On Thursday, August 26, 1999, at 4:30 p.m., Li Ao officially became a member of the USC Basketball Club.

After the afternoon class, Li Ao went to the Memorial Stadium with Vivian and Liam to go through the procedures for joining the basketball club.

Although he had strong doubts about the strength of this team, becoming a member of the school team still made Li Ao very pleasantly surprised.

Vivien and Liam were even more excited.

Li Ao himself felt that there was no possibility of joining the school team, and his thoughts had been abandoned, and as a bystander who could see more clearly, Vivian and Liam's expectations were broken earlier.

It turned out to be selected! How can you not be pleasantly surprised!

After joining the basketball team, Li Ao followed the expressionless head coach to choose the jersey number, and after looking at the remaining numbers, he chose the number 0.

Vivien asked, "Leo, why did you choose 0?" ”

Li Ao responded: "Compared with others, my basketball skills are like a blank sheet of paper, and I choose No. 0, which means that I started basketball from scratch. ”

In fact, because No. 1 is used, No. 3 is also used, No. 23 and No. 24 are still used, and he, as a Chinese, feels that the auspicious No. 8, according to the regulations, can not be chosen, can only choose the pleasing one.

Henry Bibi, who hadn't spoken much, had a slight change in his eyes when he heard this answer.

He liked the answer.

Henry Bibby was not very willing to deal with Li Ao, but Li Ao took the initiative to find a topic and asked: "Coach, so many people on trial, what do you like about me?" Do you see that I'm a talented potential stock? ”

When I went through the procedures for joining the club just now, the club manager said that he was one of the four selected students out of the 151 trial students this year.

This stinky shameless, Henry Bibby was in a bad mood again, and replied coldly: "No, it's because one of our team's underbeaten players has been beaten to the hospital and needs a new underbeaten ...... And I'm the head coach, who do I like to choose, and you want to care? ”

"Yes, Coach, is there anything else you want me to do?"

Li Ao's reaction this time surprised Henry Bibby again, and this reaction didn't seem to be quite the same as he knew.

But he still didn't give a good face, and waved his hand to drive people away: "It's none of your business, gather according to the specified time." ”

Li Ao, who knew that he was in the way, said "goodbye" and took Vivian and Liam to flash decisively, Liam wanted to invite the two of them to dinner to celebrate Li Ao, but of course Li Ao was disrespectful, and Vivian rarely refused this time.

After the three of them left, Henry Bibi's originally tense expression became extremely sad.

Steve Brown, the club manager who sorted out Li Ao's information on joining the club, said: "Leo is not the same as I thought before, and I thought he was another Shelby, but I didn't expect to have a face that could be a movie star, and he was not as arrogant as Shelby, but very polite, not as impulsive as shown in the information, coach your attitude, and he didn't show dissatisfaction." ”

Henry Bibi responded: "I was also surprised when I saw him that day, he was in exceptional shape and he was only 18 years old, so I invited him to a tryout, but it was ......"

"But?"

"He's probably more tossed than Shelby."

"Haha, how is that possible, coach, I think you're biased against him because he beat Shelby."

"Forget it, whatever you want, by the way, do you know where Shelby is?"

"I got the news from his girlfriend's brother that he and his girlfriend went to Hawaii."

"This!" Henry Bibby instantly exploded: "What does that old bastard of Sean think, he actually gave such a large amount of compensation!" ”

"yes, Shelby won't come back if he doesn't spend his money, I want Leo to beat me up, but Shelby is also very good, I can't do it anyway."

Brown pretended to be faint when he thought of Shelby Jordan and the representative of the computer school went to talk to him about compensation...... In the end, I got the money and jumped up directly from the hospital bed, and the operation of running away without changing the hospital gown, I really wanted to give a thumbs up.

As for Shelby Jordan being beaten, that's so normal that anyone who has beaten him wants to beat him.

…

After eating the 'celebration banquet' for the three of them, Li Ao hitchhiked back to the apartment with Vivian, closed the door and couldn't wait to open the system.

The content on the screen has changed, and the home page is the basic information, and he looks at it with anticipation......

"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.

Age: 18 years old (August 1, 1981).

Height: 197 cm, Reach: 211 cm.

Weight: 89 kg.

High School Basketball Resume: None.

College Basketball Resume: Freshman season without statistically requisite game experience.

Comprehensive Evaluation:—.

Physical fitness: speed 86, strength 87, bounce 76, flexibility 92, stamina 88......

