The team's poor record ended the season early, and Johnson simply gave the team a long break to give everyone a good rest.

For the vast majority of fourth-graders, their playing careers are over, and while there are still a few practice games to come, there are generally no fourth-graders left behind after the team is reorganized.

With the exception of a handful of players who have been drafted by scouts and are ready to compete in the league's rookie draft, who stay to continue training, most people need to start planning for their future.

Daniel, Renault and others changed into casual suits and half-rimmed glasses, and immediately had a different literati atmosphere.

The current stadium is both familiar and unfamiliar to them.

Although it was a holiday, there was still no shortage of training on the court.

If you want to perform in the new season, if you want to do better in the new season, you have to give 12 per cent.

Especially for the first and second graders, in the face of the retirement of the fourth graders, there are a large number of vacancies in the starting position, as long as they perform well, they will grasp the opportunity to rise to the top and become the team's starter.

"It's nice to be young." Daniel sighed with emotion, he looked at the posture of training hard, and couldn't help but think of his lost youth. So much sweat, so much unwillingness, so many regrets, that moment was heartbreaking, but now it seems that everything is like the clouds of the past, slowly fading in the future.

"Hey, what about the quarterbacks?" Daniel looked around, and as the team's starting quarterback, he was more interested in a couple of his juniors. Unexpectedly, whether it was Yifan, Rogers, or Brett, they didn't see any of them.

"Everyone else is so serious, but they don't have any motivation for a few doubts? Is this looking down on the starting quarterback position? Daniel was a little annoyed. However, after thinking about it, this is not the only place to practice, and it may be in the gym. But thinking about it, he has been to the stadium many times these days, but he hasn't seen Yifan once. This made him feel very strange, according to this guy's usual personality, he should practice more ruthlessly than anyone else.

Now on the practice field, the most striking figure can be described as the first-year near-end bearded Barkley, his beard is black and thick, and he can be recognized from a distance.

I saw that his figure looked stronger than in the entrance test. For most freshmen, the rhythm of life has changed dramatically from high school to college teams, and it is inevitable that the body will be a little uncomfortable. Moreover, the intensity of the exercise has increased across the board, and the vast majority of people have lost weight. It's nice to be able to keep it at the same level.

But Barkley is different, instead of losing weight, he has gained more than a dozen pounds.

At this time, he was practicing physical confrontation with the defenders, and I saw that every impact he made was particularly powerful, and the defenders stumbled.

The team's No. 1 and No. 2 close forwards, Williams and Paveridge, both fourth-graders, have taken off their jerseys and now is undoubtedly his best chance to perform.

Although he usually always looks disrespectful and self-respecting, Barkley practices harder than anyone else, and he has not rested for a day this holiday, whether it is weight-bearing bench press, or long-distance running, variable speed running practice, or Schron exercise machine and real person confrontation, he gritted his teeth and persevered every day.

"Bearded, don't you take a break? Muscles that are too tired can easily be injured. "Matthews has just finished his shifting and he looks a little bit bigger now than he did at the start of the season, and although he still looks skinny compared to the others, it's good to be able to improve like that in one season.

"Rest? I don't have that much time to spare, unlike some people, who don't see anyone all day, and I guess I went happily with the chick in the cheerleading team. Barkley said dismissively.

"Haha, everyone's practice is different, I don't know where he gets his secret training." Matthews immediately heard who Barkley was referring to, and quickly played a round. Although it is a long vacation, the coaching staff does not have any tasks or instructions, but there are really not many first-year students who dare not come to practice for a day, after all, no one knows whether these days are a test for the coaching staff to assess their conscious ability.

"Some of the uniforms I used to practice couldn't be worn, and some of them were very old. I'm going to Detroit in the afternoon to buy a new one, do you want to go along? Matthews invited.

Barkley was a little reluctant, he didn't want to waste a second. However, his sneakers were also badly worn, and he needed to buy new ones and gear.

"Well, it just so happens that I have something I want to buy too."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Barkley replied.

After lunch, the two of them changed into casual sportswear and drove to Detroit.

Matthews drove his brother's second-hand Buick to 160 kilometers per hour, barely taking long to get to downtown Detroit.

Because the speed of the car was so fast, Barkley, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was so frightened that his beard was about to explode, and he couldn't say a word.

It wasn't until the car stopped for a long time that Barkley was still in shock.

"So you're more than just fast...... Barkley quipped, feebly.

Matthews looked relaxed, as if nothing had happened. He responded with a wicked smile: "I haven't made any effort yet, you didn't take my brother's car, that's even more exciting." ”

Walking out of the parking lot, they came to the Detroit Sports Mall. Most of their sports equipment was purchased in high school, so they haven't bought much here, and this sports mall is also introduced by the senior students of the team.

After walking around, they found that the things sold here were all old models, and the prices were not cheap. Because it is a general mall, there are many shops selling basketball, ice hockey, and baseball equipment, so there are not many rugby shops.

"That kind of dress costs 90 dollars, it's too tricky! No wonder there's not much business here! TM deserves it! Barkley couldn't help but complain as he walked out of the store. Although Detroit is a big city, it is not so tricky.

Matthews was also worried, the price was more than double that of his in Malcolm, and it was too much more than his shopping budget.

"Hey, what's that over there? Looks classy? Barkley pointed to a building near Ford Field. It's glamorous and modern.

"I think I've heard that there's a new rugby complex near Ford Park, is that it? Let's go over and see? Matthews remembers hearing Yi Fan mention that. They didn't buy anything anyway, so maybe there's a bigger discount over there.