After Wu Dao carefully looked at the business card of the North Carolina coach in his hand, he raised his eyes and looked at the scout who was sitting in the distance for a while, and under the kind smile of the other party, Wu Dao received the business card into his backpack.

Again, although he tentatively set his goal of skipping college to participate in the draft after high school.

But who can say for sure what will happen in the future, and so far, for some unknown reason, he has obviously played a good performance in the state competition, but there are not many universities that have contacted him at all.

In addition to Duke University sending him an invitation to tryout, Syracuse University also had scouts contact Wu Dao, hoping that Wu Dao could go to their Syracuse University for a tryout. It's just that the trial over there was pushed away by Syracuse, not because Syracuse looked down on Syracuse University, but simply because the dates of Syracuse University and ABCD training camp conflicted.

He is only in his second year of high school now, and he doesn't need to rush to participate in the university trial and get an offer from the university. The training camp that can improve one's level and vision is even more worthy of martial arts' time.

Merely.

Although Martial Arts is not in a hurry to ask for a trial invitation from the university, and is not in a hurry to ask for a promised offer from the university, this does not mean that Martial Arts does not want it.

You can think of an invitation from the top NCAA school as an "official seal", and as long as you get the corresponding offer, you can say that you have the corresponding value.

Otherwise, it doesn't make any sense for a martial artist like Wudao to rank high on the top 100 list of high school students in the United States arranged by ESPN.

Because even the university can't recognize your abilities and talents, do you expect NBA scouts and teams to be interested in a player like you?

Normally, as long as it is rated as a star by ESPN, NCAA universities will pay attention, and it is actually an abnormal thing that high school students who are in the top 10 such as martial arts do not have many school contacts and invitations.

It's just that the current martial arts don't know where his problems are, and he doesn't know where he is not recognized.

Scoring, he averaged 40+ per game in the state game, and the number of assists and steals was also good, and this year's game data is enough to prove the talent and ability of martial arts.

In terms of defense, Wu Dao is not very tacit with his current teammates, and his performance is slightly worse when defending the joint defense, but Wu Dao thinks that his defensive attitude is no problem, at least he won't spread his hands after failure, right?

In addition, the single defense ability of martial arts can also be called the top in the United States.

I think I am all-rounder, but I can't be recognized, and now I sit on the sidelines and watch the martial arts of Duke University play the in-team practice match, as if I have returned to the junior high school days, sitting on the bench and watching Mitsui Toshitoshi play on the court, I suddenly feel a little lost in my heart.

It's just that he quickly found the answer and found a way to become stronger, and it only took one year to become an indispensable player in Wushi Middle School.

And now, he has not found the answer.

He would come to Duke University for a tryout, but also to find his own answers.

Isn't it. He's not strong enough.

Is it that the coaches at the university think that the martial arts style will not work in college?

Wu Dao himself also wants to know where his weaknesses are, whether his current style of play and way of playing are really not recognized.

Sitting on the sidelines, Martial Dao's pupils lost focus. The game in the stadium became a little boring as the game went on. Bryant was targeted by Duke University in this game, and the opponent began to use joint defense and shrink the area of the interior line.

Kobe, who is good at breaking through, was successfully interfered with by the opponent in two consecutive strong attacks, and the referee's blowing penalty scale was also relaxed.

Some defensive actions that can be blown or not blown are also directly ignored, and the defensive intensity suffered by Kobe Bryant has suddenly risen to a new level, and for a while, even a player like Kobe Bryant is a little uncomfortable.

By the 16-minute mark of the first half, Duke's primers had a 14-point lead at 47:33.

And Kobe's teammates seem to be unaware of the current situation on the court, and they take care of their own running positions when attacking, except for shooting when they receive a basketball in the open position. Most of the other time, there is no "hard solution" similar to that of singles.

In Wu Dao's view, Kobe's teammates seem to be soulless NPCs, running step by step, without subjective initiative at all.

And Kobe Bryant just arrived, thinking about maintaining his "humble" image, and he didn't dare to command and dispatch his teammates, that is, he dared to signal his teammates to block and dismantle when he got the ball.

