"Hey, rookie, you're playing well!" Du Hong smiled, I don't know if this sentence is a praise for Yang Long's sincerity or a mockery of his predecessors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I know I'm hitting like, but thank you for your comfort." When he didn't understand a person's character, Yang Long instinctively regarded Du Hong as a good person. Compared with Du Hong, Yang Long is indeed a complete rookie. This year is Dujon's third year at Duke and he is a player in the same grade as Williams.

"Don't say that, I'm serious!" Dujon shook his head, "Two years ago, when I first came to the team, we also played an intra-team game, and the guy I was in the opposite position kicked me in the ass hard. I only got 4 points and 1 assist in the whole game, and that was the real ****. So, boy, you're playing well. And there's plenty of time for you to improve yourself in the future. ”

"Thank you." In Yang Long's opinion, it is normal for seniors to tease newcomers, and he is grateful that Du Hong is a good person, as he thought at first.

Although Du Hong's comfort and encouragement made Yang Long's heart feel less uncomfortable, Yang Long still couldn't be happy. He was sullen in the next training match, and Yang Long wanted to focus on training, but he couldn't. He kept thinking in his head, guessing what Coach K's intention was to change himself off the field in the life-and-death moment of the game. Even though it's just an intra-squad match, it's not going to bode well. Does he not trust me? Or do you think I'm not good enough to play in the ********** session? Yang Long deliberately looked at Daniel Irving, who replaced him, he only scored 6 points, 3 assists and 1 rebound on two of the 5 shots in the whole game, just from the data point of view, it is much worse than himself. What exactly does Old Coach K mean? Yang Long couldn't figure it out clearly, but this question was getting more and more inflated in his heart, and he wanted to talk directly to Coach K about why he did it. But Yang Long still didn't ask, because the players must obey the coach's arrangement, especially a rookie like him, who has no qualifications or right to question the coach's on-field command.

When Coach K disbanded the team, Yang Long did not leave the basketball hall, but just dribbled again and again, and practiced shooting again and again. The player who left before Yang Long was Williams. Genius is 99% sweat plus 1% talent, Williams definitely has superhuman talent, and he also puts in 99% sweat, no wonder he can succeed. Yang Long didn't know if he was a genius, he only knew that if he wanted to find out if I was a genius, he had to go through the 99% effort first, and then see if he could succeed.

Even if he is not a genius, Yang Long wants to see if his 99% sweat can defeat 1% of his talent!

In the afternoon of the next day, the Blue Devils gathered at the basketball hall according to the request of Coach K. With yesterday's experience, Yang Long came to the stadium an hour early that day, and finally, he was the first person to arrive. Maybe his talent is not as good as others, but Yang Long must surpass them in hard work.

"Hey, Yang! You're early! Williams was the second person to come to the arena, carrying a red sassy sports bag. Yang Long saw him on the chair, took out a pair of Nike basketball shoes from his bag, and wiped them a few times before changing the sneakers.

"You're not too late!" If a person is better than his own talent and trains harder than himself, then he is destined to be weaker than him. Yang Long secretly made up his mind in his heart that he had to go to the stadium to train in advance every time, he didn't want to be weaker than others.

"How's my new sneaker? It is AIRMAX360. Oh, Mom, this inflatable insole is so TMD-good, I feel like I'm going to fly! "Williams' sneakers are orange and white, and they look really aggressive. After putting on his new shoes, he came to the court and jumped a few times, looking very comfortable.

"Not bad!" Those shoes do look attractive, and Yang Long wants those sneakers too, but they are not cheap in China. His father is an army officer and his mother is a teacher, although the family has no worries about food and clothing, but spending thousands of yuan to buy a pair of sneakers is also a luxury for Yang Long.

As time passed, his teammates came to the arena one by one, and when all the players were there, Coach K gathered the players in front of him with a big wave of his hand.

"Guys, you know our goal, which is to win the NCAA championship, and that goal has never changed. The schedule for this season is already planned. On November 19th we will welcome our first opponent of the year, Seton Hall University. That means we have two months to train and get used to it, and it's important to decide on our main line-up. Based on the coaching staff's inspection of you and some help from yesterday's intra-team match, I have preliminarily determined the main lineup. ”

Coach K didn't say it right away, but Yang Long had a hunch that he would announce the list. Will you be able to get into the main lineup? Yang Long has no bottom in his heart, yesterday's performance can only be said to be so-so, and this year is his first year at Duke, and he has no league experience before. Replace Yang Long in the position of coach K, and Yang Long will not put himself in the main lineup.

"For the new season, our main lineup is: point guard, Chris Duhon; Shooting guard, Jay Williams; small forward, Mike Dunleavy; Power forward: Dundee Jones; Center: Carlos Boozer. ”

Although he knew that the possibility of entering the main lineup was very small, Yang Long was still disappointed when he heard that Coach K personally announced the result. Coach K has confirmed Yang Long's role as a substitute, and there are two point guards on the team in addition to Yang Long and Du Hong, and he has to compete with the remaining two teammates for playing time.

"It's the result of a lot of discussions with me and the coaching staff, and we put a lot of factors together. In addition, not entering the main squad does not mean that your strength is not enough, I hope that the rest of the people can train hard, and the main lineup will not be static. As long as you're strong enough, you'll get more playing time. ”

Coach K looked around, his eyes were full of encouragement to the substitute players, unfortunately, Yang Long was also one of the encouraged players. Yang Long looked around and saw that he couldn't enter the main lineup, and he was regarded as a substitute who was in the same condition as him. They all easily accepted the setting of substitute status. Maybe it's because they're self-aware, because they know they're not as strong as the main players.

Just admit that you are not as strong as the main force?

To be honest, Yang Long was not happy. He has been preparing for eighteen years, and I have been preparing since the moment he was born. With so much effort, he didn't do it to play as a substitute!

This unhappiness carried over to the rest of the training, and gradually turned into a kind of anger. Every ball Yang Long throws and every action he makes is full of anger.

Yang Long drove himself angrily, he wanted to become faster, more accurate, and stronger!