From sparring to superstar

Chapter 5 4. The food is too much to add
On August 1999, 8, Thursday, at 26:4 pm, Li Ao officially became a member of the USC basketball club.

After the afternoon class, Li Ao went to the Memorial Stadium with Vivienne and Liam to go through the formalities of joining the basketball club.

Although he had strong doubts about the strength of this team, Li Ao was very pleasantly surprised to become a member of the school team.

Vivian and Liam were even more excited.

Li Ao himself felt that there was no possibility of joining the school team, and he had given up even thinking about it. As bystanders who could see more clearly, Vivienne and Liam cut off their expectations earlier.

It turned out to be selected!How can we not be surprised!
After joining the basketball team, Li Ao followed the expressionless head coach to choose his jersey number. After looking at the rest of the numbers, he chose No. 0.

Vivian asked, "Leo, why did you choose number 0?"

Li Aoying said: "Compared to others, my basketball skills are like a blank sheet of paper. I chose No. 0, which means that I started from scratch."

In fact, it is because some people use No. 1, No. 3 is also used, No. 23 and No. 24 are still used, and as a Chinese, No. 8, which he thinks is auspicious, cannot be chosen according to the regulations. He can only choose the one that looks pleasing to the eye. .

Henry Bibby, who hadn't spoken much, changed his eyes a little when he heard this answer.

He liked the answer.

Henry Bibby was not very willing to talk to Li Ao, but Li Ao took the initiative to find a topic and asked: "Coach, there are so many people who try out, what do you see in me? Can you see that I am a talented potential stock?"

When going through the formalities of joining the club just now, the manager of the club said that he was one of the 151 selected among the 4 students who took part in the trial training this year.

This stinking shameless man, Henry Bibby became in a bad mood again, and replied coldly: "No, it's because a bad player on our team was beaten to the hospital and needs a new bad... and I am the head coach, whoever I like to choose, you want to take care of me?"

"That's right, coach, is there anything else you want me to do?"

Li Ao's reaction this time surprised Henry Bibby again. This reaction seemed to be different from what he knew.

But he still didn't show a good face, and waved his hands to drive people away: "There's nothing else to do, gather according to the stipulated time."

Li Ao, who knew he was an eyesore, said "goodbye" and took Vivienne and Liam decisively out of the way. Liam wanted to invite them to dinner to celebrate Li Ao, but of course Li Ao was disrespectful. Rarely did not refuse.

After the three left, Henry Bibby's tense expression became extremely miserable.

Club manager Steve Brown, who sorted out Li Ao's information on joining the club, said: "Leo is different from what I thought before. I thought he was another Shelby. I didn't expect that he had a face that could be a movie star. Not as arrogant as Shelby, but very polite, not as impulsive as shown in the information, and he did not show dissatisfaction with the attitude of your coach."

Henry Bibby responded: "I was also surprised when I saw him that day. He has a very good body and is only 18 years old, so I invited him to participate in the trial training, but..."

"but?"

"He's probably more of a tosser than Shelby."

"Haha, how is it possible, coach, I think you are prejudiced against Shelby because he beat him up."

"Forget it, whatever you think, by the way, do you know where Shelby is?"

"I got word from his girlfriend's brother that he went to Hawaii with his girlfriend."

"That's a bitch!" Henry Bibby exploded instantly, "What did that old bastard Sean think, to pay such a large amount of compensation!"

"Yeah, this guy Shelby will never come back until he spends all his money. I want Leo to beat me up, but Shelby is also very good, anyway, I can't do it."

Brown pretended to be dizzy when he thought that Shelby Jordan couldn't beat him, and when the representative of the School of Computer Science went to him to talk about the compensation, he lay on the hospital bed moaning and screaming in pain... Finally, he got the money and jumped up from the hospital bed without using the hospital gown. For the operation of running directly, I really want to give a thumbs up.

As for Shelby Jordan being beaten, that's too normal, anyone who has beaten him wants to beat him up.

...

After the three people's 'celebration banquet', Li Ao took Vivienne to a ride back to the apartment, closed the door and turned on the system impatiently.

The content on the screen has changed, the home page is the basic information, he looked with full expectation...

"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.

Age: 18 (August 1981, 8).

Height: 197 cm, arm span: 211 cm.

Weight: 89 kg.

High school basketball experience: None.

College basketball resume: No game experience that meets the statistical requirements in the freshman season.

Overview:-.

Physical fitness: speed 86, strength 87, bounce 76, flexibility 92, stamina 88...

