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

Chapter 268 Heart is like Bodhi

There are many high school competitions in the United States. NSAA is also called the state AA competition, which is based on each state in the United States. There are also Class A and Class B leagues below.

Although the strength of Lakeside High School is not that great, its qualifications for a famous school are there, and it has been shameless to stay in the A-level league.

Although NSAA is only at the state level, because the participating students themselves drive the entire school group, and the school students in turn drive the entire regional parent group, the number of people watching the game is actually quite large, and many spectators do not even understand basketball at all. It was entirely because of my children that I got into basketball and watched basketball.

Such a huge base means that the American High School League actually attracts more attention than the college leagues and the NBA, and has a considerable influence. Of course, this kind of fame is likely to be limited to each state.

There are a total of 33 state AA teams in Washington State. The first game day of the game is October 10, and there is basically one game every three or four days. The overall schedule is basically to allow you to include all the teams in the entire state. Play them all first and decide the home and away games based on last year's rankings.

In the end, the rankings are determined by points from the current season. This is the preliminaries, and then the top eight are selected to play in the quarterfinals to determine the state championship.

After fighting against Tony and the others, Lin Dong could roughly feel the intensity of Meigao.

The average intensity of the preliminaries is probably only about the same level as the semi-finals or finals of the Rigao League. Of course, this refers to the fact that the overall strength of Rigao has been greatly improved after the slam dunk characters entered the league.

However, there are also some individual strong teams whose strength is far better than that of the Hidden League. For example, after the schedule is released, the Space Needle team encountered its opponent in the first round of the preliminaries: Spokane High School!

This is a traditional strong team in Washington State. Stockton, the famous NBA general and candidate for the best point guard in history, graduated from high school here.

Now in Washington State, Spokane High School is also ranked No. 32. Last year, it had a 0-3 record in the preliminaries and swept all the way to the championship. The star player Mike Assef played the No. 31.5 position and averaged 7.3 points per game. , 2.1 assists, 1.5 steals, and blocks, which also allowed him to be elected as the high school basketball Mr. of Washington State last year without any controversy.

So much so that when Lin Dong distributed the fruit to everyone, many people felt uncomfortable eating it or not eating it. They suspected that Tony might have poisoned the fruit... at least it was a laxative!

In the end, Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi ate first.

Whether it was the bossy temperament that Lao Yang showed when he took him shopping in Chinatown these days, or Stephen clearly told him that he had already made peace with the local gangs, those people all gave the Aryan Brotherhood face, so that He doesn't have to worry about anything.

Looking for gangsters? If that guy really went to the gang, it wouldn't be surprising if he had this attitude.

The team training in September was generally uneventful. To Lin Dong's surprise, Tony, who thought he would cause trouble later, returned to the team the next day and gave Lin Dong a very sincere attitude. Apologized in person.

"But now I have woken up. You conquered me with your strength. I think this team needs you to lead. Please lead us to compete for the state championship!"

"I'm sorry, Lin, I was just blinded by jealousy." Tony actually learned some etiquette from the people of the Dragon Kingdom. He didn't just say this in vain, but even brought Lin Dong a big bag of fruit: "I'm sorry. This team has sacrificed a lot, and the thought of giving up the captaincy makes my heart hurt, so I did such an irrational thing in a moment of excitement."

That sincere attitude and low profile, not to mention Lin Dong's surprise, even head coach Bob and the other white and black players were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

The journey to the United States starts on the 2nd of next month!

………………

The former is because he knows why the guy's attitude suddenly changed.

Competition level: A- (U.S. Gaozhou AA level competition)

Point reward: 20 (win a single game, win 100 points)

Lin Dong was already full of expectations.

Previously, the points at the Nike Summit were cleared after replacing the first-generation knee pads. However, by winning the Nike Summit, with the 50 points for victory plus the 50 points for winning the championship, I already have 100 points in hand.

Of course, it's not about the strength of a strong team like Spokane. The most important thing is the system points.

Lin Dong still attaches great importance to this event.

It seems that although a single game is a little less, the 32 preliminaries are already 640 points, and the three games of the quarterfinals are 60 points. Including the championship, the total is 800 points, which is enough to help me win before entering the NBA. The system store requires 1000 points of McDawei's second-generation knee pads.

For the intensity of the game that will suddenly increase after entering the NBA, and for a player's biggest enemy 'injury', having this is the best guarantee for him to go further.

Lin Dong watched some of their videos and felt that someone like Spokane High School could probably win by about 20-30 points against the Complete Shohoku and Complete Sanno in the Japanese High League.

A total of 7 games were played in the World Championships, and the A-level competition evaluation, the points are equivalent to the Nike Summit, a total of 350 points, plus the 100-point reward for winning the championship, now I have accumulated 550 points in hand.

When the NSAA schedule was set, the system also popped up the corresponding values.

Well...that's it.

As for Spokane High School in the first game...

As for Sakuragi Hanamichi, it was purely because of his thick nerves that he had to eat delicious food whenever he saw it. He had never imagined being poisoned.

But no matter what, the team became harmonious and was on the right track. The head coach Bob breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Tony and others were going to make a noise and quit the team. Lakeside High School suddenly I'm afraid it's really difficult to find a few suitable substitutes for the team, but I didn't expect that Tony seems to be enjoying being Lin Dong's little brother now.

