This Forward is Not Serious

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Austin, Texas.

Lin Ying was resting on the bed in the dormitory with her back against the wall and looking out the window.

He is currently at the University of Texas at Austin.

The University of Texas, also known as the University of Texas, is the most famous school in the University of Texas system and one of the first eight institutions of the most prestigious "Public Ivy" in the United States.

The reason why he can appear here is not because of how good his studies are, but because he is 2.01 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.20 meters. He is a member of the principal's Jiaoniu basketball team.

The number one sport in the United States is rugby, and campus rugby is the favorite of the people.

But in Texas, the influence of basketball is not lost to football.

Because Texas has the "Big Three": Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs.

These three teams together have multiple championships in their hands, and they have been teams in the playoffs and even championship-level teams in the NBA all year round.

As the capital of Texas, Austin does not have an NBA team, but the basketball atmosphere is equally strong.

The reason, the Longhorns.

As the only NCAA Division I team in Texas, it is very popular in the local area.

"Ying, I knew you were here, quick, let me show you something."

At this moment, the door of the dormitory was pushed open.

Lin Ying turned her head when she heard the voice.

He has a handsome face and the temperament of a migrant worker.

In came his roommate, more precisely his high school teammate Kevin Durant.

The two were teammates at Christian College for a year before attending Texas University together.

Today is their first day at UT.

"What?"

Lin Ying looked puzzled.

Because he found out that Durant turned around and locked the door after he finished speaking!

American university dormitories are basically contracted to outside companies for commercial operation. Except for a small number of schools with bunk beds, most of them are a dormitory with two beds for two people and two sets of tables and chairs, similar to express hotels.

The same is true for the University of Texas.

After Durant locked the door, he walked to Lin Ying and sat down, then turned on the phone and put it in front of the two of them.

It was a website, and after clicking on it, there was some adrenaline-fueled content.

Durant adjusted the volume on his phone and clicked on one of them.

"I found this today, the plot is very good!"

Durant leaned over and said in a low voice.

In the mobile phone screen, a stewardess in professional attire is dragging a suitcase and walking on the road with twists and turns...

Lin Ying was speechless for a while.

In broad daylight, Durant came in with a mysterious face, and just showed him this thing?

"Kevin, don't watch this kind of stuff."

Lin Ying stared at the phone screen and said.

"I know, but this one is really amazing, look at this figure."

Durant rubbed his nose with his hand as he spoke, and then swallowed.

"stop looking."

"knew."

"I said really don't look at it."

"Well, it's huge."

...

Half an hour later, both of them were flushed and short of breath.

"Hey!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Durant was so frightened that the phone in his hand almost fell to the ground.

He quickly hid the phone under Lin Ying's quilt, moved his crotch, took a deep breath, and got up to open the door.

"Kevin, Coach Springman asked you to come over."

It was teammate and freshman guard DJ Augustin who knocked on the door.

The two chatted for a few words, Durant turned around and greeted Lin Ying, then closed the door and left first.

...

Half an hour later, Durant returned to the dormitory and found that the door of the dormitory was locked.

He knocked on the door for a while, and Lin Ying opened the door with a flushed face.

"Why did you lock the door again?"

Durant looked puzzled.

"I just slept for a while."

Lin Ying explained casually, and handed the phone to Durant.

"Don't look at it in the future."

When Durant came in and closed the door, he urged again.

Durant nodded, only to realize that he didn't take his mobile phone with him.

And this phone, why does it feel...a little wet?

"What about my phone..."

"What did Coach Springman say?"

Lin Ying asked first.

"Oh, I almost forgot! He said let's prepare, the first training session will be a full-court confrontation with the seniors."

Durant put the phone back in his pocket, patted his head and said.

Lin Ying nodded after listening, it seemed that the coaching staff was going to give their new students a big blow.

"This is the arrangement of Coach Barnes, and Ross gave me the wind in advance."

Durant continued.

The NCAA has a full coaching staff just like the NBA.

Like the Longhorns, the head coach is Rick Barnes, the assistant coach is Ross Springman, in addition to the physical strength coach Maggie Wright.

Before Durant came to the University of Texas, he was already the third highest high school student in the United States. It took more than two years for Springman to recruit him.

So in terms of relationship, Springman and Durant are very close.

"We must win this game!"

Durant talked to himself, speaking firmly.

Although the name of the University of Texas is not as famous as Duke and North Carolina, there have been many NBA players in history.

