Chapter 1041: Familiar Friends Appear One After Another!
On April 14, 2010, in Seattle, at the University of Washington training facility, some young players wearing University of Washington training uniforms were looking around.
The University of Washington has just won the NCAA championship. Because the team's three leading players participated in the draft, the entire University of Washington, which has just won the championship, will begin to reorganize. As the most popular team in the NCAA, the University of Washington's Of course, the reorganization will be favored by many high school graduate players.
The No. 1 high school student in the United States led Ames High School to victory in the high school league for two consecutive years, counterattacking Harris Barnes, who held the title of No. 1 high school student in Irving.
The No. 2 high school student in the United States, the supernova of North Road High School, Sullinger.
The third-ranked high school student in the United States and the monarch on the basketball court, Kyrie Irving.
These three top high school students in the class of 2010 are now all gathered in the training hall of the University of Washington.
The recruitment of new students at the University of Washington is really rare. The whole world knows that the top recruits at the University of Washington give priority to candidates recommended by Yes from Garfield High School.
For others, regardless of whether they are the No. 1 high school student on ESPN, the No. 1 high school student on USA Today, or the No. 1 high school student on other media, they are not popular here.
Coach Romar is also the only person in the history of the NCAA who doesn't care at all how many stars you are in high school. This is a high school with Curry, Klay Thompson, Dream Green, and Isiah Thomas Jr. who are not even stars. The man who won the NCAA championship all his life.
This year, Yes did not recommend the boss to the University of Washington, and there are no outstanding graduates from Garfield High School to serve as the boss of the University of Washington.
Tony Wroten is now a senior and won't graduate from high school until next year.
It can be said that this year's recruitment of new students at the University of Washington is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It can even be said that this is the first time that the University of Washington actively and openly recruits a boss.
The previous bosses in Washington, Roy, Yes, Curry, and Bradley, were all not selected publicly.
For the position of the leader of the University of Washington, the top ten high school students in the United States are all waiting for the NCAA finals to end and the University of Washington to recruit.
For this reason, the No. 1 high school student kept rejecting invitations from the University of North Carolina.
Sullinger, the second high school student, also kept rejecting invitations from Ohio State.
Owen, the third high school student, is also constantly postponing the invitation to meet with Coach K.
Even the top three high school students this year are like this, not to mention the fourth high school student Brandon Knight, the fifth high school student Josh Selby, the sixth high school student Tobias Harris, and the seventh high school student. High school student Perry Jones, eighth high school student Will Barton, ninth high school student Terrence Jones, tenth high school student C.J. Leslie and others.
The top ten high school students in the United States all rejected early invitations from other universities in order to recruit new students from the University of Washington.
So much so that this year's recruitment by the University of Washington has brought the recruitment of the entire top NCAA universities to a stagnant stage.
Everyone is waiting for the admissions process at the University of Washington to end.
Although the University of Washington only invited the top ten players to recruit new players this time, the weight of these ten players is really extraordinary.
Especially this year's top three high school students, Barnes, Sullinger, and Irving, are supernovas like Bradley and John Wall last year.
For these three, universities such as North Carolina, Duke, and Kentucky are willing to wait.
After all, no matter how attractive the University of Washington is, they can only choose one of the three. All three of them must be the boss. If they cannot become the boss, even the University of Washington will not join.
In fact, most of the top ten players have this mentality.
Of course, although the University of Washington only invited the top ten high school students to try out this time, there were twelve players in the training ground of the University of Washington.
The other two came through the back door.
One is the Magician's son, E.J. Johnson.
Everyone knows that the magician transformed into a super coconut flour the year his youngest son graduated from high school, and he competed with Pippen Barkley for the first coconut flour. In this case, all fools know what the magician wants. What is it, pity the hearts of parents in the world.
EJ Jiang finally got a chance to compete for the boss in Washington.
The magician himself begged to come to the door, and Ye Si couldn't refuse.
As for the other one, it is All-American high school student Tristan Thompson.
The University of Washington invited the top ten high school students to try out, and the one who was most hit was Tristan Thompson.
He ranked eleventh, and usually ranked tenth. In the last period, he was surpassed by CJ Leslie.