Basic skills: three-pointers - (not at the basic level), mid-range shooting - (not at the basic level), layups 76..., ball handling 68, passing 61...

Technology: Doesn't have a basic level of technology...

注：1.以NCAA一级联盟综合实力为评价基础，2.身体素质、技术、基本功未达到60则视为未达到基础水平，3.评价等级：60-69为及格、70-79为良好、80-84为优秀、85-89为一流、90-94为顶级、95-99超越顶级。”

Li Ao found that he seemed unworthy to question the Trojans basketball team.

To say it is a blank sheet of paper is an insult to a blank sheet of paper.

The overall strength is not even below the passing line!
However, the speed, strength, and physical strength are all higher than he expected, and they are all top-notch in the NCAA.

He remembered that on the day of the trial training, when he compared his speed, he always stared at those 1.8-meter outside lines, and when he compared his strength, he always stared at those big guys over two meters. The difference in height is just that as a Chinese, he is used to comparing everything with the best.

However, to play basketball is not enough to be able to run and jump and be strong enough. The small point guard he saw that day was about 1.7 meters tall but could jump up and flatten the frame, and he was not selected for the school team.

He collected his messy thoughts and looked at the bottom of the basic information. There were several sub-interface options, some were bright and had names, and some were dark and had no names.

The first is achievement points.

He issued an instruction in his mind, entered the achievement points interface, and several prompts popped up.

"Congratulations to the host for being selected for the Trojan team, reward: 1000 achievement points."

"Hosts can obtain achievement points by participating in competitions, completing competition tasks, and completing training objectives."

"Achievement points can be used in lottery draws. You can get up to basic attribute points, action packs, skills, item cards, etc. The lottery specification has been opened: elementary level, and each lottery draw consumes 1000 achievement points."

Resisting the urge to draw a lottery, Li Ao had a thought, switched back to the main interface, opened the second sub-interface, the training mode, and another reminder came.

"The host can obtain a certain number of achievement points by completing team training tasks, pre-match training tasks, etc."

"The system will issue training tasks based on the host's actual situation and existing training methods. Achievement points can be consumed to start the training tasks, and additional training results can be obtained after completing the training goals."

"More functions need to be enabled after the conditions are met."

After reading the reminder, Li Ao was glad that he didn't have "impulse consumption" just now.

But what does 'existing training methods' mean?Lucky draw?Or study?
He doesn't worry, he will know when the time comes.

He opened the third lit sub-interface, the task interface.

The task being executed is empty, but there is one in the list of completed tasks - the system activation task.

And there are rewards!
System activation package!
"System Activation Gift Pack: After opening, you can get 3 activation rewards, the rewards are random, and they are all practical rewards for the host's basketball career at the beginning stage."

Resisting the urge to open the activation gift package, the auntie assistant said well, playing basketball has a sense of ritual, so he went to take a shower first, and changed into clean white clothes.

After tidying up, he came to the bed to meditate, his heart turned to the sky, and after calming down, he turned on the system, opened the task interface, received the activation gift package, and opened the package!
After 3 purple lights flashed in succession, the names of the 3 activation rewards appeared on the screen, with introductions behind the names.

"Basic attribute points (5): can be used to improve physical fitness, rare rewards, extremely difficult to obtain, please choose the direction of improvement carefully."

"DeMar DeRozan mid-range shooting action pack: very close to the standard shooting action, and has a good buff effect in mid-range shooting training and games."

"Transfer Expert Level 1: If the host passes the ball directly without dribbling after receiving the ball, the mind will be clearer and calmer, and the ball feel will be slightly improved. If the host's passing evaluation is lower than 80, it will temporarily increase to 80 during this pass. "

Attribute points!Action pack!Skill!
All are the highest rewards that are prompted on the lottery interface!Li Ao's eyes lit up.

But looking at DeRozan's CIC action pack...why not Jordan's!
Forget it, it’s good to have it. DeRozan can be regarded as one of the best mid-range shots in the new century, and his movements are pretty good.

It should be fortunate that it is not an action pack of hackers, little emperors and others.

I have to say regret, Li Ao is even more regretful that the skills he acquired have nothing to do with CIC, otherwise it would be more perfect.

Action packs and skills are predetermined rewards, so there is no need to worry about it, but he is entangled in what to add to attribute points.

Without impulse, he came to the desk in the living room and took out a pen and paper.

He didn't write anything either, this is his habit of thinking about things.

