Chapter 8: The Five Tigers of Garfield

Brandon Roy, Will Conroy, Anthony Washington, Dean Simmons, and the quartet were Yes's seniors at Garfield High School.

They are the other four of the Five Tigers who swept the entire state of Washington in the first place.

All four are now students at the University of Washington and are also players on the University of Washington basketball team.

Among them, Brandon Roy and Will Con Roy are the main forces of the University of Washington.

And Anthony Washington and Dean Simmons are already off the bench.

Four of the once invincible Five Tigers did not continue to be strong when they arrived at the university.

Actually, this is normal.

A lot of players who are very good in high school are not necessarily great when they get to college.

The environment of high school basketball in the United States is completely different from that of college basketball.

High school basketball is still too much of a vegetable for the environment of college basketball.

Like Dean Simmons and Anthony Washington, in high school basketball, that's typically tall, fast and accurate.

But when they get to the NCAA in college, they become ordinary players who want speed but not speed, height but not height, and even don't have much better technique.

They don't play as a substitute, who plays as a substitute?

Many people will grow taller after going to college, but these two seniors, except for the horizontal length, really haven't moved much vertically.

When the Garfield Five wreaked havoc across Washington state, the team's coach, George Floyd, said it.

Don't look at the five of them at that time, they may be Roy and him after they can enter the NBA in the end.

The development of Washington and Simmons is also in line with Coach Floyd's predictions.

However, his and Roy's development disappointed Coach Floyd.

He hasn't made much progress in the past few years.

Roy, on the other hand, suffered a series of meniscus tears in both legs, which greatly affected his development.

The development of the five tigers, who were highly anticipated in Seattle at the beginning, was completely less than expected.

Perhaps only Wilcon Roy exceeded expectations.

Who would have thought that the black skinny boy who was less than 1.8 meters at the beginning would still be able to play as a starter in the NCAA elite team, or even one of the cores.

However, overall, the Five Tigers have disappointed the expectations of Seattle fans so far.

Carmelo Anthony, who was in front of the Five Tigers and defeated the Five Tigers, has now become a superstar in the NBA.

Anthony is now in the NBA arena.

And what about the five of them?

From the original regrettable loss to Anthony, now, they can't even see Anthony's taillights.

The bigger the gap turned out.

For many in Seattle, though, the joy of the Garfield Five is something that can never be forgotten.

How much of the economic crisis and earthquake did the Garfield Five erase for Seattle?

That memory is sweet.

This is true not only for many Seattlemen, but also for the Five Tigers.

"You're not going to compete with UCLA, what are you going to do here, congratulations, just say no on the phone"

"There's no way to express our joy on the phone, Ye, congratulations again on joining the University of Washington family."

"Congratulations!"

"Welcome!"

"Thank you"

"Ye, after three years, we can fight together again"

Fight?

"Dean, Anthony, can you still fight at your current size? It's shaking, right? ”

Ye Si dodged the two fat black men who wanted to hug him, one tall and one short, in disgust.

"Ye, I bet with you, in four years, your body shape will definitely not be much better than we are now!"

"I remember Dean is now owing me a bet that hasn't been repaid, right? When will it be returned? ”

"That's not my fault, Ye, that's your own problem, I'm sure Garfield High School can achieve a national championship under you, that's not wrong!"

"Dean!"

"Blanton, your eyes are terrible, OK, OK, I was wrong, I apologize, I was really wrong, Ye, please forgive me, you know, I didn't mean that"

Although the short black dumpty man apologized with a good attitude, the other three still looked at Ye Si with some concern.

About the agreement they made with Yes three years ago......

This is the thing that the five of them mind the most.

The Garfield High School Five Tigers still owe Seattle a national championship.

None of them have yet to live up to the expectations of their Seattle supporters.

Yes's three years in high school have now ended in failure.

And Roy's three years at the University of Washington, except this year, are equally lackluster.

Not to mention the NCAA champions, they were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament last year.

The result was only the top 64.

And this is already the best score of the University of Washington in the last five years.

As for this year, the University of Washington looks stronger, but in front of the North Carolina four, no team in the NCAA has the slightest chance this year.

"Ye, if we don't be able to win the championship in these three years, then we have agreed, in the fourth year, you will come to the University of Washington, and we will make one last effort!"

Thinking about that scene three years ago, looking at Anthony Washington and Dean Simmons' small belly, Ye Si didn't know what to say for a while.

Is that what you're trying to do?

You've given up a long time ago, haven't you?

Noticing Ye Si's eyes, both Roy and Conroy were blushing at the two fat black men.

Although it was uncomfortable to be stared at like this by Ye Si, the two black fat men were also relieved.

At least Yes didn't have the knot they had been worried about.

They have always thought that Ye Si's lack of progress in the past three years is caused by their too much pressure on Ye Si.

Therefore, they have always been full of guilt for Yes.

I felt that their expectations ruined a super genius.

"Ahem, Ye, college life is still wonderful, especially after putting down some heavy burdens, I think you will also fall in love with the beauty of college"

"I'm not like you, I'm not from Seattle, I don't have such a big mission, and I don't have any burden, you can rest assured."

"Huh"

Roy and the four of them all smiled.

Hearing the strange laughter of these four people, Ye Si was inexplicably very unhappy.

"Okay, congratulations are over, you can go back wherever you come from, I'm going to take a shower."

"OK, then let's go first, Ye, we'll see you at the University of Washington"

"By the way, you must remember, don't have any burden and psychological pressure, anyway, when we go to the University of Washington, we are no longer the protagonists, we follow Nate and Martel to play an NCAA championship, which can be regarded as fulfilling the promise to Seattle"

"Get out!"

Yes picked up the basketball on the table and slammed it out the door, and after a while, he heard two laughs.

These two dead fat people!

Listening to the laughter fade away, Ye Si's hands clenched into fists.

Aren't we the protagonists anymore......

Looking at the rising sun outside, can you really think of it as the afterglow of the setting sun?

Of course......

No!