In late June, Yu Fei's spring semester ended.

In the past four months, there have been only two things that have been important in his life, one is going to school and the other is training.

In the physical training and interior training day after day, Yu Fei gradually has the physical fitness to play 4 minutes per quarter in the whole game, as well as basic internal awareness.

(PS: 8 minutes in the first quarter of the American high school, the rhythm is extremely fast, the team runs and the average man runs)

Yu Fei's progress was beyond Hank Selwan's expectations.

Selwan didn't want Yu Fei to compete in AAU during the holidays, but now, he has changed his mind.

Even if Selvan hates the existence of AAU, he must admit that the American youth basketball system is already inseparable from AAU.

For many unknown talents, AAU competition is the only way to make a name for themselves before they get into high-level competition.

Yu Fei is already in the eleventh grade, and there are many talented players in his age group, all of whom became famous at an earlier age.

Yu Fei didn't have time to continue in obscurity. If he wants to be nationally known as a top high school student by the end of his high school career, this summer is key.

Selvan decided to assemble an AAU team to travel to Seattle in early July for the Nike Regional Invitational.

Yu Fei is his hand-picked trump card.

"Seattle?" Yu Fei didn't expect Selwan to take him to Seattle to play AAU, according to his understanding, shouldn't he start with this small place in Kent City?

This is Yu Fei's low-key development, the concept of fighting monsters and upgrading.

Serwan knew what Yu Fei was thinking, and he said directly: "Kent City is not a basketball city. The city has never given birth to NBA players, we don't have full-fledged AAU games, and we don't have celebrity-founded camps and invitational tournaments, and playing AAU here won't help you. ”

Yu Fei believed that Selwan would arrange it, so he had no other opinions and completely accepted the arrangement.

Seattle is only 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Kent City anyway, so it's very close and easy to get back and forth, but the basketball atmosphere in the Emerald City is not comparable to Kent City.

On the same day, Yu Fei went home and told his mother that he was going to Seattle to play AAU.

Yu Fenglin only had one question: "Coach Selwan will go with you, right?" ”

"Of course, I played on his team." Yu Fei said.

"Then go ahead." Yu Fenglin asked about the cost of participating in the AAU competition, and did not say anything else.

Yu Fei was accustomed to his mother's anti-traditional women's style, although he was a little puzzled at first, but after getting along for a long time, he felt that it was very good.

The long-winded adults are like the watermarks stacked like BUFFs in a small movie, which are the most annoying.

In the next few days, in addition to training, Yu Fei also took time to care about the 2000 NBA Finals.

Even if he doesn't know anything about professional basketball at the moment, he knows that this year is the first year of the OK Dynasty. But he didn't expect O'Neal and Kobe to be very incompatible at this time.

Over the past few months, he has often seen O'Neill on television complaining that he can't catch the ball, and although he didn't name names, he knows who he is talking about.

And Kobe Bryant went his own way, showing that he would be consistent and not affected in any way.

Even if the Lakers are at odds within, few are bullish on the Pacers.

The aging team is about to complete their final dance.

Reggie Miller, Sam Perkins, Jalen Rose and five other players will become free agents this summer, and Larry Bird, who has his own understanding of coaching, also announced early in the season that this season will be his last season in charge.

Not all teams' final dance was as perfect as the 98 Bulls.

The only chance for the Pacers was Jalen Rose's stake on Kobe Bryant's dignity and pride, and if he could have done it a little more thoroughly, he might have really reimbursed Kobe, but sadly, that footing only cost Kobe Bryant two games. Moreover, the Pacers won only one of the two games that Kobe Bryant missed, and no team can lose as grumpy as the Pacers.

Even if Kobe Bryant was stepped up in the first game, and then only 70% of the combat strength, and scored 8 points in a single game in the key battle of Tianwang Mountain to set an example for James, even if Bird sent O'Neal 39 free throws in a single game, the Pacers still can't win.

