Mike. McGee, the current head coach of the Beijing Super God Team, a former NBA player, a native of Texas, USA, studied at the University of Michigan in college, and ranked 21st in total points in the history of the American college league when he graduated, and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 19th pick in the first round of the NBA's 1981 draft, playing as a small forward in the team, and was the main substitute player for the Los Angeles Lakers "show time" in the 80s, and followed the "Magic" Johnson won two NBA championships in 1982 and 1985.

In 1990, Mack ended his nine-year NBA career, and when he just retired, he played in some basketball games around the world; Later, by chance, he came to China to play, and slowly became the head coach of the Beijing Super God Team from a foreign player.

Mike has never been a coach before, nor has he received coaching training, McBasic is coached by his own playing experience, Coach Mike's coaching style is a bit similar to Deng Huade, who coached the Shanghai team and the Chinese team in later generations, are all player-type coaches who boost morale by encouraging players and motivating players, as for his technical and tactical level, it is relatively average.

However, Mike's special coaching style has injected new vitality and vitality into the Beijing Super God Team, and the Beijing Super God Team has also made a breakthrough under his coaching, achieving a good record of fourth place in the CBA League.

However, his relationship with the management of the Super God Club, especially the owner Li Rui, was not good, and McSmiby's American-style management model of giving players greater autonomy was rejected by Li Rui, who believed that players should be managed militarily.

Therefore, in the matter of Sun Yue's expulsion from the Beijing Chaoshen Club by Li Rui, Mike did not participate in and did not know what happened, and the Chaoshen Club only notified him as a routine and simple after the press conference.

This can make Mike angry, Mike is not angry because the team did not notify, it is because Mike has always admired Sun Yue very much, since he took over the Beijing Super God team, he has always instilled in all members of the team the central idea of taking Sun Yue as the core of the team. Sun Yue's height of 2.05 meters and arm span of 2.09 meters are proud of the point guards in both domestic and world basketball, coupled with Sun Yue's excellent basketball vision and brilliant ball nature, which reminds Mike of his former teammate - the famous "Magic" Johnson, Mike uses the standard of magicians to create Sun Yue's future star in his usual training games, which is also the source of Sun Yue's nickname of "Chinese Magician".

When Yao Ming of the Shanghai Sharks was spotted by NBA scouts in the CBA league like chopping melons and vegetables, Mike and his old friend in the Lakers, senior scout Jerry, recommended Sun Yue, and said that Sun Yue's potential should receive the highest attention in the basketball professional field.

But Mike knew today that his beloved apprentice Sun Yue, who had poured his heart and soul into it, was easily swept away by the club, and the resentment in his heart could be imagined. But he didn't have much say in the club's management, and he couldn't do anything, he had no way to vent his frustration, so he wanted to play on the basketball court to vent his dissatisfaction, and in his basketball career, he was also praised by other players for his title of training ground rat.

After dealing with a few casual bites in the club's cafeteria, Mike changed into his tracksuit and jogged to the basketball court, "The lights on the basketball court are actually on, and who forgot to turn them off?" "Mike has been coaching the Beijing Super God Team for a while, and he has never noticed that the Super God team players are not like when they played, they nest on the basketball court every day and refuse to go home.

"You want to fire Sun Yue, xx I can't help it, but someone doesn't turn off the lights on the basketball court, xx I scold people, you can't take care of it." Mike hummed a rhythmic rap that was unique to black people, and pushed open the door of the basketball court.

On the basketball training court, a tall and dressed Super God Team No. 8 player jumped up lightly again and again outside the three-point line, the muscles on his arm were slightly forced, and the finger force just pushed out the basketball in his hand, Mike, who was born as an NBA player, had a bright eye, and he knew that this was a beautiful three-point jumper from the No. 8 player's jumping, power and a series of actions, and sure enough, the basketball was loaded into the Nets with a hint of rotation.

This No. 8 player who threw a beautiful three-pointer is the protagonist of the book - Sun Yue, after the press conference suffered a heavy blow, Sun Yue, who returned to the dormitory and was stimulated by Zhang Qi's despicability and shamelessness, did not know where to go, "Maybe he is the worst traverser."

The stunned Sun Yue can only take his basketball to the training hall, just like when he was a child, he was scolded by the teacher in class or school, bullied by his classmates, and took the basketball to play, and the basketball court will always be his gentle harbor.

Sun Yue, who hadn't even eaten dinner, stood on the basketball court, skillfully patting the basketball, and his depressed and irritable heart slowly calmed down, as if he had forgotten his worries about his basketball career; forgot the indignation at the shameless behavior of Li Rui and Zhang Qi; forgot about Wang Dabao's past, just kept slapping the basketball, jumping up and throwing the basketball again and again.

Mike watched for a long time at the entrance of the training ground, while Sun Yue was so immersed in his basketball world that he was completely unaware that there was someone next to him who had been watching him.

