Chapter 19: Whetstones and Stepping Stones
The NCAA opener of the 05-06 season at the University of Washington was on November 11, 2005.
Away to Duke Blues, one of the four super-seeded teams this season.
Ahead of the start of this year's NCAA, expert fans across the country have selected the four strongest teams of the year.
J.J. Reddick, Sheldon Williamson, and Josh McRoberts, the No. 1 high school student in the class of 2005, led Duke University in first place.
In addition to Duke, the remaining three teams are UCONN (University of Connectium), TEXAS (University of Texas), and Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology)
If Webster and Nate Robinson don't make it to the draft, the University of Washington could also finish in the top four and be the favorites to win the NCAA title this year.
Now, without Nate Robinson and Webster, Washington University is considered the belly of the famous family.
Generally speaking, a famous fish belly like the University of Washington has no chance to compete with Duke University.
In the NCAA, a season begins in early November and ends in early April, for a total of five months with three stages.
November and December are the 'non-league' phases, and teams can negotiate with any NCAA team to play on their own.
For example, the University of Washington is in the Pacific Ten League, and Duke University is in the ACC League, and teams from two different leagues can play in these two months.
As long as it is discussed in advance and the NCAA league agrees.
When Duke University signed with the University of Washington last year, it didn't think that the University of Washington would turn from a strong team to a fish belly.
The two teams in the 'non-league' need to sign in advance 2-4 years in advance, and if they sign a contract, they will lose money.
Every year, the NCAA non-league strong dialogue, the national broadcast fee sold is sky-high.
Even if the University of Washington is now a fish belly, this game between the University of Washington and Duke University is a nationally broadcast game.
After a two-month 'non-league' phase of 13-14 games in the NCAA, the following January, February to mid-March is the 'league'.
The league is played by teams from the University of Washington and the Pacific 10 League, and the championship is determined by the teams of Duke University and the ACC League.
After the divisional league tournament, it's the 'March Madness' that the whole country is crazy about, the NCAA National Championship, the exciting single-elimination system, and the final NCAA champion.
For Duke, there isn't much value in playing against the University of Washington now.
Duke University's Reddick and Sheldon Williamson's 'boxing combination' has taken shape after three years of grinding.
Duke doesn't need to use underdogs to hone his roster right now, and this year is Duke's harvest time.
They now need to play strong teams to test their lineups, not bully.
"Maybe the only value of this game for us is that it's a nationally streamed game"
In the Duke University training hall, Coach K, the head coach of Duke University, thought helplessly.
Coach K was helpless, but the Duke players were excited!
Duke University broadcasts a lot of live broadcasts in the United States every year, but most of them are strong teams.
Live streaming across the U.S. means high exposure, and for these players who want to get into the NBA, high exposure is an opportunity to improve their pick.
The story of getting super data in a high-exposure game, and finally staging the story of an ugly duckling turning into a white swan, abounds!
NCAA300 more than 4,000 teams, how can there be so many NBA scouts for everyone, and every team goes to investigate.
Without exposure, you don't even have a stage to show.
The live broadcast in the United States is the best stage!
It's a bit of a pity that the live broadcast in the United States is a strong dialogue, and it is not easy to play good data.
It's good now, a game that is broadcast live in the United States, and the opponent is a fish belly!
"JJ, the latest draft prospects only rank you in the first round fifteen, which is not good, they have no idea how strong you are, you are the best player in the NCAA right now! In this match, we want to show the whole country the power of our boxing combination, I want to be the champion, and JJ wants to enter the early stage of the lotto! I'm going to kill Bobby Jones, and JJ is going to devour that yellow-skinned kid! ”
"I'm going to get 40 points in this game!"
If he didn't get good statistics in this game, JJ Reddick thought he was committing a crime!
Justin Duntum and Ryan Appleby were distraught when they arrived at the University of Washington.
As the competition with Duke University approaches, it has been a heart-stopping congestion recently.
Not only do they have to be constantly ravaged and rubbed by Ye Si in the team training match, but they also have to be threatened by Ye Si in the training session to play the 'chicken' in the eagle catching chickens.
