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Chapter 16 The big show warm-up starts

Early on Monday morning, ESPN's flagship show "Old School/Nu Skool" "Old School or Modern" will be broadcast live as scheduled.

The host Molly first briefly introduced the basic information of LeBron and Su Yang, from their high school records to their average data in the past three seasons, and then asked, "LeBron and Su Yang, who is the one?" Better High School Player'.

Stephen A. Smith patted his chest to ensure that LeBron is stronger, while Skeep Bayless believes that Su Yang is stronger.

During the debate between the two, the director praised Su Yang from Jordan, coach Ben Holland, the Collins brothers and others.

The core of the debate has always revolved around Su Yang's "tactical arrangement is more sharp" and LeBron's "super body crushes everything", and the debate is made with various assumptions such as control variables.

At the end of the debate, the program deliberately did not give a stronger conclusion. Fans who watched the live broadcast were invited, and the editors sent text messages to participate in the discussion. The text message editing fee was 1 cent per text, and the most valuable viewpoints were selected for future discussion. debate.

For a while, many fans who supported LeBron were very angry: What kind of DDX is Su Yang, who actually touches LeBron?

Some fans who don’t like LeBron but don’t know Su Yang, but are willing to use Su Yang as a gun, emphasized on various forums: Jordan did not reserve the AJ training camp spot for LeBron in advance, which is enough to prove that Su Yang Young is stronger than LeBron.

Both sides of the argument are illogical.

Fighting back and forth, someone proposed to write: "Why not arrange for them to play a game? Anyway, the high school basketball games in California and Ohio have all ended, just like someone always said that Carmelo Anthony is better than LeBron Excellent, but LeBron led St. Mary High School and successfully defeated Oak Hill High School led by Anthony. In that game, LeBron showed excellent organizational skills. Unfortunately, there was only a post-match video of that game, and it was not broadcast live across the United States. .”

With that kind of proposal, in the HOOPS basketball forum, there were [-] replies in just two hours, which was quite popular.

Seeing this, ESPN immediately launched a questionnaire survey: Do you want to see our live broadcast of Su Yang VS LeBron? In half a day, more than 30 users responded in the affirmative, but only a small part really wanted to watch Su Yang, most of them were I hope to watch LeBron's show operation or watch LeBron suffer, but it's all about the ratings, so I immediately set up a live broadcast team to coordinate and contact.

...

In the evening, Su Yang rushed to Venice Beach Streetball Center to meet with future agent Pelinka as agreed.

After chatting a few words, Pelinka turned to the topic: "The live broadcast of the national debate between you and LeBron who is stronger in the morning, did you watch or watch the video at that time? It doesn't matter if you didn't watch it. What I want to tell you is that ESPN Prepare to plan a national live broadcast, and the two sides will be you leading Santa Monica High School, and LeBron's St. Mary High School..."

Between the words, Su Yang figured out the outline of the matter.

ESPN wants to arrange for him to play a game with LeBron, because many fans want to watch, but ESPN has basically no video of his previous games, and it is difficult to make a preview. In addition, such an important event needs a brewing process, so ESPN I hope he can convince Coach David to arrange for Santa Monica High School to play against more prestigious high schools or high schools with top-ranked stars. On the one hand, he collects videos to make previews, and on the other hand, he also prepares for the final national live broadcast.

LeBron also has the same requirement, but in comparison, the local Time Warner TV in Ohio has already broadcast 10 games of LeBron's third semester of high school. There are quite a lot of video materials, and ESPN only needs to borrow them. .

With the promise of ESPN's national live broadcast, LeBron's team is willing to face it. They basically regard Su Yang as another Carmelo Anthony or Lenny Cook level. They are fully confident in defeating Su Yang and making Su Yang another footnote on the road to legend. .

"This Friday, we will play against Metedy High School. ESPN staff can start recording from that game. According to the information, Metedy has a very good player named DJ Stroberg. , is the son of baseball legend Darryl Strobe, just let ESPN record me and DJ Strobe, that guy is much stronger than me..."

