69. Top 100 in the USA? Nailing the top 100 in the USA!

Playing more games provided more opportunities to test his strength and helped him understand which skills he was lacking. Through actual game practice, he could undertake targeted learning.

Zhang Yang felt immense pressure for the new season.

However, the coaching staff was exhilarated.

Once the roster was announced, the main team immediately got moving with an internal training match to prepare for the upcoming friendly games that weekend.

Zhang Yang and DeRozan were assigned to different teams. They played with utmost seriousness, each unwilling to lose to the other during the training matches.

Johnson, who rarely participated in the main team's activities in previous years, now came to help whenever he was available.

Watching Zhang Yang and DeRozan, Johnson exclaimed, "DeMar and Jack's talent is incredible, even better than I imagined. They don't seem like fifteen and sixteen-year-old players. They are better than Aaron (Afflalo) and Farmar were at the same age."