Suzy and McNabara quickly became friends. McNabara is a devout Catholic. He is rigorous, humble, sincere and motivated. Suzy also has such qualities.
They are also fans of Eminem. Eminem has won a big victory this year. He has undoubtedly become the best-selling singer this year and the person of the year 2002.
McNabara likes Eminem because he is white and his rap is better than that of black people. McNabarra hopes to earn his place in a black-dominated basketball league.
Susie simply likes Eminem's cool attitude that no one would disdain.
It didn't even take a night for two young people with common topics and common interests to become good friends. The next day, they showed up together in the cafeteria and then went to practice.
McNabala is still the main attacker and Su Xi is the main defender.
It was like this for two weeks.
In this high-intensity training mode, Susi's super explosive talent obtained from Reggie Weems was increased to 70%. His defense against McNabala became more and more effective, and his entanglement intensity increased. Out of ten goals, he has been able to defend three or four.
This is a remarkable achievement.
You must know that McNabara is Mr. Basketball in Pennsylvania. His offensive skills are very good. His total points in four years of high school ranked seventh in Pennsylvania history.
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Although Bonham has not spoken to Susie so far. But in his heart, Su Xi is already a hard-working, inspirational and hard-working good player.
He made an inner decision to keep this player and put him in the first team.
This is not the NBA, the NBA is all about talent.
This is the NCAA, and this is the Syracuse Orange team coached by Jim Bonham. To hell with talent, people who work hard should be given a chance.
Jim Bonham is emotional.
Time quickly entered September, and Carmelo Anthony finally arrived at Syracuse University.
As soon as he entered the school gate, he was greeted by people from the school board, and the New York media also followed him to report.
Coach Jim and two assistant coaches also went over to greet him.
Suhi and McNabarra and a few other returning players remained in the arena, waiting to be 'reviewed' by Carmelo Anthony.
This is a courtesy given to Carmelo Anthony by Syracuse University. On the basketball court, superstars have special privileges. Even in college basketball.
This situation will become more prominent after entering the business alliance. You can see it from salary, exposure, and commercial value. The guaranteed minimum salary contract in the NBA is only a few hundred thousand dollars, and superstars can receive annual salaries of more than 20 million dollars. The popularity and commercial contracts that superstars receive are unprecedented.
In college basketball, at least everyone has the same food, clothing, and housing.
"Gerry, you are also a five-star player. Why did you come to school for training silently early with a bag?" Hakeem Warrick, the team's starting power forward, joked to McNabara.
Hakim came to school on August 20, and he started training very early. He is a relatively talented black forward. He is considered to have a chance of entering the NBA, but the probability is not very high because the NBA has very high talent requirements and his height is not an advantage.
"People are different." McNabara shrugged, he didn't have much emotion. He is not a jealous person, he prefers to quietly improve himself.
"Moreover, I am a five-star player because I have met the standards of a five-star player. Cameron is a five-star player because the highest in the high school basketball evaluation system is five stars."
McNabarra is particularly humble.
This is why Su Xi became friends with him.
Carmelo Anthony came to the arena surrounded by people. He combed his hair and wore exaggerated oversize hip-hop clothes. He is baby-faced and smiles all over. He walked over and greeted everyone warmly: "Hey guys, nice to meet you. Let's unite and do something big!"
He shook hands and bumped chests with the coaching staff and teammates one by one, very streetwise and hip-hop.
When Su Xi saw this scene, his memory drifted a bit. He recalled that Reggie Weems was treated so grandly when he first walked into this arena, and both of them were so high-spirited.
The two figures overlapped in sight.
When Carmelo Anthony came over, Susie shook hands with him, bumped his chest, and patted him twice on the back with his left hand. This was the unique way of greeting Susie and Reggie Weems.
Anthony was slightly surprised when he was touched twice.
Su Xi stood at the end of the line. After Anthony said hello, he looked at Su Xi and said, "Are you Chinese?"
"Yes." Su Xi nodded.
"Your compatriot Yao has just become the first overall pick in the NBA. You must be very good too, right?" Anthony greeted.
Su Xi said: "I don't know how to play basketball yet."
He had no intention of catering to Anthony. He looked level or even looked down at the highly sought-after superstar player in front of him.
