pinnacle swinger

Chapter 12 Assessment
Syracuse head coach Jim Boyham has had a lot of headaches lately.

The lover Jonny Flynn finally did not listen to his retention and announced his participation in the 09 NBA draft.To make matters worse, the team's main starting small forward Paul Harris and center Eric Devendorf both announced their participation in the NBA draft two days ago. With the removal of three, the discount will make Syracuse University, which has been struggling in the past few years, even less optimistic about the prospects for next year.

Jim's anxious hair turned gray, and he tried to persuade Joni Flynn, but the kid became determined after eating the weight, and refused him to stay.

What's even more exasperating is that Elena didn't know why she went crazy, and even sent a rare invitation letter for the basketball team to an unknown Chinese boy!
"Oh, my God, is he Yao Ming? Is he seven feet tall?" Jim felt that he was about to be driven crazy. Looking at the basketball players on the field who were weak in training, his anger soared upwards, and he subconsciously moved Put the pencil in your mouth, then snap the lid off.
When Tang Wenlong met Coach Jim for the first time, he saw the image of him spitting out an inexplicable thing from his mouth with a "bah", and his jaw almost dropped in shock. Is this coach a monster?

"Ahem."

Joe Thomas cleared his throat, then took the lead and walked up, stretched out his hand and patted Coach Jim who was leaning on the fence. "Jim, long time no see!"

Coach Jim looked back, "Joe!" His eyes lit up, and a surprised smile appeared on his face: "You are finally willing to come back!" Then he opened his hands actively, and enthusiastically and Joe Thomas gave a firm hug, He slapped Joe Thomas on the back a few times vigorously, then passed his gaze, and saw Tang Wenlong timidly hiding behind Joe Thomas, Tang Wenlong and Jim looked at each other, showing a very stiff smile.

"Is this the basketball boy you recommend?" Jim couldn't wait to ask. He was very positive about work. Although he was a little disappointed after seeing Tang Wenlong's height clearly, in his opinion, Asian basketball players without height are basically lack of resistance.

Joe Thomas nodded a little proudly when he heard the words, pulled Tang Wenlong over, and introduced: "His name is Tang Wenlong, Tang from Chinatown, a very good young man."

"Oh?!" Jim said quickly with a look of disbelief on his face, "Joe, although we have been friends for more than 30 years, you know that I am a serious person and my assessment has always been strict. Although many players from our Syracuse University Orangeman basketball team have left recently, not just anyone can come in, huh? Maybe what I said is wrong, but you know what I mean, you have to let him pass the assessment first .”

Naturally, Tang Wenlong couldn't understand such a fast speech, and Joe Thomas' face became a little ugly, his tone became cold, and he said bluntly: "Okay, I understand what you mean, Jack has already Told me."

"If it wasn't for Alina, I don't think I would have come to school today. You know, a wonderful Saturday is very rare." Jim turned and walked towards the basketball court without greeting the two of them.

"Go, follow." Joe Thomas was so cheeky, he greeted Tang Wenlong and followed Jim.

The sparse Syracuse University basketball players who were training on the court looked curiously at the two beside the coach, and the young and handsome Tang Wenlong attracted most of the attention. Indifferently, like an elegant noble boy.

While walking, Jim began to introduce his assessment content: "You know, I have a judgment standard in my heart. The first thing to do is to measure the physical fitness. I need your most comprehensive physical fitness report. Secondly, even if you have Good physical fitness, I still need some basic basketball skill measurements here, if you still fail, you will not be able to become a member of the Syracuse University basketball team."

Jim quickly introduced, and Tang Wenlong frowned and listened hard, but couldn't understand or understand many places.

"Okay, okay, let's stop first!" Coach Jim clapped his hands, stopped the orange basketball players who were training on the court, and then called someone over: "Andy, help me clean up the court. Prepare some equipment for measuring physical fitness, um, don’t use the bench press, just bring one for the taller one!” Following his greeting, a young Caucasian guy walked up, about the same height as Tang Wenlong, and he heard that the coach After speaking, he nodded, and then greeted a few players and walked towards the side gate of the stadium.

"Okay, let's start with some basic measurements. Here are the most standard height and weight measurements." Coach Jim turned his body, his face a little complacent, "Our basketball equipment and facilities at Syracuse University are also leading level, it can definitely measure the player's value most accurately, even surpassing some NBA teams."

Joe Thomas handed Tang Wenlong a color, and Tang Wenlong reached out and took off his coat, and in the blink of an eye, he changed into a clean and beautiful Xiyang No. [-] Squadron uniform.

Someone couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, this kid is so funny, who does he think he is? How dare he wear the No. 23 jersey!"

"That's right, he thought he was Michael Jordan or LeBron James? That's so funny, look at his skinny arms, did the boss find a social elite from business school?"

Tang Wenlong didn't have anything to say, but Joe Thomas, who heard the "chi chi" laughter, felt a little bit uneasy, and then turned away with a stern face, out of sight.

A player came over pushing a heavy height and weight measuring instrument. Tang Wenlong took off his shoes and stood on it after Jim signaled.

"The height is 6.348 feet (193.5 cm), and the weight is 195.9 pounds (88.9 kg)!" Andy, who helped with the measurement, said it out loud, and then a classmate wearing glasses wrote it down on paper.

Next came the arm span measurement. Tang Wenlong leaned his back against the wall and stretched out his arms vigorously.

"The arm span is 6.67 feet (203.2 centimeters)!" Andy struggled to let the eye classmates catch that end, and then announced the value loudly again.

"Oh?! This arm span is not bad at this height." Coach Jim, who was listening, had a flash of surprise in his eyes. He has also met many Asian basketball players. Arm span is usually related to height. Similarly, even shorter than his height, for example, Yao Ming's wingspan of 2 meters is only 26 meters.In this regard, black athletes have a unique advantage. Their wingspan is usually much longer than their height, like Tang Wenlong, who can grab a lot.

After testing this, Coach Jim also became a little interested, and the other players on the side also talked, "This buddy has quite long hands and has potential."

"Touch the height test!" Andy introduced.

Tang Wenlong spat in a "bah bah", looked at the height measuring instrument in the distance, pressed his legs, and stretched his muscles and bones.

"Drink!" Tang Wenlong squatted down and rushed out, like a cheetah pounced on the food. Andy, who was next to the measuring instrument, was the first to bear the brunt. He was shocked by Tang Wenlong's momentum and trembled.

He took a step, and then stepped on the floor with a "boom", his knees bent, his muscle strength burst out suddenly, his whole body jumped up like a spring, and rushed into the sky with an astonishing acceleration.Tang Wenlong raised his right arm with great effort, and then pointed it into the sky.

"Crack!" He landed on the ground and looked up at the instrument display.

"Bouncing 29.5 inches! (75 centimeters), reaching a height of 11.25 feet (343 centimeters)!" Andy on the side reported the data with a slightly trembling voice, my God!This is such a terrifying statistic. Andy was shocked by this statistic. You know, as far as he knows, none of the players here has such excellent jumping ability.

Also shocked were the group of people around. The players gasped and let out a "hiss~~" sound.

Jim Boyham widened his eyes, opened his mouth wide, and his jaw almost fell to the ground: "This, this, this..." He turned his head and looked at Joe Thomas. Although Joe Thomas was also shocked, he didn't As Jim received such a shock, in fact, he had seen Tang Wenlong's explosive jumping ability as early as when he was in Xiyang.

"It's like Derrick Rose, isn't it?"

Joe Thomas said lightly, full of teasing pleasure.

(PS: Looking for the player list of Syracuse University in the 09-10 season)

(End of this chapter)