Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Let's take care of things as they come. During this period, Wu Dao also tried to adjust his mentality and joined the team's training according to the instructions of the old coach K.

Although from Budo's own standpoint, he does not want to play power forward, but in the past two days, Budo himself has begun to realize that his height condition does not allow him to focus on developing outside skills as before.

After all, who can say clearly about growth and development? With the trend of getting taller in recent years, it has become smaller and smaller, but after all, I am only a sophomore in high school, so I have to guard against it.

What do you mean by that? A man in his 20s is still a jerk, isn't he?

The power forward position can help you develop your defense awareness and blocking awareness. These things will be quite helpful if you take the forward swingman route in the future.

Moreover, the intensity of college basketball and high school basketball is different. Playing against opponents of this level will help martial arts adapt to higher-level events in advance.

The martial arts that began to concentrate on training soon showed excellent training results.When he first came to Duke University, Coach K often found that a power forward player in Wu Dao appeared in positions where he shouldn't be, such as outside the three-point line at the corner.

But as the training progressed, Wu Dao gradually adapted to the power forward's style of play, and he did an excellent job in both positioning and assisting defense.

His athletic ability has been mobilized by martial arts, making his defense range quite large.Faced with the opponent's breakthrough, Wu Dao can often be one step ahead of his teammates to help defend.

And the defensive effect is also quite good. It can often force the opponent to stop, or force the opponent to pass the ball back to the outside.

Even these top players from Duke University rarely have the opportunity to break through Wu Dao's defense and enter the basket to attack the basket.For example, Kobe Bryant experienced several martial arts blocks in his daily training.

But even so, Kobe still attacks the basket every chance he gets, unafraid of martial arts defense.

Of course, his head is not that strong. When there is no chance, he will not rush forward. Instead, he will choose to pass the ball to his teammates or choose a mid-range jumper.

This has to mention Kobe's idol.

Although Kobe shouted that his idol was not Jordan every day after entering the NBA, he never imitated Jordan when he played basketball.

But words can lie, but technical features cannot.

Like Jordan, Kobe wants to sit in the low post whenever he gets the chance. When playing post-ups in the mid-range, his favorite way to finish is to turn over and fade away.

In normal practice games, Kobe often uses this method when he wants to make a hard pass.With martial arts monsters guarding the inside, Kobe turned over and leaned back more often.

It's just that at this stage, his skill has not yet reached its peak level, and the interference from defensive players still has a considerable impact on him.

Therefore, Kobe was always hitting the iron when he was on the court, and his practice game data also dropped significantly.

In the few games of trial training and practice games, Kobe's scoring average dropped to 11.4 points per game, and his rebounds were only 5. However, his assists per game were able to reach 6.4, which is a pretty good level.

On the other hand, Wu Dao has already settled down to play power forward, but his points per game are rising steadily.

Not playing practice matches with Kobe on the same team, Wu Dao's ball rights are well protected.After Wu Dao only played two or three practice matches, his teammates began to trust Wu Dao.

In every game, Wu Dao can occupy at least 1/5 of the team's shots.

After a game, the whole team can take almost 90-110 shots, and Wu Dao alone takes about 20 shots.

Wu Dao who also plays power forward often sits in the low post to catch the ball. In this position, his scoring efficiency is very high.

Skilled dribbling, superb mid-to-low footwork, martial arts against the power forward from Duke University, it was a complete dimensionality reduction attack.

Relying on excellent foot speed and shooting skills, the opponent can't be found.

The power forward from Duke University is also a technical power forward, but in front of martial arts, he poses no threat at all.

Because Wu Dao's breakthrough speed can be compared with the top players on the back line, coupled with his footsteps and excellent shooting, he already has an advantage at the power forward position.

And then again, with Wu Dao's current physique, he also has an advantage in the small forward position.

Often teammates only need a simple pick-and-roll, and Wu Dao has enough space to shoot a three-pointer.Even if Budo does not choose to use three-pointers to attack, a pick-and-roll can still give Budao the opportunity to misplace the opponent's back line in singles.

