On April 6, just two days after the NCAA finals, many sports media began to predict this year's NBA draft.

The Michigan Trident is all predicted to be a first-round rookie, with Jason Richardson, who is incredibly physical, the most favored, with experts believing he would definitely be in the top 10 if he runs.

Guo Xu, who performed best in the semifinals, was collectively looked down on, and the highest prediction was the top few in the second round, which was the premise that he played terrifying data in the final. Just because he is a mixed-race Chinese, "experts" generally believe that his physical fitness is average, and his height of 180CM will become a weakness when he enters the NBA. In addition, the two outbursts of games did not prove that he was able to play consistently throughout the season.

In the morning, Michigan State University held a championship parade for the Spartans, and fans lined the streets to celebrate, right on campus. The area of East Lansing can only be regarded as a town, and the main part of this town is the campus of MSU.

The Great River Road, an east-west street, runs through the town, and Detroit can be reached by driving southeast along this road. The school is located on the south side of Main Street and has a planned area of 5,200 acres (1 acre equals about 4,050 square meters).

What is this concept? In other words, the campus area of MSU is equivalent to the area of Huangpu and Luwan districts in Shanghai combined. Students often need to take the bus to take elective classes, and there is a large bus transfer center on campus.

The players were separated from each other in two modified double-decker school buses, and Guo Xu and other five starters and members of the coaching staff took the lead, standing on the buses to enjoy applause and showing the NCAA championship trophy to the fans.

The two seniors are the most popular, and they have long been local stars. Although the performance in the semifinals was not as good as Guo Xu, relying on the overall performance, Cliffs and Peterson were both selected to the NCAA All-American team.

Guo Xu was very interested in not stealing the limelight with the "veteran", and the MOP trophy was left at home by him, and he didn't take it out to show it with the championship trophy.

The University of Michigan's cheerleading squad, the bands all performed, and after the parade, everyone gathered in the playground, the president commended the team, and then the team members took turns speaking.

Everyone said the same, thanks to the coach, thanks to the players, thanks to the family, until Guo Xu played......

His opening remarks were offbeat. "Many people may not know me, I am Jason Guo, my name in Chinese is Guo Xu, I used to be very introverted, not talkative, and lack of communication with my teammates. The day before the Final Four, I talked to Morris and asked him how to defend better, and Morris was stunned, because you can speak English. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, in 2000, the Internet was just emerging, there were not so many jokes, and everyone's laughter was low.

Several people shouted from the audience, "We know you." ”

Guo Xu grew up in this place, and the total population is not much, of course, many people know him, and they are all middle school classmates.

Guo Xu pretended to be surprised: "I don't speak, there are so many people who know me, I really have to thank my family today, my genes are too good." ”

He propped up the table with the microphone with one hand, and posed with a handsome POSS with the other, and there was a heckle in the audience.

Denice, the third-grade blonde school flower, acted as the moderator, wanting to bring the topic back on track, and asked, "Guo, aren't you going to talk about how you feel about winning the championship this time?" They say you suddenly got stronger after being elbowed, is that true? ”

"yes, it took a lot of effort on April Fool's Day for the coach to stop Jackcleman's self-harm, he wanted to be stronger, he used his head to defend during training matches, like this." Guo Xu rubbed his head to the side, with an excited expression. "Come on, come here, just elbow."

There was another burst of laughter from the audience, which was too exaggerated.

Jackleiman didn't get angry and waved at the fans. He knew that Guo Xu was going to participate in the NBA draft and would not compete with him for the point guard position next season. The two have no conflict of interest, and he is not so disgusted with Guo Xu.

Guo Xu continued: "It's just a joke, my strength does not come from elbows, but from truth, I dare to face the desire in my heart, and then work hard to achieve it." In the past, I didn't dare to talk about my NBA dreams, for fear that others would laugh at me. Can a person who is cowardly before fighting play in the NBA? If you don't even dare to say something, how can you do it? ”

The students applauded vigorously, and the principal said to the people around him, "It seems that our school is going to produce another celebrity alumnus." ”

"Guys, say your dreams out loud, and then work hard to do it, don't be afraid." Guo Xu paused for a moment and said impassionedly: "If you succeed, congratulations!" If you fail, don't be depressed, then you will know the reason for my success, because I am a genius. ”

"......" Everyone was stunned for two seconds, and then burst into laughter.

God, you're a genius. Everyone thought that he was going to preach like those young people, pour chicken soup for the soul, and prepare a few mechanical applause, but it turned out to be another joke.

When he stepped down from the stage, Guo Xu high-fived his teammate who spoke next, and his indecent character of joking anytime and anywhere was very popular. In the past, everyone thought he was too pretending and too cold.

At the end of the parade, a brown-haired white man with a height of more than one meter and nine meters came over to greet him with a smile. "Guo, I can't believe that you will become the way you are."

He is another good friend of Guo Xu, Austin Nichols. He has a healthy figure, a national face, a wide forehead, a straight nose, the disadvantage is that his ears are a little tricky, and he looks like a smile when his face is expressionless, and he is a sunny handsome guy with a strong affinity.

Guo Xu clapped his hands with him. "Austin, when did you come back?"

"This morning, I came back for the victory parade." Austin laughed.

Austin's influence on Guo Xu's predecessor was huge. When he was in middle school, he was one year older than Guo Xu and Richardson, and it was he who first pulled Guo Xu to play basketball together and helped him integrate into the campus smoothly. If Guo Xu had been so dull in elementary school, and was excluded in middle school, he would have changed from introversion to autism.

Guo Xu encountered racial discrimination in middle school and was bullied by gangsters, but Austin took the initiative to stand up for him and clean up the other party. As the main force of the school team, Austin reached a height of 1.9 meters at the age of 15, and few people in the school dared to mess with him.

In high school, Guo Xu joined the school basketball team, and three good friends fought side by side. When Austin graduated from high school and wanted to go to Los Angeles with his family to develop, his predecessor was reluctant to give up on him, and tears welled up in his eyes when he ate a casual meal. Guo Xu felt that if they got along like this for a few more years, their predecessors would be bent......

Richardson asked, "How were you doing in Los Angeles?" Do you still play basketball? ”

Austin shook his head: "I occasionally played ball and practiced, but I didn't make the college team, and now I'm going to take a break because my goal is to be an actor in Hollywood." ”

Richardson smiled and asked, "Really?" Have you acted in any movies? ”

"acted in a "Treasure Hunt in Time and Space", but it was only a supporting role, and that film would not enter the theaters."

Guo Xu recalled some things about Austin in his previous life, this is an actor he has an impression of. Austin has played the leading role in TV series with his good image, and has also starred in disaster blockbusters such as "The Day After Tomorrow", and has acted in "Love Wimbledon" with Kirsten Dunst, etc., and he is also the boyfriend of Chinese actress Wang Keying in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

In his impression, Austin likes Chinese culture and has a good impression of Chinese people, and it is not an accident that he finds a Chinese girlfriend, this is a deep friend.