no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 41 New Teammates
Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and the time has come to June 2008.

In the past two months, some members of the Devils, Xu Yong, Harden and Ayers Trident, plus Cooksix, Boateng and Albert formed a mini training camp in the school's training hall. Sweat profusely.

Their respective training contents are different.

Xu Yong practiced pull-ups and breakthroughs with the ball, Harden practiced shooting and defense, Ayers and Boateng practiced inside positioning and offense and defense, Albert practiced shooting and breakthroughs, Cooksix practiced defense and fixed-point three-pointers.

It can be seen from the content that their training content is crossed.

This will be very convenient, such as Cooksix against Xu Yong, Cooksix against Harden, Cooksix against Albert.

Kuxkes: o(╥﹏╥)o
In addition, there are exactly six people, so it is impossible to practice in the whole court, but the three-on-three half-court arrangement can still test the training results well.

Among them, Xu Yong's dry jumper and Harden's defense are impressive.

These two technologies have one thing in common, they are both created from scratch.

Xu Yong's pull-up jumper has begun to bear fruit after almost two and a half months of training. What he needs to do now is to gradually improve his stability.

As for Harden's defense, defense depends more on willingness and dedication, because Xu Yong's ability to hold the ball has improved, and he can allocate physical energy to defense.

And in order to improve the most important lateral movement ability in defense, Harden also lost weight and increased muscle, which made him look more robust.

All in all, after two months, their progress is visible to the naked eye.

And in recent days, Sandek has also finished his player inspection and returned to school.

When he appeared in the training hall, the players stopped training one after another.

And when Xu Yong and Harden looked at the familiar figure who came to the training hall with Sandek, they were all taken aback.

Harden had a look of disbelief, and Xu Yong couldn't help but wiped his eyes.

Because that person is DeMar DeRozan!

Sandek actually persuaded DeRozan to come to the Devils?
No, American high school students will graduate in May and June. In other words, DeRozan should have decided to play for the Devils before graduation!

"DeMar, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Harden stepped forward with wide eyes and asked, he was so smart, he naturally wanted to get that layer.

"I want to give you a surprise, tell me, are you happy now?" DeRozan asked with a smile.

Harden laughed loudly when he heard the words, and directly gave his Fa Xiao a big hug.

How could they be unhappy, when they failed to play in a high school, they finally continued in college.

Xu Yong also stepped forward at this time, and after DeRozan and Harden finished hugging, they also shook hands and bumped shoulders with him.

Harden was more excited, and he was more surprised.

DeRozan averaged 29.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3 steals per game at Compton High School in his final year of high school, leading the team to finally win the California High School League Championship. Such data and performance put him directly in the Ranked fifth among high school students in the 2008 class, which is much higher than Harden at the beginning!
And he had the impression that Harden and DeRozan did not graduate from the same university.

It is also impossible to say that because of his rebirth, the relationship between Harden and DeRozan has become closer.

So the only explanation is that the appearance of his butterfly changed the direction of history.

Is this good or bad for DeRozan?Xu Yong doesn't know, but what he can be sure of is that this must be a good thing for the Devils.

Because of the addition of DeRozan, the talent of the Devils has also been greatly improved.

Not to mention the fans, he himself is full of expectations for the new season.

After DeRozan joined, their training intensity and enthusiasm have increased a lot compared to before.

Because they can see their own progress, DeRozan's joining is also real. In the new season, they can predictably make a lot of achievements.

It's Cooksix forcing a smile.jpg, because he has another DeRozan defending.

Both people and ghosts are on show, only he is being beaten.

When the two were attacking and defending one-on-one, Xu Yong watched the game off the court and had a basic understanding of DeRozan's current strength.

Unlike his impression that "the college version of DeRozan is a rough guy", DeRozan is already able to hit the frame and the basket at this time, and he is good at turning around between mid-range and breakthrough marches.

This is actually somewhat similar to the Griffin he played last season. The technical moves that can be made under the intensity of the NCAA game can't be done in the NBA, so it looks like a rough guy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to average close to 30 points per game in high school.

Moreover, DeRozan's speed is very fast and his explosive power is also very strong. Like Xu Yong, he is also the master of flying into the sky and escaping from the ground.

But if you compare him with Xu Yong, whether it is dynamic bounce, bounce speed, or static height and wingspan, he will be worse.

This is probably also the reason why he has achieved great skills in history. As a descendant of Mamba, he always feels almost meaningless.

The lower limit of basketball depends on hard work, and the upper limit still depends on talent.

Moreover, his current confrontation is also relatively poor. After all, few people dare to practice strength like Xu Yong when he grows his body.

"Xu, are we looking forward to the championship next season?" At this moment, Albert turned his head and asked.

Xu Yong smiled, neither answering nor denying.

He didn't answer because he didn't want to hurt Albert's confidence.

The reason why he didn't deny it was because Albert had a bell in his arms and wanted to (ring) it beautifully (not).

The NCAA championship is not so simple, you really read basketball novels!
The two teams that reached the finals last season, the University of Kansas had 10 four-stars (including 5 five-star high school students), and 7 later entered the NBA; the University of Memphis entered the NBA less, only 4, but also 8 Four stars, the key is that they have experienced Rose who has no solution in the NCAA.

And last season is by no means a special case. Let’s talk about 2009 in history. In the year of the draft, the University of North Carolina won the championship with 11 four-stars (including 6 five-stars), and finally 7 entered the NBA. The runner-up was Michigan State. The university also has 8 four-stars.

This actually shows the fact that because the NCAA does not have a transfer system, and students can play for four years, there is basically only one way to win the championship: accumulate talent.

Otherwise, why are the champions always those rich teams?

The fight is inward scrolling!

And they, even if you count DeRozan who just arrived, with 2 five-stars and 1 four-star, and the rest are just stalwarts, Cooksix, a three-star, is considered talented.

This is actually a bit like the Rockets last season. It looked hopeful to win the championship, but it was just watching.

However, although the championship is difficult, it is foreseeable that they have the opportunity to go further in the championship.

Of course, food needs to be eaten at a bite, and the road needs to be taken step by step. Now they have not yet considered the championship.

Because the addition of DeRozan will actually bring a lot of problems.

For example, the possession of the ball, Harden is a possession type, Xu Yongxin also needs the possession of the ball in the development of the season, DeRozan also needs the possession of the ball; another example is how to arrange the starting lineup, if DeRozan directly beats Cooksix, Then the team's perimeter defense will collapse again, because DeRozan's defense is not much better than Harden's and so on.

Of course, these questions are all thrown to Sandek.

Xu Yong is not worried about this either. Sandek has proved his ability last season, and he believes that Sandek can handle it well.

Not long after DeRozan arrived in Tempe, Xu Yong returned to China with Yao Ming.

　Showing cuteness and begging for votes every day, the growth of short eggplants needs the watering of everyone's votes~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)