Running all over the field, let Ye Si, the eagle, catch all over the field.
It's really not the college life they want!
They came to the University of Washington to ravage Yes, not to be ravaged by Yes!
As soon as they misstepped, they hated for eternity, and the thought of being tortured by Yes for four more years in the future made Duntmont and Epbyby want to cry without tears.
"Justin, Ryan, it's too slow! Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate, you don't even have Redick's speed, and you still want to play on the team in the future?! ”
"Let you run is not let you run blindly, chickens like you can't even dodge an eagle's dive!"
Three days ago, the head coach of the University of Washington, Romar, wanted to use the game against Duke to wake up the super-talented Yes.
Redick is not only the best guard in the NCAA, but also the most hated player in the NCAA.
He is not only strong, but also has a particularly arrogant personality, in the NCAA, known as the away silencer.
His favorite thing to do is to provoke the opposing players and fans first, and then use one goal after another to crush the opponent's anger and enjoy the silence of the opponent's strong face.
Such a player is the most suitable whetstone!
But now......
"Mr. Romar, Yes's off-ball movement is excellent!"
"Well, it's really outstanding!"
Yes has been actively training against Redick these days.
Anyone can see it.
And his off-ball movement is just as amazing as his offensive skills.
This is the result of Yes's greatest efforts in the past 15 years!
Position: Point Guard (100%), Shooting Guard (100%), Small Forward (75%), Power Forward (15%), Center (5%)
This row of data on his properties panel is not meaningless!
This means that his point guard skills and scoring guard skills are systematically rated as 100%, even if it is a small forward skill, it is 75%, and his outside skills have almost no shortcomings!
He was known as Seattle Jordan in his first year of high school, the son of Seattle, and he didn't come by chance.
He lacks attribute points, and he doesn't lack any skills.
With low attribute points, these techniques are flashy and can only bully the weak.
When his attribute points are high, these skills of his can be picked up immediately and fight against the strong!
Now that his explosiveness and speed have come up, his off-ball movement skills can't even get rid of a top-notch speedy short defender like Duntmon.
He even now feels that his technology is likely to become a skill that will soon be recognized by the system!
Each of the skills recognized by the system is extremely precious, even in the NBA, there are not many players with skills.
Looking at Ye Si like this, the two coaches at the University of Washington were actually very apprehensive.
Can Reddick really teach Yass a lesson?
Romar and Ozerberg had huge doubts in their minds.
"Mr. Romar, Duke University's pick-and-roll and screen quality is good, Reddick may not be as fast as Duntmon, but his running skills and height are not comparable to Justin's, this game Yes If you don't use his bounce and power talents, it won't be so easy to beat Reddick, when he finds out that he needs to use his physical talents to beat Redick, our plan will work!"
"I hope so"
Yes met J.J. Redick in his first NCAA game, which worried Roy.
But Ye Si was excited!
All-American Live, Duke, J.J. Reddick!
This game is converted to the NBA, that is, the national live broadcast, the Lakers, Kobe!
As long as he can play well in this game, then he will soon be in the discussion of draft prospects!
There are more than 4,000 players in the NCAA, and there are about 100 players with draft prospects that are paid attention to by experts and media!
The other 95% of the players have played for four years and left the NCAA in obscurity!
Can an obscure player be drafted by the NBA?
Hard!
He's going to make a name for himself with Reddick!
And there's no one better suited to be his stepping stone than Reddick!
Reddick is famous enough, Reddick's style of play, he can match!
With his off-ball running skills, he can ensure that he is always in front of the opponent and that the defense is not out of position!
If the opponent is a power-type play, he will be knocked away, he will be knocked down, and he will be chased and beaten by the opponent!
But J.J. Reddick is not.
Redick is indeed stronger than him and has better bounce than him, but his offensive style is not to use his physical talents, but to use his running and shooting ability!
Compare the position, the speed, the explosiveness, and even the shooting percentage.
He's no worse than Reddick right now!