Seeing that the head coach still looked like he was not used to Li Ao, Brown just smiled and didn't speak.

Xavier Johnson is not without work this evening, before Li Ao called, the assistant coach was teaching shooting on the women's team, and after receiving a call from Li Ao, their head coach was stunned to call someone over, and was complained by the head coach of the women's team for a long time.

Henry Bibby looked at Li Ao on the court and began to learn new things, and the newcomer with almost zero foundation entered a clumsy state again, but he actively worked hard to adjust according to the guidance of the assistant coach......

Maybe you really found a treasure?

It's just that, as he just said, this kid received professional basketball instruction too late.

Even if Li Ao is only 18 years old and has good talent, it is estimated that he will have to wait until next year when he can use it.

With the graduation of Adam Sbannick and David Brosenthal from college, their forward line has become very weak, and Shelby Jordan doesn't know where to fool around now, it is said that this guy ran to Las Vegas to gamble when he was about to run out of money, and actually won a lot of money, and continued to take his girlfriend around in style.

As the head coach, he is very authoritative, but this player is really mixed, he has nothing to say when he plays, and he works very hard, but if he wants to be expelled from the team, punished within the team or something, he can't beat people or fine money, and people don't care at all.

On Saturday, October 2nd, the USC Trojans entered the roster selection stage.

At half past eight in the morning, Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium and came out of the training uniform, more than 50 people had basically arrived.

Seeing that his teammates are full of energy, he is inevitably a little frustrated.

After yesterday afternoon's training, Henry Bibby informed him to continue training today.

This means that the first selection day for the squad has nothing to do with him.

I didn't have a chance to participate in the first selection day, and then I ......

Fortunately, he had silently licked his wounds last night, and after following Xavier Johnson to the small training ground inside, he readjusted his mentality and trained hard.

At this moment, he was ready to be a sparring partner for the first year.

Xavier Johnson was very dissatisfied with Henry Bibby's choice this time, although he also felt that Li Ao could not be included in the squad, but he should give him a chance!

It's a hurtful decision.

He had an argument with Henry Bibby when he made the decision yesterday, but he was the manager and he couldn't change the decision.

Seeing Li Ao's energetic expression regained, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, didn't think about it anymore, put his mind at ease, and gave good guidance.

On the other side, on the main training ground, dozens of players were divided into 6 teams, each team of 8 people, and started the team training match on 3 courts, the rules are the same as the NCAA game, and the two halves are 20 minutes each.

There are still a few remaining players, but like Li Ao, these people don't even have a chance to compete for a place in the squad.

The strength of the two teams in pairs is equal, and through the previous training and intramural competitions, the coaches and scouts of the Trojans have a relatively clear understanding of the strength of each player.

Henry Bibby is watching the match of the 16-man man he values the most, the matchup between Team A led by Trey Pagnier and Team B led by Scala Brien.

The two had just met in the finals of the intramural competition, and they played harder again.

Trepagnier has a better teammate and he's desperate to return for a loss to Scala Brien.

Brandon Granville gave Trepagnier a strong boost by feeding Trepagnier with a succession of ammo, who hit back-to-back.

Nate Hale, a new high school talent who is ranked 89th in the country, is not as good as it could be, but at least not as rough as Sam Clancy last year, and has been passable for Scala Brien repeatedly.

In the main matchup stage, the two teams played back and forth, and Henry Bibby was also quite satisfied.

Compared to last season, Granville, Trey Pagnier and Scala Bryan have all improved a lot.

But once the rotation phase progressed, the odds tilted in Team B's favor.

After Team B was led by Sam Clancy as the main point of attack, his impact was completely unstoppable by Team A.

It's not how strong Sam Clancy is, in Henry Bibby's opinion, this high school genius will only use his body to strengthen, but David Luxendor of the A-team doesn't like to fight, and Jarvis Turner is a lanky power forward, so he can't stop it at all.

However, Sam Clancy's defense is also poor, flying at a point, and Luxentabul's offensive skills are rich in skills to lead the A team to barely hold on.

But college basketball is still an intra-team game, and Sam Clancy's offensive success rate is significantly higher.

Seeing this, Henry Bibby shook his head helplessly.

It's still Alex Ayuso, it's good to be offensive and defensive, it's because of this tough guy from Europe in 97 that they scored the crazy three after many years, and their results in the past two years are actually not bad, only a little bit away from the crazy three, but unfortunately the former captain graduated from college.

Now, there is only one Shelby Jordan left on their front line, this guy has a strange personality, he is still in the class of '96, and he is about to graduate from college.

Suddenly, a voice came from the side, startling Henry Bibi.

"Henry, you can let that kid give it a try."

Henry Bibby almost jumped to the side, but he managed to hold back, otherwise it would be a shame.

He said angrily, "Sam, you want to scare me to death...... The kid? Who are you talking about? The small training ground one? ”

Sam Hayes nodded.

Henry Bibi said disdainfully: "What can he do? ”

Sam Hayes' cold expression became complicated when he recalled the recent special training, saying: "His defense, very special, I think it will surprise you. ”

Henry Bibby was curious to make this powerful defensive technical director who was abandoned by Kentucky because of his personality give such an evaluation.

