Seeing that the head coach still looked disgusted with Li Ao, Brown just smiled and said nothing.

Xavier Johnson was not without work this evening. Before Li Ao called, the assistant coach was teaching shooting on the women's team. After receiving Li Ao's call, their head coach was stunned and called him.

I came here and was complained for a long time by the head coach of the women's team.

Henry Bibby looked at Li Ao on the court and began to learn new things. The newcomer with almost zero foundation entered a state of clumsiness again, but he actively worked hard to make adjustments according to the guidance of the assistant coach...

Maybe you really found a treasure?

But, as he said just now, it was too late for this kid to receive professional basketball coaching.

Even if Li Ao is only 18 years old and has great talent, he will probably have to wait until next year before he can put it to use.

With Adam Spanik and David Brusenthal graduating from college, their front line has become very weak. Shelby Jordan doesn't know where he is now. It is said that this guy ran away when he was about to run out of money.

I went to Las Vegas to gamble and actually won a lot of money. I continued to take my girlfriend everywhere.

As the head coach, he is very authoritative, but this team member is really messed up. He has nothing to say when playing and works very hard. But if he wants to be expelled from the team, there is no punishment within the team. He can neither beat people nor fine him money. They are completely

not give a damn about.

The time came on October 2nd, Saturday, and the USC Trojans entered the roster selection phase.

At 8:30 in the morning, Li Ao arrived at the Memorial Stadium. When he changed into training clothes and came out, more than 50 people were already basically there.

Seeing that his teammates were all full of energy, he was inevitably a little frustrated.

After the training yesterday afternoon, Henry Bibby informed him that special training would continue today.

This means the first roster selection day has nothing to do with him.

I didn’t even get a chance to participate on the first selection day, and then...

Fortunately, he had already licked his wounds silently last night. After following Xavier Johnson to the small training ground inside, he readjusted his mentality and trained hard.

At this moment, he was ready to be a sparring partner for the first year.

Xavier Johnson was very dissatisfied with Henry Bibby's choice this time. Although he also felt that Li Ao would not make the roster, he should give him a chance at least!

This decision is too hurtful.

He even had a dispute with Henry Bibby when making the decision yesterday, but he is the head coach and he cannot change the decision made.

Seeing Li Ao regain his energetic expression, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, stopped thinking about it, calmed down and gave good guidance.

On the other side, at the main training ground, dozens of players were divided into six teams, with eight people in each team. They started intra-team training matches on three courts respectively. The rules were consistent with the NCAA games, with the first half and second half being 20 minutes each.

There are still a few remaining players, but like Li Ao, these people don't even have a chance to compete for a roster spot.

The two teams in pairs are of equal strength. Through previous training and intramural games, the Trojans' coaches and scouts have a relatively clear understanding of the strength of each player.

What Henry Bibby is observing is the 16-man game that he values ​​most, the showdown between the A team led by Trey Pagnier and the B team led by Scalabrine.

The two had just met in the finals of the school competition, and when they met again, they both played harder.

Trey Paganier has better teammates, and he is working hard to repay Scalabrine for a loss.

Brandon Granville gave Tre Paganier a strong assist. He continuously delivered ammunition to Tre Paganier, who hit consecutively.

The newly added high school talent Nate Hale, ranked 89th in the United States, is not very good, but at least he is not as rough as last year's Sam Clancy. He is passable and has repeatedly sent wonderful passes to Scalabrine.

During the main matchup, the two teams played back and forth, and Henry Bibby was quite satisfied.

Compared with last season, Granville, Trey Paganier and Scalabrine have all made great progress.

But after entering the rotation stage, the situation tilted in the favor of team B.

With Sam Clancy serving as the main attack point for Team B, Team A was completely unable to stop his impact.

This is not about how strong Sam Clancy is. In Henry Bibby's view, this high school genius can only use his body to punch. It's just that David Rosentable of Team A doesn't like confrontation.

Wes Turner is a lanky power forward who can't stop him at all.

However, Sam Clancy's defense was also very poor, and he could fly away at the slightest moment. Lucentabull's rich offensive skills were able to lead Team A to barely maintain the situation.

But in college basketball and intra-squad games, Sam Clancy's offensive success rate is obviously higher.

Seeing this, Henry Bibby shook his head helplessly.

Alex Ayuso is better, he is both offensive and defensive. In 1997, it was thanks to this tough guy from Europe that they reached the top three for the first time in many years. Their results in the past two years have actually been pretty good, and they are far from crazy.

