The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 194 Nike Summit International Team

Seattle is located in the Pacific Northwest and is the capital of Washington state. It is actually made up of many small satellite cities.

It is home to famous universities such as Washington State University, and many Fortune 500 companies have settled here, such as Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, etc., and because it is close to the Pacific Northwest coast, it was also one of the first choice landing places for people from the Dragon Kingdom to come to the United States from across the ocean. Therefore, Seattle There have always been many people from the Dragon Kingdom.

Although it is April at this time, the temperature is usually around 4 or degrees Celsius. It is a maritime climate. Although there is a lot of rain, it is not cold. The kind who are in good health are even wearing short sleeves, and Yanjing is still wearing a cotton-padded jacket. Compared to the sky and the earth, it is considered a very livable place.

Arriving in Seattle after six o'clock in the afternoon, Yuya came to pick her up. According to Yuya's plan, tonight was supposed to be a romantic world for two, so she dressed up carefully.

She was wearing a white bear T-shirt with a 3D effect, and a set of casual jeans on the outside. The two slits on the trousers, which looked like they were torn by hand, revealed her slender and beautiful legs. The middle-aged uncle in front of Lin Dong couldn't help but take a few more glances. When he saw Yuya greeting him, he thought he was greeting him, but he was distracted and excited, and bumped into the airport policeman next to him... ...made all three of them laugh so hard.

Yuya was not too surprised to see someone following Lin Dong. He had known about it when they talked on the phone this morning.

At first, she planned to take the two of them to have a meal, find a hotel for Zhu Fangyu, and then... Thinking of this, Yuya was filled with longing and expectation. After all, there was no one at home today.

After my father returned to the United States, because he was fluent in Japanese and Russian, he found a job in an emerging e-commerce company. The international department of Amazon Group was an e-commerce company that just went public two years ago. It is considered an emerging industry and has recently been in the United States. The Internet bubble economy has burst, and many Internet companies are in dire straits. Therefore, their work is relatively busy, and business trips are common.

So not only today, but also for about half a month in the future, Yuya will be at home alone. She had even decorated her bedroom two days ago, and she is waiting for a good and honest meeting with Lin Dong in the evening. Come first It's so long...

But after chatting with each other for a few words, we immediately discovered something very embarrassing. The guy named Zhu Fangyu didn't know English... except for some simple "Hello, Bye, Puni, Le" and the like, he could understand The vocabulary may be similar to that of those golden retrievers that are well-raised in American families.

This...how dare you leave him alone in the hotel?

So while eating, the three of them laughed and laughed on the surface, but under the table, Lin Dong's feet were almost swollen from being stepped on by Yuya.

Lin Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this. It was okay. He was rough-skinned and could not resist being beaten.

So these two days of rare romantic vacation turned into a tourist day of eating and shopping.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede and Coach Anzai arrived on the 31st and were in contact by phone, so the two sides naturally gathered together.

Including Zhu Fangyu, everyone is an old acquaintance. They stay in the same hotel. Youya has become the free tour guide for this group of people. He comes to the hotel at dawn these days to help with things.

However, since conditions did not allow it and too many light bulbs made it difficult to accept the beauty's kindness, Lin Dong naturally focused on the Nike Summit competition.

I talked a lot with Coach Anzai. Mitsuyoshi Anzai knows the situation here relatively well. When they talked about the US team at this Nike Summit, they had similar opinions.

Frankly speaking, this year's international team is not weak in Mitsuyoshi Anzai's view, and is even slightly stronger than last year's international team.

I won’t talk about Lin Dong. Anzai Mitsuyoshi’s evaluation is that even facing the American team, he still firmly believes that Lin Dong has the ability to carry the whole court, but this is just based on Anzai Mitsuyoshi’s comparison with Kwame Brown and Chandler. In terms of the level of the team, Lin Dong knows that the real strength and talent of this American team are not the two current draft picks mentioned by the American media.

