All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

Chapter 11: Treasure Boy Kobe

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Su Feng’s one-minute speed shooting had stunned everyone in the basketball court.

However, shooting alone was not sufficient.

“Su, we will move on to horizontal movement training!”

After the training on one-minute speed shooting, Assistant Coach Antony looked at Su Feng differently from before.

“Okay!”

Horizontal movement? You might not believe it, but that was Su Feng’s strength.

Su-repeated horizontal jumps-Feng.

“That’s great, that’s great, I was initially worried that he was only good at shooting. Now I can be assured.” Seeing Su Feng excelling with his training, Coach Tony Johnson acted as though he had just discovered a new land.

“Such an excellent player… that’s impossible…” However, Antony was very puzzled. Although Nefaria was not known for its basketball, Antony felt that he would not miss out on such an excellent basketball talent.

Then Antony became even more puzzled.

That was because amongst the different training tasks, apart from control, rebounds, and defense, where Su Feng did slightly poorer, he had completed the other segments perfectly!

Antony could swear that Su Feng was a player that would be valued by the high school basketball world in the United States.

Different from the NBA, as an organization that was specially in charge of testing out the rules for the NBA and nurturing talents, the United States university and high school basketball teams were more open about their strategies…

In the 1990s, many high schools in the United States began to put emphasis on three-pointers. Many of the basketball teams could score more than 30 three-pointers in a match…

That was because the good shooters benefited a lot during this period of time.

Of course, the openness of the United States’ university and high school basketball teams was also because they had to test out the strategies for the NBA. On the other hand, it was related to the speciality of the young basketball players.

For someone like Kobe, who skipped university and went straight to NBA, if he played in a high school team, he would be a f*cking beast…

Meanwhile, some of the teams who lacked beasts like Kobe would have to put effort into their strategies.

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“No way, I can’t miss this opportunity of having such an excellent shooter! A player like this would be greatly demanded even in the NCAA.” Antony began to question his life.

Meanwhile, Tony Johnson did not think so much.

That was because he did not understand why he had to think so much. He was wondering what position to give Su Feng and how to make good use of him.

To be frank, as they were holding different positions, it was normal for Antony and Tony Johnson to have different thoughts.

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After the first training class, Su Feng was surrounded by the players from the main team.

Initially, the young players were dubious about Su Feng’s capabilities, but they all agreed that he was definitely a superhero after watching his training!

“You… can you transform?” As the captain, Towns walked towards Su Feng as everyone looked with high expectations.

Su Feng did not reply.

“Transform what?!

“Do you also want me to shout some magical words?”

“Rest assured, Su, we will not let anyone know. You came to play basketball because you wanted to hide your identity, right?” Towns looked at Su Feng fervently.

What on earth!?

How could he communicate with these crazy people?

Just as Su Feng was in a dilemma, Assistant Coach Antony helped him out.

“Su, come here,” said Antony.

Su Feng heaved a sigh of relief.

If not, he really would not know how to deal with the group of insane teammates.

“Su, can you tell me what you have been doing this summer break?” asked Antony curiously.

Antony felt that Su Feng must have gone through something he did not know about. Otherwise, his basketball skills would definitely not have improved so much.

“I was practicing very hard this summer,” said Su Feng calmly.

“Then, can you tell me how you usually train?” Antony continued to ask.

Su Feng did not hide anything. He told Antony his training method.

Anyway… those were things that one could find on the internet.

However, Su Feng did not mention Kobe.

After all, he was not undergoing an interrogation, so Su Feng did not have the responsibility to explain everything in detail.

“I see… I see…” After hearing Su Feng’s training methods, Antony kept silent for a long while.

It was not rare to see a player improve tremendously within a short period of time in a sport like basketball.

For example, Olajuwon, the best center in the Association, only began official training in university.

Everything made sense now.

In the past, “Su Feng” had been sent to the backup team probably because he was not very tall and had yet to show his talents.

As he developed, and with the hard work he had put in training this summer break, his talent in shooting was somewhat beginning to show.

Su Feng had not expected to solve the problem of entering a high school match so easily.

After the training ended, Tony Johnson announced on the spot that Su Feng would join the main team and would play in the friendly competition with Lower Merion High School.

Moreover, when the new season began, the team would officially register Su Feng.

