readytorunbook Chapter 110 Olive Branch
Chapter 110 Olive Branch
Chapter 110 Olive Branch
Chapter 1 Thirty-six Olive Branches
In the dim locker room, Hassan Whiteside sat alone on a wooden chair, his muscular arms were bare, and a white towel was placed behind him. He was alone, without saying a word.
He was thinking about the game that just ended!
That game had just ended, and he still remembers it vividly. They were finally defeated by a double-digit difference of 73::62, lost to Syracuse University, and were brutally killed.
Marshall University is not a well-known university in the United States. In the annual high school graduation season, it cannot recruit those well-known star high school students in the United States, but this year's Marshall University is not willing to be ordinary.
They don't have a star player on their roster, and it's impossible for a player at the top of the college game like Wesley Johnson to join Marshall.
In terms of team strength, there is no comparison between Marshall University and Syracuse University. The difference in strength between the two teams is too great. The only player who can occupy some advantage is the inside line.
Hassan Whiteside is a new freshman joining Marshall University this season. This player who does not seem to have outstanding physical fitness is their killer.
Hassan's figure is not rough, his physical measurement data will not show explosive numbers, and his seemingly ordinary muscular lines are destined to not be the kind of muscular man. If he is stuffed into the NBA, those talented people will be superior In the insider group, I am afraid that it will be drowned in an instant.
He is too ordinary, the tonnage has reached the average level of inside players, and it has only reached the average line. His strength is not amazing, and he doesn't have a bullet. *Squeeze the opponent away, and at the same time, his offensive methods are not good, and the mid-range shot is also bad. Most of the offenses are solved by dunks. The upper limit of Hassan Whiteside's template in this form is probably Ben Wallace, Blue-collar players like Chuck Hayes.
Such players are the least valued group in the annual draft conference!
The talented ones can sit quietly in the small green room and wait for the 30 teams in the league to choose themselves without any worries; those players hovering between the end of the first round and the second round also have distinctive characteristics , all have their own clear favorite team. For such high-quality and cheap rookie players, all major teams will come to them. As long as it suits their team's lineup, they will give them an exorbitant contract that looks cheap. , without any difficulty.
They were the only ones who received very little attention when they signed up for the draft. Even if they bought decent looking clothes at the draft, they were still so expensive that they made my heart ache. .I waited for a long time at the scene, and when the people in the entire venue started to leave, I could only stand there stupidly.
No team chooses itself, this is the fate of the bottom blue-collar players!
Although Hassan Whiteside has a tall and strong figure, he is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart. He understands that he needs more amazing performances to win him more attention.
Is Syracuse University strong?Powerful, after the Chinese boy Bruce Lee left the team this season, this team still has Wesley Johnson in charge.
But Hassan still came with the mentality of fighting bravely. If he can use his strong performance to help the team defeat the strong with the weak and upset Syracuse University, it will definitely win him more exposure.
Although he doesn't have physical fitness, he has a very sensitive sense of smell on the defensive end. This is the capital of his pride. He is very smart and knows how to play, when to block shots, and when to defend. These are like 500 times a day. It was deeply imprinted in his mind, and it was extremely familiar.
He is only a freshman, but the head coach of the Marshall school team is very fond of him. His excellent defensive ability makes him the most important part of the defensive system.
In today's game, coach Marshall used Hassan Whiteside's defensive ability to win by surprise. He did not put Hassan in the team's starting lineup, but hid him on the bench.
Waiting for Wesley Johnson to play and start to firmly occupy the ball in his hands, he replaced Hassan on the field, and used the excellent defensive Hassan to guard the basket, let him give Wesley Johnson some color. Shock Wesley with a hot pot block.
As long as Wesley's state is eliminated, Marshall University's chances of winning this game will be greatly improved.
Everything originally developed extremely smoothly, just as coach Marshall expected.
After Wesley Johnson played smoothly at the beginning, he did start to occupy a lot of possession of the ball, frequently started singles with the ball, and broke into the paint more often.
The closer to the basket, the higher the scoring efficiency. Wesley will not understand this truth. Today's match against Marshall University has started smoothly, so why not use a lot of possessions to check the statistics. After all, such opportunities are still in the NCAA. Quite few.
The NCAA is not a commercial league like the NBA. This is a college arena, and the essence of basketball is purer and richer.Unlike the NBA, in order to increase the value of the players, they even do not hesitate to let the players do frequent stats during garbage time.
Marshall's head coach has a very poisonous vision. When he finds the right opportunity, he replaces Hassan to guard the inside line.
When Wesley saw that his opponent replaced a substitute insider, he did relax his vigilance, and he also became bold in his breakthrough with the ball.
When he went to the basket and tried to score a layup, what he encountered was Hassan's big hat, which made him dizzy and lost his direction.
Being blocked by such ruthless iron and blood undoubtedly made Wesley feel ashamed. He is the core of Syracuse University's team. He was planted in the hands of a little-known small team, and his draft price will undoubtedly decline a lot.
Wesley, who was burning with anger, naturally began to occupy a large number of ball possessions, playing singles with the ball, trying to regain his face on the offensive end.
As a result, the rhythm of Syracuse University was disrupted in an instant. Several offenses ended in Wesley's strikes or mistakes, and the offensive end was unable to score. An excellent scorer, but with a solid offensive tactical arrangement, the offensive efficiency is not generally high.
At 6 minutes into the third quarter, the score was overtaken and Syracuse University trailed by 3 points. This situation undoubtedly made the Syracuse fans who were watching the game at home very dissatisfied. A fiasco.
For this reason, the irrational Wesley suffered most of the boos from the fans, which undoubtedly made Wesley, who performed poorly, feel greatly hurt.
(End of this chapter)