Chapter 316: Go Back to "Home" and Have a Look (I)
There were a lot of activities during the All-Star Weekend, but after Ye Feng participated in the three-point contest, he only planned to participate in the All-Star Game the next day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 He discussed with Westbrook and Loew, who were also going to the main game, and decided to go back to school in the afternoon to visit Coach Holland.
Although Holland had received a text message from Ye Feng before, knowing that they would take time to go back to UCLA during All-Star Weekend, Holland was still very excited after receiving a call from Ye Feng to confirm the time. He has coached a number of talented players since taking over the UCLA Bruins in 2003, but the trio of Westbrook, Ye Feng and Loew remain among the top stars. If you think about it, it's been a long time since I've seen three of them, and at most I've watched their team's games on TV. So this time the three of them visited the school together, which still surprised Holland.
His original idea was to contact the school first and hold a grand welcome ceremony, no matter how Ye Feng and the three of them have already made a name for themselves in the NBA, and they are no longer nobodies when they first entered the league. And now Ye Feng and Loew are the stars of their respective teams, although Westbrook has Durant by his side, his status is not low, and it is still acceptable for UCLA to hold a welcome ceremony for the three of them.
But Holland's idea was unanimously opposed by the three of them, especially Ye Feng, who is not a person who likes to pretend to be high-profile, and the school came forward to organize a welcome ceremony too much, so he still quietly entered the village to shoot. Westbrook and Loew also agreed with him, this was actually just a private visit, there was no need to make it so grand, but Ye Feng still expressed his hope to see the juniors who are now playing for the Bruins, the three of them can give some pointers by the way, of course, with their current status, they are qualified to say this, Ye Feng's original intention is also to hope that the Bruins can perform better, after all, they will soon enter the championship stage.
Holland is naturally full of promises, in his opinion, there are still a few good seedlings in the team, but to say that he doesn't need other people's guidance is pure nonsense. UCLA's record this year is not bad, and it is currently firmly ranked second in the Pac-10 league, and the team's starters are quite strong. Point guard Lazerrick Jones averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 assists per game, and shooting guard Malcolm Lee averaged 13.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and two assists per game. small forward Tyler Honeycutt, averaging 12.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game; power forward Reaves Nelson, averaging 13.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game; Center Joshua Smith averaged 10.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
Although there are no super perverted players like Ye Feng among them, the scoring points are very average, and even if there are not many assists, you can see the team spirit. But now that Ye Feng is willing to give some guidance to the juniors, Holland is naturally a hundred willing. Although he doesn't expect to lead this group of players to another NCAA championship, as a championship coach who is in charge of a prestigious school, he naturally hopes to go further in the tournament.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a very ordinary Mercedes-Benz drove into the UCLA campus, which Ye Feng temporarily borrowed from his father, their own car was too eye-catching, it was better to keep a low profile. This Mercedes-Benz drove all the way to the back door of the training hall, and the three big men rolled off the car and sneaked into the training hall through the back door.
When they came to the court, Holland was already waiting for them with the Bruins players of this year's session, and everyone's eyes were very hot when they looked at the three of them, after all, Ye Feng and they are likely to become the top stars in the NBA in the near future, and now that they see the real person, they naturally want to get close. Ye Feng and the others walked to Holland's side, stood up in front of a group of junior players, and waited for Holland to lecture like they did back then.
Holland was not pretentious, he nodded slightly at Ye Feng and them, and said loudly: "Boys, do you know who it is standing in front of you?" That's right, they won the 2008 NCAA championship for UCLA, and then all of them were selected to join the NBA in the lottery, and have now become important figures for their respective teams. The reason why they have time to come back today is because they have been selected as this year's Los Angeles All-Star, which is a huge honor for the team, let's welcome these three Bruins seniors, NBA stars - Westbrook of the Thunder, Ye Feng of the Trail Blazers, and Loew of the Timberwolves! ”
The manager's words were a bit impassioned, the players' faces turned red, and the empty training hall erupted in thunderous applause, mixed with excited whistles. For college players, meeting with NBA players is not a difficult thing, and many of them will also take this step in the future, but judging from the appearance of Ye Feng and them wearing their respective team jerseys, today may not be just a simple visit, there should be other things, but no matter what, it is a good thing for them, who wouldn't want to get up close and personal with the rising stars of the league?
Looking at the eyes of the juniors, Ye Feng and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, they all remembered the scene when Abdul-Jabbar came to their training class, and at that time, they were also the same as the juniors who were standing in front of them now, their eyes were full of surprise and disbelief. But there is still a difference between this time and that time, who is Abdul-Jabbar? NBA all-time scoring champion, six championships, six regular season MVPs, two Finals MVPs, such shocking achievements make it difficult for them to match now, even if the top superstars in the league are now, only Kobe Bryant has barely reached the height of Abdul-Jabbar.
But they're still young, and when Abdul-Jabbar was drafted by the Bucks, who knew he would be a superstar in league history for a long time to come? Being young means time, meaning there are endless possibilities for the future, and if you give them time, even if you can't reach Abdul-Jabbar's heights, you can still become a top star in the NBA.
If you target a 1,000-meter-high mountain, then you can only climb 1,000 meters at most, but if your goal is Mount Everest, even if you can't reach the summit in the end, you can climb to a height of five or six thousand meters or even six or seven thousand meters, isn't it many times stronger than the previous 1,000 meters?