25. The unnamed Philadelphia high school student in the corner
The reporter in the open-air stand was originally planning to belittle everything in the US media as it is currently in the mainstream attitude of anything China has towards. If Zhang Hao reacts fiercely, there will be more content to write.
But Zhang Hao's reaction was very calm. The reporter in the open-air stand had great interview experience and knew that he could not anger Zhang Hao anymore, and he had no more knowledge about Zhang Hao, so the following interview suddenly became very harmonious.
"Who is the player you want to fight most when you participate in this training camp?"
"Bryant Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Mike Beeby, and Richard Hamilton."
“Hamilton?”
"Yes, he's very similar to me, both are running and receiving pitchers."
"You said you are a pitcher? I think you should be a sports forward. You are the dunk king of high school students."
"Actually, I don't like dunking in games. Shooting is my strength. I just went to the dunk contest to win a championship because I was in a bad mood."
At this point, the reporter finally remembered another topic about the Chinese high school student in front of him - good grades and high players, but no university gave full scholarships, so he asked: "The reason you are in a bad mood is because you are not going well in an application for university?"
"This doesn't matter. I got nearly 1,400 points in the SAT last year, so it's still very easy to go to college."
“…”
Is it still a top student? The reporter ended the interview here and angered Zhang Hao but failed. There were not many points to hype in a training camp, but the reporter still found a point to use.
The reporter is always afraid that the world will not be in chaos and cannot attack Zhang Hao and China. Attacking American universities... is also interesting!
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Zhang Hao ended the interview and came to the report place. He arrived late. He came at the time of the time. The Adidas staff had not gotten off work yet, otherwise they would have to wait in the afternoon.
After successfully completing the reporting procedures, Zhang Hao received the room card and went to the nearby Four Seasons Hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel lobby, Zhang Hao saw the sign of guidance. The restaurant was booked by Adidas. The high school students participating in the training camp were able to go to have free breakfast, lunch and dinner meals with their room cards. The lunch time was from 11:30 to 1:30.
When he arrived at the 5th floor, his room number was No. 8.
Coincidentally, Zhang Hao saw two very familiar high school students... He was very familiar with each other and walked out from No. 7 on the 5th floor next door.
Kobe and Hamilton!
These two people have a room.
Take the initiative to get to know Yiboxian! Zhang Hao greeted the two: "Hello, I am Zhang Hao, my English name is Aix, from China, and I am in my senior year of Inglewood High School."
Kobe replied: "Hello, I'm Kobe Bryant, Philadelphia's Raul Merion High School in high school, this is Richard Hamilton of Cotzwell High School in Pennsylvania. My toughest opponent, I know you, you beat Vince Carter and become the dunk king in high school. I must compete with you when I have the chance. I feel excited when I think about participating in training camp with you."
A little surprised! Zhang Hao thought that the noble and cold one would be Kobe, and the one who would be Hamilton, but the situation was reversed. Hamilton should not be called cold, but "afraid of life"? Kobe was not that cold, and he used words and sentences to speak quite politely.
However, Zhang Hao thought about it. Kobe has lived a wealthy family since he was a child, and his personality is probably a competitive type, but his tutoring should be better than most black people.
Zhang Hao smiled and said, "A thing like a dunk game... Actually, I want to compete with you in shooting, that's my strength."
"Oh...I'm looking forward to it."
After a brief chat, Zhang Hao put the things in place, and the luggage was already on the other bed in the same room. The three of them went to the restaurant for lunch together.
Originally, Zhang Hao thought that he would be very excited to see those future superstars when he arrived at the training camp, but after real contact, he found that he was not so excited, but instead became curious about these future superstars who are still high school students.
There are more than 100 high school students, and Zhang Hao actually knows only a few of them.
Although Kobe is not that cold in private, he is obviously not a enthusiastic person. He didn't talk much with Zhang Hao, obviously just because he won the McDonald's slam dunk contest championship.
After lunch, in the afternoon, Zhang Hao came to the San Francisco Auditorium Stadium to get to know the venue where the training will be held for at least the next week.
The gym, training ground...most of the seats on the court were removed and changed to a basketball court with 8 half-courts.
Infirmary, physiotherapy room, trainer's office...all are available.
There are also some coaches' offices. Adidas has invited some very famous personal coaches to guide Chris Irving, who is famous in the player industry, and to guide Ji'an Kawi, who earns millions of dollars in endurance training...
From these aspects, Zhang Hao can see the difference between this training camp and the McDonald's All-Star. This is a training camp in the true sense, and it is a real way to bring progress to the players participating.
After the visit, Zhang Hao came to the training ground for shooting training.
Although the effect of that growth card has ended, training cannot be stopped because there is no bonus. Practice makes perfect, and if you don’t advance, you will retreat.
Compared with dunks, this mid-range shot is the foundation for him to gain a foothold in college or street courts in the future. Because he is indeed very average in ball control, he is definitely okay compared to ordinary people. In high school, he occasionally has the ball holding and organizes offense. The passing awareness is still OK, and the passing accuracy is also good, but if he is in a professional arena, he will definitely not be the one who controls the ball.
In Zhang Hao's opinion, all-round players are bullshit. What he has to do now is to gain a foothold in the basketball world, get into college, enter the NCAA first-level league, and make plans for the future.
I practiced 100 mid-range shots in two groups, 91 in the first group and 94 in the second group.
Zhang Hao was quite satisfied with this accurate point. He guessed that no one was better than his CNB in this Adidas training camp! This is the top CNB in the NBA! Not to mention high school students, Zhang Hao is confident that few people in college can match his CNB, although he only has this strength, CNB has become the source of his confidence.
I conducted two sets of shooting training and wanted to practice for a while, but there were too many people coming and going, so it was easy to be distracted, so Zhang Hao simply wandered around.
The more people there are, the more clearly Zhang Hao feels that there are big differences between people. Not every player who looks very talented in high school can play when he reaches college, because the most likely talent to play dominant talents in high school is athletic ability. Athletic ability is relatively mediocre, and may not look so outstanding in high school.
But in fact, when you go to college, most of the players who play well are not the ones with the best athletic talent, but are players who can endure the spirit and improve their skills.
Most of the players with the highest athletic ability in high school are obsessed with relying on their own athletic ability.
Just like when he was an All-Star in McDonald's, Zhang Hao didn't see many people willing to train after coming to the stadium, and he could see more or less something - this brought together the training camps of most top high school students in the United States, and most of the more than 100 people in it did not have the chance to enter the NBA.
What Zhang Hao didn't know was that there was a man who wanted to take over a half-court and practice for an afternoon, and he didn't care about the people coming and going at all, but after watching his two sets of mid-range shot training out of curiosity, he felt that he had suffered a critical hit and squatted in the corner to develop self-doubt - why did a dunk shoot so accurately? Is this really a high school student?
Chapter completed!