NBA: Start with a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar template card

Chapter 14 Strike, Grow

On the team bus, Chen Xiao, sitting alone in a row, comfortably took out the iPhone 4s that was just released last year and began to scan the little blue bird.

But to be honest, the iPhone 4.5s with a height of 2.3 inches and a width of 4 inches is still too small in Chen Xiao's hands.Chen Xiao could only silently look forward to the release of a large-screen mobile phone, and now he could only make do with it.

Although Chen Xiao in his previous life was not very keen on social media, now that he is in America, Chen Xiao, who has already got off the plane, is driven by the atmosphere around him and plays with Little Blue Bird.

In just a few months, as a popular rookie with an aura of oriental mystery, he has already surpassed [-] fans without much management.

First browse around at random, what's new today.

I found that Duke vs. North Carolina is getting a lot of attention today. #Duke and #UNC are on the front row of the popular tags. Click on the tags of your school to see.

"Look at this guy, he completely destroyed Harrison Barnes, wow, a 7-foot-2 guy guarding a [-] all the way, God!"

"Brilliant chase, great game, Duke is the champion!!!"

"Did you pay attention? Chen helped Barnes when he fell, just finished delivering the big cap, and protected the opponent. I announce that I am now a fan of Chen."

It was all flattering about himself, and Chen Xiao was too embarrassed to continue watching.

Looking at the rapidly increasing number of fans, as well as the countless private messages in the background, and the reminders of sponsorship messages one after another, Chen Xiao chose to continue to read, and tweeted by the way.

Everyone's discussions are so heated, we, as the subject of discussion, can't chill everyone's hearts.

"Go ahead, we haven't finished the final work yet, Duke is supreme." After the brief editing, Chen Xiao pressed the send button.

Chen Xiao, who was playing with his mobile phone, suddenly heard Quinn Cook in the front row yelling, "I made it", made it endlessly.

What did you make?What are you doing?Chen Xiao was speechless and was about to ask a question.

Rivers next to Cook obviously had the same idea as Chen Xiao, and asked impatiently, "What are you doing, Cook?"

Obviously, Cook, who was yelling, just wanted to show off what he had just achieved.

Seeing someone ask a question, he replied beamingly: "I successfully dated my goddess, my true love, my sweetheart. She said that I am very charming in today's competition."

As the No. [-] high school student in the United States, Rivers, who has fans all over the United States, dismissed it and was too lazy to continue this topic.

"What? Just because you played 9 minutes and made 4 of 1 shots?" Joe Hairston, who heard the discussion, said angrily.He played zero minutes today.

"You can't be jealous, Ng, I'm just more attractive than you." Cook retorted.

"OK, Quinn, you're great today, would you mind showing me what your goddess looks like?" Chen Xiao, who wanted to settle the dispute as soon as possible, asked Cook.

Of course Cook will not refuse the request of the team boss, and at the same time not show everyone how he shows off?

While handing the phone back, he sprayed "Don't be jealous of those who can't play, Ng" at Hairston who was leaning aside.

After taking the phone and looking at it, Chen Xiao fell silent.

Isn't this the type that Brother Deng likes? If you can't appreciate it, you can't appreciate it.

Seeing that Chen Xiao was silent, Cook thought that Chen Xiao was fascinated by the beauty, so he hurriedly said, "This is mine, mine first, if you like it, you have to find it yourself, Chen."

Seeing that he was misunderstood by Cook, Chen Xiao was tired and didn't want to explain, so he silently handed back the phone. The picture was a bit too powerful, so he had to take it easy.

……

The bus painted in dark blue slowly drove into the West Campus of Duke University and stopped beside the Blue Devils player dormitory building.

The Blue Devils players who were exhausted from the game went back to their respective homes.

Chen Xiao returned to the dormitory, after washing up, he turned on the system as usual to see if there was any change.

"Name: Chen Xiao;
Birthday: June 1992, 9;
Height: 218 cm; Armspan: 241 cm;

Palm: length 27 cm, span 30.5 cm;

Weight: 112 kg"

The home page is still personal information and some static data.

