Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 28 "Infinite Range"
A misunderstanding made Sun Hao somewhat famous in the country.
However, such things did not have much impact on Sun Hao.
His situation at Real Madrid is much more difficult than at any time before.
He excelled in the youth team, and if given a chance in the second or third tier leagues he would shine, but here.
Real Madrid is at the top of the league and the team has been winning, so he can only get a few minutes of playing time during garbage time.
In other words, he had no chance!
At the age of 16, seniority has to be considered. Coupled with the way he plays, if he continues like this, he will be the team mascot this season and will spend the rest of his time on the bench.
After a while, Sun Hao was really going crazy.
It is said that the end of the bench is a free place to watch the game, but that is the mentality of the audience. The players feel completely different.
If you sit here for too long, the day of leaving the team won’t be far away.
But going crazy wouldn't solve the problem, so he simply went straight into system training during the competition.
Russo wouldn't call his name all night anyway.
"This kid is done. He's sitting on the bench like an idiot."
"Look, he doesn't even listen to the coach's tactical instructions. I guess he'll be fired soon."
"It seems like he jumped up three times in a row? Did the coach make a mistake?"
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Sun Hao was already going crazy, and being able to hear sounds from the outside world within the system stimulated him even more.
He practiced harder than ever before.
After a period of time, he still didn't get many opportunities to play, but he could feel his progress in all aspects.
And he began to increase his scoring methods.
Super long three-pointer.
European leagues now place less emphasis on three-pointers, let alone ultra-long ones.
If he can also practice the ultra-long shot, he will have a better chance of scoring.
Since he has chosen the path of a scoring point guard, all he has to do is to do it to the extreme.
It takes a long time to practice three-point shooting from scratch and reach a high level.
But it takes much less time to go from three-pointer to ultra-long three-pointer.
Because Sun Hao's strength is more than enough to support him so much.
In other words, he just needs to adapt to the new shooting range.
More than half a year has passed, and Sun Hao's strength has been increasing, but he still doesn't have many opportunities.
At this time, it becomes very important for people to have hobbies.
In addition to training, he also took time to travel around Spain with Fernandez.
Doing what you like is the best way to keep a positive attitude.
With this positive attitude, Sun Hao also received the favor of the goddess of luck.
It was a sunny morning and he was running to the gym for training as usual.
As a result, not long after he went out, he picked up 1,000 pesetas on the ground.
Sun Hao has always been a passionate young man full of positive energy, and he always remembers the nursery rhyme "One Cent".
After picking up the money, he...walked towards a retail store not far away.
There is no name on the money, so he can't contact the owner, right? Even if the other party comes, he can't confirm that it was the other party who dropped it, right?
In this case, it would be better to donate it to the owner of the retail store so that he can increase his family income and he can also drink a bottle of energy-rich drink.
Sun Hao thought so, but he changed his mind when he arrived at the retail store.
Because he found that they actually sold sports lottery tickets here, and they could place bets instantly.
There was a game going on, so he bought it.
Then he waited for more than ten minutes, the game was over, and he... won.
1000 pesetas directly became 2000 pesetas.
Sun Hao bought the drink he wanted, then turned and walked towards the sentry box not far away.
"Uncle police, I found 1,000 pesetas."
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"I found a dollar on the roadside and gave it to the policeman."
Sun Hao walked forward humming a song, in a particularly good mood.
He discovered that there really is something in this world that I want everything.
Then, when he joined the team and before training began, Lazo came in with a piece of news.
Prigioni is injured. He sprained his ankle when he came to training early. The injury is quite serious and he is expected to be absent for about a month.
Sun Hao was a little confused when he first heard the news.
But looking at the unfinished drink in his hand, he realized that today was his lucky day.
The La Liga season is long and player injuries are common, especially among defenders.
Most of the point guards in Europe are good at organization but weak in confrontation. In other words, they are relatively fragile.
