Chapter 1 - NBA Summer League
A wave of cheering awakened Ning Yi. He only felt dizzy in his mind, as if he had not awakened from a hangover.
“Damn, you shouldn’t drink so much wine.” Ning Yi rubbed his head and looked around, but couldn’t help but stunned. “Where is this, how can I be here?” He found himself in a stadium, on the field Some players are running, obviously playing basketball, and many spectators are sitting in the auditorium.
Ning Yi’s brain burst for a while, and some reactions were overwhelming, didn’t he just get drunk, how did the whole world change a lot when he felt it? Or is it that you are still awake and dreaming?
But if it is a dream, then the dream is too real.
Cheers from the auditorium, players running on the court, scoreboards in the distance, timers, and… a group of young people around you, still wearing the Kings jersey!
“This…” Ning Yi was shocked, and some memories came to mind.
It was 2013, Ning Yi was a sophomore in college and was a player on the Davis College basketball team.
This year, Ning Yi made his first start at Davis College and worked with his teammates to bring the team to the top 64 championship. Unfortunately, they lost to Marquette University 58:59 in the first round of the top 64 tournament.
That is in the summer of this year, Ning Yi participated in the nba draft.
Ning Yi had no expectation of being able to enter the first round, but he was disappointed that he didn’t even enter the second round. No team chose him and directly lost.
After losing the election, Ning Yi did not give up, but participated in the training camp of the Kings, and participated in the Summer League like some other players who struggled to enter the NBA, hoping to have a performance in the Summer League and was awarded an nba ball The team fancy, give him a chance to play in the nba.
But the reality is cruel, especially as a Chinese player. Although Ning Yi represented the Kings in the NBA Summer League, it was only a substitute. He didn’t even have a fixed playing time. Almost every game was on the sidelines. Only in garbage time can you show your face.
When the summer league ended, Ning Yi did not win any team contract after all.
After Ning Yi returned to Davis College and played ncaa for another year, and then participated in the draft again, but the result was again lost.
lost in two consecutive drafts and hit Ning Yi so badly that he became tired of basketball, and his competitive state began to decline, plummeting.
In the end, Ning Yi had no way to obtain any professional player contract. He graduated from Davis College, found an internship, worked abroad for more than a year, and then returned to the country and entered a foreign-funded company. By virtue of his cleverness and hard work, he became the sales manager of the Huaxia District of this foreign-invested company a few years later.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he is a young and promising gold collar with a successful career. But no one knows that Ning Yi has never liked this job, such a life.
How many times I dreamed back at midnight, Ning Yi would think of participating in the nba draft, and always think that if he didn’t lose the election at that time, he will become an nba player, maybe his life will be different.
It was a turning point in his life. He suffered a blow and his dreams were broken, which made him so difficult to let go, and he left regrets that can never be erased!
“I am… back to 2013?” Ning Yi shook his head, feeling a little excited, and feeling hesitant, is this all true, or is he dreaming?
“Wow!”
came a loud noise.
Ning Yi looked for it and saw that a player on the court hung his hands on the hoop and changed the shape of the hoop. It seemed that the entire basketball rack was shaking, and he was roaring like a fierce beast.
This is a two-handed dunk, which can be described as domineering.
In the audience, people were excited and cheered loudly.
The blood in Ning Yi’s heart was also ignited and began to boil. He clenched his fists: “This feeling… has not been this feeling for many years. Sure enough, only basketball can make me feel excited.”
Also at this moment, Ning Yi knew that he was not dreaming. He really returned to 2013 and returned to the Las Vegas, nba summer league stadium.
This game is the last summer league he played on behalf of the Kings in 2013, against the Timberwolves!
“Don’t you cross? I didn’t expect this kind of thing to happen to me.” Ning Yi took a deep breath, tried to calm herself, and then looked at the scoreboard. “61:76, the King is 15 points behind, with six minutes left. .”
Seeing this, Ning Yi knew that the coach was about to call a timeout.
Sure enough, Kings assistant coach Chris Zante called for a timeout.
“It’s time for me to go.” Ning Yi stood up, frowning tightly. As he remembered, he didn’t play for more than three quarters, and he was replaced with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. On the field, but the Kings have fallen by as much as 15 points at this time, the game basically lost suspense.
In Ning Yi’s memory, he went up to play for six minutes, that is, until the end of the game, got 4 points, plus 1 rebound, 1 assist, and finally the Kings lost the game. In other words, these six minutes are completely garbage time, and many viewers have already left in advance.
For Ning Yi, this was his last summer league game, but he just walked up and walked over. No one would pay attention to him at all, so after the summer league season ended, he still had no interest.
“I am not willing, but what can I do?”
Ning Yi clenched his fists, he crossed, and returned to 2013, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, but what can he do? With his strength, it is impossible to change this game.
Even if he is not reconciled, what’s the use?
Beside, Chris Zant called Dao Ningyi’s name: “Ning, wait a minute.” Then he looked at several other people, “Jim Burke, Will Klebern, cj-Aiken , You too.”
Ning Yi, Jim Burke, Will Clayborn, cj Aiken, and there is Ray McCollum, who is on the front of the field. Among the five people, only Ray McCollum is the second time this year. In the 36th round of the show, the other four were all unsuccessful players.
It can be seen from this lineup that Chris Zante wants to give up.
This is not surprising, after all, this is a summer league, and it is not a regular season. The outcome is not important, mainly to hone players and select talent.
And Chris Zante already has a fancy, that is, the Ben McCollum, who was selected by the Kings in the first round of this year’s No. 7 pick, so for others, he is not very concerned about the outcome of the game. .
“Let me talk…” Chris Zante simply arranged, and then waved his hand: “Go!”
Several people nodded silently and walked towards the stadium.
Ning Yi walked at the end, he was not reconciled, but he was helpless. There was a kind of depression in his heart, and his footsteps became very heavy. He returned to 2013. With the opportunity to come again, he could not change this. Some are just helpless, the same helplessness of the year, and even worse.
It was at this time that a voice suddenly sounded in Ning Yi’s mind: “The “star cultivation system” is activated…”
“Scanning host…”
“CIC skills open, level 7…”