Basketball Fanatic: Genius Is on the Left Chapter 1

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Opening Lightning Strike!

However, this is not something indescribable, but the sound of hands slapping the cheeks heavily.

The lens is from far to near~

In the picture at this time, darkness is about to replace light to occupy the entire space of the lens. Here is New York in 1997, the largest and most prosperous city in the world, but you will never be envious because this is the famous ghetto in New York. --- A corner of Harlem.

Harlem is roughly located in the administrative area from 110th Street to 160th Street in Manhattan, and the number of streets is proportional to the "hazard index".

And here is 140th Street, which means this is Harlem in Harlem!

It's almost evening now. Those who haven't experienced the night in the slums can't imagine how terrifying the Harlem area is at night, so you can understand the scene that just happened.

In the camera, two teenagers, one black and one white, are half-squatting anxiously beside a dilapidated stadium. The black teenager is occasionally scolding the United States, and the other white is obviously more concerned than the black teenager. The man lying on the ground kept testing his breath with his fingers, and kept hitting the cheeks of the man lying on the ground with his palms, trying to wake him up, but his increasingly anxious face could understand that as the darkness gradually faded away. Covering the earth, he could not maintain inner peace.

"Hey! Hey! What's the matter, stupid big man, wake up! Tom, what should I do, this guy may be out of breath! Should I call the police?"

"SHIT! Bad luck, call the police, how could those spy care about our lives, let's see if we're still angry, if we don't, let's get out of here quickly, don't bring the spy here for a while, I don't want to go in for a few more days! Besides, it's getting dark, the ghost knows what will happen here at night, I heard that the gangs around here are very serious infighting, and we will be in danger if we stay here!"

"But we can't just throw him here. The three of us sneaked out. If there is one less person to go back, the dean will probably throw us out."

"FUCK! What to do then! Come and tell me, are we just waiting here, do it! This bastard, if Dick hadn't slapped his foot the day before yesterday, he wouldn't have dragged this fool this time. I didn't expect a fool to be a fool. Can't stand a single ball!"

The angry and roaring black teenager was called Jerry, and the one next door, who was very white, but didn't look like an orthodox white man, was called Tom.

Yes, these two have the same name as the protagonist of the famous anime 'Tom and Jerry', but no one knows how their names came about, and no one cares, and they don't care, after all, this is the United States, these two The name can be seen everywhere on the streets, and it belongs to the popular name that 300 people turn back after a roar, and they have not even watched the well-known animation that almost everyone in China is familiar with. For them, the name seems to be just to avoid being called by others. A cat, or a dog.

Although they are playing such roles at all stages of their lives at this time...

Tom and Jerry, as well as the Chinese teenager who is lying on the ground at the moment, all come from a welfare home called 'Harris' in the 128th block, which is more than a dozen blocks away. The name is obtained from the donor's name. It is also the largest child welfare agency in Harlem.

That's right, they are all orphans, they have no father or mother, and they don't even know when they came here, but it doesn't matter, because they are surrounded by people like this, and they are used to it for so many years.

They have grown up in welfare institutions for so many years, which is not uncommon in Harlem. After all, the crime rate here is the highest in New York, and it can occupy a place in the world. Drugs, gangs, races, in short, all kinds of things you can imagine. Darkness all gathers here.

It's not like there is such a story, a black brother who has never seen his father since birth, when he was caught in prison one day for theft and wounding, he didn't expect to live in the same cell with his father whom he hadn't seen in 30 years...

Fortunately, Mr. Derek, the director of the welfare home, is still competent, so the basic life there is still guaranteed, at least there is no need to run around to get enough food, and he will not be harassed by gangs, but that's all. , you can see by looking at the costumes on the three of them, the life there is only limited to food and clothing.

Well, about the social conditions and origins of Harlem, enough for a sociologist to divide into 108 lessons, and keep talking about it for a whole semester, and he can write a master thesis in sociology, so I won't go into too much detail here. Now, you just need to understand that these three guys with different skin colors and different ages belong to the same kind of people here—the bottom of society.

The bottom of society in the slums, oh ho, is there a worse start than this?