The most recent is the Texas Trident who graduated only last year: Daniel Gibson, PJ Tucker and LaMarcus Aldridge.

They led the team to the NCAA Elite Eight last year, and all three made it to the NBA.

But this is also where Durant's confidence lies.

Although they are all rookies, but now the three core members of the team have left the team, the chances of winning are very high.

Especially since he and Lin Ying have been teammates since senior year of high school, they have a perfect understanding.

Lin Ying nodded, this is an excellent opportunity for them to show their abilities and gain the trust of the coach.

But he didn't say anything more.

His personality is very withdrawn, so he is more relaxed when he is with Durant.

There was no class this afternoon, so they changed their equipment and went to the arena directly.

It was at this time that Lin Ying noticed that Durant took out the pair of long basketball socks from the 70s.

When he was in high school, he noticed that Durant would wear these socks in almost every game. He didn’t expect to wear them in college, and finally couldn’t help being curious:

"Why do you always wear this?"

But I didn't expect his question to directly silence Durant's question.

Durant is very outgoing, and this silence is obviously a bit abnormal.

"That's the only gift Coach Craig ever gave me."

Durant's next words were a little heavy.

After hearing this, Lin Ying stared at Durant in a daze for a while, with sadness in her eyes.

Charles Craig, an unknown amateur basketball coach who died unexpectedly.

For others, it's a small role that was and will go unnoticed.

But for Durant, Craig is the most important person in his life.

Because he taught Durant the most basic basketball knowledge and led Durant to the road of basketball.

Even because Durant's father abandoned him and his mother when he was young, Craig can be regarded as his second father.

And this is also the reason why Lin Ying and Durant can become friends.

It all started a year ago.

Because of their outstanding physical talents, Lin Ying and Durant are both members of the National Christian Academy high school team.

However, Lin Ying had a withdrawn personality, and the two of them didn't have much to do with each other.

Until there was a team dinner, Lin Ying was late because of something.

He rushed to the appointed place, thinking that everyone had already left, but he didn't expect that everyone was still waiting for him.

He later learned that it was Durant who insisted on not leaving until he arrived.

Is it because Durant has a preference for Lin Ying?

Not really.

The real reason is that Durant is a person with a very strong team view.

He doesn't want to leave anyone behind in this kind of team activity.

A withdrawn person likes to isolate himself, rarely or even not communicate with others, and others rarely pay attention or care about him.

But if someone gives such a person a little love, it could mean the world to him.

After that incident, Lin Ying had a very good impression of Durant.

Then, there was the biggest blow to Durant High School.

Craig, his first coach and godfather, was accidentally killed during a persuasive dispute.

In addition, his performance on the court during that period was also very bad.

Under the double blow, his mood became extremely depressed, and he was even about to give up basketball.

In his words at the time, as soon as he picked up the basketball, he would think of Craig, and he would think of the fact that Craig was no longer there.

At that time, no one dared to speak to Durant.

But Lin Ying took the initiative to find Durant, who he considered his only friend.

"Basketball is the only connection you have with Coach Craig. If you choose to give up, he and you will never meet again, and you will even forget him in the future."

This sentence directly breaks the defense.

Since then, Durant has never given up once again, and is determined to become the best basketball player he can be.

Because he knew that Coach Greg was watching him from the sky, the higher he stood, the clearer Craig could see.

"let's start."

Lin Ying also put on her equipment, got up and walked over, patted Durant on the shoulder, and said.

...

The arena is about 13 meters high. In addition to the two ball frames on the front and back courts, there are several baskets hanging on the wall on one side, and some equipment for injury recovery on the other side.

Compared with Christian College, the training hall of Texas University is much taller and spacious, and the facilities are more complete.

But something is missing.

To be precise, it should be a bit of an honor.

The general NCAA training hall will hang some honors of school history on the wall.

Like Duke, North Carolina, and even the University of Connecticut, the walls are covered with all kinds of honors, such as division champions, champions, MOPs, etc. A full wall looks very compelling.

But the walls at UT look somewhat clean.

The University of Texas has produced many NBA players, but so far there is only one person who is really famous, and it is also the only retired jersey hanging on the honor wall of the arena.

Number 11, TJ Ford.

Ford's achievements in the NBA in history are not high. Most fans still have the impression of Iverson's sentence "He may be the only man in the league who is faster than me".

But he is a legend in the NCAA, especially at the University of Texas.

