Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was June 2008.
In the past two months, some members of the Devils, including the trident of Xu Yong, Harden and Ayers, plus Cooksix, Boateng and Albert, organized a mini training camp in the school's training hall. Sweat like rain.
Their respective training content is different.
Xu Yong practiced pull-ups and breakthroughs with the ball, Harden practiced shooting and defense, Ayers and Boateng practiced inside positioning and offense and defense, Albert practiced shooting and breakthroughs, and Cooksix practiced defense and fixed-point three-pointers.
It can be seen from the content that their training content is overlapping.
This would be very convenient, such as Cooksix guarding Xu Yong, Cooksix guarding Harden, and Cooksix guarding Albert.
Cooks:o(╥﹏╥)o
In addition, there are exactly six people, so the whole field cannot be practiced, but the three-on-three half-court arrangement can still be a good test of the training results.
Among them, Xu Yong's pull-up jump shot and Harden's defense are impressive.
Their two technologies have one thing in common, they are both created from scratch.
Xu Yong's pull-up jump shot has begun to show results after almost two and a half months of training. What he needs to do now is to gradually improve his stability.
As for Harden's defense, defense depends more on willingness and investment. Because Xu Yong's ball-holding ability has improved, he can allocate physical strength to defense.
And in order to improve the most important lateral movement ability in defense, Harden also lost weight and gained muscle, which made him look stronger.
All in all, after two months, their progress is visible to the naked eye.
And in recent days, Sandek has also returned to school after completing player inspections.
When he appeared in the training hall, the players stopped training one after another.
When Xu Yong and Harden looked at the familiar figure who came to the training hall with Sandek, they were stunned for a moment.
Harden looked in disbelief, and Xu Yong couldn't help but wipe his eyes.
Because that man is DeMar DeRozan!
Sandeck actually convinced DeRozan to come to the Devils?
No, American high school students graduate in May or June. In other words, DeRozan should have decided to play for the Devils before graduation!
"Demar, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Harden stepped forward and asked with wide eyes. He was so smart, so he naturally wanted to get to that level.
"I want to give you a surprise. Tell me, are you very happy now?" DeRozan asked with a smile.
Harden laughed loudly after hearing this and gave his hair a big hug.
How could they not be happy? They were not able to play in the same high school, and now they are finally playing in college.
Xu Yong also stepped forward at this time, and after DeRozan and Harden finished hugging, he shook hands with him and bumped shoulders.
Harden was more excited, and he was more surprised.
In his final year at Compton High School, DeRozan averaged 29.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3 steals per game, leading the team to finally win the California High School League championship. Such data and performance ranked him directly in the rankings. Ranked fifth among high school students in the class of 2008, which is much higher than Harden back then!
And in his impression, Harden and DeRozan did not graduate from the same university.
It is impossible to say that because of his rebirth, the relationship between Harden and DeRozan has become closer.
So the only explanation is that the appearance of his butterfly changed the direction of history.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing for DeRozan? Xu Yong doesn’t know, but what he is sure of is that this is definitely a good thing for the Devils.
Because of the addition of DeRozan, the Devils' talent has also improved a lot.
Not to mention the fans, he himself is full of expectations for the new season.
After DeRozan joined, their training intensity and enthusiasm became much higher than before.
Because they can see their progress, and DeRozan's addition is real. They can foresee great achievements in the new season.
It was Cooksix forcing a smile.jpg, because he had another DeRozan to defend.
Both humans and ghosts are showing off, only he is being beaten.
When the two were attacking and defending one-on-one, Xu Yong watched the game from the sidelines and had a basic understanding of DeRozan's current strength.
Different from his impression that "the college version of DeRozan is a rough guy", DeRozan is now able to play with the basket and with his back to the basket. He is even more good at distance and turning during breakthroughs.
This is actually similar to the Griffin he played last season. If he can't do the technical moves he can do under the intensity of the NCAA competition in the NBA, then he doesn't look like a rough guy.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to average close to 30 points per game in high school.
Moreover, DeRozan is very fast and explosive. Like Xu Yong, he is also the master of flying and escaping.
But if you compare him with Xu Yong, whether it is dynamic bounce, bounce speed, or static height and wingspan, he will be worse.
This is probably the reason why in history, despite his great skills, as a descendant of Mamba, he always feels a bit uninteresting.
The lower limit of basketball depends on hard work, but the upper limit still depends on talent.
Moreover, his current confrontation is relatively poor. After all, few people dare to practice strength as much as Xu Yong did when he grew taller.
"Xu, are we looking forward to the championship next season?" At this moment, Albert turned around and asked.
Xu Yong smiled and neither answered nor denied.
He didn't answer because he didn't want to hurt Albert's confidence.
The reason why he didn't deny it was because Albert was carrying a bell in his arms, and he thought it (ringed) was beautiful (not).
How can the NCAA championship be so simple? You really think you are reading a basketball novel!
Of the two teams that reached the finals last season, the University of Kansas had 10 four-star players (including five five-star high school students), and 7 of them later entered the NBA; the University of Memphis had fewer players, only 4, but there were also 8. Four stars, the key is that they have experienced Rose, who has no solution in the NCAA.
And last season was by no means a special case. Let’s take 2009 in history. It was a small draft year. The University of North Carolina won the championship with 11 four-stars (including 6 five-stars). In the end, 7 of them entered the NBA. The runner-up Michigan State The university also has 8 four stars.
This actually illustrates the fact that since the NCAA does not have a transfer system and students can play for four years, there is basically only one way to win the championship: pile up talent.
Otherwise, why are the champions always those wealthy teams?
The fight is about involution!
As for them, even if you include the newly arrived DeRozan, there are two five-stars and one four-star, and the others are just weak players. Cooksix's three-star talent is considered to be very talented.
This is actually a bit similar to the Rockets last season. They looked hopeful of winning the championship, but they were just watching.
However, although the championship is difficult, it is foreseeable that they have a chance to go further in the championship.
Of course, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time and the road must be walked step by step. It is not yet time for them to consider the championship.
Because the addition of DeRozan will actually cause a lot of problems.
For example, Harden is a ball-handling type. Xu Yong needs the ball to develop and hold the ball in the new season. DeRozan also needs the ball. Another example is how to arrange the starting lineup. If DeRozan directly supports Cooksix, Then the team's perimeter defense will collapse again, because DeRozan's defense is not much better than Harden's and so on.
Of course, these questions were all thrown to Sandek.
Xu Yong is not worried about this. Sandek has proven his ability last season. He believes that Sandek can handle it well.
Not long after DeRozan arrived in Tempe, Xu Yong followed Yao Ming back to China.
