I want to be a superstar.

Since Garfield High School's elimination from the Washington State Championships, Coach Floyd has rarely spoken to him so formally.

He's about to graduate, and the team's future and development have little to do with him as the team leader anymore.

Therefore, every time Coach Floyd contacted him, it was about his choice of college.

He didn't spend a single penny of his family's money while studying in the United States.

It didn't exist in the past, it doesn't exist now, and it won't exist in the future.

Although he is from Shanghai, he is just an ordinary Shanghainese.

His family couldn't afford the high cost of his studies at a private school in the United States, which amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

The reason I chose Garfield High School for my high school studies was because it offered the highest full scholarship among all the schools I could choose.

In addition, there were various subsidies and bonuses he received from the basketball team.

He attends Garfield High School, which not only saves him money but also allows him to accumulate tens of thousands of dollars every year.

Over the course of four years, he has saved nearly $50,000.

$50,000 seems like a good amount, but compared to the tens of thousands of dollars in tuition fees that American universities often charge per year, $50,000 is still not much.

Therefore, he will still need a scholarship to go to college and get into NCAA, preferably a full scholarship for sports.

However, full scholarships are not easy to obtain at American universities, especially good ones.

Currently, only the University of Arizona and the University of Washington are willing to offer him a full scholarship.

Coach Floyd was also worried about his choice between the two schools.

Floyd was his high school coach. According to the customs here in the United States, not only high school coaches, but even parents cannot interfere with their children's choices.

Moreover, the fact that Coach Floyd kept telling him about the benefits of the University of Washington would definitely give people the suspicion that he had received some kind of bribe from the university.

However, Yes knew that Coach Floyd was doing it for his own good.

In Coach Floyd's mind, his basketball career was over.

He needs to consider his future and his life thereafter.

Compared to the University of Arizona, which is ranked around 100th in the US, the University of Washington, which consistently ranks in the top 20 and even frequently makes it into the top 10, is naturally a better choice.

Moreover, Seattle is a big city with the headquarters of many large companies.

Given his reputation and connections in Seattle, it would have been no problem for him to land a job at a major local company after graduating from the University of Washington.

By then, he'll have American citizenship, a mansion, and beautiful women—he'll have everything he could want, and his life will be complete.

Normally, the University of Washington would be a better choice than the University of Arizona.

But Freud was always worried that Yes would make an abnormal choice.

Even after Garfield High School was eliminated from the Washington State Championships, Yes continued to work very hard.

Yes seems to have no intention of giving up his basketball career.

In addition, he went to watch the University of Washington game with Martel Webster yesterday, and then left without saying goodbye to Roy and the others.

In Freud's view, all these signs indicated that Yes was ready to accept the University of Arizona's invitation.

The University of Arizona and the University of Washington were both willing to offer him full scholarships.

But the University of Arizona promised that once he joined the team, he would be the starting point guard and the core of their perimeter development program.

The University of Washington, however, did not make such a commitment.

In recent years, the University of Washington has been brimming with talent, with guards such as Nate Robinson, Brandon Roy, and Wilcon Roy.

All three are currently juniors, and as seniors next year, they are key to the University of Washington's ambitions.

Not to mention Yes, even Rodney Stuckey, the current number one defenseman in Washington state, can't compete with them.

It's worth noting that Starkey defeated and eliminated him in this year's state tournament.

Even someone as talented as Starkey wouldn't dare come to the University of Washington to compete with them.

Not long ago, Starkey announced that he would be joining another university in Washington state, Eastern Washington University.

He was well aware of Starki's abilities.

Aside from the time he brutally murdered the still-naive Starki during his first year of high school.

In his junior year, senior year, and even his recent senior year, Starkey was an insurmountable mountain standing in his way.

He's more skilled, taller, stronger, and even his most prized speed is now completely outclassed by Starky.

If his good friend Martel Webster, whom he once looked up to, is now selected to the All-American high school first team, it is a way for him to feel the gap in talent.

So Stuckey used the most direct and brutal way to tell him that in the world of basketball, talent really can do whatever it wants.

Even the incredibly powerful Stuckey didn't dare to compete for a starting position with Nate Robinson, Roy, and Conroy at the University of Washington.

