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"Sink your shoulders, hold the ball firmly with both hands. Tentative steps, yes, tentative steps. Okay, now, speed up and break through!"

Also, according to the instructions, after a beautiful tentative step fake move, he suddenly made a breakthrough. He has been trained on the basketball court since he was a child, and his speed is quite amazing. Almost instantly, he passed by his father.

Yi Guoli looked at his son who went straight to the basket and made an easy layup, showing a gratified smile. This kid, maybe he can eat basketball in the United States in the future.

In the future, he must provide for this kid to go to college. Even if he can't become a professional basketball player, he will be more than enough to be a trainer or something.

"How is it dad! How am I doing!?" Yiyang picked up the basketball that leaked from the net, and ran to his father excitedly.

"It's not bad. Next time, the tentative steps should be more realistic. Well, it's getting dark, let's run around the beach for a few laps, and then go home for dinner!" Yi Guoli patted his son's head , his dream of a professional athlete came to an abrupt end due to injuries. But Yiyang seems to be able to make all this continue.

Yiyang ran away, shouting as he ran, "Daddy, you can't catch up with me today!"

Gradually, his father became farther and farther away from Yiyang. It was clearly evening, but suddenly a blinding white light shot out. Yiyang's father was completely engulfed by that white light.

"Father!" Yiyang stood up abruptly, sweating profusely! He looked around him, basketball court, beach and white light... nothing.

The scattered files, the dark computer screen, and himself lying on the sofa reminded Yiyang that he was in the head coach's office of the Bulldogs at Butler University. Just now, I was just dreaming...

Yiyang lifted the quilt and took a sip of cold water. For several years, it has been several years, I have not dreamed of my father.

If it weren't for his father's training on his professional system, he wouldn't be standing here now.

It has been a week since Yiyang came to Indianapolis, and since the first day of physical examination, he has been constantly surprising Stevens.

Tomorrow morning, taking advantage of the weekend, Yiyang will return to Long Beach City to continue finishing his high school studies. Stevens has already told Yiyang that as long as he does not fail the college entrance examination, the full basketball scholarship will definitely be his!

Yiyang couldn't help shaking his head. Half a month ago, he completed the first robbery in his life. At that time, the word university was so far away to Yiyang. But then, his life seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes.

With the invitation of Butler University's basketball special student, everything is different. Yiyang now sees hope, sees the hope of taking his mother out of the dark place like Wood District. The full basketball scholarship to Butler University is Yiyang's first goal!

Yiyang lay back on the sofa again, and gradually closed his eyes. Basketball...seemed to be the most important thing in his life once again.

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Early the next morning, Yiyang boarded the plane back to Long Beach under the guidance of Happy. This time, Hapi no longer travels with Yiyang. After all, Hapi still has many potential targets that he has not contacted this summer.

Before leaving, Yiyang kept asking questions. "Is it because I have met the requirements of the college entrance examination, and you will definitely recruit me!"

"Of course, your performance this week has been fantastic, Stevens may have already started to formulate tactics for you and Hayward!" Happy knew what kind of environment this kid grew up in Yes, he must be much more suspicious than others. Lies and deceit are as common in the Woodlands as grass on the side of the street.

"Well... that's the best... That Hayward, is he very good? I hear you talking about him every day."

"Is he good? Hahahaha,

Boy, you must never watch NCAA games! Don't worry, I guarantee he will be a good teammate! "Last season, he averaged 13 points and 6 rebounds per game. He was selected to the best team of the Big Ten and became the best rookie in the Big Ten. The core. But Happy knows that it is useless to talk so much with Yiyang now. So, he just said it casually.

"Hmm...are we really not going to sign a contract or something?" Yiyang was still a little worried, he didn't want to work hard for a long time, but in the end he was put on the line. After all, from beginning to end, Happy and Stevens gave themselves verbal promises.

"I want to sign a contract with you right now, but you are not a professional player. According to the law, NCAA teams cannot have any contractual relationship with student players. If we are found out about private contracts now, the punishment will hurt us all. .”

Happy's patient explanation reassured Yiyang a little. Finally, under Happy's urging, Yiyang finally boarded the plane and set foot on the way home.

Seeing that the plane that Yiyang was on flew straight into the sky until it disappeared, Hapi just looked away. I wish this kid all the best.

