I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 3 Winning the jackpot!

"Silver headband, silver-level equipment, perimeter defense +3."

Just after the hair band was drawn, the system's notification sounded.

"Congratulations on getting your first piece of equipment. When you equip a piece of equipment, you can freely choose the display style of the equipment and whether to wear it, without affecting the effectiveness of the equipment's attributes."

Li Ran nodded, and directly equipped the headband on his own image in the space.

His perimeter defensive attributes have undergone some changes, from 57 to 57+3.
"Perimeter defensive ability is considered a pass in the NBA, but it is completely sufficient in the NCAA." Li Ran looked at his attributes with satisfaction, and then turned his attention to the last card.

The golden player collection pack can open player card packs with 80-90 stats.

After a while, in a certain ward of the Special Surgery Hospital, there was an earth-shattering cry of weeping ghosts and gods.

The nurse came to the ward immediately, and looked at Li Ran who was lying on the bed in horror, his face was flushed, and his right leg was raised high.

"what happened?"

Li Ran shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm not in a good mood."

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and put on a dejected look on his face.

The nurse only thought that he was seriously injured and was in a bad mood, so she warned him a few words and left the ward.

As soon as the nurse left, Li Ran covered his mouth with ecstasy in his eyes.

"I won the grand prize! First prize! Special prize!" Li Ran was full of such thoughts in his mind.

Because, on the golden card floating quietly in his mind, there was a person's name written on it.

Dennis Rodman.

On the back of the card, there are four words written squarely.

forward!
field!
basket!
plate!
Behind these four words is a number that should be taken for granted, but should not appear in this range.

99!

It should not appear in this range because 80-90 is not a superstar at all, or the core of a weak team, the starter of a strong team, or a sixth-man player, so a full value of 99 attributes is almost impossible to appear.

It should be said that it is because, looking at the 70-year history of the NBA, Rodman can also be regarded as the top 3 or even the strongest rebounding leader.

A cliff-like rebounding champion for seven consecutive years in his career, what should his rebounding value be if it is not 99?
You know, his opponents at that time were the four major centers, such as Mourning and Mutombo.

Compared with drawing Rodman with a gold card, drawing Tony Allen with a silver card is as simple as dessert before a meal.

Seeing that there was only some system space left with recovery potions, Li Ran subconsciously wanted to use up that bottle of top-level recovery potions.

But he held back immediately.

The status stated that his Achilles tendon rupture injury will take 149 days to heal. If he drinks that bottle of top medicine now, then he will only need 50 days to fully recover from the injury without leaving any sequelae.

What a joke, he doesn't want to be sliced ​​for research.

After thinking for a while, Li Ran used up a bottle of small recovery potion first.

The injury status was immediate and turned into 146 days.

He was going to use up the 6 bottles of small recovery potions first, and he should be discharged from the hospital at that time, and then use the larger ones.

Making a fortune silently is Li Ran's favorite thing to do.

The next day, Li Ran was lying in bed reading a newspaper when suddenly the door of the ward was opened.

A refined white man and a Chinese man whom Li Ran is particularly familiar with walked in one after the other.

Li Ran, who had been in the basketball circle in his previous life, of course knew the two of them.

The white man is the current head coach of the University of Memphis, Larry Brown's apprentice, John Calipari.

The Huaxia man is the coach Cui Wanjun who has studied in the United States in recent years and served as Calipari's assistant coach.

Calipari left a huge name in the NCAA, and even served as the men's basketball coach of the University of Kentucky with an 09-year contract of 8 million US dollars in 3165, which is also the world's first salary record in college basketball.

This is enough to see his coaching level.

Although he studied under Larry Brown, the system he is best at is DDM, the full name of the dribble and dribble breakthrough offensive tactic. This tactic is somewhat similar to bombardment, and the University of Memphis also uses this tactic.

Rose is undoubtedly his best work.

Seeing the two people coming in, Li Ran put down the newspaper and greeted them with a smile.

"Ran, I'm sorry to hear about your injury." Calipari said unhurriedly after sitting down.

"I heard that the operation was successful, and I am relieved. You can rest at ease and don't worry about the team."

Li Ran nodded. He and Rose were admitted to the school by Calipari against all odds, and they could be regarded as his direct line players. They suffered such serious injuries when they first entered the school. The pressure on Calipari must have been great.

"Don't worry, coach, I will continue to play when I recover from my injury."

"The most important thing for you now is to heal your injuries with peace of mind, and don't think about other things." Calipari waved his hand, his face not very good-looking.

Li Ran was taken aback when he saw this.

What does it mean?
After chatting casually about the injury, Calipari stood up.

"Cui, talk to Li Ran for a while."

He stood up to Cui Wanjun, who was reading the newspaper that Li Ran put down just now, and stood up and walked out of the ward.

Li Ran stared blankly at the somewhat abnormal Calipari.

Cui Wanjun watched Calipari go out with a wry smile, and then sat down.

"Calipari regrets giving you a full scholarship so easily. He thinks that you are seriously injured and can no longer continue to play for the school. And next year, his contract with the school will expire."

In the United States, once the full scholarship is issued, it cannot be withdrawn. As long as the player trains hard, does not miss work, and has a GPA greater than 2.0, even if he does not make any progress during college, he will be fully awarded.

Li Ran understood.

Doesn't this mean that Calipari doesn't know people well, no wonder he has a bad attitude towards himself.

Who is not good for these scholarships? If you accept a glass man, you will basically be reimbursed if you don't play a game.

"Don't worry, coach, I'll be fine, and I will bring the school a championship together with Derek." Li Ran said confidently.

"Having confidence is a good thing, and don't put too much pressure on it. Are you going to participate in the draft next year?"

Cui Wanjun changed the subject and asked Li Ran.

"Next year I'm going to go to the draft with Derek."

Li Ran nodded.

Cui Wanjun hesitated for a moment: "Don't put any pressure on the draft. Last year, the Arab League was the sixth pick. To tell you the truth, there is a high probability that you will be a second-round pick or even lose this year. It is really not good. I am in the CBA. There are still some ways, when the time comes, you and I will go back to China to play CBA."

Originally, Cui Wanjun felt that Li Ran would be another outstanding player in Huaxia, and he would even be the No. 1 defender in the first round.

But Li Ran's injury ruthlessly shattered his fantasy.

Of course he knows what kind of blow a ruptured Achilles tendon is to a player, and for an NCAA player, even if he does not play well in one game, the predicted pick in the draft may have a roller coaster decline, not to mention suffered this injury.

So he chose to tell Li Ran the truth in advance.

However, he didn't know that Li Ran still had a system.

(End of this chapter)