After thinking about it, he nodded in agreement with Sam Hayes's suggestion.

…

Li Ao has already practiced several sets of shots, his body and feel have been moved, and he is ready to try the training task again, and directly told Xavier Johnson how he wants to practice next.

Xavier Johnson did not refuse, and he was very happy to see that Li Ao had his own training ideas, which proved that Li Ao himself also used his brains.

Moreover, the training content that Li Ao said is in line with the current training progress in his opinion, and he can occasionally come to this kind of training a few times.

Just as Li Ao had a five-minute break and was about to start special training, Sam Hayes came and left with a "The head coach asked you to go over to play" and left.

The news was sudden.

Li Ao and Xavier Johnson glanced at each other, and the latter reacted first and quickly said, "Go quickly!" Here's your chance! ”

Li Ao didn't have time to think about it, and immediately followed in the footsteps of Sam Hayes with Xavier Johnson.

Through the narrow fitness area, the three of them came to the main training ground.

Looking at his teammates who were playing in full swing, Li Ao was envious, but immediately remembered that he seemed to be about to play!

He rushed directly to Henri Bibby in the 100-meter sprint and asked, "Coach, will I have a chance to play too?" ”

Henry Bibi was silent for two seconds before responding, "Yes." ”

Li Ao was even more excited and asked, "Team D?" Or Team F? ”

That's a bit of a point!

Henry Bibby pointed to the front and said, "Here, you go to Team A." ”

"Team A?"

Li Ao asked uncertainly.

It's not just a surprise, it's a fright.

Henry Beebe asked, "Is this scary?" ”

Li Ao came up without a name, and immediately responded: "Who is afraid of whom's puppy!" Okay, let me go, right? You're a puppy, too! ”

Henry Bibi, who was thinking about how to give two words of encouragement, was also on fire, but he couldn't stop this kid from going on the field to spread fire, that wouldn't be a puppy?

Looking at Li Ao and Henry Bibby, who have entered Cold War mode, Xavier Johnson, who has quickened his pace to keep up, is also helpless.

He didn't want to ask what's wrong, the two of them estimated that the constellations were in opposition, and there were no good words when they met.

It didn't take long for the first half of the game between Team A and Team B to come to an end, with Team B taking a five-point lead thanks to a stellar performance from Sam Clancy, making it 45-50 at halftime.

The defense of the two teams made Henry Bibby snort.

After a five-minute break, Henry Bibby made personnel changes and placed Li Ao in the No. 3 position on Team A.

And the No. 3 position of the B team is arranged by Sam Clancy!

It's not that Henry Bibby is deliberately trying to fix Li Ao, he just wants to see what Sam Hayes means by 'special'.

This rotation surprised the players of both teams who were playing.

In the team training match, the rules are actually not so strict, and there are often players from other teams who are playing well and are transferred to a group of duels with stronger comprehensive strength because of their excellent performance.

But Li Ao's situation is not like this, this product didn't even enter the 48-person competition list!

Surprised, their reactions varied.

Granville, who had abused Li Ao's computer school, stepped forward and patted Li Ao's ass and said, "Behave well, I'll pass you the ball if you have a chance." ”

Trey Pagnier also came to encourage Li Ao, and Team B's center Costa-Charles came up and told him to be careful and would give him a big hat.

Seeing that Li Ao didn't respond, several people didn't feel strange.

From being 'assigned' to the small training ground for special training, to directly coming to the strongest group to participate in the competition, they felt that Li Ao was too excited.

On Li Ao's side, he was indeed excited, but it wasn't because of this, he had adjusted his emotions just now and was ready to be abused.

He was excited because the mission was coming!

"Newcomers see:

Goal: To surprise the coach and teammates with a performance in this intra-team training match.

Reward: 1 primary draw. ”

The number of primary draws! Equivalent to 1000 achievement points!

But to play a surprising performance...... Surely it doesn't mean to surprise his teammates with how many dishes he has, right?

He was confident that he couldn't surprise them no matter how good he was.

Seeing that the other 9 people had already played, Li Ao shook his head, no longer thinking nonsense, just do it!

He is a barefoot rookie, he plays poorly and is not ashamed, what if he plays well?

Walking onto the court, Li Ao seized the time to look at the people on both sides.

On their A team's side, the point guard is Granville, the team is the point guard, 175 cm tall, known for speed, good breaking, good vision, excellent passing ability, and the disadvantage is that he does not shoot far.

The current shooting guard is Rashad Jones, who is 188 cm tall, has good physical fitness, and his technical aspects are okay, but they are not particularly outstanding, and he has been a substitute throughout his freshman season and his performance is average.

The 206-centimeter Brushenthal plays power forward, with a strong body, good technique, and excellent rebounding, but his biggest disadvantage is that he does not like confrontation, and his flaw is average athleticism.

The center is junior Frankie Evanisco, 211 cm, whose height and reach are his strengths, and he is good at blocking and pick-and-roll, but his other abilities are not outstanding.

On the opposite side, the 89th-ranked high school prodigy Nate Hale continued to play, with a huge height and size advantage of 190 cm, top-notch athleticism, and okay shooting and passing.

