Chapter 50: Scout Henry

The date for the finals was the day before the summer break, and in order to accommodate a larger live audience and better live broadcast of the match, the venue was set at the T&M Center Arena at UNLV. Unexpectedly, the finals of this stadium that can accommodate tens of thousands of people were sold out.

During this time, the NBA playoffs were also in full swing, and the Heat swept the Bulls in a row with four gentlemen in a row after losing one game in a row, and met the Mavericks in the Finals. So decide the state championship in this game LeBron. James was unable to attend.

Although there was no Zhan Huang to help, but on the day of the game, Hogist ushered in a stranger and another acquaintance, and during the pre-game warm-up training, the two stood on the sidelines to greet Hoggist. The acquaintance is none other than Jeremy Lin, who went home fishing at the end of the regular season, while the stranger is a scout sent by the Spurs named Henry. Vincent, who is a scout for the Spurs, claims that the purpose of his trip is to be in charge of the entire Hougist summer camp.

Horgist listened to Mr. Vincent's words, and secretly thought it was funny, wouldn't it be good to come and test my level and say it generously? I had to make up such a lame excuse, I had never heard of that team's training camp would assign a reception specialist to non-league stars, and the reception specialist could not be from the scouting department!

Hougist also had a little more heart, and took the initiative to introduce Jeremy Lin and Mr. Vincent to know each other, "Mr. Vincent, this is my good buddy Jeremy. Forest; Jeremy, who is a scout for the Spurs, Henry Henry. Vincent. Jeremy now has a one-year contract with the Warriors, but he doesn't play much under Coach Jackson, who doesn't seem to like Asians very much, and I know that Mr. Popovich is not racist, and the Spurs have always been a multinational force. Parker and Manu from Argentina. Ginobili has had great success, Jeremy's ability is actually outstanding, and I believe that if you can give him a chance, he will also succeed, it's a win-win situation! ”

"Hello Jeremy, my name is Henry. Vincent, it's a pleasure to meet you and hope we have the opportunity to work together in the future. Vincent took the initiative to shake Lin's hand. But the tone is official, and there is not much sincerity.

Lin exchanged a few words with him, and Vincent returned to his seat. Jeremy Lin had the opportunity to communicate with Hoggist alone.

"How did you get involved with the Spurs' scouts? You're only a freshman in high school! Jeremy Lin asked curiously.

Hoggist shrugged, "Who knows, the Spurs sent me an official invitation to participate in this summer's training camp, and then sent such a person, who claims to be the reception specialist, to be in charge of my training camp reception, but send a scout to be in charge of the reception, who would believe it?" ”

"I see!" Jeremy Lin thought for a moment and figured out the reason, "The Spurs have a 50+ win rate every year, and they don't have high picks every year, but they always find treasures in the low picks every year, do you think it's Robert. Canter Bree. Did Buford open the eyes of heaven? ”

"You mean?" Hougist also seems to understand a little under Jeremy Lin's suggestion.

"That's right! There's a good chance that's the case with the Spurs, who invite high school stars from all states to train together every summer to see what you young people are capable of and capable of. There may be people who are playing better and better, and by the time of the draft, it has become a lottery show, and the Spurs have no chance to get involved, but there will also be people who are in the limelight in high school, and their skills are overwhelming, but they have not made significant progress in college, and the draft prospects are gradually dimming, but the basic skills are solid, and the tactical literacy is high, although they are behind, it is still possible to play at the star level, but other teams may only look at a few trials before the draft, but the Spurs have been observing these rookies since high school, and they are of course more aware of who is strong and who is weak. The draft will certainly be more successful! ”

"It's terrible, it's a rainy day! Popovich and R.C. Buford are really calculating! No wonder it is always said that the Spurs owner is poor and can't afford a big contract to buy stars, so it turns out that the money is spent on this! Hoggist was speechless.

"Why don't you make up for this last sentence! It's as if the Spurs can't grab the big stars and they are to blame. Jeremy Lin laughed.

