Chapter 40: No. 62 on the list of the best high school students in the United States
Ranked on ESPN's list of the nation's best high school students.
It will be updated every month. It is a list that is evaluated based on various dimensions such as players' performance, popularity, and media public opinion. It is like a new book list from Qidian. It requires various votes, interactions, and collections from book friends. Reward...
It is a relatively authoritative list.
There is more than one similar list, TNT, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report and other media have their own "List of the Best High School Students in America."
But because ESPN has gradually become bigger and stronger, and has the potential to overwhelm the traditional powerhouses such as TNT, their list is the list that attracts the most attention from fans.
Okay, okay, the main thing is that they are good at and keen on doing things!
In the middle of each month, there will be a change in the "List of the Best High School Players in America" to remind fans of the "top figures" worthy of attention in American high school basketball in the past month!
At this time, the new season has not started yet, so there usually won’t be big changes.
But this was previous years.
In the December issue of this year, a Chinese high school student emerged. With two friendly matches, he went directly from the "starless high school student" to the top 100 on the list.
When fans first heard the news, their first reaction was that ESPN was causing trouble again.
However, after they saw the performance of this rising "new high school student" in two friendly matches, they immediately changed their views:
espn didn't cause trouble this time!
But play it for real!
The Chinese high school student named "Woody" first defeated Perkins, the 56th best high school student on ESPN, in a face-to-face game, scoring 20 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists;
Then, St. Mary's High School, which was alone in the absence of LeBron, defeated Starkville High School, which had "the 28th best high school student in the United States" Outlaw.
His performance in this game was even more exaggerated, with 38 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.
Although they were two friendly matches, they were full of gold content because of their opponents and his personal performance.
Therefore, even in just one month, Woody has soared to the 62nd place on ESPN's "National High School Ranking List". These fans also believe that this is India's holy water - "the Ganges".
Woody was also very excited when he found out he was on the list.
ESPN has "large traffic" in the sports category, which will help increase his popularity. He believes that more media will notice him in the future.
Be famous all over America!
Maybe a bit exaggerated.
But it is still possible to become famous in the "All-American Scouting Circle".
After knowing Woody's thoughts, Brian Windhorst smiled and said: "Man, you can rest assured that even if ESPN doesn't put you on the latest list of the best high school students in the United States, you won't Lack of attention!”
Woody glanced at him with some confusion, not knowing where he started talking.
Because he is next to LeBron James, so there is no lack of attention?
It seems to make sense...
But after Brian finished speaking, Woody also understood what the reason was.
This matter has to start from the friendly match against Starkville.
Before this game, the Ohio State newspaper's article aroused the laughter of some colleagues. They were ready to expose Woody and make the Ohio State newspaper a complete laughing stock.
In addition, Ben Wallace mentioned Woody during the media open day, which attracted more than ten media outlets. After the "double-star shining" game between Woody and Stephen Curry, they criticized the two people.
There was crazy praise, including those reporters who were preparing to expose Woody, and they also "rebeled"!
It doesn't matter that their "rebellion" made other reporters feel itchy.
no……
Does this Woody really have such great magic power?
They still don’t believe it!
As a result, more reporters became curious about Woody. Unfortunately, after the two friendly matches, St. Mary's High School had no games until the start of the new season. They could only wait for the start of the regular season.
There were also reporters who couldn't help it and started acting like paparazzi, coming to St. Mary's College to secretly take photos.
When Brian said this, Woody belatedly realized that no wonder the reporters who came to the school had become more frequent recently.
"They are all waiting for the regular season opener to come and watch you play! Play well, boy, and maybe you will become famous in one game!"
In these high school basketball leagues, there are very few people who can become famous in one game, including LeBron James. It was only after two years of playing that the entire lineup exploded and he became the "little emperor" in the eyes of ESPN reporters.
But Woody is indeed very different from him. Two high-quality warm-up games have already given him a lot of fame. He also has Ben Wallace "endorsing" him. In addition, his skin color is also destined to
It would be a gimmick.
Therefore, not to say 100%, but 70% to 80% of all media reporting on American high school basketball now have the name "Woody" in their reporting records.
With such great exposure, Woody really has the possibility of "becoming famous"!
After receiving such news from Brian, Woody is even more looking forward to the new season.
With Joyce leaving the team, the team has temporarily entered a "calm situation". Stephen Curry joined the starting lineup, bringing long-range shooting ability to this team.
After the catch-and-shoot tactic Drew arranged for him came online, it gave St. Mary's High School an extra "mortar."
But it also brought about a problem. He was only over 1.70 meters tall, which was about the same height as Romeo.
