Famous NBA

Chapter 1 Duke's "Flying Devil"

"Jimmy, good morning."

"Good morning, boss! Today's weather is awesome! The sun has shown up for a long time after the rain, let me, an old man, enjoy the sunshine more!" Seeing his boss, Jimmy still chatted about the weather in the same tone as usual.

"Yeah, things that haven't been seen for a long time are beautiful. Who is here in the stadium? Doesn't he know that he will fly to Indiana in a few hours?" Hearing the extremely dense sound of balls falling in the arena, the boss, the old coach K, raised his doubts.

"Who else! Only that little guy; even Quinn in the team did not have such a dense sound of brushing the net and landing when he was training for three-pointers." Since he has been guarding the arena for a long time, Jimmy knows the shooting characteristics of everyone on the Blue Devils very well.

"Forget, forget, I'm so busy with the finals. By the way, don't forget to remind him that it will be over within an hour. Come to my office after the end. I have something to explain."

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"Jan, it's time for Yang to finish. Old Coach K asked you to go to his office." An hour later, Jimmy decisively stopped Yang who was practicing spinning shots.

"Understood, I'll go right away." Yang, who put down the ball, thought the matter was urgent, took his jersey and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and wanted to leave the arena
"You're sweating all over, give me a shower quickly, old Coach K is not in such a hurry, go after the shower." Facing Yang's reckless behavior, Jimmy turned him directly to the locker room.

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"Come, sit"

Looking at the 2-meter Yang sitting in front of him, the old coach K remembered the efforts he had made to polish this gem in the past three years:
Three years ago, when Young came to Duke from the National Christian Academy, the old coach K was almost stunned. If he hadn't brought Redick himself, and the Thunder's Brooks used rookie Durant's skills, he couldn't imagine the future of a small forward who has achieved great success off the ball.

With the planting of trees by the predecessors, the old coach K, who is a descendant, naturally started to configure according to the experience of the predecessors; in Yang's playing time, he was arranged with long people as a cover wall to facilitate his movement, and he designed many off-ball shooting tactics for him.

This is not over yet, the old K is still training according to the previous route arrangement, and began to let Yang temper his step-by-step breakthrough, straight-arm throw and three-threat probing step.

Although he didn't know much before, before the crazy March of the second year, the old coach K was surprised to find that Yang had completed all the tasks assigned by him.

"In the summer, you'd better not be in a hurry to go to the draft, you haven't practiced well in a lot of things"

"Well, I know, my draft pick is not good, and I need to polish a lot."

"Then in the next summer, you'll practice side-wing singles and 1v1 face-to-face singles, and then you can consider adding some weight. 97kg is too light, and about 109kg is your proper weight." The old coach K still remembers the conversation before March Madness that year.

After the summer of 2013, in the opening game of the new season, facing the challenge of Eastern Michigan University, Duke easily solved the opponent. What made the old coach K even more satisfied was that Young, who was supported by him as the main force, passed the most important step in the transformation of a marksman: breaking through with the ball.Although it is the "three tricks" that rely on the threat of shooting to coax the opponent to get close and take a big breakthrough, but after all, the addition of the arsenal has been completed.

A dozen or so games later, when Coach K was about to let Young practice the pick-and-roll and drive with the ball, the team had an accident. Several power forwards were injured for a few weeks.

In the dozens of games of the top power forward, the old coach K almost thought that Young was from a power forward. He intercepted the ball everywhere, protected the rebounds in the backcourt, helped defend the timing of the breaker, and protected the rim at the basket.

After scoring 17 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks against Syracuse University, the old coach K finally couldn't help asking:

"Yang, you haven't played power forward before? How come you are so familiar with power forward work!"

"I feel like it's physical memory and my reflexes that drive me to do it."

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A few weeks later, with the return of power forwards one after another, Young took over a thick book of tactics from the old coach K:
"Whether you memorize it or use muscle memory to memorize it, I need you to be able to skillfully use these tactics before March Madness"

"By the way, starting tomorrow, you don't have to participate in 5v5 confrontations. Take a closer look at your teammates' running positions and dessert areas. Knowing your teammates is something that supporters must master."

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March 2014, 3, after losing the Elite Eight against Connecticut

"You have done well enough. No one will blame you." Facing Young, who scored 34 points and 11 rebounds and was no match for four hands, the old coach K immediately gave his comfort after the game

"Don't worry about the failure, learn to take it and let it go. Now you have to think clearly whether you are going to be drafted next, or stay for another year;
Don't rush to make a decision. You have to consider all factors. Now you have to know that making a hasty decision will not yield good results. You must think carefully before making a decision. Facing Yang who wanted to speak, the old coach K immediately "sealed" his mouth.

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After another summer, Young, who entered his third season in college, made the NCAA championship team fall into an extremely anxious mood after playing the first month of games, because they suddenly discovered that Duke's "devil king" has completed another level of evolution, from a scorer who can only score by himself to a Playmaker.

With the initial completion of the transition, the cost of the transition: too much possession, not paying attention to passing the ball to the big man and too concerned about his own mistakes, all disappeared in the first month of the game.

Even the University of North Carolina did not expose these problems. Instead, Yang used a running shot + a pick to solve all the problems at the critical moment.

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March 2015, the last game before March Madness

In the Duke University gymnasium, there is no sound in the arena at this time, waiting for Marshall Plumlee to serve the bottom line

"Winslow and Young came out of the screen at the same time and were ready to catch the ball. Marshall should choose who to believe." Duke's commentary booth became excited. After all, the team was only one point behind, and it was very likely that there would be a lore.
"He chose to believe in Young, who is 19 out of 9."

"Yang, he was not in a hurry and chose to suppress time."

As the time comes to 6 seconds

Yang, who quickly pressed his center of gravity to the lowest, took two dribbles from the crotch for the next shot

After finishing the two crotches, Yang took the first step towards the direction of the ball holder, that is, to the right.

Watching Yang rush to his left side, Zach Auguste was really fooled, so he adjusted his center of gravity to the left.

This spare no effort to adjust the center of gravity was directly fooled by Yang, who seized the opportunity to use a forward change to complete the extraordinary.

"Three seconds left" completed the extraordinary, and the long-legged Yang shortened the distance from the basket step by step.

"It's too late." Yang, who calculated the time, and the big center who was about to meet.Yang raised his right hand decisively and picked the ball out with his fingertips.

"di"

"Swish"

The lights go off and the ball goes in.

随着绝杀圣母大学，常规赛季完成了三次绝杀的扬，也将他的常规赛数据定格在了23.0分9.4个篮板6.3个助攻2.69次抢断1.5次盖帽。

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罗伯特莫里斯大学13分10篮板11助攻，圣迭戈州大10分10篮板10助攻
In the first two games of March Madness, Duke eliminated Robert Morris University and San Diego State University like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. The difference between the two victories was greater than 20 points, and Young also scored two triple-doubles.

There is an old saying that goes well, good fortune comes with misfortune.

Duke University ushered in the blocking of the University of Utah composed of Poelter and Delon Wright in the third game; the scene of the game once made Duke University very embarrassing. If Young cast two "magic" in a row ten meters away, Justise Winslow successfully protected the key backcourt rebound, whether Duke could get out of the University of Utah would be a huge question mark.

Thrillingly retreated from the University of Utah, the cheered Duke University quickly passed the test of Gonzaga University, and never gave the opponent a chance.

(End of this chapter)