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358 The Loli Who Came to the Door

Chamberlain did not simply treat the training camp as a business, he really devoted himself to teaching and training the teenagers, and taught the experience he summarized in the NHA through daily courses:

"No matter how talented you are like God putting on a jersey and coming to the court, or you don't have any talent, but if you love basketball and want to go out of your way in this sport, you must always think about improving and have ambition to go to the court, then practice layups, practice shooting, and be able to go to the gym, then practice your strength, if you can only stay at home, practice dribbling, in short, seize all the time to practice

Brothers, don’t waste the gifts God has given you. Make an agreement with yourself frequently. Be sure to find ways to reach those agreements. Otherwise, it’s like going to college. Don’t feel surprised when there is no scholarship on the admission column.”

"Some people are destined to not play centers, just like I can't play guards. It's nothing. Every position on the basketball court has the excitement of everyone. The All-Stars are always five-position players, right? If you are short, you should practice shooting, because you won't have many shots. Don't tell me about Iverson's breakthrough, will you be the next AI? But you can be the next Miller. When Miller is as old as you, you even have to rely on supporting frames to walk."

"If you have any confusion or difficulties, call your sister Li Qun and she will help you, children, don't use any reason as an excuse for you to waste your talents. I stayed with you for half a month. I understand your potential. Some of the children are ready to grow into NH-level players. I won't name these people, but I think you all know who he is, right?"

"Brothers and sisters, the first training camp is about to end today. I hope this half month will help you. I hope you will say when you think about it in the future, that is not a waste of time for the training camp you participated in. Thank you, brothers and sisters, for swearing to God, I love you, I love you, during these fifteen days, I love you, with all my heart."

The last paragraph is Chamberlain's speech at the closing ceremony of the training camp. He himself was still a big boy. When he finished speaking, he could not help but almost burst into tears. These teenagers were even more unbearable. Many people had tears in their eyes, and some people were crying.

Although they are not adults, they already have values. They know what Chamberlain is doing to them.

The training camp ended. Seeing the children leaving St. Lawrence High School step by step, he sighed to Winnie: "I really can't bear to leave these naive little guys. I hope to see them in the NHAR spoon field in the future, but I don't want to see them by then, these little guys have become profit-oriented people like many people."

Winnie was silent for a moment, and then said sincerely: "My father is right. You are an amazing guy. No matter what their future is, you have planted a seed of your dreams for them. As long as they take good care of it, one day this seed will grow into a towering tree."

After packing up his things, Chamberlain took the car home. In the evening, someone rang the doorbell. He opened it and saw that there were two teenagers wearing cut-and-fit champion sportswear. One of them wore a pair of Mad Dog second-generation sneakers that West had just launched, and the other was Chamberlain's Olympic version of the boots.

The two were Li brothers, their father was Chinese and their mother was black. They fell in love as well as high school students. As a result, their father was unable to bear the heavy responsibility of the family and left the family when their mother was pregnant, while their mother died of labor during childbirth - without money, the poor woman gave birth at home, and she didn't expect that she was pregnant with twins.

These two children are the potential pearls that Chamberlain discovered in this training camp. When he first arrived, the other teenagers boycotted the two, calling them Big Greyhound and Little Greyhound. As a result, West encountered this situation once and was very angry. He saw from the two teenagers that he was before coming to the Warriors. He was boycotted and lonely, so he took the initiative to communicate with the two.

It just so happened that West was the idol of Big Brother Bruce Lee. With the encouragement of his idol, the two children no longer complained and showed all their strength in the training camp.

These two brothers have their own characteristics. Although they are thin, their bloodlines of the mixed-race children give them an extremely explosive body, with excellent jumping, fast speed, and particularly flexible. In the first team training game, two brothers from the same group dominated the court, the younger brother Michael organized the offense, and the older brother Bruce ended the offense.

There were 48 teenagers participating in this training camp, aged between 12 and 16, and eight of them could dunk. Six of these eight teenagers were sixteen years old, only two of them were fourteen years old, and that was the Li brothers, and they were the two of them at the highest level of dunking.

In that game, the two brothers joined forces to defeat the opponent in half. They seemed to be from the same mold, both of them could make a sudden shot and fly and dunk. Moreover, they had a tacit understanding, with one look and one action, which made people beat the opponent with awesome cooperation.

Chamberlain invested the most in the two teenagers. He specially asked scouts to check the background of the teenagers. They had cared a lot of cases, worked as thugs in the underworld, secretly helped drug dealers carry out drug trafficking and trading. As for stealing, there were countless. If they weren't sixteen years old, they would have probably been sentenced long ago.

But after learning about the teenagers' family background, Chamberlain sighed. They had no parents and were raised by grandparents. Both elderly people were plagued by illness. Their grandmother suffered from cataracts, while his grandfather was hit by a gangster's car during a trip and could only lie on the bed.

Chamberlain paid for their grandmother to perform the surgery. The operation had just been carried out and the final result had not yet been obtained. It was considered to be the end of righteousness.

The two of them were obviously very nervous, and fine beads of sweat were scattered on their foreheads, and the brothers' eyes drifted away, constantly licking their lips with their tongues.

