Chapter 2 Is He Really Just a Caddy?
There are several kinds of scholarships in the United States, and there will be academic scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate students.
However, in addition to the academic type, each school also has a certain amount of sports scholarships every year, which is relatively small.
According to official statistics, less than 2% of high school students in the United States receive athletic scholarships each year, and even for NCAA Division I athletes, the percentage is only 56.
And there are only six NCAA Division I scholarship categories: men's football, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's volleyball, women's tennis, and women's gymnastics.
In men's basketball, there are only 13 full scholarship slots per school each year, and that includes potential Sequoia players.
Unlike the NCAA and the professional league, there is no upper limit on the number of people in the squad, but basically the number of players in a team will be between 10~15.
It seems that basically everyone has a share, but the premise is that you have to get into the team, the NCAA Division I league, the difficulty of entering is not much different from the NBA, and it is a single wooden bridge.
Old Man Cahon's question was the opportunity that Tang Tian had been waiting for.
Cajon didn't expect Tang Tian to answer so quickly, and he was unconsciously stunned.
"I've been with the team for more than half a year, and I basically remember the tactics, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Seeing the old man's reaction, Tang Tian opened his mouth to explain.
Cajon nodded and stretched out his hand to signal the training to continue.
Ollie shook his head helplessly.
Kangda, in this turbulent period, you have to be a caddy!
Walker and Tang Tian smiled and high-fived, and it could be seen that the relationship between the two was really good.
The full-court confrontation was a confrontation between the main force and the substitutes, Tang Tian replaced Forsys, and the center position on the bench side.
He watched the line-up when he came on the pitch.
Walker is a third-year, Alex Orryache is a second-year, and the remaining seven are all freshmen.
However, there are also a few of these freshmen who will be able to enter the NBA in the future, such as Shabatz Napier and Jeremy Lamb, but this is also the future, and their faces are full of immaturity now.
The practice session continued, and Walker scored on a pull-up jumper from Napier in the frontcourt.
As the boss of the team, he is teaching Napier a lesson.
"Stick tight, don't give your opponent so much room to shoot!" Ollie yelled at Napier from the sidelines.
Cajon is old and stands on the sidelines, and most of this kind of lecture has been handed over to his successor.
Napier was a little anxious after being yelled at, and when he got to the frontcourt, he directly carried the ball to the basket.
His speed and confrontation were good, squeezing past Walker, but his shot was relatively reluctant, and he took a big hit from Oriage.
Ollie was helplessly spreading his hands on the sidelines, this is Kangda's current strength.
The offense from the bench sideline ball still didn't score, and Walker advanced to the front court again and didn't play Napier again, which was to save face for the younger brother.
The ball transitioned into Lamb's hands.
Lamb is the standard lanky swingman, and he's the most talented player in Connectn's high school admissions this year, with sharp breaks, solid shooting, excellent rebounding, and an NCAA defensive top.
If Walker leaves UConn, he's the right successor.
At this time, he beckoned Oriage to block the demolition, and after the dismantling, he accelerated directly and rushed in.
His starting speed and timing were very good, and Ollie was delighted to watch from the sidelines.
It just looks like a little bit of hope.
But immediately, his face changed.
Because Lamb was forced to stop by Tang Tian after the first step.
Tang Tian appeared on Lamb's breakthrough route just right, and then completely blocked his breakthrough route.
Ollie's brow furrowed, and Lamb was blocked by a caddy.
Today's group of newcomers to the team are completely out of shape!
But Cajon was in the limelight at this time.
Tang Tian's prediction is very accurate, and the defensive movement is also in place, it seems that he said before that he is familiar with the team's tactics, and it is not nonsense.
Lamb was ready to go to the basket, and he was surprised to see Tang Tian appear, but he didn't panic, after dribbling under his crotch, he widened the distance between him and Tang Tian, and then changed direction and accelerated to prepare to pass.
But what he didn't expect was that Tang Tian appeared on his breakthrough route again!
"Huh?" This time, Ollie also focused on Tang Tian.
It's a coincidence that one breakthrough didn't pass, but two times is not necessarily.
Lamb isn't on his first day with the team, and his ability Ollie is clear.
This Tang Tian looks like something!
Lamb's brow furrowed.
The coach and assistant coach were watching from the sidelines, and he didn't even beat a caddie twice in a row.
He is different from Walker, he has not been in the team for a long time, and his relationship with Tang Tian is not so good.
Another change of direction, this time he increased the amplitude.
"Smack!"
But at this moment, Tang Tian suddenly made a move and directly took out the ball in his hand!
Ollie's eyes widened.
Lamb was stealed!
was robbed by a caddy from Tang Tian!
The other players on the field didn't react immediately.
Tang Tian immediately gave the ball to Napier after the steal, and the latter went to the front court to score a layup.
"How did you do that?" It was only at this time that the teammates on the bench team shouted at Tang Tian.
"Luck." Tang Tian said in a relatively low-key manner.
He had to join the team if he wanted to get a scholarship, and he didn't want to get into trouble with Lamb.
That's what he thought, but Lamb didn't.
Before he came to Kangda, he was also a top player among high school students in the country, and even when he arrived at Kangda, he directly entered the main team, and he was robbed by a caddie, which was really unbearable.
Walker dribbled to the front court, and Lamb reached for the ball.
In front, he was careless, he had to hit this ball seriously and pick up the face that fell on the ground again.
Change direction, double change direction, accelerate, decelerate, change direction again.
Lamb's series of technical moves were quite skillful, but Tang Tian was stunned and was not overtaken by him.
"It's kind of interesting." Cajon said with a rare smile at this time.
It wasn't the first day he knew Tang Tian, speaking of which, he had known Tang Tian about the same time as Walker, but he didn't expect Tang Tian to have such a strong individual defensive ability, which really surprised him and surprised him a little.
Lamb couldn't break through head-on, turned around and chose to hit with his back, and suddenly turned around after leaning on.
"Smack!"
The Lamb man turned around, and the ball was taken away by Tang Tianyi.
Again!
Lamb was once again snatched by Tang Tian!
And it was a steal that Lamb made a split second when he turned.
Clean, nice and impeccably clean.
Ollie's eyes straightened.
This...... Is it really just a caddy?