"So you're totally going to play against other young players on your own?"

"Completely on your own?" Kuzma was a little confused when she heard Yang Yiming's question. He shook his head, put the dumbbells on the floor, and said, "Is there any other way than to rely on your own strength?" ”

Yang Yiming thought about it, and finally made up his mind to tell Kuzma everything.

Maybe in his heart, on the one hand, he has established a comrade-in-arms friendship with Kuzma for many years in the few meetings: they are not rookies in the high ranks, and it is inevitable that they will have the favor of survivors who cherish each other after the big waves. On the one hand, Kuzma's "shadow theory" made Yang Yiming feel a lot: as a backward star, who is not silently suffering and chasing them in the shadow of his predecessors.

In a sense, he is also a shadow of Kuzma. In addition to the difference in skin color, if they are born interchangeably, there is a chance that they will return to each other's current position.

At the end of the day, they're all too much like each other.

The object is like his own shadow, what else can't be said.

But what Yang Yiming wants to say next is something that has never been said to anyone except Yu Xiaochun!

"But I really sometimes secretly worry that in this age of our play, will it still be feasible to go it alone on our own, or, as you say, 'to the shadows that entangle those who are better than us,' learn from their strengths for our own use, and one day defeat our opponents?"

"Why doesn't it work?" Kuzma didn't expect his good friend Yang Yiming to directly deny his hard work, but he realized that there was another deep meaning in his words, so he asked intently.

"At least I've observed these genres." Yang Yiming avoided Kuzma's question and said, "Take the teammate you just mentioned that you admired, Lonzo Ball, as an example, there is a YACAP program, have you heard of it?" ”

"What's the plan?"

"YACAP, Young Athletes Career Advancement Program."

"Oh? Kuzma hesitated, as if he was suddenly frightened by this powerful name.

"Yes, it's the YACAP program. As far as I know, it is a youth player organization, led by a senior agent in the basketball circle (Yang Yiming has lost the name of Scott Kalonsky I), and it is about young players like us, not only to support each other and share resources, but also to create objective commercial value for the future, and become the pinnacle model of 'brother basketball'. If LeBron James and his good brothers Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade's 'brother basketball', the promotion of friendship is still greater than the actual alliance, then the YACAP project is indeed true, and it seems that it has been running for the purpose of huddle from the day of its birth... And after I inquired in many ways, it was determined that your teammate, Tanhuaxiu Bauer, also participated in YACAP! ”

"He..."

"Hmm!"

"But who else is in this YACAP project? Do you know? You weren't invited yourself? Kuzma asked.

"I have been invited. But after much hesitation, I decided not to participate in YACAP. Since I came to the NBA, I didn't choose an easy path - otherwise I could have stayed in the CBA and won enough championships. I want to say to myself at the end of my career, 'I, Yang Yiming, have done my best, and I have no regrets about success or failure.'" You know that feeling? ”

Kuzma nodded his head with some excitement.

"So I didn't accept it. But if you want to talk about the thirst for championship and glory, and want to take a shortcut in a group, I also understand. So..."

"So you know who else is there in YACAP besides Bauer?" Kuzma can't wait.

"As far as I know, we have at least Jayson Tatum and the Mavericks Jr. Smith in this edition. If you count the new rookies, Luke Doncic has also joined YACAP. ”

Kuzma became completely speechless.

"But!" Now that the words have been clarified, Yang Yiming decided to throw all the exciting information to Kuzma in one go, "YACAP is just a genre I know. In addition to huddling together for warmth, apprenticeship is of course also a path for young people to get ahead. For example, I know that Ben Simmons and LeBron James worked shooting in Kyoto, Japan, in the summer. ”

"LeBron?! So is it true that Zhan Huang's agency wants to win over Ben Simmons and finally bring him to Los Angeles? ”

"Looks like you've heard about it — Simmons' signing to Klutch, Zhan Huang's agency, is already a foregone conclusion, and I don't know if he'll come to Los Angeles. But everyone knows that 'let's practice shooting together' is absolutely nothing more than an excuse for complicated facts. ”

"If Simmons comes to the Lakers..."

"It's all unknown—" Yang interrupted Kuzma, who seemed to be caught up in fears that Simmons' arrival would cause him to be traded, "My agent also received a call from LeBron James himself inviting me to join the Lakers. The promise he made was probably the same as the promise he made to Ben Simmons, which was nothing more than inheriting the mantle of Emperor Zhan. It doesn't look like he has a reliable candidate yet, so why wouldn't it be you? ”

"You didn't agree?"

"It was past the trade deadline — and to be honest, I had a teacher in the summer, Dirk Nowitzchino, to ask him for advice on shooting. He didn't teach me anything useful, and I was more like playing a game than shooting blindfolded. But anyway, since I feel like I've learned two hands, I still want to try my hand at it in the new season. ”

"Try, try, hands, feet." Kuzma said word by word, learning Chinese martial arts and boxing.

"On the spur of the moment!"

"The second impulse."

"Yes, yes, yes." Yang Yiming, who had already challenged two Los Angeles teams at Staples Arena, decided to change the subject, saying: "I feel like you should find yourself a mentor too." Learn two tricks. Even if you don't learn, it will help you open your mind and expand your network. How about I, would you like to find a way to introduce you to a few? ”

Kuzma shook his head, stubborn and a little bitter, and said, "I'd better practice it myself." Shadow Warrior, remember. ”

"Okay, Shadow Warrior. But speaking of—"

Yang Yiming thought about it, and finally hid the magical help of the CAMS system in the apprenticeship process, after all, maybe in the eyes of people like Kuzma, who don't even want to ask for advice from senior players and just want to toss themselves, these "auxiliary devices" are like shameless cheating. Yang Yiming turned to the opponent he minded the most:

"But when it comes to practicing alone, there are really people like you. Donovan Mitchell. It's just that his practice methods, as far as I know, are much more extreme! ”

"Extreme?"

Yang Yiming looked at Kuzma, who was more than a few meters away, and found that the other party was also looking back at him. Yang Yiming suddenly regretted saying what he just said. Because Kuzma's frightened and eager eyes at the moment made him feel a little strange. Is it because there is too much talk this night, and Kyle Kuzma has the hidden worry of being left behind? Or did he hear that someone was doing more than him on the road of fighting alone, and he was relieved to have found a companion.

But now that the words have been spoken, Yang Yiming regrets that it is too late, he can only finish the rest of the part.

"Do you know about the Kennedy Space Center in Houston? There's a mad scientist's lab over there that applies aerospace biology to athletes. If Donovan Mitchell guessed correctly, he practiced there! ”(https:)

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