Champions Creed

Chapter 3 003: Soft as a finger
Andy Li can confirm that there is nothing wrong with his ears.

Because when he was secretly watching his old father's privately kept sex videos at home, even if he turned down the TV volume to only two levels, he could still hear the beautiful moans, and by the way, he could also monitor the footsteps outside the door at any time.

So the one with the problem must be Roger.

Seeing his good friend's distrust, Roger said with a smile: "I know, we lost miserably the last time we came to participate in the selection. But don't forget, that was two years ago. Two years is enough time to change a lot of things."

"Yes, two years is enough to change a lot of things. For example, the opponents have become stronger. Andre has gone from being a second-team center to the strongest player in Brock High School. Some things are just like that. As you work harder, you find that the gap between you and others is getting bigger and bigger.

Stop struggling, Roger, and answer the call of the Holy Valley! The AVN Best Actor Golden Man trophy is waving at you! "

"Okay, okay, just pass the ball to me later!" Roger said as he made every shot during warm-up.

It's every shot.

Hawke, the team coach who has been keeping an eye on Roger, has discovered that his touch is incredibly soft!

Hawke couldn't help but laugh, maybe there would be a surprise!

It is common for a player to improve by leaps and bounds within a year in high school.

This is especially true for perimeter players who do not have a clear height advantage.

Jordan was on the second team as a sophomore, but he was named to the All-American team as a junior.

George Gervin didn't begin to shine until his senior year of high school.

If we look ahead to 2024, there will be more players like this.

In his senior season, Jimmy Butler averaged only 10 points per game, and no one believed he would appear on the NBA Finals.

When SGA first started high school, he couldn't even make the second team and was kicked out of the AAU team by his friends.

Morant was even a sporadic high school player throughout high school.

Example after example has proven that at the high school level, a kid can really make the coach take notice of him after just three days of not seeing him.

So Hawke was wondering at this time, would Roger also be this type of player? Because just from the warm-up, he could see that Roger's progress was really huge.

I wonder how Roger will perform in an actual combat.

He suddenly became full of anticipation for the next game.

The irritable Andre ignored Roger's accuracy and shouted that he would make Roger lose miserably.

Roger muttered to himself, "Lose? I've lost enough in my last life! Next time, I'm going to win!"

As a sports reporter for the Jonesville Observer, Max Hardy visits high schools every year to interview them and write a preview of the new season for each college.

Today he arrived at Brock High School, and the person he mainly wanted to record was Andre Patterson. Everyone in Jonesville wanted to know whether Andre had the prospect of hitting the NCAA Division I league after a summer of evolution.

If you just want to watch Andre and the other first-team players train, you have to wait until the new player selection competition is over.

But what Hardy didn't expect was that in the new player selection competition, Andre, as the team's top star, actually played.

Hardy doesn't understand, what's the point for Andre to participate in this kind of trial?

If he plays, the game will become a one-sided massacre.

However, it’s also good to see Andre’s performance in advance.

When the two sides gathered at the midfield line, Andre deliberately cracked his knuckles.

Roger didn't want to pay attention to him, but Andre took the initiative to approach Roger:
"Strangle the opponent, the survival of the fittest, life and death. This is the essence of basketball. Don't think that I will show mercy to you just because you were injured before. I don't mind breaking your head and bleeding again!"

Roger waved his hands impatiently: "Shut up Andre, I'm tired of your hoarse and ugly voice. You might as well be a voice actor for Donald Duck. Don't worry, no one will care that a black person voices a white duck."

Andre was furious: "This is the second time you have disrespected me today! You are fucked, Roger, I will make you roll back to the tennis court in disgrace!"

"You've never respected me, so why should I respect you?"

Seeing that Roger and Andre were arguing more and more fiercely, the referee blew the whistle and said, "Enough! Either play well or both of you get out!"

Only then did Roger and Andre finally calm down.

Of course, they were only restrained on the surface, as both of them were eager to make the other look good.

The referee threw the ball into the air and the tryouts officially began.

Andre easily won the ball, then ran to the inside and roughly positioned himself.

He pushed hard and knocked his opponent out of the baseline. Andre's physical fitness was unmatched in Block High School.

After steadily catching the ball from the point guard, Andre was ready to jump up and dunk to give Roger a small shock first.

But just as Andre's feet left the ground, Roger, who had come in to assist in defense at some point, had already risen to the highest point in front of him.

This was the first time that Andre looked up at his opponent in mid-air. Then everyone heard a "pop" sound, and Roger's hand was like a heavy hammer, blowing Andre's dunk away.

After Andre was pinned down in the air, he leaned back and fell to the ground in a mess.

