Chapter 83: Strong Soldiers and Strong Horses
The summer of 2004 had three major events for American basketball.
O'Neal's ending with many years of internal friction, the Lakers traded O'Neal to exchange for Lamar Odom and Caron Butler and draft picks.
The university system is not favorable, and many talented high school students choose to skip the university stage to sign up for election.
The myth of the Dream Team's undefeated is broken.
Here we will talk about the unfavorable things in the university system’s enrollment.
Since the NBA has announced that after 2005, players in the American campus system must first go to college for one year to participate in the draft. If you do not want to go to college, you can also join professional teams outside the NBA league. Even overseas players must be at least 19 years old to participate in the draft.
Therefore, the story of the 18-year-old genius and the genius who were less than 18 years old joined the NBA.
The introduction of new rules seems to have stimulated high school students.
Among the top 100 high school students in the 2004th class, Dwight Howard, Sean Livingston, third-ranked Al Jefferson, fourth-ranked Josh Smith, all decided to skip the college stage, sign a contract agent, and participate in the 2004 draft.
If the scope is expanded to the top ten in the United States, there will be Sebatisian Telfire, ranked sixth in the United States and Robert Swift, ranked eighth in the United States.
Among the top ten high school students in the United States, six of them skipped college to participate in the draft.
For ncaa, the remaining few are like fat, and they will be willing to steal the ball even if they want to join.
Rudy Gay, who ranked fifth in the United States and ranked first in the shooting guard position, was recruited by defending champions University of Connecticut.
Marvin Williams, the seventh-ranked "Sleeper" in the United States, joined the University of North Carolina.
Villanova usually doesn't look at the top ten high school students in the United States.
It was shocking to steal Jason Fraser from many competitors two years ago, and the latter's development in the Wildcats was not as expected. The materials that could have been selected by the NBA even as a high school student were eliminated after a year of Villanova, and it was inevitable that he would have a bad reputation as a genius.
Weisha's decision to stay in proofreading was a big deal for Villanova.
As long as Wei Xia keeps improving, Villanova has great potential in the new season. First of all, they must make up for their shortcomings.
Therefore, the Wildcats have won two top 100 high school students this summer.
One of them is from Kansas, the 44th-ranked center Steven Hill (steven Hill). In the future, he will become another NBA player produced by the Wildcats.
As an NBA player, he only played one game in his entire career, played for 2 minutes in total, scored 2 points and 3 rebounds, setting the shortest record in NBA player's career.
Another one is from Philadelphia.
This person originally wanted to join St. Joseph's University, but because of Wei Xia, he chose the Wildcats.
His name is Kyle Lowry, ranking 29th in the United States, and is the Wildcats' biggest gain this summer.
Wei Xia played with him in high school and left a deep impression on the other party.
Those who have dealt with Wei Xia will not feel disgusted with his trash words.
Lowry is the group of people who have developed a good impression of him.
Later, Wei Xia became famous in NCAA. The Big East League championship defeated the national champion Connecticut and made him a celebrity in Pennsylvania, directly influencing Lowry's decision to choose a school.
Wei Xia was both surprised and happy when she heard that Lowry was coming.
He knew Lowry's strength, and he knew how much help he could bring.
Villanova retained the main backbone of last season this year, laying a strong foundation for the impact results of the new season.
With the blessing of David Thompson's talent, Wei Xia will have a huge leap in his strength.
The joining of two newcomers at the top 100 high school students in the United States will strengthen their lineup depth.
From July to October, Wei Xia basically stayed in Philadelphia.
He was not idle. In addition to his daily training, he also volunteered to help at Raulmerion High School.
The children in the team were so excited that they saw him coming.
Greg Donner kept calling Wei Xia to talk.
According to normal development, Wei Xia will definitely become an NBA player like Kobe in the future. He hopes that Wei Xia will maintain contact with the school and never follow Kobe's old path.
"Unless I marry a black man, I should not be able to follow his old path." Wei Xia said with a faint smile.
Upon hearing this, Donald could only smile bitterly.
In addition to helping to lead the young players, Wei Xia's training has not fallen behind.
He fills up his training time every day.
Physical training, gym weight lifting, and the top priority - shooting training.
He has to shoot at least 1,600 goals a day and practice for three months every day.
The talent of Skywalker made him suddenly become a flying man, and compared to his original self, he was like two people.
Wei Xia, who suddenly jumped to 110 cm in a vertical bounce, completely lost her shooting accuracy.
The shooting from high school to big shots was wasted.
His current jump shot rhythm is completely different from that in the past.
In the past, his bounce and bounce height were pitifully low, and his body was used to attacking at such a height. Now, even if he wanted to jump out of the past height, it was impossible.
Pull the ball with the ball up and the base is half a meter high.
The elasticity of the Skywalker is by no means a joke. Wei Xia inadvertently received a gift from the legendary figure, but it was a blessing and misfortune that made him return to the starting point after practicing hard for many years.
Frustration eventually brings the firmest determination.
Shooting can be practiced, skills can be practiced, and anything that can be improved by practice is not the most important thing.
He was probably one of the best NCAA performers last season.
But after March Crazy ended, his mock draft had already fallen into the middle of the first round.
Other talented men can have an impact on the list by just playing a good goal in the March tournament.
NBA pursues the upper limit of players. At that time, he was a type with a low upper limit in the eyes of scouts.
This is why he was determined to play NCAA for one more year. Since he had obtained the physical fitness of Skywalker, he spent a year to show his changes, and at the same time he used the impact of changes in habits, and fulfilled his dream of crazy March.
In mid-October, before school starts, Wei Xia returns to the team early.
This year he is a sophomore and is qualified to participate in the Philadelphia Top Five Invitational.
The Wildcats, who lacked the only new student, rushed to participate in the competition for a week, and met Temple University in the first game.
Chapter completed!