002 Don't waste time
At 8 a.m. on the 26th, outside the Grand Center Arena.
Many students gathered here, and lined up long queues to extend from the main gate of the arena to the streets of the campus. Most of them were white and black, and some Latinos, but only Asians were Li Zhe and Xiao Fei.
The two arrived here just as dawn, and now they were lined up at the front of the line, which was very conspicuous.
"Many people are looking at us, and a few are even pointing their fingers." Xiaofei whispered in Chinese.
"We don't have booze on our faces, and the zippers of our crotch are closed. They like to see so much, maybe because we are handsome."
Li Zhe said this but knew in his heart that their appearance here made many people curious, because today is the day for basketball team selection and training, and the two people came to participate in the image of a nerd who was very different from the Asian student.
"The flyer did not write the basic requirements last night, but instead vigorously promoted the next game with Hebin University. I was a little suspicious about it being a publicity and had no intention of recruiting people..."
Before Xiaofei finished speaking, a little mustache suddenly stood beside the two of them, chewing gum and smiling, asking without a smile:
"Where are you from? China or Japan or South Korea?"
"We come from the hometown of giant pandas." Li Zhe replied casually, knowing that such conversations are mostly about ridicule.
"Oh? I especially like watching giant pandas in a daze. Where are you?"
"Every family in our family sends a giant panda. I ride the giant panda to school every day, but I walk a little slowly and often get late. I have to bring a few bamboos in my schoolbag."
"Really?" Xiaomoustache looked puzzled.
"Yes." Li Zhe nodded seriously.
"For the sake of giant pandas, I advise you to go back to the dormitory to play games early. This sparring place must belong to me."
After saying that, Xiaomou's beard turned around and left, as if she had officially notified the two of them.
"No, what kind of education does this guy receive? Why is his quality so low!" Xiaofei looked angry.
"Stay calm, this kind of person lives at most half an episode in a TV series."
…
For about ten minutes, a middle-aged white man in a suit came out and waved, "Come with me."
The two entered the stadium and stood in the center of the stadium in order of height according to the staff's instructions.
The middle-aged white man walked forward and cleared his throat with coughing twice.
"Welcome to everyone. I am assistant coach Philip Johnson, responsible for this sparring player selection."
"Our Southern California Troy basketball team has a long history. This year, five-star high school student Demar DeRozan and overseas player Vucevic join, will surely achieve good results, so this selection will be very strict."
"There is only one quota. I hope you can work hard, but if you fail, don't be discouraged. You can come to the stadium to watch the game and compete with the team. The basketball team's glory belongs to the owner of the University of Southern California."
After Philip said that, everyone's facial expressions were very playful, as if they were listening to a joke.
The basketball team's record is always under UCLA next door. Even though there was a pride of heaven, OJ Mayo, last year, the team's total record was still at the bottom in the Pacific Big Ten League, and March Crazy is a round of games.
In normal school basketball team competitions, except for the old rival UCLA, there are more than 10,000 seats in the Gran Center, and about 5,000 empty seats. Philip's words are simply equivalent to doing sales.
There are also rumors that the school has a relatively low budget for the basketball team this year, and there are too few scholarship players. It is only possible to recruit sparring students from all schools to work as hard workers. It is far from enough to recruit a few before, so this time the recruitment is made.
But even so, the sparring quota is a hot spot. As Xiaofei said, basketball team members have good conditions to pick up girls and can still fly around with the team. Even if they cannot play, they can be used as bragging capital.
"In order to save everyone time, the selection method will be more direct. I hope you don't mind. First, please ask students who are below 180CM to leave the list." Philip raised his right hand and pointed it out with a slight apology.
"SHIT! Iverson scored 180 in the NBA wildly, what's wrong with me 175?"
"Yes, Chris Paul is still the main force of the Hornets. Is the short man guilty?"
"Don't defense depends on speed and strength? Why do you want to worry about height?"
All kinds of complaints emerged one after another, but Philip's eyes were firm, and only half of the team of hundreds of people were instantly left.
"Thank you all for participating. Please give me some students who lack professional competition experience."
Philip continued to raise his hand, and the team of about fifty people was soon reduced by half, and Xiaofei was also among them.
Li Zhe lacks professional competition experience, but he is as stable as Mount Tai in the team.
Xiaofei was a little surprised, and Li Zhe blinked at him and signaled not to worry.
"Thank you for your participation. Please give up students weighing more than 95 kg."
Spare training requires a certain height and also speed. Too much weight is obviously unable to complete the task well.
A few more people walked to the sidelines, with only ten people left in the entire team, and Li Zhe was the only Asian.
Everyone looked at him and became a little suspicious, and Philip also glanced at him twice.
