freeallnovels Chapter 117 Journey to America (11)
Chapter 117 Journey to America (11)
Chapter 117 Journey to America (11)
Next, Li Changgeng didn't dare to continue to break through. His speed, body, and technique were not as good as Kobe's.
He took out his best three-pointer, first a fake, and then suddenly stepped back and made a three-pointer.
Kobe is tall and has long arms and amazing bounce. Although Li Changgeng shot very quickly, Kobe covered the air when he jumped up. Li Changgeng couldn't even see the basket, so he could only shoot based on his feeling. The result was that the basketball was on the basket After smashing it, it directly popped out of bounds.
The goal was not scored, Li Changgeng was prepared and not upset.
On the sidelines of the court, everyone was not disappointed either. The dunk that Li Changgeng completed on Kobe's head was still flashing in their minds.Even if Li Changgeng was completely blown up next time, he is still proud of the dunk just now.
Switching to Kobe's attack, he turned over and leaned back, easily scored the ball, and won the heads-up victory in this round.
"Kobe, you are too good." Looking at Kobe, Li Changgeng said sincerely, although he lost to Kobe, he was not ashamed.
What's more, he buckled one on Kobe's head.
"Hehe, you are also very good." Kobe also laughed, opened his arms, hugged Li Changgeng, and said with a smile: "Li, is your name Li? You are the best high school player I have ever seen. "
Li Changgeng scratched his hair and smiled embarrassedly.
"I will work hard." At this moment, Li Changgeng suddenly felt a kind of urgency in his heart, that is to enter the NBA as soon as possible, and compete with these talented people in the NBA arena.
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After the one-on-one match between Li Changgeng and Kobe, Kobe no longer accepted anyone's challenge, but just practiced with everyone and gave them some pointers.
At noon, Kobe invited everyone to have a meal at McDonald's, and then everyone reluctantly said goodbye to Kobe and returned to the hotel.
Today's visit is over, and Kobe's training camp has come to a successful conclusion.
On the second day, practitioners from different countries and places bid farewell to each other, left the hotel one after another, and left Los Angeles.
At Los Angeles International Airport, Xu Anya, Li Changgeng, and Sima Shenji stood together. Xu Anya hugged the two of them, and said with a smile, "You must come to HUN Province to play with me when you have time."
"Okay." Sima Shenji said.
"Definitely." Li Changgeng also nodded with a smile.
From Zhang Weiping's training camp to Kobe's training camp, although it's only half a month, the three of them have become very good friends.
Now that it's time to part, the three of them are a little bit reluctant, so they left each other's phone numbers and agreed to keep in touch in the future.
Finally, Xu Anya sized up Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, and said rather depressedly: "You two are from the same school, so you don't need to look at other people in your school. I'm afraid you two can get it easily. Champion in the lower provinces, enter the national divisional competition."
"However, our school is not weak, and I believe we will be able to reach the regional competition." Xu Anya's eyes were full of fighting spirit, "We are all in the southern district, maybe we can meet in the regional competition. At that time, I will not release water."
"Cut." Sima Shenji twitched his lips, "You make it to the divisional competition first, then let's talk about it, and let the water go, do you think you are Kobe?"
"Hmph." Xu Anya snorted, but she wasn't really angry, "Anyway, if we meet in the regional competition, I will definitely beat you."
Li Changgeng smiled and said, "Okay, let's meet in the divisional competition."
"It's a deal." Xu Anya nodded, Zhang Weiping called him over there, and he was about to board the plane, so he waved hands with Li Changgeng Sima Shenji and left with a smile.
Xu Anya and Zhang Weiping are going together, they have to go back to BJ first, Xu Anya has an uncle in BJ, he will stay in BJ for a few days, and then go back to HUN province.
Together with Sima Shenji, Li Changgeng returned directly to Hongcheng from Los Angeles International Airport.
After seeing off Xu Anya, Li Changgeng picked up the phone and called Selena. As soon as he got on the phone, Selena said, "I'll be waiting for you in the bathroom, come quickly."
"Why." Li Changgeng was a little curious. It was a bit strange that Selena was still looking for him when he was about to board the plane.
