The next morning, Yang Long found Wu Shuang's reply, and it could be seen that Wu Shuang was very happy to get Yang Long's reply. The time of the www.biquge.info email was early in the morning of U.S. time, but it feels normal to think about it, because there is a time difference of about 12 hours between the United States and China.

After Chen Hao's guidance on the first day, Yang Long has a preliminary understanding of the environment of Duke University. Picking up his mobile phone and flipped out Battier's phone number to his Coach K, Yang Long called.

Battier is not a stingy person, when Yang Long called Coach K, he had already explained Yang Long's situation to Lao K. can face the defeat of himself and Yang Long in a heads-up with him, and tell Coach K about it, Battier can be regarded as a downfall. Coach K is also very curious about Yang Long's situation, he has been coaching Duke since 1980, and as of 2001, 21 years have passed, but in his coaching career, he has not coached any yellow-skinned players. He asked Yang Long to send some of his information to himself, mainly physical data, and basketball resume, and left Yang Long's contact information.

In the next few days, Yang Long briefly enjoyed his time on the American college campus as a non-varsity player, and then received a call from Coach K, inviting Yang Long to meet him face to face. Putting on his basketball gear, Yang Long walked out of the dormitory, he knew the importance of this meeting, which was supposed to be an interview for him.

At Duke University's indoor basketball arena, Yang met the legendary college coach for the first time. Coach K is of Polish descent, with a typical western face, deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, a slightly receding hairline on his forehead, and a somewhat stern look on his face, which may have something to do with his experience at West Point. Coach K is not very tall, only about 180 centimeters, and it is hard to imagine how he can impress the other players of the West Point Varsity team with such a height and become the captain.

"Hello, Coach K." Because it was the first time they met, coupled with Coach K's serious face, Yang Long was still a little nervous. This meeting was so important to him.

"Hello, young man. You're the one who defeated Sean, right? Coach K had already begun to look at Yang Long carefully, and he was also very curious about how this kid in front of him had defeated his proud disciple Battier in a heads-up battle, his expression was still serious, without the slightest smile.

"Yes, I'm Yang Long." Without Coach K's instructions, Yang Long's words and deeds were a little stiff.

"How does it feel to come to Duke?" A smile finally appeared on Coach K's face, which made Yang Long feel relieved.

"Duke's campus is beautiful." He had just arrived at Duke, and he was not very familiar with everything, so Yang Long could only say that the campus was good.

"Haha, interesting. I've read the information you sent me and I saw that you said that you have 14 bench presses in the 84kg category? ”

"Well, I tested all of this data before I came to the U.S."

"Yes, the numbers seem attractive. But as a manager, I think I have an obligation to make sure that the numbers are true. Now let's verify the real implementation of these numbers. Jack, you go get ready. Coach K didn't gossip much and directly called his assistant Jack to start preparing the test environment.

The first is the test of the basic data of the body:

Barefoot height: 194.3 cm, this data is more accurate than Yang Long's previous test of 194 cm.

Height in shoes: 196.6 cm, with a bare foot height, this height does not have much practical significance.

Weight: 80.4 kg.

Arm span: 201.2 cm, although it is not a defiant gibbon arm span, but this is already considered a medium level among yellow people.

Standing height: 247 cm, this data is correlated with height, arm span and shoulder height.

Hand length: 19.6 cm, Jordan's hand is said to be over 23 cm long.

Hand width: 22.3 cm, hand width refers to the maximum length of the finger after it is stretched, generally speaking, the hand width will exceed the hand length.

Next is the physical fitness test:

Jump height on the spot: 72.1 cm, jump on the spot, Yang Long can complete the dunk, but it is not particularly easy, but this bounce is considered above the average level in the NBA. In order to reach this height, it is not unrelated to Yang Long's sandbags on both legs since junior high school, and of course, there are other training methods.

Maximum take-off height: 89.6 cm, which usually increases the take-off height with a run-up.

Maximum touch height: 336.6 cm, the maximum jump height is to use this maximum touch height minus standing touch height.

Baseline switchback: 11.8 seconds, which is a barely passing statistic for an NBA-caliber guard. With continuous training, Yang Long's result was only about 1.8 seconds higher than when he participated in the selection of the Zheng University varsity team. This is the same as the 100-meter race, there are not a few people who can achieve a score of about 10 seconds, but there are very few people who can really achieve a score of less than 10 seconds, and the higher you go, the more difficult it is to improve your performance.

