Almighty legend life

Chapter 36 Basketball Camp

Liu Han's boxing training was interrupted less than a month later because Mr. John Wooden arranged for Liu Han a very famous coach - "Sky Hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

LaBeouf was very angry at Liu Han's suspension of boxing training. During nearly a month of boxing training, Liu Han conquered all the "audience" in LaBeouf's boxing gym by relying on his talent against heaven, but this time John Wooden found His coach is too famous, and LaBeouf felt that if he really refused to let Liu Han participate in this person's training, he would really feel sorry for Mr. John Wooden who had paid so much for it.

In mid-June 1995, the NBA Finals of the 6-[-] season came to an end in Orlando. The Houston Rockets led by "Big Dream" Olajuwon swept the team with "Big Shark" O'Neal, "Pence" with a score of [-]-[-]. "Hardaway's Orlando Magic successfully defended this year's NBA championship.The Houston Rockets, who have achieved two consecutive championships since Michael Jordan retired, are moving towards establishing a dynasty.

Liu Han watched this year's NBA playoffs at LaBeouf's home. He was overwhelmed by the wonderful performance of these players, and at the same time felt the gap between himself and these players. Liu Han thought that he needed to pay more sweat Raise your level.On the second day after the finals, Liu Han received a call from Mr. John Wooden at LaBeouf's home, saying that he was asked to go to Mr. John Wooden's home the next day.

Liu Han, who came to Mr. John Wooden's home the next day, saw the thin and tall black legendary star - Kareem Kareem.

"Liu, don't stand at the door in a daze, come in and sit down first, Karim will spend at least two months with you, and then you have plenty of time to observe his appearance." Mr. John Wooden said a little The dazed Liu Han said.

"Hello, Liu, I'm Kareem Kareem. I watched your performance in the NCAA finals, and I have to say, you surprised me." The strange-looking Abdul-Jabbar spoke in a gentle voice. At the peak of his career, the legendary NBA star collaborated with a Chinese who is also known as the legendary Bruce Lee in a movie, so he has come into contact with many Chinese people and knows that the Chinese people meet strangers for the first time Sometimes he will be a little shy, and Jabbar hopes that his praise will make Liu Han who looks a little dull can relax a bit.

Liu Han found curiosity and concern in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's gaze, and his tense muscles instantly relaxed. The recent boxing training kept Liu Han in a state of high concentration.

"Hello, Mr. Kareem Kareem. My name is Liu Han. I am 19 years old. I have watched your game video, but I can't watch your game live. It's a pity." Liu Han's words made Kareem and Kareem John Wooden laughed.

"Haha, boy, if you want to watch his game, you have to be born 20 years earlier. If you were born 20 years earlier, maybe I will delay my retirement some time." John Wooden has always been optimistic about Liu Han.

"Liu, if you were born 20 years earlier, I would love to be your teammate. Maybe I can break the record of Russell (Bill Russell, who won eleven NBA championship rings in his career)."

"Liu, Karim asked me to borrow UCLA's training hall to hold a basketball summer camp for young players. I want to know your arrangements for this summer vacation. If you have no other plans, I suggest you take part in it. It will let you I have come into contact with a lot of young talents." John Wooden told Liu Han the purpose of calling him here.

"Thank you, Mr. Wooden. I am very happy to participate in this kind of training. Recently, I went to learn boxing with Mr. LaBeouf, and it feels quite useful. I have no other arrangements for the holiday." Liu Han, who is not yet experienced in basketball What is needed most now is a large number of competitions. Participating in such a summer camp will be very helpful to Liu Han.

After Liu Han returned to LaBeouf's home, he told LaBeouf Mr. John Wooden's advice to him.

"Hey, boy, are you planning to stop going to my place? You are wrong, do you know how good your performance is recently? If you train with me for a few years, maybe you can become the first Asian Boxing champion. This stupid summer camp is organized by some stupid X, it seems that I have to go and talk to him in person." LaBeouf was very unhappy that Liu Han was going to let him dove.

"Uh, LaBeouf, I'm sorry, I know it's wrong, but I don't think you should go to the gentleman who runs the summer camp, I don't think you can beat him, he is much taller than me, and he fights with Bruce Cross the fight." Liu Han watched "Game of Death" filmed by Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Lee at LaBeouf's home. As a combat sports enthusiast, LaBeouf admired Bruce Lee very much.

