I am Really an Insider

Chapter 21: Old face

   Wayne hasn't decided whether to participate in the draft, he fell asleep in bed when he was exhausted.

   When he opened his eyes again, it was already the opening day of the 03-04 NCAA Big Twelve League.

   Wayne actually didn't sleep well all night, because he was a little too excited!

   He woke up three or four times in the middle of sleeping, not because he was awakened, but he woke up suddenly.

   Every time he woke up, he looked at the clock and found that it was still early in the morning, and Wayne was very disappointed.

   When a person is extremely expecting something that will happen the next day, he will enter such a state of excitement that makes him unable to sleep.

   Even if I fell asleep, I slept very shallowly, and my thinking was still active, wishing to see the sun the next day as soon as I opened my eyes.

   And after waking up this time, Wayne really saw the sun.

   He sat up from the bed with a thought and looked at the date displayed on his Nokia Brick.

   November 2, 2003, Sunday.

   That's right, it's not a dream this time.

   Wayne's long-awaited day has finally arrived!

   "If you want to participate in the draft, then from the first game, you can't afford to lose." Wayne clapped his hands and encouraged himself.

   One thing must be admitted is that Wayne was not a very motivated person in his previous life.

   When he was studying, he was ordinary, and his enthusiasm was obliterated by 996 work every day after work.

   He felt that he was repeating every day, and he could see his head at a glance. Over time, I don't know what motivation is.

   But today, Wayne is enthusiastic.

   Throughout this period of time, Wayne can always find a new goal to urge him to work hard.

   This time, the goal is to enter the first round!

   Anyway, Wayne must try first.

   Unlike the NBA, NCAA games have at least 82 games in a season. Counting the playoffs, it is possible to play hundreds of games.

   With so many games, there are naturally more opportunities for performance. And even if one or two of them didn't perform well, it seemed harmless.

   But the NCAA is completely different. Like Wayne's Big Twelve League, there are only 35 regular season games in a season.

   The final tournament, the Big Twelve League playoffs, had four rounds in total, and it was a single-game elimination system.

   After entering the March Madness Championship, even if it comes to the end, it only needs to play 6 games.

   What's more, not everyone can go to the end.

   So, Wayne wants to rush from a small transparent to the first round of the draft, only to seize the opportunity to play less than 50 games.

   Without a background in American high school basketball, he played poorly in his freshman year, and only had the opportunity to prove himself to the NBA in less than 50 games this season.

   I have to say that it is very difficult to hit the first round.

   If Wayne can't come up with a very amazing performance, it will be difficult to convince the NBA team to pick him in the first round.

   Therefore, Wayne did not dare to delay a game.

   From the opening game, you have to take out everything you can show.

   Thinking of this, Wayne is going to put down his Nokia Nokia, ready to wash and go straight to the arena.

   But just as he was about to put the phone on the bed, Nokia issued an extremely retro text message alert tone.

   Wayne picked it up and looked at it. It was a text message from home.

"Today's opener, right? Play well, don't be nervous. The coach puts you on the starting lineup, so he recognizes you. Listen carefully to the coach and pass the ball to your teammates. Yes, remember to protect yourself. Own.

   Two days later, I will ask Uncle Liu from your newspaper to collect your news. Your mother is now all over the room posting the silhouettes of your American newspapers. If you play well there, you will call again next time. International calls are too expensive. Let's go to sleep first, it's still midnight here, waiting for your good news. "

   Although Wayne has not met his "parents" yet, he can't talk about the deep feelings he has with them.

   But seeing the text messages on this small screen and seeing the unpretentious sentences with their own dialect voice, Wayne still felt warm.

   In my hometown across the ocean, there are still people waiting for their good news!

   Tonight, I must take off anyway!

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   "Chinese reporter?" Old Sutton looked at Sean in front of him, with a little surprise in his eyes.

   "Yes, they hope to see Wayne before the game starts, and want to ask for your consent." Sean shrugged, why is he not surprised?

   The Chinese reporter is in NCAA, that's a rare guest.

   Last summer, Yao Ming entered the NBA as the No. 1 pick and opened the basketball bridge between China and the United States.

   At this point, more and more Chinese fans and reporters have poured into the NBA arena.

   But the NCAA hasn't been affected in any way, and now Chinese fans' awareness of NCAA is almost blank.

   This is mainly because the Chinese players who played in the NCAA before did not have any results, so the attention in China is not high, so it is impossible for Chinese reporters to appear on the college court.

   The NCAA was originally only popular in the United States. After all, only local schools can have local fans and Zeng Jin’s alumni to attract fans.

   Going abroad, without this regional factor and alma mater sentiment, the popularity of NCAA is really not comparable to that of NBA.

   Sutton has been in college basketball for so many years, and this is the first time I have met a Chinese reporter to interview such a thing.

   Yes, although Wayne has played for the Cowboys for a year last season, let alone Chinese reporters, even Sutton, a Chinese student who came to watch the game, didn't see a few.

   Many people may not even know that the Cowboys has a Chinese student.

   But this year...

   "Is it such an exaggeration? Wei has only played four warm-up matches, and Chinese reporters have been attracted?"

   "Well, since Yao entered the league last season, more and more Chinese basketball reporters have come to the United States. I guess they can't wait to find the next Yao in college."

"It's... exaggeration. Tell them, come to the player channel before the game starts. When the team enters the field, they can meet Wei. But they can't enter the locker room to shoot, nor can they ask about tactics. The problem."

   Sutton shook his head, is this the market effect of Chinese players?

   Wayne is just an NCAA player who has played four good games, and he has been able to attract Chinese reporters to interview.

   He really can't imagine how much the Mosaic team with Yao Ming has eaten in the Chinese market.

   Other teams are probably anxious.