"But that scout doesn't seem to be very interested in you! The speech is also official, and there is no substance at all. Hoggist said indignantly, "It's really eye-catching, I think you go to the Spurs and definitely be the best choice for Parker's successor!" ”

"Brother Helian is so exalted to me!" Jeremy Lin said this sentence in Chinese, and then asked in English, "Is that what you say?" Haha, it's not good to make you laugh! ”

Haojist also returned the salute, and responded in Chinese with a smile on his face: "Brother Lin is too humble, Brother Lin's Chinese is getting better and better!" ”

The two chatted enthusiastically for a while, and the time was close to the opening, and Coach Dick beckoned everyone back to the locker room at the entrance of the players' tunnel to prepare for the ceremony. Hougist high-fived and hugged Jeremy Lin again before heading back to the locker room.

Everyone's jersey and boots have been neatly arranged in their respective wardrobes in the dressing room by equipment manager Vitra. Everyone is the latest LeBron 8P.S. version, but Haugist is still the earliest V1 version. Hoggist also wore the V2 and P.S. versions, but he didn't like the feel of the plastic uppers, so he still asked LeBron's equipment team to continue to provide the V1 version of the leather upper, and today's burgundy V1 version of the Lebron8 is also the PE version specially made by the LeBron equipment team for the finals.

Everyone quickly changed their equipment and waited in the locker room for the ceremony. Hoggist delivered a mobilization speech before the game as usual, "It's the finals again, guys, today's opponent has only one strong point in attack, I want to lock him with all my might, so the offense depends on everyone, you have to liberate your nature and try to show your talent on the offensive end!" ”

Everyone nodded excitedly, especially those senior high school players, whether they can get an invitation to a better university depends on tonight!

Although the venue of the game is not at Cimaren Memorial Middle School, the University of Nevada, Vegas, located in Las Vegas, is also half of the home of the Spartans, and most of the audience is Spartan fans, so the Spartans are placed in the back, and the first to play is the Renault Middle School Tahoe Lake team wearing green jerseys. Lake Tahoe is a famous resort near Reno, is the largest alpine lake in North America, surrounded by mountain peaks, the lake water is clear and blue, the winter snowfall period is as long as 8 months, the road surface is often covered with snow, but the bottom of the lake is unusually deep, the deepest depth is 1645 feet, so the lake water does not freeze. In addition, there are many music festivals with different styles throughout the year, and tourists and music fans are constantly flocking throughout the year. So the team at Reno Middle School is named after Lake Tahoe.

The venue DJ began by introducing the starting lineup at Renault Middle School: "Welcome Lake Tahoe No. 9, 6 feet tall, senior high school, point guard, Leon. Murgus III! ”

"Welcome to Lake Tahoe No. 20, 6'2", tall sophomore, shooting guard, Hank. Binders! ”

"Welcome No. 42 of Lake Tahoe, 6'6", high school junior, power forward, Walter . Dux!

"Welcome to Lake Tahoe No. 5, 6 feet 9 inches, high school junior, center, Cliff. Nobel!

"Finally, welcome Lake Tahoe No. 0, 6'4", tall and first-year high school forward, small forward, Patrick. McCaw! ”

Although there were also many fans of Renault Middle School at the scene, the sound of cheering and shouting was quickly drowned out in the hustle and bustle. Then it was the Spartans' turn to start, and the crowd of fans gave a standing ovation, much stronger than the Tahoe Lake fans.

"Welcome Spartans No. 9, 5'11", high school freshman, point guard, Joseph. Bill! ”

"Welcome to Spartans No. 22, 6'4", senior high school senior, small forward, Harris. Moles! ”

"Welcome Spartans No. 33, 6'7", high school sophomore, power forward, Randolph. Morris! ”

"Welcome Spartans No. 8, 6'10", senior high school, center, Devon. Williams! ”

"Finally, welcome Spartan No. 0, 6'3", tall and first-year high school guard, Hougist. Hurley! "Hoggist's appearances, cheers and screams are always the loudest.

