Chapter Thirty-Nine: The only thing you can control is your own destiny

Combining height, ball handling, shooting, breaking, power, and speed, Hill is the perfect model for a small forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Info Hill's victory in this battle should be expected, but winning this heads-up in a three-way still surprised Yang Long a little, after all, Williams is not a rookie player who is bullied by others.

"Well done!" Williams ended the showdown with Hill by swallowing eggs, but instead of the bitter shame of being a loser, Williams was the first to come forward to congratulate Hill.

"I'm sorry, but I'm always on the pitch." Under the basketball court, Hill was still the elegant gentleman. Saying sorry is because taking Williams away in a 3:0 wave may be a bit too much. But as he said, on the court, it is true that he can't help himself, just to win.

"Don't say sorry, you just kicked me in the ass! Ha ha. Williams stepped forward and shook Hill's right hand and bumped it into his chest. Williams was convinced of the loss this time, except for the first offensive possession that Hill gave him, he didn't even get another offensive opportunity, and there was no room for resistance.

"It's just a couple of years longer than you." Hill was smiling and appreciative of Williams' open-minded performance when he lost. This is another genius from his alma mater, Duke, and Hill believes that with such a competitive spirit and the courage to face failure, Williams will surely be another rising star in the NBA league in the future.

"Don't be complacent, I'll make a comeback later."

"Always welcome!"

"Now, I can take a picture with you. I never want a photo of a star who is weaker than me! ā€

"Haha, no problem."

Looking at the two people who sympathized with each other on the court, there was a thought in Yang Long's heart that was becoming more and more urgent at this moment - what should he do to save them, to save these two stars who should have made a big difference in the NBA.

"Hey, Ciel, can I talk to you?" After Hill and his teammates took a group photo and signed the autograph, Yang Long stepped forward.

"Of course. Do you want to help someone get an autograph or something? Instinctively, Hill regarded Yang Long as a junior disciple with a special request. At this time, Hill is famous in the NBA, and today is the first time he meets Yang Long, and he doesn't think that Yang Long will have anything to communicate with him except for autographs and group photos.

"No, it's not, I have something else I want to tell you."

"Well, okay. By the way, what's your name, where are you, buddy, it's the first time I've seen Duke with yellow skin. With a smile on his face, Hill followed Yang Long to an empty space on the sidelines.

"My name is Yang Long and I'm from China." In this place in the United States, even if Yang Long does not want to, his name is still closely associated with his motherland, China.

"Oh, how many people play basketball in China? There are no Chinese players in the league yet, right? Come on, maybe you're the first! ā€

"Thank you, but I shouldn't be the first, and I won't be the last Chinese player to enter the NBA." Hearing Hill's kind encouragement, Yang Long was happy in his heart, which may be the charm of a gentleman's temperament. But he knew that since 2001, Chinese players have landed in the NBA one after another to compete in the world's highest level of basketball.

"Interesting. Okay, what do you want to tell me? Hill smiled noncommittally, knowing that there were more international players in the league now.

"I want to talk a little bit about your injury, how are you feeling right now?" Fate played a huge joke on Hill in 2001, when he had just signed a shocking seven-year, $92.8 million contract with the Magic, and the Magic also attracted another rising star, Tracy McGrady.

"I'm feeling good, as you saw just now, I'm recovering well. Thank you for your concern. Hill's face was full of longing, and anyone should think that the time has come for him to show his talents, and it is time to attack the NBA's crowning honor, O'Brien's championship trophy.

'I see it, but I think a player should focus on his whole career and in the new season, maybe you can take a little bit of recuperation and play. 4 games, that's Hill's total appearances in the 01-02 season.

"Oh! Are you saying you want me to postpone my comeback? I couldn't do that, and now I feel like I'm fully recovered. Hill's face was full of shock, and his comeback was even approved by a medical professional. But the young man in front of him, who met him for the first time, actually asked him to postpone his comeback, which was something that shocked him and felt a little ridiculous.

"I know you might be a little hard to accept when I say that, but what if I told you you could suffer a career-threatening injury?" This is already the maximum Yang Long can reveal, he can't tell Hill that I have experienced 2011, and Hill will not believe me like this.

