Champions Creed

Chapter 8 008: Difficulties of high school student draft? History is being rewritten!

Oak Hill High School was eliminated in the first round, and the little-known Brock High School made the first big news of this Sunshine Classic.

Roger scored 32 points in 34 minutes of playing time, with a shooting percentage of 63%.

The entire Oak Hill High School team only scored 41 points.

Brock only scored 53 points in high school.

Del Brown's assistant coach looked at the result of the game and flipped through the information in his hand in disbelief: "Do we have to go to the tennis court to find basketball talents in the future?"

This is not surprising. In another six months, Wake Forest University will pick up another genius in the swimming pool.

Geniuses always tend to appear in strange places.

Del Brown ignored his inexperienced assistant. Was he shocked? 34 points was not all Roger could do!

The reason he scored 34 points was because the game was too short.

Otherwise, McKinney and Austin, two of the top 100 players in the country, would have gone on to have a more spectacular run.

Such an upset made McKinnie and Austin quite embarrassed.

In an interview, McKinnie said that his playing feel was inexplicably bad today.

Austin said he had a groin injury.

This Austin, even though he doesn’t play basketball very well, he does have the qualities of a GOAT!

Roger, who created the upset himself, was not happy during the interview:
“It’s just a win, and Bullock High School this season will get used to winning.

My idol, Coach Vincent, started his career with a bottom-ranked team, then won 10 division titles, 6 championships, and 5 Super Bowls in 2 years.

I'm not as exaggerated as him, but I believe I can turn Bullock High School around."

O'Neal smiled. This kid is quite pretentious.

But the next two days of competition made the Sharks realize that Roger was just stating the facts!

In the three elimination games, Brock High School not only won, but also did not allow the opponent to close the score gap to single digits in any of the games.

Not to mention the fans, even Andre himself couldn't react to such a result!

The number of games Roger has won with his team in the past three days is already equivalent to the number of games he has won in a whole season!

Speaking of which, the way Bullock High School wins is also very special.

They don't have much smooth coordination, nor do they have iron-blooded defense.

The only reason they were able to win was because no one could limit their number 14!
34 points, 41 points, 32 points, Roger's scores remained high in the three games.

There is another interesting statistic: Roger only had one assist in three games, and Andre was the only man who received assists from Roger.

After the final, O'Neal walked into the crowd, and he was about to present Roger with the MVP trophy of this invitational tournament.

The tall Shark held the high school genius's shoulder and said, "Tomorrow, your name will be all over the newspapers in America! I hope to see you in the NBA in a few years, man!"

Roger, who received the trophy, also wished the Shark: "You will also win such a trophy in the NBA, no, at least three."

O'Neal laughed even happier than Roger.

At this time, the Shark didn't know that the time he would see Roger in the NBA would be shorter than he expected.

But the shark was right about one thing. The next day, Roger's name appeared in the sports pages of major newspapers.

Even on TV.

In an exclusive interview with Shark on ESPN, Shark focused on Roger:

"Who was the player that impressed me the most in this tournament? Without a doubt, Roger.

Many people say that Brock High School was able to pull off an upset because Stackhouse was not there. Believe me, even if Stackhouse had come, at most it would have made Oak Hill High School's loss less ugly.

I believe Roger will be invincible in the coming season, and it will be easy for him to win the state championship."

The reporter obviously disagreed: "Roger is very good, but he has only played three games after all. And Shaq, Louisiana also has Randy Livingston, who is the top-ranked high school student in the United States this year. Coincidentally, he and Roger are in the same division. Even so, do you still think Roger can win the state championship?"

"Randy was great, but if you ever saw Roger scoring at will, you knew how special he was. I didn't think Randy could stop him."

Roger watched O'Neal talking about himself on TV and still felt that his experiences over the past few days were a bit dreamy.

It only took one week to go from obscurity to appearing on TV.

If things continue to develop in this way, not only will people be able to play with cars, but even car models will be able to achieve freedom!

In addition to fame, Roger has actually received an offer from the NCAA Division I league.

Yesterday, Louisiana State University head coach Del Brown officially invited Roger.

He also told Roger that if he had any difficulties in life or in the competition, he could write to him at any time.

To be honest, Del Brown is a pretty good coach. It's just a pity that Roger's plan is to go directly to the NBA.

However, Roger still has to work hard to achieve his goal.

Just beating a No. 25 high school kid wasn't enough to get NBA teams to notice him.

After all, in 1992, when Roger is living, high school rookies are not that popular.

Why were Kwame Brown, James and Howard able to become No. 1 picks as high school students?
Two reasons.

The first reason is that Jordan has a keen eye.

The second reason is that there were already quite successful high school players before them, such as Garnett, Kobe, and McGrady.

With these people planting trees in the front, the NBA will believe that high school players can also become talented, and only then will there be teams willing to use the No. 1 pick to bet on high school players.