Everyone took their positions on the field, and the referee walked to the center circle to kick off. Devin, who is tall and long-armed, easily dialed the ball to Joseph, and Joseph began to look for Haugist after half the court, wanting to pass the ball to him, but Hougist waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want the ball and let Joseph organize it himself.

Joseph had no choice but to organize himself at the top of the arc, Devin was entangled in the low post with the opposing center Nobel for the position, and Devin was gradually away from the basket by Nobel. But Devin suddenly exerted a force on his waist, turned around and unloaded Nobel's force, and went around behind him.

Joseph saw the right moment to throw the ball to the basket, Devin rounded Nobel and strode to the basket, jumped high, and lightly stretched his ape arm to catch the ball and complete an empty dunk.

The crowd ran to the backfield, and Hoggist smiled and said to Joseph, "Look, you're not very well organized!" ”

"Hey, Meng, this goal is completely Devin's own created chance, I haven't thought about what to do next!"

"It's okay, you then play the inside line for Devin, play two to see the defensive level of the opponent's inside, if you can't prevent Devon, let Devin chisel the inside line, if you can defend it, then talk about it."

"Okay!"

The Tahoe Lakers handed the ball to McCaw halftime, who held the ball at the top of the arc and Hoggist stood in front of him. McCaw was not in a hurry to attack, but kept dribbling behind the ball at the top of the arc and began to "greet" Hougist.

"You wear size 0 too? Idol also Arenas? McCaw asked.

"It's rare to meet an agent fan! Looks like I'm going to defend your shots well. Hougist replied with a smile.

"Maybe I'll break through stronger?" McCaw laughed.

Hougist pointed to Devon behind him, "If you break in, you may not have a chance to make a move!" ”

"Anyway, try it first!" McCaw suddenly shifted forward to Tuhaugist's left hand.

"Hehe, why do you think that my non-dribbler side must have poor coordination of movement?" Hogist sliding step sticker anti-McCaw.

McCaw burst to the free throw line and suddenly stopped for a jumper, and Hougist also paused, stretching out his long arm to easily block the shot. McCaw didn't seem to expect that the emergency stop shot would be blocked by Hoogist, and he stood there without reaction for a while. Hoggist chased the ball and scored a layup.

Hoggist ran back to the halfcourt, and when he saw that McCaw hadn't recovered from the shock, he took the initiative to go up and pat McCaw, "Don't be too surprised, although I'm a little shorter than you, my arm span is 6'7!" If you want to shoot on my head, you're going to have to do a little more feints or shoot faster! ”

McCault froze and pretended to be relaxed: "I underestimated you just now, it was just a strategic mistake, and I will play every ball carefully and teach you how to behave." ”

"Then I can only wait for good news, please!" Hougist made a gesture of please and returned to the defensive position to wait for McCaw's attack.

McCaw chose to call for a block and a break at the top of the arc this time to cover his own breakthrough, Nobel came up to block and dismantle, McCaw still had to break through the left hand side of Haugist, this time Haugist didn't even think about how to pass the cover set by Nobel, but used his long arm to knock McCaw's ball away before McCaw snatched from Nobel's side and went inside, and Horgist gave the ball to Joseph who was running fast this time.

Originally, Joseph's empty basket and these two points could be regarded as a hand-holding, but he didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he actually wanted to dunk! With no one on guard, Joseph dribbled and accelerated to the reasonable collision zone, jumped high and stretched his body to the extreme, trying to complete the dunk. It's a pity that as a pure-blooded Chinese, his physical fitness is average, and his height is insufficient, so Joseph jumped up and buckled it hard in front of the basket, and the reaction force almost dislocated Joseph's arm.

The ball bounced near the three-point line, and Haugist grabbed the ball before Murgus III could pounce and distributed the ball again to Joseph under the basket. Joseph didn't dare to hold it up any longer, and jumped up under the basket to wipe the board and score.