On the sidelines of the game, fans spontaneously cheered in unison.
Wang Feng looked at his opponent walking onto the court and narrowed his eyes slightly.
As a standard Yao Mi, how could Wang Feng not know the famous streetball king Rafe Alston, who was once a teammate of Yao Yao?
Wang Feng even knew very well that at this time, Alston was still studying in a high school in Queens and would be taken away by the coach of a university team next summer.
Alston was only 18 years old at this time and looked very different from the Rockets point guard Wang Feng knew.
But at such a young age, Alston is already a man of the hour in Rucker Park and a well-known streetball player.
"Can you tell me your name?"
Alston, who walked onto the court, was not in a hurry to start immediately, but asked Wang Feng's name.
"Wang Feng."
Wang Feng said.
"Wang Feng?" Alston nodded, "My name is Rafe Alston."
"I know you are quite famous here." Wang Feng said.
"Really?" Alston couldn't help but smile when he heard that Wang Feng knew his name. "With your strength, your reputation here will not be small in the future, so let's get started."
Larry silently listened to the conversation between the two on the sidelines and wrote down Wang Feng's name.
"This Asian's name is Wang Feng. I didn't expect that even Rafe would be alarmed. This current game can be regarded as the strongest confrontation in street basketball, right?"
Alston is a celebrity on the New York street court. At the age of 15, he participated in the 18-and-over age group competition held in Rucker Park and became a blockbuster.
As a professional scout, Love certainly knows Alston very well.
From the perspective of the professional game, Alston is certainly much worse. He is too short, too thin, has poor defense, is too obsessed with showing off his dribbling, which leads to being too sticky to the ball, procrastinating in attack, etc., all of which are limited.
Alstom’s career path.
But on the street court, Alston is like a god.
His superb dribbling with different hands and all kinds of strange turning steps made Alston popular throughout Harlem and even the United States!
Alston on the street court is a legend, and he definitely deserves his title as King of Streetball.
In this situation, Larry felt that even an NBA professional player might not be able to gain any advantage in a one-on-one battle with Alston.
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In the first round, Alston attacked with the ball.
Facing Wang Feng's defense, Alston immediately made a dazzling dribbling move, which was dizzying.
The audience on the sidelines immediately burst into cheers. This is their pride, streetball king Alston.
Even Wang Feng has to admit that although Alston is still very young at this time, his dribbling ability has really reached an advanced level. There is no doubt that his dribbling and fancy dribbling abilities should be full.
of 99.
But……
A cold light flashed in Wang Feng's eyes, and he immediately pressed forward.
The huge difference in size made Alston feel as if a mountain was pressing down on him!
"This guy..."
Alston's pupils shrank, and with just one encounter, he felt that the Asian man named Wang Feng opposite him brought him a sense of oppression that was completely different from those of his previous opponents!
"Don't get entangled with him! Keep your distance!"
Alston almost subconsciously dribbled back, trying to create a safer distance from Wang Feng, but Wang Feng did not give him this chance at all.
Wang Feng, who was in front of him, clung to Alston, clinging to the opponent as if they were chewy candy. At the same time, his body was constantly pushing against and squeezing the opponent's dribbling space.
Death Coil Badge!
Although Wang Feng's death coil badge is not the highest level purple hall of fame, even if it is a gold all-star level badge, the effect is terrifyingly powerful.
Alston continuously changed hands behind his back to avoid being intercepted while trying to get rid of Wang Feng. However, the pressure exerted by Wang Feng made it difficult for him to maintain his body balance and his dribbling became unsmooth.
The gap in strength between the two sides is really huge.
After barely dribbling the ball for a few times, Alston staggered and was about to fall. He had to combine the ball to barely steady his steps. However, with the ball already combined, he completely lost the opportunity to attack.
Being "surrounded" by Wang Feng and unable to see the basket at all, Alston could only barely throw the basketball in the general direction of the basket.
Such a shot will naturally result in a three-pointer.
On the sidelines, the audience was silent.
