Chapter 13: The Red Heart
McOss has such ambitions, can I not have them?
Standing in front of the window, feeling the beautiful night of Los Angeles, Leylin couldn't help but ask himself.
After a week of fatigued hook shooting drills, Leylin was given two days off.
However, during these two days, Leylin did not stay in Houston to rest, and on the afternoon of the day after the training test, Leylin flew directly to Los Angeles.
After meeting Lewis Jujie here, he signed a three-year advertising contract directly with Nike.
Then Staples witnessed a victory for the Lakers.
After experiencing the brutality of the finals, Leylin felt that he could not relax for any moment.
After only a day's stay in Los Angeles, Leylin hurried back to Houston to continue training with McOss.
Every morning, Leylin still dribbles and jogs in the morning, and then goes to the Toyota Center to complete the 360-degree hook shooting practice that McOss insisted on.
There wasn't much difference in the whole training process, except that the arc went from fifteen feet to twenty feet.
The lengthening of the distance made Leylin stay away from the basket again, which increased the difficulty of Leylin's hook.
After a week of training, Raelin's interference shooting percentage at this position was only about 30%, and Raelin was very dissatisfied with the result. Surprisingly, however, McOss was very satisfied with Raellin's performance.
"Why?"
Questioning McOss's reaction, Leylin asked.
"No why! Because you're just a center. Your mission is to score close to the basket, not outside the three-point line! ”
McOss's words made Leylin laugh and cry, but it made perfect sense.
A center forward of this type like Raylin. If you keep him away from the basket, he'll be useless.
At the end of a week of training, Leylin still got two days off.
However, this time Raeling did not go to Los Angeles or Boston, because at this time the NBA Finals were over, the overall score was 4-2, and the Celtics won the championship trophy again after 22 years. It brings the end of a season in the NBA.
Although the NBA is over, the lives of many fans are missing a trace of passion.
But the fans also started another passionate year - the Olympics.
At this time, it is already in late June, and it is only a little more than a month before the opening of the Olympic Games. The 11 teams that have been selected to participate in the men's basketball competition of the Olympic Games, as well as the host Chinese team, are all doing the final training for the Olympics.
The national team has won seven consecutive games since the first warm-up at the end of May.
Although the opponent is only a second- or third-rate team such as the University of Memphis and Croatia, the seven-game winning streak has aroused the passion of the fans. Because of these seven warm-up games. Yao Ming was all absent. Yi Jianlian only played a few of these games. Especially since the national team has just beaten a visiting Lithuania, although this Lithuania team looks more like a youth army, but the fans don't care about that, they just want the joy and hope that the victory will bring them.
Under the great achievements of seven consecutive victories, it seems that the slogan of protecting six and fighting for four is no longer in the clouds.
It's just that behind this winning streak, it seems that everyone has forgotten that there is a person waiting for the call of the national team.
After a two-day break. Leylin trained as usual.
As we enter June, Houston is fully summer. Storms are like a common occurrence and frequented Houston.
For this reason, when there was standing water on the road, Leylin had to complete the running dribble on the treadmill. Although it sounds a little incredible, after two weeks of training, not to mention how much Raylin's dribbling skills have improved, at least he has become proficient and will not lose the ball easily.
Unlike the previous two weeks, the training at this time was not so boring.
In addition to completing a certain period of hook shooting and free throw drill, Leylin spent more time with McOss in the basket for confrontation drills.
At the end of the day, Leylin was just about to go out for a big meal with Rice and Michael.
Yao Ming appeared directly in front of Lei Lin.
"Da Yao, why are you here? Aren't you ready to go back home? ”
At this time, Yao Ming has basically resumed training, although he is not able to participate in joint training with the team, nor can he participate in the competition, but Yao Ming, who is concerned about the Olympic Games, still insists on choosing to return to China to participate in the training camp and prepare for the Olympics.
"I've come to you for something."
With Yao Ming's appearance, Lei Lin naturally couldn't continue to go out for a full meal with Les and Michael.
followed Yao Ming directly to a café near the Toyota Center.
"What's the matter with me?"
"Good thing!"
Yao Ming didn't say it directly, but looked at Lei Lin and smiled.
Looking at Yao Ming's smile, Lei Lin was a little confused.
Walked into the café and came to a table, where two strangers appeared directly in front of Leylin.
"This is Director Duan of the National Team Management Office, I have something to do with you."
Looking at the middle-aged man in his forties with eyes and a slightly chubby figure in front of him, Lei Lin immediately fell into ecstasy.
At the end of the season, Leylin had been looking forward to the call of the national team, but until Leylin returned home, the national team did not react at all, and at that time Leylin had lost hope of entering the national team and participating in the Olympics.
But I didn't expect that more than a month before the start of the Olympic Games, the director of the national team management office actually went to the United States.
"Hello, Director Duan! I'm Leylin. ”
After greeting him warmly, Lei Lin was even more looking forward to hearing a hint of good news from Director Duan's mouth.
Seeing Director Duan sipping coffee there unhurriedly, Lei Lin couldn't help but get anxious, and then turned his head directly to look at Yao Ming beside him.
When he opened his mouth, he was about to ask, but after seeing Yao Ming shaking his head slightly, Lei Lin closed his mouth unwillingly.
After a long time, Director Duan finally spoke.
"Xiaolei, this time I came here mainly to see Yao Ming's situation, now that Yao Ming has basically resumed training, I can also explain to the fans, as for you? Although there are many voices from the outside world calling for you to join the national team! But you also know this, I can't call the shots, I just want to hear your thoughts. ”
Lei Lin didn't expect Director Duan to say so directly the reason for this trip to the United States.
Although he didn't come here specifically for himself, and he didn't hear a trace of anything linked to the national team from Director Duan's words, Lei Lin always felt that he had touched the threshold of the national team.
'I'm ready and the national team is ready to call up.'
After Director Duan finished speaking, Lei Lin immediately blurted out, as if he had made full preparations.
"Hehe, young man, very positive! Yes, yes, that's a good thing! ”
Director Duan listened to Lei Lin's words and immediately laughed.
"In this way, several coaches of the national team are quite recognizable to you, but you also know that we now have Da Yao, all of them are rough, and Yi Jianlian, and you are still young, you can't participate in this session, and you can still participate in the next Olympic Games!"
When Lei Lin heard this, he immediately became depressed, and he completely lost his thoughts about the Beijing Olympics.
"However, for the sake of long-term planning, Coach Younas hopes that you can return to China to train with the national team."
"Really?"
Although I lost the opportunity to participate in the Olympics, it was also a good opportunity to be able to train with the national team.
Seeing Director Duan nodding there, Lei Lin immediately blurted out.
"I do!"
As a Chinese!
Who doesn't have a red heart?
Who isn't proud to be on the national team?
Who doesn't want to win glory for their country? (To be continued......)