"Okay, you are in the bottom line. We will test the bottom line and return to the run, move at four o'clock in the three-second zone, 3/4 full sprint and run-up jump, get the comprehensive score and eliminate 8 people, and the remaining 2 people will enter the final selection."
Hearing this, Li Zhe carefully observed the other nine people, and his expression became a little solemn.
He checked his personal attributes last night, and his speed and acceleration ability was 75, which was only a little better than ordinary people. As a heavy small forward, Rick Fox had a speed and acceleration ability of 79, and the average of the two was only 77.
The remaining 9 people, including the mustache outside the stadium, were obviously fitness madmen and had to do their best.
…
The team staff divided 10 people into three groups, and Li Zhe ranked last, and coincidentally divided them with Xiao Wangzi.
The two stood on the sidelines and waited, and the bearded suddenly asked, "Hey, why did you lie to me just now?"
"Oh? Why did I lie to you?" Li Zhe deliberately frowned.
"The giant panda runs faster than an adult, and its bite force is second only to a polar bear. How could you be late when you ride it to school?"
The mustache has a serious expression, and Li Zhe couldn't tell whether it was true or false, so he could only ask back: "How do you know?"
"Google Query." The mustache raised her head and looked proud.
"Okay." Li Zhe shrugged and started warming up after taking a look, not watching the fun with others.
Starting from squatting, he performed several movements such as sprinting, high legs swing, side legs swing, etc. Each movement lasted for a short time but was comprehensive. It not only ensured the maximum performance but also avoided strains.
About 3 minutes, the first two scores were released, and the fastest was 13.52 seconds, created by a bald black man.
Hearing the order, Li Zhe finished warming up and stood at the bottom line on the right side of the backcourt, posing in a 100-meter starting position.
"Azhe, get up!" Xiaofei shouted loudly, which attracted a burst of laughter.
‘Beep’, the staff whistled, Li Zhe kicked his legs and exerted force, took a deep breath, and rushed out like a sports car.
The mustache followed closely in the middle, and the two advanced side by side, and rushed to the front three-point line in the blink of an eye.
Li Zhe held his breath and continued to rush towards the bottom line, but deliberately slowed down his speed.
In this way, he was instantly thrown away by his beard and caught up by another person.
Seeing that Li Zhe was in a bad situation, Xiao Fei was so anxious that he arched his body and his face turned red.
But after Li Zhe took the floor at the bottom line, he stood up as fast as possible. Xiaomouzi and the other person had an unstable center of gravity for a long time. The three of them returned to the same starting line, but he took the lead and ran wildly, and was the first to return to the starting point.
His final score was 13.58 seconds, ranking second in ten people, and Xiaofei smiled happily.
Then, ten people received three tests of moving at 4 o'clock in the three-second zone, sprinting at 3/4, and sprinting at the advanced level.
Li Zhe won the third, second, and fourth respectively, and it was relatively balanced in total.
…
After getting all the data, Philip fell into deep thought, touching his chin from time to time, shaking his head slightly, with a little entangled expression.
About a minute, Philip seemed to finally make a decision, and he walked up to ten people.
"Karn, Alex, Jamie Lee, you three are out of the list, and everyone else is eliminated."
Li Zhe walked out of the team and found that Alex was the mustache and Kahn was the bald black man.
"Alix, Jamie, the data of you two are relatively close, so you need to try one more game."
"You two defend Kahn separately. Who will be better and who will stay and enter the next round of selection? How about it?"
"I have no objection." Alex patted his chest and turned to look at Li Zhe. "Where are you?"
"I have no objection." Li Zhe was planning to test Rick Fox's special skill "stealer master" effect.
"Then you guys prepare..."
Before Philip finished speaking, a voice suddenly appeared from the sidelines.
"Don't waste time. You three take turns to guard me. Whoever guards me more often will be selected."
When everyone heard this, they turned their heads and saw a black guy wearing sunglasses, wearing a headscarf, and two gold chains hanging around his neck walking towards the field.
Philip immediately smiled, "This is OK, let me introduce it. This is Pell Miller, the main point guard of our basketball team. It is very suitable for him to test you."
Miller muttered something in his mouth, like a hip-hop singer, and walked to the three of them shaking their heads and shaking hands with Alex, with a very friendly look.
Seeing this, Li Zhe thought to himself: "These two people are related families, right? That's too bloody."
Before he could figure it out, Perl stood in front of Li Zhe, "Come first, I'll give you five minutes to prepare. Of course, you can give up directly, because I think the number of times you have to guard against me may be zero."
Li Zhe didn't know why Pell was so crazy, but since he had already ridden on his neck to shit, he had to fight back.
Chapter completed!