I'm not really a role player

Chapter 32 The Pleasure of Licking Dogs

"Let me introduce our opponent in the opening match..."

It was no different from the preseason game. Rick Barnes called all the coaching staff and all the players the day before the game.

"Texas A&M University, head coach Billy Gillispie, head coach Asilao."

Before actually introducing Asilau, Rick Barnes looked directly at Li Ke: "Sheldon, I'll leave it to you."

Although he would not be surprised, such a sudden attack still made Li Ke stunned for a second, before answering: "Okay, coach."

"Chris, tell us more about Asilau."

Team assistant Chris Price is responsible for scouting opponents, and he stood up and introduced before the game:
"Asilao, you can think of him as Chauncey Billups of the NCAA. Whether it is the trajectory of his career or the characteristics of his style, he is very similar to Chauncey Billups..."

Li Ke nodded. This point is no different from what Xiao Du said before, but it is more specific.

Asilau is a bit like Russell Westbrook. He was also rated as a three-star star in high school. He was ranked 150th in the United States. In the first season of the Agricultural Machinery University, he was not reused. He just relied on his own will and hard work. Step by step, he came out.

By the time he was a sophomore, he became the starter, and he also played some tricks, with outstanding defense and balanced skills.

In his junior year, Asilao's performance became phenomenal, averaging 16.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Even the statistics are very similar to Billups in the NBA.

By this season, in the preseason, Asilau averaged 18.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, which is a step forward in all aspects.

"Excellent overall view, extremely high golf quotient, and accurate mid-range shots. In the preseason of the new season, his three-pointers seem to have made great progress. His shooting percentage has increased from 33.0% in his junior year to 45.8%..."

In terms of technical characteristics, Asilao is also very similar to Billups.

And then, Chris Price started pulling out his stuff from the bottom of the suitcase.

"Attention, Sheldon, his speed is not slow, but his explosive power is not enough. His breakthrough relies more on the change of angle, and he has more fake moves. In addition, he rarely enters the inside, and he scores more from mid-range jump shots..."

In other words, Asilao's body is very similar to the current Li Ke, both of which have speed but do not explode. In this way, Li Ke should indeed defend Asilao.

"Kill him, Sheldon, we need a good start."

Rick Barnes finally encouraged Li Ke, and Li Ke nodded.

After a complete preseason, no one will question Li Ke's main position anymore.

Including Damien James, who also became a lot more low-key after he was found out in the last game against Georgetown. He knew very well that Li Ke, who has been improving during this period, is no longer the Li Ke at the beginning of school.

From the very beginning, he had no advantage in the confrontation with Li Ke. Now, Li Ke can even crush him on both offense and defense.

If this continues, Li Ke and Kevin Durant will both participate in the NBA after this season, while he, DJ Augustin and Dexter Pittman will all have to stay in the NCAA.

In fact, not only Damien James, but also the coaching staff of the Longhorns have realized this.

At the beginning of the season, they thought the core of the team's offense was Durant, Augustin and Abrams, and the core of defense was Dexter Pittman.

In the end, when the fight really started, they realized that Augustine was too tender, Abrams was constrained by his body and unstable, and the Longhorns could almost only rely on Durant for their offense.

Defensively, Dexter Pittman is too slow and too rough.

Without Li Ke, this season's Longhorns really can only let Durant shoulder the burden of offense and defense.

Therefore, the fact is that Xiao Du is the boss and Li Ke is the second child of the current Longhorn.

From the beginning to the end of the tactical meeting before the game, the topic never left Asilao, which also made Li Ke understand that in this opening game, they really only need to prevent Asilao from killing him, and they can win the game.

But thinking this way, Li Ke's pressure will be even greater.

After the meeting was over, Li Ke returned home and dug up some video footage of the preseason games of the Agricultural Machinery University. After staying up until midnight, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep.

……

The next day, Li Ke woke up just as the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone through the curtains into the room.

Although he was very tired and wanted to sleep with his eyes closed, Li Ke shook his head helplessly due to his long-standing work and rest habits, and got up.

As usual, he jogged around the streets of North Camps for half an hour until his clothes were soaked in sweat before he ended his morning exercise, which he had hardly stopped since crossing.

There were still classes in the morning. Li Ke took his books and walked towards the teaching building of the School of Education. When he passed the Frank Owen Center, he stopped for a while.

Since yesterday, a huge poster has been hung on the outer wall of the Frank Owen Center.

Rick Barnes crossed his arms and stood in the center, with Xiao Du and Abrams beside him, Li Ke and Augustine outside, as well as Connor Achley, Dexter Pittman, Damien James...

Not one person was left out, and everyone from the Longhorns is on the poster.

Li Ke stared at himself on the poster for a while, and made a decision: "Next time, I will sit in seat C!"

Li Ke finished listening to the psychology class in the morning in a daze.

In the afternoon, he couldn't wait to rush to the arena.

Because it was the opening game of the regular season, the Frank Irving Center, which was still sparsely populated in the morning, became crowded and busy in the afternoon. Not only the students from the University of Deutsches Union came to watch the game, but the residents of Austin were also long-term supporters of the Longhorns.

Wrapped in a thick sable coat, standing in the square of the Frank Owen Center, Cong Ming breathed out the heat and stamped his feet, beside him stood Archie, the center of the rugby game, and two girls in the cheerleading team, one of whom had short hair, whom Cong Ming had been eagerly pursuing.

A group of four looked around, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, Dong Jinji panted heavily and ran from a distance.

"I got the ticket, I got it..."

"A few!"

Cong Ming didn't care about anything else, he just wanted to know how many tickets there were.

"Just...just two..."

"Two?!"

"I can't help it, brother Cong. This is the opening game of the regular season. It's too hot. More than 2 tickets have already been sold out. I also begged my grandpa to tell my grandma. I managed to find two tickets."

Dong Jinji looked bitter, Cong Ming accepted the two tickets helplessly, and turned to the one with short hair among the two girls: "Small sample, just two tickets, or..."

Before he could finish speaking, the short-haired girl named Xiao Mian snatched up the ticket: "Then, sister Qiqi and I will go in."

"what?!"

"Oh, why don't you go in with Sister Qiqi?"

"No, no, you guys go, you go..."

Cong Ming stood on the square, watching the short-haired girl and the sister Qiqi she was talking about step by step into the arena, he was not angry because of this, on the contrary, he was happy.

When the two of them walked a little further, they shouted: "Chen Xiaoyang, have fun!"

It seems that it is very romantic to do so.

Archie felt it was very strange, and Dong Jinji said in a low voice: "I understand that someone who is a dog licker for the first time, even if he is a dog licker, he is very happy."

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