Evening, a hotel in New York City.

Although Nike is strict in selecting candidates, it is still very generous to the candidates. All fourteen finalists were arranged in this hotel. It's not the most exclusive hotel, but it's not bad either. At least the candidates had never stayed in such a hotel before.

Ten of the fourteen are street players, and the remaining four have one from the Development League and three NBA players.

The ten street players, apparently led by the crusher, were all playing various games to kill time in the hotel's recreation room. They don't have to worry about where they're going tomorrow because a few of them grew up there. The other street players didn't come from there, but with their status as street players and their cult of crushers, it wasn't difficult for them to get there.

And for that development league player and three NBA players, it was a bit of a problem.

The Development League players were depressed drinking in their rooms. Although he had wanted to go to that place before, he had never thought of going in such a way. If you go this way, you will understand that you are going to challenge, and in such a place, if you rush to challenge without real skills, you will definitely die an ugly death.

The other two NBA players were also a little worried.

Although in the eyes of NBA players, that kind of place is very disdainful and even called it a "wild ball" place, the players there are also disdainful of NBA players. In their opinion, NBA players are ordinary people, just lucky to get into the NBA.

As for Wen Hao, in his room at this time, he and Jones couldn't afford to talk about tomorrow's last round of testing, that is, tomorrow's game.

Jones withdrew his gaze from the window to look at the night view of New York, and said to Wen Hao: "Where Wen Hao will go tomorrow, you have to be careful, it is said that there are their rules, if we accidentally break those rules, then the whole place will be hostile to us, and we will not be able to move an inch there." ”

"That's right, this is the mecca of street basketball – Rock Park. I once mentioned to the boss that it would be fair for you regular league players to put the venue for the final in Rock Park, but I was a small scout, and the people were soft-spoken, and the boss ignored me at all. Looks like we're going to have to bite the bullet and go to Rock Park. "I can't afford to say.

Wen Hao was looking forward to it: "I've heard of the name of Rock Park for a long time, and I haven't had a chance to see it, but this time I can finally go and see it." ”

"Wen Hao," seeing that Wen Hao didn't seem to listen to his words at all, he had to be reminded, "You can't be careless." It is a mecca for street basketball, but it is also known as the graveyard of NBA stars. It's not fun. ”

"That's why it's important to see and see." Wen Hao said with a faint smile.

"Okay, I'll give you this guts, I'll go with you," Jones said, patting the back of the sofa, "As for not being able to mess with you, don't go if you don't dare to go." ”

I can't afford to be a little anxious: "It's not that I don't dare to go, I'm worried about you." If I really want to go, I'll call someone and come with us. ”

"Oh? Is it so scary? Do you have to bring a bodyguard to play a game at Rock Park? Jones joked.

"No, because, that's the rule for Locke." "If you really want to go tomorrow, you have to remember: first, don't look at others easily, don't easily talk to people standing on the side of the road; Second, don't walk, you must drive; Third, don't reveal your valuables. There's a good chance that your designer sneakers and cameras will be snatched from you......"

Hearing this, Jones lifted his Nike-like feet and frowned.

"There's a good chance you're going to get beaten up for accidentally glancing at those Harlem neighborhoods. ”

"Damn, such a pervert!" Jones exclaimed.

"If an out-of-t-town person really wants to go to Rock Park, they have to be accompanied by a guy who grew up in a real Harlem neighborhood, and everything is up to them, that's the rule. A holy place is a holy place. ”

At the end of the day, his expression became serious: "So I'm going to call a guy from Harlem Block and ask him to come and stay with us tomorrow." ”

"Oh, I don't think so, I'd like to see a little bit of how horrible Rock Park really is." Wen Hao listened to the words that he couldn't afford to mix, and said a word silently.

Jones was full of disdain for those rules, and when he saw Wen Hao say this, he was the first to agree: "I don't believe they can kill people on the street?" Just the three of us. Of course, if you don't dare, you can stay here and wait for our good news. ”

I couldn't persuade the two of them, so I shook my head helplessly and said, "Go, since you insist on not being accompanied by the guys from the Harlem neighborhood, of course I want to go." ”

The subtext of the can't be mixed is: I don't feel at ease if the two of you go, if something goes wrong, won't my future be ruined? I'm going with you, and if there's a situation, I'll call the guy from the Harlem neighborhood in time.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, after breakfast, Wen Hao and others rushed to the 155th Street in Harlem District.

Rock Park is located here, and when Wen Hao and the others drove to 155th Street, there were already more people around. As far as the eye can see, most of them are tall black people. Not far ahead, there is a 17-storey slum building, which is nicknamed the "Polo Stadium Apartment" because it is the site of the former Polo Baseball Stadium.

There was no one on the roof of the apartment, only clotheslines and TV antennas sprawling haphazardly.

If you look down from here, you can see a basketball court painted with red and green paint, which is the mecca of street basketball - Rock Park.

Since 60 years ago, Rocke Park has been a mecca for streetball. It's as old as the NBA.

In 1946, Holcomby Locke, a New York Park Department clerk, founded a summer basketball league when he was determined to find some amusement for the idle children of Harlem on sweltering summer nights. However, the park was troubled by the fact that the net at Rock Park always fell apart in less than two days, and eventually the park management simply stopped changing the net, so to this day, the bare hoop is still a striking landmark on the street court.

The Nets' role is to slow down the ball's fall, and it's also a striking sign when shooting from distance. As a direct consequence of the absence of the Nets, early streetball rarely had long-range shots, and those who played liked to score by dunk or incense, for which they had to dangle their defenders first. The fancy style of street ball was born.

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