Who would have thought that the famous street ball king would be so guarded that he couldn't even dribble?
"Hey, was there a defensive foul just now? He was just pushing someone."
"This bullfight is so unfair. The guy's weight is estimated to be 100 kilograms, and Rafe's weight is estimated to be less than 80 kilograms. According to the rules of boxing, the difference between the two is at least five levels."
While a group of spectators were talking in low voices, Larry opened his mouth in shock.
What did he just see?
Textbook close defense.
The movements are clean and neat, without any redundant movements or foul tendencies, but it can bring almost suffocating defensive pressure to the offensive players. This is the top perimeter defense.
Larry has been a professional scout for so many years and has never seen many players who can do this!
"No...it's because Alston's strength is too weak, so the effect of forcing defense is particularly good?"
Shaking his head violently, Larry still couldn't believe it.
At this time, the ball rights have been exchanged, and it is Wang Feng's turn to attack.
Standing one step away from the three-point line, Wang Feng held the ball and looked at Alston.
"Aren't you going to guard me?"
His words made Alston slightly stunned, but the next moment, Wang Feng stood on the spot and took off, hitting a crisp three-pointer into the frame.
"Wow--!"
There was a sound of exclamation from the sidelines.
"Can this guy make a shot from so far away from the three-point line? Isn't the range too scary?"
Larry was stunned again.
Is the three-pointer also so accurate?
This season, the league has shortened the three-point line to encourage teams to shoot more three-pointers. This policy has indeed had some effect. As of now, NBA teams have taken an average of 15 three-pointers per game, with a shooting percentage of 15.
It can reach 36%, an increase of more than 30% from last season.
And Wang Feng's three-point shot just now was even about half a meter farther than the distance before the league shortened the three-point line!
Larry had no idea that Wang Feng, who looked tall and explosive, could actually shoot three-pointers.
During the transition between offense and defense, Alston regained the ball. Having suffered a loss once, he did not blindly dribble the ball this time because he knew very well that as long as Wang Feng got stuck, it would be very difficult to get rid of the opponent.
Therefore, he accelerated his breakthrough as soon as he held the ball, trying to take advantage of his smaller size and greater flexibility to gain time to rush to the basket.
However, Alston's quick breakthrough was followed by Wang Feng. The former could only force a layup under the confrontation, but the shot missed again.
"The lateral movement speed is also very fast, and he has definitely reached the level of a top perimeter defender!"
Larry once again scored Wang Feng in his heart.
Wang Feng attacked, and this time he was still standing more than one step away from the three-point line. Alston did not dare to push forward this time, and took the initiative to move forward.
But in the next second, Wang Feng suddenly used the ball and passed Alston in one step. Facing the open basket, he made another powerful and heavy dunk.
The courtside was completely silent. No one could have imagined that even Alstom would be no match for him. Isn't this guy from Asia too strong?
This is actually not surprising at all. No matter how strong the street ball king is, he is still just a street ball king. There is a gap between his own strength and professional players, not to mention the BUG with the overall rating of 99 and multiple badges like Wang Feng.
compared to?
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A few minutes later, Alston was defeated by a big score. Although he managed to score a few points under Wang Feng's defense with his superb dribbling skills in the middle, the whole process was still a one-sided defeat by Wang Feng.
People who support Alstom are stunned and don't know what to say.
But Larry's eyes widened in surprise.
Genius! Absolute genius!
Regardless of whether this guy is from Asia or not, or not too old, just based on what he showed in the duel just now, it is definitely worth letting him go to the team for trial training! This may be a very strong player.
Instant player!
"Hey, it's not interesting. It's rare that I look forward to it so much."
At this time, Wang Feng, who easily defeated Alstom, was a little bored.
To be honest, although he was mentally prepared, he still didn't expect that the competition would be so one-sided.
This is a street court after all, and some actions that are not allowed or illegal in professional sports can also be done. He thought that with the advantages of these rules, Alston would be stronger.
