Chapter 147 Lyon, France
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yi and others were training in the stadium and found that Wack was abnormally wearing a suit on the sidelines.
"Coach, is there anything wrong?" Robert, who was closest to him, asked immediately.
Wacker announced that yesterday, NCAA selected four teams to play in the exchange game.
"Duke University Blue Devils! Memphis Tigers! North Carolina Tar Heels! And we... UCLa Bruins!"
Hearing this, Wali and others immediately smashed the ball and cheered excitedly, because being selected by the league as one of the international basketball exchange programs is a high honor for any American university basketball team.
And only strong teams can get the opportunity to represent the league. You should know that the Bruins didn't even make it to the top 64 last season, and now they have directly squeezed out the Kentucky Wildcats, one of the last quarterfinals. They are likely to have made history.
Zhang Yi didn't feel very excited. After all, for him, there was not much difference where to play the game.
"Coach! Where are we going to fight? Europe?" Robert immediately asked this key question.
The other players also looked at Wacker. At this time, Zhang Yi was hoping to go back to play in his heart.
Wacker coughed and said, "This time will be a week's itinerary, with a total of three games, first of which is Lyon in France, Sydney in Australia and finally the Grand Duke Yunxing City!"
As the last few words came out, a sunny smile appeared on Zhang Yi's face. Wali asked with his neck clamped, "Is Yunxing your hometown?"
He nodded, "Yunxing is the provincial capital of my hometown, and it is not far from Yunhua, it's almost the same."
"Lucky boy! You can go back to your hometown to play basketball in the first year of your trip!" Roy and others said in an envious tone.
Most of the players on this team are not pure Americans, and this situation is more obvious in teams with worse strength.
After all, if the domestic players know the details, they will not be interested in the bottom team.
Not only Wacker chose Zhang Yi in Dagong, but the head coaches of the Bruins before also introduced players from abroad. Of course, the effect was not good.
Being selected as one of the four exchange teams is a great honor in itself, but Wack also offered conditions with the league.
Yunxing City was originally arranged for Duke University's Blue Devils. After all, the Grand Duke is the market with the greatest sports economic potential except the United States.
ncaa has arranged the strongest team to visit Da Gong in the past few years. This year, considering WACKER's opinion and Zhang Yi's special identity, hesitated and changed to the Bruins!
Of course, they didn't know that this decision would make a decisive change in the development of NCAA in the next few years...
Because the regular season has started, the originally planned games of these four teams have been temporarily cancelled.
Wacker told Zhang Yi and the others that they only have half a day of training today and will fly to Lyon, France in the evening. If there is any private matter, it is best to solve it in the afternoon.
Zhang Yi thought to himself that he had just brought his mother here, and who knew that he could go back to play the game so soon. It was such a fate that it was a mess.
Everyone was not very focused in the morning, after all, they were just young people in their twenties.
This kind of exchange competition is not so much about playing basketball, but rather about increasing popularity while eating, drinking and traveling with public funds...
At noon, Zhang Yi called his mother to tell her that she was going home for dinner. She was surprised that today was not a weekend.
He told Liu Lanzhi that he would go abroad with the team for a week of games, and the most important thing was that one of them was still in Yunlan City!
My mother was also very happy. Although she didn't know what the meaning of this kind of communication competition was, she knew that it must be a great thing when she heard her son's high interest voice.
"I will prepare your favorite dishes, come back!" Liu Lanzhi said kindly. At first, she didn't know what she could help her son in Los Angeles, but now, maybe it's as it used to be.
No matter how Zhang Yi changes, there are always some things that only she, as a mother, can bear for him.
Afterwards, he drove to pick up Lucy, and she happened to be fine now.
For basketball players, flying games are common, and their families can only passively accept them.
However, due to the development of air traffic, this situation has improved considerably.
The nanny always eats first in the kitchen. This time, because Liu Lanzhi cooks dishes by herself, she specially asked her to wait for Zhang Yi to come back and have sex with her.
Four people sat around the dining table, which was something that Zhang Yi imagined could only be realized many years later.
But after leaving Yunhua and setting foot in the city of Los Angeles, his dream came true...
This was really a very dreamy experience for Zhang Yi, and he knew that now was not the end.
Lucy's Chinese is getting better and better, and she can even talk to Liu Lanzhi in a simple way. Such a short time is not a simple thing for an authentic American, and it can also tell the effort she put in.
Zhang Yi asked her who she usually learned from, how could she make progress so fast? Lucy didn't answer, but just smiled and said, "It's a secret that she can't tell if she knows Mandarin!"
Seeing her appearance, I remembered that when I first met, I talked about her impression of the man of the grand duke. Zhang Yi could roughly guess who that person was...
"Do you want to accompany me?" He lay on the bed with Lucy in his arms. In fact, neither of them had the habit of taking a nap, but they wanted to get tired of being together now.
Lucy shook her head happily, "It's better if I don't go, basketball should be focused to play well."
Although Zhang Yi was about to say it was okay, I hope you go.
But then I thought about it, Lucy was right, and if Vack knew that he was going to take his girlfriend, he would probably be furious...
When they were scheduled to meet in the afternoon, Zhang Yi and others were wearing suits and ties, following the tall and rough Wacker, which attracted particularly attention at the airport.
Their destination is Lyon, and the flight time is three and a half hours, which is not too far.
As soon as he got off the plane, Zhang Yi found that the temperature here was much lower than that in Los Angeles. He found that his mother had put her coat in her luggage.
Lyon is the third largest city in France, because there are three French basketball masters who dominate the European football world here, and it has also become a gathering place for European basketball fans.
With the popularity of delicate European play styles, more and more top European players are playing in the United States.
European college clubs have also become the only sub-top league in the world.
For this reason, NCAA sent the Bruins here to play an exchange game with the University of Lyon basketball team.
And the current ace of the University of Lyon, Prince Leon, Gaul!
In addition to playing at our school, he was also specially approved to participate in the European Basketball Champions League and represent the French national team.
With Riley of Sweden and becoming a European double star, he is the leader in European basketball in the new era.
The two of them have the opposite style of the game. Riley is a wild, manic and lethal impact on the inside line; while Leon is a gorgeous style, good at changing directions and shaking in high-difficulty, pulling open space projection!
The two of them have a bad relationship and are constantly in conflict in the game. Some media even called them old enemies.
In this game, Zhang Yi learned before the game that his opponent was this technical small forward Leon, so he was full of expectations.
Chapter completed!