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Chapter 35 35. Two Advantages
Johnson marveled at the students' 'shamelessness', but did not stop them.

Zhang Yang has indeed made great progress in ball control compared to last week.

The key is to be brave! Once you have made progress, you dare to practice on the court.

Tatum thought that Zhang Yang would have to practice for another week or two before he dared to attack with the ball in the game, but Zhang Yang was not afraid of embarrassment and used it as soon as he learned it.

Johnson thought this was worthy of praise. The opponent in front of him was weak, and it was just right for Zhang Yang, who had just made progress, to gain some experience, so he just let him go.

After Tatum replaced DeRozan, Johnson's idea of ​​finding time to give Zhang Yang a warning was extinguished.

After Tatum came on the court, Zhang Yang immediately switched back to the tactical supporting role mode, allowing Kanter, who is better at following up and responding, Miller, who is better at close-range shooting at the baseline, and Keefe, the team's best three-point shooter, to play their roles. Zhang Yang himself actively participated in the running training.

Johnson discovered two more of Zhang Yang's strengths - shamelessness and sense of propriety.

Zhang Yang did not play in this game until the end. Johnson increased the playing time of DeRozan and Tatum together to allow the two to run in together. When the two of them played at the same time, Zhang Yang, who was of similar height, naturally had to be replaced.

Although Zhang Yang is very talented, at present these two are what the coaching staff considers to be the dual core of the future main team.

The two have compatible playing styles. Tatum is good at breaking through, and although DeRozan is also good at breaking through, he is better at shooting. The two have the conditions to make the game easier for each other, but they just don't have tacit understanding. In this case, they should play together more often and develop tacit understanding.

As for the competition between the two, Afflalo and Ship of the main team have been competing from the 9th grade to now. They have both entered the top in the United States and are still getting stronger. Healthy competition within the team is a good thing.

There was no suspense in the game. The Compton High School preparatory team defeated the St. George Middle School main team 111 to 69 and won the warm-up game.

Zhang Yang only played for 23 minutes today, but scored more than the previous game, getting 21 points, making 2 mid-range shots, 3 positional layups, 4 counterattack scores, 3 free throws, plus 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks, showing off his physical fitness.

There were far fewer people coming to Allen Arena to watch the game today, with only about half of the seats occupied.

In the last game, the performance of the "No. 1 junior high school student" disappointed many people. The school newspaper also questioned the decision of the men's basketball coaching staff to let the reserve team participate in the Southern California League, which reduced the enthusiasm of students in the school to watch the reserve team's games.

I didn't expect to win so easily today! Those who watched the last game can clearly see the improvement in the players' cooperation!
And they discovered that a genius suddenly emerged in the reserve team!
Tatum, Miller, and Keefe had already become famous among basketball fans in school when they played on the freshman team in the 9th grade.

DeRozan is the top junior high school student in Southern California and has long been famous.

Zhang Yang, who scored 21 points, really seemed like someone who popped out of a stone.

Many students want to know who this mysterious oriental boy is... especially the female students...

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The next day, a new week began, and Zhang Yang had another 6 days to level up.

He deeply realized the correctness of the statement that actual combat + training is the best way to improve strength.

For a player like him who does not have solid basic skills, training is the most important thing.

He learned counterattack from Tatum for two days over the weekend and also put it into practice during the game. He knows which areas need to be strengthened, and because his basic skills are not solid, he needs a long time of patient training. If he plays two games a week like the freshman team and the main team, he really feels that the time is not enough.

The deficiencies discovered in the previous game may not have been strengthened yet, and then the next game comes, and other problems will be discovered, and then continue to accumulate.

The problem definitely doesn't exist only after the game, it has always been there, but once it is exposed, it brings pressure.

When problems pile up to a certain extent, people want to give up.

Moderate pressure is best.

That is why high school coaches have been complaining about the schedule changes for the first-tier league. Once the league starts, there is no chance for players to recharge. Games come every two or three days. However, the tight schedule for freshmen teams is reasonable.

Zhang Yang has observed these days that there are only one or two ninth-grade freshmen who are as focused as DeRozan in honing their basic skills every day.

There was a white power forward named Alfred Abuya who had successfully attracted the attention of the coaching staff. Zhang Yang often saw Thomas coming to watch the training of that junior.

Most of the new 9th graders think they are amazing because they are the best in their respective junior high schools.

These people can only be trained through games, and use games to let them know that they are not as good as they think they are, unless they are as outstanding as DeRozan and can directly skip the freshman team stage.

After a year, a dozen or so of these people with outstanding performances will be selected into the reserve team. At this time, they have already realized their own shortcomings and can calm down to practice basic skills and tactics.

At the same time, it can also make them accept being a supporting role... Even in high school, it's still very cruel.

Of course, if a player shows qualities that meet the needs of the reserve team in advance, the coaching staff will transfer him to the reserve team in advance.

In class, we practiced basic ball-handling skills, shooting, counterattacks... A few days passed in a flash, and it was Friday, August 8th.

Today, the entire Compton High School is closed for one day as it is the school anniversary.

As a century-old high school, the 111th anniversary celebration was very lively.

Performing and the like had nothing to do with Zhang Yang. Some girls in his class invited him to perform with them, but he refused because rehearsing was too much of a waste of time.

During the first week of school, Zhang Yang could only talk to the girls in the class. The boys were rather cold towards him as a transfer student. Those who could enter this class all graduated from junior high school. If they entered high school at the same time, it would be easier to establish a good relationship. If someone came in midstream, it would take more time to get familiar with him.

Only those female classmates who were attracted by appearance would take the initiative to talk to him, but the more they did so, the colder the boys in the class became towards him... until the boys in the class found out that he was a member of the school team's reserve team.

As high school students, the three biggest hobbies are games, chasing stars, and sports.

To the students in Zhang Yang's class, games are poison and they are very restrained in chasing stars, but it is different with sports. Parents, teachers, and even they themselves think that it is a healthy and beneficial thing. Moreover, it is very rare for classes A and B to have a formal member of the school team.

When the school newspaper reported in the second week that someone from the "top class" had joined the basketball team's reserve team, the boys in the class became curious about him and began to take the initiative to contact this rare sports genius from the "top class".

Zhang Yang is not a cold person like DeRozan. He is good at talking and likes making friends. He is not very familiar with his classmates yet, but he can chat with them all the time.

However, although he did not participate in the performance, he would still join in the fun on such lively days.

The school anniversary performance was in the afternoon. After arriving at school in the morning, Zhang Yang went to the training ground to practice basketball.

Not surprisingly, DeRozan was also on the training ground.

Surprisingly, he saw a spherical man!
Seeing Zhang Yang watching, Harden greeted him enthusiastically: "Hey, Jack, I heard you're on the reserve team? Haha, we can play against each other the day after tomorrow!"

"Long time no see, James," Zhang Yang greeted him and asked curiously, "Shouldn't you come the day after tomorrow morning? Why are you here today?"

The opponent of the Compton High School preparatory team this weekend is Harden's Ryanwood High School preparatory team.

Like Compton High School, Ryanwood High School's prep team signed up to compete in the Southern California League this season.

Before Harden could answer, DeRozan responded, "This guy heard that we had a school anniversary performance, so he asked for today's leave and ran back yesterday afternoon. He was beaten by his mother."

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