How could he possibly compete with these three?

He wants to perform well in college, put up good stats, and continue his basketball career; the University of Arizona is indeed a better choice.

Of course, that was his best option before today, when his potential had already been exhausted.

As for now.

After Coach Floyd's earnest persuasion, Yes changed his mind.

Under the supervision of Coach Floyd, Yes took out his phone and called Lorenzo Romar, the head coach of the University of Washington.

It has been confirmed that he will join the University of Washington.

Lorenzo Romar was pleased to receive Yes's promise.

Floyd was also pleased.

This is the best news he has received as the team's coach recently after the team's elimination.

So when Yes decided to join the University of Washington, an overjoyed Freud immediately invited Yes to his home.

Not long after Yes and Floyd arrived at his home, TJ Ozeberg, an assistant coach at the University of Washington, sent him a letter of intent from the university.

"Ye, congratulations on joining the University of Washington. We prepared this letter of intent four years ago. Lorenzo originally wanted to come in person, but he is currently preparing for the next crucial game against UCLA and is in Los Angeles right now."

Ozeberg was excited, and he certainly had reason to be.

Because the University of Washington has a formidable backcourt trio, talented high school guards like Yes are unwilling to come to the University of Washington.

If Roy were fully healthy, a three-man defense would be sufficient in the NCAA, but Roy's torn meniscus in both knees means he can now only play 25 minutes per game.

With Roy and his two teammates on the team, other talented defenders were unwilling to come, and because of Roy's injury concerns, the team's defense was not entirely reliable.

The University of Washington's predicament of not being able to find anyone was perfectly resolved by Yes's decision.

Because of the arrival of Yes and Ozeberg, Freud and his wife prepared a lavish celebratory dinner for the two.

During this time, Yes also received congratulations from four former Garfield High School alumni who are now at the University of Washington: Roy, Conroy, Washington, and Simmons.

And of course, there was also the complaint from his good friend Martel Webster.

She complained that he didn't even tell her about such an important decision.

Joining the University of Washington was a sudden decision.

Yes hadn't expected that his abrupt departure after watching the University of Washington game yesterday would have such a huge impact.

This led Coach Floyd, who had always cared about him, to do such a thing.

The United States is not like China; elders cannot use this method to make younger generations make choices.

However, Yes did not dislike Coach Floyd's behavior.

During his four years in the United States, he truly regarded Coach Floyd as his elder.

After leaving Coach Floyd's house for a celebratory dinner, Yes called his family back home to tell them about his upcoming enrollment at the University of Washington.

He could tell that his parents were very happy on the phone.

The University of Washington is a world-class university, ranked alongside Fudan University, the best university in Shanghai, in global university rankings.

This is just an academic ranking. If ranked in terms of global reputation and recognition, the University of Washington would be several levels above Fudan University.

Yes's training plan for today was interrupted because of the school selection issue.

This was an unexpected event; there was no way to predict it.

After dealing with the aftermath of the school selection incident, Yes did not practice extra and went straight back to his dormitory.

Today is January 30th, and there will be an NBA game that he is very interested in playing tonight.

The Miami Heat will host the Houston Rockets.

Shaquille O'Neal vs. Yao Ming.

Yao vs. Shaq!

In the past two years, the Yao-Shaq rivalry has been a focus of attention even in the United States.

Last season's Yao-Shaq rivalry was between the Lakers and the Rockets; this season, Shaq was traded from the Lakers to the Heat.

With O'Neal and Wade, the Heat are now the number one team in the Eastern Conference.

The Rockets, led by McGrady and Yao Ming, were also a strong team in the Western Conference playoffs.

I took out the snacks I had prepared several days ago from the refrigerator, turned on the TV, and the game was just starting.

As the match began, his QQ notifications started flashing incessantly.

"Last season, Yao Ming and Shaq were evenly matched; this season, Yao Ming can defeat Shaq!"

"Hahaha, I think so too! Yao Ming is invincible, the best center in the league!"

"@Yes, you're a professional, say something."

Ye Si, who originally wanted to go diving, felt a bit of a headache after seeing Tang Xiaoyao's @.