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Chapter 7.7. Such sophisticated insults.

When they got to the cafeteria for dinner, Robinson couldn't help but ask, "Brook, how did you do that?"

Yi Shui was starving and focused on eating, casually replying, "What? How did you do that?"

"Didn't you notice that your stamina is better than mine? Last time your training volume was less than half of mine, and today I can't even keep up with your training pace!"

"Uh...you went back to your hometown and partyed every day, did that ruin your health? I'm not trying to be mean, Stanley, but young people need to know how to be moderate."

"I'm not like you! I trained hard when I got back! Tell me, do you have some kind of secret? I've only been home for less than a month, how come your stamina is already better than mine?"

"Have you forgotten that I'm the genius who's compared to Guy? I just didn't practice properly before, and now I'm putting in a little more effort."

Yi Shui was clearly bragging. In his opinion, jokes were fine, but 'tips' couldn't be made up. If his friend actually believed it and tried it, it would be fine if it didn't work, but if he got injured because of his nonsense, then he would feel guilty.

But Robinson actually believed him, wailing, "You geniuses deserve to die! How can we ordinary people not live?!"

Yi Shui: "...Your top 100 high school student in the US is an ordinary person?"

The next morning, after being woken up by his alarm clock, Robinson immediately got out of bed and went to knock on Yi Shui's door next door.

Of course, it's not to compete with Yi Shui in training. Yesterday, my buddy did an extra two hours of weight training and was so tired he almost had tremors. He can't do that kind of thing.

However, he could go for a morning run; he wanted to see Yi Shui half-dead.

As the saying goes, I'm more afraid of my brother suffering than of him driving a Land Rover.

However, upon arriving at the playground, Robinson saw Yi Shui dribbling the ball around and around...

"You geniuses deserve to die!"

...

With his body no longer weak and his stamina elevated to the mid-tier level of the NCAA Division I, Yi Shui's life remained unchanged. He still trained until he returned to his dormitory and fell asleep immediately every day.

However, the training shifted from focusing on physical skills to focusing on fundamental skills. After the amount of shooting practice increased significantly, he found that he had truly become a 'slant genius'.

Now his training volume for three-pointers at the top arc and the bottom corners of the wings is roughly the same as his training volume for three-pointers at the 45-degree angle on the wings when he was mainly training his body, but the speed of improvement is incomparable, and it is not even half of the training volume for three-pointers at the 45-degree angle!
He didn't understand the underlying principles, but he knew that practicing angled shots was the key.

Spurred on by Yi Shui, Robinson trained even harder. After the end of last season, he used to train 3 days a week, and now he trains 5 days a week. He really wanted to train with Yi Shui every day, but he didn't dare. He felt that he would die if he trained like that... +1 resentment towards the genius.

Another half month passed in the blink of an eye, and it was August 20th. Yi Shui was forced to interrupt his 'arduous training' because the fall semester had started!

Looking at the packed schedule, Yi Shui didn't feel any sense of relief, instead of thinking that her studies were interfering with her training.

After two months of tension, my nerves finally relaxed considerably.

He knew he had wasted a year and a half, and he had to work twice as hard to make up for it, but a string stretched too tight will eventually break.

However, it doesn't mean that if the schedule is full, you really have to study from morning till night. There is still time to train every day, but there is no opportunity to train from morning till night. It's more like a balance between work and rest.
In his finance major, there are five core courses in the fall semester of his junior year: Principles of Economics, Fundamentals of Commercial Law, Principles of Accounting, Investment Risk and Security Analysis, and Financial Management.

He used to be a good student. Although he couldn't compare to top students like those at Okafor with a GPA of 3.8, his GPA was stable at 3, which is between 76 and 84 on a percentage scale. He was above average and had never failed a course, so he didn't have any extra academic burden.

These five professional courses have a total of eight classes per week. Except for Investment Risk and Security, which has one long class in the afternoon, the other seven classes are all in the morning.

As for other basic and elective courses, as usual, as long as he is selected again for the Husky team's 12+4 roster, even if he is just a substitute player, the teachers will not hold him back. Even if he doesn't attend a single class, as long as he takes the exam, he will be given at least 2.7 points to ensure that his total score is raised to more than 2 points, thus preventing him from being unable to participate in the competition.

That's right, he's no longer on the Husky team's roster. A week ago, when he was training at the main campus, lead assistant coach Jerry Cook, who had just returned from break, told him that he had been relegated to the selection list.

As a player who received a full scholarship, Yi Shui was demoted to the selection roster during his junior year, thus becoming the first player in the history of the Husky team in a different way.

...

Yi Shui quickly integrated into campus life.

Although his training time has decreased, with only afternoons available and occasional invitations to participate in group activities further reducing his time, his enthusiasm for training, which had been damaged by the long and monotonous training sessions, has actually rebounded. He tries to find more time to train every day.