"You just come here." Selena seemed to be angry, and roared angrily, "If you don't come, you don't come, you think I'm rare. Li Changgeng, let's wait and see, goodbye!"
"Okay, okay! I'll go right away." Li Changgeng coaxed quickly, and then hung up the phone.
As soon as he turned the corner, he saw Selena standing with a tall man. Looking at it, he didn't seem very young.And the two are somewhat similar, Li Changgeng can roughly judge that this should be Selena's family.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Changgeng went up, the man took off his glasses and said.
"You are Li Changgeng!"
His eyes were sharp, like a man-eating tiger.
Li Changgeng didn't flinch, but went forward to meet him, but that person turned him down.
"I don't care who you are or what you do, as long as you are now, Selena is not something you can get in touch with, so you should keep in touch with her less in the future."
Li Changgeng refused to accept.
"why?"
"No reason, swans are not something toads like you can move."
After the man finished speaking, he took Selena's hand and left.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you, I'm Selena's cousin!" The man didn't forget to turn around and say something.
Li Changgeng stood where he was, looking at the back of Selena leaving, blood was oozing from his teeth, if the phone call reminded him to leave quickly, I am afraid he would stay here today
Li Changgeng returned to the starting point with a gloomy face. Sima Shenji saw that something was wrong with Li Changgeng, so he asked concerned, but Li Changgeng didn't say anything, and kept walking with a gloomy face.It so happened that they met an acquaintance.
In the airport hall, Li Changgeng and the others suddenly met a person they knew but not familiar with, Los Angeles California High School scout, Jordan.
"Hi, Mr. Jordan." Sima Shenji greeted Qiao Dan first. Qiao Dan was the most enthusiastic person who invited Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji. Sima Shenji naturally remembered, but he was still a little surprised to see Jordan here. "What a coincidence, where are you going?"
"No, Mr. Sima made a mistake. I'm not going anywhere. I'm here to see you off." Jordan said with a smile.
"Send us off?" Sima Shenji was taken aback, and Li Changgeng, who could understand English, couldn't help being stunned at this moment. He only had some impressions of Jordan. He knew that he was a scout, and they didn't usually meet much. They can only be regarded as very ordinary friends, why did Jordan come here to see them off?
Seeing their surprise, Jordan looked at Li Changgeng and explained why he came here: "Li, I really appreciate you. Although you have declined the invitation to our California high school in Los Angeles, I still want to make the last effort. Sorry, this may It seems a bit abrupt, but I just want to talk to you face to face." Then, he glanced at Sima Shenji again, and said, "Of course, I also appreciate Yu, and I hope you can join Los Angeles California High School."
Li Changgeng nodded, but didn't say anything.Now that he knew what the other person was thinking, he should go back and find a way.
It is true that Jordan did something abrupt, but it can also express his sincerity. If he had not sincerely invited Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji, he would not have done so.
"This..." Sima Shenji looked at Li Changgeng, and found that Li Changgeng was depressed again, so he said to Jordan alone, "Mr. Jordan, I'm very sorry, Li and I have made a decision. We can't come to the United States, and we can't join Los Angeles California High school, at least not this year."
"Oh, what a pity." Jordan was a little disappointed, but recovered quickly, handed Li Changgeng, Sima Shenji a business card each, and said, "This is my business card. If you change your mind anytime, please contact me." , I welcome you at any time, if you can come to my place, I will definitely make you famous all over the United States."
"Thank you." Sima Shenji thanked him repeatedly.
"Famous in the United States!" Li Changgeng's mind began to come alive, but at this moment the airport urged them to leave quickly, there was no way, he got on the plane before he had time to ask.
Jordan watched Li Changgeng and Li Changgeng board the plane from below, and left the airport when the two were out of his sight.
"Is what he said true!" Li Changgeng said to Xiao Er on the plane.
"Yes!" Xiao Er answered truthfully. "But you don't need to be too anxious. You can still go to the CBA if you are famous in the future."
"Oh!"
Li Changgeng didn't seem to be so willing to answer this time, he looked at the white clouds outside the window, thoughtful.
At Hongcheng International Airport, Li Changgeng's uncle and aunt, Sima Shenji's parents, Tao Ran's coach, and Mengyao arrived at the airport early, waiting for the plane to land.