Real Madrid's lineup only has three point guards. Even though Lazo doesn't like Sun Hao's playing style very much, he can only be put into the rotation because Prigioni is injured.
Sun Hao's performance after entering the rotation was also quite outstanding.
Although he has not changed his playing style, he has a silver-level "basketball IQ" badge and his organizational skills are actually not bad at all.
Not to mention his playing style, when tactics fail to work and his teammates pass the ball back to him, he is very confident that he can make the shot.
This is very important.
A pass becomes an assist. Even if your teammate is Kobe, he is willing to pass the ball to you.
At the beginning, Sun Hao mostly received passes, but gradually, after his teammates discovered that he could shoot, they would take the initiative to pass him some balls.
Gradually, Sun Hao's shooting ability was accepted by Lazo, and Lazo would occasionally design one or two shooting tactics for him after the pick-and-roll.
After sitting on the bench for most of the season, Sun Hao's performance after entering the rotation can be described as smooth sailing.
Of course, only Sun Hao himself knows how much effort and preparation he has made for such an opportunity.
There is no such thing as pie falling from the sky in the world, but opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
A month later, Prigioni returned, and Sun Hao replaced Lopez and became the team's backup point guard with his stable performance.
And shortly after that, he played his season- defining game against Canaria.
He came off the bench for 20 minutes, made 4 of 7 shots and scored 11 points and 2 assists.
Don't underestimate these 11 points. The intensity of the La Liga is very high, and each quarter is 10 minutes. In addition, the offensive time is still 30 seconds, which is consistent with the International Basketball Federation, so the pace is very slow.
After a game, the entire team may only score about 60 or 70 points.
Here, players who average more than 5 points per game are the main players, those who average more than 10 points per game are the core, and those who average 15 points per game are superstars.
This is also the reason why many European players have poor league statistics during the NBA draft.
As strong as Gasol is, his average stats before the draft were 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.
Even Doncic only averaged 14.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists, and those were after the European Basketball Federation adjusted the second offense from 24 seconds to 14 seconds.
And what’s more important than the data is that after this game, Sun Hao finally unlocked a new badge!
Unlimited Range (Bronze): Slightly increases the accuracy and consistency of three-point shots from farther distances.
This badge is very important to Sun Hao.
As his playing time increases and his opportunities increase, opponents almost defend him along the three-point line.
In this case, he can extend his shooting range, which will be of great help to him on the court.
And after such performance, Lazo's recognition of Sun Hao also reached a new level, and he began to consider how to let Sun Hao start.
At this point, we have to say that the advantage of Lasso being a Mesozoic coach is that he has a lot of experience in coaching.
If we replace him with an old coach, let alone improving the team's low post, it will be a problem whether he can give them playing opportunities.
After two consecutive outstanding performances, Lazo finally made up his mind to push Sun Hao to the starting point guard position.
To be precise, it should be a double point guard formation with Priginio.
There are two reasons why Lazo decided to do this. One is that the team's starting shooting guard Trinidad's offensive ability is too weak, and the other is Sun Hao's defense.
Generally speaking, short players are very poor at defense and are often caught and attacked on the court.
But Sun Hao is a special case. He is unprecedentedly tough in confrontation and European defenders generally cannot beat him.
What’s more important is that Sun Hao has a very high basketball IQ and is basically not easily fooled, which makes him not a defensive loophole on the court .
Even if he grows a little taller, his defense will still be above average.
In other words, Lazo uses Sun Hao as a 3D player and a second organizing point.
On the offensive end, he does the work of a shooting guard most of the time, shooting three-pointers and serving as a playmaker part-time.
On the defensive end, guard the opponent's point guard so that you won't be at a disadvantage due to the height difference.
Priginio's height of 1.9 meters allows him to defend against the opponent's shooting guard.
Because of Lazo's decision, Sun Hao made his first start in his La Liga career.
The opponent is the Barcelona team that they played against in the season opener.
