He patiently explained the situation he faced: "Give me another half year, okay? There is still one and a half months until the 'Village BA' national grassroots selection. This may be my only chance to participate in a national competition in my life."
,I……"
"Even if I can wait, can I wait for such a good job opportunity?" Chen Qian interrupted before he could finish his words: "Do you know how much my uncle spent on finding people and relationships for this job?
You don’t appreciate it at all? Do you know what it means to turn down this job?”
Of course Long Xiaochuan knew it, but he couldn't face it: "I'm sorry, I really have too many people's expectations on me..."
On the other end of the phone, Chen Qian burst into tears: "I also have expectations for you, can't you think about me for once?"
"I...I'm sorry...but I will definitely prove that I can make you live a good life by playing ball..."
"Long Xiaochuan, you bastard! You will regret it sooner or later! I want you to regret it for the rest of your life!"
She yelled at the top of her lungs and hung up the phone, then slid to the ground limply, crying so sadly.
A memory fragment inexplicably flashed into Long Xiaochuan's mind. Long Lisheng's disdainful question during the day: "What are you trying to do?"
He thought seriously all night. During this time, his goals seemed to be getting bigger and heavier.
At first, he was full of confidence that he wanted to return to the village and become a rural basketball blogger. After meeting Yu Yan, he changed his mind to bringing goods to help farmers and revitalize the countryside. Later, things became more and more outrageous, and he actually turned into leading the rise and revitalization of Leizhai.
"Actually, I just like playing basketball and want to make a good living through my skills and hard work. Can a small basketball really carry such a heavy burden?"
Long Xiaochuan couldn't figure it out, so he appeared on the basketball court in confusion the next day.
The training status of the four teammates is different. Ever since the game against Dad's team, Sun Changxing seemed to be full of energy. He found a bunch of short videos of jumping training and practiced like crazy.
Pan Lei is passive and can practice vigorously for a while if someone is watching him, but it is impossible for him to practice alone.
As for Luo Gaozhan and Yu Zhengyi, they are the workhorse type and always have expressions of hopelessness during training.
Long Xiaochuan originally wanted to be stricter with the two of them, but today he suddenly felt that he was wrong. He should not have turned basketball into such a boring and boring situation.
He clapped his hands and stopped: "Come on, we won't do basic training today. You can freely divide into groups and play for a while. Each group will hit five balls. I will observe everyone's characteristics and skills."
Pan Lei rushed to team up with Sun Changxing. The two of them were fat and tall, dominating the basket. One easily squeezed out the opponent's hook shot, while the other just stood there and raised the ball, so that others could not reach it. It was almost completely
An unsolvable combination.
"You two are just bugs. Lao Yu and I can't fight." Luo Gaozhan protested repeatedly and asked for exchange and reorganization.
"Change."
Long Xiaochuan motioned for him to join Sun Changxing.
Unexpectedly, he lost again.
"Change again."
Before Long Xiaochuan could speak, he stood together with Pan Lei.
Who would have expected, I still lose.
After playing for more than an hour, Luo Gaozhan went into emo mode: "What's going on? No one and I can pee in the same pot? How many games did Yu Zhengyi win?"
Long Xiaochuan saw that Luo Gaozhan played like a lone wolf. He was obviously not good at dribbling, but he always liked to play various fancy dribblings that were difficult and had a high error rate.
This kid doesn't like passing the ball, and he is extremely confident in his mid-range shooting, which leads to many wasted offensive opportunities.
If he had seen this scene yesterday, Long Xiaochuan would have seriously criticized Luo Gaozhan and asked him to get rid of these shortcomings and focus on being a passing tool.
But now he had a new idea. While everyone was resting, he called Luo Gaozhan aside and explained some techniques of running without the ball and finding open shooting opportunities.
"I think your mid-range shooting percentage is okay, but your height is limited, and you will interfere with others when they reach out, and you can block shots just by tiptoing. So you have to use your strengths and avoid weaknesses, use your flexible and agile steps to throw away defensive players and find gaps.
Catch and shoot.”
He demonstrated several practical feints and accelerating escape techniques, and told him to increase his running without the ball and catch-and-shoot. You must know that the pace of the entire game is very fast, and a delay of half a second will waste hard-won opportunities.
After explaining these techniques, he whispered a few final words and gave a little tip.
Luo Gaozhan was surprised at first, then nodded immediately, showing excitement.
Back on the court, Long Xiaochuan asked Luo Gaozhan to team up with Yu Zhongyi again to fight against the "unsolvable combination" of Sun Changxing and Pan Lei.
The useless duo, who had no power to fight back just now, seemed to have been transformed. Not only did they easily win five goals, they also made Pan Lei angry almost to death.
Because Luo Gaozhan took the initiative to choose to play against Pan Lei. Not only did he take advantage of his "little quickness" to repeatedly pull near the baseline, but he also kept shouting "big ass" in his mouth.
Pan Lei hated being called this nickname, and chased him all over the place laughing and scolding him. He was a fat man of over 200 kilograms, and he was panting and sweating profusely after just a few steps.
Luo Gaozhan waited for him to clear his stamina gauge, and immediately shouted for the ball, playing a two-on-one with Yu Zhongyi.
Sun Changxing was unable to take care of himself and was quickly defeated.
He gave a thumbs up to Long Xiaochuan: "You are amazing, you have the Midas touch!"
Long Xiaochuan smiled, laughing from the bottom of his heart for the first time in so many days: "I have just realized that I just want to make the best use of everyone's talents, play happy basketball, and explore your respective strengths and specialties."
Sun Changxing understood the meaning of this sentence better than anyone else, and looked at the other party blankly: "What about me, do I still want to change it?"
"Before, I considered the needs of each position in the team and wanted to transform you into a power forward. So I forced you to change your long-range shooting habits and go inside. Now that I think about it, it is wrong. We are not professional players. We just rely on our love.
If you want to play ball, just play as happily as you want."
These words touched Sun Changxing's heart. He picked up the ball and made two three-pointers in succession. Without interference, his shooting percentage was actually quite good.
Pan Lei put his hands on his hips and said with a grimace, "Then you can give me some pointers."
"Okay, but don't be upset if I tell you."
"It's okay, just say it."
"That's it... you have to make good use of your big butt," Long Xiaochuan smiled and leaned forward, teaching him how to stick his butt out and sit on his opponent's lap, firmly controlling his opponent behind him.
Of course, he couldn't move Pan Lei, and even the other party raised his leg and pushed him back: "That's it?"