Even though Duke University is a top NCAA school, their back line cannot withstand martial arts' sitting attacks.

With absolute strength and height advantages, martial arts players often only need the most unpretentious emergency stop to score points on the opponent's players.

During training, Wu Dao only moved to the small forward position for a few offensive rounds. His teammates realized Wu Dao's advantages and sometimes helped Wu Dao play screens and play ball on the court.

Sure enough, the place where a player's value can be proven is ultimately on the court.

After several days of training matches, Wu Dao averaged 33.4 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks per game.Compared to Kobe, who was the most visible at the beginning, his martial arts performance actually blinded everyone's eyes.

A sophomore in high school produced NCAA All-Star level data in a training match with college students.

At this time, no one will doubt that Wu Dao has the ability to participate in the draft.Not only does he have the strength to participate in the draft, but with the personal abilities and talents that Wu Dao has shown so far, he may even get a relatively high ranking in the draft.

It is not ruled out that some teams are interested in martial arts talent and want to take a gamble on this high school student.

Those teams that are in the team integration stage, or teams that have been at the bottom of the league for a long time, will be interested in players like Budao.

Regarding Wu Dao's outstanding performance in the trial training, if Kobe says he is not jealous, that would be a lie.

It's just jealousy that Kobe is still patiently honing his skills.

Kobe has never been the kind of person who is afraid of strength or jealous.He recognized the talent of martial arts, recognized the ability of martial arts, and even more recognized the efforts of martial arts.

In Kobe's view, martial arts and him are actually the same type of people.

Kobe treats those who work hard, no matter whether they are strong or not, in a different light.

It is worth mentioning that the main reason for the conflict in the locker room during the Lakers' OK period was not actually the so-called 1.2 brother dispute.

At first, it was just because the young Kobe couldn't stand O'Neal's training attitude.

Kobe's words also made O'Neal feel unhappy. This conflicting point expanded into a dispute between 1.2 brothers.Afterwards, with the nagging phrase "Shaq did it too", the conflict in the locker room completely broke out and was irreconcilable.

The Lakers management finally chose the younger Kobe.

It is true that O'Neal still proved his dominance after leaving the Lakers and won the championship.But history tells us that the decision ultimately made by the Lakers management was not wrong.

Kobe will not suffer any psychological imbalance due to the emergence of martial arts. He will only focus more on himself and basketball in order to surpass martial arts who are younger than him.

The emergence of martial arts also made Kobe realize the importance of outside offensive methods. Although he will not immediately change his playing style, in future training, he will allocate more training time to the shooting skill. This is For sure.

It can be said that with the emergence of martial arts, No. 8 Lao Chai is accelerating its transition to No. 24 Lao Chai.

In the future, No. 8 Naoya may become stronger and more adaptable to the NBA.

The time spent trying out at Duke University flies by very quickly. For busy people, no matter how much time there is in a day, it is never enough.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for Wu Dao and Kobe to leave Duke University.

Before leaving, Coach K sent letters of recommendation for the ABCD training camp to Wu Dao and Kobe respectively.He was very satisfied with the trial performance of both players. The talent and ability of Wu Dao and Kobe's focus and hard work left a deep impression on coach K.

This recommendation letter from the ABCD training camp is also the letter of recommendation from Coach K. He hopes that Kobe and Wu Dao will develop better.

At this time, Coach K would not have thought that Kobe would attract the attention of the NBA in high school, nor would he have thought that Kobe would skip college and join the NBA directly after graduating from high school.

After receiving their respective letters of recommendation, Wu Dao and Kobe left Duke University one after another after a brief farewell.

Kobe actually didn't really need Coach K's recommendation letter, because Kobe had already participated in it in 94, and in the season after the training camp ended, he averaged 31.1 points and 10.4 goals per game. Terrible statistics of rebounds and 5.2 assists.

ESPN even did a separate highlight for Kobe back then.

This kind of treatment has never been experienced in martial arts. His performance in the state competition was even better than that of Kobe.

Maybe it's because Oak Hill High School is a wealthy school.

