I'm not really a role player

Chapter 29 The group of foreign students in a foreign country

Late at night, a hotel in Austin.

After watching the Texas-Davidson game, Joe Henson returned to his monthly rent.

Joe Henson, a scout, works for the NBA's Pacers.

His task is to explore the NCAA league, and then produce a complete scouting report, every once in a while, back to Indianapolis to report to his immediate boss, Larry Bird.

In the past few years, Joe Henson has been keeping a close eye on those powerful NCAA stars. These NCAA players who may be ready for the NBA are the focus of his attention.

But starting this year, things are a little different.

The Pacers team that reached the finals at the end of the last century has been declining year by year, and this year it seems that even the playoffs are very dangerous.

Although Larry Bird hasn't made up his mind to show off, Joe Henson has already focused his investigation on those top NCAA star players, just like Kevin Durant, who he has been following and inspecting during this time.

One thing he must admit is that the time he spent on Durant was a bit wasted during this period. The reason is that Durant's talent and strength can be seen clearly in just one or two rounds on the court. No matter how much time is spent, this is only confirmed.

Even so, he decided that after the University of Texas defeated Davidson College to end the preseason journey, he would rush out the scouting report overnight, and then he could return to Indianapolis early tomorrow morning.

"Well, there are actually only three games that need to be analyzed, one North Carolina, one Kentucky, and one Georgetown..."

Joe Henson opened his heavy laptop, and finished the first game of North Carolina like a gulp.

"This is the first game of the season. Kevin Durant scored consecutively at the end of the second half and won the game. Other things worth noting about this game are..."

Joe Henson circled Ty Lawson, who had been fighting with Xiao Du in North Carolina for a while in this game.

"Ty Lawson, Kevin Durant's high school teammate, also performed very well in this game, but this guy's height is a bit problematic. The registered height is 180cm, but the actual height may only be 175, except for him..."

Qiao Hansen circled Li Ke's name again.

"Sheldon Lee, his defense in this game is very good. Tyler Hansbrough is considered an NCAA superstar, but this unknown defender before this game defended Hansbrough all by himself. Strictly speaking, he is also one of the winners and losers of this game..."

Then came Kentucky. Li Ke steadily defended Joe Crawford, but the focus was still on Xiao Du.

"Another 34-point game, Kevin Durant used his shots to illustrate his strong personal scoring ability."

And finally George Town.

Joe Henson still focused on Xiao Du, but as the game progressed, he discovered a blind spot that he hadn't noticed before.

"Beginning the second half, Jeff Green's offense was contained, credit to Dexter Pittman."

This is his previous conclusion, but now, he has a new discovery.

"The change of Dexter Pittman's position does not seem to be decided by Rick Barnes. Sheldon Lee and Dexter Pittman whispered a few words. It is Sheldon Lee's adjustment? If this is the case, maybe I will add to Sheldon Lee's golf intelligence."

From here, Johensen paid more attention to Li Ke, and he quickly reached the final moment of the game.

"At the last moment, the mistake Sheldon Lee made seems a bit tricky?"

Unlike watching the game on the spot, the video after the game showed that Li Ke had a fierce conflict with Damien James on his way back to the bench.

"The ball that Sheldon Lee made a mistake was passed by Damien James, and the two of them clashed again. Could it be that the ball was not Sheldon Lee's fault?"

Joe Henson looked back several times, and finally realized: "Sheldon Lee can't find KD's position!"

"So, Sheldon Lee is not good at passing the ball..."

After labeling Li Ke as not good at passing the ball, Johensen took advantage of the situation and deleted the evaluation of Li Ke's "poor shot selection".

Johensen pondered for a while about the last block lore, and finally made an astonishing discovery.

"In the victory against North Carolina, Sheldon Lee's contribution was second only to KD. Speaking of which, if it weren't for KD's crazy scoring in the last few minutes, the best player in that game might have belonged to Sheldon Lee."

"Against Kentucky, Sheldon Lee's defense locked down Joe Crawford and was solid."

"Against Georgetown, the decisive factor was another block from him."

"In these three games, regardless of offense and defense, he is already the No. [-] player in the University of Texas after KD, and, in the three games, he seems to have been improving..."

Joe Henson took a deep breath: "Perhaps Sheldon Lee is the biggest gain from this investigation."

In the new season, although the Pacers have a bad record, they are still on the verge of the playoffs.

It seems that Xiao Du should have no chance with them, but Li Ke, based on the current market situation, a late second-round pick is enough.

"I hope Larry is satisfied..."

……

Four or five days before the start of the regular season of the Big [-] League, Li Ke approached James Berger, the video editor of the Longhorns, and asked for a video of the coaching staff analyzing and deploying tactics.

Then he walked in the direction of the apartment, scanning the schedule at a glance while walking, muttering:

"The opponent in the first game, Texas A&M University, doesn't look like a threat... Wait, Asilao? Donald Sloan?"

Only then did Li Ke realize that he seemed to have underestimated his opponent in the opening match.

Before he studied it carefully, he felt as if someone was pulling him behind him, and a string of familiar and unfamiliar words sounded in his ears:

"That big man, wait, are you Chinese?"

Li Ke stopped, and turned his head in a daze.

When he saw a yellow man wearing glasses who looked very thin, he nodded: "Yes, I am, are you too?"

"Of course, let me introduce myself, Dong Jinji, an international student of economics at McComb School of Business."

Dong Jinji, you only studied economics, your parents must be fortune tellers, right?

Li Ke secretly complained, but then introduced himself: "Li Ke, an international student of psychology in the School of Education."

The two shook hands, as if they met in this foreign country.

"It's like this, Brother Li, I'm not only an overseas student in economics, but also the president of the Huaxia International Students Association..."

"Invite me to join the club?"

"This is just one of them. More importantly, we will play a football game with Lao Mei in two days..."

Dong Jinji explained the original simple things clearly with complicated language.

In fact, it is very simple. A rich second generation who studied abroad had a conflict with a bench player of the German University rugby team. After being provoked, he was forced to accept the challenge of a rugby game.

In the end, the biggest problem was not the game itself, but that the Chinese students could not even get 11 players to play in the game, let alone win the game.

"It's not about winning the game. Lao Mei said that as long as we can score, we will win."

"Win if you can score?"

Li Ke's expression was very constipated. He suddenly felt that this group of rich second-generation foreign students were really ready for trouble, and that even if they won, they would be insulted by provocations.

He shook his head, wanting to refuse.

"Don't refuse, Brother Li, please, you are so tall and strong, we must have a chance, those old beauties said, except for the football team substitute who initiated the challenge, all other old beauties are amateurs, and it is up to us to decide who will play and who will not play..."

amateur?
Li Ke suddenly had an idea, S-level strength and speed, A-level jumping, what level would it be to play a football game?
He wanted to give it a try, but after hesitation, he agreed to Dong Jinji.

"Okay, but let me tell you in advance that whether I win or lose, it has nothing to do with me."

(End of this chapter)