Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 508 It turns out that it’s skin color after all!

After stealing the ball from Kobe Bryant, Wu Dao became more relaxed on the offensive end this time.

When playing five-on-five in basketball, Kobe can also use his excellent cutting and his teammates' off-ball pick-and-rolls to attack the basket. Defensive players often need to worry about whether other opponents are open when facing incoming players.

But in a one-on-one duel environment, defensive players don't have to think so much.

In terms of defensive difficulty, the difficulty of one-on-one defense is obviously lower than that of normal games.

This point can actually be reflected in three-on-three half-court basketball. Many non-professional basketball enthusiasts are one-stop for half-court and one-stop for the whole court. In addition to the fact that the venue has become larger and the intensity of the game has become greater, there is another reason. It's because the defensive levels of the two games are so different.

It is not easy to have players change positions and cover up defense, and it is not easy to perform well in the whole game.

After checking the ball, the basketball is hit to the ground and passed back.

The martial arts ball protector pressed against Kobe's waist, leaning forward slightly, grabbing the ball with his right hand and holding it flat.

It's exactly the same action as when Kobe was attacking just now, but the pressure that martial arts brought to Kobe by doing this action is completely different from the pressure that Kobe brought with his martial arts just now.

Martial arts practitioners have long hands. With a simple horizontal lift, Kobe must move slightly to the right of the martial arts to pose a threat to the martial arts.

But if the body shifts, the left side of the martial arts will become empty.Such a defensive method is obviously not tenable.

For this reason, Kobe also gave up the idea of ​​shifting his position to steal and stood in front of Wu Dao. The first thing to ensure was that he would not lose his position.

Wu Dao held up the ball, aware of Kobe's thoughts, and the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.All he could do was watch himself show off and there was nothing he could do about it. Kobe must be very annoyed in his heart right now.

The left foot quickly took a step forward to the right, and the basketball fell quickly at the same time. Wu Dao, who had taken the advantage, put one hand on Kobe's waist and quickly accelerated the breakthrough.After the first blast, Wu Dao had already crossed the three-point line. As Kobe moved to grab the ball, Wu Dao turned around with the second blast and passed Kobe past him.

Kobe's reaction speed was also very fast. The moment Wu Dao turned around, he quickly slapped the basketball in Wu Dao's hand.However, the martial arts ball protector directly blocked Kobe's steal. With one last move, he dropped the ball with his left hand and quickly passed Kobe and went to the basket to lick the ball and send it into the basket.

With three perfect drops, Wu Dao easily scored on Kobe's head.

In these attacks against Kobe, Wu Dao demonstrated his offensive characteristics to the fullest. Not only was he strong in holding the ball, but his shooting ability was also terrifying.

At the same time, martial arts also combines excellent physical conditions. These things were seen by the training camp players watching from the sidelines, and they immediately left a deep impression on these players who saw martial arts for the first time.

The one-on-one match between Wu Dao and Kobe is still in progress. Neither of them limited the number of balls they will hit before it ends.

The game started in the afternoon and lasted for nearly an hour and a half before the two stopped.The number of players watching the ball around ranged from two or three at the beginning to five or six. By the time Kobe and Wu Dao finished, the half where they were was already full of people.

Among those watching the game were players who also participated in the ABCD training camp, assistant coaches from the training camp, and scouts from the training camp.

When the two of them finished, the people around them looked at Wu Dao and Kobe very differently.

Genius, whether it is Kobe Bryant or martial arts, in the eyes of others is a genius in the true sense.They have comprehensive skills and abundant physical fitness. More importantly, both of them have extremely strong fighting spirit.

For one-on-one duels to last for such a long time, no one expected it at the beginning.Normally, three to 10 minutes of one-on-one play can be considered "awesome" for both players.

Kobe and Budo didn't count how many goals they scored until the end of the game, but in Budo's rough sense, he was the one attacking with the ball most of the time.

Kobe scored a lot of goals on his head, but the number was limited and definitely far inferior to his own.

The end of the game between the two was when Kobe had a leg cramp.

