The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

For Lao Lin, the biggest headache since his son started playing ball is the ding-dong-dong-dong sounds he hears in the living room and kitchen at 4 or 5 a.m. every day.

This rental house has wooden walls, and the sound insulation effect is really not very good. He sleeps downstairs, and he has become sleepy as he gets older, so there is nothing he can do if he is woken up.

It's hard to tell his son, after all, Lao Lin can still hear it. The brat actually pays attention to controlling the volume every time. It's because the house is not soundproof, so he either gets up or holds it in himself.

But now that he is on summer vacation, Lao Lin finally feels a lot more relaxed.

My son no longer wakes up at four in the morning, but around six in the morning.

The tinkling sound in the kitchen sounds more pleasant at this time, equivalent to an alarm clock that is a few minutes early.

By the time Lao Lin gets up, changes clothes and comes out, a sumptuous breakfast is often already placed on the dining table.

A steaming bowl of ramen with a few poached eggs that became more and more beautiful as they fried on top made Lao Lin couldn't help but smile, thinking of the 'poached eggs' that this brat fried for the first time two or three months ago.

The brat has really grown up... Yeah!

So while eating, Old Lin waved his hand and took out a thick envelope: "Here, this month's pocket money!"

Lin Dong was swallowing his raw egg paste while reading the Basketball Weekly that he had not finished yesterday. He subconsciously took it and realized that it seemed to be a bit thick.

I opened the envelope and glanced at it. There were probably more than ten or twenty pieces of 10,000 yen in yen.

"Old Lin, did you win the lottery? Did you get so much this month?"

"Who are you looking down on? You can afford it even if you don't win the lottery!" Lao Lin laughed loudly and said: "I heard Yuya calling you the day before yesterday. Let me clarify first that I didn't eavesdrop on purpose! You spoke so loudly yourself …”

"What did you hear?"

"You actually refused a girl's initiative to go on a date. You don't have any money in your pocket, right?" Lao Lin had a smile on his face that I knew well: "Take it, take it, I'll treat it as your salary for making breakfast for me every day!"

"And this is a good thing..." Lin Dong couldn't laugh or cry.

Is this calculated as salary or is Lao Lin investing in something inexplicable?

However, there was no need to explain it to Lao Lin alone.

After all, the soles of my two pairs of sneakers have been worn to a certain shine. At this age, if you waste money on shoes, it’s time to replace them with two pairs.

After eating and packing, Lao Lin went out to work first, while Lin Dong packed up his backpack and went directly to the school gym.

It was around 8 o'clock when I came here. Usually at this time, there are usually only a few people in the arena such as Fujima and Hanagata, but today I just walked to the entrance of the arena and I could already hear quite a lively sound inside.

"Group three? That's right! Is Brother Gao Ren such a pervert?"

"This training method is quite novel..."

"Hey, red-haired monkey, you can't do it, can you? Hahaha, I'm already in the second group!"

"Bah! You obviously came a little earlier than me. Today I will do ten sets for you to see! Do you dare to compete!"

"Compete!"

"Whoops! I don't think we need to, just have fun. We don't play ball..."

"Look at your fat pig appearance. Be careful of fatty liver disease at a young age. It's already here. Start practicing!"

These guys...

Lin Dong smiled and opened the door to the arena, only to see that there were not just a few Xiangyang players such as Fujima and Hanagata in the arena at this time, but a large group of people.

Hanamichi Sakuragi, Hisashi Mitsui, Ryota Miyagi, and Nozomi Takamiya...wait, this is from Shohoku.

There are also immortals from Lingnan, Fukuda Jizo, and Mu Shenyi, Shenzong Ichiro, and Qingda Nobunaga from Hainan.

This was what Sakuragi Hanamichi asked yesterday when we were eating at Uozumi Jun's eel restaurant. The group heard Fujima talk about Xiang Yang's physical training method in the morning, and they all wanted to study with him for a few days.

Lin Dong didn't care about this. If he could avoid Xiangyang, he didn't need to avoid them. He watched and learned by himself. If he didn't understand, he could help with a few questions without wasting his own time.

It's just that the arena is extremely lively, and when they start physical training together, the gap in each other's potential is clearly reflected.

This set of movements is a set of energy system training. It seems to be a combination of strength, explosiveness and other aspects, but it is actually focused on exercising core strength, body flexibility and balance, and physical endurance system.

The performance of Maki Shinichi and Sendō was obviously much better than that of Fujima and Hanagata when they first came into contact with this training. Both of them completed the three sets of training in one go. Although they were out of breath from exhaustion, they were not as good as Fuji. Just lie down on the ground like before.

