Chapter 30 The End of DeAngelo Collins
Since Garnett, Kobe and Tracy McGrady proved that high school students can succeed in the NBA, more and more high school students feel that they do not need to challenge college.
One of them was D'Angelo Collins, a man who was arrogant and conceited and thought college was just a burden to him.
Today's game against the Emerald Team is the ultimate battle. Yu Fei has a photographer named Quint DiMeo, and Collins is followed by a professional camera crew. They want to film a film about Collins' rise from obscurity to the streets. Documentary about a boy who became an NBA star.
The warm-up is over, and the starting players from both sides stand in the center circle.
Surrounding them were hundreds of scouts and college coaches, including Louisville head coach Rick Pitino and Milwaukee Bucks general manager Ernie Grunfeld, as well as Wizards president Michael Hidden behind the scenes. · Jordan.
Before the game started, Yu Fei asked Will Wilkins to retire, and he wanted to jump ball with Collins.
This move caused dissatisfaction among Collins' friends.
This gang of gangsters from New York made all kinds of noises to disturb Yu Fei.
"Hey Chinaman, D-Lo will show you the difference!"
"Fifth place and sixteenth place are completely different!"
"D-Lo will teach you a lesson!"
Apparently, their trash talk rubbed off on Collins.
Collins smiled confidently and acquiesced to the actions of the fans, while Yu Fei did not respond to those people and just waited for the referee to throw the ball into the air.
Yu Fei, who had not played center for a while, felt unfamiliar with jumping balls. Collins won the ball for the Timberwolves.
There is no doubt that the Timberwolves are Collins' one-man team, and even though he is surrounded by the top 100 twelfth graders in the country and the top 50 eleventh graders in the country, this team is led by Collins.
Others can start their own shows only if Collins agrees.
For Collins, who wants to prove to everyone that he is far better than Yu Fei, no one can take away the ball from him before he achieves his goal.
On the first goal, Collins violently hit Wilkins with his back. His back-up state lasted for about 10 seconds. In this game where no one would call him a five-second violation, his back-up hit was indeed worthy of the title. Destroy and destroy.
Wilkins couldn't stop him and he forced the score.
Collins' family and friends erupted in cheers.
Subsequently, Roy's breakthrough was met by Collins' volleyball block.
“Easy!!!”
Collins' friends loudly jeered at the Emeralds.
"Brandon, just stand outside." Yu Fei pulled Roy up from the ground and asked him to serve.
Roy looked helpless. He had a bad shooting touch today and couldn't escape Collins' defense when he rushed in.
The Emerald team served from the sideline, and Yu Fei got it. He faced Levi Watkins (SF), who was ranked 60th in the United States in the 2001 class, from the outside. He did not have any extra moves. He only swayed the opponent with a shooting fake and suddenly rushed forward. Within the three-point line, he stepped into the free throw line to collect the ball and jumped up suddenly.
Collins did not expect that his teammates would be broken through so quickly, nor did he expect that Yu Fei would not pay attention to his inside defense at all.
His assisting defense hesitated for a second, and this second was enough to determine the outcome of this attack and defense.
Yu Fei's right hand dodged Collins' block, passing over his body like a butterfly to complete a thunderous dunk.
Collins glared, as if deeply humiliated.
Yu Fei turned to the Collins believers and asked mockingly: "Why don't you stop shouting? Go on, let me enjoy it more."
They satisfied Yu Fei, said even more unpleasant trash talk, and believed that Collins would definitely regain his place.
Collins continues to sink low position.
From Yu Fei's point of view, his offensive methods were too single.
If they let Collins play alone like this, maybe he would be invincible, but why would they let him?
The teams Collins has encountered before may not have a forward with both height, wingspan and athletic ability, but the Emerald team can have Wilkins on the inside and Yu Fei to interfere from behind.
In the same offense, Collins was frustrated by double teams.
This was simply unbelievable to him because no opponent before could withstand his power.
It seemed that Wilkins could only push forward, but the time he bought was enough for Yu Fei to complete the defense. Five seconds after Collins missed the attack, Yu Fei pushed the ball towards the backboard on a fast break. Following up, Iguodala jumped up and dunked in an alley-oop.