And his teammates are quite cooperative with Kobe Bryant in this regard, but whenever Kobe Bryant is in need, others will help as soon as possible.

Kobe Bryant, who was in the game, played very hard, but the outsider's martial arts understood the essence of this practice match after watching it for a while.

Kobe's teammates were deliberately arranged by Duke University, and I am afraid they were also instructed by Coach K that in addition to being conscious on defense, on the offensive end, they should completely revolve around Kobe and follow Kobe's instructions.

The purpose is probably to test Kobe's ability to lead the team and test whether he can mobilize other players on the offensive end.

However, Kobe Bryant obviously did not understand the intention of Coach K, he didn't dare to shout at these assistant coaches, he only felt that his teammates were too weak and had no ability at all, and he was counting on him for everything. It's like a person who has just learned to play, if you don't dial it, the opponent won't even move.

But even so, in the first half, Kobe Bryant contributed 16 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.

Looking at the data alone is quite luxurious, but if you combine the number of shots he makes, it is a little ugly.

In a ten-minute game, Kobe Bryant has made more than 20 shots.

Just as Takedo was in front of him, he noticed a figure walking in front of him, his pupils slowly gaining focus, and Takedo raised his head and saw Mike Šašewski standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile.

"Martial arts.."

"You're here!"

"Tired? Can I have a practice match? ”

Seeing Wu Dao looking up at him, Coach K pointed to the court behind him, and asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Wu Dao nodded slightly.

"Then you prepare and I'll put you on the pitch in the second half."

"You're going to join the white team, white training clothes, do you have them?"

Coach K asked with a smile, and when he heard this, Wu Dao also picked up the backpack he was carrying, and pulled out the white jersey of Oak Mountain.

"Ten minutes, hurry up and warm up."

Coach K said, turning to leave.

The format used in this practice match is the half-court system that martial arts are more familiar with, which is a more folk name.

To put it simply, the whole game is divided into two halves, the total duration is 40 minutes, the first half is 20 minutes, and then there is a halftime break, the time ranges from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, such as the NCAA Division I League, it is a 20-minute break, and this kind of intra-team practice game, often only 15 minutes of rest, after the halftime, it is the second half of the game, until the end.

If the two teams are tied, there will be 1 minute of adjustment time, followed by 5 minutes of extra time until the winner is decided.

In such a system, the physical requirements for the players on the court are actually quite high, Kobe Bryant's physical strength at the end of the first half is obviously reduced a lot, in order to improve offensive efficiency, Kobe Bryant began to increase the number of times he hit the inside.

It's just Kobe Bryant's offensive choice that dooms him to face the blockade of Duke University's interior players.

In the end, it is the top school in the country, and Duke University's interior players are extremely talented, and these players can still do it just by blocking Kobe.

At the end of the first half, Bryant scored only three points in four minutes, bringing his personal score to 19.

When the whistle blew, Kobe Bryant returned to the rest area without saying a word, although the game was aggrieved, but Kobe felt that his condition and performance were not bad, and he was also thinking about how many goals he had scored in his heart.

Kobe Bryant has a rough idea of his own scoring.

It's just that Kobe Bryant didn't feel much joy on his face because of his excellent performance, his face was dark, sitting on the bench wiping sweat and drinking water.

Oh. Kobe Bryant's face was already dark

Coach K was quite satisfied with Kobe's performance, and after seeing Kobe Bryant come back, he said some words of encouragement and praise, and the folds on his face were already piled together.

'Bryant, good job, good rest, good work in the second half.'

"I've got you a teammate, and in the second half, you guys try to work together."

While speaking, Coach K said to the martial arts who was moving his muscles on the seat in the distance, and when he saw the slightly familiar figure, Kobe Bryant was also stunned, and let out a soft murmur:

"Huh?"

"That's Oak Mountain's Takeshi?" Kobe raised an eyebrow, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Hearing this, Coach K nodded, and said:

"Let him help you and see if you can have any chemistry on the field."