Three are just a little bit closer, but it's a pity that the former captain graduated from college.

Now, their defensive front line is good, but they only have one Shelby Jordan. Not to mention his weird personality, this guy is from the class of 1996 and will graduate from college soon.

Suddenly, a voice came from the side, which startled Henry Bibby.

"Henry, you can let the kid have a try."

Henry Bibby almost jumped away, but luckily he held it back, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing.

He said angrily: "Sam, you want to scare me to death...that kid? Who are you talking about? The one at the small training ground?"

Sam Hayes nodded.

Henry Bibby said disdainfully: "What can he do?"

Sam Hayes recalled the recent special training, his cold expression became complicated, and said: "His defense is very special, I think it will surprise you."

Henry Bibby was curious to have this powerful defensive technical coach who was abandoned by Kentucky due to personality reasons give such an evaluation.

After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed to Sam Hayes' suggestion.

…

Li Ao has practiced several sets of shooting, and his body and hands have been activated. He is ready to try the training task again and directly told Xavier Johnson how he wants to practice next.

Xavier Johnson did not refuse. He was very happy to see that Li Ao had his own training ideas, which proved that Li Ao himself also used his brain.

Moreover, the training content Li Ao mentioned seemed to him to be in line with the current training progress, and he could do this kind of training a few times occasionally.

Just when Li Ao took a five-minute rest and the special training was about to begin, Sam Hayes came, left the words "The head coach asked you to go over and play the game" and left.

This news is very sudden.

Li Ao and Xavier Johnson looked at each other, and the latter reacted first and said quickly: "Go quickly! The opportunity has come!"

Li Ao didn't have time to think too much and immediately followed in the footsteps of Sam Hayes with Xavier Johnson.

Through the long and narrow fitness area, the three of them arrived at the main training ground.

Looking at his teammates who were playing the game in full swing, Li Ao was envious for a moment, but then he remembered that he seemed to be playing too!

He rushed directly to Henry Bibby at a sprint speed of 100 meters and asked: "Coach, do I have a chance to play too?"

Henry Bibby remained expressionless for two seconds before responding: "Yes."

Li Ao became even more excited and asked: "Team D? Or Team F?"

This is promising!

Henry Bibby pointed to the front and said: "Here, you go to the A team."

"Team A?"

Li Ao asked uncertainly.

This is not just a surprise, it can also be called a shock.

Henry Bibby asked: "Are you afraid?"

Li Ao came up in anger and immediately responded: "Who is afraid of a puppy! You agreed to let me fuck you, right? If you go back on your word, you are still a puppy!"

Henry Bibby, who was thinking about how to give a few encouraging words, was also angry, but he couldn't let this kid go on stage to spread his anger. Wouldn't he be a puppy?

Seeing Li Ao and Henry Bibby entering Cold War mode, Xavier Johnson, who quickened his pace to catch up, was helpless.

He didn't even want to ask what was going on. The two people probably had conflicting zodiac signs, so they wouldn't have a good word to say when they met.

Not long after, the first half of the game between Team A and Team B ended. Team B relied on Sam Clancy's outstanding performance to gain a 5-point lead, with the halftime score 45 to 50.

The defense of the two teams made Henry Bibby sigh.

After a 5-minute rest, Henry Bibby made personnel adjustments and placed Li Ao in the third position of team A.

As for the third position of Team B, Sam Clancy is assigned!

It's not that Henry Bibby deliberately wanted to trouble Li Ao, he just wanted to see what Sam Hayes meant by 'special'.

This rotation surprised the players of both teams.

In intra-team training matches, the rules are actually not that strict. From time to time, members of other competing teams are transferred to a group with stronger overall strength due to their outstanding performance.

But that's not the case with Li Ao. This guy didn't even make the 48-man competition list!

Surprised, their reactions varied.

Granville, who had abused the Computer Science School led by Li Ao, stepped forward and patted Li Ao's butt and said, "Perform well and I'll pass the ball to you when I get the chance."

Trepagnier also came to encourage Li Ao, and Costa Charles, the center of the B team, came up and told him to be careful and would give him a big hat.

Seeing that Li Ao didn't respond, several people didn't feel surprised.

From being 'assigned' to a small training ground for special training, to directly participating in the competition with the strongest group, they felt that Li Ao was too excited.
To be continued...