There will be another prophet in this world, another divine ship will sail across the endless sea, beloved heroes will be destroyed once they are defeated, and great people like Achilles will be sent back to Thessaly.
D'Angelo Collins didn't understand this. He ignored his teammates' pleas to help him share the pressure and took the ball again, trying to break into the opponent's penalty area.
This time, Wilkins pretended to be defeated and allowed him to enter the hinterland. Just when Collins was about to complete the attack, Yu Fei fell from the sky and picked off his ball with both hands.
The atmosphere at the Rothman Center went crazy.
Collins' believers were silent. Scouts, college coaches, and NBA professionals were all shocked by the young man in front of them.
The fifth-highest-ranked high school student in the United States in the class of 2001 seemed vulnerable to him.
Yu Fei dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, but Levi Watkins still tried his best to defend. He chased back and blocked Yu Fei.
"Don't you feel ashamed to follow people like that? You are among the top 60 in the United States."
As soon as Yu Fei finished talking trash, he started and stopped suddenly, collected the ball, and hit an unblockable high-arc three-pointer in front of Watkins.
"Ugh!!!"
Yu Fei turned to Collins's family and friends and said with a smile: "The noisy dwarfs finally shut up."
Yu Fei did not remind Michael Jordan of Scottie Pippen, or in other words, Yu Fei today is not like Pippen at all.
Whether it was the full-area defense covering the three-point line, the unstoppable fast break, or the pull-up three-pointer just now that was completely inappropriate for his size, it reminded Jordan of another former teammate, the one who was Brad Sellers (SF/PF/C), who lost completely to Pippen in the intra-team competition.
Jordan often hears people say that so-and-so has super talent from the head down. If this sentence is applied to Cyrus, then he is full of super talent, but he lacks what it takes to become a super giant. Big heart and tough character.
Sellers could not withstand the test of Jordan, let alone face Pippen's competitive desire-in fact, the fragile inner strength was the reason why Sellers fell to the ninth pick in 1986. You know, at that time, The ninth pick wasn't even a lottery pick.
Jordan trusted his first instinct.
The first impression Yu Fei gave him was impeccable.
He has extremely outstanding static and dynamic talents at the forward position, has the technical reserves to jump to the next level effortlessly, has full fighting spirit and desire to compete, and can still perform well in the face of difficult competition environments.
His mentality and mental strength are much stronger than Cyrus.
Surprisingly, that was just the beginning of Yu Fei's rage.
Half a minute later, Yu Fei called Collins on the outside for a pick-and-roll.
Collins didn't come out, so he directly shot a three-pointer. Hit again!
That three-pointer caused a "wow" sound, because it proved that Yu Fei's three-pointer was a routine method, rather than a surprise and lucky shot.
Collins, who was mentally unbalanced, actually dropped the ball during a one-on-one low post attack. Yu Fei picked up the ball and ran forward to complete a turn and back dunk.
As the game progressed, one of Collins' fatal weaknesses was exposed by Yu Fei - he had nothing to do when facing the pick-and-roll.
Collins couldn't get out, and even if he did, he would be passed over.
Moreover, once Collins does not play well on the offensive end, he does not have the ability to create offensive opportunities for his teammates.
Unfortunately, this is one of the things Yu Fei does best.
Yu Fei's performance gradually became consistent with what Wizards scouts described to Jordan - a tall version of Scottie Pippen.
The decisive play of the game occurred with three minutes remaining.
Yu Fei called for a pick-and-roll from the outside, but Collins still didn't come out.
But Yu Fei did not choose to shoot from the outside, but dribbled straight to the basket. There is no doubt that D'Angelo Collins' era as the top player in the United States has come to an end. His fall represents the birth of another dazzling star. This is Something that was decided from the beginning, time was always going to take away what was not part of here on time.
Yu Fei was like a giant whale flying out of the sea, slamming into Collins' body for a brutal dunk. The loud noise brought the game to its climax.
This is the end for DeAngelo Collins.
(End of chapter)