Chapter 4 Bai Xiaonian's jersey number
Retracting the hand that was a little red from being pinched by the excited Annie, Bai Xiaonian's facial expression was unusually rich...
Although this team is very bad now, he is not bad himself, it is a big deal to be a superhero on the basketball court and carry these guys on his shoulders to move forward, just like Bryant today! Thinking that he could be a lone hero like Kobe Bryant and save the whole team, Bai Xiaonian was secretly excited.
Since the Sharks left the Lakers last year, the Purple and Gold Dynasty has gradually become Kobe's one-man team, although last season because of Kobe's injury late in the season, which led to the collapse of the entire record and was blocked out of the playoffs, but this season's Lakers are still hopeful of entering the playoffs after the summer reinforcement.
But where can Bai Xiaonian understand the sweat that a lone hero needs to pay and the loneliness he endures in his heart behind the attention of the people in front of the stage.
Anne clapped her hands and asked everyone to come over, looking at the group of teams in front of her with some relief, and introduced to them: "This is our new teammate this year, you can call him Bai Xiaonian, he is very good at playing." ”
"Hah! I know you, you're a St. Lawrence elf, right, and I've seen your game, the one where you scored 48 points in a record-breaking single game. And I'm also a new member of the team this year, and it's an honor to be a teammate with you, my name is Coaster, and you can call me by my nickname - Fat Kao. The big fat man who had just made a layup and hit the plane excitedly took Bai Xiaonian's hand and said.
"I know you too, it's said that you were a very powerful person in junior high school, but I didn't expect you to come to Wellington High School too." A thin boy with a height of no more than 170 measured by Bai Xiaonian spoke on the side.
"That's right, I'm Bai Xiaonian from St. Lawrence, and I'm excited to join the Wellington High School basketball team." Bai Xiaonian also nodded to everyone and introduced himself, while silently pulling down Coaster's fat hand.
He thought for a while and said: "Maybe we are not good enough now, but I believe that God rewards hard work, as long as we maintain enthusiasm and persist in our efforts, we will definitely be rewarded, and we may experience all kinds of difficulties in the next days, if you don't want to be cowards, don't coax me to do it!" ”
Although Bai Xiaonian has not played a game for this basketball team, he has already taken this place for himself in his heart, and he will never allow his territory to decay like this.
However, after listening to Bai Xiaonian's words, except for Coaster and the thin boy who had just spoken out, the two newcomers were very excited, and the other veteran players just snorted twice out of politeness, obviously they didn't think that Bai Xiaonian, a hairy boy who had just entered high school, had the power to turn decay into magic, and let this down-and-out basketball team break out of the cocoon into a butterfly.
With the arrival of Bai Xiaonian, Anne specially arranged the first intra-team group confrontation of the basketball team in the new semester.
Wearing the white No. 11 jersey of Wellington High School, Bai Xiaonian led several rookies and veterans into two teams, No. 11 was different from his shirt number in St. Lawrence in junior high school, and he chose a new number this time.
He chose the number 11 as a tribute to the NBA's legendary Smiling Assassin, Isaiah Thomas, who spent all of his 13-season career with the Detroit Pistons, repaid the team that selected him with two O'Brien Cups, and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Bai Xiaonian is very envious of such a person who can stick to the city to the death, and at the same time hopes that he can lead Wellington High School to a new chapter like a smiling assassin.
This group confrontation did not jump the ball, the big fat man Coaster served out, originally he wanted to pass the ball to Bai Xiaonian, but the basketball jumped into the opponent's arms, and the tall man named Wallace who got the ball actually missed the empty basket with no one after holding the ball and walking for I don't know how many steps, and the basketball popped out of bounds.
Looking back, the skinny teenager Sam paid for the blocking foul again, and the players of the old and new teams went back and forth in the foul competition, and successfully maintained the zero score until the end of the first quarter...
Bai Xiaonian did not participate in the offense of the freshman team in the first quarter, at most he helped them reverse the ball, and he wanted to take this opportunity to understand how the basketball team is really now.
And this extremely "intense" situation made him really cry and laugh, and sighed in his heart: "I still have a long way to go." ”
I thought that at least these teammates could give me some support on the defensive end and coverage, but now it seems that they are thinking too much. His current strength is far from enough to support the offense and defense of the whole team, and he must become stronger!
beckoned everyone over, Bai Xiaonian picked up a basketball, came to the three-point line and said to everyone: "I think our group confrontation can be temporarily stopped, I think I have understood your level, so I think I should teach you the basic things first, and then make other plans, first of all, your shooting posture is too amateurish, even my grandfather is more standard than your posture, let me demonstrate the correct shooting posture, playing these good foundations is the premise of better scoring." ”
Saying that, Bai Xiaonian took the ball to the high position and jumped up gently, rubbed his fingers and pulled out the basketball, after throwing the basketball, Bai Xiaonian didn't look at whether the ball was in or not, he turned around and faced everyone and said: "See, this is shooting, it's very simple and very difficult." As soon as the words fell, the basketball went into the net behind him.
The wellington high school basketball team watched Bai Xiaonian's performance blankly, the picturesque shooting posture was deeply imprinted in their minds, and they secretly swore that they would also be like Bai Xiaonian, who could play basketball gracefully.
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"Yes, yes, Sam, you're doing a great job, and if you can add some wrist strength to the right level, I'm sure you can throw a good shot."
"Well done Kroos, don't stiffen your fingers, gently throw the basketball to the basket and remember that whether it's hitting the board or going straight into the net, as long as you can score, it doesn't matter how you score."
"Well done..."
Bai Xiaonian kept correcting the shortcomings of the players on the sidelines, which was exactly the same as Mitchell Thompson, who taught him at the beginning, and it can be said that he directly opened Clay's father's basketball training class to Wellington High School.
He's now coaching his teammates through the basics of basketball, which is a step-by-step process that he believes will be his main job for a long time to come.
If only I could find a coach for the team...
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