Kiyota Nobunaga, Kamizou Ichiro, Fukuda Yoshihao, Miyagi Ryota and others stretched their crotch a lot. When those two people completed the third round, these people were still struggling in the second round.

Mitsui Hisunori was the blushing one. He was a little reluctant to finish the first round. He lay on the ground with his limbs spread out and could not move, let alone the overall time.

Only Sakuragi Hanamichi...

Frankly speaking, even Lin Dong felt that this guy was indeed a monster in terms of physical fitness.

After three sets of training, he was still very energetic. You know, in his previous life, when Lin Dong first came into contact with this set of training at the age of 18, he seemed not as relaxed as this guy when he completed three sets.

Sure enough, he is a monster with high level of physical talent.

"Brother Takato! What should we practice next?" Sakuragi Hanamichi entangled Lin Dong energetically and said excitedly: "I will listen to your training in the future!"

Physical Training? That kind of thing is just fun to him.

Dad Anxi said that he should learn more from Brother Gao Ren.

But he was too lazy to observe slowly. If he wanted to learn something, couldn't he just ask? What is the mouth for?

Lin Dong smiled and said: "Coach Anxi is the best coach in Japan. Why are you bothering me when you leave such a big Buddha and don't worship it..."

"Oh, my father is training that stinky fox all day long. He is too perfunctory with me. He only lets me practice the basics, such as dribbling and shooting. Hum, my father is just partial and doesn't teach anything at all. Me!" Sakuragi Hanamichi said with a smile: "Brother Takato, you are different, there is no fox around you to confuse you! Just teach me, teach me, how about I treat you to oden in a while?"

"The oden you promised during the last competition has not been fulfilled yet, so you still want it?" Hanagata Toru teased.

"Last game?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned, scratched his head, and then remembered that when Xiangbei and Xiangyang played against each other in the county competition, he promised Lin Dong that as long as he defeated Rukawa Kaede, he would treat the other party to oden.

"Two meals! Two meals together!"

"Okay, okay, don't irritate this guy." Lin Dong was a little dumbfounded, but he still said after all: "Want to practice with me? Then practice, but I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

"What are you disappointed about?"

"Because I also practice the basics." Lin Dong said with a smile: "If you can keep up, then try it."

Basic training is definitely an indispensable skill for every basketball player. If you don't practice basketball for three days, you will be a loser. Even Xiandao, Amu and others are very clear about this.

However, when Lin Dong showed off his basic training, a group of people looked at each other in shock.

Dribbling under the hips, dribbling with crossed hands, dribbling under the hips with both hands, dribbling by changing hands, hitting and dribbling by changing hands, shooting three balls with two hands...

A basic dribbling was suddenly played out by Lin Dong. There were more than ten moves, each group was performed first, and each group lasted for two minutes. Everyone was dazzled when they saw it.

Then comes the second round where the speed is increased, and the third round where the speed is further increased. Except for a few minutes of rest in the middle of each round, after more than an hour, dribbling with almost no mistakes is like performing acrobatics.

Except for members Fujima and Xiangyang who were already used to it, it was a show that blinded Mu Shen and the others.

Just like the photon entanglement and the Pegasus Meteor Fist-like dribbling, do you call this basic training?

No wonder the basketball seemed to stick to this guy's hand when he first started playing. If he can do basic training to this extent, then this is a truly professional level.

So, a large group of people who started practicing the basics with great interest showed up again...

Coach Kitano, who had not arrived yet, did not report, so Fujima had to leave them alone.

It has been like this for several days. Xiangyang Basketball Club seems to have become a basketball mansion, attracting people from Hainan, Lingnan and Xiangbei. It is extremely lively.

After the street ball battle, you can clearly feel the changes in these guys. It seems that the upper limit of their skills has been opened, and they pay more attention to physical confrontation, or their understanding of physical confrontation has been upgraded.

This is somewhat beneficial to Lin Dong. The sparring partner has become a little stronger and has become a lot more numerous.

Mu Shenyi, Xiandao, Fujima, Sakuragi and others are now fighting against him every day, and sometimes they can cause Lin Dong a lot of trouble when two against one.

Before you find a trainer that suits you, these sparring partners will be somewhat helpful to your training.

As for the media, the development direction in the past few days is almost the same as Lin Dong expected.

Except for a small page report on that day's game in the corner of Kanagawa's local basketball weekly the next day, other media collectively lost their voice.