In order to squeeze into the trial training of the University of Washington, Tristan Thompson really spent a lot of money to buy a ticket to the front row of the SuperSonics and went directly to Ye Si.
What's surprising is that Ye Si didn't ask the security guards to kick this bold high school student out immediately. After seeing him, Ye Si actually looked like he hadn't seen him for a long time and actually recommended him. During the recruiting tryout at the University of Washington.
This time the University of Washington recruits new players for trial training, mainly to find the boss. After finding the boss, if the right player is found, he can stay as the second player, third player, or even fourth player or fifth player.
As long as you are willing to.
It can be said that this is the first time in Coach Romar's coaching career that he has assembled a luxurious lineup, which is likely to be a five-star luxury lineup.
In the past, only Coach K Romar had such a right, but Romar had never used such a right.
There are only about 10 or 20 five-star high school students in each class of high school students in the United States. There are hundreds of colleges in the NCAA Division I. There are more monks and less meat. The coaches or teams do not have enough prestige. It is impossible for five-star players to play for others.
Therefore, even though Coach K's team always has five or even six or seven five-star players, there is nothing you can do about it. Coach K's status in the NCAA is so high that other coaches cannot envy him.
This time, because Tony Roten was still in his senior year of high school and could not come to the University of Washington, and Joe Harris, who was recommended by Ye Si, could not serve as the boss of a team like the University of Washington, that's why Coach Romar let him play for the first time. Star cast.
Because it was Coach Romar's first time to organize Space Battleship, many media were very curious and interested.
Master Romar's strength as the number one coach in history has been firmly established, and the civilian lineup is playing tricks. The only question is whether he can play with this star lineup.
During the recruiting trial at the University of Washington, everyone except E.J. Johnson was very serious.
Each of them is bound to win the position of Washington boss.
Although Barnes, Sullinger and Irving are recognized as the top three.
But so what?
Before Irving entered high school, he was nicknamed "The Monarch", and he deservedly dominated the contemporary era. After he reached high school, wasn't he killed by Barnes and Sullinger?
Barnes and Sullinger can counterattack Irving.
Why can't they kill Barnes and Sullinger?
After all, the players in this class are not that strong. Irving used to be very strong, and James and Oden were geniuses.
But the further you go, the further away from James and Oden your dominance becomes. Maybe even in college, Irving will fall directly.
If they really compete with figures like James or Oden, not all of them will accept the invitation of the University of Washington to come here. Since there is no chance, it would be good to go to the University of North Carolina or Duke and Kentucky to become the boss.
Isn’t it because everyone has a chance?
What's more, Master Romar is famous for not focusing on players' strength and talent. This is a coach who can break the upper limit of strength and talent.
The people chosen by Yes and Master Romar were never chosen because of their abilities and talents.
What abilities and talents does Curry have?
Clay, what kind of talent does Green have?
Closer to home, what talents and abilities does Leonard have?
Therefore, as long as everyone takes trial training seriously and fully demonstrates their qualities, there will always be a chance.
For such a serious group of players, on April 14th, people's hearts were filled with excitement.
This surprised both Romar and assistant coach Steve Kerr.
Not too surprised though.
After all, there are Grizzlies players from afar in the training hall today.
After all, tonight's game was a miraculous game in which Yes led the Seattle SuperSonics to compete for 82 consecutive victories!
Win eighty-two games this season!
Eighty-two triple-doubles of the season!
20 points in eighty-two games of the season!
A miraculous game may create three miracles!
The eyes of the world are now on this.
Of course, this also includes these young people trying out at the University of Washington.
Irving, Barnes, Sullinger, everyone is looking forward to tonight's game.
Eighty-two consecutive victories!
A complete victory in the regular season in a single season!
Both Barnes and Sullinger completed the miracle of winning a season in the high school league, and even Barnes did it twice.
But can the high school league be the same difficulty as the NBA?
The NCAA also has undefeated seasons, and Master Romar has completed three undefeated seasons alone.
But the competitive difficulty of the NCAA is also incomparable to that of the NBA.
To be honest, everyone worked so hard to try out at the University of Washington. Except for E.J. Johnson who wanted to get rid of Curry and wanted to enter the NBA to find Curry, everyone else wanted to fulfill their dreams in the NBA.