Meanwhile, to solve the problem of Su Feng’s uniform, the substitute, Miles, had to trade uniforms with Su Feng…

When he saw Miles’ unhappy expression, for some reason, Su Feng got reminded of the unlucky dude in Slam Dunk1 who got his uniform snatched away by Sakuragi…

Indeed, the arts came from everyday events.

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After settling the issue with the basketball team and putting down his schoolbag, Su Feng instantly ran to the venue where he frequently trained with Kobe.

“Sigh… The intensity of training in the high school basketball team is too low to satisfy me!”

Su Feng, who had become increasingly demanding of himself, had realized during training today that not only could he not get enough Missed Shot Points compared to the one-to-one training with Kobe, the intensity of training with the high school team could not satisfy him either.

However, in order to enter the NBA, Su Feng knew that he had to become famous in the matches amongst the high schools. He had to leave a good impression on the scouts from the NBA.

The 1990s were different from the future. It was much more difficult to enter the NBA in the 1990s than in the future.

Take Jeremy Lin as an example. Although he was the top point guard scorer during physical training tests, the experts in the American basketball association had not accepted him.

To put it frankly, it was not only racial discrimination, but a discrimination from a strong country in terms of basketball.

It was like how one perceived an African national ping pong player joining China’s national ping pong competition.

Therefore, not only would Su Feng have to make his name in the competition, he had to make it big.

Of course, Su Feng, who knew the history of the NBA, was aware that as a Chinese basketball player, being a point guard was a disadvantage and an advantage at the same time.

“Stern must have gone to look for the television channel with my recording.” Su Feng smiled.

“What TV? You came late?” Just as Su Feng was thinking about his future, Kobe appeared in front of him in anger.

His expression and actions looked exactly like how Su Feng’s girlfriend reacted when he turned up two hours late for his date…

“The school team training dragged on today,” explained Su Feng after he passed Kobe a bottle of sports drink.

“Dragged? You should know who your opponent is for the friendly competition, right?” asked Kobe as he drank the sports drink that Su Feng had made personally.

“Hmm… Strange, how did Su know I like this flavor?”

“I know, it is the famous Lower Merion High School!” Su Feng shook his head. After figuring out Kobe’s personality, Su Feng knew that he was waiting to be praised…

“Ehem?” Look, look at Kobe’s cocky look.

“Also, the top American high school student, Kobe,” added Su Feng.

“Hehe, come, come, come, today, when I was training, I realized that we could do a jump shop like that…”

Kobe held Su Feng’s hand and began to teach him the technique under the net.

No wonder Kobe was a talent in basketball. You might not believe it, but just listening to his explanation helped Su Feng improve tremendously…

“Congrats, Master, on gaining your hidden technique: Kobe’s fadeaway shot.”

Su Feng was astonished.

Seriously?!

Was this a so-called sudden realization?

He realized that whatever happened in real life would not only affect his potential, but could also bring him benefits like this.

Su Feng initially thought that he understood the system thoroughly, but he suddenly realized that he did not know it at all!

Actually…

Su Feng did not know that in the system’s settings, this hidden secret technique not only required the other party to like him, but also required the other party to pass down enough tips, as well as his understanding and more…

To put it frankly…

The system wanted to bash Su Feng, the cheater.

Su Feng was extremely happy.

He wanted to kiss Kobe.

At this moment, Kobe looked like a non-exhaustive gold mine to Su Feng!

“Kobe, I suddenly realized… you are like a basketball god to me.” Su Feng realized that he had to praise Kobe even more.

However, that praise caused Kobe to nearly sprain his waist…

Of course, hearing such a ridiculous compliment, Kobe did not believe it. “Su, are you worried that I will defeat you during the friendly competition?”

Su Feng did not reply.

Indeed, even though he was a loyal fan, he was unable to figure out what went through Kobe’s mind.

However, Su Feng was witty enough. “I mean your adaptability for basketball is too good. I only know how to learn from others, but you know how to create such magical techniques.”

Kobe nodded and accepted Su Feng’s explanation. “Su, rest assured, I won’t intentionally go against you during the friendly competition.

“That is because I want to tell our coach that I did not lie to him.

“A Chinese basketball player is able to play as well as an American basketball player as long as he puts in effort.

“Su, don’t disappoint me!” Kobe-Grand Senior- Bryant said seriously.

Looking at the serious face of Kobe, Su Feng felt…

That this friendly competition would be more complicated than he had imagined…

That was because from what Kobe had said, Su Feng realized that Kobe seemed to have introduced him to his own coach?

He had a headache. The truth would probably come out during the friendly competition.

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