The starting lineups on both sides of the field.
Freshman team: Augustine, Durant, Damian James, Lin Ying, Pittman.
Senior team: Randy Williams, AJ Abrams, Utility Man A, Utility Man B, Chris Wendle.
Jump ball between Pittman and Wendell.
Well, Pittman couldn't jump at all...
Wendel easily pushed the ball back to half court, and the senior team attacked first.
"This guy has to lose weight."
Barnes frowned just as the game started.
Springman was in charge of the team's freshman recruitment this year, and he is very satisfied with the successful recruitment of Durant.
But Pittman’s size is too exaggerated. Is he playing basketball or is he the ball?
Wright on the side responded, and was full of interest.
The three coaches have different personalities. His personality is that he likes excitement and challenges, which is very much what Pittman likes.
As they were talking, the senior students' team had already launched an attack.
Although they are less talented than the freshman team, they have good coordination and are experienced, so they started by targeting Pittman.
Wendle set a pick-and-roll and Pittman couldn't get out at all, so Abrams easily hit a mid-range jump shot near the free throw line.
In the freshman team's offense, Augustine called on Pittman for a pick-and-roll and then broke into the basket.
He was not slow, but by the time he broke into the basket, the senior team had already double-teamed him.
He broke through too deep and couldn't pass the ball, and his shot against the defense didn't hit the rim and was blocked by Wendle!
After Wendel made a save, he took the defensive rebound and the senior team launched a direct defensive counterattack.
Abrams received a long pass from Randy Williams and made a layup to score two more points.
4 to 0.
The senior team gave the freshman team a warning at the start!
"AJ has been working really hard over the past two months."
Springman began .
Barnes nodded but said nothing.
The team's three main players all left school to go to the NBA, and the original sixth man AJ Abrams stood out.
Although Abrams has scoring talent, his physical condition is poor and his ceiling is low. This type of player can't play in the NBA no matter how hard he tries.
The freshman team advanced to the frontcourt again, and Durant asked for the ball from a high position and broke through Abrams at the back frame.
Compared to his offense, Abrams' defense is a bit eye-catching.
He was passed by Durant in one step...
You have to know that Durant didn't have much ability to attack with the ball at that time.
Durant rushed to the basket and made an easy layup to score the first goal for the freshman team!
He plays shooting guard, but at 2.08 meters tall, he is the tallest among everyone present.
Coupled with his wingspan, once he gets to the inside, he is unstoppable.
However, the senior team was not in a hurry. They turned back and continued to target Pittman. After a while of passing the ball, Wendel received the ball under the basket and scored two points.
6 to 2.
The senior team firmly controlled the situation on the field.
Durant received the ball again in the frontcourt, but this time, as soon as he received the ball, the senior team double-teamed him.
Durant looked for the receiver in the double-team, but the ball was not protected.
"Snapped!"
Randy Williams was quick to steal the ball!
Barnes reached out and stroked his beard.
Durant's performance in these two rounds was pretty much what he expected: he has outstanding talent, but like a rough jade, he still needs careful carving.
But at this moment, his hand that was stroking his chin suddenly stopped.
Because the senior team's fast break once again... failed!
It’s not that there was anything wrong with their fast break, but that someone on the freshman team retreated early!
And the man who retreated surprised him.
That’s Lin Ying, the power forward!
Lin Ying is not noticeable in other aspects except for his arm span. And only in the NCAA can a player with a height of 2.01 meters play inside.
However, he did not panic when defending two players just now, and successfully judged Abrams's layup intention. He not only disrupted the latter's shot, but also took the defensive rebound!
Then, what surprised Barnes even more was yet to come.
After grabbing the rebound, Lin Ying made a long pass from the backfield to Pittman in the frontcourt like a quarterback in football!
Pittman didn't have time to retreat during the fast break and is still in the three-second zone.
He received the ball, turned around and made an easy layup from close range.
6 to 4!
With this combination of defense and attack, the freshman team temporarily stabilized the situation on the field!
"Where did you find it?"
Barnes turned to Springman and asked, his tone full of surprise and curiosity.