On the contrary, news emerged one after another about the NBA president's team touring Japan to exchange visits with universities and high school basketball departments such as Toto University, Nagoya University, Sanno Industry, etc. Various high school and college teams were brutally beaten during exchange games with draft teams. There are hundreds of news stories coming out one after another, but they just don’t report on the morale-boosting battle on the Kanagawa field.

Is it because the opponent did not send out a rookie lineup during the wild court?

Or was it because the game on the wild court brought disgrace to the NBA, so it wasn't reported?

Mu Shen and others were puzzled by this.

Only Lin Dongyun is calm and gentle. He should practice, eat and sleep every day.

He can probably guess some reasons, and it's not a bad thing for him.

Let the media's voice fly for a while... It will naturally be silent during the flight, but this kind of thing will always reach its destination.

…………

Tokyo……

Japan Basketball Association meeting room.

A dignified-looking middle-aged man sat in front of the conference room. On the huge projection screen behind him, the picture was fixed on the timeout where Bob Myers was injured on the field field.

There were about twenty or thirty people sitting on both sides of the long conference table, including high-level administrators from the Basketball Association and some famous university teachers.

The video of the entire field game has been played. Although there is no slow-motion replay or detailed analysis, everyone present obviously understands the game. What kind of talent and potential does the Dragon Kingdom boy have? It is almost obvious at a glance. Know.

There is a small blackboard next to the projection screen, which is filled with personal information about Lin Dong.

Lin Dong: Male, sixteen years old, birthday is November 11th.

When he was in Dragon Country, he studied professional boxing with Haojing Sports for several years. He was not registered with the Dragon Country Basketball Association, nor did he participate in any Dragon Country basketball games. It is said that he was just a wild court enthusiast.

He is currently in the first grade of Shoyo Public High School in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa. His father, Lin Tianhai, is the president of Kanagawa Branch of Bank of Communications Tokyo Branch. He was sent to Japan just this year.

Her mother, Liu Qiuyun, divorced Lin Dong's father 13 years ago and now lives in the United States. She has opened a private glass factory in Texas. She is a well-known strong woman in the Texas glass industry. She is worth more than 100 million. She is now single and rarely returns to China...

Everyone present has understood what needs to be understood.

Stern means to let the Japan Basketball Association naturalize this boy.

With this young man's talent, everyone present was obviously in favor of this, but after reading Lin Dong's resume, everyone present fell silent.

Categorize?

The Japanese sports world is now very familiar with this method.

The rise of football was based on the naturalization of Brazilian players, which used the catfish effect to drive the country's level to grow simultaneously.

But the problem is that all players who are willing to accept Japanese naturalization have a common premise, that is, they are poor, whether it is Lübisu or Ramos.

But this Lin Dong...does he look like he's poor?

His father is middle class himself, and his mother is even a billionaire. In addition, the Dragon Kingdom has a historical connection with Japan. Do you want to use money to impress him?

That may be a bit unrealistic. Even if the other party is really greedy for money, with this family's financial resources, its appetite may not be what the current Japan Basketball Association can bear, or it cannot make the decision.

"Since Lin Dong has appeared in Japan, it is a gift from God, so naturalization must be attempted." Ozaki Masatoshi is a very capable practical person, but he did not say too much, and said directly: "There must be difficulties. , then pay more attention to methods.”

"Money is of course essential, but the Basketball Association can't afford it, so we should find the consortium behind the NBL and try our best to negotiate and attract sponsorships. I don't think they can't see the commercial value of this young man. If they see it, If they don’t understand, then teach them to understand! I believe there is no one in this world who doesn’t love money. If he is unmoved, then it must be that the wealth you put in front of him is not enough!”

"In addition, we still know too little about everything about this young man. Investigate everything about him, whether it is his mother who is far away overseas, his father who is close at hand, or his friends in the Dragon Kingdom, and The young friends in Kanagawa can only find a psychological breakthrough for him if they know him well enough!"

"I have asked the president to temporarily suppress the reports of friends in the media, but this kind of suppression cannot continue forever. The finals of the Summer League will be our time node. If we cannot complete naturalization by then, Longguo The basketball world will definitely take notice of this kid, and if we compete head-on with them, our chances will be even smaller.”

Ozaki Masatoshi looked at the group of Japanese basketball elites in the room coldly: "So before the end of the summer league, we must complete the naturalization of this boy. For this, we can do whatever it takes!"

"Otherwise, it will not only be a big loss to my Japanese basketball world, but also the biggest obstacle to the rise of my Japanese basketball. With this young man here, Japanese basketball will never be able to return to the top of Asia in twenty years!"