You see, if you don't do warm-up exercises before the game, and you start playing against players of martial arts level, this is the result.Wu Dao dragged his tired body to Kobe, who was holding his legs, helped him take off his shoes, and stretched him.

An assistant coach on the side realized that Kobe had cramps and immediately entered the court. He took over the martial arts work, lifted Kobe's left foot, and stretched Kobe.

Wu Dao walked up to Kobe and smiled at Kobe who was lying on the floor with a "distorted face": "Look, who made you defend so actively."

"No, it's a cramp."

Martial Arts' smiling face made his face, which was already a little "distorted" due to stretching, even more ugly.

"It's not over yet."

"It was just an accident. If I hadn't had cramps, I would have beaten you to death."

Now the hardest thing in Kobe's body is his mouth. Seeing the martial artist gloating about his misfortune, Kobe couldn't help shouting, his tone of voice full of dissatisfaction.

In response, Wu Dao just smiled and spread his hands, and did not provoke Kobe anymore.

The assistant coach who was stretching Kobe saw that Kobe and Wu Dao didn't care about the cramps at all, but were chatting there. He suddenly became angry and scolded with a frown:
"You two!"

"To do something like this on the first day of training camp, do you know it is very dangerous!"

"You have to be competitive but have a certain temper. If you play like you do, something will happen sooner or later!"

"It's just a cramp now. If you get injured, your playing career will be ruined!"

"I know you two, Wu from Oak Hill College, and Kobe Bryant from Lower Merion, I will tell the coach what happened today."

"He will come to talk to you personally!"

The assistant teacher's words sounded quite stern, and his attitude was very serious when he spoke, not joking at all.

After hearing this, Kobe also lowered his head and said nothing more, just glared at Wu Dao.Martial Arts, on the other hand, looked modest, standing beside the assistant and nodding.

After torturing each other one-on-one with Kobe, Wu Dao is in a really good mood now~
Being assigned the No. 170 jersey has long been forgotten by Martial Arts. No matter what reasons the scouts in the training camp gave him such a position, in short, strength is strength, and others cannot take it away.

After today's battle with Kobe, the fog that originally shrouded the martial arts has completely disappeared.

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Next year, Kobe will enter the NBA through the draft after graduating from high school. Wu Dao does not believe that one year can transform Kobe into a player that is beyond his reach.

Moreover, Wu Dao realizes that he still has room for improvement. He feels that Kobe's ability will be favored by the NBA, and someone will definitely be interested in his ability.

Kobe's cramped foot was much better after a simple stretch by the assistant. With the help of the assistant, he stood up. Kobe moved his feet, then gently pushed the assistant's hand away, and then said something to the assistant. Thanks.Seeing that Kobe seemed to have recovered, the assistant coach nodded. After a few words of instruction, he ordered Kobe to go back to his dormitory to rest.

When the training camp players watching the game saw the end of this wonderful one-on-one game, they dispersed one after another.Wu Dao did not go back with Kobe. Instead, after sitting on the sidelines and resting for a while, he went to find the team that was playing halftime and asked for "an extra one."

Faced with Wu Dao's "request", these players who had watched Wu Dao play naturally responded readily. And this afternoon, Wu Dao also played against many players.

I have to say that the quality of students in the ABCD training camp is truly terrifying.

It's just a simple game of "wild ball", and these students are "going up and down" one by one.If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard for you to imagine that most of these big black guys who looked older than Amu were high school students.

The style of play of old and American high school students is also more tough than the last. If there is a chance to dunk, these guys will not lay up at all.Even if there is no chance to dunk, these people will try to dunk.

Wu Dao had only played a few games before he encountered many guys who wanted to dunk in front of him.Most of these people are players who have watched martial arts and Kobe Bryant's duel, and they all have some understanding of the strength of martial arts.

But on the contrary, because these guys have some understanding of martial arts abilities, these people want to prove their abilities through martial arts even more.

Of course Wu Dao understands what these players are thinking in their heads. This idea is actually the same as Wu Dao's mentality when he beat Kobe.

