Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 577: Not acclimatized!

"But you can't, Kevin."

Wu Dao's words did not make Garnett angry. When he decided to return to the lounge, he had already made a decision in his heart.

The Timberwolves are a young team. So far, the team's record is very good. Except for the weak substitute lineup, the overall strength of the team is quite strong.

Garnett is very young and only entered the league two years earlier than Budo. Now the Timberwolves management has given him a big contract at the level of a star player. Garnett feels that playing in the Timberwolves is not unacceptable. matter.

Although martial arts is crazy, Garnett has to admit that martial arts is very strong.

He would not naively think that Wu Dao is strong because of the system the Timberwolves have equipped Wu Dao with, giving Wu Dao enough ball rights.

In fact, until now, the Timberwolves have not had any offensive system built around martial arts. Only a very small part of Budo's points on the court are obtained through movement and tactics without pressure, and more of them rely on his own strong singles ability.

Garnett recognized the ability of martial arts, and now he has accepted the situation where martial arts is overwhelming him.

Honor, as long as there is honor.

He is an inside player, and he is not on the same track as martial arts!

“You can’t do it, you won’t know until you do it, right?”

"You'd better keep your spirits up, Mr. Wolf King."

"I'll be watching you."

Garnett stretched out two fingers, pointed at Martial Arts, and said.

The NBA, to some extent, is a complete dark forest. Strong people will naturally gain more attention, honors, money, and rights.

For example, Jordan, his words can easily influence the decisions of the team management.

But players are not always able to maintain their standards. Human beings will grow older.

When Jordan, who is entering his twilight years, comes back for the last time, will the young people in Kobe Bryant hold back on Jordan because he is older?

No, what young players long for is to pull Jordan down from that godly position and sit on it themselves.

The Timberwolves team is just like its name. Every player here is eyeing the so-called Wolf King.

Even Chris Kyle, the little bitch of martial arts, supports martial arts now just because martial arts is strong enough. When one day martial arts shows its fatigue, he will definitely show his fangs to martial arts.

The young Chris Kyle is like this, not to mention the young and capable Garnett, Marbury and others.

They either remained silent in this "team boss" battle, or vaguely took the side of martial arts. It was not because they were not interested in the title of "team boss".

It's just because his martial arts is strong enough to deserve this position.

"it is good!"

"Players, just let the ball do the talking."

Budao just smiled at Garnett's attitude. The wolf king among the wolves often encounters some challenges. Isn't this normal? Just defeat the challenger, this is a very simple matter!

After the game against the Lakers, the Timberwolves had a day of rest.

Their next game will be at Minnesota's home court against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have not yet welcomed their "Emperor." But this Cavaliers team has one of the best inside players in the league, "Rain Man" Sean Kemp.

The opponent is a team with a strong inside line. This season, "Rain Man" Sean Kemp joined the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers also rebuilt and strengthened around Rain Man.

In the first 10 games of the season, the Cavaliers had a record of 4 wins and 6 losses.

It's not on the same level as the Timberwolves' 9 wins and 1 loss.

But Garnett took this game very seriously. On the day off, he practiced shooting in the gym for a long time.

The Cavaliers, who have a strong inside line, put a lot of pressure on Garnett.

Of course, pressure from opponents is one thing, and part of the pressure on Garnett actually comes from martial arts.

He wants to perform well on the court and surpass martial arts. Only in this way can the rumors from the outside world be reduced.

If possible, Garnett doesn't want to be regarded as a "second boss" by the fans, he still wants to struggle.

During the regular season, Wu Dao was very focused. Today, it was obviously a window period during the regular season. Wu Dao did not waste his precious time. After having breakfast and taking a nap, , arrived at the arena around ten o'clock.

In the morning, I practiced shooting for two hours with Garnett and some more diligent players. After lunch and a short nap, I returned to the arena and conducted some adaptive training.

During the regular season, Wu Dao eliminated many high-intensity physical training and strength training from his training plan. The focus of his training is on the three items of footwork, dribbling and shooting.

Although he can get the strain recovery potion from the system through some exercises every day, martial arts still values ​​his body very much. Even with the help of this potion, his training is controlled within a certain range.

