When pride still matters

Chapter 24: Focus After Focus
The second day of ABCD training camp
Yu Fei got up at seven o'clock.

After traveling through time, he developed the habit of getting up early and going for a morning run on the school playground.

But in New Jersey, he couldn't find a safe place to run in the morning. The only place he could go for a morning run was the gym at the Marriott Hotel, which provided breakfast, drinks, and all reasonable services.

Although I can't go for a morning jog on the playground and breathe the fresh morning air, it's okay to be able to enjoy VIP services and exercise on the treadmill in a five-star hotel.

At 08:30, Yu Fei, who returned from exercise, provided Roy with professional bed-waving service.

When Roy wanted to stay in bed, Yu Fei kindly put a piece of ice into his crotch.

"What are you doing???!"

Roy woke up, and Yu Fei was sure that he would think of this scene every time he stayed in bed.

"We have to get a good position to practice in advance today. You'd better hurry up." Yu Fei urged.

At 09:30 in the morning, Yu Fei and Roy came to the Roseman Center to join the rest of the Emerald team.

Iguodala was the first to arrive, and those who arrived early had the obligation to occupy the best position for their teammates.

Therefore, Iguodala grabbed the arena with the best location in the Roseman Center. It is located in the center. In front is a supermarket where you can buy snacks and drinks. In the back is a popular area where professionals gather.

When practicing here, experts can't help but pay attention to them.

Just when Yu Fei and the others were preparing to warm up, D'Angelo Collins' scoundrel, the owner of the ugliest horse face in history in Yu Fei's mind, appeared.

He stepped on the court arrogantly, pointed at Iguodala and said, "Hey, this court doesn't belong to you."

Iguodala looked at him awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

"Does it belong to you?" Roy asked wisely.

Yu Fei swore that if the owner of the ugliest horse face admitted it, Roy would believe it.

"This is DC's exclusive stadium!" the owner of the ugliest horse-face said arrogantly, "If you don't want to make DC angry, just give up the venue now, and I won't let him know about it!"

Yu Fei was lying on the ground, and Wilkins was helping him stretch.

Hearing what the other party said, Yu Fei couldn't help but laugh: "There is a so-called exclusive stadium here, how could I not know? Is this the privilege of the top five players in the United States?"

"DC trained here yesterday, and he will train here today!" the owner of the ugliest horse face said loudly.

"He won't be training here today." Yu Fei stood up, his height and momentum frightened the other party, "As his dog, if you want to occupy a good venue for your master, you should come early like us Get up instead of making rude requests like a mad dog, even the stupidest dog can take advantage of others, and you are alone and dare to yell at us?"

"What do you want to do?!"

Yu Fei looked at the owner of the ugliest horse face. He was only 1.7 meters tall, which was exactly his height in his previous life.

At 1.7 meters tall, it is impossible for him to do anything on the basketball court.

And now, he will never give up what he has got easily, even if it is just a stadium in a better location.

"Don't worry, unless you take the initiative to bite, I won't be rough with dogs. I'm a dog lover." After saying that, Yu Fei grabbed the other person's collar with a smile and almost lifted him up, " Go back and tell your master that Yu Fei, ranked 16th in the United States, says hello to him."

"get out!"

The owner of the ugliest horse face left the scene in embarrassment. Yu Fei turned around as if nothing happened and said, "Let's start training."

Collins did not come to press charges.

After all, Yu Fei is also the 16th-ranked player in the country. Strictly speaking, the top 20 players in the country can be considered to be on the same level. If they really meet, Collins may not get an advantage.

Collins didn't come over to ask for space, but word spread quickly that Yu Fei had occupied Collins' space.

This was the first time in training camp that anyone dared to challenge Collins.

Perhaps realizing that his reputation had been damaged by the incident, Collins came over to challenge Flynn before the first game of the day.

"You are Yu Fei?"

"If you are here to ask for the right to use this site, please forgive me for refusing."

"Hmph!" Collins said arrogantly, "I know what you are thinking. You think this place will be noticed by professionals. Unfortunately, you are not me, and you never will be. The reason why this place is noticed is because of me. Practice here and once I’m gone, no one cares!”

Yu Fei did not deny what he said, but there were exceptions to everything. "If I beat you tomorrow, they will pay attention to me." Yu Fei said calmly, "Tell me, if I beat the fifth in the United States, will I directly replace you in the next national high school students? Rising to fifth place in the rankings?”