With Wu Dao, a high school student at the top of ESPN's list, their presence will be taken seriously by coaches.

ABCD Basketball Training Camp is not a "Hello, I'm Hello, Everyone" charity organization that strengthens players' abilities.This is the best place for all players to be exposed, and a place for them to compete for the upper hand by stepping on others.

Here, the ladder for player promotion is very monotonous. Only if you are strong enough can you be seen by more people and get more opportunities!

While martial arts regards Kobe as a step and nourishment, I don’t know how many players also regard martial arts as a step and nourishment.

On the first day of entering the camp, Wu Dao felt the competitive atmosphere in the training camp firsthand.

The next day.

Just as Budo expected, after the training camp coaching staff gathered all the players, they began to group the players according to their numbers.

When those players saw the No. 170 jersey worn by Wu Dao, almost everyone was stunned.This situation made other players couldn't help but guess that the jerseys assigned to everyone in the training camp were not ranked according to strength distribution.

But when the players took a closer look at the players with higher draft numbers, they put this idea behind them.Because everyone has more or less heard of those players with high picks.

After all, we are all high school students. In addition to playing basketball, we also pay attention to the rankings given by ESPN.

Those players who received high pick numbers and were placed in Group A are all familiar high pick players on ESPN.

This distribution method also makes Martial Arts, who received the 170th jersey and was assigned to Group C, extremely conspicuous.

Everyone saw his ability more or less yesterday. Even if they didn't watch the players who competed against Kobe and Wu Dao yesterday, they still recognized the yellow players who were at the top of the ESPN list.

Therefore, when the players saw the grouping of Martial Arts, they all speculated why Martial Arts was ranked so low.

There is a huge injury risk; in the main game, his ability is not strong, and his talent is focused on one-on-one duels.

These are the two reasons most speculated by players.

After Wu Dao had a one-on-one bullfight with Kobe yesterday, he was already very open-minded about his jersey number.

When he comes to training camp, he just needs to perform his performance.

Not only does the ABCD training camp have scouts, but other reporters and scouts also come to watch the football every year when the training camp is held.

His talent will be shown to everyone!

"Martial arts, just be yourself."

"I will wait for you at the training ground of Group A. Our duel is not over yet! I haven't lost yet."

After the grouping is completed, the players in Group C will leave the assembled players under the leadership of the coach.

Before Wu Dao left, Kobe stopped Wu Dao and said this to Wu Dao.

"Although you have already lost"

"I will come to Group A to make you admit this fact to yourself."

Budao smiled and said to Kobe, and then left the Group A arena with the other players in Group C.

The gyms of the three groups are relatively close to each other. There are nearly [-] people in the martial arts group. After arriving at the gym, they were led by assistant coaches to warm up.

Although the training camp divides players into three, six or nine grades, in fact, all the players who can enter the ABCD training camp are the top high school students in the country.

Nearly 200 people from fifty states across the country were selected to join the training camp. Those here are the best of the best.

Therefore, even in Group C, the players' standards are quite high, and the intensity of the training they undergo is no less intense than that of other groups.On the first day of camp training, after the head coach gave a brief lecture, the players were arranged to conduct daily physical training.

The so-called physical training is also called adaptive training by the coaches here.

If you can't even handle this intensity, then sorry, these players will be persuaded to quit!

You heard it right, you will be persuaded to leave!

This training camp does not mean that everything will be fine once you enter. There is a withdrawal mechanism here, and those who are unqualified will not be kept.

Those in Group A who fail to pass will be dropped to Group B, those who fail in Group B will drop to Group C, and those in Group C who fail to pass will be sorry.
It was only at this time that Wu Dao finally understood the meaning of grouping. The players assigned to Group C were all players with unqualified potential in the eyes of scouts!

As for why martial arts also appears in Group C.
The scouts don't even look at the actual level of martial arts. Just looking at the skin color of martial arts means they don't have high expectations for the potential of martial arts!

(End of this chapter)