This Forward is Not Serious

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China.

On Monday morning, there are grocery stores everywhere at the corners of the streets and alleys.

At the door of these grocery stores, there is usually a shelf with various newspapers on it.

Before the rapid improvement of the economic level, newspapers were an important pleasure for the Chinese pastime.

On a busy morning, you can see all kinds of shuttles.

There are office workers rushing to work, there are uncles and aunts who get up in the morning and prepare to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and there are students carrying schoolbags or riding bicycles to school.

You can see the smiles on their faces.

This era is also the era with the highest happiness index for Chinese people.

A bicycle stopped in front of the grocery store, and a student with a schoolbag got off the bicycle whistling, skillfully flipping through the newspaper in front of him.

Soon, he smiled and picked up the newspaper he was looking for.

The Basketball Pioneer.

The newspaper has 7 sheets, 14 pages and 28 pages, and it also has a cover. A copy is only 2 yuan, which is economical.

Before the student had time to pay, he unconsciously let out a "huh" when he saw the cover of the newspaper.

Because the face on the cover is kind and unfamiliar.

Kind because it is a very typical Chinese face, strange because he has never seen this face before.

Now there is only one Chinese player playing in the NBA, Yao Ming.

Then there are two Chinese players who are very promising to enter the NBA this year, one is Yi Jianlian who plays in Guangdong Hongyuan, and the other is Sun Yue who plays in the American ABA League with the Aoshen team.

These three people have been on the cover of newspapers one after another this year, but who is this handsome man in front of him?

Next to the cover is a string of data and a... nickname?

11 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks.

"Shadow Assassin"

"It's going to be late!"

Just as he was about to open the newspaper, another student on a bicycle came over and shouted.

Although the student was puzzled in his heart, he and the boss paid the money and stuffed the newspaper into the schoolbag, and then drove to school together by bike.

On the way to school, the two chatted about the content in the newspaper, and their curiosity was filled at the same time.

After arriving at the school, the two couldn't help but peeked in the back row.

The name Lin Ying entered their minds for the first time.

And they also found out that apart from Sun Yue on the other side of the ocean, there was another person named Lin Ying who played in American universities and was a teammate with Durant.

He passes the ball well, plays tough defense, and can shoot threes!

And in the focus game that just passed, he also hit a layup lore!

"Are we going to have three guys in the NBA this year?!"

The student lowered his head and covered half of his mouth with his hand, lowered his voice and turned his head, with excitement in his tone.

"If that's the case, there will be more games we can watch in the future."

Responding to him was a low voice.

"What are you two doing?!"

But before they could talk much, the teacher's voice sounded from above their heads.

The teacher didn't know when he had "teleported" behind them.

Before they could explain, the teacher had already confiscated the newspaper in their hands.

In their reluctant eyes, the teacher had already walked towards the podium with the newspaper.

If it is another class, the teacher must take the newspaper and criticize them severely.

However, their Chinese teacher is also a basketball fan. After taking the newspaper to the podium and putting it down, he began to give lectures again.

This is, saving money for a newspaper.

Similar scenes are staged alternately in China.

Except for a small number of people who had access to sports forums, more people learned about Lin Ying's existence through newspapers.

That is, after this day, the expectations of many Chinese fans have increased by one point.

As the student said: Will there be three Chinese players landing in the NBA this year?

Almost twenty years have passed since Stern knocked on the door of the Chinese market with a video tape.

Only a few people such as Wang Zhizhi, Battelle, and Yao Ming have entered the NBA for such a long time.

And besides Yao Ming, everyone else failed to gain a firm foothold in the NBA and was eliminated one after another.

Now there may be three people entering the NBA together at one time. This kind of sudden happiness is really unexpected and uncontrollable joy!

Of course, before that, their strongest desire is to read more reports about Lin Ying, so that they can learn more about this "stranger".

...

