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Chapter 39 A Big Gift (New book, please collect monthly tickets and recommend tickets!)

After this wild evolution this summer, Qin Yue now has nine attributes that meet the mission requirements of "The Dream That Has Not Yet Extinguished".

At the end of the special training, the only attribute that Qin Yue did not meet the standard was his back-to-the-basket technique.

Because this is an attribute that needs to be continuously evolved through actual combat, in the visual data provided by the [Mountain Top] system, Qin Yue's current back-to-the-basket technique only scored 70.

Same as post-up technique.

Among the six attributes required by the mission [In the Name of Inheritance], Qin Yue's observation and prediction also need to be improved through subsequent actual combat.

In short, compared with last year.
This summer, while Qin Yue greatly activated his dynamic talents, his various basketball skills also underwent a gorgeous transformation without him realizing it.

On the day when the special training ended, looking at Qin Yue standing in front of him, Grover commented as if he was appreciating a work of art: "If nothing unexpected happens, you will become my next masterpiece after Michael Jordan."

In that moment, Grover wasn’t exaggerating in the slightest.

After spending some time together this summer, Grover was convinced that Qin Yue and Jordan were the same type of people.

Previously, why did Grover let his team take care of Qin Yue’s three meals a day?
Because Grover also wanted to test through the "diet system" he tailored for Qin Yue whether Qin Yue had strong enough willpower to challenge the physical and mental limits he set for him.

Just like Jordan’s “Breakfast Club” back then.

In that era that advocated physical confrontation, in order to avoid being bullied by the Bad Boys of the Pistons, Jordan not only turned his training before and after breakfast into a "system", but also through this "system", Jordan also challenged the limits of his own body day after day.

In Grover's eyes, although Qin Yue and Jordan at that time were experiencing two different "systems", the same thing was that.
Both Qin Yue and Jordan have proven through the "system" that they are exactly the kind of people who are willing to torture themselves at all costs for basketball.

……

In September, Qin Yue, who had just finished his special training, officially started his junior year.

On the first day of school, he, who already had a star temperament, once again became the focus of the entire school.

Especially when they noticed his perfect muscles, many people around him drooled with envy.

Among them, there are even quite a few girls with outstanding looks who were admitted to Wake Forest University this year.

Seeing this, Rachel, who had just returned from Nike, teased, "Do you believe it? As long as you wave your hand, they will immediately rush towards you."

Hearing this, Qin Yue, who was admiring the beautiful girls around him, suddenly lost interest. "Why do you make them sound like zombies?"

Rachel spread her hands and said, "Don't doubt it. To you now, they are just a group of hungry zombies."

In the afternoon, the Demon Deacons sounded the assembly call.

Paul, who won the World Youth Championship gold medal for the US national youth team this summer, has gained a lot of confidence through this championship.

But compared to last year's gathering, Chris Paul is no longer the only protagonist of Wake Forest.

In just one training session, Qin Yue made Paul deeply feel how thick his thigh was.

"It's unbelievable. We haven't seen each other for just a few months, but you give me the feeling that you are ready to play in the NBA."

At this moment, looking up at Qin Yue, Paul, who originally thought that he had made enough progress, suddenly felt what it meant to be thwarted by comparison.

"Just assist me well in the future, Chris. I will definitely lead you to win the championship." Qin Yue said, patting Paul's shoulder.

Hearing this, although Paul wanted to argue for his position as the team leader
But in the face of Qin Yue's overwhelming strength, on the first day of joint training, Qin Yue had already invisibly established a new order in Wake Forest.

At the same time, Prosser, whose recruitment work was unusually unsuccessful this summer, was also extremely surprised at the progress Qin Yue had made over the past summer.

"His improvement has given us the potential to have a chance to win the NCAA Championship."

Originally, Prosser, who was still racking his brains over who to promote from the second team and which player to tap into, suddenly felt that he had become the happiest head coach in American college basketball.

It is true that role players are important in college basketball.

But at this moment, Qin Yue showed his star quality.
Even looking at the history of the NCAA, it ranks high in Prosser's eyes.

In addition, as the political commissar of Wake Forest, Justin Gray also helped this year's freshmen and members promoted from the second team to reintroduce the new leader of the Demon Deacons without any psychological burden.

"Remember his name, he was the ACC's best freshman, best defensive player, best team and best defensive team last season.

At the same time, he is also your junior and the undisputed leader of this team.

In the new season, we will take back the NCAA championship trophy that was stolen by Connecticut under his leadership! " (Okafor, Gordon:?)
On the side, Paul, who was unwilling to admit defeat, sighed and turned his gaze to Qin Yue: "Wake Forest has ushered in your era."

Seeing this, Qin Yue hugged Paul and said with a smile: “No, Chris, this is our era.”