Collins was furious, and if he had any nightmares, this was it.

His biggest fear was that someone would jump out and knock him down and take away all the attention he had.

Hearing what Yu Fei said, he was a little angry, but he didn't dare to do anything inappropriate here, so he could only glare at Yu Fei with a fierce expression: "I will let you know tomorrow, the gap between you and me is more than 11 places! "

What if experts across the country accidentally discover that you are not worthy of No. 5?
Will your plan to go straight from high school to the NBA fall through?

After Collins left, DiMeo entered the court carrying a camera.

"Thanks to that kid, this place became as noisy as the Phoenix Suns for a while." DiMeo laughed.

Will Wilkins, who knows a lot about the NBA, said: "This may not be an appropriate metaphor."

"Isn't this a bad metaphor? How cool, we are just like the Suns!" Roy said proudly, "We have Penny Hardaway, Jason Kidd, and Clifford Robinson."

Then, Wilkins patiently explained to this idiot, who never read a book or read much news, why this metaphor was not good.

The Suns are definitely the NBA team with the most scandals this year.

In the past three months, they have experienced Pence threatening his wife with a gun in front of their eight-year-old daughter. Jason Kidd, who just finished his dream team journey last year, was accused of beating his wife. It is said that the probability of hitting his wife with his fist reached 100%, and the team's leading scorer Clifford Robinson was arrested for illegally carrying a horse.

"So Fulai is a bastard who beats his wife, and I am an attempted murderer." Roy's brain circuit seemed to be different from others, "The question is, who is Clifford Robinson of our team?"

Iguodala and Wilkins looked at each other and they both thought they were Robinson.

Yu Fei sighed and ignored them.

The Emerald team's first game of the day is at 45 p.m. Their opponent is a team led by 12th graders ranked [-]th in the country.

What's interesting is that, except for the 45th grader who ranks 12th in the country, the other players on the opposing team are all 11th graders.

The reason for this team formation is simple. The 12th graders want to create a one-man team so that they can monopolize the ball.

It's a pity that I met Yu Fei.

Under Yu Fei's defense, the opponent played an extremely ugly game. They made 32 of 7 shots in a single game. The Jade team won with a huge advantage of 35 points.

But the action-packed game didn't attract many spectators, as the pros were largely distracted by the underclassmen's battle of the century between LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair.

As the only two tenth graders in the class of 2003 invited to participate in the ABCD training camp, James and Telfair became the aces of their respective teams with their fighting power beyond their years.During this period, they were regarded as the No. [-] and No. [-] picks in the future NBA draft. The match between these two was a decisive battle that cannot be missed.

Even Yu Fei and the others ran over to join in the fun after the game.

Judging from the scene, the performances of James and Telfair are comparable, and so are the statistics.

However, even Yu Fei, who had little experience in his previous life, could see that James' future was far superior to Telfair's.

Telfair is a typical New York street point guard, full of tricks and good at pleasing the audience, while James, at a young age, has the ability to control the court, has outstanding vision, and is willing to share the ball. It can be seen that everyone around him likes him Play for him.At this time, he doesn't have the habit of "I can't eat or sleep unless someone helps me open up the space" in the future, nor will he stand with his hands on his hips just because the basketball is in someone else's hands.

Then, Yu Fei noticed that Anthony was in the front row. He had been cheering James on. It was obvious that they knew each other and had a close relationship, like close buddies.

Such tough buddies didn't bring their talents to the same place when they wanted to be together?It can only be said that it is not strong enough.

If you really want to be close friends, you have to be like Durant and Irving, especially Durant's feelings for Irving, that's really strong.

The game ended with the victory of James' team, and the professionals' nonsense summary of "these two geniuses played a game that fully met expectations."

Then it was time for the senior group to prepare for their second game.

Yu Fei's Jade Team and Anthony's Ace Team entered the court. On the sidelines, James came over to cheer for the Ace Team, just like Anthony had clearly supported him before.

If the battle between James and Telfair is the first focus battle today, then the showdown between Yu Fei and Anthony is the second focus battle today.

More and more players, scouts, and college coaches are moving closer.

The referee briefly talked about the rules of the game and court etiquette before throwing the ball up.

(End of this chapter)