The Way of the Center

After the time came to March, the temperature gradually warmed up, let alone in a place like New Jersey, where the temperature is already suitable.

Faint sunlight shone into Lawrence Frank's bedroom through the floor-to-ceiling windows. He slowly opened his eyes, feeling exhausted. Yesterday's game was really hard.

Yesterday the head coach of the New Jersey Nets, Lawrence Frank, led the team on an expedition to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks. Although the Nets have three very aggressive perimeter players, Jefferson, Carter and Harris, they still cannot match Germany The group of cowboys led by the man.

Dirk Lowitzki scored 34 points and 9 rebounds alone in that game. Dirk's own strength is one aspect, but the Nets did not have the ability to fight against the inside players. . This caused Dirk to shoot shots near the three-second zone by himself, and the basket looked like a wide sea in his eyes.

Jefferson and Carter are both old, Harris is still immature, and the inside line is so weak...Thinking of these, Lawrence Frank is upset and sleepless.

Speaking of the inside, the Nets have been observing Brook Lopez of Stanford University for a long time. If they can successfully select this big guy in the draft, then the Nets' inside strength will definitely be greatly improved.

Just as he was thinking about it, Lawrence Frank took out his phone and checked the news of the NCAA March Madness Championship. Speaking of which, Brook Lopez seemed to have a match yesterday. How did this kid perform?

"77 to 79, did Stanford University only win by two points?" Frank was a little surprised. Stanford University is also a traditional giant, but they actually only won by two points in the first round. But when Frank continued to look down, he was so surprised that he almost dropped the phone on his face.

"77 to 79, the Iowa State University Cyclones eliminated the giants, and Chinese center An Jie made the winning goal." This is the whole content of the title, and below it is a photo of all the Cyclones players stacking arhats.

"Iowa State University Cyclones? Is there such a team in the NCAA? Who is Anjie? Chinese?" Frank's mind was in a mess. He quickly pressed the button on his phone and continued to scroll down.

"In this campaign, Brook Lopez scored 30 points and 7 rebounds, while Robin Lopez scored 10 points and 9 rebounds. But even in the face of the powerful Lopez brothers inside, the head of the Cyclones Center An Jie also performed well. This tall Chinese scored 25 points and 11 rebounds under the eyes of the Lopez brothers, and made a decisive goal at the last moment." The text summarizes the following is a game highlight Lawrence Frank couldn't wait to click the play button.

"Oh my god, my god, my god!" Watching the confrontation between Anjie and Brooke in the video, Frank was startled into incoherent words. It was within his expectation that Brooke performed well, but where did this Chinese who could play as well as Brooke come from! ?

In China, the "Sports Pioneer" on every newsstand is very popular, because they put the news of An Jie's lore on the front page today.

"The Chinese guy is not afraid of a strong enemy! Get a double-double and send a lore!"

The original headline on the front page was not this, but in order to attract more attention, the newspaper changed the headline that Wu Hua had written long ago to the simple and vulgar two sentences now. But don't tell me, it really works. Whether you are an office worker or a student, after passing by a newsstand in the morning and seeing the headlines and photos on the front page, most people will buy a copy and want to see what's going on.

"Chinese people still play in the NCAA?"

"NCAA? What's that?"

"You guys are stupid, the news about An Jie has been around for a long time!"

In the classroom or in the office, as long as there are basketball fans, there will always be discussions about An Jie. During the regular season, Anjie's attention in China was tepid.

But now he is totally famous.

This is the benefit that March Madness brings to the winners. Apart from Frank this morning, who knows how many coaches and managers of NBA teams were shocked by Anjie.

"You **** bunch of idiots! The Heat already have his perfect player report, and today I only found out about the existence of this Chinese man after reading the news! What are you scouts doing! I rely on watching The news is here to find potential rookies, so why should I use you!?" The team managers looked at the almost blank player reports in their hands, and there must have been countless scouts reprimanded, and countless fans also knew a new name.

The Internet, print media, critics, TV stations, everyone is frantically looking for information about this Chinese.

Facing one of the strongest inside scoring machines in the United States, Anjie did not lose the slightest offense and defense throughout the game. Such a guy who turned out to catch everyone by surprise.

And within the NCAA league, the Iowa State University Cyclones' data files, which were once suppressed by all opponents at the bottom, have now been rediscovered without exception, and have become the key research objects of various teams.

The Cyclone was not the only team that stood out from the top 64 in the Crazy March Championship, but the Cyclones defeated Stanford University, but it was a team with the strength to compete for the championship.

No one wants to face an unknown opponent, and everyone seems to feel the danger of the whirlwind approaching.

An Jie still doesn't know what impact this game will have on him, except for his left leg that was a little sore from the pressure yesterday. But when he opened his eyes, he found that he was facing a problem that needed to be solved urgently, that is, the dormitory building where An Jie lived was surrounded by reporters.

An Jie quickly took out his cell phone and called Mike Taylor.

"Dude, where are you!?" An Jie grabbed the phone and asked.

"It's in the classroom. What's the matter? I can't come out." Mike Taylor knew that there would be this call.

"How did you get out?"

"First of all, you are their first target. Secondly, I can get out by wearing a hat and covering my face casually. As for your height... I think you can only satisfy those reporters. It’s possible for them to disperse.”

There's no way, even if An Jie doesn't go out today, those reporters won't go out. They were like a group of ants who had seen a cake, and they crowded each other downstairs in the dormitory. Even if An Jie doesn't go to class, he still has to go out to train. You have to go out sooner or later, so it's better to bite the bullet now.

When the reporters saw An Jie walking down the stairs, the flashlight and the camera flashed at the same time, and the microphone and video pen flew to An Jie's mouth at the same time. When An Jie came back to his senses from the dazzling lights, he was surrounded by reporters and couldn't move an inch.

"Hey, how does it feel to lead the team to beat Stanford University in March Madness?" A reporter with thick glasses pushed forward.

"Which country are you from? How long have you been playing?" A female reporter with a strong career line handed out the microphone, not forgetting to wink at An Jie.

"Ann! Who do you want the Cyclones to face next!? Do you think Derek Rose from the University of Memphis can break through your defense!"

"Will you announce your participation in the draft on the last registration day!?"

"Ann! Do you have a girlfriend? Or do you already have a child!?"

"What kind of food do you like to eat?"

"Are your panties black or white?"  …

An Jie didn't have time to answer these strange questions, all kinds of voices mixed together and rushed into An Jie's ears. The scene was very chaotic, and the school had to call the police to maintain order.

It's not that An Jie has never been interviewed before, and it's not that he hasn't defeated a strong team, but every time it's just like a pebble thrown into the sea, without causing too much trouble. But now, the stone seems to have grown bigger. Maybe that's the difference between March Madness and the regular season.

As a result of this farce this morning, the school approached An Jie to discuss letting him move out to rent a house, and Iowa State University was willing to bear all the rent costs. After all, this has seriously affected the life and study of other students. Because of the inability to squeeze the reporters blocking the door, countless students were unable to rush to class this morning. An Jie doesn't mind this, anyway, the small town of Ames is close to the school from anywhere.

"This is also a part of basketball. Learn to face these calmly. You will find that they are not so annoying after dealing with these guys a lot." This is what Divac taught his disciples after hearing about Anjie's predicament. .

Not only Anjie, countless players who performed well in March Madness were treated like stars. Some people start a life of luxury and wealth because of this, while some people start to sharpen themselves more strictly, and An Jie obviously belongs to the latter. When people passed by the basketball gymnasium of Iowa State University at ten o'clock in the evening, they found that the lights inside were still on as always.

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