The result is so dazzling, Kobe Bryant's single 8-point game, O'Neal's single 39-free throw game, and the two games that have been targeted to the extreme, the Pacers lost.

Then you have to admit that your skills are not as good as others.

4-2, the Lakers bid farewell to the Pacers and sounded the horn of a new era, O'Neal was elected FMVP, and hugged Kobe Bryant in the locker room: "Without my little brother, I can't win this championship." ”

Los Angeles Times writer Mike Bresnahan lost his mind and wrote, "Look at Shaq's love for Kobe Bryant, look at the respect they have for each other, all rumors of discord have vanished at this moment!" The most important thing for us is not just OK proving that they can win the championship, but more importantly, the 22-year-old Kobe Bryant can watch the 28-year-old Shaq grow old, and they will become the magic and hook of the new century. ”

Yu Fei knew that the two of them had a falling out later, so Bresnahan's sweet words seemed to him just a reverse divine prophecy that would not be dug up.

And, even now, Kobe doesn't seem to be feeling that much excited.

What's going on? Why does Kobe Bryant look a bit like Durant who beat the Cavaliers on a long-range three-point shot in Game 3 of 2018?

There was a sense of relief on his face similar to Durant's.

Yu Fei didn't think much about it, because the world of the NBA was still far away.

The following week, Yu Fei lived as usual.

With the curtain on the worst draft ever, the millennium is in its seventh month.

Yu Fei and six of his peers got on a bus to Seattle under the leadership of Serwan.

Interestingly, there was also a girl among the six people who traveled with Yu Fei.

Her name is Quinn Thomas SG, who claims to be the number one female high school basketball player in Kent City, and has led the Royals to the knockout stages of the Washington State Quad A Championship for four consecutive years.

Before Yu Fei, Quinn was K-M's number one basketball player, and even Anthony Lawson had to be ranked behind her.

This time, Quinn is also joining Selvan's team to participate in the Nike Regional Invitational in Seattle.

That's the interesting thing about the AAU, they allow co-ed, and Sylvan thinks that even if Quinn is nowhere near her age boys in terms of confrontation, her famous three-point shot from Kent City can help.

With the exception of Quinn, the others are all members from the varsity team, namely Anthony Lawson, Muhammad Healy (PF), Kevin Hughes (SG), Bobby Jonas (PG), Andre Moore (SF).

Moreover, people like Bobby Jonas and Andre Moore are old students who have graduated.

In order to increase the team's immediate combat power, Serwan asked them to come over temporarily to help.

Jonas was the captain of the last Royals, less than 1.7 meters tall, full-time point guard, averaged 22 points per game in four years of high school, and was the all-time scoring leader of the Royals.

Looking at it, the tallest of this team is Yu Fei, needless to say, the second height is Lawson at 1.98 meters, and the third height is 1.94 meters Healey, who plays the main power forward, which can be said to be a rather barren team in terms of talent.

In Sylvan's words, this is a team that is below average in Kent, and it is completely unsightly to win the Nike Regional Invitational in Seattle.

Unless, Yu Fei can show the strength of the top players in the region (state level).

Since the whole team is from the same school, Yu Fei and their AAU team directly use the name of the school's varsity team - Royal Team.

Since they have not played any AAU games before, they are rated C by the organizers and must win both of their first day to advance to tomorrow's official competition.

The Royals' first opponent was also a new team with no record – they called themselves Starfish.

But Yu Fei noticed that there were many scouts from the university nearby who were very concerned about the big men of the Starfish team.

There was five minutes of warm-up time before the game, and the big man of the Starfish team swaggered over, pointed at Yu Fei and said very impolitely, "Hey, that Asian boy!" ”

Yu Fei asked kindly: "Something?" ”

"My name is Jeffrey Day C!" He reported to his home, but both his expression and tone were unpleasant, "Jeffrey Day from Seattle Prep High School!" You'd better remember my name, because you'll see me on TV in a few years, and then you'll remember how I sent you home today! ”