First of all, he made sure that the system has indicated that attribute points are rare rewards that are extremely difficult to obtain, so he may not get this opportunity to directly improve attributes in a short time.

Training can definitely improve physical fitness, but the limits of each physical quality must be different. If the impact on other physical conditions is not considered, strength and physical strength should be easier to improve through training.

Speed, bounce, and flexibility are relatively more difficult and require more talent.

In terms of flexibility, Li Ao thinks that he should be regarded as extremely talented, and his jumping seems to be quite negative.

After analyzing it, things are simple.

speed!

Full pressure!

He decisively issued an order, and the prompt came.

"The host consumes 3 basic attribute points. Congratulations, the speed of the host has increased from 86 to 89. The speed of the host has reached the bottleneck. The next stage is the top level, and intermediate attribute points need to be consumed.

Intermediate attribute points need to be synthesized with 3 basic attribute points. "

"Ching 艸 芔 茻!"

Li Ao scolded the street directly.

Say no sooner!
He rearranged his thinking, this time it was simple, the bounce was too low, the flexibility was already at the top level and could not be added, physical strength should be prioritized, and strength should be added!
Another reminder came, the last two attribute points were consumed, and the power was raised to 89, reaching the bottleneck.

He also considered keeping these two attribute points, and then got another attribute point to raise the speed to 90.

But the problem is that he doesn't have any advantages now. When he gets to the school team, his only competitiveness is his physical condition.

He didn't expect this at all at first, but the reality is so cruel, he has to compete physically with the American college students who have the most basketball talents.

So what you have now, you have to pile up, and you can't be stingy.

...

On Friday, the second day after Li Ao joined the school team, his life remained unchanged. He got up early for morning exercises and went to class.

Every Friday, if there is no special arrangement, he has very few classes, and only one class in the morning.

After class, Li Ao and Liam came to the library together to read a book the professor mentioned.

The content of the book was quite boring, so the two flipped through it and put it aside. Li Ao went to the sports area and found the book "Basketball Basic Teaching".

Looking at the CIC'standard action' diagram inside, Li Ao turned on the system and looked at the stickman animation of'DeRozan CIC bag'.

Very 'standard' indeed!
From the explanation of "Basketball Basic Teaching", he learned that the so-called standard refers to the most common shooting action summed up after many experts' research. Aspects are best for most people and are both aesthetically pleasing.

Although not everyone is suitable for this standard, he recalled that Kobe and Jordan, who are good-looking mid-rangers, actually move very close to this 'standard action'.

After understanding the meaning of "very close to the standard action", Li Ao looked at the rules of NCAA basketball, which are very different from the rules of the NBA he is most familiar with.

He has played in intramural games, and the intramural competitions also use NCAA rules, but as far as their team's rookie strength can't even beat the art department, he has never had the time to understand the rules.

The specifications of the NCAA court are different from those of the NBA and FIBA. The three-point line is a little shorter than that of FIBA, only 6.25 meters, while FIBA ​​is 6.75 meters. End 7.25 meters.

In each round, the NCAA does not have 24 seconds, but 35 seconds. The purpose is to allow teams to have more time to run tactics.

The game is divided into two halves. There is no such thing as a single quarter. Each half is 20 minutes. In terms of the number of fouls, the NCAA and the FIBA ​​have 5 fouls. The same thing as the FIBA ​​is that the NCAA does not have three seconds of defense... …

Li Ao learned about these rules, and it is always correct to write these things down.

Liam next to him was looking at the basketball club regulations that Li Ao got yesterday.

When he saw the training arrangement, Liam asked in surprise: "Leo, is the training arrangement of your school team so easy? You are quasi-NBA players!"

Li Aoying said: "Most of the players on the school team are amateurs, and learning is the most important thing. There may only be one or two real NBA reserves in our school. This kind of training arrangement is normal."

He had already read the regulations last night. In terms of training arrangements, there were only 3 times a week, and the time was not long. On Saturday morning, Monday and Wednesday at 4 pm, he was as surprised as Liam at that time.

However, after analyzing it, he thinks that such an arrangement is reasonable.

However, after he had just finished school this morning, Vivian came to inform him to go to Memorial Stadium for training this afternoon.

At noon, after lunch, Liam went to his father's company to get an education.

Li Ao had inquired about it, saying he was learning how to do business, but he didn't delve into it deeply. Anyway, watching Liam's bitter expression is already very interesting, so there is no need to understand the content of bitterness.

On his side, he walked to the Memorial Stadium and came to the club's office.

