36. Me!
This training camp really surprised Kobe. When he was in Pennsylvania, he was called the strongest high school student. He was less than 17 years old and had already broken some records held by basketball emperor Chamberlain. He came to this training camp with the mentality of "everyone here is garbage". He met Garnett, who is more versatile than him, Zhang Hao, who is better at mid-range shots, and Bibi, who is better at pure skills than him...
But even so, he still wants to win!
Zhang Hao looked at the 18 people who stayed in the end, except for Mike Bibby, Hamilton, Kobe next to him, Garnett, Raheem, Jamison, Marbury, Billups, Odom, and O'Neal Jr., seven famous players in the future NBA that he remembered were indeed on the elite list. O'Neal Jr., like O'Doom and Kobe, were only 16 years old.
But that guy - Corey Benjamin, was actually kept for the last time!
Zhang Hao is not familiar with the other six people, but after a week, he also has a certain understanding of these people.
Wisconsin Vincent High School defender Rodney Buford, Kentucky St. Xavier High School forward Scott Pagett, Ohio Madison High School center Calvin Booth and point guard Tim Booth, Arkansas Hour Park High School tall guard Quincy Lewis, who is only 175 cm tall from Tyson Wheeler of New London High School in Connecticut.
What Zhang Hao is most interested in is not the super geniuses who will definitely shine in the NBA, but the Booth brothers. Although they are cousins, Calvin Booth is 208 cm and Tim Booth is 183 cm, and he doesn't look like him...
But the twins have half the genetic differences, let alone cousins? Zhang Hao felt that it was not that strange.
The waiting time was not long, and the staff came to post the final list!
Kobe first found his name, and then found Garnett's name in another team, ecstatic! Then he found Zhang Hao's name, and became even more excited. Rahim and Bibi's names were also found. Although he could not find Odom's name, he knew that Odom was on the same team as him, but the most famous training camp this time, there were only two of them here, and the others were on the opposite side!
This is the opportunity Kobe wants to fight against all the heroes alone!
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Team A:
Backcourt: Kobe Bryant, Stephen Marbury, Tim Booth, Richard Hamilton, Quincy Lewis.
Front court: Lamar Odom, Jermaine O'Neal, Antoine Jamison, Scott Paggette.
Group B:
Backcourt: Mike Beeby, Chauncey Billups, Rodney Buford, Cory Benjamin, Taylor Wheeler.
Front court: Kevin Garnett, Sharif Rahim, Calvin Booth, Zhang Hao.
On the morning of May 17, the two teams immediately began to cooperate in the true sense. Two days ago, the tactical coaches were actually teaching them how to cooperate. Now, they really need to prepare for tomorrow's game.
As for training now, Adidas has opened filming licenses. Although it is during the playoffs, there are many media coming and the players who are training are more motivated.
Zhang Hao has been very excited since the final list came out yesterday, 10 future world top stars! And at least 10!
Kobe believes that his teammates are all people who sell first-time players except Odom... But Zhang Hao doesn't think so. When he saw the lineup of Group A on the opposite side, he almost scolded him!
Marbury, Kobe, Hamilton, Odom, Jamison, O'Neal Jr., this fairy lineup!
Fortunately, their Group B is not bad either, and such a game is too rare. Even if the strongest people on their side go to the opposite side, Zhang Hao will not retreat.
It's just like being a teammate with Garnett...
"Aix, are you blind? At this time, you should use Sharif's cutting into and restrain it and go around. You are still drilling in. Your athletic ability is very strong, but the impact is comparable to Sharif? Do you want to do everything by yourself? Then, will Mike and I give you the ball..."
Zhang Hao was criticized by Garnett from the beginning of training this morning.
The key is that Zhang Hao can't fight back yet because he really didn't do well.
In fact, training coaches is not that strict. In the coaches' opinion, Zhang Hao is a normal situation. A high school student can learn tactical running in two days? That's what he saw.
The fastest way for high school students to play into the team is the core way of playing, such as Garnett and Bibby. Their Group B tactics are built around this pick-and-roll attack of the internal and external combination.
Then, Zhang Hao turned on the spray mode, but at this time, Zhang Hao did not refute because Garnett had a good sense of consciousness in this regard. Although he was vicious and swearing, Zhang Hao really learned a lot.
Compared to the coach, Garnett's sense of off-ball as a player has brought more clear help to Zhang Hao.
Garnett didn't say anything to Zhang Hao, and he also studied how to make the right running position... Although it was still very bad for a while, this attitude... Garnett would still not miss this good opportunity to criticize Zhang Hao!
If you can speak well, you will never speak well!
What can I learn from two days of teamwork and training in the morning?
In fact, I can't practice anything, but I just let the team members know more about each other.
But these high school students don’t think there is anything wrong, the teenagers are full of enthusiasm!
In such a game where players do not involve money, their motivation comes from their desire for victory and their competitive spirit!
Although there are players like Garnett and Zhang Hao who come to the training camp with purpose, they have not lost the purest urge to pursue victory!
At lunch time, Group B mixed in with a "spy". Marbury sat next to Zhang Hao with a depressed look on his face and complained about why the two of them were not assigned to the same group for a long time, so that Bibi, who was next to him, wanted to kick him away.
After lunch, Kobe, Bibby, Garnett, and Raheem were invited to do an exclusive interview. Although Zhang Hao's reputation has increased significantly through Adidas' operations, it is only a big increase compared to the previous one. He has not yet undergone actual testing and has not been able to allow the media to interview.
But they also had group interviews. At 1:30 pm, most of the remaining 14 players were taken to an interview room by Adidas staff to accept exclusive interviews from Sports Illustrated reporters.
Some questions are made up of words, and most of the questions that have not been made up of words are common. After all, they are all a group of high school students and they can't hype anything. Just like Adidas used to hype Zhang Hao's "Invincible Central Investment King", they only hype Zhang Hao's stakes in the Central Investment, but did not belittle anyone.
Finally, the reporter asked a question: "Who do you think is the best player in this training camp?"
Marbury was the first to answer: "It's probably Kobe Bryant. I trained with him all morning today, and he was terrible; Lamar Odom is also very strong. He was actually only 16 years old in November. I have played against him. He is incredibly excellent. I heard that the Knicks are paying attention to him."
O'Neal Jr. said: "I think Kobe is the strongest, too."
Billups said: "I think Kevin is the best, he is the strongest high school student I have ever met."
"It's hard to say who is the strongest, but Lamar is so talented, I envy it..."
"Although Sharif is low-key, I think he may be the strongest."
“Mike is strong too…”
A group of people chattered about their opinions, but the candidates they mentioned had one characteristic - they all belonged to their own team.
This situation was expected by the reporter who asked the question, and it was not a problem to cause trouble, but the reporter noticed a person, a Chinese boy who had never said anything when he reached this question.
The reporter asked separately on a whim: "Aix, who is the strongest among you in your mind?"
Chapter completed!