On the first day of the new students joining the team, he had not had time to get to know the new players in depth.
In fact, not to mention Barnes, even Springman was a little surprised at this moment.
"He was Kevin's high school teammate. He's a good defender and a good three-point shooter, but I've never seen a pass like that before."
Springman also spoke the truth.
The University of Texas itself is not a famous school. It recruited Durant through connections and persuasion, and the threshold is not high among first-tier league teams.
Lin Ying has an excellent wingspan and is Durant's teammate, so Springman's selection is normal.
“Can he shoot a three-pointer?”
Barnes heard another unexpected message in Springman's words.
Springman nodded.
During the basic training before, the inside and outside lines were separated, and there was no three-point training for the inside line, so it was not surprising that Barnes didn't know.
interesting!
Barnes didn't say anything else, but he stared at Lin Ying with great interest.
There are some big men in the NBA who can shoot three-pointers nowadays, and it’s not like the beginning of the century when seeing one was like seeing a monster.
However, they are a minority after all, and most of the defense is not very good.
Now there is an inside player who is good at defense, passing and three-point . It would be strange if he is not interested!
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"Do you want to have a new life? The price is that you will disappear from this world, and those who love you and those you love will forget your existence."
A year ago, when Lin Ying, a basketball data analyst, was working, this sentence popped up on his computer.
His subconscious reaction was that this was a prank.
At this time, he should have asked his colleagues in the technical department to handle it, but he didn't do that.
Because after the subconscious reaction, he hoped that this was true.
He grew up in a single-parent family and is an introvert by nature.
A few years ago, his loved one passed away due to illness, and his introverted personality made him ostracized by his colleagues, which made him become even more withdrawn.
He doesn't smoke or drink, and he doesn't have a girlfriend or even any friends. His only spiritual sustenance is basketball.
When he has free time outside of work, he likes to hang out on the basketball court alone.
However, he is only 1.75 meters tall and his arm span is average. Not to mention the NBA he aspires to, he can't even reach the threshold of professional basketball.
To put it bluntly, basketball is a sport that requires hard work and luck, but most importantly, physical condition.
There are short players who can play in the NBA, but apart from their height, their physical conditions in other aspects are historical.
In the past two years, he has been under work pressure from the epidemic and life pressure from soaring prices. His spirit has already been pushed to the limit.
"Those who love you and those you love will forget your existence?"
When he read these words, there was not a single ripple in his heart.
Because he has none of these.
With a hint of expectation, Lin Ying chose yes.
Then when he closed his eyes and opened them again, he found that he had really traveled through time!
He traveled back to the year 2005 and became a Chinese high school student studying abroad!
Then the memories of this body flooded into his consciousness.
This person is also called Lin Ying, with the same name as him. He is a senior student at Christian College. He is 1.98 meters tall, has a wingspan of 2.19 meters, and has excellent physical fitness!
But this person also had a miserable experience.
In the past few years, both of my parents passed away, leaving only an uncle in the United States.
Originally, his uncle had high hopes for him because of his physical condition, but because his basketball IQ was very low, he made little progress in three years of high school. He also lost his main position in his original school and was forced to transfer to Christian College.
If this trend continues, there will be no chance for them to play in the NBA, let alone the NCAA Division I league.
The gap between the expectations of his only elder and reality also puts him under tremendous mental pressure. He hopes that he can be an ordinary person.
Then he received the same message on his mobile phone.
Unlike Lin Ying, he hesitated for many days before making a choice.
So after realizing it, Lin Ying knew that it might not be time travel, but a soul exchange between parallel worlds!
Humans have been studying parallel worlds, but just like death, such things can never be confirmed.
Because the people on the other side will never be able to tell the people here the answer.
Just like him.
So after accepting this reality, he began to wait.
Although he is a loner, he is not willing to communicate with others. On the contrary, he reads a lot of novels.
So he was waiting for the golden fingers, systems or something else that would appear after traveling through time in those novels!
But after waiting for a month, nothing happened.
It was just as he understood, he just swapped bodies with Lin Ying!