Chamberlain opened the door, and Bruce was about to say something, but after thinking about it, he stepped back and pushed his younger brother, signaling Michael to speak.

After these days of dating, Chamberlain also learned about the tempers of the two brothers. His brother Bruce has a tough temper and loves to play and play. His style of play is like his temper, opening and closing, and dunking when he seizes the opportunity. He is like a desperate person, with a strong defense, and he can be protected from both the inside and the outside. In addition, he is not as strong as a minor. The stronger his opponent, the more he has the desire to draw a sword.

However, he is prone to nervousness and is very silly. Once he reaches a critical moment, he is prone to being stupid. In addition, Bruce has another quality that touches Chamberlain, that is, his complete love for his younger brother Michael. As long as he is in the first team, Bruce will definitely defend the opponent's strongest player. He will grab the best drinks and food when eating and drinking, and then divide half of his younger brother.

On the contrary, although his physical fitness is excellent, he is calm. In the early stage, he is used to organizing teammates to attack. Once he reaches the last quarter, he starts to exert force. Once he starts attacking, it is even stronger than Bruce. The offense is like a Gatling machine gun, and the defense is a good basketball player.

The two dropped out of school early and were expelled from the school in the seventh grade for suspected blackmailing the principal.

When Michael saw Chamberlain, he bowed solemnly. Seeing that Bruce was like this, he quickly bowed. However, the two obviously had not discussed it before, so the latter was a little busy and stuck out his butt like a penguin.

Chamberlain smiled and said, "Hi, Bruce, are you looking for something at my doorstep?"

Bruce blushed and waved his hand quickly, "No, no, teacher, we have something to ask for you." As he said that, he turned his gaze for help on his younger brother.

Michael's eyes were crystal clear, and he said, "Teacher, you know, we have dropped out of school. In the past, we thought we were God's abandoned children. We had no parents, no friends, and nothing, so we never think about our future because we have no future. But this time we participated in the training camp, we thought we should not abandon ourselves. As you said, we cannot use any excuses to make reasons to squander our talents. We want to ask you for help. We are willing to do any work, as long as we can take care of our grandparents and leave the Tian Delong community, we don't want to go to prison again, nor do we want to contact drugs or gangsters again.

In fact, when he met Chamberlain, he understood their plans. He also had the intention to help the two. Now he is rich, but there is a saying that God never helps those who do not help themselves. So when the training camp ended, he deliberately ignored the hesitant brothers and returned home by themselves. He wanted to see their attitude.

If they fall into self-destruction and continue to join the gangster, then let them go. The United States has never lacked children with strong physical fitness, and some basketball geniuses are waiting for him to dig. But if they have the will of repentance and motivation, then he will not be stingy.

Chamberlain leaned against the fence gate, his tall body was like a sacred sacrifice. He looked down at the two teenagers, which put great pressure on them.

Bruce took the initiative to step forward, looked at Chamberlain bravely, and said, "I'm not very good at speaking, teacher, but I can guarantee that we will work hard to become the best students under your command."

Chamberlain looked straight at the two of them and said slowly: "But hiring child labor is illegal. I don't know where I should introduce you to. Are you willing to go to school? I can help you find a school, such as St. Lawrence Middle School."

The two were stunned, and Bruce said in a daze: "We have dropped out of school for two years, how can we go to school? And we don't know anything..."

"What do you want to do?" Chamberlain asked back.

The two teenagers were stunned for a moment, and Chamberlain continued to ask back: "I will give you 100 or 200 dollars a day, and then let them practice on the street court every day until you are eighteen years old. Are you so confident that you can enter the NH yourself?"

The two teenagers looked at each other and felt a little depressed for a moment. Going to school is the most realistic way out, but they don’t know anything, and they have to start learning from the lower grades. Think about that kind of scene. Two young men who can dominate the court will attend class with a group of little guys who are dragging their noses. They will be ashamed to death.

Michael made a quick decision and gritted his teeth and said, "Teacher, we are willing to go to school, and we can go anywhere."

Bruce shouted: "It's embarrassing, Michael, and how to make money? What should I do with my grandfather and grandmother?"

Michael ignored the latter and looked at Chamberlain firmly. Bruce scratched his bald head hard, stood behind with a sad face and stopped talking.

Chamberlain patted Michael on the shoulder and said, "Since you have made a decision, then that's it. Every day you come to me, I will send you to school. Remember, every day, no matter it rains, snows or knifes."

This is what he tested the two of them. Tian Delong Community is twenty-five kilometers away from the cliff house. It takes more than 40 minutes to ride a bicycle for two children a day. If they have the patience and determination, then at most, Chamberlain will help them move out of Tian Delong Community for one month.

Both sides said goodbye, Chamberlain closed the door, but not long after, the doorbell rang again. He looked out the door and saw that it was still the Li brothers.

Opening the door, Chamberlain asked in surprise: "You two..."

"Are you Chamberlain?" A cold voice sounded beside him. Chamberlain lowered his head and found that there was another person in front of him, but he was only about 1.5 meters short, so he had not seen this person before, only the Li brothers.
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