The arrival of Wu Shuang brought Yang Long's dull life as an exotic single dog to an end. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

I once remember Wu Shuang telling Yang Long that she was a family lover, and her college entrance examination results could have allowed her to choose a school that was higher than the ranking of Sichuan University, but she still chose to stay in Chengdu and stay with her parents.

Now that she has come to Duke, to the United States, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away from her hometown, Yang Long doesn't know what kind of determination she has made.

Since high school, they have had a crush on each other. Now Yang Long has no reason to refuse this feeling. Therefore, on the first day of Wu Shuang's arrival in the United States, Yang Long broke the last layer of tissue paper between the two.

The first period of love together was undoubtedly the sweetest and lingering, but Yang Long still did not forget the purpose of my coming to the United States. Every day's training plan is sticking to it.

After Duke missed the round of 16 last season, the departure of Williams, Dunleavy and Boozer greatly reduced Duke's bright strength. And in the summer recruitment, Duke didn't get too many talented players. Barely managed to get two high-school players who are considered to be well-known:

JJ Redick, shooting guard. He is 193 cm tall and weighs 85 kg. Redick didn't have the physical talent of top-notch basketball and even relied too heavily on his shooting skills on the court. Compared to Williams, the team's main shooting guard before, speed, power, bounce, and reach, Redick is completely at a disadvantage. But the so-called one-trick is eaten all over the world, and Redick, who shoots accurately, has been Duke's biggest gain in the summer, and even the process of recruiting Redick has not been smooth sailing.

Sheldon Williams, power forward. He is 206 cm tall and weighs 110 kg. Sheldon is a typical black American player, with explosive physicality, amazing confrontation power, and extraordinary bounce are his capital. However, his shortcomings are also very obvious, his offensive skills are rough, and the range is not one and a half meters different from Boozer, who left before. This is another 'big fish' that Duke has recruited in addition to Redick, and Boozer's departure has left Duke's interior line weak and empty, and there is no doubt that Sheldon will lock up a spot in the starting list for the new season.

After the first team practice, Coach K locked in the team's starting lineup.

Duke's starting lineup for the new season has been preliminarily confirmed:

Point guard: Yang Long, 195.3 cm tall and 85.7 kg in weight. Last season, he averaged 13.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

Shooting Guard: JJ Redick, freshman.

Small forward: Dundee Jones, 198 cm tall, 93.5 kg in weight. Last season, he averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Power Forward: Sheldon Williams, freshman.

Center forward: Casey Sanders, 210 cm tall and weighs 113.4 kg. He averaged 2.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game last season.

But judging by the starting lineup, Duke's standard should plummet.

This couldn't help but make Yang Long very worried.

Although Duke's overall player strength seems to have declined a lot, it should allow Yang Long to get more opportunities to perform and play, but if Duke's performance in the new season is too weak, will he encounter resistance when he enters the NBA league?

Coach K doesn't seem to be worried about Duke's record, and he is confident in his coaching.

Duke is a place where the system, the team, comes first. If you adapt to this system, you may be able to make a player feel like a fish in water, but if you don't fit into this system, it will also smooth out a player's edges. There is also a system of success and a system of defeat, and many talented high school players are reluctant to choose to enter Duke.

"Hey, Coach K, you seem to be in a good mood and don't seem to be worried about the new season." After the joint practice, Yang Long still couldn't help but ask Coach K.

"What should I be worried about?"

"We didn't recruit any talented players in the summer."

"Are you saying I should worry about Duke's record?" Coach K smiled and looked unworried. "No, I'm not worried at all, I have faith in you."

"We have lost three main forces!"

"We've got JJ, we've got Shelton, we've got you, and Jones, and that's enough. Don't you have faith in yourself? ”

"Having Faith Just ......"

"Faith is enough, think about what I told you before. Let me ask you a question, what do you think is talent? "Old Coach K is serious at this time.

"For basketball, talent means height, arm length, athleticism, and crosshair." This is the talent that Yang Long has always thought of.

"You're right, but there's something you've overlooked. Why do I always emphasise that a player's attitude is the most important thing? Coach K smiled lightly, as if to say, boy, you are still young, "In fact, attitude is also one of the most needed talents for players." What you said before is the talent of physical fitness, but think about it, in the world, there are too many people who can run and jump athletically, those really successful stars, some of them are not the talent you call talented, big bird Bird, one of the black and white Stockton, think about it, kid! What makes them successful? ”

Yang Long was silent, indeed, isn't it a person's talent to have a tough and firm attitude? Without an unwavering attitude towards basketball, it is impossible to succeed even with perverted physical fitness.

"In this way, basketball IQ, big picture, and team appeal are also talents!" Under the guidance of Coach K, Yang Long began to understand a little, everything that can make people strong on the court can be said to be a kind of talent, and physical fitness is by no means the only indicator that determines the height of a player! is like Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms period, who was born with martial arts, but was hanged on the tower of the white city.

"You're starting to get a little understood. In addition, you must know that basketball is a team sport, and the ability of a single player is important, but one person cannot beat five people. At Duke, I've always emphasized the whole, the team, and good teamwork can bring out more than five people on the court. ”

What is talent?

Coach K gave Yang Long a different insight into talent, and also made Yang Long full of confidence in the upcoming season.