This... I can only say that strange things happen every year, especially this year.

The cooperative training between Lakeside High School and the SuperSonics was quickly finalized and lasted for one month, which basically lasted from the opening of the school to the start of the NSAA competition in October. All members of the team would train with the team three days a week, except Lin Dong and Ying. Konohanachi, because these two went not to the affiliated team, but to the SuperSonics home team. The first time Lin Dong took him there, he made a surprise attack. He bought a large basket of fruit drinks and the like for the team, which made everyone laugh at him. He also claimed to be Payton's student and Lin Dong's brother. , it was hard for everyone to chase him away during training, so he trained with the team for a day.

But after the first day, there will be a second day, a third day...

Some people in the team still have objections to this. Everyone has worked hard to cross the single-plank bridge to have such training conditions. You are a student who is nothing, why?

But boss Schultz had just signed the contract with Lin Dong and finished filming the commercial. They were in the honeymoon period, so he turned a blind eye to the matter. Occasionally, he would come to the arena and see Ying Ying. Konohanamichi said hello or something like that.

Secondly, Payton also likes Sakuragi Hanamichi, and thirdly, he is Lin Dong's brother.

And the fourth thing is that this guy is not annoying. He laughs and laughs all day long. His poor English is also one of the daily jokes. When you make fun of him, you won’t really get angry. At most, he will just joke with you, and He also helps everyone with chores, running errands, pouring water, etc., and never behaves like the Payton students and Lin Dong brothers.

So after this back and forth, everyone acquiesced to the fact that Sakuragi Hanamichi trained with the team.

And as Hanamichi Sakuragi joined the team to keep up with the training, this guy's amazing defensive intuition and athletic talent began to be gradually known to the SuperSonics.

This is different from when Payton just grabbed him as a strong man during the Nike Summit. The more detailed training he got, the more Payton felt that this guy was a defensive genius.

He has the qualities needed by two of the top defensive players.

The first is defensive intuition and protective awareness. Needless to say, the former was noticed by Payton in the days of training before the Nike summit. In a small test Payton gave him, Hanamichi Sakuragi’s protection His consciousness score is an astonishing 99 points. He will subconsciously protect the people around him who are important to him, risking his life.

People with this kind of awareness are the best blue-collar players on the court and the players who do the dirty work. Skills can be practiced, but the spirit of dedication and sacrifice is only born in your bones and cannot be practiced.

The second is Sakuragi Hanamichi's endurance which is simply not human anymore.

Payton had long known that his endurance was very strong, but he didn't know how strong it was until he did a complete and detailed test.

Take Payton himself as an example. He can be regarded as an endurance monster in the NBA. His endurance is amazing. He can still fight fiercely with the basketball god Jordan on the court until the last second even when his brain has begun to lack oxygen!

But in the same endurance test, he only scored 98 points, while Sakuragi Hanamichi scored 100 points... And the feeling of 100 points for Payton was because the full score of the test was only 100 points!

This is simply a natural defender, which makes Payton unable to help but start thinking carefully. From time to time, he will lobby Sakuragi Hanamichi to participate in next year's draft, and he will also turn a deaf ear to Schultz from time to time.

After all, while the Sonics plan to compete for the No. 1 pick this year, they also hold next year's first-round pick in exchange for Lewis.

A pure defender like Sakuragi Hanamichi is inconspicuous before he starts to gain muscle and gain weight, and his physical fitness is not fully developed. Coupled with his previous performance, he might be desperate to participate in the draft under normal circumstances. It's just a second-round pick, and the Sonics hold two first-round picks. Even if the other first-round pick is lower in the rankings, there is still a chance to sign Lin Dong and Sakuragi Hanamichi at the same time.

This guy is definitely worth the price!

You basically don’t go to school, and almost all of the team’s training sessions on the weekends are concentrated in the gymnasium of the SuperSonics’ affiliated team.

So apart from the intensive training, I spent less and less time meeting Yuya.

But at the end of September, when the NSAA was about to start, my mother came to Seattle to see her son and cheer her son on for the new season.

But what Lin Dong could see was that the mother who came this time didn't look as good as she did when we met at the Nike Summit.

She seemed a little worried, but when asked about her, she just said haha ​​and passed by.

It was not until the night at the villa that Lin Dong heard some clues when Yang Dong called.

Anti-dumping case lost? Want to litigate again?

Lin Dong frowned. Although he came from the future, he was not very familiar with business. Frankly speaking, Lin Dong knew nothing about major events such as the 01 and 08 economic crises.

People who are not from the same industry are separated from each other, so what if they know about the financial crisis in 08? Do you know how it came about, which companies it affected, and how it was finally digested?

Ordinary people, who studies this...

However, when he linked keywords such as 01, anti-dumping cases, and glass factories, he always felt a little familiar.

After thinking about it for a long time in my room, I suddenly slapped my thigh.

Now that I think about it... I'll tell you why this thing sounds so familiar.

I read a lot of books when I was lying on the hospital bed, and one of them was called "The Heart is Bodhi".

(End of this chapter)