When entering the University of Texas, Ford was diagnosed with "congenital spinal stenosis", which is a disease similar to Chris Bosh's thrombosis. Once subjected to a huge external force, he may be paralyzed or even dead. .

The disease prevented him from participating in strenuous confrontational sports, but it didn't stop Ford from playing.

He still played for the University of Texas and averaged 8.7 assists per game in his freshman year, which ranked first in the country in the NCAA Division I at the time.

In the second year, his assists per game dropped to 7.7 times, second in the country, but he also became the team's scoring leader and steals leader.

These are not the most important. The most important thing is that he led the University of Texas to reach the final four of the "Crazy Three" after a lapse of 56 years!

With a height of 1.8 meters, he has a passing vision comparable to that of "Magic" Johnson and the same court judgment ability as "Larry Bird". Even with such injuries, he was still selected in the 2003 platinum generation was selected with the 8th overall pick.

These are legends in the NCAA.

Before Barnes came, Springman was giving science to the freshmen.

Springman is only in his early thirties and is extremely young.

Perhaps it is also because of his young age that he can easily mingle with the freshmen.

Springman talked about the same thing, and Barnes also came.

Barnes, 51, is in his prime as a coach.

However, many of a person's personality is linked to his appearance, and that serious face shows that he is not a good talker.

"Ross, call someone over here."

Sure enough, the first sentence he spoke when he came in was cold.

After everyone gathered together, Springman first asked the team members to introduce themselves.

DJ Augustin is the freshman named Durant in front of him, a 1.83-meter point guard.

Damai James, the 2-foot-3 forward, also came in with them as a freshman.

Dexter Pittman is also a freshman, but he is a heavyweight player. He is a 2.08 meter center and weighs 388 pounds... In conversion, it is 176 kilograms, which is heavier than O'Neal's peak weight.

Randy Williams, a 1.90 meter point guard, a junior senior, has a very gentle tone when he speaks, and he seems to have a good temper.

AJ Abrams: Sophomore senior, 1.91 meters shooting guard, looks a little naive and cute.

Chris Wendell: Junior senior, 2 meters 07 center, looks as serious as Barnes.

...

The NCAA does not have a mandatory quota limit like the NBA, but generally there are only about 10 to 15 people.

In addition to the selected Trident, the team had four graduates or transfer schools last year, leaving only seven on the roster.

So this time the team added 7 newcomers in one breath.

Exactly, half and half.

After the self-introduction of the players, the content of today's training was announced.

Some basic drills, including running back and forth, shooting hoops, and ending with a full-court battle between veterans and freshmen.

These are what Springman and Durant said before, and Lin Ying also knows.

But there are others that they don't know.

"After the full-court confrontation, I will choose someone from the winning team to be the captain."

Barnes' words caused a commotion among the players.

The word captain is a key figure in any sport.

Especially in team sports, it is either the team with the strongest strength or the highest spiritual attribute.

All in all, this thing has no real power, but it can build a lot of prestige for itself in the team.

Lin Ying didn't think much about this, his character was destined not to be suitable for this kind of role.

But Durant is eager to try.

Ever since he was persuaded by Lin Ying that time, his goal was to become the number one player in basketball.

To do that, the first thing he has to do is lead a team to success.

The captain's words will bring him one step closer to this goal.

Of course, he is not the only one who has this idea, DJ Augustin on the freshman side, he was also a star player in his area in high school; Randy Williams on the junior side, he also Want to have a chance to lead the team.

All in all, the emergence of this position will make the next match full of competition.

The basic training ended soon, and then there was a full-court confrontation. Barnes looked in Durant's direction.

"He's a lot better than he was two years ago."

Springman on the side spoke back.

Although they didn't directly call names, it was obvious that they were discussing Durant.

As the third highest high school student in the United States, Durant should theoretically go to a giant team like Duke, North Carolina or Kentucky.

The fact is true, North Carolina was very close to get Durant.

But Durant is a very emotional person, and Springman established a very good relationship with him and his family two years ago.

When he finally chose a school, he chose the latter between North Carolina and the University of Texas.

Therefore, this confrontation seems to be a warning to the freshmen. In fact, it is more that the coaching staff wants to see Durant's progress in the past two years.

After all, the team's upper limit will be determined in the new season. It won't be the veterans who can't make it to the NBA, or other rookies with mediocre qualifications. That person can only be Durant.