Basic skills: three-point - (not to the basic level), mid-range shooting - (not to the basic level), layup 76 ......, ball control 68, passing 61 ......

Technical: Lack of basic level of technical ......

Note: 1. Based on the comprehensive strength of the NCAA Division I League, 2. If the physical fitness, technology, and basic skills do not reach 60, it will be regarded as not reaching the basic level, 3. The evaluation grade: 60-69 is passing, 70-79 is good, 80-84 is excellent, 85-89 is first-class, 90-94 is top, and 95-99 is beyond the top. ”

Li Ao found that he didn't seem worthy to question the Trojan basketball team.

To say that it is a blank piece of paper is an insult to a blank piece of paper.

The comprehensive strength is not even enough to pass the passing line!

However, the speed, strength, and physical strength are all higher than he expected, and they are all at the top level in the NCAA.

He remembered that on the day of the trial, when he compared the speed, he stared at the outside line of more than one meter and eight meters, and when he compared the strength, he stared at those big men of more than two meters, maybe he was not worse than the same height in these aspects, but as a Chinese, he was used to comparing everything with the best.

However, playing basketball is not just about being able to run and jump strong enough, and the little point guard he saw that day who was more than 1.7 meters but could jump up with tendons and flesh and could flatten the frame did not make it to the school team.

He gathered his messy thoughts and looked at the bottom of the basic data, where there were several sub-interface options, some of which were light and had names, and some of which were dark and had no names.

The first is Achievement Points.

He mentally gave a command, entered the achievement points screen, and several prompts popped up.

"Congratulations to the host for being selected for the Trojan team, reward: 1000 achievement points."

"Hosts can earn achievement points by participating in tournaments, completing tournament missions, and completing training objectives."

"Achievement points can be used in the lottery, up to the basic attribute points, action packs, skills, prop cards, etc., the lottery specifications have been opened: primary, each lottery consumes 1000 achievement points."

Resisting the impulse of the lottery, Li Ao thought about it, switched back to the main interface, and opened the second sub-interface, training mode, and there was another hint.

"The host can earn a certain number of achievement points by completing team training tasks, pre-match training tasks, etc."

"The system will release the training task according to the actual situation of the host and the training method it already has, and you can consume achievement points to start the training task, and get additional training results after completing the training goal."

"More features need to be turned on when conditions are met."

After reading the prompt, Li Ao was glad that there was no 'impulse consumption' just now.

But what does 'already have a training method' mean? Won by lottery? Or learning?

He doesn't dwell on it, and he'll know when the time comes.

He opened the third, lit sub-screen, the quest screen.

The task in progress is empty, but there is one in the list of completed tasks - the system activates the task.

And there are rewards!

System Activation Pack!

"System Activation Package: After opening, you can get 3 activation rewards, the rewards are random, and they are all practical rewards at the beginning of the host's basketball career."

Resisting the urge to open the activation package, the assistant aunt said well, playing basketball has to have a sense of ceremony, he went to take a shower first, and changed into a white dress.

After finishing the meal, he came to the bed to meditate, his heart turned to the sky, and after his mind calmed down, he opened the system, opened the task interface, received the activation package, and opened the package!

After 3 flashes of purple light in a row, the names of the 3 activated rewards appear on the screen, with an introduction after the name.

"Basic attribute points (5): can be used to improve physical fitness, rare rewards, and the difficulty of obtaining is extremely high, please carefully choose the direction of improvement."

"DeMar DeRozan Mid-Shot Action Pack: Very close to a standard shooting move, with nice buffs in mid-range shooting practice and games."

"Relay Specialist Level 1: If the host passes the ball directly without dribbling after receiving the ball, the mind will be clearer and calmer, and the ball sense will be slightly improved, if the host's passing evaluation is lower than 80, it will be temporarily increased to 80 in this pass."

Attribute points! Action Pack! Skill!

These are the highest rewards that can be obtained in the lottery interface! Li Ao's eyes lit up.

But looking at DeRozan's mid-range shot action package...... Why not Jordan's!

Forget it, it's good to have it, DeRozan is also one of the few mid-range shooting masters in the new century, and his actions are quite good-looking.

It should be fortunate that it is not an action pack for hackers, little emperors and others.

I have to say that it is a pity, Li Ao regrets even more that the skills he has obtained have nothing to do with the mid-pitch, otherwise it would be more perfect.

The action package and skills are all set rewards, and there is no need to bother with it, but what to add to attribute points, he is entangled.

Without impulse, he went to the living room desk and took out a pen and paper.

He didn't write anything, this is his habit of thinking about things.