Although he had changed the order of Wake Forest with absolute strength, Qin Yue knew very well
Just like Michael Jordan needed Scottie Pippen.

He also needs Chris Paul in the coming season.

Therefore, when it was time to coax Paul, he would never be stingy with his eloquence that could confuse right and wrong.

...The Devil Deacons officially assembled. On this day, looking at Wake Forest's schedule for the 04/05 season
Lynn Merritt, who was meeting with his old friend Sonny Vaccaro, immediately handed the schedule to the former.

"Interesting. This year, Wake Forest's opening game will be a challenge match between the ACC and the SEC (Southeastern Conference)?" Vaccaro said meaningfully.

"Their opponents are the Florida Gators," Merritt reminded.

"It seems that with Ira Berko's article, the American college basketball community is also very curious about whether Qin really has the potential that is rumored." Vaccaro said with a smile.

Hearing this, Merritt nodded and said, "Yes, in such a star-studded year, they chose to arrange the Gators to be the Demon Deacons' opening opponent.

In addition, Wake Forest will have a challenge game against the MWC League (Mountain West League) next."

After waving his hand at Merritt, Vaccaro said: "It doesn't matter who the opponent is. The key is whether this kid is really as you said.
Over the past summer, he has evolved into a player who can challenge for the No. 1 pick."

Seeing this, Merritt said, "Sonny, I can assure you that this kid has amazing willpower in addition to his outstanding talent."

After a pause, Merritt added: "In my eyes, he is like LeBron back then, the kind of person who can make you feel bright."

The next second, Vaccaro waved Merritt off.

Because as a former Nike and Adidas executive, and as an American business legend who persuaded Jordan to join Nike and Kobe to join Adidas in his early years
LeBron James is the eternal thorn in Sonny Vaccaro's heart.

In 2003, Sonny Vaccaro, who had established a good cooperative relationship with James in advance and invited him to participate in the Adidas ABCD training camp in 2001, was betrayed by Adidas executives in the bidding war for James.

A betrayal that he would consider a lifelong shame.

Because Adidas executives withdrew the offer they had promised to Vaccaro at the last minute, and withdrew the bottom-line contract that Vaccaro thought was enough to impress James, Vaccaro completely lost confidence in Adidas executives and felt that he had lost his credibility and dignity in front of James, who was only 18 years old at the time.

After the bidding war ended, Vaccaro quit all his jobs at Adidas.

"Adidas is completely hopeless. Don't they understand that the competition between them and Nike has never been about who can make more profit, but about life and death?"

At this moment, because of this conversation with Merritt, after recalling the thorn in his heart, Vaccaro sighed and said, "Tell me, Lynn, what do you want me to do to help that kid?"

……

Florida Gators.

In fact, when Qin Yue got the Wake Forest schedule this year from assistant coach Victor, he was also surprised.

"So the opponents in this year's Wake Forest Challenge are all arranged to test my strength?"

Because NCAA Division I teams belong to different conferences, generally speaking, two teams from different conferences will not meet in the regular season.

But just like the Indiana Mountaineers that Wake Forest defeated in the challenge last year, and the Illinois Warriors with Deron Williams who beat Paul to pieces in the challenge
In order to promote communication between different leagues, the NCAA basically holds challenge matches between leagues every season to give teams belonging to different leagues the opportunity to compete.

In these challenges.
The most popular matches are undoubtedly those between teams that each have top stars but would never meet each other in normal times.

This year, the NCAA gave people a big job right from the start.

Because Wake Forest will not only represent the ACC in the opening game, but also play against the SEC, which is also very valuable.
Their opponent is Florida, which has scooped up many talented high school students in American high school basketball this summer.

How to describe this Florida Gators team?

Simply put it is.
Compared to them, last year's Connecticut Huskies had a weak lineup.

是 的
This Gators team, which will be remembered by Qin Yue as the team that won the NCAA championship for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007, is also the kind of super team that is extremely rare even if you look through the history of the NCAA.

Currently, the star player of this Gators team is a senior, the best power forward in the SEC in the 03/04 season, and a future NBA All-Star power forward:

——David Lee.

In addition, if Qin Yue remembers well.
This year's Gators team has eight future NBA players!

Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer. These familiar names are all members of the Florida Gators.

only.
Since most of the potential players on this Gators team still need time to level up, Qin Yue believes that this year's schedule is actually a big gift for him.

Right now, Qin Yue needs a strong opponent to test his training results.

And this challenge against the Gators
Not only does it have the value that Qin Yue wants, but it can also create an illusion for many fans in the future.

That is.
In the future, will fans care about Horford, Noah, and Brewer still leveling up?

They will only remember that Qin Yue defeated these opponents with invincibility during his college career!
At this moment, Qin Yue even thought about what opening remarks he was going to make in this opening game.

As soon as he thought of this, Qin Yue's smile became more and more vulgar.
……

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