3/4 sprint: 3.51 seconds, which is also a passing level.

84kg bench press: 13 times, perhaps because there is no training these days, Yang Long did not reach the level of the previous 14 times.

The whole physical test is very close to the data measured in the NBA draft, with only one difference, that is, body fat content, but obviously, this item can not be measured on the spot.

"Very good, Yang, it seems that the data you gave me is relatively reliable. But that's just a physical fitness test, and next, let me see your basketball skills. ”

Coach K laid out a total of 5 projects:

10 free throws: 9 of them.

1 minute free shot: 20 shots, an average of one shot every 3 seconds.

Three-point shooting: Hit 17 of 25 shots. Unlike the three-point contest, Lao K did not give Yang Long a time limit, and the NCAA court uses the standard FIBA three-point distance of 6.25 meters, compared to the NBA's bottom corner three-point distance of 6.7 meters, and the arc top height is 7.25 meters. This is not an excellent result.

Dribbling skills: In 39 seconds, Assistant Coach Jack set up a field similar to an NBA skills contest for Yang Long, and he wasted some time in passing and shooting. But overall, this result is relatively reliable.

Continuous touchboard: 17 times, this event tests the ability and endurance of continuous take-off. This kind of project inspection is not very common, so Yang Long doesn't know what level he is at.

"Good, it looks like your body is ready to go into the pitch and now I have some questions for you."

"Just ask." After testing these events, Yang Long was still a little tired, but he knew that the real intensity of the arena was far more than that.

"Okay, Yang, I see you don't have any competition resume, just a few training camps. You know that the real game and the training you do alone are two completely different things. I'm not sure if you can understand the tactics on the pitch and adapt to the rhythm of the game. What do you have to say about that? ”

"I know what you're talking about, but I've read some of the analyses of basketball game tactics myself, and I still have some knowledge of some common terms and simple tactics. And I'm very willing to learn, and I'm sure I'll be able to learn from you everything I'm lacking. "There is really no basketball game suitable for Yang Long in China, and he can no longer benefit from such a game as the high school team. Therefore, Yang Long spent most of his time in the training camp according to the plan formulated for him by the training teacher. Now that Yang Long knows that his physical fitness and basketball foundation have passed, the next conversation should be defined as the personnel interview for the last part of the interview, right? Then it's always good to say good things about Coach K, and pleasing the interviewer is a very important part of the interview process.

"Okay, I understand. Can you tell me why you're coming to Duke, why you're coming to me? I've heard that you also have a university league in China. ”

"I've known since I was a kid that America is the mecca of basketball. I wanted to be exposed to more advanced basketball training methods and basketball tactics, so I came to Duke, and I'm sure Coach K definitely has those abilities. And my ultimate goal is not Duke. ”

"OK, your compliments on me make me a little proud, haha. You know, my men are the best youngsters, tell me what you can bring to me if I put you on the team, right? ”

"I can bring victory to Duke."

"Interesting, it seems that you have quite a strong self-confidence. But that's not a bad thing, a good player has to have that kind of confidence. By the way, I just heard you say that Duke is not your last goal, what are your plans in the future? After Duke left, he came back to China, played in the CBA league, entered the national team or something? Coach K was a little surprised by Yang Long's answer, maybe he thought that Yang Long was going to talk about bringing execution, mobility and the like to the team.

"No, Coach K. I'm going to the NBA draft. ”

"Oh, that's not easy, are there Chinese in the alliance now?" I don't quite know. ”

"Yes, and there will be more and more Chinese in the future!" For this, Yang Long is very sure that he knows more and farther than Coach K.

"Why do you think about playing in the NBA?"

"Because I love basketball, I also believe that yellow people can be the best players in the NBA."

"Well, I thought you were going to say you could make a lot of money if you got into the NBA, and a lot of kids used to tell me that. Alright then, kid, let's stop here today, you go back first, I'll seriously consider joining the school team, and I'll call you then. ”

Coach K has gotten enough information from Yang Long, but what choice will he make in the end?

Yang Long couldn't tell from the words of Coach K whether he would eventually give him a chance to enter the school team.