I came to the arena at 6: in the afternoon and practiced until o'clock. Wu Daocai and a group of teammates left the arena and went to eat.

The lives of many NBA players are very corrupt, but this situation is better for young players.

Young players still have some expectations for their careers and will not indulge themselves at this time.

Another reason is the team's atmosphere. After yesterday's "locker room turmoil", the position of martial arts in the hearts of the Timberwolves has been completely consolidated. After all, there is Garnett with such a bad mouth and the outstanding strength. Old-timer Tom said nothing more.

These "juniors" or marginalized veterans, what else do they need to say?

The team's atmosphere is often similar to that of the team boss. The boss is diligent in training and has high fighting spirit. Other players will also follow suit and be affected to some extent.

When the Timberwolves players were training spontaneously, team coach Philip was also observing on the sidelines of the court and accompanying the players. He spends more time on the sidelines watching various sports news and sports newspapers, paying close attention to the trends of public opinion.

The post-match interview after yesterday's game against the Lakers has turned into a report. Philip is still unclear about the fans' feedback after hearing Wu Dao's remarks. He only hopes that Timberwolves fans will not denounce Wu Dao, a young man.

Use yourself to save others.

At least Phillip didn't like Wu Dao's sharp speech yesterday.

There are still some die-hard fans of the Timberwolves, and many of them are "fans" of Tom and Garnett. There's a reason why Tom was promoted to an All-Star substitute before!

Late November.

Basketball coverage in the media is basically dominated by NBA games. Only some NFHS games will be reported. In mid-November, the National High School Basketball Association Holiday League, also known as the US High School, officially begins.

So far, NFHS has only played a few games, and there are no talented players that have been widely reported.

Coach Philip flipped through the messy newspapers. Flicking through the newspapers was like a modern person scrolling through TikTok, only wanting to read topics that interest him.

"Ok?"

“Oak Hill Academy has lost two straight games to start the season?”

"This school has no martial arts. Is it like this all of a sudden?"

"It shouldn't be!"

After flipping through the pages, Coach Philip saw a piece of news that interested him in a certain newspaper from the past few days.

Oak Hill High School is the alma mater of martial arts and a well-known school in the United States. When Budo was still playing at Oak Hill High School, the team didn't even have any losses.

Unexpectedly, the members of this current martial arts class had just left, and Oak Hill High School suddenly became so messed up.

"The great rout of yellow players, not every yellow player is called martial arts!" In the middle of the newspaper, an eye-catching subtitle fell into Coach Philip's eyes. When Philip took a look, he saw a man with a reserved attitude. A photo of a young man standing in the field feeling lost.

The young man has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and is quite handsome. He is wearing Oak Hill's No. 10 jersey, and his face is full of confusion.

In the black and white newspaper, the hair color of the No. 10 player could not be seen, but when seeing the face in the photo, Coach Philip suddenly felt that it looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before?

"Coach, what are you looking at?"

"So entranced?"

At this moment, Chris Kyle paused the training and walked to the sidelines to rest. Seeing Coach Phillip looking a little distracted while reading the newspaper, he came closer and asked curiously, looking at the newspaper.

"Eh?"

"Isn't this person a teammate of our boss?"

At this moment, Chris Kyle suddenly pointed at the figure in the photo and said with a smile. His nickname for martial arts has also been replaced by the more affectionate "boss". Although Chris Kyle is older than Budo, he doesn't feel awkward at all when he calls Budo "boss". Instead, he calls him "boss" very smoothly.

"A teammate in martial arts?"

"Well, it shouldn't be."

"This player is also from Oak Hill High School. It's normal for him to be a teammate of martial arts. Let me tell you, why do you think I've seen it somewhere?"

"Maybe I glanced at it a few years ago when I was watching the Oak Hill tape."

"Oak Hill High School has had a bad start. Without martial arts, they may not be able to compete in the NFHS league this year."

After hearing what Chris said, Phillip was relieved and said with a smile.

"Oak Hill?"

"How could it be Oak Hill?"

"This kid was my boss's teammate when he played in high school in Asia. There are photos of their team in my boss's closet."

