Winter in Fukuoka is not too cold, and the temperature in November is about 17 or 8 degrees Celsius, so you can sweat for a while in the stadium wearing a single suit.

After the county preliminaries, Lin Dong came here, and the Xiangyang school now has a green light for him, and no matter what the requirements are, he will agree to it.

What's more, as soon as he heard Lin Dong say that he was fighting against the King of the Mountain and had to participate in special training, Akino Tiangong's brain was hot, and even the travel expenses were given to him after asking about the situation, anyway, the trainer's money was saved, and it was also spent on the team, so it was a big deal if he didn't go to class?

Opposite him on the court at this time was none other than Stephen Brown.

At this age, Stephen is in his prime, and compared to Stephen 28 years later, his skills are a little less sophisticated and slippery, but he is definitely full of impact.

After all, he is a champion member of the Rock Park Tour, and in terms of the confrontation Lin Dong is looking for, he is definitely the best sparring opponent he can find.

Height, weight, and strength all exploded Lin Dong, and the athletic talent of black people was indeed not blown out.

There is little difference in speed, bounce, and skill, and the only thing Stephen is a little worse than Lin Dong in terms of hardware is probably his arm span, with a height of 206 cm, but only an arm span of 210 cm.

This will suffer the boss's loss in all aspects such as ball control and blocking.

And more importantly, Lin Dong has two magic weapons to restrain him, so that the heads-up between the two always ends with Lin Dong winning.

One is that Lin Dong is immune to trash talk.

As a street basketball player, Stephen is a must-have at trash talking, and he has repeatedly taught him, even though Earl Sr. has repeatedly warned him not to swear when training Asian players, but Stephen can always use the excuse that "the people I train are always going to the NBA, I just let him adapt in advance", which makes Earl Sr. a little speechless.

Sometimes when he sees that he is about to lose, he wants to use this trick to regain a little advantage, but the problem is that Lin Dong doesn't eat him, he laughs no matter what he says, and occasionally humbly asks for advice 'What does this word mean'.

This can't work, the other party doesn't understand the meaning of this word, how can he appreciate the excitement of his trash talk attack?

So Stephen had to explain, but the kid took advantage of him to change direction, easily smashed the basketball into his hoop, and then went back and said, 'I'm sorry, you just made a fuss, I really couldn't help it'.

I'm flawed by your sister...... There are countless similar things, which makes Stephen always feel that when he is in the opposite position with this guy, as long as he speaks, he will definitely be the one who will be confused in the end.

The second is that this kid knows his own playing style too well, and even makes Stephen feel like 'everyone is the same person', he will, that kid basically can, all kinds of playing habits are studied by the other party clearly, so that he always has a feeling that he can't play his best.

At this level, Stephen felt that if he wasn't worried that his weight gain would affect his height growth in the last year, it would only take half a year to specialize in muscle building and physical training, and this kid would have been able to enter the NBA directly.

However, the relationship between the two off the field is getting better and better.

Lin Dong would occasionally invite him to Chinatown to taste some delicious Chinese food, and when he was bored, he would also take him to watch the movies of the Dragon Kingdom, what Huang Feihong, Jingwu Hero, made Stephen's blood swell, and he was humming haha when he had nothing to do for several days, or some big talk about Journey to the West, A Chinese Ghost Story.

Stephen doesn't understand the dragon kingdom's concept of love in it, but he understands the beauty...... In the past, he always thought that the women of the Dragon Kingdom were the kind of village girls who were flushed with their faces, but after watching the movie, he suddenly felt that Japanese women were not fragrant, so he fantasized about the female ghosts for several days, and now he has a little bit of a heart for the Dragon Kingdom.

Lin Dong just smiled and said nothing.

It's too easy to coax this guy, and he has a clear conscience about his preferences, and those specific flavors of Chinese food, including these movies, were actually recommended to him by Stephen 28 years later, otherwise Lin Dong at that time really didn't know that Dragon Kingdom movies had been so brilliant.

You have to dig the foot of the wall or something as soon as possible, and although Stephen is lustful, he has always marked the price clearly, and he is not too scummy, 28 years later, he married a daughter-in-law of the Dragon Kingdom and settled down, and his later maturity probably came from this.

Lin Dong is like a lucky cat, after staying here at the Lloyd's training base for a few days, the private lessons that seemed a little deserted in the base have come to the door one after another.

The first to come was Sakuragi, and Lin Dong just came to find a sparring partner, it can be seen that Coach Anzai really invested in Sakuragi, as soon as the contract was signed, it was a three-month special training plan, which was completed in two sections, but it did not delay Sakuragi Hanamichi to leave halfway to participate in the winter trials.