   They never expected that in addition to playing for Chinese players, the economic value it generates is also immeasurable.

   But seeing Wayne’s popularity fly straight into the sky like a mosaic in his butt, Sutton is still very pleased.

   He believes that Wayne's popularity will rise to a higher level after this season.

   In the afternoon, when Wayne went to the locker room, every teammate's face was full of seriousness.

   Wayne himself is the same. Although Wayne played well in the previous four warm-up games, as a senior fan in his previous life, Wayne still knows the huge difference between the warm-up game and the regular season.

  It's like, you can't compare the intensity of the NBA preseason with the real regular season.

   What's more, the Cowboys' opponents in the opening game of the University of Colorado Boulder Buffalo are not a big team.

   Since Billups was cultivated, the Buffaloes have been very famous in the Big Twelve.

   This season, they will also have the opportunity to train a first-round rookie, David Harrison.

   David Harrison was already a star player in high school. At that time, he was ranked 13th in the United States. He was a veritable five-star high school student.

   After entering college, Harrison established his position in the Big 12 League with his strong body and superb low post offensive skills.

   is 2.13 meters tall and weighs 112 kilograms of body, so that he has no disadvantage in the penalty area.

   This body is considered strong in the NBA, let alone college games.

   Last season, Harrison averaged 15.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game and was selected to the Big Twelve First Team.

  In other words, you can understand that he is the number one center in the Big 12 League!

   Currently, Harrison's draft pick is predicted to be between the first and last stages of the second round.

   This kind of meat-shield blue-collar center is still very popular in this era.

   What's more, compared to other blue-collars, Harrison also has a good low-post offensive technique.

   This opponent is much better than the four in the warm-up match.

   Today is the opener again and it is at home again. The Cowboys players naturally don't want to lose.

   So as soon as I entered the locker room, the serious atmosphere before the war came to my face.

   Even Sutton, who has always been calm, frowned. David Harrison is indeed a big problem for the Cowboys.

   His strong defensive ability in the penalty area is bound to contain the impact of Tony Allen and Graham.

   On the offensive end, Holmes has a hard time defending Harrison, who is a full circle larger than himself.

   At this time, Sutton's eyes fell on Wayne.

   On the surface, Wayne was even less likely to contend with Harrison. But Sutton has a plan at this time, and in that plan, Wayne is precisely the key to containing Harrison.

   Of course, that is the last resort. Before that, Sutton wanted to see if Harrison had such a big threat.

After   , Sutton didn't say too many motivational words in the locker room. The players themselves were nervous enough in this game.

   If you make the atmosphere too tense, you will lose out.

   Therefore, after talking about some basic tactics, Sutton greeted the players to warm up on the court.

   Wayne wore his No. 11 jersey and jumped twice. He was about to go out, but was caught by old Sutton.

   "Coach?"

   "Wei, there are two reporters from your home country in the player aisle who want to see you. You can talk to them before you warm up."

   "Chinese reporter?" Wayne was a little flattered after hearing that, did his own affairs spread to China so quickly?

   This is 2003 when the Internet is still underdeveloped.

   After all, even in the era when the Internet is developed, NCAA has not been able to become popular in China.

   Your own appearance will not change the influence of NCAA in China...

   Wayne sorted out his jersey and walked out of the locker room.

  I was interviewed by a reporter for the first time in my life.

   Wayne was still wondering what kind of reporter he was, but as soon as he stepped out of the locker room door, Wayne saw two familiar faces.

   "Hey, Wayne, how are you!" Not far away, a simple-dressed man waved to Wayne, speaking in a friendly Chinese.

  Beside him, there was a suit and leather shoes, but the younger man smiled honestly at Wayne.

   Wayne looked at them and smiled.

   This is not a guide and Yu Jia.

   Unexpectedly, it was these two old acquaintances.

   "Oh, this young man, this height, this body. Look, it's smaller than that, how good is this condition." As soon as Director Zhang spoke, Wayne felt like Weiping's quotation.

   "Oh, let me introduce Xiao Wei, this is Zhang Weiping, this is Yu Jia next to me, we..."

   "I know the two, I have heard the game explained by you." Wayne waved his hand, you two are too familiar.

   Especially instructor Zhang, Wei Ping Quotations Wayne can recite it backwards!

"Hahaha, I didn’t expect you to also pay attention to domestic NBA broadcasts. Xiaowei, before the game starts~www.ltnovel.com~ let’s ask you a few simple questions. After the game is over, we will come down to talk alone. chat."

"No problem, you all came from afar, tonight..." Wayne remembered the beard that hit him before, and said that he would give him a 50% discount for dinner. "We will find a place tonight. Talk while eating."

"It's okay to eat, but we have to invite you. After all, you are not a professional player, hahahaha. Let’s ask you a few questions first, Wayne, the opponent’s center in today’s game is basically the top of the draft. 40 players."

   "He is basically a future NBA player. So, what do you think is your chance of winning today?"

   Although I saw some reports about Wayne in China, I heard some exaggerated rumors.

   But Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia don’t know what Wayne’s real level is.

   So they want to use this question to test whether Wayne has the confidence to play in the NBA.

   As a result, Wayne's answer was very calm.

   "Is it winning? Hmm...I never thought I would lose."

   Zhang Weiping:? ? ?

   So arrogant?

   Wayne's answer was so simple and surprising.

   "Anyway, the two of you should watch the game first. I should also go out to warm up. After the game, we will talk slowly."

   Wayne smiled and waved goodbye to the two of them, then trot out of the player tunnel.

   The moment he ran out, the cheers on the scene doubled.

  Director Zhang and Yu Jia looked at each other.

   When they first saw the report about Wayne, they thought it was quite exaggerated.

   But now they feel...

   Wayne may be stronger than they thought.

  

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