Chapter 4: The Sensible Jones

Walking alone in this campus that he was very familiar with, Bai Xiaonian seemed to have returned to the time when he was still studying here a few months ago, and on the students who passed by along the way, Bai Xiaonian seemed to see himself and Honeycutter and a few guys hooking up after training, but only a few months have passed, and everything is different, and even he no longer belongs here.

But this is not a bad thing, there is a gain in life, there is a giveaway, since you are carrying a dream, you will naturally sacrifice some things that clash with it.

Following the path that he used to take Emma for a leisurely walk, his mind kept thinking about the past of his college days, and before he knew it, Bai Xiaonian was already standing in front of UCLA's Poly Arena.

Today, there will be a pre-season friendly match between UCLA and USC in Poly Arena. The Bruins' unbeatable starting five in the NCAA last season lost four of them this summer, and the UCLA is no longer the favorite to win last year's league. Their biggest task this year is to make it to the round of 64 of the NCAA March Madness.

Ben Holland, who was standing on the sidelines of the court, was giving a pre-game lecture to his boys, and looking at the crooked little guys in front of him, he couldn't help but miss the days when Wood's guys were still on the team.

At that time, the team had a backcourt two-gun formation composed of Bai Xiaonian and Malcolm on the outside, Taylor Honeycart on the front line interspersed back and forth, and Drew Gordon on the inside.

What made him even more angry was that Bai Xiaonian, Malcolm and Honeycutter would have participated in the draft and left the team, and Drew Gordon also quietly transferred to the University of New Mexico.

The loss of the little white shoes was arguably the most unsatisfactory time in Ben Holland's coaching career, but sad and sad, as the head coach of the team, he still had to continue to do his job, and he glanced at the time on his wrist and was about to call the Bruins players on the court.

"Coach, why is your face so ugly after only a few days?"

A familiar voice sounded from behind him, startling Ben Holland, who was giving orders. As soon as I turned my head, I saw the familiar handsome face of the little white children's shoes.

Seeing that it was Bai Xiaohou, Ben Holland's face instantly dissipated, and scolded with a smile:

"Stinky boy! You want to scare me to death, old man! I really didn't know to come back to see the teacher..."

Bai Xiaonian, as the most proud disciple of his disciple so far, he is naturally very loved, and now his biggest capital that Holland bragged about when he met people is Bai Xiaonian.

"Boys, why don't you come and see you Wood seniors! Jones, didn't you keep saying that the white elves of UCLA were your idols? Now your idols are here, come and learn a little! ”

Ben Holland and Bai Xiaonian exchanged pleasantries on the side, and after the former waved to the members of the Bruins.

"Hello senior! I'm Jones! Yours fans too! ”

A black young man wearing a UCLA team uniform ran to Bai Xiaonian's side and said after listening to Ben Holland's words.

Bai Xiaonian...

"Is Wood interested in playing two today? It's been a long time since I've played! ”

Seeing that Bai Xiaonian was wearing sneakers, General Patton, who had been watching on the sidelines, directly opened his mouth and instigated. He is very aware of the dilemma of Bai Xiaonian having no ball to play after the NBA is suspended, otherwise he would not have a good NBA team not waiting to run back to Los Angeles.

The reason why he did this is also to hope that the team can get off to a good start in the new season under the leadership of Wood, to be honest, UCLA is now completely half-hearted with USC after the summer havoc, and the Bruins are really not sure of winning today's warm-up game.

"Uh, isn't this okay? I'm gone..."

Bai Xiaonian's face darkened, he didn't expect these guys to actually fight this idea.

"What does it matter! I'm the head coach of the team, so I'm going to bring you back to the team today! Ben Holland, who had been watching the changes and did not shoot, saw that there was a scene and said quickly.

"That's right! Let these self-righteous guys see how good the NBA show is!! Barton continued.

"Coach, you see that the team's starting lineup has been arranged, I am not suitable for this! Square peg! ”

"Coach let Senior Wood play! I'm not going to fight today!"

Before Bai Xiaonian could finish his speech, Jones, who had been eavesdropping on their speeches, immediately interrupted.

Ben Holland gave this interesting little guy a "good job" look, then turned his head to Bai Xiaonian and said:

"Look! Everybody wants you to show your hand! ”

Looking at the innocent look of the old coach in front of him, and then looking at the eager eyes of the younger brothers around him, Bai Xiaonian spread his hands helplessly, and then took the Bruins jersey handed over by Jones, the junior brother on the side, and put it on his body.

"Yay!" There should be cheers here!

"Okay, I'll only play for five minutes, right?"

"Well said! Well said..."

"Everyone, come and assemble!"

After seeing that his goal was achieved, Ben Holland gathered all the members of the Bruins team and said:

"I won't have any other tactics today, you only have to do one thing when you get on the court in a while, and that is to put the ball in the hands of this senior of yours no matter what..."

As soon as I changed my clothes and came over, I listened to my coach talking nonsense on the side, Bai Xiaonian really couldn't cry or laugh, is this your team or mine?

"Hello! Hello everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you again so soon, and today we are bringing you an internal warm-up game of the Pacific 10 University Alliance, which is between UCLA and USC. ”

The voice of Kenan Dees, the live commentator of UCLA Poly Arena, sounded in the stadium, to be honest, he was used to the Super Bruins team with Bai Xiaonian pressing, and he really didn't have much passion in the face of this uncompetitive team today.

"I think all of you UCLA fans know that not only did we lose Malcolm, Honeycutt and Drew Gordon this summer, but we also lost our Elf Wood to make matters worse! But I'm sure the Bruins will rise again one day, so let's wait and see! ”

"Let me give you an introduction to the starting lineups of both sides today, first of all, USC sent point guard Jones Maluch and shooting guard Willis Barron to partner in the backcourt, the small forward is Flor Allan, the power forward is Diamond, and the center is called Basque James."

"Whew! I have to say that the strength of the other party is very strong! Let's take a look at our UCLA starters! ”

Now Kenan Dees is no longer as arrogant as he used to be to taunt his opponents before the game, and even his once passionate voice is a lot quieter...

"In this game, our center is first-year junior Smith Jollison, the power forward is still the Simmons we are most familiar with, small forward Wall David and the new backcourt pair of Rain-Jones and General Patton!"

"I believe these little guys can give us a great show in today's game!"