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Chapter 40 The Lonely Fighter

OJ Mayo, a talented young man who has never been recognized by the mainstream like Iverson back then.If he can be better, maybe he will be portrayed as another good boy like Wade, not a rebellious teenager in adolescence.

If the NBA hadn't revised the decision not to allow high school students to enter the NBA early, it is possible that this guy would not have appeared on the NCAA field.

Some people say that he will be the next James, the next Kobe, and even the next Jordan.

With a height of 1.95 meters, a strong body, lightning speed, wide vision, and elusive passing, he will remind you of many people, but the person closest to him is more like "Magic" Johnson, his son time idol.

Mayo is not as amiable as Johnson, he is more ruthless like an iceberg, and his greatest joy is probably to constantly criticize his own skills on the basketball court to make them better.

On the already empty training field, only OJ Mayo's non-stop footsteps remained. He dribbled the ball quickly beyond the three-point line, suddenly began to accelerate, and a beautiful crossover swayed towards the basket.He stopped suddenly, turned back quickly, and took a step back to the outside of the three-point line. He jumped high and gently pushed the ball out of his fingertips.

"Swish"

The sound of the friction between the basketball and the net made OJ Mayo enjoy closing his eyes.

This is already the tenth set of shots that he left alone for extra practice. Only the scattered basketballs and sweat stains on the floor can record how much effort he put in every day.

As for the damn journalists who clung to his "black gold" affair, never get to see him sweat, they just need a prod, and that's when OJ Mayo's egos will be thwarted.The reality has already determined that OJ Mayo can only be a lonely fighter, not a good boy that everyone likes.

In their eyes, it is not surprising that OJ Mayo can achieve anything, because you are a star recognized by everyone, and it is news only if you do not do well.

Fortunately, those guys have concentrated on the guy in Oregon these days. OJ Mayo, who stopped training, looked at the timetable on the wall and thought of the upcoming opponent.

University of Oregon?New big dream?Dream steps?
OJ Mayo, who was sitting on the sidelines wiping sweat, looked at the information about the next opponent put down by the coach beside him. Mayo didn’t even bother to make a disdainful expression. Feng still can't stop this trend.

What's more, the guy mentioned in the information is not a big dream, so what if he can beat Griffin?That was just a buffalo who lived on strength, now it's the world of defenders.And me, OJ Mayo is the strongest combo guard in the entire NCAA, yes, the strongest, not one of them.Don't mention Derrick Rose to me, I can beat him one-on-one, go for it.

Now OJ Mayo is not thinking more about the upcoming opponent, but the draft after the end of the season. The top three is not his goal. He just wants to get the No. [-] pick and do his best.

The only goal of "No. [-] pick" OJ Mayo is to become the most watched superstar in the NBA, and to shut up those guys who are staring at him.

I'm not the next one, I'm just myself, OJ Mayo, the best guard ever.

Lin Yi is not in the same mood as OJ Mayo now, and he has no time to think about the future.In addition to being annoyed to death by many swarms of flies, he is even more worried about why Lewis let him watch OJ Mayo's game video.

"Boss, I'm a center forward, and I'm good against a power forward. Why do you let me watch the guard's video? Can I still follow him around? Shouldn't you let McNeese watch this?" Lin Yi pointed to the people on the video and Lewis and complained.

"Do you think McNeese can keep an eye on this lunatic alone? Not to mention the difference in height, just this guy's crazy projection of firepower will completely collapse McNeice." Lewis asked back.

"Uh, this guy's attack power is really terrifying. Huh? But what does it have to do with me, you don't really want me to follow him all over the field! You think I can catch up with this guy who is faster than a rabbit !"

"McNeice's task is to mark. If the opponent breaks into the inside, that's your task. Keep him on the outside for me. You must know that he is the biggest trump card in Southern California. He will spend a lot of time attacking with the ball. When he is exhausted to a certain extent, his shooting cannot be stable forever. You just need to let him lose the space to move freely in the interior, which will help your defensive foot training.” After finishing these words, Lewis turned around He left the office directly, so he wouldn't care about Lin Yi's face that had become more bitter than a bitter melon.

"Boss, do you really believe me? Did Hakeem enter the NBA early because he couldn't stand your perverted education method?" Lin Yi shouted loudly towards Lewis' back.

Seeing Lewis almost slipping and falling, Lin couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, he still focused on watching the video.

Centers now often have to adapt to these flying spring people suddenly jumping in front of them to perform a slam dunk show. How to choose and position the center has become a difficult problem.

Just look at what happened to Yao Ming in the NBA and you will know how important a correct defensive rhythm is when dealing with those trappers, otherwise you just wait for the whistle to sound.

I talked about this topic when I was in the special training with Lambiel and the others in Old Chuck's private training gym. If you want to deal with others, you must first study the other party and find out their habits, so that you can know what to do next.

At the beginning, Lin looked at OJ Mayo's breakthrough shots over and over again, imagining McNeese's movements when following the defense in his mind, and began to simulate the opponent's breakthrough route, shot time, and shot arc.

Lin Yi always remembers a sentence said by the old people: Don’t be afraid of thieves stealing, but be afraid of thieves thinking about it. Now Lin Yi is thinking about OJ Mayo.

It's actually quite new to play a lot of power forward-style strong insiders and suddenly switch to an all-around guard, Lin Yi murmured these words in bits and pieces.

A guy who can fly very high is coming, and Lin Yi is ready to sound the air raid siren.

(End of this chapter)