ancient times of the NBA, there was a player named Chamberlain, who was known as the "Emperor of Basketball". Yao Ming's performance in the CBA was like Chamberlain's performance in the NBA.Therefore, Yao Ming also has the nickname of "CBA Chamberlain".

Such talent, as well as such professional league performance, are the basis for him to be won by the Rockets this year with the "No. [-] pick" without hesitation.

Also on the same day, Woody took the living expenses given by Wu's parents and Wu's mother, the money left after he sold his laptop and followed the listening, and the extra money given by Wu Erzhuang, a full $2000, and set off for the "Big Apple City" to participate in AND1's one-month training camp.

In the past two weeks, Woody has been watching the news about the NBA, and has gradually changed from an NBA rookie to an NBA "cloud fan".

For New York, his most impressive comment is:

If you love a player, send him to New York; if you hate a player, send him to New York.

There, there were the loudest cheers and the most vicious curses.

Wu Erzhuang also has his own evaluation of New York. He first went to the "Big Apple City" when he "digged for gold", and then he went to the small place of Akron.

"Over there, those who have the ability can live better and better, and opportunities are everywhere. If you don't have the ability..."

And when Woody stood in the center of New York, looking at the rows of towering buildings and the busy traffic on the main road, he also really felt the prosperity of New York.

Turning his head to look at the most conspicuous billboard, there is a handsome black man on it.

Woody knew this black man, Alan Houston, the current star of the New York Knicks, the darling of the whole city.

Looking at his billboard, Woody felt a rush of pride. Sooner or later, his poster will be posted on the same billboard on the same bustling street, so that everyone who comes and goes can see it!
Then Woody went back to the hotel arranged by the training camp and stayed there.

This time, the airfare from Akron to New York, plus the bus fare from the airport to the training facility, already cost Woody $100.

Fortunately, the training camp includes food and lodging, and the hotel arranged by the training camp is not far from the basketball court rented by the training camp, and it takes only 10 minutes to walk there.Otherwise, in one month, the 2 knives on him would be spent on the fare.

However, now that food and lodging have been settled, Woody thought about taking the remaining 1900 knives back.

He won't be rich just after finishing this training camp, and he will have no money for a long time. For him, $1900 is a huge sum of money.

Being idle and bored, Woody thought that when he reported on the training camp just now, he was given a list of members of this training camp.Anyway, idle is idle, he took out the list of members of the training camp and looked at it one by one, as if they were familiar.

This AND1 training camp has a total of 50 students.

Among them, 5 members are special high school students of AND1 training camp.

Not only do they not need to spend a penny, but they can also get the sneaker contract provided by AND1.Generally, free sneakers are provided for one year.

Woody glanced at the profiles of the five specially invited high school students, the two most powerful of them were Travis Outlaw and Kendrick Perkins.

The former can be ranked 45th in ESPN's "National High School Rankings" and is a "4-star high school student"; the one named Kendrick Perkins is "No. 78 among American high school students" and belongs to a "3-star high school student".

The other three are also somewhat famous, but none of them made the top 100 in the United States.

It can also be seen from this that although AND1 is developing fiercely, there is still a gap with Nike and Adidas.A group of more talented high school students in the United States still mainly participate in the training camps of those two brands.

But that has nothing to do with Woody either.

It is estimated that it is difficult to get into a training camp of that size, so he should not even think about it.

Moreover, as far as his situation is concerned, Ben Wallace should be the most suitable mentor for him, and there is not even one.

　Wake up early two more, brothers begging for tickets! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)