Chapter 4 Historic moment, heading to training camp
Throughout the afternoon, Woody had a feeling of "a penny stumping a heroic man".
In the evening, Wu Erzhuang told him that he had signed up for this summer's "and1 High School Training Camp."
Woody would be lying if he said he wasn't moved.
Wu Erzhuang also revealed his thoughts: "Xiao Di, you know that my second uncle has always wanted to make a fortune in the United States and then return to China in glory..."
But in fact, Wu Erzhuang knows very well that with his own ability, it can even be said that it is a luxury to realize this dream. Unless he is really lucky, it will be almost impossible.
Compared to him, Woody has a good basketball talent. If he can enter the NBA and be worth millions, then as Woody's second uncle, he can naturally benefit from it.
"So, Xiao Di... just keep going, my second uncle will have to rely on you to support him in the future!"
It's a warm night.
But the registration fee for the training camp for and1 high school students should not be cheap, because early the next morning, at dawn, Wu Erzhuang knocked on Woody's door: "Wake up, don't sleep, we should get up and exercise!"
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Woody opened the door with a confused look on his face. The training camp is in late June. What kind of training is this?
Wu Erzhuang urged him to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then showed him his "results" in the middle of the night yesterday: a homemade training plan.
"Although your second uncle can't teach you basketball, he still knows a little about physical exercise. During this time, we can carry out intensive training on your endurance!"
Then, without waiting for Woody to respond, he took Woody to the park downstairs to run laps while he brushed his teeth, washed and had breakfast.
only……
"Ho, ho, ho... Xiao Di, your endurance is really good!"
At first, Wu Erzhuang wanted to run with Woody. When he couldn't hold it anymore, he cheered him up next to him. As a result, after running around the park for two and a half times, Woody's breathing just changed a little, and Wu Erzhuang had already
Out of breath.
In the end, it was Woody cheering Wu Erzhuang up: "Second uncle, hold on a little longer, and we'll be at the door of the house soon."
After the third lap, Woody asked Wu Erzhuang to go back and rest first, and he continued to complete Wu Erzhuang's endurance training plan.
Looking at Woody's back, Wu Erzhuang, who was still breathing heavily, smiled: "Hoo~ho~, Cheng, you are indeed talented!"
During the next period of time, Woody has been carrying out endurance training according to Wu Erzhuang's training plan. At first, he was to make his second uncle happy and let him see his determination. After half a month, Woody discovered that,
This plan is really useful.
His current physical fitness has increased from 65 to 67.
In just two weeks, the price has risen so much that my second uncle still has some water in his stomach.
On June 25, the annual NBA draft took place as scheduled at Madison Garden Square.
A historic scene was born:
The Houston Rockets used their "No. 1 pick" to select Yao Ming, a player from China.
The first foreign "No. 1 pick" in NBA history was born, and he was also the first "Chinese No. 1 pick" in NBA history.
This is also an important moment for the Chinese basketball world.
Woody checked the information about Yao Ming and found that it is indeed not easy for him to become the "No. 1 pick" in the NBA. His height of 2.26 meters is already a rare physical talent in the NBA.
In the history of the NBA, only four players are taller than Yao Ming, and now there is only one player named "Sean Bradley" who is taller than Yao Ming.
In addition to his height, Yao Ming averaged 41.2 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game in the just-concluded domestic CBA finals. In the ancient times of the NBA, there was a player named Chamberlain, known as the "Basketball Emperor". Yao Ming's performance in the CBA
His performance is just like Chamberlain's performance in the NBA. Therefore, Yao Ming is also nicknamed "CBA Chamberlain".
This kind of talent, as well as this kind of professional league performance, are the basis for him to be won by the Rockets this year with the "No. 1 pick" without hesitation.
Also on the same day, Woody took the living expenses given by Wu's parents and Wu's mother, the money left after selling his laptop to follow the Walkman, and the extra money given by Wu Erzhuang, which was a full 2,000 US dollars, and set off for the "big trip".
Apple City", participate in and1's one-month training camp.
In the past half month, Woody has been reading news about the NBA a lot, and has gradually transformed from an NBA novice to an NBA "cloud fan".
His most impressive comment about New York is:
If you love a player, send him to New York; if you hate a player, send him to New York.
There, there were the loudest cheers and the most vicious curses.
Wu Erzhuang also has his own evaluation of New York. When he was "gold digging", he first went to the "Big Apple" and then to the small place of Akron.
"There, those who have the ability can live a better life. Opportunities are everywhere. If you don't have the ability..."
And when Woody stood in the center of New York, looking at the rows of towering buildings and the busy traffic on the road, he also truly felt the prosperity of New York.
He turned to look at the most conspicuous billboard, which showed a handsome black man.
Woody knew this black man, Alan Houston, the current star of the New York Knicks and the darling of the entire city.
Looking at his billboard, Woody felt a surge of pride in his heart. Sooner or later, his posters would be posted on the same busy streets and the same billboards for everyone coming and going to see!
Then Woody went back to the hotel arranged by the training camp to stay.
This time, the air ticket from Akron to New York, plus the fare from the airport to the training facility, already cost Woody $100.
Fortunately, the training camp includes food and accommodation, and the hotel arranged by the training camp is not far from the basketball hall rented by the training camp. It can be reached in 10 minutes on foot. Otherwise, in a month, the 2,000 U.S. dollars on his pocket would be
It will all be spent on the fare.
However, now that food and accommodation were provided, Woody thought about taking the remaining 1,900 dollars back.
He will not become rich after this training camp. He will be without money for a long time. To him, $1,900 is a huge amount of money.
Being idle and bored, Woody thought of giving him a list of members for this training camp when he reported at the training camp. Anyway, he was idle, so he took out the list of members for this training camp and read it one by one.
Just treat it as familiar.
There are a total of 50 students in this and1 training camp.
Five of the members are specially invited high school students from the and1 training camp.
Not only do they not need to spend a penny, but they can also get a sneaker contract provided by and1. Generally, free sneakers are provided for one year.
Woody took a look at the information of the five specially invited high school students. The two most powerful ones among them were Travis Outlaw and Kendrick Perkins.
The former is ranked 45th in ESPN's "ranking of high school students in the United States" and is a "4-star high school student"; the one named Kendrick Perkins is "ranked 78th among high school students in the United States" and is a "ranked high school student".
3-star high school student".
The other three are also somewhat famous, but none of them are in the top 100 in the United States.
It can also be seen from this that although and1 is developing rapidly, there is still a gap between Nike and Adidas. The most talented high school students in the United States still mainly participate in the training camps of those two brands.
But this has nothing to do with Woody.
It would be difficult to get into a training camp of that size even with the money, so he'd better not even think about it.
Moreover, given his situation, Ben Wallace should be the most suitable mentor for him, and there is no one.