Of course, there were also unpleasant things. During a physical education class, he was mocked by a white classmate because of his skin color and his poor performance last season.

Later, while playing volleyball, he accidentally swung the ball at that classmate's face... no, it was that classmate who was so careless that he caught his spike with his face.

In men's volleyball, it's quite normal for one or two players to be hospitalized after a match. Relaxed and leisurely times always pass quickly. The first week of school flew by, and it was Saturday morning, August 25th. Yi Shui drove the new car that Yad had bought with his junior year tuition, taking Yad and Robinson to the College of Education.

The Husky team's first training day of the new season has arrived, a day that Yi Shui has been eagerly anticipating.

The three arrived at the training ground, where there were already quite a few people. Yi Shui's gaze was drawn to one of his teammates.

Hashim-Tabit!
I remember playing many games together, and Yi Shui himself saw Thabeet twice during training before summer vacation.

But seeing him again, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn, he's so tall!" He wondered what it would feel like to see Yao Ming, who was 5 centimeters taller, up close.

Yad, who was standing nearby, asked, "Brook, what are you talking about?"

Yi Shui: "I'm amazed. This thing is so tall. No matter how many times I see it, it's still spectacular."

"Indeed, he is too tall, and I feel a lot of pressure every time I train with him."

"Huh? Yeah, didn't you guys train together all summer? Why didn't you even say hello?"

"Don't even mention it. Training with him is so boring. You can say ten things to him and he might not even reply to one."

"Now that you mention it, I don't seem to remember ever speaking to him, even though we've been teammates for a year... Does he not speak English?"

"He still speaks English. I've spoken to him, but not much. Speaking of height, Brooke, I feel like you've grown a little taller?"

No! ...It might be your imagination.

Yi Shui still couldn't quite accept the idea of ​​switching from a guard to a center forward, and subconsciously denied it.

Suddenly, a black man with a buzz cut came up to Yi Shui and said loudly, "Brook, you're already a junior and you still have to participate in the team selection. It's shameful. A player like you who is undisciplined and doesn't work hard shouldn't be here. You're even taking up a full scholarship spot. If I were you, I would have dropped out of school long ago out of shame!"

Suddenly being attacked, Yi Shui was stunned for a moment, but he immediately recognized who the short-haired black man was—Jerome Dyson, the 36th ranked high school student in the US in 06.

This teammate had been at odds with him since he joined the team in his freshman year, and later replaced him as the starting player. In his freshman season, he averaged 13.8 points per game, surpassing Yad to become the new team's leading scorer.

Feeling the attention of everyone else on the training field, Yi Shui replied to Dyson, "You are indeed a very hardworking player. I should learn from you. If I could put in even a tenth of your effort, I wouldn't have been relegated to the selection list in my junior year."

This time it was Dyson's turn to be stunned. He had come to put Yi Shui down and was prepared to argue, but Yi Shui's words had him completely dumbfounded.

Yad, who was standing nearby and understood, laughed out loud: "Praising someone for their hard work, Brooke, that's a really sophisticated way to insult them!"

Robinson gave a thumbs up: "No wonder he's a little Shakespeare."

Dyson finally realized what was happening and roared, "You better pray you don't run into me in the practice match, or I'll kick your ass off!"

Watching Dyson leave after uttering those harsh words, Yi Shui said helplessly to his two buddies, "You guys think you're so smart, huh? You're just making me a target of hatred again."

Yad shrugged: "Even if he didn't understand, it doesn't stop him from wanting to target you."

Speaking of this, Yi Shui was puzzled when he was being criticized and asked, "Why? I was the one who lost my starting position, so why does he seem to be more hostile towards me?"

Robinson replied, "Because people keep comparing you to him. Everyone is saying that if you hadn't had this problem and you had led the team, our record last season wouldn't have been so bad. It might also be related to how hard you trained this summer. He was worried that you would take back his starting position."

"His worries are unnecessary. I'll definitely get the starting lineup back... Huh?"

Yi Shui was showing off when the system screen suddenly popped up.

"Your decision to return to the school team makes the junior who was prepared to replace you very unwilling and challenges you. Mission: Senior is always senior"

"A senior is always a senior: In the upcoming selection training match, you need to ask the coaching staff to match up against Jerome Dyson and crush him. Reward: 1 Beginner Blind Box."

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Regarding the issue of inconsistent update times, I wasn't really prepared to start a new book and didn't know what to write... Mainly, reading novels is so enjoyable; I've been reading every day for the past few months.

That day, while scrolling through short videos, I came across Kobe Bryant's quote after losing the championship in 08: "The second place winner is the biggest loser." Suddenly, I felt like writing it down, and after writing two chapters, I posted it directly.

I'll try my best to stabilize the update schedule. Please bear with me for the first few days~ Thank you!

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