Lin Ying didn't know what was going on in China. After accepting Yang Yi's interview, he and Durant went into high-intensity training again.

Beating Kansas is gratifying, but the season goes on.

"Genius who are lazy will be surpassed by those who are diligent."

This sentence Durant's mother Wanda said has become the motto that inspired the two to move forward.

Of course, they can still see the reports from the United States.

Even if Lin Ying doesn't pay attention, he will naturally know about these news with Durant by his side.

The latest news on TNT mentioned their game against Kansas.

However, unlike the "Basketball Pioneer", the focus of the report is Durant.

"The next McGrady", "historical talented scorer", "the answer to the small forward of the next decade in the NBA"...

When the American media blows up people, it will only be more ruthless than domestic ones.

Two days later, they were ready to leave for a media meeting.

Both Durant and Lin Ying arrived at the scheduled location one after another.

But they didn't see anyone else.

After waiting for a while, Barnes and Springman also came, but still no one else was seen.

Springman beckoned them to the car.

"What about the rest?"

Durant couldn't help asking Springman.

"Only the four of us, this is a media meeting, it is impossible for everyone to go."

Springman explained with a smile.

The University of Texas team was not the only one participating in the media meeting. If everyone brought the whole team to the meeting, the meeting would be crowded to death.

Durant's face became ugly when he heard it.

He didn't think too much about it. Before Springman told everyone in the locker room, he thought the whole team was going, but he and Lin Ying were the only ones.

Lin Ying didn't like to talk in the first place, and Durant was sullen again. In addition, Barnes and Springman began to rest after getting in the car, and the atmosphere in the car was a bit dull.

For more than an hour's drive, apart from the occasional exchanges between Springman and Barnes, there was no words along the way.

When we arrived at the meeting site, there were many reporters at the door.

When they saw Durant coming over, they all wanted to go up for an interview, but they were all turned back with a cold face.

Lin Ying watched helplessly.

Now Durant's "indifferent" label may not be able to be removed.

"I wouldn't come if I knew other people couldn't come."

When they got to the rest area, Springman and Barnes went to meet with the staff, and Durant, who had been holding back all the way, complained to Lin Ying.

Lin Ying nodded.

In the past, all their activities were group activities, and it was indeed the first time that there were only the two of them.

After a while, Springman came over and took them to the meeting site.

"Rick is already over there, you can just walk up from the side later."

Springman will not go up, and this time he came with him to do the connection work.

"Kevin, be happy, and making a good impression on those guys will help your draft."

Springman saw that Durant's face was still very bad, so he opened his mouth to remind him.

Durant didn't respond.

Springman shook his head helplessly after seeing it. It seems that today's meeting will not go well.

The meeting was held in a large meeting room. When they entered, they saw a large area full of long guns and short guns.

The reporters who came were not only from the NCAA, TNT, ESPN and other major media also sent reporters.

Those who can be invited to participate in the meeting are all teams that have performed well in their respective leagues in the past period, and there will naturally be outstanding players.

Or you can understand that this is an opportunity for the outside world to learn about this year's high-quality rookies.

After they arrived, they didn't go on stage immediately, but found Barnes in the front waiting area and sat down now.

Now on stage for an interview is the University of Florida.

Head coach Billy Donovan, the team's three core Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer.

Just these few people sitting on the stage felt a sense of pressure.

As the defending champions, they have been crushing all the way so far this season.

Although the outside world has blown the Ohio State University led by Oden to the sky, their position at the top of the power list is as stable as Mount Tai.

This is the biggest boss of the NCAA this year.

Lin Ying looked at the few people on the stage thoughtfully.

Donovan's resume in the NBA is not considered successful, but he is also a famous coach in the NCAA.

Especially after leading the University of Florida to win the championship last year, it officially entered the top ranks of the NCAA.

Just like the version of the triangle offense, the level that the coach can play in different environments will be much different.

Then there are these three core, senior players with full lottery talent.