Of course, it was Old Earl who took over, after all, he had led Sakuragi Hanamichi to a stage, and he was most familiar with Sakuragi's various situations.

Naturally, when practicing, you still have to catch the strong man, but whether it is Old Earl, Stephen, or Lin Dong, you can clearly feel that this guy is not quite right when he is in line with Lin Dong.

On the surface, it seems that it is still in a state of babbling and shouting to fight with the master's brother, and it seems that the majesty is unabated, but when it really comes to fighting, it is either that the details are not in place, or the brain reaction is slow and half a beat, the movements are stiff, and the level that should be there can't be played at all, it can be said that it is a mess.

This is obviously not just a matter of Lin Dong's strength suppressing Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Lin Dong's strength is between the two Stephens, if he is placed against Sakuragi, Sakuragi Hanamichi's performance will be much better, 3 or 4 of the 10 balls are not a big problem, but against Lin Dong, he can't prevent it no matter what.

After asking about the two who had fought in the county preliminaries, and Sakuragi was still beaten two against one, Old Earl was also a little crying and laughing, which was obviously a psychological problem.

To put it simply, this is Sakuragi Hanamichi.

On the court, I am not afraid that you are inferior to others, what I am really afraid of is that you do not have the courage to face the opponent, but this kind of deep-seated psychological problem, even if the old Earl will be a little helpless for a while.

And Sakuragi has only arrived for two days, and there is another big order at the training base.

"You see, we have Benjamin, a gold medal trainer at the training base for three years in a row, and William, who has served as an assistant coach in the NCAA, ......"

It was a young man who said that he wanted to apply for the top one-on-one private lessons, and Old Earl enthusiastically introduced him to the other party.

"Who is training Lin Dong?" But the young man didn't care about what he introduced, and directly interrupted him and asked with a face.

Old Earl was stunned and realized that the business seemed to be due to the celebrity effect.

Basketball schools are like this, if the students they teach are successful and famous, it is the best free advertising for the school.

So Old Earl looked up and down at the very handsome young man in front of him, dressed in a very ordinary Nike tracksuit, who seemed to have come by taxi just now, but the Armani sunglasses and a PRADA travel bag that he carried like a plastic bag......

Old Earl frowned: "...... Stephen is a champion member of Rock Park, and his personal strength is indeed ranked first in the training base, but he is now taking over Lin Dong's training class, and there are still a few big classes to be taken under his hands, so I am afraid that I can't get out of the time side......"

"Can't you let other trainers go to the big class?"

"But you can, but after all, it's already arranged, it's still more troublesome to readjust, and Stephen's private lessons are also more expensive, about 4 million, I personally recommend you ......"

"It's him, swipe the card and sign the contract." The young man slapped a bank card on the table: "I don't want to wait any longer." ”

Sure enough, it's a local tyrant, and it's still a silly and sweet local tyrant...... I don't know what your foundation is, and I don't know what kind of training effect you can achieve, and I haven't even told him about the training direction, so I directly paid 4 million?

Old Earl was happy in his heart, and quickly took out the training contract: "I guarantee that you will get the best value for your money!" ”

Then the boy signed his name on the contract: Mitsui Shou.

The arrival of Mitsui Shou made Sakuragi Hanamichi extremely happy, but it made Lin Dong feel quite surprised.

He knew that the family conditions of the Mitsui family should be quite good, which could be seen from the usual dress of Mitsui, and the training fee should not be a big problem for a family like him.

But to be honest, Lin Dong felt that Mitsui was not suitable for a career path.

His ball sense is indeed top-notch, but his physical potential is too poor.

In the third year of high school, 184 cm, 70 kg figure, coupled with the lack of physical fitness, and in the first and second years of high school, when he was growing his body, he smoked a lot and neglected to exercise, which must have destroyed his cardiopulmonary function to a certain extent, and judging from his performance on the court in the past six months, physical strength is a hurdle that he will never be able to overcome.

With his top-notch ball sense, he may be able to mix well in high school, be a top scorer, and barely play in college, but once he sets foot in the profession, let alone make a name for himself in Asia, it is difficult to have a place in the professional league in Japan.

Professional basketball anywhere, the first thing to fight for is confrontation and physical fitness, which are two completely different things from high school basketball, and as for the NBA and the like, you don't even have to think about it.

4,000,000 for personal training...... Isn't this thrown for nothing?

Fortunately, Stephen was very happy about this.

(End of chapter)