After all, Su Xi already regarded himself as a quasi-basketball god, and there was no need to appear tamed to this super five-star high school student.
Anthony was not in his right mind either. After being stunned for a few seconds, he extended his thumb and said, "Cool! I like your unruly attitude."
He's not being sarcastic, he really likes it.
Head coach Jim Boham came over and he introduced Carmelo Anthony and McNabala to the players.
After a round of applause, Bonham emphasized the team's rules and discipline.
Then, he asked the assistant coach to give each player a tactical manual for the new season.
He updated the tactical manual this past summer, mainly modifying the tactics in the backcourt. Last season, the core of the team's ball-handling was Reggie Wilms. Wilms took charge of the ball as a forward and guard swingman, and the point guard was left out.
This season, after McNabara joined, part of the ball rights returned to the point guard. Moreover, Carmelo Anthony's playing style is different from Reggie Wilms. Reggie is willing to hold the ball from the backcourt and cross half court for one-on-ones. Carmelo Anthony's playing style is a classic small forward style. His offense Skilled, with complex offensive methods, he is good at catching the ball from the wing to finish.
While the players were looking through the tactical manual, Karl Joseph, last season's starting point guard, walked in in a hurry carrying his bag.
He came a step too late.
He quickly put the bag aside and returned to the team.
Jim Bonham glanced at him, walked aside, and called Karl Joseph over.
The players all have a tacit understanding to go to the other side. Bonham is a strict coach, and Joseph should be punished.
"I bet he does at least 20 switchbacks."
Hakim chanted there.
However, Karl's loud cry soon came: "Why? Why? Why?"
This surprised the team members, and they all looked over there.
What happened to Karl that made him dare to yell at the head coach?
Su Xi was originally not interested in the movements over there, but when he heard his name soon, his brows wrinkled.
"...Why? You would rather keep that fragile little sheep Su Xi than throw me into the reserve team? Am I not even as good as him?"
"I'm not convinced! I want to compete with him!"
Carl shouted loudly: "This is against the rules. I want to complain to the sports committee of the school board."
Jim Bonham didn't expect Carl to react so violently.
However, he has made his decision. He wants to clear out Karl, a defender who did nothing last season and had an extremely lazy training attitude, and give his position to Su Xi, who is active in training and hardworking. This is a huge benefit to the team's chemistry.
Now that the team already has McNabala, it doesn't matter whether Suhi is as strong as Karl. What matters is the internal atmosphere of the team.
"I've made a decision. You don't have to shout here." Bonham said coldly, and he issued an eviction order: "You don't have to come here to train in the future."
However, Karl had already gone to Su Xi's side. He pointed at Su Xi and shouted loudly: "Little Su Xi, you little trash who came in to eat and drink on the back of that bastard Reggie Weems, do you dare to challenge me?"
"That damn guy Reggie Weems got hit by a car and you shouldn't be here. You don't deserve to be in my position!"
Karl spoke very violently.
His posture was ferocious.
Everyone was dissatisfied with him. Especially when he criticized Reggie Weems. When Reggie Weems announced his participation in the draft, he licked the team the hardest and said he would carry Reggie's bag to the NBA. Now, he actually said such a thing.
Even Carmelo Anthony, who just arrived, thought Karl spoke too much.
McNabala even walked over and said: "First of all, you have to respect the head coach's authoritative decision and not yell here. Secondly, you have to respect Reggie who helped the team reach the Final Four. Finally, If you want to fight one-on-one, I'll play with you."
"Who are you?" Carl stared at McNabara.
McNabala was about to introduce himself when Su Xi stopped him with her hand. He walked out and said, "Okay, since you want to fight alone, come on."
Su Xi stood up.
This is beyond what many people expected.
Everyone knows that Su Xi's basketball ability is average, including McNabara, who has trained with Su Xi for so long. McNabara believes that Su Xi can only defend.
"Jack..." Hakim tried to persuade Su Xi: "Let the coach handle it."
"No!"
Su Xi shook her head.
He said in his heart: If I don't get rid of this bastard's provocation, I will eventually find it difficult to calm down and understand my thoughts. I want to become the god of basketball.
He said coldly to Karl: "A buzzing bug like you is really disgusting."
"Five balls!"