An "unknown" kid led the truly unknown Lower Merion High School to win the weekly championship. The story of Kobe Bryant is obviously much stronger than the story of "wealthy talent monster".

What's more, the ace in Oak Hill is a yellow man.

Before becoming aware of the Chinese market, do you expect old Americans with eyes on their heads to lower their heads and take a look at yellow people?What a joke!
After leaving Duke University, Wu Dao went directly back to school. As for the business card given to him by the North Carolina scout, Wu Dao had already ignored it.

At Duke University, Wu Dao has clearly understood his abilities and has also found his own direction for improvement, which is to help defend and block positions. In the remaining time, he plans to develop these two while consolidating his original skills. ability.

North Carolina workouts?
Besides, I'm still only a sophomore in high school anyway, so don't be in a hurry.

After returning to school, Coach Smith asked about Wu Dao's trial training experience. Faced with the coach's inquiry, Wu Dao just said that he wanted to be a forward swingman next season and asked the coach to design tactics for him.

After hearing this, Coach Smith touched his chin and looked at Wu Dao for a few times, and didn't ask any more questions.

But the next day, the team began to practice new tactics.

Originally, the receiving point in martial arts was accustomed to being outside the three-point line.

And once Budo plans to swing between the two positions of power forward and small forward, off-ball pick-and-rolls that create opportunities for Budao to enter the inside become very important.

Regarding the technical characteristics of Wu Dao, coach Smith needs to formulate corresponding tactics to allow Wu Dao to receive the ball comfortably in the low post.

At the same time, when Wu Dao catches the ball in the low post, his teammates also need to give way to the inside offensive space, and at the same time provide some support and cover for outside shooting points.

If a player wants to make a name for himself on the court, supporting tactics are essential.

Coach Smith is a traditional academic coach, but he is not a pedantic coach.Moreover, if martial arts wants to sway on the inside and outside, team cooperation is indispensable.

The request for martial arts also satisfies Coach Smith’s pleasure in “coaching”.

If the ace player can do anything, why isn't there a dog on the coach's bench?
The tactic of allowing Wu Dao to enter the low post to catch the ball is actually complicated. If we want to say it is simple, it is also simple, just two words "pick and roll".

Although there are only two words for pick-and-roll, there are too many tactics that can be derived from it.

Coach Smith just asked the power forward inside to provide off-ball coverage, let Wu Dao penetrate the inside, and at the same time asked the defender to pass the ball to Wu Dao. It was as simple as that.

On this basis, the person covering can be a center or a power forward.

After Wu Dao penetrates the inside line, the defender can choose to pass the ball immediately, or he can wait for Wu Dao to pass through the inside line and go around to the other side before passing the ball.At the same time, other players can also run in and out.

The core is very simple, but on the court, the movement is a bit complicated.

On the basis of this tactic, the team's training also added triangle offense drills.This triangle offensive tactic was proposed privately by Wu Dao to Coach Smith and his coaches in order to increase their proportion of holding the ball and at the same time give full play to their own technical characteristics.

At the beginning of March.

Jordan officially returned. At the end of the month, just two days ago, on March 3.28, Jordan scored 55 points in front of a real gorilla in a game against the Knicks, leading the Bulls to a narrow victory of 113:111.

The emergence of Jordan also reminded Budao of the triangle offense, thereby consolidating his core position in Oak Hill.

The triangle offense can be said to be complicated or simple. After discussing it with Wu Dao for two days, Coach Smith basically understood it and made some arrangements.

High school students don't have that strong tactical understanding, but it doesn't matter. They just need to know how to move and then know how to give the damn ball to the martial arts.

Others, when the players catch the basketball on the court, they naturally know what to do.

After a period of practice, Oak Hill's triangle offense also took a preliminary "look."Although it's just a look-alike, it's enough for martial arts.

In June, the second year of martial arts officially ended, and the school started to have holidays.

However, the training of the Oak Hill High School basketball team is still going on, but due to the holiday training, the team is missing several players.

As for martial arts, it was also on this day in mid-June that they came to the ABCD training camp held during the offseason.

After entering the camp, Wu Dao also received his number.

170 number.