First of all, he was sure that the system had prompted that attribute points were rare rewards with extremely high difficulty in obtaining them, so he might not get this opportunity to directly increase his attributes in a short period of time.

Training can definitely improve physical fitness, but the limits that can be achieved by various physical qualities must be different, and if you don't consider the impact on other physical conditions, strength and physical strength should be easier to improve through training.

Speed, bounce, and flexibility are comparatively more difficult, and they are more talented.

In terms of flexibility, Li Ao feels that he should be regarded as talented, and he seems to be quite talented in jumping.

After analyzing it, things are simple.

Velocity!

Full pressure!

He decisively gave the command, and the hint came.

"The host consumes 3 basic attribute points, congratulations on the host speed increased from 86 to 89, the host speed has reached a bottleneck, and the next stage is the top level, which needs to consume intermediate attribute points.

Intermediate attribute points need to be crafted using 3 basic attribute points. ”

"Worm!"

Li Ao scolded the street directly.

Don't say it sooner!

He reorganized his thoughts, this time it was simple, the bounce was too low, the flexibility was already top-notch, and the physical strength was given priority to training, plus strength!

Another hint is coming, the last two attribute points are consumed, and the strength has also increased to 89, and it has reached a bottleneck.

He also considered keeping these two attribute points, and waiting to get another attribute point to increase the speed to 90.

But the problem is that he doesn't have any advantages now, and when he arrives at the school team, the only competitiveness is physical condition.

He didn't expect this at first, but the reality was so cruel that he had to fight with the American college students who had the most basketball talents.

Then what you have now has to be piled up, and you can't be stingy.

…

On Friday, the day after Li Ao joined the school team, his life remained unchanged, waking up early for morning exercises and attending classes.

Every Friday, if there is no special arrangement, he has very few classes, just one class in the morning.

After class, Li Ao and Liam went to the library together to flip through a book mentioned by the professor.

The content of the book was quite boring, the two flipped through it and put it aside, Li Ao went to the sports area to find the book "Basic Teaching of Basketball".

Looking at the illustration of the 'standard action' of the middle pitch inside, Li Ao opened the system and looked at the animated picture of the stickman of the 'DeRozan hit the pack'.

It's 'standard' indeed!

From the explanation of "Basic Teaching of Basketball", he learned that the so-called standard refers to the most universal shooting action summarized by many experts after research.

Although not everyone is suitable for this standard, he recalled that Kobe Bryant and Jordan, who are good-looking in the mid-range shot, are actually very close to this 'standard action'.

After understanding what it meant to be 'very close to standard moves', Li Ao took a look at the rules of NCAA basketball, which were very different from the rules of the NBA that he was most familiar with.

He has played intramural games, and intramural games are also based on NCAA rules, but with the rookie strength of their team that can't even beat the art department, he has never reached the point where he needs to understand the rules.

The specifications of the NCAA court are different from those of the NBA and FIBA, and the three-point line is a little shorter than that of FIBA, only 6.25 meters, while FIBA is 6.75 meters, and the NBA is the most special, with different distances from various angles and 7.25 meters at the farthest end.

Each round, the NCAA is not 24 seconds, but 35 seconds, in order to give teams more time to run their tactics.

The game is divided into two halves, there is no single quarter, each half is 20 minutes, and in terms of the number of fouls, the NCAA and FIBA are the same as 5 fouls, and the same thing as FIBA is that the NCAA does not defend for three seconds......

Li Ao learned about these rules, and it was always right to write down these things.

Liam next to him was looking at the rules of the basketball club that Li Ao got yesterday.

When he saw the training arrangement, Liam asked in surprise, "Leo, is the training arrangement of your school team so easy?" You're a prospective NBA player! ”

Li Ao responded: "Most of the players on the school team are amateur players, and learning is the most important thing in the first place. ”

He had already read the rules last night, and in terms of training schedules, there were only three times a week, and they were not long, and he was just as surprised as Liam at 4pm on Saturday morning, Monday and Wednesday.

However, after analyzing it, he believes that such an arrangement is reasonable.

However, after he had just started school this morning, Vivian came to inform him to train at the Memorial Stadium this afternoon.

By noon, after lunch, Liam went to his father's company to get an education.

Li Ao inquired and said that he was learning how to do business, but he didn't dig deeper, anyway, it was already interesting to look at Liam's bitter expression, and there was no need to understand the content of bitter haha.

He walked to the Memorial Stadium and to the club's office.

