"Ah, this, this, this..."
"Oak Mountain High School, it's really a proposal that can't be refused."
Dean Derek and Mr. Hibbert touched their chins and looked at each other, clearly seeing the light in each other's eyes.
If you only look at basketball strength, Oak Hill High School is undoubtedly a much higher choice than Stuyvesant. It can be said that in the American high school basketball world, no one should be able to refuse the invitation to play and study at Oak Hill High School. If Oak Hill High School, Stuyvesant will definitely be PASS.
Hibbert and Mr. Derek originally hoped that Zuo Li could enter a better high school. After all, streetball is popular in Harlem, but the school is too bad. It's almost impossible for Zuo Li to get noticed by those good high school basketball teams.
So they hope that Zuo Li can enter Stuyvesant High School. Although the basketball team is not strong, the school is good. This can be regarded as a way for Zuo Li to stay. If he can't play, he can go another way.
"However, can this work?" Hibbert asked. It's not that you can get in if you want to. The strictness of selection is not as simple as that of Stuyvesant's cultural class.
"I have applied before, and now they should have received my application. If everything goes well, there will be a response this week." Zuo Li continued, he naturally knew what Mr. Derek and the coach wanted. To be honest, He was still very moved.
However, he had planned to go to Oak Hill High School, so when he graduated from the seventh grade at the age of 14, he wrote the application, and of course, he worked hard to make a videotape of his training. It was a lot of Zuo Li's mind to post it in the mail. Just trying to find a way to get a working handheld camera is already amazing.
No way. In this era, this is also the best way to prove one's strength. After all, Oak Hill High School is far away in Virginia, so it is unrealistic to take a trip.
As for why Oak Hill High School was chosen instead of a local high school in New York, it is naturally because of its long basketball history, cultural heritage, brilliant team achievements, sufficient exposure and extremely rigorous school spirit.
There is no mobile phone, no car, no home for the whole semester, only uniforms are allowed, classes are held on Saturdays, no computers, there are ward rounds at night, lights are turned off on time to sleep, there are no buildings, and there is no nightlife.
This is absolutely **** for most precocious American high school students, but for Zuo Li, it is simply the best place to improve his skills.
Of course, the most important thing is the basketball strength there.
In one of the few live broadcasts of ESPN's National High School Game in 2001, super high school students James and Anthony performed a hot performance of Mars hitting the earth.
Zuo Li watched the whole live broadcast, and the cat and mouse duo didn't understand it. After all, how good a high school league can be, why bother to climb the wall to peek at other people's TV, how tiring it is to squat!
However, when the game started, the two of them couldn't take care of their tiredness. They even learned to squat in Asia just to watch the game. Zuo Li was taken aback for a while, and he felt that the game was still very attractive.
In the end, James, who is now considered by everyone to be the "best high school student in history", contributed 36 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals, while Anthony scored 34 points.
More importantly, Anthony's Oak Hill High School defeated James' St. Mary's High School 72-66. This game was the only game that James' St. Vincent-St. Mary High School lost this season, and Oak Hill High School was even more terrifying. The undefeated all season!
The myth of Lao Zhan's undefeated season is so broken, it is enough to show the overall strength of Oak Hill High School.
And, this is their second unbeaten season in three years.
The strong Douzong is so terrifying.
Although the total number of students in the school is only 164, including 22 teachers, it does not affect this small number of boarding schools with extremely rigorous school spirit. It has become the most famous and powerful basketball high school in the United States, and has trained 122 NCAA players. , 22 McDonald's All-American high school star players, and more than 20 NBA players.
It can be said that as long as you enter Oak Tree High School, you have basically got the admission ticket to the NCAA famous school or even the NBA.
In recent years, Oak Mountain High School has undoubtedly been a time for talent to spew. Anthony, who led Syracuse University to win the NCAA championship this year, was once the top card of Oak Mountain High School.
And as far as Zuo Li knows, the future Eagle King Josh Smith will transfer to Oak Mountain High School in his senior year of high school this year. Of course, Durant, Lawson and Jennings, who are one year older than Zuo Li, will be there. Joined Oak Hill High School for two years.
And "Wu Sheng" Jackson, who has already joined the NBA, has already made his own light in the NBA at this time. Of course, it is not big enough, and we have to wait for a wave of Auburn Hills.
To be teammates with someone like "the top three point guards in the country and the top five forwards" is the most ideal environment both from a competitive perspective and from a winning perspective.
I have to say that Zuo Li's idea is still perfect. If he can enter Oak Hill High School, then Zuo Li will definitely be greeted by a broad road.
However, who could have imagined that sometimes fate is so magical...
"Okay, since you've made a plan, then we'll wait for your good news!" Hibbert patted Zuo Li's shoulder happily. If it really does happen, then he also taught that he can score in Oak Mountain. high school man.
And Mr. Derek also looked at Zuo Li with satisfaction. At this moment, it seemed like a child had grown up.
"Then let's talk about the famous contract." Now that the school is over, it's time to talk about the contract. After all, 150,000 yuan a year plus various clauses is not enough for the current left From a standpoint, it is definitely a huge sum of money, and it is also a guarantee for his future development.
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While the three of Zuo Li were chatting in the coffee shop, the Oak Hill High School basketball office received letters from all over the United States and even from Asia. These letters were basically for applying to join the basketball team. Zuo Li's application It is also mixed with it, and it is not conspicuous.
However, the person in charge of sorting still picked out Zuo Li's envelope at once. After all, there is a video tape inside, which looks very conspicuous, and they will also give priority to the applicant who sent the video tape. After all, it is more intuitive than a piece of paper. .
There was no accident. Zuo Li's application passed the preliminary review smoothly, and all the way to the final list of 6 people. I have to say that several teaching assistants in Oak Mountain felt that the people in the videotape have a very solid foundation and their own conditions are also very good, although they are Asian People are still far away in Harlem, New York, but it doesn't matter. The strength of the basketball court is respected.
In this way, Zuo Li's video tape was placed on the table of Oak Hill High School head coach Steve Smith. He is the most legendary head coach in high school basketball. He has worked at Oak Hill High School for 19 years. During this period, he has achieved a total of 687. With an impressive record of wins and 28 losses, he is also a unique figure in Oak Hill High School.
In the afternoon, Steve Smith returned to the office and picked up the materials on the table as usual. The new semester is about to start. He has been selecting fresh blood for the team. Now, there are 11 people in the 12-man roster. These Everyone was carefully selected by him, and now there is only one place left.
Not surprisingly, the quota will be selected from the six people on the table, and soon, he has eliminated four of them, leaving only the last two, and Zuo Li is impressively listed.