Basketball K God

Chapter 1 Sentiment After Winning
On April 2008, 4, the second semi-final of the NCAA "Final Four" was in full swing.The two sides are the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the University of North Carolina basketball team.

The scene was full of fans from both sides who came to watch the game.In addition, as the semi-finals of the semi-finals, many professional scouts of NBA teams and some team managers are also among them. They are looking for potential players for their teams, because the players participating in the competition Many people in both teams will participate in the NBA draft this summer or in the next few years.

At this point, the game has entered the second half, and the end is less than 3 minutes away.The score on the court was that Kansas led North Carolina by 17 points.In the NCAA, where the attack time is 35 seconds, in the remaining time, North Carolina, as the lagging side, wants to make a comeback, and the possibility is infinitely close to zero.

——The game has entered garbage time, this can be seen from North Carolina coach Roy Williams starting to withdraw the main force.The outcome of the game has already been divided, even if one's main force is present, there is no possibility of winning the score.

Kansas also came on the bench, and coach Bill Self tacitly withdrew the main players.Unlike today's opponents, they still have a game, and that game is the last game of this year's "March Madness".

Garbage time was over quickly, and with the buzzer blowing, what was supposed to be a close game before the game ended in a surprisingly one-sided game amidst excited cheers and celebrations from the University of Kansas Jayhawks players.

In the locker room, Kansas Jayhawks players cheered excitedly, celebrating the win.They finally won and could advance to the final.Their opponent in the final was the University of Memphis Tigers led by talented guard Derrick Rose.

In the other semifinal before this game, the University of Memphis Tigers beat UCLA 78-63.

In the University of Kansas Jayhawks locker room, the joy of victory was overflowing at this time.Among the players celebrating the victory of the game, there was a yellow-skinned and black-haired player who looked a little different.

The reason why this person looks different is firstly because of his skin color, he is the only yellow man in this team; secondly, because although he looks very happy, his eyes are somewhat lonely and sentimental.

In this game where the team beat the opponent, the yellow man came off the bench for 19 minutes and made 7 of 2 shots, including 3 of 3 0-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 3 steals and 7 turnovers.At first glance, as a substitute, he has a relatively low shooting percentage and more turnovers, but he is quite comprehensive.But the reality is that he scored a total of 4 points, [-] of which were scored in garbage time...

In fact, his sense of presence in this game was very low, and the two North Carolina guards Wayne Ellington and Danny Green who were facing him both contributed double-digit points.In the second half, Kansas was hit by a small orgasm due to his strikes and turnovers, and was almost overturned.

Therefore, even if the coach and teammates didn't say anything, it was an extremely unacceptable thing for him who was extremely demanding of himself.

With mixed emotions, he walked out of the arena with his bag on his back and got on the team bus back to the team.He took out his mobile phone and saw that there were two missed calls, both from the same person.

He called back, and soon, a slightly hoarse male voice came from the other end of the phone: "Kane, my good brother, congratulations on entering the final!"

"Thank you, Russell, today I... played well... Well, I will definitely perform well in the finals and avenge you!"

"Well, help me fix Memphis well, I'll wait for your good news, brother!"

After hanging up the phone, he slowly closed his eyes and rested his mind on the back of the chair.Suddenly, a text message alert sounded—he opened his eyes, turned on his phone, and checked the text message.

It was his girlfriend, Zhou Jing, who sent the text message.The content of the text message is also very simple, only less than 10 characters - thank you, let's fight well.

The young man named "Xie Kai" gave a wry smile, and immediately responded with a message—it is necessary!

After replying to the information, Xie Kai casually browsed the news and forums, and a lot of news about their game against North Carolina has been posted on mainstream sports websites.On the forum, the fans of the two teams were engaged in an "overtime match". The debate was so fierce that people still seemed to be able to feel the tension of the semi-finals.

There is not much news about him. He is not the core of the team, not even the starter.Moreover, his performance in this game was sluggish, and the reporters who wrote the article would not write about him in particular.

But there are still some news about him. After all, as the only yellow man in the two teams, his skin color is naturally topical.However, most of the news about him is negative.

Xie Kai saw the headline of one of the news articles—"Don't let Kane Xie play again!", he clicked on it, and it was written about how he did not contribute to the team in this game. The main rotation of the team can do nothing but hold back the main force.The article also wrote at the end: "If Kansas wants to win the championship, it needs to reduce Kanexie's playing time. The yellow-skinned defender has never been able to perform well in the top arena!"