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When Happy sent Yiyang to the airport, Brad Stevens had already started working in his office.

Now it's the offseason, and the recruiting matters are also being run by scouts. It stands to reason that, as the coach of a team, Stevens should enjoy the holiday now. What's more, Butler University has never been a famous basketball school, so he doesn't have to toss himself so much.

But the appearance of Yiyang made Stevens full of ambitions for Butler University next season.

On Stevens' computer screen, it was the video of Anjie's trial training from this week.

What is being played at this time is the scene of Yiyang holding the ball around obstacles and laying up.

The ball seems to have life in Yiyang's hands, wherever Yiyang lets this orange basketball go, it will go there.

His innate sense of the ball made Stevens envious. Of course, this kid may have been on the street basketball court for a long time, and there are irregularities in many places. These things will become what Stevens must grasp after the start of the training camp for the new season.

Yiyang, who was as fast as lightning, passed all obstacles with ease, and then easily made a layup. Speaking of scoring, Yiyang's shooting test was perhaps the least satisfactory of all.

This guy has a lot of impact and good ball handling skills. But the shooting is not stable enough. Yiyang's shooting style is a bit too rigid, the farther away from the basket, the lower the shooting percentage.

Although Rajon Rondo, the head guard of the Celtics team, who is now flourishing, is also a No. 1 with no shooting ability, but Stevens does not want to tie Yiyang's hands and feet with shooting. This guy still has a lot of room for improvement!

Stevens has never looked forward to the start of a season so much. Last year, they had Hayward, so the team successfully entered March Madness. This year, the more mature Hayward added the monster Yiyang. Stevens' ambitions seem bigger than he imagined.

"Come on boy, you will become a star. We, maybe we can do something together..." Watching Yiyang running wildly on the screen, Stevens seemed to see Butler University rise.

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The month after Yiyang came home was probably the happiest month for his mother since Yiyang's father passed away.

Yiyang, who loves to stir up trouble in normal times, did not get involved in any troubles. Even if someone provoked him, Yiyang just clenched his fists and walked away.

He goes to school early and always comes home early in the afternoon, never fooling around outside. Even Yiyang's teachers were surprised by the changes in this child.

Yiyang is not a stupid kid at all, but he was always thinking about how to make money and how to help his mother share the pressure, so he couldn't focus on his studies at all.

But now, as he concentrates on studying, his grades are also improving by leaps and bounds.

Of course, apart from studying, the only thing Yiyang does is to keep training himself on the street basketball court downstairs of the apartment building. He didn't want to feel unfamiliar with basketball after more than a month.

Reading, playing, reading, playing... This kind of life lasted for a whole month. Even Yiyang's mother's complexion has improved a lot recently.

Although life is still difficult, at least this family really sees hope.

On the day when the college entrance examination ended, Yiyang's mother wanted to take her son out for a good meal. But Yiyang refused, he didn't want to increase the family's expenses on this kind of thing.

Even though they didn't go to the restaurant, Yiyang and his mother Wenxue still spent a warm night. Wen Xue knew that her son had really grown up this time.

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"Drip, drop, drop..."

The alarm clock rang continuously, and Yiyang immediately sat up and turned off the alarm clock.

He swallowed, even when he robbed Happy that day, this guy had never been so nervous.

Yiyang nervously turned on the computer and entered his student registration number. When the results of the college entrance examination appeared, a rare smile appeared on Yiyang's face.

Although his grades are not outstanding, for a basketball player, Yiyang has definitely met the requirements of Butler University.

He hurriedly called Stevens, but the call was connected immediately. Presumably, Stevens has long been waiting by the phone.

"The preseason training camp will start in two months. Butler University's No. 1 jersey, I'll leave it to you, too!" Stevens didn't ask about Yiyang's grades, because he knew that this strong-willed and eager Boys with family struggles, sure can do it!

"Thank you...thank you, sir!" Yiyang has not said the word thank you for many years, because no one is worthy of him to say that except his mother for so many years.

But now, Yiyang said thank you from the bottom of his heart. Although the tone was a little cold, but for Yiyang, this was not easy.

"Welcome to the Butler University Bulldogs, too. Let's go and win together!" Stevens looked at the rising sun, which was so dazzling that it filled the earth with light.

And now, after a summer of searching. Butler University, will also take off.

Yiyang and Hayward, this combination is no longer just a fantasy!