The more Mike looked at the side, the more surprised he became, he was surprised that Sun Yue's shooting rate was actually very high, it was just average at the beginning, and the more accurate the shooting became, Mike probably estimated that there should be an eighty percent shooting rate on average.

Another reason why Mike was surprised was that Sun Yue was not interested in shooting training because of his physical talent, in fact, his shooting percentage was not high, Mike didn't expect Sun Yue to be able to shoot quietly on the basketball court after encountering a series of things, and he could have such a shooting rate, which made Mike, who knew Sun Yue well, feel very surprised.

Mike talked to Jerry about Sun Yue when his friend, Lakers senior scout Jerry and himself had a private drink, and said something like this: "Sun Yue's talent and agility have made him a place in the NBA, and it is not a problem to be a rotation player or even a starter for an NBA team, but his level of hard work and love for basketball make him not destined to become an NBA star." ”

There are many people in the world who are talented in basketball, and there are many people who are talented in basketball and work hard, but when these two are pinched, only those 450 people of the world's billions of people can survive in the NBA. And only a few dozen of these 450 people can become basketball stars, so you can imagine how difficult it is to become NBA stars.

Mike suddenly found that Sun Yue suddenly showed a hard work and love for basketball that he had never found before, and Mike thought that it might be because of the setback that made the talented guard change, and he thought about Philadelphia 76ers star Allen. Iverson once said: Anything that doesn't kill me will only make me stronger! He was suddenly infinitely optimistic about Sun Yue's future, and Mike felt that he could do something to help Sun Yue.

Mike walked to Sun Yue and said that Sun Yue pulled out of the basketball world: "Sun, shooting alone, how boring, let's fight the bull." "Mike who has been in China for a few years may not be a China expert, but there is no problem with some simple language communication.

Sun Yue stopped shooting, he looked at Mike, the black man in the memory that Sun Yue left to him in his previous life was his head coach Mike, and he was not bad to himself, but Sun Yue thought about it, "If you can't fire yourself, he will also have a share." ”

"Bullfighting, yes." Sun Yue hopes to use basketball to tell these people that nothing can stop his love for basketball and his yearning for the NBA.

Sun Yue threw the basketball to Mike: "You serve, ten balls." Mike was not polite, he received the ball and did a few crotch dribbles, as can be seen from these few moments, although Mike's figure is a little out of shape after retirement, but his usual basketball training must not be less.

Mike took advantage of Sun Yue's distraction to collect the ball with a crisp pull-up jumper, which of course hit a textbook pull-up jumper, "Hey, Sun, don't be in a daze, it's 1:0." ”

Sun Yue didn't answer, and bit his lip hard, this habit was brought by Wang Dabao, which meant that he was going to get serious.

Next, Mike used the turn passing technique, when he leaned on Sun Yue to move to the 3-second zone under the basket, he slapped the ball forward with his right hand and turned right to complete the licking of the basket. But Sun Yue, who was stuck behind Mike's body, suddenly jumped out, stretched out his long arm and easily covered the layup, and he said to Mike, "I'm going to start." ”

Ten minutes later, Mike sat panting

On the floor of the basketball court, he said, "No, I lost." Although Mike scored the first goal, it was also his last goal, and Sun Yue solved Mike neatly with a 10:1 to vent his depression.

Mike threw a bottle of water to Sun Yue and said, "Sun, if I were younger, you wouldn't be able to win me so much." ”

Sun Yue took a sip of water and wiped the sweat on his face: "When you were young, I could also win you." ”

Mike patted the floor next to him, motioned for Sun Yue to sit next to him, and said, "Sun, I'm sorry about your expulsion by Li Rui, I didn't know about this beforehand, and I only learned about it after the press conference, if I could have known in advance, I wouldn't have let them do such a thing." ”

Sun Yue shook his head: "Coach, I don't blame you, I know that Li Rui wanted to get me away." ”

Mike continued: "Sun, you also know the situation of the club, I can't help you, what are you going to do now?" ”

Sun Yue smiled bitterly: "I don't know, I can only go home first and see if any other clubs are willing to accept me." ”

Mike looked at Sun Yue seriously and said, "Li Rui has already sent a message out, and other clubs are unlikely to accept you." ”

Both of them fell into deep thought, the basketball court fell silent all of a sudden, and Mike suddenly asked Sun Yue, "Sun, can I help you, are you willing to go to the United States?" ”

This sentence exploded in Sun Yue's ears like thunder on a sunny day, and Sun Yue suddenly couldn't react for a while.

Mike continued: "I have a good friend who is now the head coach of my college basketball team, and I can recommend you to him......

"I do", before Mike could finish speaking, Sun Yue replied firmly.

Many years later, Mike described the conversation in his memoirs, writing: "I was just trying to save a basketball genius in trouble, but I didn't think about what it meant for the world and for basketball. ”