Welfare institutions are not paradise. They naturally form an independent small society. When waiting for adoption by well-meaning people to become the best way out, the competition will be particularly fierce.

And it just so happened that the three of them belonged to the most unpopular kind of people.

I won't mention the reasons why Tom and Jerry are unpopular. After all, there are many people in this place with stories, but there are only a handful of them worth telling. Our eyes naturally have to focus on the people who are about to become our protagonists.

It was also the person that Tom and Jerry were most concerned about at this time. It was the one with a large font lying on the cold ground, a black-haired, yellow-skinned Chinese boy in tatters.

The Chinese-American teenager has no serious name. Mr. Derek, the dean, calls him Harry, but no one has ever called him that. In a place full of Africans and Latinos in Harlem, Chinese and whites are as rare. When did he He came here, and how he got here is no longer important, because no one knows, only that he was brought back from the gate of the orphanage on a cold winter night by Derek, the head of the orphanage. Chinese, so the name or something seems very random.

In this way, you can write an entire social news event in China. No one cares about it here. This kind of thing should be considered everyday here. Skinned Asians are really hard to see here. If you are a Chinese tourist visiting New York, the local tour guide will definitely tell you that it is absolutely the most stupid thing to go into Harlem alone.

So you can imagine how difficult it is for this Chinese-American teenager to survive here. When he was a few years old, he became the target of the children in the orphanage. Disappointment is the norm every day, although Mr. Derek took great care of him, But it can't be completely banned.

But soon, the children in the orphanage lost interest in teasing him, and everyone knew the most likely reason for him being abandoned here, that is, because he is a person with a...defective IQ...

Well well, that's literally what it means, not everyone is born with a good mind, it just happens that he is the unfortunate one, although he was born looking very strong, Derek took him back for a full 9 pounds It looked really scary, but it didn't affect the fact that he was a fool.

It seems that the skill book is full of defense, silent, dull, does not understand resistance, treats people well, and taciturn, although Harry has grown savagely in a way that exceeds his peers, his IQ is still stagnant, and now he can only do it. Simple communication, even complete words are difficult to say.

As your elementary school teachers often say: just grow taller, but not grow brains, the prototype has been found!

Haha, just kidding, this is not a meme for him, but a real thing.

In this way, he naturally became a little transparent. Under Derek's deliberate care, apart from being teased occasionally, the big man's life was actually pretty good. At least most people here would not have any pleasure in bullying a fool.

On the contrary, he was unexpectedly welcomed by some people, and many people liked to direct him to do this and that, and his name became a big man, a stupid big man, which fit his image very well.

The most important thing is that he is very strong. When he was 5 years old, he overturned a 10-year-old child in a 'war' and made a name for himself in the orphanage. I have seldom seen him injured, even with very few broken skins. Tom once saw him rolling down the stairs on the second floor with his own eyes, but he patted his **** and stood up, just like no one else, directly shocked Tom for a whole year.

From then on Tom decided that this friend, he made a deal!

Of course, don't mention adoption. If Tom and Jerry still have such a 1% chance, his probability is basically equal to zero. After all, no family would be interested in adopting such a low-IQ but very edible , The appetite of the guy is 4-5 times that of ordinary people.

Of course, it is still useful to have only a few skills on defense. In addition to being strong and resistant to falls, the height of this Chinese-American teenager is also a savage growth. In Mr. Derek's words, it is: out of control!

That's right, it took only 8 years. At the age of 8, he was already on an equal footing with Mr. Derek, who was 180 cm long, and even looked a little higher. Such a growth rate is beyond the cognition of many people. Although the United States, for various reasons, Experts are walking all over the place, but the growth rate like this still shocked the whole orphanage.

At one point, Mr. Derek suspected that he had gigantism, and he went to the hospital for a check-up at a huge cost, and came to the conclusion: "This is his normal growth curve, and even because of lack of nutrition, he may have lost a section..."

After receiving the doctor's answer, Mr. Derek finally felt relieved. It was good that it wasn't gigantism, otherwise Zuo Li might not have survived to adulthood. After all, they could not afford the high cost of treatment, and this was Harlem, suffering from this disease. It's basically the same as a suspended death sentence.

