Cinnabar. Is Holiday really unfamous? Of course not, the thin-looking No. 21 guard was also named to the All-American Team in high school. After all, it's not just any cat or dog that can play at UCLA.

But compared to his teammate Darren who has proven himself in the NCAA. Collison and Arizona's super-talented James. Harden, the aura on Holiday is indeed much darker.

Darren. Collison played at UCLA for four years, and even Westbrook was his backup, and it's not hard to imagine how popular this guy is at UCLA. James. Not to mention Harden, who was once ranked as the top pick in ESPN's mock draft rankings. Among freshmen, it's hard to find a guard with more scoring prowess than Harden. Compared to them, Holiday is indeed not a star.

Henson couldn't help but pick up a pen and paper, and he decided to record everything he observed first.

James. Harden is going to break through Darren. Collison, it's a breeze. Collison was all about offense, but he didn't put much effort into it on the defensive end.

In fact, this is a common problem that most young defenders have. To that group of kids, it seemed that defense was inherently what the big man should do, and the little man just had to score.

Harden accelerated to break through Collison, but his breakthrough was not successful because Zhu Brown. Holiday was quick to close the ball and keep Arizona's No. 13 talent out on the perimeter.

"Excellent defensive awareness!" Henson smiled happily, Holiday isn't very good defensively, but as a freshman guard, this willingness to defend is extremely rare. If the ability is insufficient, it can be trained the day after tomorrow. But mentality is something that many players can't change in their lifetime.

Most young defenders nowadays, do they still know what defense is?

Harden didn't expect to be blocked, and this emaciated No. 21 was tougher than he thought. But Harden is not obsessed with singles, but uses a white forward who doesn't look at the pass and assists the inside to cut the basket with a one-handed split!

"Wow!"

There was an exclamation in the arena, and Henson searched his mind for memories of the white forward. Chase. Badinger, when he was in high school, he was already a well-known dunking general in the United States.

Although Harden is a point guard, his passing vision is really good. Genius, sure enough, is genius. Battinger's dunk was also very good, not losing to the black players at all. But on closer inspection, Battinger's potential is only C+, and Henson quickly lost interest in the white striker.

Even though Arizona's offense was fierce, Henson was now focused on Holiday .

In the next round, Holiday surprised Henson with his offensive performance. After receiving a pass from the team's star Collison, Holiday did not hesitate and went straight to the inside to make a layup.

When he lays up, he and Arizona's big center Jordan. Hill had a confrontation. Jordan. Ciel, this is another genius. Averaging 1.7 blocks per game, which ranks second in the league, he's definitely an interior defensive gate that all defenders want to avoid.

However, after a fierce confrontation with Hill, Holiday was able to make a pull-up move to avoid the block, and then made a layup. This guy's finishing ability under the basket is amazing, and the power contained in his emaciated body is very powerful! If UCLA had been willing to give him more shots, Holiday could have even more impressive stats than they do now.

For the next five minutes, Holiday didn't disappoint Henson on both ends of the floor. Although this kid is still very immature, he has a lot of plasticity in all aspects. So what kind of data analysis module is not foolish, it is not an exaggeration to say that Holiday has the potential of A-.

Finally, with Harden, Battinger and Jordan. Hill's "Big Three" Arizona still won in UCLA. Collison waved his arm very reluctantly. The defeat of a senior star to a freshman is not a glamorous thing.

Although UCLA lost, at least Holiday still impressed Henson. Henson closed the small notebook in his hand, which was still empty and nothing was written. Because Henson has memorized all the key points in his head, the mind of a high-achieving student is really very useful.

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After watching the game, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. It may take less than ten minutes for student fans to get from the gymnasium to their dormitories, but Henson's journey from the UCLA campus to the hotel where he has booked a room is not that simple.

"Holy, is this guy a fool!?" Henson cursed "himself" as he took a taxi on the side of the street.

The guys on the team's coaching staff asked Henson to visit UCLA near Hollywood, but they booked him a hotel in Long Beach! Long Beach belongs to Los Angeles, but it is a satellite city of Los Angeles. It's 40 kilometers away from downtown Los Angeles, and the crime rate is extremely high, arguably the highest crime rate in the entire Los Angeles area! Henson couldn't even imagine who lived next door to his inn room. A Chinese American living alone in a small hotel in Long Beach is not an exaggeration to say that he is risking his life.

Even if the conditions were so difficult, Henson didn't complain in the past, and let others bully. The cheapest airfare, the cheapest hotel, and even the cheapest seat to watch the game. Henson shook his head, what a pathetic wretch. The basketball circle in the United States is not waiting for yellow-skinned people, once your work ability is no longer outstanding, this is the end.