Coach K said, shouting towards the martial arts in the distance: "Martial arts! come on！ ”

Hearing the coach's shout, Wu Dao, who had changed his jersey, came to the rest area of Duke University with a large bag and a small bag, nodded to Kobe, walked to the old Coach K, and bowed his head slightly.

"Wu Dao, wait a minute, you play power forward."

"Team up with a few of them, tactically, if there is no tactic, you can play freely."

"Wu, I'm very optimistic about you, let me see your strength."

Coach K patted Wudao's arm as he spoke, and said with a smile.

Now that the martial arts of the second year of high school has entered the end of the development period, he doesn't know if he is developing normally or what, anyway, his current height increase has become very small.

And as the training progressed, the weight of the martial arts increased somewhat. He weighed "only" 101kg when he first arrived in the United States, but now he has reached 104kg, although there has been no significant change in size.

But the weight gain, Martial Arts himself is also clear.

For Jinguji Martial Arts, a player with a bare foot of 204cm, Coach K actually didn't treat Martial Arts as a small forward and a position from the beginning.

He positioned the martial arts as a big forward with excellent physical conditions, and he felt that the martial arts in the second year of high school would grow taller and not stereotyped.

Although the current technical characteristics of Wudao do not match the big forward in the mind of Coach K, he believes that under his own tutelage, the opponent will definitely be able to become a qualified interior player.

In the future, I will definitely be able to assist a player like Kobe!

Hearing that he was playing power forward, Wu Dao didn't have a majority, just nodded, and then stretched out his hand to Kobe.

"Hello, see you again!"

Kobe Bryant is also a cheerful person and said with a smile.

The two chatted on the sidelines for a while, and Wu Dao picked up a basketball and went to the court to warm up. He warmed up alone, Wu Dao didn't feel embarrassed at all, and after throwing two balls casually, Wu Dao had a rough idea of how he felt today. Then he practiced dribbling in the middle of the court.

Back dribbling, crotch, the rhythm of dribbling is not fast, but the amplitude is very large, and the muscles and bones of the body are active to the greatest extent.

On the sidelines of the court, Duke players gathered and pointed at the yellow people who practiced on the court.

"Grant Hill, in the second half of the game, you can go up and have fun."

"Prevent that Raul Merrien kid from coming over for a tryout."

"But be careful, don't get hurt, if you let this 'star player' get hurt, my sin will be great."

"Just give your future potential apprentice a little pressure."

After a brief exchange with Kobe, Coach K said to a "substitute" player on the sidelines. As for why he said that he was a substitute, it was because he didn't play in the practice match just now.

When Grant Hill heard the coach's words, a bright smile also appeared on his face, turned his head to look at Kobe Bryant, who scored 19 points in the first half, and nodded:

"Okay coach, I'll let him feel the intensity of college basketball."

"Otherwise, if a high school student gets so many points, he will think that we don't have the strength at Duke University."

"Oh no, it's the intensity of the NBA!"

Grant Hill, a Duke University graduate with a height of 203cm and a weight of 102.1kg, was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the third pick in 1994, that is, last year.

And in the first year of joining the Pistons, in the 94-95 season, he averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.77 steals per game, sharing the title of best rookie with Jason Kidd.

It's just that at the moment, the season is not over, that is, on the 8th of this month, Grant Hill's Pistons have just won 114-105 away against the Washington Bullets.

Grant Hill started and played the whole game, scoring 25 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals.

You know, he's only going to be a rookie season right now.

Since joining the NBA in June last year, he has only played for the Pistons for more than half a year, and he has already grown into a great player.

Coincidentally, the Pistons did not play in the past two days, and Grant Hill also asked the team for a leave of absence and returned to his alma mater to relax. It only takes more than an hour to get from Washington to New York.

Tomorrow, Grant Hill will return to Detroit for a home game against the Nuggets.

Martial Arts did not recognize Grant Hill, who was communicating with Coach K on the field, and he was not familiar with the characters of the "Ancient Era".

When he watched the game, Grant Hill had a major injury and was playing GG. For a "role player" who has passed his prime, of course Wu Dao doesn't pay much attention to it~

Martial Arts had no idea of the strength of the opponent their team was about to encounter.

(End of chapter)