After confirming this fact, he stopped waiting and began to re-examine his body.
Height of 1.98 meters, wingspan of 2.19 meters, weight of 100 kilograms!
Aren’t these physical conditions what he has always wanted?
And isn't it true that the basketball IQ that Lin Ying doesn't have is possessed by him as a basketball data analyst?
That pop-up sentence was definitely not an accident, and there are not only two Lin Yings in all the parallel worlds!
He was "chosen" and made the "choice"!
After realizing this, his whole mood became excited.
Because he now has an opportunity to pursue his favorite basketball dream!
After the initial excitement, he went on to have all the tests done, including the bone age test.
As a data analyst, in addition to knowing what he can see with his naked eyes, he also needs all other information about this body.
After all the test results came out, he also made a table based on his professional habits.
Name: Lin Ying
Age: 17
Height: 1.98 meters (maximum height according to bone age test: 2.04 meters)
Weight: 100 kg (fasting before testing)
Body fat content: 10.1%
Wingspan: 2.19 meters
Standing jump height: 65 cm
Running start height: 72 cm
3/4 sprint speed: 3.4 seconds
Baseline shuttle: 11.8 seconds
185-pound bench press: 7 reps
Then, due to occupational disease, he evaluated his various important abilities based on these physical data.
Basket: B+
Middle distance: D
Three-pointer: D
Defense: B
Pass: D
Dribble: D
Bounce: B+
Strength: B+
Sprint speed: B
Traverse speed: B-
Agility: B
Flexibility: C
Basketball IQ: A
Potential: S
Perhaps because his basketball IQ was not high and he had never met a good coach, the previous owner of this body was completely a rough diamond that had not yet been developed!
And even so, some conditions of this body are already excellent enough.
His wingspan, strength, and defense, which are the most important things for an inside player, are better than most of his peers. His wingspan is even at the NBA level.
The job of a data analyst is to screen the data and then analyze and draw conclusions.
Lin Ying’s first conclusion was: This body has every chance of playing in the NBA, and even has the chance to become an All-Star or even a higher-level player!
It’s just that since he’s already in his senior year of high school, he doesn’t have much time left.
If we can't improve our strength enough to enter the NCAA in the next year, then everything will be in vain.
After reaching this conclusion, he then analyzed what he should practice in the following year.
Time is limited. Even if this body has great potential, it is impossible for him to develop multiple technologies within a year.
Then, there is an analysis related to the return on investment.
This is his area of ​​expertise.
After analyzing various comprehensive factors such as basketball development trends, teammates, and training speed, he came to the second conclusion:
He now wants to practice three-point shooting and passing, and he wants to reach the top level of American colleges and universities within a year!
Because only in this way can he have the opportunity to enter the NCAA Division I league!
Then, there was the crazy "suicide" plan.
Apart from attending classes, eating and sleeping, he spends all his time in the training hall.
If the school's training hall was closed, he would run to the less crowded street court in the suburbs!
Women, delicious food, busy streets and nightlife are all irrelevant to him. He only cares about training! Training! Training!
His introverted personality is actually a good thing at this time, because he can really do whatever he wants and devote 100% or even 120% to it.
A year later, his almost self-torturing training method finally paid off, and his three-point shooting and passing ratings both went from D to B!
This is enough to be his stepping stone to enter the NCAA Division I league!
It was during this process that he and Durant became friends.
In addition to the aforementioned dinner and comforting events, the two soon discovered that each other was a training fanatic.
Lin Ying's reason was because of time pressure, while Durant's reason was a bit sad. Born in Washington, DC, he couldn't go to the training hall when he was a child, so in order to make up for the lost time, he spent all day in the training hall.
And Lin Ying still remembers what Durant said to him during their chat.
"A lazy genius will surely be surpassed by a diligent one!"
Lin Ying couldn't have imagined that the young Durant would have such a deep understanding.
But later he found out that those words were actually said by Durant's mother.
Everyone knows what happened next. Durant recommended him to Springman, he successfully passed the tryout, and joined the University of Texas with Durant.
For a loner like him, being able to go to college with his only friend is happiness enough.
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