At 05:30 in the morning, the plane landed.
Seeing Li Changgeng and Li Changgeng coming out of the passage, the uncle and the others waved their hands, and the aunt took Li Changgeng's hand and looked up and down non-stop.
After a while, my aunt said with satisfaction, "I've grown stronger."
"Hehe." Li Changgeng smiled, chatted with his uncle and aunt, and naturally put some unhappiness out of his mind when he saw familiar people, and he already had a plan, so he didn't worry about it anymore.Seeing Mengyao standing in a very formal dress, he couldn't help but tease Mengyao.
"Hey, you're dressed so formally, do you have a date? How about it, you haven't been here for a few days, that guy didn't harass you, did he?"
"What do you think!" Mengyao said, waving her pink fist.
"It's really unlucky to meet a tigress like you." Li Changgeng replied with a smile.
"Beat!"
At the airport, there was such a voice.
Just when Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji returned to the city, the California Sports Weekly also reported in a medium-sized article that Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji won the MVPs of the 17-year-old and 18-year-old age groups of the Kobe training camp. The title is - Chinese Double Stars, Shine Kobe Bryant Training Camp.
Reporter Garnett carefully concocted a report, giving a key description of Li Changgeng's 25 points in a single quarter and Sima Shenji's 31 points in the game, accompanied by a few photos taken by photographer Ma Ke Close-up photo.In the photo, the two Chinese people have sword eyebrows and star eyes, and their aura is soaring, like sharp swords soaring into the sky.
This report caused a stir in the California sports circle, and many people who had not noticed Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji before also paid attention to these two Chinese people.
And some well-informed and skilled people even knew about Li Changgeng and Kobe's duel.
Although Li Changgeng was beaten by Kobe 6:1, but he dunked a basket on Kobe's head, this alone is enough to make people surprised.
Those who got the news were even more excited, as if seeing a piece of priceless gold, their eyes were shining.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long for these people to get excited when they got the news that Li Changgeng and Sima Shenji had rejected all the inviters and made it clear that they would not come to the United States, at least not for the time being.
As a result, those who wanted to recruit these two young Chinese lost interest, and the turmoil subsided.
Of course, that is only in foreign countries, and only in California. In China, not many people know these things.
This is also a good thing for Li Changgeng. His life has finally returned to the right track. It is still summer vacation, and he is practicing football every day.
"Quick, quicker."
On the community court, Li Changgeng was running back and forth, and Xiao Er’s voice rang in his mind: “Your shooting, running, and dribbling have all reached C-level, but there is still a lot of difference in other aspects.”
"Yeah." Li Changgeng nodded, and couldn't help asking, "Xiaoer, when do you think I will be able to enter the NBA? I'm only 17 years old now. It seems that I have to be 19 years old to participate in the NBA draft, right?"
"You have asked this question no less than ten times in the past few days." Xiaoer said, "But what's the use?"
"You should calm down now and deal with the next provincial league."
Li Changgeng let out a sigh, and said again: "Xiao Er, with my current strength and Sima Shenji, it should be easy to win the provincial championship, right?"
"Not necessarily." Xiao Er said, "You and Sima Shenji are making progress, especially you, you have made great progress. It is almost impossible for others to improve faster than you without the help of Xiao Er like me. But don't forget, Even if others are making slow progress, they are still making progress. Do you think you are invincible now?"
Before Li Changgeng could reply, Xiaoer said again: "Even if you and Sima Shenji can lead the team to win the provincial championship, is your goal only the provincial championship? You must know that the provincial championship is only the initial stage of the national competition, and there will be divisions later on." Who can predict how many strong teams and masters there will be in the competition, the Challenger League, and the finals?"
"Don't think that you can be invincible if you win the MVP of Kobe's training camp. The world is big. Even in China, there are still many masters. These people may be famous or not, and maybe like you, they have just begun to emerge .”
"But many people are actually very powerful. If you take it lightly, you will lose miserably in the national arena in the future."
After listening to Xiao Er's words, Li Changgeng was already sweating profusely.
"Xiaoer, I understand." Li Changgeng said solemnly, "Don't worry, I won't be arrogant."
"Well, let's train hard." Xiao Er said.
(End of this chapter)