Chapter Thirty-Six: The First Appearance
Guo Qiang hung up the phone and remembered that he forgot to tell Lu Fei one thing - he was going to be a coach of the national youth team.
Last month, Guo Qiang received a call from Gong Chen, the coach of Qiantang Normal University, who invited him to join the coaching staff of this year's national youth team and serve as an assistant to head coach Zhang Yongjun with him. This year's national youth team is mainly for the World Youth Championships in Germany in April next year to assemble, Zhang Yongjun as soon as he took office to carry out drastic reforms, the first is to reorganize the coaching staff, and Gong Chen as the coach of Qiantang Normal University was recruited by him into the coaching staff, and Gong Chen entered the coaching staff to Zhang Yongjun recommended Xuzhou Mining University coach Guo Qiang.
Guo Qiang thought about it for a while and agreed.
Gong Chen told him the idea of letting Lu Fei play in the national youth team, but after learning that Lu Fei had gone abroad to study, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It's not easy to go abroad, and it's even harder to come back.
Even if the travel expenses for round-trip air tickets can be solved, there is no way to make up for the delayed courses, and it is not certain whether Lu Fei himself will agree.
There is a more important reason, the national youth team is not certain, and the talent provided from the youth echelons of various leagues is completely unavailable, not to mention the substitute players in CUBA.
With so many players in China, the leaders above will not agree to find another player from abroad at all.
What's more, Lu Fei is just a player who has only played a few games in CUBA, although the game is amazing enough, and even Zhang Weiping has commented on the No. 10 Lu Fei of Pengcheng Mining University in the "Basketball Pioneer", but the name Lu Fei is still too unfamiliar to professional players.
The gap between college players and professional players is still too big.
So Guo Qiang never took this matter to heart, and when he called just now, he didn't pay attention to it, thinking about how expensive the phone call was, and forgot to mention it.
Early the next morning.
Lu Fei yawned and came to the school gate, where the bus was already waiting.
He got into the car, his face haggard.
Anthony Washington saw him, and there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes: "I said you didn't go back to the dormitory yesterday, where did you fool around?" ”
Lu Fei glanced at him: "I'm not that kind of person." ”
Anthony Washington shook his head and said, "No, your appearance is exactly the same as the appearance of my pistol fired more than a dozen times in a row, did you do something like a beast last night?" ”
"Beasts?" Lu Fei laughed: "What I do is not as good as a beast." ”
His mother chatted with Gu Tang all night, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.
This feeling of being able to see but not eat is too painful.
Anyway, when he heard the alarm clock on his mobile phone, he forced himself to open his eyes, feeling that his eyes were dry and he just wanted to shed tears, he walked out of the hotel room, closed the door gently, and Gu Tang was still sleeping sweetly in the house holding the quilt.
Lu Fei sat in the bus, leaning on the cold seat, tilting his head and falling asleep.
By the time he woke up, the bus had entered Spokane.
Spokane is the second largest city in the state of Washington, located in the eastern part of Washington state, and Gonzaga University is a private Catholic university located on the banks of the Spokane River, founded by the Society of Jesus in 1887, one of the 28 member schools of the American Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Aloysius Gonzaga.
Gonzaga University's basketball team, called the Bulldogs. They have not been beaten at home for two years in a row under coach Marc Fernandes, and last year their main player Blake Stirp was able to average 18 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the NCAA, and this year the team has been strengthened with the addition of France's Ronny Turiaf.
The home fans of Gonzaga were crazy, holding up signs in support of the Gonzaga team, and some scantily clad schoolgirls even held signs with Blacktop and Roni Turiav heads, and made bold gestures suggestively.
Nearly all the fans wore the white jerseys of Gonzaga's home stadium and called the name of the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, and the boiling heat on the pitch felt like it could lift the roof of the arena.
Lu Fei slept all the way, only feeling that his shoulder hurt to death, and it was estimated that he might have slept on a pillow.
For the first time, he felt that the away game was so noisy, if it could be quieter, he should be able to sleep more soundly on the bench now, and he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway like he is now.
"Now everybody is going to warm up and gather with me 10 minutes before the game." Lorenzo Roma arranged, and then he saw Lu Fei lying down: "Lu, what's wrong with you?" Not feeling well? ”
"It's okay, Coach." Lu Fei shook his head: "Maybe on the way by car, my neck fell asleep." ”
He explained a little and went to warm up with his teammates.
I shot two baskets, it didn't feel very good, and both smashed into the front of the basket.
He rubbed it lightly with his hand, and it still seemed to hurt a little.
However, it should not affect the game, he looked at the opponent's lineup, except for Blacktop and Roni Turiav are a little stronger, the real lineup does not look very strong.
Blacksterp is not impressed, it seems that he has not played in the NBA for long, or he has not been impressed for a long time, but Turiaf remembers that he played for the NBA Lakers, Warriors, Knicks, Wizards, Heat, Clippers and Forest, and he is almost ready to collect colorful jerseys.
Turyaf's strength is that he has a tough confrontation and a strong defense. Aggressive and defensive, standard penalty area beasts, good physicality and good defensive awareness. Don't fight for the right hand on the field, good team player. Cheerful and passionate, he is the "charger" of the team.
The shortcomings are also obvious, with average height and reach, lack of autonomous offensive means, and a typical cover-and-eat player.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs were unbeaten at home for the first two years mainly because of the presence of their ace Dan Decou, but Dan Decow was drafted by the Sacratomen Kings with the 28th pick in the first round this year and was traded to the Atlanta Hawks on the night of the draft.
There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings, and it is Blacksterp's turn to become the boss of this team.
The warm-up is over,
The players gathered around Lorenzo Romar, who laid out today's tactics, and when Ronal finished explaining, the players scattered the circle.
Seeing that Lu Fei was about to go to the bench, Lorenzo Romaar stopped him: "Lu, what are you doing on the bench?" It's your turn! ”
Lu Fei was stunned, he found that Nate Robinson sat back on the bench with an ugly face, and Wilcon Roy, Brandon Roy, Mike Jensen, and Anthony Washington had arrived on the court, all waiting for him.
"I'm starting this one?"
Lu Fei didn't listen to what Lorenzo Roma said at all when he was in a daze, because he came off the bench every time he played, and the tactical arrangement at the beginning had nothing to do with him, and when he came on the court, he basically never played according to Lorenzo Romaar's tactics, so it didn't matter if he listened to the tactics or not.
"Hurry up!"
Lorenzo Roma seems to have regretted letting Lu Fei start.
Lu Fei hurriedly ran to the field.
The referee tosses the ball and the game begins.
Gu Tang dragged her suitcase and walked in the airport in Seattle, she and Lu Fei spent the whole night in the same room last night, which is an emotional progress for the two of them, her heart is sweet all day today, but it's a pity that she is leaving today, and Lu Fei is playing in Spokane, so she can't send her.
Seattle's airports are as deserted as Seattle's.
Her tutor and classmates were walking in front, and the flight was delayed due to the weather, which is a common occurrence in a city like Seattle, which rains all year round.
Suddenly, her mentor found that there seemed to be one person missing from the team, and when she looked back, it turned out that Gu Tang was not leaving, but just staring blankly at the airport duty-free shop.
At first, the tutor thought she was going to buy something, but when she looked at her, it turned out that the duty-free shop was playing today's basketball game.
The TV was showing a match between the University of Washington Huskies and the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, and the game had just begun, when Anthony Washington got the ball after the jump, and Wilcon Roy dribbled the ball across the half court and handed it to Lu Fei.
Gu Tang looked at Lu Fei, but found that Lu Fei was holding the basketball and yawning for a long time.