I'm not really a role player

Chapter 23 A powerful opponent is coming

After playing Winthrop University in the Great Southern Conference, the Longhorns have won six consecutive preseason games, six games, and are undefeated.

With such a hot state, coupled with Durant who averaged more than 30 points per game, the Longhorns have been considered one of the favorites for the NCAA championship in the new season, along with the University of Florida, Ohio State University and Kansas in the same league.

"With phenomenal freshman Kevin Durant, the University of Texas Longhorns are racing toward their first NCAA title in franchise history."

"The season has just started, and the top seeds of the four major divisions in March Madness have been determined, Kansas in the West, University of Texas in the East, University of Florida in the Midwest, and Ohio State in the South..."

"This year's freshmen are too perverted. Kevin Durant, who scored 30+ points in a row, Mike Conley, who alone led the team to win consecutive victories against strong opponents, and Greg Oden, who has not yet played but is expected. The three of them have created two top NCAA teams."

"..."

Looking at the comments of these media reporters, Xiao Du's complexion was not very good.

"Greg Oden hasn't even played before, so why does he still appear here?"

Li Ke on the side shook his head secretly, and secretly complained: This is the familiar Kevin Durant, who always cares so much about others' evaluation of himself, and even those who are closely related to him.

As for Li Ke, he looked through all the newspapers and magazines that Xiao Du brought, but he didn't see any reports related to him.

"The opponents are too weak. If we continue to play like this, we will not even think about going to the NBA at the end of this season."

Sports Illustrated has started to feature the NBA draft, and so far, Xiao Du is the No. [-] pick in the forecast.

But this did not make Xiao Du happy: Greg Oden, who did not play a game, was the second place predicted by Sports Illustrated.

A very simple reason: Oden is second in the list if he doesn't play a game. If he plays two or three games and his performance is not too bad, won't he be the number one pick?
This is why Xiao Du is quite upset.

"This guy obviously hasn't played a game yet, and no one knows what kind of performance he can play. Why is he ranked second?"

Li Ke shook his head. In a career similar to gambling in the draft, it has not been a day or two for NBA executives to favor big players.

It's not that Xiao Du is not a big man, it's just that the big men that NBA executives like are Sharks, Yao Ming, Duncan and other types of big men. Xiao Du, who can only shoot, is obviously not in this range.

This also means that no matter what kind of performance Xiaodu plays against the sky, there is a high probability that Oden will be the champion.

Unless Oden's performance is extremely bad, but Oden also encountered injuries. If it weren't for injuries, this guy is definitely at the historical level, and no one can question this.

Therefore, Oden's performance will not be bad at all, as long as he can make an appearance.

Compared with Xiao Du, Li Ke cared more about himself.

This feature of Sports Illustrated did not mention his name at all, which means that he has not received any attention from the NBA.

"Really, it's still far away..."

After thinking about it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep, but actually entered the system.

"Damien James: Hostile value 75."

"Kevin Durant: Friendly 66."

"DJ Augustin: Friendliness 38."

"Daniel Gibson: Friendliness 24."

"Tyler Hansbrough: Hostile value 10."

"Dexter Pittman: Friendship 5."

"Joe Crawford: Hostile value 5."

"..."

Xiao Du's friendliness is only 66, and Li Ke wants to roll his eyes a little bit.

Although he didn't intentionally make friends with Xiao Du, the two of them had a lot of communication during this period, and the friendship level only rose to 66 points. From this, he could see Xiao Du's character traits.

"This guy is really not that easy to talk to. Think about it. Later in the NBA, he didn't have any real friends."

On the contrary, Damien James's hostility value is almost reaching the 80-point limit.

"It seems that in the team training these days, often bringing down Damien is still very effective, and we still have to continue."

Li Ke doesn't know much about the peak Damien James, but he has decided that if he really doesn't have top-level skills, he will choose talent. Come to think of it, the talent of a black player is not bad.

"There's another game tomorrow, Georgetown University, they shouldn't be weak, right?"

Li Ke opened his eyes, flipped through Sports Illustrated, and found CBS's latest national live broadcast arrangement, which included the next game of the University of Texas.

"Georgetown University? Last year they reached the Sweet Sixteen. In the new season, the main core has not been lost, and their strength must not be weak."

Xiao Du is familiar with the situation of various top and sub-top elite schools in the NCAA. It has to be said that it is also related to his frequent reading of newspapers.

However, even if Xiao Du said so, Li Ke still doesn't know much about Georgetown University.

Until the afternoon, Rick Barnes called all the players and opened a pre-match tactical meeting.

"Tomorrow evening, we will usher in the most important game in the preseason. The opponent is Georgetown University. In March Madness, Georgetown University is our competitor in the same district..."

Not only Georgetown University, North Carolina, the opponent in the preseason opener, will also be the opponent in the same district in the middle of March Madness.

"Sheldon, in this game, your opponent will be Jeff Green."

Li Ke was named immediately after, but he paid more attention to the familiar name that Rick Barnes said.

"Jeff Green?"

If I remember correctly, the No. 07 rookie in the [-] draft was Jeff Green. Together with Xiao Du, he went to the Supersonics who later moved to Oklahoma City and changed their name to the Thunder. In the early days, he was also a member of the Thunder Youth League.

"They still have Roy Hibbert on the inside. We need to concentrate our defense on the inside, so your teammates won't give you much help."

Roy Hibbert, another big player in the NBA in the future, is not a low pick in the draft. With these two names alone, Li Ke understands that this Georgetown University, which is not as popular as Deda University at this time, is not easy to mess with.

Perhaps, at this time, Georgetown University is holding the idea of ​​taking advantage of the University of Texas, which is currently in the limelight, to brush up its momentum, and came to challenge aggressively.

"You need to pay attention. Jeff Green is a back-up master. At the same time, his mid-range shots are also very accurate. The scoring methods he often uses are turn-around jump shots behind the back, or face-up shots after breaking through..."

Rick Barnes is still introducing Jeff Green's style and technical style of play.

However, Li Ke was already thinking about finding some videos of Jeff Green and using the night before the game to get a better understanding of Jeff Green.

So, he raised his hand: "Coach, is there a video of Jeff Green?"

"Video? Georgetown University was considered a dark horse last year. There were not many live broadcasts in the United States, and there were not many videos. But you can find a computer and go to the NCAA official website to find it."

For the computer, he had to go to the NCAA official website. At this time, Li Ke could only spread his hands, and he didn't have enough time to get another computer.

"Then I can only go topless. I can defend Taylor Hansbrough, who is even more famous, and I would like to have Jeff Green. However, I still hope that the opponent is a little stronger. My single defense is only short of a strong enemy."

(End of this chapter)