Chapter 266: Here Comes the Scoring Machine
Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"That Steve is pretty good. He has the potential to be a top-notch guard. I guess he is good enough to y in the NBA," as Zach said this, he wrote down something in his notebook.
Steve’s heart would dance with delight, if he knew of Zach’sments about him. In the draft period, this exactment from Zach would raise Steve’s ranking in the draft pick.
After finishing his note-taking, Zach looked up and saw a figure get to the basket and score through ayup, while the opposing defensive yer didn’t make any defensive action, as if he had been nailed on the floor. The big guy under the basket, who was responsible for the ball recovery, was also looking at the basket nkly, as if he hadn’te to himself yet after thatyup.
What happened just now? Did the defenders zone out? As Zach thought of it, he fixed his eyes on n Hampton, who had just scored thatyup.
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n looked around and found that all faces were so strange to him. For the rest of the yers, n was also a stranger. These yers had stayed in the training camp for over 10 days, and had gotten to know each other very well. Therefore, for them, n was a "neer".
However, the ball was returned to n again, as he was the point guard, who shouldunch the attack of his team. n walked past the half court with the ball, and kept observing the positions of the opposing defenders.
They have such a big loophole in their defense. I should be able to rush to the basket directly. n made a judgment in his mind.
Also at this moment, the defender on n ran up slowly. To n, this yer was indeed very slow.
Beside n, one teammate was in a good position, so he waved to n and shouted, "Neer, pass me the ball!"
Just at this moment, n started to move. A figure just rushed to the basket and scored throughyup in a wink.
He dribbled past me! When that defender was still wondering how n dribbled past him with one move, he heard the sound of the friction between the ball and the in the hoop.
The big yer, who was responsible for the inside defense, was also looking at n with wide eyes. Just now, when he found n’s breakthrough, he nned to fill in. However, before the movement of his body, n had gotten to the basket, which meant that n’syup was a lot faster than the reaction of his body.
This little guy is really fast!
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In the first row of the spectator area, Wright shook his head and said, "It was not a good offensive option, as his teammate was apparently in a better offensive position. He should have passed the ball."
Coach Wright, of the basketball team of University of North Carolina, was the most skillful coach, who was the very best at small-ball tactics in the NCAA. Compared to other coaches, he was more skillful in using the guards.
"But he scored atst, what an impressive breakthrough!" Thompson, who was beside Wright, said.
Wright didn’t contradict Thompson. Thompson was the coach of the basketball team of Georgetown University, of which the tactics were based on big yers. They preferred to use the center. In its history, Georgetown University used to have centers of NBA Hall of Fame level. Therefore, for Wright, to discuss the usage of guards with Thompson, was nothing but ying the lute to a cow.
The two coaches continued to watch the match. The yer who had just been dribbled past by n was eager to save face, so he kept focused on the ball, hoping to dribble past n.
He was nearly 10 cm taller than n. To him, n was just a dwarf. He believed he could easily get rid of n through his physical advantage.
However, the tough defense of n gave him a good lesson. Also n’s tackling ability went beyond his expectation.
In n’s senior year, he could realize 3.4 steals per game, which ranked second among all high school students in the United States. So, a yer who ignored n’s tackling would bring disgrace on himself.
When n was in close marking defense, he poked the ball with his hand suddenly, sending the ball out of the control of his opponent. Immediately after that, n rushed out and retained the ball. Without a break, he rushed directly to the basket of the opposing team.
He ran so fast, and left his opponents in the dust as always. Those defenders, who were getting back to defend, could not catch up with n, even though they did their best to run fast enough.
"He is so fast!"
At this moment, all eyes in the arena were fixed on n.
"He is holding the ball, and his opponents can’t catch up with him! Could the dribbling be faster than the off-the-ball running?"
"So fast! He is even as good as the top-notch NBA guards! "
"Who is this guy? I haven’t seen him before."
Everyone stared on,menting in amazement.
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Score, score, score again!
n rushed to the basket and scored throughyup, or drew fouls on the defenders and then made free throws, or dribbled past the defender and shot a fadeaway. n had officially started his stunning performance. Now n had been turned into a scoring machine, ording to Dai Li’s n, and started to score crazily.
As long as the ball was passed to n, he would definitely attack by himself, without passing the ball out. However, all his offenses were effective through scoring, drawing fouls on the opposing defenders, or causing a three-point y.
As for the rest of the yers on the court, although they were also high school students, in front of n, their levels were much lower. Though they were not as fragile as the elementary school students, they had never been able to pose a substantive threat to n, as n’s attack would always open up the defense of the opposing team, no matter what defense formation they used.
"The gap is too great!" someone in the spectator area couldn’t help eximing.
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n knew he only has 5 minutes, so he needed to do his best to prove himself in those 5 minutes. So in those 5 minutes, n scored 21 points alone. Most spectators on the scene were all convinced by n’s remarkable performance.
"The boy is pretty good, but he is just too "selfish". He always attacks by himself, and never passes the ball to his teammates. He has no team spirit at all." Coach Babe of University of Southern California gave hisments.
"But he scored 21 points! This is a perfect performance. I guess he could score at least 10 points in each game, if he could y in NBA," Coach Alford of UCLA contradicted him immediately. "If he passed the ball to his teammates, his teammates might not score so many points. Moreover, he has drawn many fouls from the opposing inside yers. The big yer standing in front of him has fouled three times in 5 minutes."
"OK, gentlemen, stop discussing." Reed, the scout of Los Angeles Lakers, stopped their argument, then asked, "Could anyone of you tell me who this brilliant boy is, please?"
The rest of the people looked at each other. After over 10 seconds, one person said, "I kind of recognize him. He is n Hampton, the No. 1 high school yer in Virginia!"
"That n Hampton, who was jailed because of fighting?" Reed nodded, before continuing, "So it’s him..."