Roger replicated a block by Ben that was like a shark-like move where he made a small but powerful move that was worth a lot!
In fact, Roger, like Iceman, is not very strong in defense. Due to his lack of actual combat experience, Roger's defensive skills and awareness are still very average.

But he has good athletic ability. In the last year of his career, the 2K game still gave Gervin a 90 bounce rate and a 76 speed rate.

Roger, who inherited the Iceman's jumping ability, was able to easily block Andre's dunk.

According to the "Marcus Camby" law, as long as you block a shot, people will mistakenly think that you are a strong defender!
The whole audience fell silent. The strongest player of Brock High School was actually knocked to the ground by Skinny Roger?

This revenge that came two years late made Roger feel very happy, but it was just the beginning.

After Roger finished his defense, he immediately ran across half court and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Li Andy didn't think much and passed the ball to his friend. The block just now made him believe that a lot of things have really changed in the past two years.

At this time, because Andre had not yet gotten up, the situation in the frontcourt was 5 against 4.

But after receiving the ball, Roger did not take the opportunity to attack. Instead, he looked back at Andre who was running back, and then pointed to the penalty area.

What this means is that he has to wait until Andre returns to his position before attacking!
"Come on Andre, I'll give you a chance for revenge."

Hardy, a reporter for the Jonesville Observer, stared at the court intently, not taking advantage of opportunities to outnumber the defense and deliberately waiting for the opponent's defense to get into position before attacking.

Either Roger is strong and confident, or he is a complete idiot!
Which one is Roger? We will find out soon.

When Andre entered the restricted area, the tall and thin Roger started quickly. He used a smooth change of direction to easily break through the defender who was responsible for defending him and went straight to the inside line, which was very decisive.

Andre immediately filled in, intending to strangle this ignorant trash again like he did in his sophomore year of high school.

As soon as Roger stepped into the restricted area, he jumped up and made a layup with the force of raising fire to the sky.

Coach Hawke frowned when he saw Roger take off early and layup from such a long distance from the basket.

The jumping position is too far from the basket, and it is impossible to finish close to the basket.

Andrei raised the corners of his mouth proudly.

This idiot must be scared. He didn't dare to rush to the basket to challenge me, so he chose to jump early to avoid confrontation!
But don’t think you can escape danger by jumping from a long distance!
Andre took a step forward, tensed his leg muscles, and jumped up with force.

His height of 2 meters stands out from the crowd on the high school court. When he jumps up, he seems like a giant black tower blocking the basket, and anyone in front of him will look small.

It seems that Roger will pay a heavy price for his recent rampant behavior.

When the two were about to collide heavily, Roger in the air slightly turned his body to avoid Andre.

Then he picked up the basketball and lightly lifted it with his fingertips while it was still far away from the basket.

The basketball slipped smoothly from Roger's fingers and passed over Andre's head. As Roger's mouth curved into a smile, the basketball drew a perfect arc and went into the net without any delay.

Most layups are shot near the basket, but Roger just shot the ball in from a long distance away with a graceful and flexible long-distance finger-tip shot!

Hawke stood up unconsciously. That bounce, that touch, that difficult long-distance layup. Has Roger evolved to this level?
It would have been impossible for Roger in the past to score this kind of goal, but for Roger now, long-distance layups seem to be something written into his DNA.

Because the long-distance layup is George Gervin's biggest killer, and it is the most outstanding part of his talent!
Just like Simmons' three-pointer, Nash's defense, and the goat's light footwork, the fingertip layup is George Gervin's most well-known label and his most handy offensive method.

As a scorer who is not good at confrontation and cannot shoot three-pointers, the Iceman relies on this unique skill of long-distance layup. With a body thinner than rookie Ingram, he elegantly scores high points among a group of strong men.

With his excellent body coordination and touch, the Iceman's long-range layup is as easy as winning a stuffed toy at the carnival.

This means that he doesn't need to get close to the basket for layups, and even if he jumps from a long distance to attack the basket, he still has a very high finishing rate.

Because the Iceman's art of long-distance fingertip lobs is so gentle and graceful, this move has a beautiful name - "Rotary Finger Softness".

And just like there has been no skyhook since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, no one since Gervin has been able to perform the long-distance fingertip dunk so well. Because this move requires too much talent, it is difficult to master it through practice alone.

And now, this elegant and graceful killing skill has been completely inherited by Roger!

In the first round, he took the ball and rushed into the inside, facing Andre.

But this time, Roger had a completely different outcome from his sophomore year. He completely defeated the defense of the school team's top center!

After scoring the goal, Roger had only one feeling in his heart: "This is the strongest player in Brock High School?"

At this moment, Roger defeated not only Andre, but also his previous failed life.

When he easily defeated Andre, he was already sure that he would leave a mark in the history of basketball.

Today is just the beginning of everything.

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