Although Xie Kai knew that some reporters had no bottom line in writing articles in order to attract attention, he was still a little unhappy.My performance in this game is indeed not good, but I can't completely deny a person just because of a poor performance in a game.

Xie turned off the news page, opened the forum, and saw that many fans were talking about him in the forum of the University of Kansas.The focus of discussion among the fans is Xie Kai and Sasha Cowen, who are the main rotation of the team, whether these two foreign players can be reliable in the final.The unanimous opinion of the fans is that if the game is really passive, the playing time of these two should be reduced or even not given, especially Xie Kai.

Seeing this, Xie Kai angrily turned off the screen of his mobile phone, not looking at these messy things, not seeing anything.He doesn't like being underestimated very much, but he knows that he can't control other people's thoughts. All he can do is to show a good performance and shut up those who look down on him and try to laugh at him!
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At night, Xie Kai lay on the hotel bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.Teammate Brandon Rush, who was in the same room with him, contributed a game-high 25 points in this game and became one of the main contributors to the team's victory.At this time, he was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, and there were bursts of snoring, which was particularly loud in this quiet room.

Xie Kai couldn't sleep, he was thinking about his future.The current situation is that his University of Kansas Jayhawks team has advanced to the finals of this year's NCAA Final Four. No matter what the final result of the finals is, at least they can get the runner-up.And he himself can become a member of the runner-up or even the champion.

What a source of pride for the many players on the NCAA Tournament teams to have the opportunity to be part of a championship team!But for Xie Kai, although this is a great team honor, it cannot be the golden key to achieve his goal.

——Because his goal is to enter the NBA!

There are tens of thousands of basketball players in the NCAA, but only 60 are selected by the NBA each year.Among the 60 places, not all of them are allocated to NCAA players, as well as those international players, high school players who have reached the age of 19, etc.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for an NCAA basketball player to be selected by an NBA team.Not to mention, it was Xie Kai, a yellow man who was not considered a top player in the NCAA.

This is Xie Kai's second NCAA season.In his freshman year, he served as the water dispenser administrator of the team, and his playing time was extremely rare. , can contribute 2 points, 20.8 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 4.2 steal and 2.9 blocks per game, shooting 1% from the field and 0.5% from the 45-point range.

With such data, even with an NCAA champion, it is extremely difficult to be selected in the draft.Because not only the statistics are not good, Xie Kai, as a yellow race, has average physical fitness and does not seem to have great potential, so it is not easy to become the "lottery ticket" in the draft.

Xie Kai plans to participate in the NBA draft this year. He is very clear that he is already a sophomore. If he cannot be selected this year, then even if his junior or senior statistics are better than this year, his chances of entering the NBA will not be better than this year. high.

In today's NBA, the talent and potential of young players are more important to the selection of each team.How many senior players with outstanding immediate combat ability were completely suppressed by those freshman players with rough skills but full of talent in the draft. Many of them could only be selected in the second round, and some even lost.

Few young players with overflowing talents will play 4 years in the NCAA in college. Before Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony a little further away, they all participated in the NBA draft after their freshman year.When high school students could still participate in the draft, high school students such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James even skipped the NCAA and participated in the NBA draft.

Be famous as soon as possible!Basketball is a sport that eats youth. For those talented teenagers, if they enter the NBA league early, they can earn a lot of dollars early.

Xie Kai does not have any talent visible to the naked eye, and his combat power is not top-notch.But entering the NBA is his dream and the pursuit of his basketball career for more than ten years.Before this door is completely closed to him, he hopes to work hard to get a chance to enter the NBA.

Since March Madness, Xie Kai's performance has not been very satisfactory.As one of the team's main perimeter offensive points, he exposed his shortcomings of insufficient physical confrontation under high-intensity confrontation in the cruel and intense competition of a single knockout match.In the last few games, this shortcoming has been exaggerated.

It is foreseeable that if his performance in the next finals is like the recent ones, then the possibility of him being selected in the draft in June will become very small.

The NBA has never been optimistic about the talent and potential of people of the yellow race. Without real data, Xie Kai really has to be YY if he wants to be favored by those NBA teams.

Xie Kai knew very well in his mind that there were not many opportunities left for him. To be precise, at least this year, he only had the chance of the final match two days later.

(End of this chapter)