Coupled with their tactical execution and tacit understanding, in a sense, they are an upgraded version of the University of Kansas.

Compared to Ohio State, which relies purely on talent, this is the most terrifying team for opponents.

Judging from the experience of the University of Texas just playing against Kansas, if they are facing this University of Florida.

Unless Florida plays itself out of whack, they have no chance of winning.

This is not self-destructive prestige, but the reality.

Just then the interview on stage was over.

Barnes called Durant and Lin Ying to get up, and then walked to the stage.

The two groups met each other on the steps, and the Florida group of four all looked at Durant in unison.

Although judging by the strength of the two teams, the chances of a match are not great, but Durant, as a rookie who is predicted to be selected in the top two picks, even they will take a second look.

It's just that what they saw was a cold face.

And, there was another cold face beside her.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay.

The os in their hearts at this time is: Can a team with this atmosphere beat Kansas?

This year's Kansas has many dishes...

Barnes sat down with Lin Ying and Durant, and after a brief greeting, the reporters below began to ask questions.

Soon, the reporters below were also stunned.

Because they found that they were facing two stinky faces!

Especially Durant, who is the focus, can clearly feel the coping answer, which makes people feel completely offended.

Sure enough, "indifferent" people!

Barnes looked sideways at Durant at this moment.

Durant was in a bad mood in the car. He didn't know why, and he didn't ask too much, thinking that he would be fine at the meeting.

This is also an opportunity for Durant to break the label of "indifference" given to him by the media before.

It's not a good thing for Durant to think that it will become the situation in front of him.

"Kevin, why do you look unhappy?"

Finally, a reporter below couldn't help asking questions.

When they interviewed Oden before, Oden was humorous and approachable.

Durant and Oden are equally famous, but their performance in front of the media is also far worse.

Barnes took the initiative to bring the microphone in front of him at this time, and then answered the question for Durant.

"Kevin trained until two o'clock in the night yesterday and didn't sleep well. Today's mental state is not very good."

Barnes is saving Durant's image.

The reporter who asked the question was suddenly enlightened after hearing it.

It's true that people lose their temper when they don't get enough sleep.

Moreover, this wave of killing two birds with one stone gave a very reasonable explanation, and by the way, it also established Durant's image of hard training.

Barnes scored perfect for this wave of operations, but what he didn't expect at all was that Durant didn't appreciate it!

After Barnes answered and put the microphone back, he then brought it up to him.

"What the coach said is only one aspect. What makes me more puzzled is why can't the entire team be invited to this meeting?"

All the reporters below what Durant said were stunned.

No one has ever asked that before!

"We won the game together, but why are only the two of us here?"

Durant then pressed again, seeing that he was not joking.

At this moment, Barnes reached out and rubbed his forehead vigorously.

He now knows why Durant was upset from the moment he got in the car.

This is unreasonable!

Springman had already explained the reason to Durant before, and who would be angry all the time because of this kind of thing?

He wanted to be angry and wanted to laugh.

At the same time, the reporters below also looked at Durant with a "freak" look.

Perhaps only Lin Ying could understand.

At the beginning, a group of people from the high school team went to a dinner party, because he didn't come to Durant to let everyone wait together.

"Because you are the most dazzling person and the most talented one."

The reporter who asked the question replied.

"Crap!"

The reporter's words made Durant's tone suddenly agitated.

"Without other people's pick-and-rolls and running positions, I can't get a good shot space, and without other people's efforts to defend, I can't have so much physical strength to attack!

Those are things that the stats don't show, I look great just because I'm the one the coach puts out.

We are a team and we were invited as a result of everyone's efforts, but no one else can be here! "

After Durant finished speaking, the reporters in the audience were stunned.

At this time, Barnes also put away the feeling of wanting to be angry and wanting to laugh, and looked at Durant with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Durant may be a little childish, but one thing is for sure, he will be an excellent team leader.