The only thing that has changed is that the weight has increased by two kilograms.

After using the template card to obtain most of Kareem's abilities, Chen Xiao once thought that his attributes were solidified.

But soon he knew he was dead wrong.

It was a game day, and Chen Xiao went to Boston, Massachusetts with the team to play against the Boston College Eagles, which was the bottom of the ACC league. The team's statistics basically ranked the bottom among more than 300 NCAA teams.

A few days before the game, Old K asked the assistant to lead the players to train due to physical reasons.It may also be because he was playing against the bottom team, and he was careless, so he put down the team to recuperate.

At that time, the Blue Devils players who were complacent because of a wave of consecutive victories swelled up, their draft picks soared, and Chen Xiao, who was full of praise in his ears, gradually became a little slack in training.

If there were no accidents, there should have been accidents, but in the end there were no accidents. When old K returned from recuperation, he faced all the members of the Blue Devils who had returned to school after winning the class.

The result was in line with expectations, the Blue Devils road victory over the Boston College Eagles.

But not many wins, only a little bit, a narrow victory by one point.

The whole process highlighted an ugly.

Duke easily and smoothly led the opponent by 23 points in the first half. I thought it was time to get off work, but I didn't expect the Eagles to choose to "cut the shark" in the second half.

Chen Xiao was stupid at the time, wasn't he, what age is it?And kill sharks.

I just missed two free throws in the first half. As for going straight to the Sharks?Give me points, right? You wait for me.Chen Xiao even wanted to laugh a little.

Our "70" free throws, not to mention a steady [-]% shooting rate, at least maintaining a [-]% shooting rate should not be a problem.

But this time it became a problem, as the old saying goes: if you don’t practice for one day, you know it; if you don’t practice for two days, your opponent knows it; if you don’t practice for three days, the audience knows it.

And Chen Xiao, who hadn't practiced for several days, had the lowest shooting percentage in his personal history.

Only 11 of 4 free throws were made, and the shooting percentage was only 36%, less than 40%.

Because the NCAA rule is that after a certain number of fouls, the opponent gets a "1+1" free throw opportunity, that is to say, if Chen Xiao fails to score the first free throw, it is directly equivalent to the Blue Devils only scoring 0 points in this offense.

Therefore, the damage caused by the 7 missed free throws to the team is not just the loss of 3.5 offensive opportunities.

In the end, the Blue Devils, who were sluggish in the second half, lost their opponents by 22 points at halftime, creating the biggest halftime loss for the Duke Blue Devils in recent years.

Relying on the advantages accumulated in the first half, Duke escaped from the Boston away game in embarrassment.

Chen Xiao still remembers that after the game, the old coach K sent the same message to all the players - gather at my house after returning to Durham.

The furious scolding of the storm lasted for a full 4 hours. From night to early morning, the old K brand hair dryer with full power made every player unable to lift their heads. Old K directly scolded Chen Xiao: "You only want to go to the NBA, you should get out."

After the players left the old K's house, the players received another text message asking to go to the locker room at 6 am the next day.When they arrived at the locker room, Chen Xiao found that there were two garbage bags in front of everyone's locker. Coach K asked people to pack their things and throw them out. After the players put their things back in the car, the password of the locker room door was changed.

In the subsequent training, the players couldn't even wear Duke's equipment. They could only wear the white short-sleeved and blue shorts that Coach K had bought at Wal-Mart before.

After experiencing this, Chen Xiao finally calmed down, and sank from the ever-expanding vanity after getting the system.

Only then did he truly understand that hard work is the foundation of good performance.

No matter how good your talent or ability is, you can't squander it. Sweat will not let you down, it will only make you a success.

Chen Xiao, who originally felt that his abilities were solidified, didn't even bother to check his system anymore. This incident also indirectly prompted Chen Xiao to develop a new habit - often open the system to check his changes.

(End of this chapter)