The rookie joint tryout is about to begin, but before that, Gao Dazhuang is shuttling through the streets of New York with an "old friend".

Friends? Yes, Tall Strong, in addition to Blake's other New York friend.

Gao Dazhuang and his "old friend" walked through the thick night of Harlem, New York, turning right from 153rd Street into 155th Street, and people kept greeting the tall and strong "old friend" along the way, obviously he has a good reputation in this area.

As he approached Frederick Douglas Avenue, he saw an asphalt basketball court painted with red and green paint, and in addition to the players leaping over the court, some empty beer bottles in brown brown paper bags were nowhere to be found in the light of the white street lamps.

"Hey, high, welcome to my territory" The tall and strong old friend is none other than Philip Chapin, who was born in Brooklyn, New York.

The name is unfamiliar? Of course, he has another name: HotSauce Hot Sauce.

Gao Dazhuang, who played for CUBA that year, unexpectedly met the king of American streetball and even the world's streetball - Hot Sauce in Guangzhou, and the two have maintained close communication through email for the past year.

And this slightly dilapidated stadium is the mecca of the world's streetball - Rock Park.

Rock Park is a place of pride for New Yorkers, it's not a park in the ordinary sense of the word, it's a must-visit place for those who are obsessed with black culture, New York culture, and even American culture.

Forty years ago, Locke Park was a garbage dump and a stinking place that the surrounding residents stayed away from.

In 1965, Holkoby Locke, a New York Park City worker, decided to make good use of the site and made a series of modifications to the dump, paving the pitch with asphalt and moving his favorite street basketball league to the park open field on 155th Street in Harlem.

At that time, Locke Park not only provided a place for the neighborhood children to play sports, but also saved many slum teenagers who might otherwise go astray.

This free park has allowed those children who should be fooling around in society to find another world on the field, and many ** teenagers have become local proud stars.

A New York media outlet even said, "If it weren't for Mr. Locke, New York might be a completely different city now."

NBA stars also spend their free time visiting Rock Park, and if you've heard of an NBA star who has played against a street player, it's in Rock Park.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, and Dr. J have all played at Rock Park, and NBA stars such as O'Neal, Steve Marbury, Iverson, Marshburn, Marion, Kobe, and Garnett have all "showed" their skills at Rock.

Rock Park also has its own stars, all of whom are well-known street players, and their influence is no worse than that of any star in the NBA.

To put it mildly, the players, the fans, and even the greatest star of all time like Kobe Bryant don't look up to it.

Some people have compared Rock Park to the Bermuda of the NBA, because many NBA stars are "insulted" by the stars of Rock Park when they visit Rock Park in the summer, but they still enjoy it and still insist on appearing on the court at Rock Park.

In the summer of 2003, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant came to Rock Park and hinted that he wanted to break the record of 73 points set by Hormond (the street fighter nicknamed "The Destroyer" at Rock Park) at the age of 25.

But Bryant only scored 14 points in the half.

After the game, Bryant gave a high evaluation to the street players at Rock Park: "The players there are really good, if you can't play convincingly, they won't respect you at all, they will kill you on the court"

Even NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant have to be humbled when they come to Rock Park, which shows the glory of Rock Park as a streetball mecca.

"You can only really feel the glory of the mecca of streetball when you stand under the green sign in Rock Park," Hot Sauce glanced at the tall and strong and continued, "Here, you don't easily look at others, don't easily talk to people, don't walk, of course, if you have the company of guys who really grew up in Harlem, all this is not a problem, this is the rule, the rule of New York"

"Okay, I'll warm up first, I'll change you later" Before Gao Dazhuang could reply, Hot Sauce turned to several black people in the stands and said, "Hey, help me take care of my Oriental friend, a streetball player from mysterious China"

"HI, COMEON BUDDY" UNDER THE INTRODUCTION OF HOT SAUCE, THE BLACK BUDDIES IN THE STANDS ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TALL AND STRONG.

In the 60s of the last century, the political instability of the United States caused a sense of despair in the hearts of many people, especially young people, and this sentiment was even more pronounced in Rock Park.

It was an era of street heroes: Hammond the Destroyer, Manigat the Goat, Kirkland and other streetball legends called "Streetball Poets" or "Gods on the Asphalt" called "Streetball Poets" or "Gods on the Asphalt" in Rock Park.

The presence of these legendary players made Rock Park famous, and many people came here to watch them play, with the bonnets of cars parked on the side of the pitch being the best sideline seating, the bridge on 155th Street being the second-floor boxes, and the rooftops of the high-rise buildings surrounding the park being cheap seats.

And the star of the scene in this arena is HotSauce, who uses his incredible speed to shake off defenders many times, he tricks defenders with a cross dribble between his legs, and his back-to-back passes are as precise as eyes in the back, making fans scream in desperation......

Gao Dazhuang, like the other 500 or so spectators, was already standing up excitedly and dancing.

The hot and energetic hip-hop music sounded, the DJ was just the right amount of sensationalism, and the performance of the rap singer made the fans' emotions always in a high state.

A few black boys couldn't hold back their excitement and rushed to the court to perform one of the most popular "street dances" in New York, without the security guards to stop them, and many restless butts on the scene were already writhing with these children.

Is this the front-row area of the court at Hollywood's star-studded Madison Square Garden?

No, but it's no less famous than Square Garden, and that's Rock Park.

Gao Dazhuang couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to record this wonderful moment, the brightly lit Rock Park is so charming.

After recording a short video, Gao Dazhuang subconsciously entered the "Basketball Miracle" game, wanting to check the strength of this group of dazzling street players on the court through the game system.

Character "Amazing" Level 5:

Duplicate Box (Han Chao), Duplicate Box (Qin Hansheng), Duplicate Box (Philip Champion Hot Sauce), Duplicate Box (KyrieAndrew Irving), Copy Box (Damian Lillard)

+15% Strength, +15% Speed, +10% Jump, +18% Hit, +10% Stamina, +10% Vision

The total number of points is 1901 points

After several playoff battles, Gao Dazhuang's usable points in the "Basketball Miracle" game reached 1,900 points again.

After scanning the mobile phone, the group of street ball players who are fighting on the field display about 500 points in the game system, it seems that the street ball that is mostly entertaining still has many inherent defects in the official game.

"Huh?" But when Gao Dazhuang scanned his phone on the hot sauce, a strange phenomenon occurred.

“766？” The game system shows that the value of Hot Sauce, the king of street ball, is 766, but he clearly remembers that the points consumed when copying Hot Sauce skills in Guangzhou was 678.

The key is that a prompt appears in the game system: "Do you want to update your character's target skills?" ”

Could it be that the skills of hot sauce have improved this year? Or is Hot Sauce in better shape today than he was in a foreign country?

Although there was a trace of doubt about "Update", Gao Dazhuang still pressed the update button without hesitation.

"Update points consumed: 176 points, are you sure?" The system prompts again.

"Oh?" It seems that to make up for the 88-point gap, the tall and strong will have to pay twice as many 176 points, but this effort is obviously worth it, and today's hot sauce is in amazing form, especially his constantly displayed dribbling skills, which definitely makes professional players jaw-dropping.

"Update completed," a cold machine sound sounded in the ears of Gao Dazhuang.

"Hey, Gao, come down and play" Just as Gao Dazhuang had just finished updating his skills, Hot Sauce just walked to the side of the stands and waved his hand at Gao Dazhuang.

"Okay, I'm already itching when I see it," Gao Dazhuang smiled and walked off the court.