The shooting guard is newcomer to the roster contender, Sandy Fletcher, a junior who has been a sparring partner for the past two years, 190 cm tall, a standard white player, with solid strength and good shooting, but average athleticism.

The small forward position is Sam Frank, 201 cm, very strong, not fast but full of explosiveness, dare to fight, and technique is a weakness.

The power forward position is Rob Eyres, a freshman who was hired by the team in the summer, and the black player the team invited to sign in the summer, has excellent running and jumping ability, but is afraid of inside confrontation, and has few other advantages.

The center position is the team's center Kosta-Charles, 211 cm, good at protecting the frame, good at blocking, low offensive footsteps are also okay, mature senior player.

After a glance, the information of the other 9 people on the field quickly popped up in Li Ao's mind.

For more than a month, although he has been training for more than a month, he is also paying attention to those teammates who are performing up-and-coming, plus the information collected by Liam and Vivian, although he has not officially cooperated or played against these people, but he already knows the general situation of his teammates.

After the players of both teams came on the court, the trainer who served as the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the second half, and Team B, who lost the jump ball at the beginning of the game, attacked first.

Nate Hale received the serve and advanced to the front court, passed to Sam Clancy, who asked for the ball directly in the top arc, and it was Li Ao who defended him!

Sam Clancy looks at Li Ao with contempt, he wants to destroy this newcomer!

He is not angry, he is not convinced!

Anyone can see that Li Ao's treatment in the team is very special.

The two assistant coaches took turns to give him special training, a treatment that Sam Clancy, who was highly anticipated last year, was jealous of.

Xavier Johnson and Sam Hayes are both well-known technical coaches in college basketball, and the Trojans have improved their record in recent years, in addition to Henry Bibby's coaching ability, these two assistant coaches have also contributed to it.

The former graduated from this school and chose to join after receiving an invitation from Henry Bibie, and the latter picked up a bargain, after Sam Hayes was swept away by the University of Kentucky, Henry Bibi was the first to send out an invitation, and the other party came.

In fact, at the beginning, Henry Bibby arranged a special training time that was not so long, shooting and defense were all done in a large group, and Li Ao relied on a positive attitude and excellent physical strength to win more special training time.

But not in the eyes of others.

For now, Sam Clancy is not afraid of Li Ao in terms of strength, but what about the future?

Both of them are sophomores, and Sam Clancy is already feeling the crisis.

He wants to keep the pride of the top 50 high school students in the United States!

Trample this nasty guy under your feet! Let the coaching staff know that he is the one to focus on!

Just when Sam Clancy was holding back his strength and wanted to make a violent breakthrough to crush Li Ao, to his surprise, Li Ao took the initiative to stick up to him.

Sam Clancy is not surprised, and the violent ...... "snap"...... The crisp sound of muscle crashing reached the ears of those around them.

But contrary to what others expected, after the confrontation, although Li Ao was knocked back a little, Sam Clancy's start was also forced to stop!

At this moment, Sam Clancy was shocked and angry, feeling that he had lost face, his irrational change of direction continued to break through, and Li Ao continued to stick up.

This time Li Ao was more confident, and in the confrontation just now, he confirmed that although his strength was a little worse than that of the other party, he could completely withstand it!

With confidence, he moved more freely on his feet, sticking to Sam Clancy.

Sam Clancy bumped his head into close range, but the speed didn't pick up and he couldn't make an impact.

Sam Clancy has lost his cool at the moment, and he wants to force a shot on Li Ao's head ...... "snap"...... Cap!

Li Ao jumped up and caught the ball thrown by Sam Clancy!

Granville, who shrunk over, grabbed the ball and counterattacked!

Nate Hale, who was on the outside, ran straight to the backcourt to stop Granville from counterattacking, and he saw Li Ao immediately break down after the block, but he didn't care, Sam Clancy had already chased after Li Ao, and he was very confident in this athletic forward teammate.

Nate Hale knows Granville very well as his competitor, knowing that although the latter is fast, he has no long-range shooting ability, and he successfully blocked Granville on the left side of the three-second zone when he ran directly to the backcourt, but as soon as he blocked Granville, he saw that Li Ao almost reached the three-second zone at the same time as the two of them!

Granville dropped the ball, Li Ao jumped up and pressed the ball into the basket in the air!

And Sam Clancy was just getting to the free-throw line at this time!

Nate Hale is messy, so fast!

If it weren't for the fact that he was standing farther out, and ran directly to the backcourt with all his might, maybe he wouldn't be as fast as Li Ao!

The teammates who stayed in the backcourt were even more surprised, they saw Li Ao and Sam Clancy start at the same time, Sam Clancy started a little faster, but when he was out of the three-second zone, Li Ao came to the same position as Sam Clancy, and when he crossed the middle line, Li Ao had already thrown Sam Clancy away, even if Sam Clancy used all his strength to eat, he still didn't catch up!

But Henry Bibby, who was watching from the sidelines, had a strange look on his face at the moment.

He seemed to understand what Sam Hayes meant by 'special'.

He saw Li Ao's small action when he finished the defense!