And the 82-game winning streak in the season is undoubtedly a dream that all players have never dared to dream of.
Not to mention the players of Yes and the Seattle SuperSonics, even onlookers like them will be excited to see the Seattle SuperSonics' current 81-game winning streak and the possible 82-game winning streak in the future.
"Kelly, I heard that a general ticket for tonight's game, the worst kind, has been sold for 10,000 US dollars!"
Owen was not surprised to hear Tobias Harris say so quietly.
This game is a game that can be called a miracle in the NBA, basketball, and even sports history.
In fact, a month ago, when the Seattle SuperSonics reached 58 consecutive victories and 70 consecutive victories, celebrities and wealthy businessmen around the world were already preparing for this game.
There may be many things lacking in this world, but there is no shortage of rich people.
What does $10,000 mean to these rich people?
It was like drizzle.
Therefore, ten thousand US dollars is the current price. When the game is about to start, it will be a sky-high price!
Therefore, these players who came here to participate in the trial training are really lucky. Each of them received a ticket to tonight's game, which is worth tens of thousands of dollars.
In fact, they are not lucky.
The luckiest player is Garfield High School player Zach LaVine.
This kid has received a Seattle SuperSonics season ticket every year for the past few years. Because he didn’t go to middle school or elementary school in Seattle, he couldn’t watch many games, so he gave up his season ticket.
In the past few years, the 15-year-old has become a millionaire by selling tickets.
There is no way, after the SuperSonics got Yes, there were too many classic games, and the tickets for a game were easily priced at sky-high prices.
Because of the game between the Sonics and the Grizzlies in the evening, the hearts of the trial players at the University of Washington were obviously in a state of flux.
But Romar and Cole still understood.
Besides, the trial training is almost over.
Moreover, they now have the most important thing to complete, which is to select players, one of Irving, Barnes, and Sullinger, and the other nine can be kept as long as they are willing to stay. , except for EJ Johnson, the University of Washington is willing to stay.
Cole actually preferred Barnes, but in the face of his recommendation, Romar kept brooding and seemed not very satisfied.
This made Cole very confused. In this trial, Barnes was the best in terms of ability and talent.
It was an easy choice, and Cole didn't know why Romar hesitated.
In fact, Romar is not hesitant. He is also more optimistic about Barnes. He needs talent and ability. This player is so good.
But when he told Ye Si his choice, he was rejected directly by Ye Si.
"I don't want you to think, I want me to think that Owen is very good."
Ye Si usually respects him very much, but this time, after hearing the name of Barnes from his mouth, Ye Si was so excited and domineering for the first time, as if he heard the name of a great plague god.
Did Barnes leave any shadow on Yes?
It's obviously not from the same era.
But no matter what, since this is Ye Si's decision, of course he respects it unconditionally.
"Steve, please inform me. Carey is very good."
Um?
Cole, who was interested in Barnes, wanted to continue to persuade Romar, but seeing the determined expression on Romar's face, Cole finally sighed in his heart.
To be honest, in this trial, Irving was the worst among the three. He was too fancy and flashy.
And this is why Irving's prospects have continued to decline from being comparable to Emperor James, the monarch of Emperor Oden, to being reversed by Barnes and Sullinger.
But since this is Master Romar's decision, of course he respects it, and he can only respect it.
"It's a pleasure to spend time with you all this week. It will be a very interesting experience in your life."
Cole was making the final speech on behalf of Romar at the end of the trial.
Barnes's eyes were bright, and Sullinger, Harris, Tristan Thompson and others' eyes were also bright and full of expectation, but Irving had a somewhat calm expression on his face.
If he hadn't been selected as the boss, he wouldn't have been able to stay at the University of Washington. In this trial, he felt that he couldn't compare to Barnes, who had been constantly trying to kill him in the past year.
"Congratulations, Kyrie, you are the luckiest person in this trial."
"..."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire training hall suddenly fell silent.
Even the Grizzlies players on the other court were stunned by the atmosphere here.
"Why are those boys so surprised?"
"Did Master Romar make another shocking decision?"
Oden, McGrady, Carter, everyone is curious.