"Oh, Leo, you're early." Manager Brown was quite enthusiastic when he saw Li Ao coming.

He learned from Henry Bibby that Li Ao had a close relationship with the dean of the School of Computer Science, and decided to make friends, maybe he would be able to use it in the future.

Li Ao smiled: "Come and get familiar with this place earlier, Steve, I'll trouble you to take care of it more in the future." ”

Brown saw Li Ao's sunny boy-like smile when he saw him carrying a schoolbag, and it was really not as easy to get along with as the head coach said.

He sorted out the papers, got up and said, "Then I'll take you to the stadium to have a look first, and then I'll go to get the training clothes later, it just so happens that the coach hasn't come yet." ”

Li Ao followed Brown to visit the stadium, and he had been here twice before, but he hadn't been able to take a good look.

After walking around, he found that the stadium is really big! It is a mega stadium that has been expanded several times in the past 70 years.

In addition to the large main arena for basketball, baseball, rugby, etc., there are two smaller arenas for table tennis, billiards, etc., and in addition to a large area for clubs, varsity teams, individual training grounds, and a commercial area that he has been to before.

However, if someone hadn't taken him with him, he would have really gotten lost after a full walk around for the first time.

Not only is the planning of the main stadium unreasonable, but the addition of this piece by piece makes the internal structure of the entire stadium very unreasonable.

For example, the office areas of each school team and each club are far away from the training ground area, and the internal roads are intricate, so it is absolutely dizzy to walk around if you are not familiar with it.

After walking around, Li Ao followed Brown to the training ground.

On the day of the trial, the basketball club rented the main arena, just to save face, and it is certainly impossible to train there in normal times, and the main arena will not only host games, but also hold concerts and large-scale events.

However, this training ground is not small, there are 3 full fields, and a large rest area and item storage area, which is enough for daily training.

Although there is no training scheduled today, there are already quite a few people training.

Li Ao saw USC's current basketball first person at first glance - Brian Scala Brian.

A tall, short white striker with short blond curls and very pronounced features.

Li Ao's impression of the white striker - nicknamed the White Mamba, the cigar of human victory.

The club manager brought people here, and the team members stopped their training movements one after another and looked at the two of them.

Brown said: "This is our new team-mate, Leo. ”

Li Ao greeted with a smile: "Hello, I'm new, Li Ao, English name Leo." ”

No one answered at the first time, and Li Ao touched his nose.

The atmosphere on the pitch is more awkward than Brown imagined, but fortunately there is a white mamba.

The White Mamba stepped forward and stretched out his hand to him: "Hello, I'm Brian Scala Brian, captain of the team, just call me Brian." ”

"Okay, thanks." Li Ao's tone was filled with gratitude.

Seeing that Li Ao finished greeting, Brown said, "Brian, you continue to be busy with you, Leo, I'll take you to get your training clothes." ”

The white mamba nodded at Li Ao, who followed Brown to the innermost part of the training ground.

After the two left, their teammates chatted in a chatter.

A black charcoal head about two meters tall complained: "We already had Shelby, and now there is another bully, and our team is getting more and more lively." ”

The white mamba immediately responded: "Sam, you can't talk like that, we will all be teammates in the future." ”

Sam Clancy, the black charcoal head known as 'Sam', responded, "Yes, yes, captain, but he's not a good guy in the first place, and it's not me talking nonsense." ”

Bai Mamba also said anything more when he heard this, indeed, their team is very lively now.

But now the biggest headache for him is not the newcomer Li Ao, but the teammate in front of him.

Sam Clancy's attitude is not surprising to the White Mamba and his old team-mates from last season.

This teammate is not used to teammates who are in the same position as him, or even similar in height, and he doesn't target anyone.

As the 49th genius of the class of 98 American high school students, there were countless teams that invited Sam Clancy, and finally he chose the mediocre USC Trojans.

However, he did not have a particularly outstanding performance in his freshman season, he averaged 30+6 per game in high school, and only got 20 appearances in his first year, all of which were substitutes, not only did not reign on the Trojans as he expected, but he had to play as a substitute for 'Little Lambir'.

Over time, he became what he is now, unhappy and angry when he saw potential competitors.

If teammates are scared of the perverse Shelby Jordan, for Sam Clancy, it's annoying.

Slakabryan, a good old man who entered college in the same year, was willing to make friends with him, but he was often scolded.

On the contrary, they were not so disgusted with Li Ao, a newcomer, but more curious.

When they saw Li Ao for the first time, they were quite surprised, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't look like people who could send 'Little Lambir' into the hospital.