"Oh, Leo, you came quite early." Manager Brown was quite enthusiastic when he saw Li Ao's arrival.

He learned from Henry Bibby that Li Ao had a great relationship with the dean of the School of Computer Science, and decided to make friends, which might be useful in the future.

Li Ao said with a smile: "Come and get acquainted with this place earlier, Steve, I will trouble you to take care of it in the future."

When Brown saw Li Ao's sunny boy-like smile with his schoolbag on his back, it really wasn't as easy to get along with as the head coach said.

He sorted out the documents, got up and said, "Then I'll take you to the stadium to have a look first, and then go to pick up the training uniform later, just as the coach hasn't come yet."

Li Ao visited the arena with Brown. He had been here twice before, but he couldn't take a good look around.

After walking around, he found that the stadium is really big!It is worthy of being a super-large stadium that has been expanded several times in the past 70 years.

In addition to the super-large main arena for basketball, baseball, rugby and other games, there are also two small arenas for table tennis, billiards and other games. In addition, there is a large area that is leased to various clubs, school teams, Personal training ground, and the business district he has been to before.

However, if someone didn't take him with him, he would really get lost when he walked around for the first time.

Not only is the planning of the main arena unreasonable, but the increased areas one by one make the internal structure of the entire stadium very unreasonable.

For example, the office areas of the school teams and clubs are far away from the training ground area, and the internal roads are intricate. If you are not familiar with this place, you will definitely feel dizzy.

After shopping around, Li Ao followed Brown to the training ground.

On the day of the trial training, the basketball club rented the main arena just to save face. It is definitely not possible to train there. In addition to hosting games, the main arena will also be used to hold concerts and large-scale events.

However, this training ground is not small. There are 3 full courts, and a large rest area and item storage area, which are enough for daily training.

Although there is no training arrangement today, many people are already training.

Li Ao saw USC's current basketball No. 1 at first glance - Brian Scalabrine.

A tall, white striker with short blond curly hair and very distinctive features.

Li Ao's impression of this white striker - nicknamed White Mamba, Human Victory Cigar.

The club manager brought people here, and the team members stopped their training one after another and looked at the two of them.

Brown introduced: "This is our new teammate Leo."

Li Ao greeted with a smile: "Hello, I'm new here, Li Ao, my English name is Leo."

No one responded at the first time, Li Ao touched his nose.

The stadium atmosphere is more embarrassing than Brown imagined, but fortunately there is a white mamba.

The White Mamba stepped forward and reached out to him: "Hi, I'm Brian Scalabrine, team captain, just call me Brian."

"Okay, thank you." Li Ao's tone was grateful.

Seeing that Li Ao had finished greeting, Brown said: "Brian, you can continue to work on your work, Leo, I will take you to get the training uniform."

Bai Mamba nodded to Li Ao, who followed Brown to the innermost part of the training ground.

After the two left, the teammates started chatting with each other.

A black-tan head about two meters tall complained: "We already had Shelby, and now there is another bully, and our team is getting more and more lively."

Bai Mamba responded immediately: "Sam, you can't talk like that, we will be teammates from now on."

The black charcoal head called 'Sam' was named Sam Clancy, and he responded: "Yes, yes, captain, but he is not a good person in the first place, and I am not talking nonsense."

Bai Mamba didn't say anything after hearing the words. Indeed, their team is very lively now.

But now the most troublesome thing for him is not the newcomer Li Ao, but the teammate of the same period in front of him.

White Mamba and his old teammates from last season are not surprised by Sam Clancy's attitude.

This teammate is not used to teammates who are in the same position as him, or even teammates with similar heights, and he doesn't target anyone.

As the 98th-ranked genius among high school students in the United States in the 49 class, there were countless teams that invited Sam Clancy back then. In the end, he chose the mediocre USC Trojans. At that time, some media analyzed that he probably was Holding the idea of ​​'I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail'.

However, he didn't have a particularly outstanding performance in his freshman season. He averaged 30+6 per game in high school. Substitute for 'Little Lambir'.

Over time, he became what he is now, unhappy and full of hostility when he sees potential competitors.

If teammates were intimidated by the eccentric Shelby Jordan, they were annoyed by Sam Clancy.

In the same year, the good old Slacker Bryan who entered the university was willing to make friends with him, but he was often hated.

On the contrary, they were not so disgusted with Li Ao, a newcomer, but more curious.

When they saw Li Ao for the first time, they were also quite surprised. No matter how they looked, they didn't look like someone who could send 'Little Lambir' into the hospital.

(End of this chapter)