"I asked before."

"What does it seem to be called Mickey?"

Hearing this, Philip looked stunned, turned his head to look at Chris Kyle, and asked doubtfully: "Teammates when playing in Asia?"

"In Oak Hill?"

"Uh"

As he said that, Phillip also glanced at the eye-catching subtitle and touched his chin:

"It looks like he is indeed Asian."

"Oak Hill discovered martial arts before and tasted the benefits. Did you go hunting for treasures in high schools in Asia again?"

"It really is."

"If treasures were so easy to find, there would already be countless yellow players in the NBA."

Phillip murmured and looked at Martial Arts who was practicing three-pointers in the court.

"Hey--"

"Boss—"

"Please come on, I saw something interesting!"

Just as Philip was thinking, Crick Kyle, who noticed the photo in the newspaper, turned his head and shouted towards the stadium.

The title "Boss" spread throughout the court. Garnett and Wu Dao, who were training in the field, both turned their heads. Garnett saw Chris waving to Wu Dao and couldn't help but snorted coldly and continued to pick up the ball. train.

"Sorry, everyone should rest for a while."

When Budao saw Chris greeting him, he also threw the ball to the trainer, said sorry, and went to the sidelines.

Seeing Wu Dao coming, Chris took the newspaper away from Philip's hand with a "昘", took the newspaper as a treasure and walked to Wu Dao, pointed at the newspaper and Wu Dao and said:

"Boss, look at this person, is he your teammate in high school!"

"Asian, just like you!"

Seeing Chris's attitude as if he was offering a treasure, Phillip rolled his eyes at Chris, then couldn't help but sigh, stood up, and walked to the toilet.

Wu Dao took the newspaper smoothly without Chris pointing, and saw the photo in the middle of the newspaper at a glance.

"Sakuragi Hanamichi?!"

"This kid came to the United States so soon? Is he still making a name for himself in Oak Hill?"

Wu Dao had some doubts in his heart, and then glanced at the contents of the newspaper.

Budo didn't know about Sakuragi Hanamichi entering Oak Hill High School. These days, foreign phone calls couldn't even reach Sakuragi's home. Budo usually contacted Coach Anzai and inquired about the situation of Sakuragi and others through Coach Anzai.

Before the start of the NBA regular season, Budo had not contacted Coach Anzai since the team training. It was only today that he saw Sakuragi's information through the newspaper.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually came to the United States and went to Oak Hill.

According to the original plan of Coach Anzai and Martial Arts, Sakuragi will come to study at the university level.

It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.

Just as Coach Philip expected, after tasting the sweetness of yellow players in martial arts, the management of Oak Hill High School became keen on looking for talented players in Asia.

In the first half of the year, Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede teamed up to lead Shohoku to win the IH championship again. After that, Oak Hill High School had already noticed Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Compared to Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent is more attractive to the Oak Hill coaching staff.

The Shohoku team is also the alma mater of martial arts, so after a simple negotiation, the management used some means to bring Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was a senior in high school, to the United States.

It's just that after Sakuragi Hanamichi came to the United States, he became a little acclimatized.

Sakuragi himself was too anxious, and Oak Hill High School was also too anxious. As a senior in high school, Sakuragi's English proficiency was very average, and there were some difficulties in communicating with his teammates. On the court, he did not get along well with his teammates.

It would be hard for a team like this to win in the higher-level US and High School competitions.

Wu Dao briefly glanced at the news, and after roughly understanding it, he threw the newspaper aside, turned back to the court, and continued his training.

As for Sakuragi, at this stage, Budo has no intention of getting involved. His own position in the team has just been stabilized, and he still has a long way to go. If he wants to care about others, he can't tell the difference at all.

Of course, the main reason is that Martial Arts believes in Sakuragi. Sakuragi is out of character and loves to talk.

After the "rule" of martial arts in Oak Hill, the team's tolerance for yellow players has been greatly improved. With a character like Sakuragi, it is easy to overcome the difficulties at hand.

The problem of acclimatization will appear in Tanizawa, but not in Sakuragi.

(End of this chapter)