But after he was relieved, Derek felt more regret, as he always said: Harry, what a good basketball player, unfortunately, he is a fool.

That's right, many people don't understand the meaning of 8 years and 180 cm, which basically means that he will have the opportunity to become a super tall person with a height of 220 or even 230. Such a person will be a replica of Dayao after 2000. Dayao In the fifth grade of elementary school, it broke through 200 cm, and at the age of 14, it reached 214 cm. Although Dayao is far from entering the NBA, in Harlem, an area with the most prosperous street basketball in the United States, no one will not know this age. The gold content of height.

A person who may naturally grow to 220 cm. This thing is expected to break the head in various sports teams in China. It is also very popular in the United States. Even though Harry is a Chinese-yellow race, there will still be coaches who will gamble.

However, IQ has become a hindrance to everything.

Despite this, Mr. Derek did not give up on him. In his daily life, he slowly taught Harry some basketball skills, and even gave him nutrition alone, which made the players of the basketball team of the welfare home feel Accident and jealousy.

Oh, when it comes to the basketball team, in Harlem, if you want to get ahead, relying on learning is almost useless, and you can rely on learning to get out of here, almost negligible, and discrimination is everywhere, many excellent No school admits people here.

In the slums of the United States, it is the same. If you want to go out, you can only rely on your expertise. Sports is the most reliable and easiest choice.

For example, Iverson, who was in the NBA fire in 1996, came from the slums of Philadelphia, and the same is true in Harlem, New York, where there is Rock Park, which is also the most prosperous place for street basketball in the United States. It all goes from here to America.

There are masters everywhere in Harlem, not to mention the good players at 1.90 meters are everywhere, even players around 1.80 meters can go to the sky to show the fierce style of Harlem.

The orphanage is no exception. Mr. Derek is really a very competent manager. He organizes those hopeless adopted children to practice basketball together, which can be regarded as a way out for their future.

Jerry is one of the best. His 14-year-old, 180-year-old height and decent skills made him the team captain. Besides training, he was naturally unwilling to be lonely. Starting two months ago, he carried Mr. Derek to the team. Playing wild ball in the field outside, you can make a bet by the way to earn some extra money. This is also a major feature of the Harlem Street Field.

And the number two person in the team is Tom. I have to say that there is a real destiny. Coupled with Dick, who was injured and not on the scene, a standard three-person half-court basketball team was formed like this.

In the past two months, they only picked weak-looking people to start, and they made a little money. However, the day before yesterday, they kicked the iron plate and met the streetball gods in the neighborhood. Not only did they lose these two months. For the extra $200, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Dick was also knocked down and slapped his foot and temporarily retired from basketball.

As a last resort, in order to continue to make money, Jerry thought of this Chinese teenager, the only guy in the team who can match his height and is extremely resistant to fighting. Although he is only eight years old, it doesn't matter. This height, you don't say Who knows that he is only 8 years old, and he just needs a meat shield and rebounding tool, and he doesn't need to attack, not even defend. Although IQ is a big problem, but for the green dollar, it's not a problem.

In the end, there was a problem in the first game...

It was fine at the beginning, but after a simple three-point strike, the teenager was hit on the back of the head by his opponent while fighting for a rebound, and then he was hit by a falling basketball.

The opponent was immediately scared away, especially the person who just accidentally hit the back of his head with an elbow. Dirty moves like this are commonplace in this place, and obvious moves like his have little chance of success. After all, everyone is The thousand-year-old fox, who will play Liaozhai for whom?

But he didn't know either, this old man didn't even know how to escape!

So an unexpected scene happened. The unknown Soy Sauce ran away, carrying the train overnight. At this time, on the side of the stadium, the scene at the beginning also appeared...

No one knows that this young man's head is the weakest link. The accidental oppression at birth made his brain very fragile, and on this day, two consecutive hits by accident directly destroyed the already weak defense. , the already weak soul was wiped out.

No one saw that a faint blue light came from a distance at this time, and it disappeared above his eyebrows in a blink of an eye, and no one would know that a reincarnation of the dirt was going on in the young man's brain at this time! !

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