In a blink of an eye, the training camp for the new season has been half over, and the whole team has begun to carefully prepare for the official competition content of the new season.

Butler University is now one of the top teams in the Horizon League, but this does not mean how strong it is, but because the opponent is too weak.

In the entire Horizon League, there are more than a dozen universities and hundreds of players, but none of them can rank in the top 60 picks in next year's draft list.

In other words, no player in the entire division has achieved the strength of an NBA player.

Because of its poor strength, the Horizon League's game did not receive much attention. Even in the last final of the championship quota, only the local media of the two teams in the final published dozens of words tofu block articles in the newspaper. This is the sadness of the minor league.

Only by reaching the top 64 of the NCAA Championship will it really attract media attention.

However, the team's head coach Matthew is not satisfied with only achieving this step. The goal he sets for the team is the sweet top 16. Even if he cannot achieve this goal, he must enter the top 32.

In this way, his coaching experience with the Bulldogs is perfect.

This was the last gift he brought to Butler University before leaving, and it was also a brilliant mark on his work history.

To establish such a goal, Matthew is not aimless. He feels that the team's lineup has reached its best in nearly three years.

The team's inside center Julian is a traditional white insider from Slovakia. Although he is slow on the court, he has a strong style, has good low-post offensive skills, and has a mid-range shooting, which is the guarantee for the team's inside offense.

Scoring guard Mike Green is the team's most popular star in his senior year this year. He has rich scoring methods and excellent physical fitness. Although his passing vision is narrow, this is also a common problem for black defenders.

These two people are the internal and external core of the Bulldogs and the cornerstone of the team's team building. After two years of polishing, they can already assume the responsibility of the team leader on and off the court.

Others, starting power forward Brandon Carlo is a short and strong inside player of 2.01 meters. Although his skills are rough, he is full of vitality on the court.

Starting defender Anthony Grifos is a lightning-fast little black man. He often tear his opponent's defense line on the court, but he is a little shorter, only 1.8 meters tall.

The only thing that worried him was the small forward position. The current starting small forward John Betco is a black man with a moderate physical fitness and has no highlights. The substitute white small forward Ryan is accurate in three-pointers, but the defense on the court is simply a disaster.

Matthew turned his attention to Li Rong again, and had to admit that he had taken a look at this yellow-skinned boy from China before.

His body is not as bad as he imagined. On the contrary, he is far better than Ryan in the team's three small forwards. The team's trainers even think that his strength and speed are no less than starting small forward John, but his explosive power is slightly worse.

It has to be said that Yao Ming's performance after entering the NBA completely reversed the traditional view of yellow people in the basketball world.

In the past, NCAA coaches thought that yellow people were not suitable for basketball at all, and this was not entirely due to racial discrimination. Before Yao Ming, yellow people had never produced decent basketball players.

He remembers that the Dallas Mavericks had chosen a big man with yellow skin from China before, and it seemed to be named Wang Zhizhi.

The Chinese player's proud fast pace in the domestic arena could not see in the NBA. Even the old Nelson, who has never known what defense is, could not stand his slow movement on the defensive end.

However, after Yao Ming entered the NBA as the No. 1 pick, people discovered that the yellow race is not bad at playing basketball.

Yao Ming is now the top center in the league. He has rich offensive methods and excellent defense. His physical fitness is not at a disadvantage when facing an epic monster like O'Neal. Although there are factors such as O'Neal's aging, this is enough to show that yellow people can still play basketball.

Li Rong's appearance completely reversed Matthew's view of yellow people. His current physical fitness is no less than that of ordinary black college players, and he has extraordinary basketball IQ.

Perhaps, no one in the yellow race has made a name for himself in the NBA before, because their training is not as good as American basketball science.

Li Rong came to the United States since he was in elementary school. It can be said that he received regular American basketball training. It is natural that his health is better than that of ordinary yellow players.

Maybe, I can give him more chances, Matthew thought secretly.

“Dududu…”

Seeing that the players had completed the afternoon warm-up training, Matthew blew the whistle in his hand.

"Boys," Matthew walked to the gathering players, "We will have our first team training game this afternoon, and I will be in the group now."

"Mike, Julian, Brandon, Anthony..." Matthew's white team roster was basically the team's starting lineup, with only one small forward position left.

Li Rong looked at head coach Matthew with some expectations. Who doesn’t want to run in with the starting player? This will mean that he will have the chance to enter the starting lineup in the future.

After pausing, Matthew turned his eyes to Li Rong.

Li Rong's palms were covered in sweat, hoping that the coach could call out his name.

But Matthew turned his head again: "...and John, you five are in a group for the time being."

Li Rong felt a little disappointed, but this feeling was fleeting, and he immediately calmed down.

Three months ago, he was a person who was difficult to even enter the team's roster. Now there is no need to rush for a moment, gold will shine sooner or later.

Meanwhile, John, who is also a competitor in the small forward position, breathed a sigh of relief.

When Li Rong entered the training camp on the first day, he thought this was a substitute that the team found for him from somewhere, and he was an Asian who didn't look very good.

But as the training camp progressed, John found that he was completely wrong.

In 2V2 and 3V3 training, he saw the opponent's strength. This guy is so smart that he is dysfunctional. The dribble rhythm changes a lot, and he is good at shooting with fake moves.

For the first time, John was shaken by his realistic and fake action of hitting others so that he couldn't find where the ball was.

After getting the ball in the next round, he wanted to use his strong body to force the opponent, but after pushing it twice, he found that this guy was not weak at all in terms of strength, and his clumsy offensive skills did not work in the opponent's close-fitting defense at all.

At this time, John realized that this guy was just here to compete for the starter with him.
Chapter completed!