Chapter 15 Determining the Starter

Ronnie is watching TV in the living room and his mother Mary is busy in the kitchen.

"Kyle, why are you back?" Ronnie stared at Kyle for a while, said dumbly, and then advised, "Don't go out these days, remember, go to school and practice well, don't keep running home during this time." ”

"Why?" Kyle asked knowingly.

"Don't ask why! You can just go to practice with peace of mind, and I'll take care of Mary. ”

"Cumenti is dead, just now, on the streets of the northwest."

Ronnie rolled his eyes and was silent for a long time before he looked up. "It's not a big deal, it's happening every day on the streets of Luck."

"Anything else?"

"What?" Ronnie pretended to be relaxed, "Do you think there's anything else?" How I didn't know! ”

"Ronnie, stay away from those guys, I'll be in the NBA soon, everything will be different." Kyle didn't dwell on that topic anymore. "Also, give me the damn thing."

"Wow! Mr. Kyle Lowry is full of confidence, I am very much looking forward to it, and I can't wait for my new life. ”

"Life is fragile, and my father doesn't want us anymore, so we should cherish it more, shouldn't we?"

"This really surprises me, father, you actually call your father." The two Ronnie brothers have never honored their father, they are all replaced by scum, and now Kyle's father makes Ronnie very surprised, he feels as if his brother is a different person, you must know how much Kyle hates his father, deep in the bone marrow.

"He gave me life, and I'm grateful to him, that's all." Kyle said nonchalantly

"You've grown up! Kyle. The Black Hawks were hacked by others, and some diamonds were lost in the fight, which were worth a lot of money, and now the whole street of Luck was looking for it, and there was no escape from the people who witnessed the shootout or the people nearby, right at the café on Solleton Avenue. "The male gang in Ronnie's mouth is the biggest gang in Philadelphia.

"It's unfortunate."

"Kyle, practice well."

Kyle nodded and said no more, ending the most harmonious conversation the two brothers had had in years. Mary Holevi is very busy, with heavy work and low salary, and during the two days Kyle was at home, she basically didn't touch the ground, her clothes didn't disintegrate, and she slept in bed, and Kyle was very distressed. Fortunately, Kyle is promising, and getting a full scholarship from the school has eased his already tight financial situation, otherwise he would have had a problem with money for college.

Back to school, it's another endless training. Kyle and Martelley had a close and friendly conversation, with Kyle asking Martelley to buy him more doses, and Martelley hoping that Kyle would work hard to improve his three points. A conversation about the bull's head and the horse's mouth, one about money, the other about basketball, and finally made a deal.

Martelley was really benevolent to Kyle, all the reasonable, unreasonable, should, and shouldn't requests, he basically agreed, and he did what he promised Kyle at the beginning. Scholarship! Equipped with caddies! Buy a potion! Money, money, everything is money. Kyle is perhaps the most expensive special enrollment in history, not one of them.

Kyle knew of course that the old man was good to him, but wasn't it all earned by his own efforts? In order to recruit talented players, some universities secretly stuff money or sign agreements, and it is not uncommon for them to use all kinds of means. As long as you make it to the NCAA tournament, the rewards are huge, especially for the teams that make it to the final four, and the share is unimaginably rich. The NCAA alone is enough to make the school a lot of money from sponsorship advertisements and admission fees, which is not a big deal, the bulk is the TV broadcast fee, and the entire "March Madness" has reached a staggering $600 million or more. So in Kyle's view, everything is mutually beneficial, he does his best for the team to reach the championship, and the school should pay a little bit of compensation.

Having finalized the matter, Martelley remembered in vain that the team's starting XI had not yet been decided! It's been more than a month, and seeing that the regular season has started and can't be delayed any longer, he decided to listen to Kyle's opinion. "Kyle, Smith and Hash, who do you think would be the better starter?"

"There's no doubt about it, Smith."

"Kyle, this is not the time for emotion, and I need you to answer in the best interest of the team."

"Smith!" Kyle is unequivocal.

"Why?"

"It's obvious, we need height on the defensive end, we need pick-and-rolls on the offensive end, and Herbert Smith has a very soft shot."

"But his speed will affect the defense, and you, Martin, and Kelly don't have threes, which will infinitely magnify our shortcomings, and the opponent will shrink the basket, and there is nothing we can do."

"Is this the problem? Mr. Martelley, not every team has the ability to defend and counterattack, and even if it does, does it take 5 seconds or 10 seconds for Smith to return to the backcourt? As for the three-pointers, Martin doesn't even have a 50 percent shooting percentage in the open space, and I'm trying to improve the three-point, do you think I can't even shoot in the open space? ”

Hearing Kyle say this, Matley frowned and thought about it, and then suddenly became enlightened, isn't it! Since you know that you can't block it, why bother to block it, you can choose a player with more obvious advantages. He feels that he has always been on the tip of the bull's horns, too much of a matter of course, too much pursuit of perfection, what in the world is 100% perfect?

In the afternoon training camp, Matleley announced the starting list for the new season, point guard Kyle, scoring guard Martin, small forward Larry, power forward Kelly, and center Smith. This news was expected by everyone, and the only uncertainties were Smith and Hash, and Morin had been completely excluded after this period of training. Now that the wood has been completed, it is a matter of practicing tactical play and cultivating a tacit understanding with running-in.

For Martelley's decision, several families were happy and some were sad. Of course, Smith was overjoyed, and Hash's disappointment and frustration were overflowing, and his face was engraved with the three expressions of the baby's unhappyness, the baby's unhappyness, and the baby's extreme unhappiness. In addition, old man Henry is unhappy, that's for sure, what is this called? Originally, Martelley was extremely inclined to choose Hash, but how could this suddenly change his mind! Henry was angry and asked his friend why, and the answer made the old man almost vomit a mouthful of old blood. "Herbert Smith is Kyle's best friend, who do I need him for?"

It's Kyle Lowry again, and now the more Henry looks at him, the more unpleasant he feels, what does Kyle have besides breaking through? Arrogant, strong but short, three points equivalent to a semi-crippled state, brutal and aggressive, and does not know how to respect teachers, this is the core of the St. Joseph Yale team. Henry's tinted glasses clearly reflect a good-for-nothing prodigal king who will lead the team to ruin, and Matleley is the driving force behind it, and he has no idea that St. Joseph's Yale team still has room to fall.