Chapter IV Decision-making
Kyle has been out of the hospital for a few days and is doing recovery training and occasionally going to the stadium for activities! Several troublemakers who used to mess with him were also deliberately avoided by him. Today is the high school graduation ceremony, and after visiting this stop, he will devote himself to the comprehensive training planned in advance, and will not go anywhere.
"Hey! Kyle, I heard you're hospitalized? You okay? He was greeted by a big white man of nearly seven feet, very old-looking, but he was a real high school student, one of Kyle's teammates, named Smith, who was one of the heroes who made their varsity team third in the Southeast Conference. Although his skills are not outstanding, he has height and weight! Forming a natural barrier on the inside, the main core of the defense.
"Yes! I am fine. Kyle walked over and gave him a strong hug, they were both in their last year of high school, and they didn't know when they would see each other when they parted!
"Come on, Tim over there." Tim is another main teammate on the varsity team, playing as a small forward, and like them, he is about to graduate.
"Are you doing magic tricks for Mexican schoolgirls again?"
"Generally speaking, that's right."
"This guy is always so open-minded, hasn't he thought about the sorrow after graduation? For example, which university to choose. ”
"That's Tim. That's right! Which school do you choose? ”
"It's not decided yet, what good advice do you have?"
"UConn, this is the right choice."
"Everybody says that, but, buddy, things didn't go the way I expected, they didn't want to offer me a scholarship, you know, it's important to me, and I'm distressed."
"Yes! It's a blissful affliction, and I, for example, don't have any of them, and no university has mentioned the heavy topic of scholarships to me. ”
"Alright! All right! You will prove that they are all stupid. ”
"Nope! I know my weight, I don't want anything, I love basketball, that's all. "Who doesn't love scholarships, Smith's family is also very difficult, old and young, he also grew up in a single-parent family, and his life is quite poor. Of course, who doesn't want to enter the NBA, it represents the highest temple of basketball, and Herbert wants to, but his basketball skills are really clumsy, and his physical fitness is really hardly outstanding, and entering the NBA is really equivalent to dreaming.
"You're always like this, believe in yourself, miracles are everywhere."
"Alright, let's stop. Kyle! My brother, you're not like us, you're going to be destined to be a great basketball player, the NBA is your goal, let that scholarship go to hell. UConn, undoubtedly two championships in six years, Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon are gone, and you're going to start an era there. Smith reined in his frivolity and said solemnly.
"But I need it unusually, buddy."
"Oh! Oh my God, Kyle! There, you're going to get more attention, you're going to get more talent, and when you get to the NBA, you've got everything, you know? ”
"I shine anywhere, buddy, trust me. But the University of Connecticut didn't give me enough respect, and scholarships don't just mean money, it's more of a recognition. ”
"Alright! You win, and the University of Arkansas is less famous than Villanova University, which is a good choice. ”
"Randy Foye has been confirmed to Villanova University, and Aaron Ray is their leader, you know, they're all talents, and they're all backcourts."
"Oh! Oh my God, it really sucks. ”
The two walk side by side, Herbert struggling with Kyle seeing someone he shouldn't see. Martelley, the basketball coach at St. Joseph's University, was scolded by him for being a dog, his eyebrows furrowed, and he looked sad.
"Smith, you go first, Tim should be in a hurry." Kyle said helplessly.
"Huh?" Smith paused, looked up, and then winked at Kyle. "Okay."
Martelley approached and spoke first.
"Hey! Kyle. ”
"Are you here to continue to convince me?"
"Yes!"
"Alright! Here I apologize for my recklessness the other day. So please list the benefits and reasons why I joined your school. Kyle smiled.
Martelley was dumbfounded, apologize! He couldn't believe that Kyle was so good at talking? The last time we met, Kyle heard that he was from St. Joseph's University, but he called him a dog. At that time, he felt very angry, and walked away directly, this kid is too uneducated! However, Martelley knew all about Kyle's situation, and when he went back, he thought about it, and there was no doubt that Kyle, who had lived in a poor environment since he was a child, never received a good education. Old man Martelley was relieved for Kyle, and it is not known if the boy had said anything unintentionally that day. In addition, St. Joseph's University is almost at the bottom every year under his tutelage, and the pressure on him from the school can be imagined, and the next semester is an ultimatum given by the leadership.
The old man was not reconciled, so he desperately recruited talented players and acted as a lobbyist himself, but the effect was not good, almost a little famous, and the athletes who had the opportunity to enter the NBA refused quite thoroughly, even the players with a little potential also politely declined. No one wants to fall into this unfathomable quagmire, the poor record shows that there is less attention, the chances of entering the NBA will fall geometrically, and the talented players are even more reluctant to accept the invitation, resulting in the worse the strength, the lower the competitiveness, the worse the strength, the less good players can be obtained. A vicious circle was formed, and in this way, St. Joseph's University fell deeper and deeper, and there was no possibility of breaking free. That's why Martelley let his face go and came to visit Kyle again.
"We're going to make sure you're the absolute core of the team, we're going to set the tactics for you, we're going to give you a full scholarship, and when it comes to credits, you can rest assured that the school will take care of it for you, and there's the best environment to play in peace for you. We will do our best to meet all your requirements. Martel didn't have time to think about it, and immediately had a barrage of cannons.
"That's all? Mr. ”
Martelley's forehead was sweaty, and he pondered what other advantages and benefits he had, but he couldn't think of it. Other schools can explain the glorious history, brilliant culture, glorious deeds, depth of the roster, former varsity stars, etc., but St. Joseph's University is not. It was impossible for Martelley, who was not good at words, to bring out a nonsense sentence that made him blush himself. "We're cohesive, we're unusually united."
"Very good!" Kyle responded. "I'm here to help."
"Wow! The good news came so suddenly, I lost my temper, sorry. "Martelley was as happy as a child. Kyle was embarrassed, this is too exaggerated.
"But I have a request, I want a scholarship spot, and my high school teammate, Herbert Smith, is a nice guy." Kyle takes advantage of the situation to give his friend a hand.
"That tall guy just now?"
Kyle nodded.
"No problem at all."