Xiahe Street is located to the east of Hunan University.

As soon as Gao Dazhuang stepped into Xiahe Street, he suddenly felt goodbye to the hustle and bustle of the city, a soothing bluestone street was displayed in front of him, and there were still shops selling antiques at the entrance of the street, which was the original and simple style of the fifties and sixties of the last century.

Stepping on the green stone road, the ancient style and ancient charm of the street suddenly came to the face, the green stone street, the green tile houses like fish scales, and the golden paved doors, making people seem to have walked into a time tunnel of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The most famous thing in Xiahe Street is the teahouse, and the most famous of them is the "Forrest Gump" teahouse, which is also the goal of today's tall and strong.

The moon-shaped arches, the finely carved hollow window lattices, window flowers, and tall and sturdy wooden pillars support the entire upper and lower two-storey teahouse.

Walking into the door, the eyes suddenly opened up, the black and shiny thick Eight Immortals table, the antique and tall Taishi chair, the spacious, neat, elegant and generous teahouse, the people who enjoyed tea leisurely were at ease.

Gao Dazhuang went straight to the second floor, and saw an "old acquaintance" waiting for him.

This person is Aaron McCarthy, the head coach of the Parking basketball team, and this white-haired foreigner is actually sipping tea leisurely in this quaint teahouse.

Seeing Gao Dazhuang, Coach Aaron McCarthy smiled and waved his hand, and after Gao Dazhuang sat down, he said: "I personally love Chinese tea culture very much."

Gao Dazhuang responded with a smile: "The coach's Chinese is good."

"To understand a country, you must first understand its culture, I like China very much", Aaron McCarthy coach made a cup of tea for Gao Dazhuang and said: "Different from drinking coffee, drinking tea, pay attention to a word, can make a pot of tea, choose an elegant and quiet place, pour yourself a drink, you can eliminate fatigue, lift your spirit, come and taste this cup of Tieguanyin." ”

"Listening to the coach say this, I'm really ashamed, but I don't know anything about tea culture" Gao Dazhuang said sharply: "I don't know if the coach asked me to come today?" ”

Coach Aaron McCarthy took a sip of tea and said, "You're officially invited to join the Parklane basketball team."

Although he could basically guess the other party's purpose, he was still very excited to hear Coach Aaron McCarthy's invitation, which at least proved that his strength was recognized by the professional basketball world.

Coach Aaron McCarthy looked at the tall and strong, paused for a few seconds and said: "You are not afraid of physical confrontation, excellent offensive skills, excellent hand feeling, high ball quotient, and great potential are your strengths, your biggest problem is that your defensive vigilance is not enough, the basic skills need to be strengthened, and the lack of experience in major competitions."

"I also learned from your coach Liu Qing about your performance in this CUBA divisional competition, you have made great progress again, and it also proves my vision, you have great potential, and the road to professional basketball is not far from you," continued Coach Aaron McCarthy.

Gao Dazhuang thought for a while and asked, "I don't know what the coach is positioning me?" ”

"I think your physical fitness and technical characteristics are not suitable for playing the No. 5 position, you can develop to the No. 4 position, or even the No. 3 position, your good touch and flexibility can make you comfortable in both positions, if you come to our team, I am confident that you will be trained to be a good professional player," Aaron McCarthy coach said seriously.

"Of course, you may not be in the first team right now, but you can learn more and grow faster in our youth reserve team than you can in college, and I can guarantee that with your potential, you will soon have a place in the first team," Aaron McCarthy looked at the tall and strong with anticipation.

"Thank you very much for the coach's appreciation of me, to be honest, I love basketball very much, and I have the idea and preparation to become a professional footballer, but I still need to think about it, it was a big decision in my life and I want to think it through," said Tall and Strong with a nod of thanks to Coach Aaron McCarthy.

Hobbies and careers are two completely different concepts, before entering college, there was no basketball in Gao Dazhuang's life trajectory, and now it is very difficult for a student who has not yet entered the society to make such a major decision, even if Gao Dazhuang makes a decision, he also needs time to lobby his parents.

"Another thing, I'm really looking forward to the CUBA National Championship," Gao continued, because CUBA does not accept professional players, which is also a big reason for Gao Dazhuang's hesitation.

Coach Aaron McCarthy glanced at the tall and strong with his deep eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, this is an important decision in your life, and I hope you can think about it carefully, but if you are willing to play professional basketball, I hope you can consider our team, because I can fully tap your potential and you will become a good professional player." ”

"Thank you again, coach, I will carefully consider your opinion," Gao Dazhuang hurriedly thanked.

"Okay, although you are not my player now, I hope you don't pull down the training, any genius is forged by hard work, you can come to our club when you have time, our training equipment is much more advanced than your university, you can also come and watch my training, it will be of great help to you" Coach Aaron McCarthy said with a smile.

"You are such a great coach, I will come to visit you" The tall and strong can see the sincerity of this foreign old man.

"Also, I'd like to give you a gift," Coach Aaron McCarthy said with a mysterious smile.

"Gifts?" In the confusion of the tall and strong, Coach Aaron McCarthy handed over a very delicate card with the words "Flame Camp".

"What is this?" Gao Dazhuang took it in his hand, looked at it in turn, and wrote on the back: "Yi Jianlian Basketball Training Camp".

"Next month, Yi Jianlian, the core player of your Chinese national team, will hold a basketball training camp in Guangzhou," Coach Aaron McCarthy explained: "This training camp plans to select 80 young male players aged 15 to 18 to participate, and the students participating in the training camp will be free of charge and enjoy professional basketball training, so there are a lot of people who have signed up, and auditions will be held in the near future."

"But our Parklane basketball team moved from Dongguan to Changsha, and I have a good relationship with Guangdong Hongyuan Basketball Club, so I applied for a direct pass for you," continued Coach Aaron McCarthy.

"Since you haven't been exposed to professional basketball training, I hope to go to this camp and learn about the training of professional players. In this basketball training camp, Yi Jianlian invited several American professional coaches and trainers to form a strong professional coaching group in the training camp, several of which are my good friends, and Yi Jianlian himself will personally guide the students in the training camp," Coach Aaron McCarthy said while staring at the tall and strong man in a daze.

Yi Jianlian, such as a thunderous name, is now the banner of Chinese basketball, if you can learn from Yi Jianlian, for tall and strong, the benefits are obvious.

"Yi Jianlian is the most famous and powerful player in your country, when Yi Jianlian was only 15 years old, he made a splash in the basketball training camp he participated in for the first time, and various technical data amazed the coaches of various countries present. Since then, he has stepped into the road of basketball, and in the following years, he has dominated the Chinese basketball world, and has entered the NBA, the highest hall of basketball in the world, I hope you can learn from him, maybe you can help him more" Coach Aaron McCarthy said something that surprised Gao Da Zhuang.

"Can I really do it?" Tall and strong is also said to be enthusiastic, which young person has no momentum and no dreams, Yi Jianlian is now the dream of Chinese basketball fans.

"You can," Coach Aaron McCarthy replied seriously.

"This gift is too precious, I will work hard to live up to the coach's expectations" Gao Da Zhuang accepted this valuable "gift" very simply.

"Okay, I'll tell you about my basketball philosophy and what to pay attention to in the training camp" In this quaint teahouse, a Chinese young man and a foreign old man formed a deep friendship.

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