Chapter 4 I don't join the basketball team
. "Join the basketball team? What a joke, I'm not interested!" Tommy said, shaking his head like a rattle. He was always weak in his will. Not to mention his innate fear of basketball, even though the old man Walton, who was a lazy person, suffered on the last time, he gave up this idea as soon as possible.
As for Walton, he has not yet been interested in joining a high school basketball team. The last time he scored 44 points in the NCAA Finals was far away and unremembered, but it still did not prevent that game from becoming one of the greatest games in NCAA history.
Of course, all this has no meaning to Tommy, a basketball-immunized brain. Although he would try to see what was hidden in Walton's dirty soul when he was bored. He had been under house arrest by Qiu Zhang for several days after "accidentally" injured his arm, but he seemed to be unable to read anything useful from Walton's memory. There was really nothing left except basketball. This old guy has been closely linked to basketball for the rest of his life.
After completing a history class that made the history teacher ashamed, Tommy has transformed into a historical genius. The depth of Wharton's research on certain issues is far from that of Mr. Hawke, Tommy's history teacher, is far from the same. Of course, Tommy's lazy man naturally took advantage of the knowledge of old Wharton without a trace of guilt, no one would know anyway.
Tommy stood in the corridor and gave a decisive answer to the invitation of the basketball team captain Wood to join the basketball team.
Wood was also stunned. High school kids have always been flocking to join the basketball team or rugby team. These guys are not interested in astronomy, history and geography, especially players who play well in basketball or rugby can receive generous sports scholarships. Such high college tuition is no problem at all. If you can go further and join the professional league, you will step into the ranks of millionaires in one go. This is the dream of many kids.
Tommy ignored Wood, who was still in a state of loss, and walked straight away.
"No, absolutely not!" Qiu Zhang's answer was also firm. Even Yang Willie on the side expressed the attitude of "trying it's okay", but in this family of three, the words of Yang never counted. A few people with the surname Qiu have always practiced dictatorship, and white terror often flooded this Chinese family.
"Mrs. Yang, Tommy has very good conditions. If he has been trained systematically and has the strength to become a basketball superstar, please believe my vision." Coach Leto said.
Coach Leto has always been using any means to achieve his goal. This time he came to find Tommy's parents in person. He had heard that it seemed that Chinese people had the final say (Khan!), so he ignored Yang Willie, who was eager to try. Obviously, his words seemed to be unconvincing, because he said so to every parent, but people who listened often didn't know it. However, no matter what, few parents opposed their children joining the basketball team. In terms of the popularity of sports, the United States is undoubtedly at the forefront of the world.
However, this time coach Leto met his opponent. First of all, Qiu Zhang held a stance to keep his beloved son away for any exercise that had intense physical contact. Secondly, Qiu Zhang, who has received higher education, is not someone who Coach Leto can fool him in just a few words.
"Basketball superstar, is basketball superstar good?" Qiu Zhang asked.
"Yes, as long as Tommy plays his basketball skills, he will have no problem going to college. He can choose any university in the United States. The basketball scholarship is also very generous. If he can enter the NBA, it would be even better!" Leto tried to portray a beautiful future to attract Qiu Zhang's attention.
Tommy, who was undergoing basic volleyball training, sneezed and rubbed his nose hard. He didn't realize that he seemed to have been plotted by some unscrupulous coach.
Because in Mayer High School, there are too few people who are interested in volleyball, especially boys, Tommy Young has to endure the dilemma of not being able to form a volleyball team. It has to be said that with his natural bounce and height, Tommy Young's volleyball level is still very high.
But who cares? In a high school where most boys don’t know what volleyball is, Tommy Young is destined to be unknown.
"Oh? Really?" Qiu Zhang replied lightly.
In fact, Qiu Zhang is only interested in "choose any university". As a typical Chinese parent, she naturally hopes that her baby Tommy can enter the Ivy League school. Although Tommy's academic performance is excellent enough now, it seems that she still does not meet the standards. These schools cannot be entered with good academic performance.
As for what "superstars" are, Qiu Zhang doesn't care much about "scholarships". Like many Chinese families, the combination of Yili Yang and the surgeon Qiu Zhang does not need to consider the money. The "superstar" is not attractive to Qiu Zhang, who has always lacked **. In fact, Yang Willie has long been very dissatisfied with Dr. Qiu Zhang's sexual indifference. Unfortunately, Dr. Qiu Zhang's power is too strong. The poor computer engineer Yang Willie did not dare to complain. He could only secretly "communicate" with a few graduate assistants, otherwise Yang Willie would have been crazy long ago.
Sometimes I have to sigh for the poor Tommy that under the big banner of "It's all for your own good", Tommy has almost no room for autonomy.
"Really? Could it be that we Yang Xiao may become a superstar like Kobe and O'Neal?" Yang Willie said excitedly. For basketball fans, there is nothing more exciting than having a basketball superstar at home.