Although the three Asian players Sakuragi Rukawa and Zhu Fangyu seem to be weaker, the other seven members of the international team are already quite famous basketball talents in Europe, plus the coach You who just won the 01 Best Coach in Europe Nass, in terms of paper strength, can be said to be the best among the international teams at the Nike Summit in Anzai Mitsuyoshi's opinion. He must have a high chance of winning against last year's US team.

But the problem is that this year's opponents are different. This year's US team is also the strongest in history, no other.

Coupled with the fact that the American basketball community attaches great importance to this Nike summit, it is impossible to underestimate the enemy. Therefore, Mitsuyoshi Anzai’s advice to Lin Dong is to do your best and play your own style. Playing with the idea of ​​winning will easily affect your mentality, and secondly, you will easily lose the performance opportunities that should belong to you.

The Nike Summit is actually mainly an opportunity to show yourself to scouts from all sides. The people who come are not only internationally famous players, but most of them are also players who are interested in developing professional basketball in the United States. Therefore, showing yourself is the most important thing. The most important thing is not to care too much about the overall win or loss of the team.

Lin Dong naturally agreed on the surface. Many things inside the Dragon Kingdom were not known to Anzai Mitsuyoshi. The winning or losing of this game involved too many things in the Dragon Kingdom, and it would also determine his future development to a certain extent. It’s really not like coach Anxi said that you just need to show yourself.

Anyway, let’s talk about it after joining the team.

In addition, see if you can find an opportunity to compete with those European players first, have a one-on-one bullfight or something, and make up for the 1 point system score you are lacking...

Firstly, as an obsessive-compulsive and perfectionist, looking at these 99 points is really uncomfortable. Secondly, I have already felt the intensity of this Nike summit. If I can get the amazing first-generation McDavid knee pads in the system introduction in advance, then It will also allow you to go all out without any scruples.

Early in the morning on the 2nd, I bid farewell to Yuya, who looked resentful, and went to the Supersonics Arena with Zhu Fangyu, Sakuragi, and Rukawa as a group. The members of the international team had already gathered here.

The main arrangement in the morning is for the SuperSonics team manager to take everyone to visit the arena, introduce their residence and the training camp two or three kilometers away, etc. This is equivalent to giving these international team players a chance to get to know each other, but this The first meeting and acquaintance didn't seem to have a particularly good effect.

This international team has a total of 11 players. Except for the four players from Asia, the other seven players, including head coach Yunus, are from Europe.

In the world basketball landscape of this era, the United States is the undisputed first tier. One country can compete with the whole world, while Europe represents the second tier of the world. Almost all the top eight teams in the world are from Europe. , and occasionally caused some trouble for the American team in various world competitions, even defeating the United States. And Asia? Even Asia's No. 1 Dragon Country has only been ranked among the top eight men's basketball teams once in the world's most influential Olympics. However, purely in terms of strength, it is not qualified to be ranked among the top eight in the world. It is obviously among the top eight teams in the world. The third echelon.

Therefore, if there is a chain of contempt in the world of basketball, then among the three major basketball regions, the United States despises Europe, Europe despises Asia, and Asia can only despise itself...

This can be clearly seen from the morning activities. Just like Lin Dong and the four of them automatically gathered together, the European seven people over there have also formed a small group, and there is an obvious difference between them and the Asian four people. A clearly defined ditch appeared.

Not only did he speak unscrupulously, he completely ignored the four of them. When chatting about the starting lineup, he automatically excluded the Asian foursome, and even joked about the heights of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede.

"A 191cm power forward? What do you think? How can such a person be selected for the international team?"

"There is also a small forward with a height of 190...won't this be a hindrance if he really plays?"

"These two dwarfs are enough to play as guards. We happen to be short of point guards."

"You dare to let them control the ball? The Asians may not even be able to get past halftime, and they will have to rely on us!"

Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Zhu Fangyu are all poor students. Their English proficiency is very low, not to mention the occasional local languages ​​​​that they occasionally mix in. They have no idea what they are saying, so they have no feeling.

Lin Dong listened with great interest. He was worried about missing one point, but looking at this situation, he would be able to survive soon.

As a result, before Lin Dong found a suitable opportunity to answer the conversation, Yunus had already severely scolded several people in the conversation: "Arrogant and arrogant, is this the gentlemanly style of our European players?"

"As your coach, even though I have only been there for ten days, I hope you will always remember one thing! Everyone you meet is going through a battle that you cannot understand. Always have kind thoughts and respect. Otherwise, no matter which path you choose, you won’t be able to go far!”

Several white people felt a little ashamed and reflected upon hearing this, while Pietrus, the only black man in the team, pursed his lips, looking somewhat disdainful.

Those white people are just hypocritical. Of course, it also has something to do with their identities. After all, those few are currently making a living in the European League. Naturally, they dare not ignore the words of Yunus, the number one coach in Europe.

But I am different. I am a student player from France and I am not begging for money in the European League.

Before coming here this year, several scouts from the United States had already contacted him. After attending the Nike Summit, he planned to choose an NSAA high school to play in an American high school. After a year or two, he would successfully enter the NBA. Regardless of a European coach, he didn't believe that with the intervention of US High School scouts and organizers, a European coach like Yunus dared to deprive him of the playing time that should belong to him.

"Okay, okay." He replied casually, obviously without any intention of introspection, and then, as if he was deliberately provoking Yunus's authority, he turned to look at Lin Dong and Rukawa Kaede with a smile: "Hey, you two They are also in the No. 3 position? Did you hear what Coach Yunus said? You must respect the strong and be my substitute, I will leave some playing time for you! Hahaha!"

Although this was said to Lin Dong and Rukawa Kaede, after Yunus had just taught them a lesson, it was obvious that he was a bit provocative to Yunus.

Yunus was slightly startled, obviously he didn't expect to encounter such a thorn in the side on his first day in the team.

The rest of the team fell silent. The European players looked at Lin Dong and the others. Sakuragi, Rukawa Kaede, and Zhu Fangyu were a little confused, not sure what he said.

Only Lin Dong smiled at him.

Michael Pietrus, I actually know this guy...

As a character who has left a name in the NBA, he will not be ordinary.

If I remember correctly, this guy is from Guadeloupe, France. He is a small forward and was a first-round pick of the Platinum Generation in 03. He was one of the members of the Golden State Warriors who performed a black eight miracle in the 06 season.

He has strong physical fitness, sharp breakthroughs, and is good at shooting. He has a 3-pointer and top-notch jumping. He was once known as the French Jordan. Coupled with his strong upper body strength and good follow-up speed, his defensive ability is unparalleled, and he is one of the few who debuted. That is to say, the peak type. Before the Buddha of the Golden State Warriors was born, he was one of the best 3D players in the Warriors, and he was indeed capable.

But he is also known for his hot temper, the type that explodes at the slightest sign.

It seems that you don’t have to take the initiative to find it. Doesn’t the job come to you automatically?

"You should call me BOSS." Lin Dong said with a smile: "In this case, I will consider leaving some playing time for you, the substitute student at position 3."

　The update is a little late. It is really not easy to assemble this international team^^. Originally, the overall number of international teams should be around 15 people, but it is too difficult... The rationality of each position must be taken into account , there needs to be an age limit, there needs to be characters with names in the future, they have to have their own characteristics, and they have to help the protagonist compete with the potential of this American team. We only managed to get 7 of them together, and we couldn't find the right one anymore, plus The protagonists Zhu Fangyu and Sakuragi Rukawa, the 11-man roster is enough... MD, it’s all because the United States is too strong this generation and the international team is too weak^^

　　The CPU in my brain is already burning up and smoking today, so let’s do two updates today, and there will be another update soon.

　　

　

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