Although Nike is strict in selecting candidates, it is still very generous to the candidates. All fourteen people who entered the finals were arranged in this hotel. Although this is not the most upscale hotel, it is not
Not bad. At least these candidates have never stayed in a hotel like this before.
Ten of these fourteen are street players, one of the remaining four is from the Development League, and three are NBA players.
The ten street players, obviously headed by the Crusher, were all playing various time-killing games in the hotel's entertainment room. They didn't have to worry about where they would go tomorrow, because they had several of them.
Xiao grew up there. Although the other street players are not from there, with their status as street players and their admiration for the crusher, it is not difficult for them to go there.
As for the Development League player and the three NBA players, there is some trouble.
The Development League player at that place was drinking a small drink depressedly in his room. Although he had wanted to go to that place, he had never thought of going in this way. Going like this, he understood that he was going to challenge, and in that place
If you don't have real ability and challenge it rashly, you will definitely die ugly.
The other two NBA players were also a little worried.
Although in the eyes of NBA players, they are very disdainful of that kind of place and even call it a "playing field" place, the players there are equally disdainful of NBA players. In their view, NBA players are just ordinary people.
But I was just lucky enough to get into the NBA.
As for Wen Hao, he was in his room at this time, discussing with Jones the last round of testing tomorrow, which is tomorrow's game.
Jones withdrew his gaze from the window to look at the night view of New York and said to Wen Hao: "Wen Hao must be careful where he goes tomorrow. It is said that there are their rules there. If we accidentally violate those rules, the whole place will be destroyed."
If someone is hostile to us, it will be difficult for us to move there."
"Yes, this is the holy land of street basketball - Locke Park. I once mentioned to my superiors that it would be fair to you players in the regular league to put the final venue in Locke Park, but I had no choice but to give a small ball
"Tan, I was so quiet and my boss ignored me at all. It seems we have no choice but to go to Rucker Park," said Hun Bu Bu.
Wen Hao was looking forward to it: "I have heard of the name of Rucker Park for a long time, but I have never had the chance to see it. This time I can finally go and see it."
"Wen Hao," I couldn't help but notice that Wen Hao didn't seem to have listened to his words at all, so I had to remind him, "You can't be careless. This is a holy land for street basketball, but it is also known as the cemetery of NBA stars.
.This is not fun."
"Because of this, I have to go and experience it." Wen Hao said with a faint smile.
"Okay, I admire your courage and I will accompany you," Jones patted the back of the sofa and said, "As for if I can't afford to fool you, don't go if you don't dare to go."
I was a little anxious because I couldn't afford it: "It's not that I don't dare to go, I'm worried about you. If you really want to go, I'll call someone first to go with us."
"Oh? Is it so scary? Do you need to bring bodyguards when you go to Rucker Park to play ball?" Jones joked.
"No, because this is the rule of Locke players." Hunfeng said, "If you really want to go tomorrow, you must remember: first, don't look at others easily, and don't talk to people standing on the roadside easily.
; Second, you must not walk, you must drive; third, you must not show your valuables. It is very likely that your brand-name sneakers and camera will be snatched away..."
When Jones heard this, he raised his feet wearing a pair of Nikes and frowned.
I can't stand it and continued: "There's a good chance you'll get beat up for taking an unintentional look at those Harlem neighborhoods."
"Holy shit, so perverted!" Jones exclaimed.
"If out-of-towners really want to go to Rucker Park, they must be accompanied by guys who grew up in Harlem, and they must obey them. This is the rule. A holy place is a holy place."
At the end of the sentence, Can't afford it, his expression turned serious: "So I'm going to call a guy from the Harlem neighborhood and ask him to come and accompany us tomorrow."
"Oh, I don't need to watch. I would like to see how scary Rucker Park is." Wen Hao said silently after hearing Hunfeng's words.
Jones was full of disdain for those rules. Seeing what Wen Hao said, he was the first to agree: "I don't believe they can kill people on the street? Just the three of us will go together. Of course, if you can't afford it and you don't dare,
You can stay here and wait for our good news."
I couldn't persuade the two of them, so they had no choice but to shake their heads and said: "Go, since you insist on not wanting the guys from Harlem to accompany you, of course I will go."
The subtext of being unlucky is: I’m not worried if you two go alone. If something goes wrong, won’t my future be completely ruined? I’ll go with you. If something happens, I can be there in time.
Call that guy from Harlem.
There was no talking all night, and the next morning, after breakfast, Wen Hao and others rushed to 155th Street in Harlem.
Rucker Park is located here. When Wen Hao and others drove to 155th Street, there were already a lot of people around. Looking at it, most of them were tall black people. Not far ahead, there was a 17-story slum building.
, because this is the former site of the Polo Baseball Stadium, so the previous poor building was nicknamed the "Polo Stadium Apartments".
There was no one on the roof of the apartment, only clotheslines and TV antennas spread haphazardly.
Looking down from here, you can see a basketball court painted with red and green paint. This is the holy land of street basketball - Rucker Park.
Rucker Park has been the mecca of streetball since 60 years ago. It has as long a history as the NBA.
In 1946, New York Park Department employee Holcombe Locke was determined to find some entertainment for the idle children in Harlem on sweltering summer nights, so he founded a summer basketball league. But what caused a headache for the parks was
, the balls in Rucker Park always fell into pieces in less than two days, and finally the park administrator simply stopped changing the balls, so to this day, the bare hoops are still an eye-catching symbol of the street court.
The function of the basket is to slow down the falling speed of the basketball. It is also an eye-catching symbol when shooting from a long distance. The direct consequence of not having a basket is that there were few long-range shots in early street ball. Players liked to use dunks or incense sticks.
In order to score, they must first get past their defender. This is how the fancy style of street ball was born.
