When pride still matters

Chapter 23 Darius Miles or Scottie Pippen?
When Yu Fei saw his name on the best team list on the first day of training camp, he was very happy.This shows that his performance today has won the recognition of professionals.

At the same time, he also noticed that James was selected into the lower grade's All-NBA Team.

This is a surprising thing.

What Yu Fei didn't expect was that he saw another familiar name in the training camp - if we use the words of 2023, this name made his pupils tremble and his DNA jumped.

Really, this training camp is a DNA non-beating challenge for Fei.

Yu Fei saw Carmelo Anthony on the senior team of the day!

It says that Anthony belongs to the 2002 class. He is 17 years old and comes from Towson Catholic High School. He currently plays for the Aces and is a shooting guard and small forward.

As an 11th grader, Anthony is a sudden rise in the training camp.Not many people knew him before because his high school and division were not strong, and his national ranking was outside the top 2002 in the 50 class.

This kind of ranking is not attractive at all in the competition of the senior class.

However, he proved his strength through bullfighting and joined the senior team as he wished. He averaged 25 points per game on the first day of training camp and was strongly selected for the best team.

"Is the 11th grade so good?"

Iguodala was almost full after eating the cakes fed by Yu Fei today. He felt that the senior group was nothing more than that. But when he saw a classmate killing randomly in the senior group, the difference in his heart immediately reflected on his face. .

Roy looked over the schedule and said unexpectedly: "The ace team is in our group!"

"When?" Yu Fei asked.

"The second game tomorrow." Roy smiled, "But they are very unlucky. After playing us, they have to play D'Angelo Collins' team."

Yu Fei didn't see Anthony today.

He felt that he should have met Anthony face to face, but Anthony's appearance recognition was still incomparable to James.

After all, not everyone is as mature as James even though he is only 16 and a half years old.

"You have the nerve to gloat. If you fail in front of the 11th graders tomorrow, don't say that you attended the ABCD training camp when you return to Seattle."

Yu Fei hurt Roy and left the field with his team members.

When Iguodala learned that Yu Fei did not choose to live in the players' dormitory, but bought a room by himself at the nearby Marriott Hotel, he said enviously: "Your family must be very rich."

Yu Fei did not tell Iguodala the truth.

After returning to the hotel to rest for a while, Yu Fei decided to treat him to dinner.

Everyone was excited except Roy and Demeo.

"Brandon, the boss wants to treat you, why are you unhappy?" Emerald team substitute EJ Elder asked.

Roy rolled his eyes: "Isn't it just pork chop rice? What's so happy about it?"

Yu Fei smiled and asked, "Do you have any objections?"

Roy shook his head and said, "No. I just think that with our status, we deserve a better dinner."

"What is your identity? A person who was squeezed out of the top 2000 in the national rankings? Or a master of abuse who kills weak teams?" Yu Fei said helplessly, "Before coming here, I participated in an AAU game in Kent City and won I won a bonus of US$[-]. If you can perform well in the next two days, I promise, I will treat you to a big meal at the end of the training camp!"

Yu Fei took his little brothers into a restaurant with good business. After ordering their own food, they started chatting.

Interestingly, everyone on the Emerald Team has almost one thing in common - they all come from single-parent families.

Yu Fei won’t talk about it. Iguodala’s father only appeared when he was 10 years old. EJ Elder has never met his father. Francisco Garcia doesn’t talk about his father at all. Will Wei Erkins said his parents divorced early and he grew up with his father's stick and belt.

"Guys, it's nice to meet you." Yu Fei raised a glass of Coke, "Here's to the single-parent family."

Everyone raised their glasses, but Roy hesitated.

"Well, I have both parents." Roy said bravely, "Do we still respect single-parent families?"

"You have both parents?" Yu Fei said with a joking smile, "The people sitting here are all single-parent aristocrats without fathers and mothers. If you have both parents, then you are not qualified to sit here at all."

With Roy's experience, it was difficult for him to accept Yu Fei's ridicule. Demeo helped him out with a smile, "You are all luckier than me. I was raised by my grandmother."