"Bruce? Which Bruce? Are you talking about Bruce Lee? SHIT, is Kareem Kareem the one running the summer camp? Well, I guess I'll give him a size up." LaBeouf knew now Feeling very helpless afterwards.

At the end of June 1995, Liu Han ran to the UCLA training hall in the morning breeze of Los Angeles as usual, and Kareem-Jabbar’s basketball summer camp officially started.

Liu Han, who came to the training hall, found that many young people came, including many familiar faces. The summer camp jointly organized by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Wooden was famous enough, which attracted many young people to participate. Attracted some local media in Los Angeles to interview.

Among these people, Liu Han found Ray Allen, whom he had played against in the already concluded NCAA tournament, whose shooting ability left a deep impression on Liu Han, and Fan Huo, whose pants were pulled by Liu Han En also came, and his teammate Andre Miller also participated in this summer camp.Liu Han's teammate Eddie O'Bonno has graduated from college, he will participate in this year's NBA draft, so he can't come to this summer camp.

"Hello, I'm Ray Allen. Nice to meet you." The elegant Ray Allen greeted Liu Han first. Ray Allen had a profound influence on Liu Han, and he had never seen him in a game. Such an accurate player.

"Hello, my name is Liu Han. I'm 19 years old. I'm very happy to meet you. We played games. Your shots are accurate and your dunks are great." Liu Han's words made Ray Allen blush a little, because Ray Lun felt that Liu Han was more accurate than himself.

"Hello everyone, young people, this summer camp is about to start, I hope you can improve in the next two months, and I hope you can all persist until the end, I believe that you will have a bright future Future." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made a brief speech before the start of the summer camp. This time, the venue for the summer camp was assisted by Mr. John Wooden, and the funds were fully sponsored by the Los Angeles Lakers. Every year, NBA teams sponsor basketball like this Training camp, hoping to find potential players among many young people.Abdul-Jabbar invited many coaches he knew to train these young people.

On the first day of the training camp, the young players who participated in the training conducted a simple physical test with the help of many coaches. Liu Han's physical fitness was not outstanding among the many young talents, and even ranked in the bottom position That is, Ray Allen's physical condition is better than Liu Han's, but the most excellent physical condition in the training camp is a high school player, Kobe Bryant with a rebellious face and a weird hairstyle. The conditions are very good, and all the coaches are amazed by it.

"John, the talents of these young people are getting better and better now. Compared with those in the past, each of them can become the core of a team." On the first day of the training camp, Mr. John Wooden also came to the stadium.

"Yeah, Kareem, the development of basketball is much faster than before, but I think if you want to be a good player, talent alone is not enough. It is the will and the strong spirit that determine what they can achieve in the future." height," John Wooden said to Kareem.

"Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University recommended me a good little player, Allen Iverson, but I didn't expect him to accept my invitation. I don't know why." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembered one of the few rejections Invited players.

"I know that little guy. He was imprisoned in 93. At that time, UCLA rejected his admission application because of this. I think he should have rejected your invitation because of some off-court things." John Wooden I really don't like young players with bad experiences like Iverson. As a legendary coach with brilliant experience, he hopes that his players will focus on basketball.

Liu Han was not depressed because his physical condition was not as good as others. His childhood experience made him never feel envious or jealous of what he did not have. Liu Han felt that only what he worked hard for was his own. .

Liu Han and Lei Allen quickly became friends. He didn't find discrimination or disdain in the eyes of this handsome young man, but he felt that this young man admired and surprised him.

Ray Allen was a little surprised that Liu Han's physical fitness was so "weak". He had played against Liu Han and felt that Liu Han's defensive ability and toughness on the field were excellent. Ray Allen felt that Liu Han's physical condition Should be better than him.

On the first day of the training camp, training with the ball was not directly arranged. Except for the physical examination of the players participating in the training, the rest of the training of the players was carried out under the command of the physical fitness coach.American young people with good living conditions have excellent physical fitness, but the boring physical training and strength tests still make these immature young people complain.Those who can participate in this training camp are all young players who have performed well in high school or college games. They undoubtedly have a passion for basketball. Their outstanding skills, but now the training camp did not go as they hoped at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)