"Believe me, as long as Tommy works hard, it's totally OK!" Leto didn't know the exact meaning of Mr. Yang's so-called "Yang Xiao", but he obviously refers to Tommy, and he answered with certainty without hesitation.
Obviously there are many tricks here. Even if Tommy accomplished nothing in basketball, Coach Leto can simply attribute it to something vague and ethereal like "no effort". Coach Leto obviously has a basketball coach with "Oriental cunning" who regards success as the top priority.
"It seems you never mentioned fighting, marijuana, speeding, countless porn clubs?" Qiu Zhang glanced at her husband who seemed a little overexcited and said coldly.
It should be noted that it seems that another person in Tommy's body is called Bill - I have never been a good person - Walton, and he has always been good at these.
"All these can be avoided. How could a good kid like Tommy, who is well-educated and has an extremely superior family background be related to these messy things?" This can once again reflect Coach Leto's unscrupulous tricks, and even use the tricks of flattery.
As the saying goes, "Without wearing a lot, you won't wear a flattery." Yang Weili and Qiu Zhang both had a little lust on their faces.
However, Coach Leto thought that this would convince them, or to be precise, Qiu Zhang, would be very wrong. She was not such a foolish person. Once Mrs. Yang made up her mind, no one in the Yang family could change her.
So when Coach Leto left Tommy's house, the disappointment piled up on his face was understandable, but Coach Leto was obviously not a person who gave up easily. For him, victory was above everything else. For victory, everything else was not a problem at all. The little Tommy would never escape from his palm.
Tommy Young sneezes again.
Qiu Zhang, the model mother, would not tell Tommy about a basketball coach visiting her. She doesn't want anything else to interfere with Tommy's life. If this kid wants to play basketball on a whim, although Qiu Zhang is confident that this kid can't fly out of her Five Fingers Mountain, after all, this is an era of freedom and democracy. If it gets a stalemate, it's really not good.
Tommy clearly knew that if she told her mother about the captain of the basketball team, she would probably be scolded, so the two of them wisely maintained a tacit understanding with each other. As for Willie Yang, she had already flew to the distant China due to a software engineering job and could not come back in a month.
Willie Yang never thought that when he came back, what was waiting for him was the unprecedented "Star Wars".
"Everyone can be bought, and the reason for failure is nothing more than the price is not enough."
Basketball coach Leto savored this sentence carefully. It was a pity for him. It was not his style of judging words. He got the above sentence with great effort. He didn't understand what the specific meaning was.
"Obviously this kid is not interested in basketball." Captain Wood said helplessly.
"Nonsense, of course, but this is also because this kid has never been involved in basketball, so he is not interested. As long as I train for a few months, he will definitely fall in love with this sport!" Leto's quality is called narcissism or confidence.
"Coach, I'm very confused. Is this sissy boy worth your effort? At most, he is a little taller and has better bounce. Although he defeated Dane last time, it may be because Dane was drunk or in poor condition. Moreover, his physical strength is very poor, you can see it too!" Wood asked in confusion.
"What, Dane actually drank?" Leto's attention immediately focused on another direction. This was not a good thing.
"No, I just said this possibility. You haven't told me the reason yet!" Wood hurriedly concealed. This was a big and small secret, and it would be troublesome to tell him accidentally. Although this little thing is nothing to the current high school students, the prohibition is there, but as long as you want to do it, there will always be a place to buy it.
"Let me find out before I can tell you!" Leto obviously didn't have the idea of revealing this page easily, but he just doesn't want to bother now. "Although that little Tommy is a little thinner, she is very tall and can completely make up for the gap in our team's center position. If Remy wasn't too useless, we would never have been easily defeated by Lincoln High School!"
Leto said hatred that Remy is the main center of the Mayer High School basketball team. He has average strength and is a shortcoming in the Mayer basketball team. He can barely deal with it when he encounters an ordinary center. Once he encounters a genius like Okafor, the main center of the Lincoln High School basketball team, he will only be bullied. (This is a fabrication by Okafor's alma mater)
Okafor, the main center of the Nevada Lincoln High School basketball team, known as the representative of young centers, has long been famous. Before he graduated from high school, there are many famous basketball schools waiting for him with huge basketball scholarships. There are even rumors that this kid has plans to skip NCAA and directly enter the NBA. Of course, this idea is a bit unrealistic, but it is enough to reflect his strength. In the high school basketball world, it is not an exaggeration to describe Okafor with one hand. Since he joined Lincoln High School, he has led Lincoln High School to firmly control the position of Nevada champion for two consecutive years. This year is the third year. It is worth mentioning that this black basketball player has also had excellent academic performance and is a good student with both character and academic performance.
"I suddenly remembered that Dane had been gritting his teeth and trying to settle the score with Tommy Young for the past two days. It is said that his girlfriend was already dating Tommy Young. Do you think this helps?" Wood seemed to be trying hard to distract Leto from his mind to hide his words.
Chapter completed!