"I can't believe that a small dining table actually allowed us to see the diversity of American families." Yu Fei changed his mind, "Let's do this, respect the lumberjack." Before Kudos kicked off the big lumberjack era in Hollywood, the pattern of American blockbusters It was still possible, so Yu Fei decided to cut down the tired man before he landed in Jianghu.

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The ACBD training camp has a war room, which is where the staff discusses the players' performance after the day's training camp activities.

Jonathan Burnham, Vaccaro's most trusted scout.

Varan Sam is a professional who has been in the basketball industry for 40 years.

Daniel House, recognized basketball expert.
The most authoritative people in the ABCD training camp gathered here, and Vaccaro had only one sentence: "Everyone only uses one name to answer my question - who is the player who impressed you most today?"

"LeBron James."

Waran Sam, who focuses on the lower grade group, said: "He lives up to his reputation. I can almost conclude that he will become the best prospect in the history of ABCD."

"Carmelo Anthony." Daniel House said, "Even against 12th graders, he will not fall behind. Moreover, the scoring skills he currently possesses are something many players will not possess in their lifetime."

Then Vaccaro looked at Jonas Burnham, who was in charge of observing the senior group.

What Vaccaro wanted to hear most was his opinion.

Since 1995, nearly all of Burnham's predictions have come true.

He believes that Garnett is extraordinary, Kobe is the next superstar, Tracy McGrady is a genius, and Odom's aggressiveness and focus will become his shackles. The only exception is Darius Miles.

Burnham thought Myers would be the small forward version of Kevin Garnett, however, that hasn't happened yet.

Even though Myers has just finished his rookie season, he is almost certainly not the wizard that Garnett is.

Compared with previous years, among the senior students participating in the ABCD training camp this year, there are only a few who deserve special attention.

DeAngelo Collins would be an easy answer, however, Burnham is not optimistic that the current content of Collins' game will be realized at a higher level.

Frye Yu's name lingered in Burnham's mind.

But in some ways, Yu Fei is too much like Miles.

Vaccaro asked, "Jonathan, aren't there any 12th graders who impressed you today?"

After hesitating for a few more seconds, Burnham said: "I'm not sure if Fry is the second Darius Miles or the second Scottie Pippen."

Burnham's answer reminded Vaccaro of that funny boy.

Whether it was him being the only Asian-American in training camp, his breaking the rules during Bryant's Q&A session by asking a slightly out-of-bounds question, or his performance today, Vaccaro will remember him.

"What worries you?" Vaccaro asked.

Burnham said: "His playing style is very chaotic. We knew he played center in school, but in training camp, he was completely a point guard! A 6-foot-9 point guard!"

"I can't imagine him playing point guard in the NBA, but if you think of him as a 6-foot-9 small forward, his ball-handling skills are not that scary." Burnham said, "I can see him being a [-]-foot-[-] small forward. There have been many forwards who are skilled in ball control and have excellent physical fitness, but only one out of ten such players has become Scottie Pippen, and a few have become nondescript players like Billy Owens⑵ (Billy Owens SF). Swing forward both ways and more like Brad Sellers (SF/PF/C) disappear into the crowd."

Burnham's misjudgment of Miles first blinded Burnham, but Vaccaro believed in his own judgment.

He also made the mistake of making a mistake on a young man who looked promising, but it only resulted in a loss of $50.

And what he's looking for are people with billion-dollar prospects.

This year, he saw a James in the lower grade group. What about the senior group?Could Yu Fei be that person?So what if he isn't?Such people do not appear once a year.

So, Vaccaro smiles and says his mantra: "Let's see."

⑴Anthony did not transfer to Oak Hill High School until his senior year.

⑵Billy Owens, the No. 1991 pick in [-], had a gimmick of a combination of Magic Birds before the draft. Wilkins vowed not to go to Utah and forced a trade from his parent team. He is a second-generation imitator.

⑶Brad Sellers, the weirdo selected by the Bulls with the ninth pick in 1986. Before the draft, he was known as the magical combination of seven-foot height + sharpshooter + dribbling madman + rebounding madman, but he could not withstand Jordan's bullying. , even before the first year was completed, Krause deemed it a failed lottery, so in the 1987 draft the following year, Krause selected an inside man (Oakley) who could rebound based on Sellers' characteristics. And a forward who can handle the ball (Pippen).

(End of this chapter)