Syracuse University head coach Jim Boyham has been struggling lately.

In the end, Jonny Flynn didn't listen to him and announced his participation in the '09 NBA Draft. To add insult to injury, the team's main starting small forward Paul Harris and center Eric Devendoff have announced their participation in the NBA draft two days ago, so Syracuse University's starting five tigers have been removed by three, making the prospects of Syracuse University, which has been struggling in the past few years, even less optimistic about next year.

Jim's hair turned gray a few times, and he tried to persuade Johnny Flynn, but the boy was so determined that he refused to let him go.

What's even more infuriating is that Alina didn't know what was crazy, and actually sent a rare invitation to the basketball team to an unknown Chinese teenager!

"Oh my God, is he Yao Ming? Is he seven feet tall? Jim felt that he was about to be driven crazy, looking at the basketball players on the court who were training weakly, his heart was full of anger, and he subconsciously put the pencil in his mouth, and then "snapped" and bit the lid off

When Tang Wenlong saw Coach Jim for the first time, he saw the image of him spitting out an inexplicable thing from his mouth with a "puff", and he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, is this coach a monster? "Ahem."

Joe Thomas cleared his throat and then took the lead and walked up, reaching out and patting Coach Jim, who was leaning on the fence. "Jim, long time no see!"

Coach Jim looked back, "Joe! His eyes lit up, and a smile of surprise appeared on his face: "You are finally willing to come back!" Then he took the initiative to open his hands and enthusiastically gave Joe Thomas a firm hug, he patted Joe Thomas on the back a few times very hard, and then looked over and saw Tang Wenlong hiding behind Joe Thomas timidly, Tang Wenlong and Jim looked at each other and showed a stiff smile. Is this the basketball junior you recommend? Jim couldn't wait to ask, he was very positive about the work, although after seeing Tang Wenlong's height clearly, he was still a little disappointed, in his opinion, Asian basketball players without height are basically lacking in confrontation.

Joe Thomas nodded a little proudly when he heard this, pulled Tang Wenlong over, and introduced: "His name is Tang Wenlong, Tang from Chinatown, a very good young man." "Oh?!" Jim obviously had a look of disbelief on his face, and said quickly: "Joe, although we have been friends for more than thirty years, you know, I am a serious person, and my assessment has always been strict. Although many players on our Syracuse University Orange People basketball team have left recently, not just anyone can come in. Maybe my words are a little wrong, but you know what I mean, you have to let him pass the test first. “

With such a fast speed of speech, Tang Wenlong naturally couldn't understand it, and Joe Thomas's face became a little ugly, and his tone became cold, and he said stiffly: "Okay, I understand what you mean, Jack has already told me before coming." "If it weren't for Aliana, I don't think I would have been at school today, you know, a fantastic Saturday is very rare." Jim turned and walked towards the basketball court, not greeting the two of them. "Let's go, keep up." Joe Thomas was so cheeky that Tang Wenlong followed Jim.

The Syracuse University basketball players who were training on the court looked curiously at the two people beside the coach, and the young and handsome Tang Wenlong attracted most of the attention, his eyes were clear, he walked steadily, and his expression was indifferent, like an elegant aristocratic teenager.

As Jim walked, he began to introduce his assessment: "You know, I have a yardstick in mind. The first thing to do is to measure the physical fitness, and I need your most comprehensive physical fitness report. Second, even if you have decent physical fitness, I still need some basic basketball skills here, and if you still can't pass it, you won't be able to be a part of the Syracuse University basketball team. “

Jim introduced quickly, Tang Wenlong frowned and listened with difficulty, many places did not understand and hear clearly. "Alright, alright, let's stop for a moment!" Coach Jim clapped his hands, asked the orange people basketball players who were training on the court to stop, and then beckoned someone to come over: "Andy, help me clean up this court and prepare some equipment to measure physical fitness. As he greeted, a young white man, about the same height as Tang Wenlong, nodded after hearing the coach's words, and then beckoned a few players to the side door of the court. Okay, let's start with some basic measurements, and here are the most standard height and weight measurements. Coach Jim turned around, his face a little smug, "Our basketball equipment and facilities at Syracuse University are also at the leading level, and they can definitely measure the number of players most accurately, even surpassing some NBA teams." “

Joe Thomas handed Tang Wenlong a color, and Tang Wenlong reached out and took off his coat, and then in the blink of an eye, he changed into a clean and beautiful Xiyang No. 1 Squadron uniform.

Someone couldn't help but laugh. "Hey, this kid is so funny, who does he think he is? Dare to wear the number 23 jersey! "That's it, he thought he was Michael Jordan or LeBron James? It's so funny, look at his thin arms, did the boss find a social elite from the business school? “

Tang Wenlong didn't have anything absolutely, but Joe Thomas, who was listening to the laughter of "sneering", felt that his old face was a little unbearable, and then turned away with a straight face, out of sight.

A player came over with a heavy height and weight measuring instrument, and Tang Wenlong took off his shoes and stood up under Jim's signal. "Height 6.348 feet (193.5 cm), weight 195.9 pounds (88.9 kg)!" Andy, who was helping with the measurements, spoke out loud, and then a classmate with glasses next to him scribbled it down on a piece of paper.

Then measuring his arm span, Tang Wenlong leaned his back against the wall and stretched out his arms with all his might. "The reach is 6.67 feet (203.2 cm)!" Andy struggled to get the eye-to-eye to grab the end, and then loudly reported the value again. "Oh?! This arm span is not bad at this point in the height segment. A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of Coach Jim, who was listening, he has also been in contact with many Asian basketball players, and their arm spans are usually similar to their height, or even shorter than their height, such as Yao Ming's arm span of 2.26 meters is only 2.20 meters. In this regard, black athletes have a unique advantage, their arm span is usually a lot longer than their height, like Tang Wenlong, a big handful.

At this point, Coach Jim was also a little interested, and the other players on the side also discussed, "This guy has a lot of hands and has potential." "Feel the height test!" Andy introduced.

Tang Wenlong spat out "baba", looked at the height gauge in the distance, pressed his legs, and stretched his muscles and bones. "Drink!" Tang Wenlong squatted down and rushed out, like a cheetah pounced on food, Andy, who was next to the measuring instrument, bore the brunt of it, and was shocked by Tang Wenlong's momentum, trembling all over.

He took a step, then "thumped" on the floor, his knees bent, his muscles exploded, and the whole person jumped up like a spring, and rushed into the air with an astonishing acceleration. Tang Wenlong raised his right arm with great effort, and then pointed into the air. "Smack!" He descended to the ground and looked up at the monitor. "Bounce 29.5 inches! (75 cm) and 11.25 feet (343 cm) high! Andy's voice on the side trembled slightly and reported the data, oh my God! What a terrifying statistic, Andy was shocked by the statistic, you know, as far as he knows, there is no player like this who has this great bounce.

Also shocked was a group of people around here, and the players gasped and let out a "hiss~~" sound.

Jim Boyham's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and his jaw was about to fall to the ground: "This, this, this" He turned his head to look at Joe Thomas, although Joe Thomas was also shocked in his heart, but he was not as shocked as Jim, in fact, as early as when he was in Xiyang, he had already seen Tang Wenlong's explosive bouncing power. "It's like Derrick Rose, isn't it?"

Joe Thomas said lightly, full of teasing pleasure.

(PS: Ask for the list of Syracuse University players for the 09-10 season)