But Roger lived in an awkward era. There was no one to plant trees before him. If he wanted to enjoy the shade, he had to plant trees himself. The last time a high school student entered the NBA directly was in 1975.

Apart from Moses Malone, there is currently no other successful high school rookie.

Rain Man Camp?

It is true that Kemp did not play in the NCAA after graduating from high school, but that was because his grades were not up to standard. Later, it was revealed that he had stolen two gold chains from his teammates, so he had to drop out of college.

Kemp then went to a community college and completed a school year before entering the draft.

So strictly speaking, he is not a high school rookie at all.

In the past decade or so, no team would consider drafting a high school student to play, and Roger's static talent is not as explosive as Garnett's.

If Roger wants to change the inherent perception of NBA teams and get himself into the lottery, he still has a lot to do.

He needs more and more terrifying performances, he needs to become stronger!
After the team returned to Jonesville, the basketball team became the most dazzling presence in the school.

It's hard to imagine that as a team that only won three games last season, the fans are now clamoring to defeat Randy Livingston, the number one player in the United States, and win the state championship.

This also made Andre feel ashamed. Any tennis player who came out to lead the team would do better than him.
Oh shit!

After arriving, Roger did not go home, but went straight to the basketball hall.

His strength training cannot stop. For more than a week, he has been training strictly according to the plan given by Coach Hawke.

Tired? LOL, this is much easier than staying up late to work overtime.

As Roger walked towards the basketball court, Andre ran out of the bus and quickly caught up with him:
"Ro, I apologize for what I said before. There is no denying that I became a face because of you playing tennis. Even God can't deny that."

"Recover yourself. What we need in the interior is not a fawning wimp."

Andrei was met with a cold shoulder and complained unhappily: "Fuck, I'm sincere, you're such a jerk."

Roger was not angry: "That's right, this is you, stop being a wimp."

"Forget it. I just want you to invite me to train with you in the future. You know, going to college is my only chance, and I don't want to live in that sewage-filled neighborhood anymore."

"It seems that we still have some consensus. You can trust my scoring, and I hope I can trust your defense in the future. Work hard, but it's hard to train with me. I hope you are not just talking."

Under the dazzling summer sun, Andre swung his fist vigorously, as if he wanted to break up the dirty water and moldy walls in his house.

He wants to get out.

"Of course you can trust me in my defense! I promise!"

Roger smiled and nodded. He could feel the emotion in Andre.

Because he wanted to go out too.

The two chatted as they walked into the gym, only to see Coach Hawk chatting with a strange man.

Seeing the two ace players of his team come in, Hawke immediately introduced them enthusiastically: "Meet my good friend, Joe Abunassar, who is also the new coach of our team. He is mainly responsible for your strength training. Roger, all your strength training will be fully responsible by him from now on!"

Roger shook hands with the coach, whose name was Joe Abunassar. He was a short white man who looked strong and had very strong hands.

Of course, Roger also knew something invisible—Joe Abunassar was one of the most famous personal trainers in the NBA circle in the future!

He became famous as Garnett's trainer in 1995. In 01, he opened his own basketball training camp. He received orders from many superstars every summer and became a leader in the industry.

Well, all that useless basketball knowledge from my previous life has finally come in handy.

As for the reason why Hawke invited Abunassar, it is easy to guess. The sentence "He will be fully responsible for all your strength training in the future" has exposed everything.

On the surface, this is the team's new coach.

But in reality, it was more like Hawke used the school's money to find a personal trainer for Roger.

Brock High School is still a small school, and if Hawke wants to go to a bigger stage, he needs some achievements.

A state champion, or a player who can make it to the NBA.

Therefore, he needs to hire the best coach to help Roger improve.

As for Abu Nasa, he is not famous yet and also needs opportunities.

It is difficult to be a trainer in this era because this profession is not yet fully popular.

In the eyes of today's players, training during the season is tiring enough. Do they have to pay someone to train them during the offseason? That's crazy.

Even if you have to spend money on special physical training, you should go to the Gold Club.

Can you imagine a guy like Sir Charles Barkley paying for his own training during the offseason? Come on, he'd rather play golf with that ugly posture than step on a basketball court again.

The only person who spends money on self-torture during the offseason is Jordan.

Tim Grover, who created this masterpiece of Jordan, is now the most profitable trainer.

Likewise, Abunassar needed a masterpiece to help him establish a reputation among trainers.

In the original history, his masterpiece was KG in 1995.

Now, his masterpiece may be coming sooner than expected.

In any case, it was definitely a good thing for Roger that Hawke was able to find Abunassar.

There is a systematic training plan and top trainers.

The goal of becoming a lottery pick as a high school student seems to be getting closer!

In this sultry summer, in this inconspicuous gymnasium.

The history of high school draft picks will begin to be rewritten from now on.

(End of this chapter)