"Wang Feng, you are really amazing."
Alston was not unwilling to lose the game. During the game, he realized Wang Feng's strength and was very aware of the gap between the two, so this sentence was sincere.
"Where did you develop this skill? With such a strong ability, why not play in the NBA?"
Faced with Alston's question, Wang Feng smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, maybe it won't be long before you can see me on the NBA court."
Alston was startled for a moment, and then he was thoughtful.
Indeed, it is only natural for someone like Wang Feng to compete in a bullfight in Rucker Park with such a high profile, defeating so many streetball players along the way, and attracting the attention of NBA scouts.
"Then I wish you in advance that you can join the NBA."
Alstom took the initiative to shake hands with Wang Feng.
What neither of them expected was that scouts were already paying attention to Wang Feng and were completely impressed by his skills.
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At the end of the daily duel check-in session, Wang Feng wiped off his sweat, packed up his equipment and prepared to leave.
At this time, the large number of onlookers in Locke Park had basically dispersed.
At this time, Larry finally found the opportunity and came over.
"Hello, let me introduce myself first. My name is Larry. I am a scout for the New York Knicks. This is my business card." Larry said, handed his business card to Wang Feng, and then said: "I have seen it.
You play basketball and think your ability is very outstanding, so I would like to ask if you are interested in going to the Knicks to participate in a trial training. If you pass the trial training, you can get a very generous contract and enter the NBA to play."
Is it finally here?
Looking at the nearly fifty-year-old man in front of him, Wang Feng did not show any excitement or joy, but calmly took the other person's business card.
"Okay, I'm very interested. When will we start trial training?"
"ah?"
Now it was Larry's turn to be dumbfounded. Before this, he had imagined countless possibilities, such as the other party questioning him and questioning him if he was a liar, or being excited and ecstatic because he could play in the NBA.
But such a calm look was something he didn't expect. Listening to Wang Feng's tone, it was as if he was asking what to eat for lunch today.
It took Larry a moment to react.
"Of course, the sooner the better. If possible, you can come to the team early tomorrow morning and I will arrange relevant personnel to conduct trial training for you."
"Okay, that's settled." Wang Feng nodded, then stood up. "It's getting late, I have to go back first, there are still things to do in the fast food restaurant."
Fast food restaurant...Is there anything else to do in the store?
Larry stared blankly at Wang Feng's back.
"Is this guy working in a fast food restaurant?"
For a moment, Larry was a little doubtful whether his decision was right or wrong?
However, even if you misunderstand something like this, you must not miss it! Anyway, you have to go to the trial training first. Even if you fail the trial training, it will only be a little waste of time for the team.
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"You brat, why are you in the store again?"
In the fast food restaurant, after the busy period, the number of customers has gradually decreased.
Wang Xu looked at Wang Xiao who ran into the store at some point and said angrily: "I've never seen you run into the store so diligently to help."
Wang Xiao ignored his father, but looked at Wang Feng expectantly and asked. "Brother Feng, I heard that Alston dueled with you today and was severely punished by you. Is it true?
?”
Although they are both high school students, although they are not in the same school, Alston's reputation on the high school campus is no less than that of his street player, and is even more exaggerated.
Wang Xiao used to be very envious of Alston's superb dribbling skills.
So when I heard about Wang Feng's victory over Alstom in Locke Park during class today, Wang Xiao regretted it. If he had known it, he would have skipped class and gone to watch the game!
Since the Wang Feng stadium incident, Wang Xiao's attitude towards Wang Feng has completely changed. Not only did he take the initiative to apologize, but he also became Wang Feng's little fan. After all, Wang Feng is the best basketball player he knows.
"That's what happened."
Wang Feng was in a particularly good mood today after receiving an invitation from the Knicks to try out.
"One more thing, the Knicks scouts have found me and invited me to participate in the team's trial tomorrow."
"What?"
Wang Xiao opened his mouth in shock.
Trial invitation from New York Knicks scouts? Is Wang Feng really going to play in the NBA?