"Every player on the pitch can get injured and I can't stop playing because I'm worried about getting injured, so wouldn't I have to play every game? Because there is a risk of injury in every game. ā€

"I didn't mean that, I just said maybe you can postpone a few comebacks a little bit."

"No way. Now I'm feeling good physically, I've just signed a big contract, I'm going to have strong teammates, now I have to go on the pitch and win! You and I are both players, if you were me, would you have a reason not to play? ā€

Hill's words made Yang Long speechless, the future should be unpredictable, everyone, including Yang Long himself, will suffer injuries, but can he be used as a reason not to play because he is afraid of injury?

"Nope. But I still want you to be careful about injuries on the pitch. ā€

"Thank you, boy. But when it comes to avoiding injuries, you have to learn more than I do! ā€

Hill smiled and patted Yang Long on the shoulder, he didn't know why Yang Long would say such a thing to him, but he knew that Yang Long had no malicious intent.

Even if Yang Long is Hill, Yang Long himself feels that he has no reason not to play. He's right, as long as you're on the pitch, you're at risk of injury. Yang Long can only hope that with his own appearance, Hill can be a little more careful on the field. But Yang Long knew that this was just an extravagant hope, and as Hill had said to Williams before, he couldn't help himself when he got to the court.

Hill stayed on the pitch for a while and then left with Coach K. Hill donated $1 million to Duke only last year, and they may have something else to discuss.

After the team's joint practice, Yang Long continued to stay in training, and in the end, only Jay Williams was left with him.

"Hey, Jay, what's going on for a while?" Yang decided to give Williams a heads-up, just like he did to Hill.

"Today I behaved like a stinking ****!" Williams' training at this time is very hard, and it may be a good thing for him to experience today's loss, just like I used to be in high school, I was the first in my class, but in the middle of my age, in the city, what is my grade? "In a moment, I'm going to go out for a walk, and my biker baby, it's not going to kick my ass mercilessly!"

"You're not in the same position and Hill has a natural physical advantage over you." Seeing that Williams had some self-blame, Yang Long comforted him.

"Come on, Yang, even if Hill and I are in similar physical condition, are you sure I can win?" Williams gasped, his training jersey already soaked with sweat from the intense training.

Yang Long was awe-inspiring in his heart, as Williams said, in addition to the physical advantage, can Williams really win? In defeating Williams, Hill relied not only on physical advantages, but also on extremely delicate basketball skills.

"Maybe you should take it a different way, you know that riding a motorcycle might be a threat to your basketball career." No longer entangled in the previous question, Yang Long said the urgency that had been haunting his heart.

"You're not kidding! Are you telling me to give up the locomotive? Let me ask you a question, now that I say you don't play basketball, what would you do? ā€

"No, because I love basketball, but ......"

"Stop, I love motorcycles as much as you love basketball, so I'm going to keep riding."

Yang Long knew that he couldn't say anything more, and he wondered if Williams would give up his motorcycle even if he knew that he would suffer an injury from riding a motorcycle in the future.

On the field in Hill, the locomotive in Williams, in essence, it is the same, it is all their inseparable, they are all their own choices, Yang Long has realized something in his heart.

In the evening, back in the dormitory, Yang Long turned on the computer. Wu Shuang's QQ is displayed online, as if she will be online all the time. Yang Long didn't know if she was waiting for him.

"Wu Shuang, I learned a truth today."

"What's the truth?" Wu Shuang immediately responded.

"That is, all a person can control is his own destiny."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because each man has his own choices, choices that no one else can intervene in, and these choices ultimately determine his own destiny. Just like me, I chose to pursue basketball, so I came to the United States. Sometimes I try to change someone's fate, but that's almost impossible, his fate is just clinging to his own hands. ā€

"I see."

Wu Shuang said that she understood, and Yang Long didn't know if she understood the truth he wanted to express, because after all, Wu Shuang didn't know what he had experienced.

However, thanks to this conversation, Wu Shuang still brought Yang Long an unexpected surprise, of course, this is a later story.