With one guy like this on the court, Woody and LeBron can help make up for it, but now that there are two of them, the defensive shortcomings are obvious.
Just the players from St. Mary's second team, playing for a long time, can also find the shortcomings of St. Mary's starting lineup in this regard.
Drew didn't hesitate much this time and put Romeo into the second lineup and brought a taller bench player Jack Richard into the starting lineup.
This is how Woody received an unexpected surprise: Mission 1 "to make at least two members of the "Akron Four Brothers" from starters to substitutes" was completed!
Looking at the 5,000 achievement points that arrived, Woody didn't immediately "spend" them. After looking at the achievement points needed to upgrade his combat power, he knew clearly that the system was not intended to allow him to use achievement points to improve his combat power.
He might as well save up his energy to upgrade the system level and make another template!
Moreover, his current immediate combat ability is very sufficient, and he can completely compete in the high school league.
On October 28, the NBA regular season opener begins.
Woody watched Yao Ming's NBA career debut with Stephen Curry.
Since becoming the "NBA No. 1 pick", Yao Ming's popularity has continued unabated. The outside world has been discussing for so long whether he is a mule or a horse, and it is time to lead him out for a ride.
In the first game of his career, Rockets head coach Tom did not start Yao Ming. Instead, he came on as a substitute after the game had gone on for a while. Looking at the close-up shots of the scene, from head to toe, Stephen Curry could not help but murmur.
Whisper:
"so high!"
Really high!
Just like a lighthouse!
It's just that after playing, Yao Ming did not show the intimidation of his height. Instead, it was obvious that his condition was not very good and he was not very adaptable to the intensity of the NBA game. In the end, after the whole game was played, he became the first Chinese No. 1 pick in the NBA.
In the end, he ended his career "debut" with 0 points.
It is not difficult to imagine what kind of doubts awaited him after the game.
Woody was shocked.
He had seen Yao Ming's performance in the CBA before, and he was like a monster.
But even this kind of monster still shows his extremely immature side on the NBA stage.
nba…
It’s so far!
Woody, whose "star disease" has been on the rise recently, now has a clearer understanding of the NBA.
Early the next morning, Woody bought the New York Times and ESPN.
As expected, the reporters from these two companies mocked Yao Ming, who swallowed the "egg" in his debut last night, with all kinds of belittling and belittling, calling him "the biggest parallel draft pick in the history of the NBA"!
Woody paid attention to the reporter's name in one of the reports. He felt it looked familiar. He went home and checked on his computer. Only then did he realize that this reporter had just written an article two weeks ago predicting that Yao Ming would become the next "super center."
" reported. But now, Yao Ming has just finished his first game, and he is making all kinds of sarcastic remarks.
The reporters' changing faces were so fast that it reminded Woody of the "Sichuan Opera changing faces" in his hometown.
"Brian, if I don't perform well in the future, will you write crazy articles and scold me?"
In the afternoon, Brian blocked Woody in a familiar way, but was stunned by Woody's words. However, as a basketball-related media reporter, he thought about it and understood why Woody asked such a question.
He said: "Man, there are differences among reporters. There are good reporters and bad reporters. I am a reporter who reports truthfully and truthfully. I trust my vision!"
"So your girlfriend is still your first love?" Woody asked sincerely.
Brian showed an expression of "Okay, I'm defeated": "Okay, I have to correct my words, I believe in my vision in basketball, that woman is a bitch, she swiped my card and
That man even used the condom I bought when he opened a room, fxxk!"
Woody also didn't expect that his smooth joke would bring back Brian's painful memories.
"But, man, you really have to pay attention. The first pick of the Chinese No. 1 pick was terrible, and you were also doubted by many media. They thought that Kendrick Perkins and Travis Outlaw were in the friendly match.
It's very possible that you didn't play seriously, and when the regular season starts, your true colors will be revealed!"
Brian was also thoughtful enough to find out those reports to prove that he was not just talking nonsense.
Woody said: "This is actually good news, so more media will come to see me!"
"Wow!" Brian was frightened by Woody's confidence, which also made him look forward to the opening game of the regular season at St. Mary's High School. He was looking forward to what kind of performance Woody would use to slap the reporters who doubted him.
The end of October is Halloween in the United States.
In Chinese, it is "Ghost Festival"!
This is a traditional holiday in the United States. On this day, they often transform into various "monsters" and strange creatures to wander around.
After LeBron James' training that day, he specially invited Woody to their party in the evening. After the starters had practiced together for so long, the relationship between them was no longer as awkward as it was at the beginning, and had eased a lot, so Woody didn't do much.