Chapter 8: Talking to the Coach
Looking at Li Yang, who put the training ball back into the big box on the sideline to load the ball, and then took the towel and began to wipe his sweat, Tyler Jenkins was thoughtful. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Young, you're not what I thought you were. ”
Tyler Jenkins' first words surprised Li Yang, but he quickly calmed down, and few people would really believe it when he said such a bizarre thing, and it was impossible for Tyler Jenkins to guess in this direction.
So Li Yang asked in a very usual slightly puzzled tone: "Oh, coach, I'm curious about what you imagine me to be like." ”
"The scouts told me that you are a player with great physical qualities and good attacking ability, but you have a poor sense of tactics, a lack of desire to win, a bad attitude towards training and games, and an impulsive personality. ”
Tyler Jenkins paused for a moment before continuing: "However, your performance today tells me that these scouts may not be accurate, and that you have a very competitive spirit in the game just now, and you are willing to think about how to win. ”
"I also carefully observed your training after that, in the training just now, you only did one kind of exercise, which is dribbling, but you did it very attentively, and it is rare to see anyone here with such a serious training attitude. ”
"I'm starting to wonder if our scouts really really got to know you seriously, and that's a dereliction of their duty. Speaking of this, Tyler Jenkins' brow furrowed slightly, as if he was unhappy with the scout's job.
"No, coach. After listening to Taylor Jenkins's words, Li Yang knew that his performance was too different from him, and this kind of thing couldn't be hidden for too long, so he simply led the topic to this aspect, shook his head and said:
"Their evaluation is very objective, I was indeed a bastard before this, yes, a shameful bastard who wasted his talents!"
Li Yang scolded with a little excitement and hatred, he was not exactly for the performance of explaining to Taylor Jenkins, but he was indeed very distressed by the squandering of talent by the former owner of this body.
Taylor Jenkins looked at Li Yang with some stunned, and Li Yang didn't care about the other party's expression, and continued to think about the rhetoric he had already thought of.
"I have great basketball talent, that's everyone's consensus, I was one of the best high school basketball players in the country in my freshman year of high school, and if I can keep it up, I'm going to be the best high school student, and then I'm going to get into the NBA with a very high pick. ”
"However, I was devastated by the unexpected death of my parents, and I lost my motivation to move forward and started to stop loving life and basketball. ”
Li Yang's voice became hoarse, and he thought of the pain in his heart after his parents died unexpectedly two years ago, but at that time, he used basketball to release the pain in his heart.
At the same time, he really felt the confusion and confusion in the heart of the previous owner of this body after losing motivation, as well as the sad consciousness left in his mind.
The superposition of the two sad consciousnesses made Li Yang's mood become low, his voice became more and more hoarse, and the reason in his mind made him continue to tell the story of "him".
"My first basketball was bought by my father, my first dribble, my first shot, my first game, my parents were with me, and when they left, I didn't know what the point was in fighting on the court. ”
Feeling the depression in Li Yang's mood, Taylor Jenkins reached out and patted Li Yang gently on the shoulder.
Tyler Jenkins' move made Li Yang a little better, and he continued: "So then, the former rising star began to degenerate, squandered his talent, and had a negative attitude, I think you should know these things. ”
Tyler Jenkins nodded, he knew what Li Yang said, these histories made the Austin Bulls hesitate to let Li Yang join, but in the end they still thought that Li Yang's talent was too good, and decided to gamble, after all, even if it fails, the loss is not big, and the salary of the development league player is very low.
"I used up all my parents' savings, entered the draft and lost ......"
Li Yang continued, and Tyler Jenkins was also listening carefully, these are not the focus of his attention, because these have been clearly written in the scouting report before, and he wants to know more about why Li Yang has such a change today.
'The team signed me and I got a job, but I never worked, so I came here a month early, rented a house, and then I thought maybe I needed to do something to keep the job, like training. ”
"I hated some of the basics, though, and on the first day I came to the arena, I started training without even warming up, which caused me to get injured in a dunk. ”
"When I went back that day, my head hurt so much that I thought I was going to see God, and there was no one around me to care and take care of me. ”
"I thought about my parents, I thought about my past, and then I realized how much of a jerk I was, I had a great chance to be a football star, a millionaire, no, maybe a million or more, but in the end I had to lie in a small rented room and curl up on that bed less than two meters with a splitting headache. ”
"If I had another chance, I would train hard, play hard, love life, love basketball, just like my parents used to be around, and I think that's their last wish. ”
"Thank God!" Li Yang said this, his tone began to rise, and he silently recited a sentence in his heart, "Thank you to the Buddha, the Jade Emperor, the Lord of Yama and other gods and Buddhas", because he didn't know who was in charge of this matter.
After the silent recitation, Li Yang continued: "I woke up, my wish came true, I can start again, so, coach, what you see now is a new me. ”
"Smack!" Taylor Jenkins applauded, "Awesome, Young, this is a touching story, congratulations, Young, congratulations on finding yourself." ”
"A fallen genius is rising again, hey, I'm starting to be a little eager to see how you perform in the future. ”
Hearing that Taylor Jenkins agreed with his statement, Li Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but then he remembered another serious problem.
Now because I am not familiar with more detailed movements such as dribbling, my strength can be said to be much worse than before, which must be given to Tyler Jenkins, otherwise it will not end well.
"Coach, I haven't really played on the pitch for a while, so I don't think I'm in great shape right now. But trust me, I'm going to train hard and get back into shape as soon as possible. And I will also start from the most basic training and practice solid basic skills, I think, this is the guarantee that I can improve in the future. ”
"No problem, Young, I'll give you some time. Li Yang's words made Tyler Jenkins nod his head constantly, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Yang, in his opinion, Li Yang was able to say this is already a very good performance.
Having been in basketball for many years, Tyler Jenkins knows that if a talent works hard, his progress and performance will definitely surprise everyone.
The conversation with Tyler Jenkins went so smoothly was somewhat unexpected for Li Yang, who knew that he would be able to stay with the team for the time being, and then receive more formal training, while also having time to better adapt to the body.
Of course, Li Yang also knows that this time will not be too long, now that the training camp is open, it is only a month before the start of the season, if he does not show something that can impress Tyler Jenkins in this month, then the other party will regard all his performance today as deception.
And once this month or the next season officially starts to show good ability, then maybe you can get a good position in the team, and even use this as a springboard to enter the NBA, because Li Yang can see that Tyler Jenkins is still very interested in his former talent.
Of course, all this is still a bit far away for Li Yang, what Li Yang can do now is to adapt to this body as soon as possible, at least to master the abilities that this body once had.
With such thoughts, Li Yang did not leave after Tyler Jenkins left the arena, picked up the basketball that had been put down just now, and Li Yang started training again in the arena.
"Bang!
In the empty stadium, Li Yang kept doing dribbling training, over and over again.