The match against Mededey was decided beforehand, and the place was specially chosen at UCLA’s Polly Arena. Coach Ben Holland offered it on his own initiative, hinting: Let you experience the enthusiasm of UCLA fans in advance, and I guarantee you will like it atmosphere.

Su Yang didn't care about the venue.

The main reason is to beat Metedy High School and DJ Stroberg. The former is a veteran team. The future Jeremy Lin won the state championship of the second-level league. He just beat Metedy High School. I don’t know why. After a while, Methedei was relegated to the second level.

As for DJ Stroberg, before the timeline changed, he was also advertised as LeBron's high school rival, and DJ Stroberg really defended LeBron to only 24 of 8 shots, of which LeBron was [-]. All three-pointers hit iron.

The main DJ Stroberg is a point guard with a height of 196. He has the speed of a guard and the size of a small forward. In addition, his defensive skills are not bad. Only then can he deflate LeBron, who was almost invincible in high school, but LeBron still leads Team wins.

LeBron's stepping stone, Su Yang is going to grab one first. Anyway, LeBron's reputation is big enough, and he is not bad for DJ Stroberg. help.

In return, take away LeBron's sneaker slogan: we are all witnesses.That slogan is really good. At that time, no matter which brand you sign with or your own sneaker brand, you can use it to make a huge promotional poster.

Anyway, sooner or later you have to gather the wool.

"If I'm sure, I can increase my influence, for example, to see if Kobe has time to go to UCLA's Polly Arena to watch the game on the day of the game. I may also be able to invite O'Neal to play games on that kind of venue. There are very few opportunities to…”

Pelinka's expression showed determination. I heard that the Goodwin brothers are relying on LeBron's accumulated reputation to win contracts of more than 5000 million US dollars from major sneaker brands. If Su Yang reaches the same level, as an agent, he will big money.

In order to achieve that kind of influence, it is really necessary to spend more words and favors to invite Kobe and O'Neal.

"Just please, I'm responsible for winning."

For defeating DJ Stroberg, Su Yang is very confident. The main reason is that the opponent focuses all his talents on the defensive end, and the offensive end can basically be ignored. It can be said that Ben Simmons, whose ability to rush to the basket has been greatly weakened, basically cannot shoot and score. Score by eating cakes or stealing chickens, and Santa Monica High School's strong defense will make DJ Stroberg's efficiency of eating cakes and stealing chickens plummeted.

"OK, I like your confidence."

Pelinka looked excited, thinking that as long as he wins step by step, even if LeBron cannot win the matchup at the end of the year, Su Yang can still gain a lot of fame, which will greatly help him to be elected with a high pick. Earn money.

After discussing some details, Pelinka left with a face full of anticipation, and the old Hicks, who had been listening for a long time, sighed.

"Your time has come! Because of your popularity, the number of people who have come to watch streetball performances has increased significantly recently, and the sales of themed cultural shirts are also booming. I plan to increase the appearance fee for Stevenson and the others, and yours Divided into parts..."

Su Yang waved his hand and refused: "You don't need to give me a share, just treat it as investing in the league." Sooner or later, he would become famous, but the old Hicks mailed videotapes to college coaches everywhere, insisted on contacting Pelinka, and made him famous. The time came earlier.

People should know how to be grateful.

"Then it's up to you!" Old Hicks was not entangled. As a friend who had forgotten the years, he knew Su Yang's true thoughts very well.

...

In the early morning of the next day, Su Yang received an email from Jimmy Fox, saying that the composition and arrangement of "enemy" had been completed, and it would be heard on some radio stations soon. Fire depends on luck.

Instead, he rushed to the school, summoned Tommy and Ron in the arena, and clearly informed that the national live broadcast had been confirmed.

"The live broadcast time is set after Thanksgiving, and what we have to do is to start from the Southern California area while the spring study period is not over, try to play one game every week, try to play as many teams as possible, and I will go to the Participate in AAU competitions.

In short, the warm-up for the big show has started! "

　New week, ask for tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)