Not long after Xu Yong arrived at the training hall, Cooks came with him.

After two months of training with Xu Yong, he is more familiar with Xu Yong's training habits than Harden.

After Xu Yong saw him coming, he directly returned the Xbox360 to him.

However, Cook Synx did not reach out to take it, but said, "Xu, you have taken me to train for so long, this is my thank you. ”

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment, this Cook Sykes is quite sophisticated~

However, he shook his head, he understood the family conditions of Cooks, his father abandoned his wife and children since he was a child, and his mother raised him alone, a classic black American family.

With such family conditions, I must have paid a lot to buy this Xbox360.

And it is said that he took Cook Sixx to train, but it is better to say that the other party has been a caddy for himself for two months.

"Then I should leave it with you, I have a part-time job on the weekends, and I don't have time to play this on weekdays." Cook Six's still didn't answer.

Xu Yong was also quite emotional when he saw this.

At the beginning, it was Cooks who took the initiative to find him, he thought that the other party would give up after being a man for a while, but he didn't expect that two months had passed in the blink of an eye.

He then proposed: "If you don't need it either, put it in the locker room, pre-training entertainment, and as for the money you spend, I'll let the people who want to play it share it evenly." ”

Cooks looked slightly disappointed, but nodded anyway.

If Xu Yong insists on refusing to accept it, this is indeed the best solution.

After putting the Xbox 360 on the stool next to him, Xu Yong then said, "My training method may not be suitable for you. ”

Cooks was overjoyed when he heard this, he could hear that Xu Yong intended to guide, and immediately spoke: "Then what should I do?" ”

After witnessing Xu Yong's explosion of Hip when he first arrived at the team, he was impressed by Xu Yong, and then trained with Xu Yong, and he admired Xu Yong.

This is by no means an exaggeration, he has never seen anyone who can have as perseverance as Xu Yong before.

And more importantly, Xu Yong's clarity about his career plan is something he has never seen before.

"I can only give some advice, but it's up to you how you choose." Xu Yong said after deliberation.

Cooks nodded like pounded garlic.

Seeing this, Xu Yong also sat down first, and Cook Six followed and sat aside.

"Your biggest problem is that you're late to basketball, your technique is rough and your shooting is not good, your strength is that you have height and you have a good reach, and until you fix those problems, my advice to you is to get your feet on defense, to take your defense to the NCAA elite level, to make sure you get playing time." Xu Yong said.

His proposal is not a mouthful, but there are many successful cases to learn from.

The likes of Leonard, Paul George, Jimmy Butler, and a few other lesser-known swingmen who started out in defense and got their hands in the NBA.

It's also very simple, defense is a thankless job, and most of the contributions are not reflected in the statistics, which also leads to many stars being reluctant to invest too much on the defensive end.

But there is always someone to defend against, so those rookies who have just entered the league, especially those who have obvious flaws or deficiencies on the offensive end, will use defense to fight for playing time.

Because defense is not reflected in the statistics, but the head coach can see it, every team needs stars, but also needs defensive players who are tired of their livers.

The same applies to Cooksic.

But the downside of this is that you don't really get a lot of data, especially in the NCAA, and it's hard to get NBA scouts without it.

So Xu Yong can only say that it is a suggestion, as for how to choose, it depends on Cook Sicks himself.

Cooks was lost in thought, it wasn't an easy choice for him.

Seeing this, Xu Yong got up and started stretching, ready to start training.

Just after Xu Yong's warm-up was done, Cook Six also made his own choice.

"I've had four years where I've been improving my defense and then slowly developing my offensive skills, and it's just too late."

Xu Yong smiled and nodded when he heard this, Cook Six's patience can be this kind of patience, even if he can't enter the NBA, he can eat basketball.

And Cook Six's choice is also a good thing for the Devils, the team's interior has Ailes and Xu Yong to defend not badly, but Glasser and Harden on the outside are not good defensive players, especially Harden still needs to invest a lot on the offensive end, and the only one who bears the burden of defense is the small forward.

Shipp's words are not enough in size, and as an old fritter is not willing to invest too much on the defensive end, if Cooks can finally step up, it will be a boost for the Devils.

"So what are you waiting for? Come on. Xu Yong stretched out his hand to greet.

……

The Xbox 360 was eventually put in the locker room, which also had a TV and could be played when it was connected.

Everyone on the team shared the Xbox360, and there weren't many ways for them to be entertained on campus.

And after sharing, everyone needs to pay very little.

This is the same as building aircraft carriers in the future, one person only needs a cigarette, and the aircraft carrier can be built non-stop.

Harden bought the latest Halo 3 shortly after, a popular first-person Star Wars shooter.

In Xbox 360, its image quality changes are also reflected to the maximum.

This also allowed it to quickly replace the 2K8 and become popular within the Devils.

In order not to delay training, the players set a rule that they can only play for 15 minutes before training.

And then Harden was always able to blast and beat the invincible kind of the whole team during this time.

And the trend of the Devils Invitational is the same as Harden's performance in the game.

After getting off to a good start, the Devils played 16 invitational tournaments in about two months, with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses!

This record is compared with the 6-9 loss in the same period last season, that is, the second senior brother saw Miss Gao and changed his appearance.

And among the opponents they won were Kansas State University led by Michael Beasley, the University of Texas Longhorns led by DJ Augustine, and Indiana University led by Eric Gordon, all of which will give them points to the NCAA organizing committee.

The combined performance of Harden, Xu Yong and Ayers is also on the rise.

After 16 games, Harden averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, Xu Yong averaged 15.6 points, 5.2 boards, 1.2 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, and Ayers averaged 10.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

And more important than the data is tacit understanding, as well as complementarity.

Harden is gentle and introverted, Ayers is mature and steady, and Xu Yong is confident and outgoing, and they play together without lack of passion or loss of control due to excessive passion, and with the position played on the three-person court, it looks like a mini version of the Celtics.

It was in this atmosphere that they finally came to the official regular season stage.

Their opponent in the opening game of the regular season is the University of Arizona, a sworn enemy in the same city.