I'm not really a role player

Chapter 43 Domestic Concerns

Although it was already one o'clock at night when he returned to the residence last night, Li Ke's biological clock woke him up on time the next morning.

Get up, put on long johns, fleece sports sweater, and finally put on a sports padded jacket, and go out in the air-conditioning.

Austin's winter is still quite cold, but as soon as the amount of exercise increased, the severe cold was immediately driven away. After running for less than half, Li Ke threw the padded jacket aside.

Passing by a newsstand, Li Ke involuntarily stopped and leaned over.

Because he saw from a distance the photo on the front page of a newspaper hanging on the newsstand, it seemed to be his figure, even if it was a few meters away, it was so eye-catching.

A closer look, sure enough.

It was an "Austin News", and the front page showed Li Ke's right hand raised after hitting a lore three-pointer, with a cold face celebrating.

"So handsome!"

Li Ke secretly sighed, then took out a brand new twenty-dollar bill from his pocket, and handed it to the owner of the newsstand.

"Sir, I want an Austin News..."

He glanced at several copies of "Sports Illustrated" on the desktop in the newsstand: "One more Sports Illustrated."

There is nothing interesting about the Austin news, Li Ke just wants to keep it as a souvenir.

On the other hand, Sports Illustrated, thinking of the draft page in it, made Li Ke feel a little indifferent to running, and immediately decided to end this morning's running.

Back at the apartment, the servants hired by Li Ke had already prepared breakfast, five or six boiled eggs, thick pancakes stacked together, a glass of milk, and a glass of fruit and vegetable juice.

While eating, Li Ke finished watching the Austin news.

Stephen Adler, a reporter who had used Li Ke before, wrote an article touting Li Ke, and questioned Sports Illustrated again.

"It's unbelievable that Shelton has been in the Longhorns for several months, beating NCAA stars such as Tyler Hansbrough and Asilau, but he still hasn't made it to the draft prediction list of Sports Illustrated..."

Still not on board?
Li Ke frowned. He felt that the latest issue should not be without him. This Austin News article should have been written by Adler last night.

Putting the Sports Illustrated by his side, Li Ke took a deep breath, as if he was about to unveil the million-dollar prize, he was a little nervous and looking forward to it...

boom!
The door of the apartment was pushed open at this moment.

"Sheldon, look, you've entered Sports Illustrated's draft prediction rankings, No. 17 in the first round!"

Li Ke's tension and anticipation were instantly shattered.

Gan!
Glaring at Xiao Du viciously, Xiao Du felt bewildered, touched his head, and handed the Sports Illustrated that he had brought with him to Li Ke, and pointed to the specific location in the magazine.

When Li Ke looked over, he saw himself.

A NCAA makeup photo with Li Ke's name written on it.

It is no longer Sheldon Lee who has been talked about by the major media and commentators of the NCAA, but Li Ke's real name: Li Ke.

"Li Ke, 18 years old, a swingman with a forward and a guard, plays for the NCAA Big [-] Conference University of Texas at Austin's Principal Horns, is good at cutting and scoring, can shoot three-pointers, and is outstanding in single defense..."

A row of Li Ke's average per game data up to the last game is listed in the back.

“出场23次，首发23次，场均出场时间28.9分钟，每场可以得到14.4分3.0个篮板1.7个助攻1.9个抢断……”

After that, there is a set of Li Ke's physical measurement data.

"Height: 199cm, Weight: 84kg, Armspan: 200cm, Standing Reach: 258cm, Standing Bounce: 82cm, Approach Bounce: 99cm, Standing Reach: 339cm, Approach Reach: 357cm, Maximum Bench Press Times (84kg): 19 Times, 3/4 Field Sprint: 3.45 seconds."

"This physical measurement data..."

Li Ke frowned. He remembered that at the end of the preseason, coach Chris Price took everyone to take a physical test, and the physical test data in Sports Illustrated was the data measured by Li Ke at that time. The strength, bounce and speed were all too obvious.

"There's an insider in the Longhorns."

"Ghost, what do you mean, Sheldon?"

Xiao Du didn't hear Li Ke's rant, Li Ke waved his hand: "It's nothing."

Avoiding this topic, he turned his gaze back to the magazine. According to the prediction, the team that chose Li Ke was the Los Angeles Lakers.

"Based on the Lakers' record this year, their draft picks are probably in this position. However, Sports Illustrated never targets them indiscriminately. They must have obtained some inside information, right?"

Sports Illustrated is not the only one that makes draft predictions, but it is the only one that can be made authoritative, which is very telling.

Li Ke guessed wildly, but no matter what, he never entered the list. By the middle of the first round, Li Ke's market price had skyrocketed.

"It's time to prepare and participate in the 07 draft."

Li Ke suddenly thought that 07 was also a year of harvest for Chinese basketball. In addition to Yao Ge entering the peak of his career, Lianmei and Dasheng also entered the NBA this season.

……

At a newspaper office in Yangcheng, Su Qun, as usual, took out the Sports Illustrated by American Direct Mail from the newspaper box at the door, turned around and entered the newspaper office again.

As soon as he entered, a group of people crowded up immediately.

Yang Yi asked anxiously: "Look quickly, how much is the Arab League this time!"

In the draft in 07, Lianmei was very popular from the very beginning. In contrast, Dasheng, who received attention because of the Asian Championships in 05, although he had always predicted that he would be picked in the second round, he was not as good as Lianmei after all, and the attention he received was also ranked low.

"Don't worry, I haven't opened it yet."

Teacher Su's hands were a bit clumsy, and it took him a long time to tear off the outer layer of film.

Then I rummaged for a while before I found the position of the draft page.

From top to bottom, Lianmei's name was quickly seen.

"Seventh pick, down one spot compared to last time."

"One or two picks come and go, there is no difference, let's look at Sun Yue."

Continuing to search from the seventh overall pick, the first one to find was of course not Sun Yue, but Li Ke.

"Li Ke? Seems like a Chinese name?"

"The 17th pick in the first round is not low."

"Look at the introduction..."

The great holy statue was forgotten, and only Li Ke was the focus of a group of people.

"There is no detailed introduction, only the name, school, position on the court, and various descriptions of technical characteristics, data and predicted order."

"Looking at the name, it should be Chinese. If you are Chinese-American, you should also be able to write your English name."

Li Xilin, the editor-in-chief, gave his judgment. His judgment was not without basis. This year, there was a Chinese-American named Jeremy Lin at Harvard University.

Now, a real Chinese suddenly appeared at the University of Texas at Austin in the Big 17 League, and he played well. The draft predictions went from no one in the last period to the [-]th in the first round of this period. Obviously, the market has skyrocketed.

The whole newspaper office immediately became excited.

"A Lian, Sun Yue, now Li Ke is here again, this year is really a bumper harvest!"

"Don't be so happy, the University of Texas at Austin, Wang Yiqiong is relatively close there, let him get to know it."

"Not only to understand, but also to conduct an exclusive interview, so that domestic fans can understand this Li Ke!"

"..."

　Don't worry about the arm span, let's give an example:
　　Jimmy Butler, with a height of a little over 198 and a wingspan of a little over 201, regards statistics like dirt, has strong mental attributes, and starts defensively.

　　That's right, this guy is the template for the protagonist, and Yi Wen wrote Li Ke based on him.

　　Finally, thank you for being a bird, thinking about the simple old, and book friend 20171109233143431 for your reward!
　　Ask for tickets, ask for rewards! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)