I finally got a taxi in Hollywood, where the crowds were surging, and when Henson arrived outside his shabby hotel in Long Beach, it took nearly an hour to get in a traffic jam. Henson used up almost all of his cash to pay for the fare, and in the end, a hungry Henson had to use the rest of the money to buy a sandwich that didn't look like an appetite in a small shop across the street from the hotel.

At eleven o'clock, I also have to write a scouting report. It seems that on the first day of the crossover, I had to stay up late to work. It's all fate, it's all poor fate!

With a hungry body and an equally flat wallet, Henson opened the door and walked into his small, shabby room. Exhausted, he jumped on the bed, and the iron bed immediately made a "creaking" sound.

Henson was so frightened that he immediately got up, he was really afraid that he would fall apart from this bed.

Leaning on the window and looking out the window at the scene of Los Angeles, this is very different from what Henson had imagined at home.

High-rise buildings and drunken money junkies are never seen here, and around slums like Long Beach, there are only dilapidated low-rise houses and sneaky gangsters.

The breeze blew away a trace of exhaustion. Henson took a bite of the sandwich in his hand, but he almost choked to death.

"Ahem, ahem...... , is such a rough and dry thing for people to eat!? After scolding, Henson angrily threw the sandwich out of the window.

"Which mongrel threw it, doesn't it have eyes?" Downstairs, someone's scolding could be heard. That's none of Henson's business, though.

After calming down, Henson sat down at the table, gathered his thoughts, and prepared to make the scouting report. This time the scouting report had to be convincing enough, and if he had said that I had seen Holiday as an A-, it would have been blasted out as a psychopath.

He has to use real data and excellent language to prove his vision and prove the data he sees!

Henson forgot all the unpleasantness, collected his thoughts, and was about to start typing, when the phone in his pocket rang at an inopportune time.

Henson used to be taciturn, so he didn't have many friends in the United States before, and it stands to reason that no one should call him at this time. But when Henson saw the caller ID on the phone screen, everything was clear in an instant. yes, who else could there be but him?

Dennis. Posey, a member of the Indiana Pacers coaching staff, is a direct interface between the Pacers' coaching staff and the scouting department.

Of course, due to Henson's poor work performance in the past, Posey has long had little patience and affection for this Chinese who can only fiddle with numbers. He just wanted to find a quick opportunity to blow Henson away so he could introduce his good brother, a scout who now plays for the Butler University Bulldogs, to take Henson's place. In fact, this is also the reason why the coaching staff has been giving Henson "small shoes".

To sum it up in a Chinese saying, the former Henson was "occupying the pit and not".

"Hey, dear Henson, how was the trip to Los Angeles? You still like the room we booked for you, right? As soon as the phone was answered, Posey's unsavory voice came out.

"Great, the box-spring beds here are even softer than Santa Monica Beach!"

Percy was stunned, when did this Chinese become so poor!? Henson, this guy, has never been able to fight back and scold back.

"Then I hope you can rest comfortably tonight, Henson! Because I've bought you a plane ticket back to Indianapolis at six o'clock the next morning, and tomorrow night, I'd like to see the UCLA scouting report! Don't expect to email me, I want you to report back to me personally! Posey's tone immediately hardened, and this little coach could only play the breeze in front of Henson.

"Damn." Henson secretly cursed in his heart, tomorrow morning's plane at six o'clock, he still has to work tonight, which means that Henson has no time to sleep at all! This Posey is deliberately finding fault with himself!

But in front of this high-spirited coaching staff, Henson didn't want to show weakness. After all, the members of the coaching staff and the scouts don't have a strict subordinate relationship, but more of a partnership. So Percy wasn't Henson's boss, and he wasn't obligated to let that damn guy ride on his head.

Maybe the Henson of the past could bear it, but don't expect the current Henson to swallow his anger too!

"Oh? That's a real annoy for you, Percy. Hang up first, I still have two blondes waiting next to me, by the way, the last time you went outside to tryst and was caught by your wife, it should be settled now. Old husbands and wives, it's normal to be noisy, don't take it to heart. Maybe tomorrow, your wife won't let you sleep on the couch anymore. ”

"Henson! How dare you ......"

Before Percy could scold, the phone was hung up. Henson himself smiled, Posey was so notorious that even the honest scouts on the team who didn't like gossip knew about it.

When I get back to Indianapolis tomorrow, I'll let you get to know Henson again. Joe's, dear Posey.