So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 2 Don’t underestimate the stall owner, he’s making huge profits!

There are more black people in the South of the United States. Due to geographical reasons, there are few good universities in the South. Duke University stands out here and has become the first choice for many white families in southern cities. Therefore, most of the private universities in this private university are white students.

Meng Lang realized this deeply on the way back. Ninety-nine percent of the people you pass by are white.

But it might also have something to do with him living on Nashville Street.

Most areas in the United States are "black and white". Where there is "white" there is no "black", and where there is "black" there is no "white".

Nashville Avenue, on South Campus.

White people make up the majority, and black people are very few.

The consumption level is also high.

Taking housing as an example, the West Campus costs 300 dollars a month, while the South Campus costs two to three times that.

But in a country where white lives matter, Nashville street security is the best in all of Durham.

Meng Lang understood it.

Patrol police can be seen everywhere on the streets.

As long as you don't go out at night, the risk factor is basically zero.

Unlike in the West District, you don’t dare to go near an ATM machine during the day. Otherwise, as soon as you enter the password, you may have a black tube behind your back and a sneer that sounds innocent: “Hey, man, the car is out of gas. , borrow some money to fill up with gas!”

It's scarier than soap falling on the floor in a men's bathhouse.

Just think of spending money to buy safety.

In a free America, especially in this day and age, security is still very important.

When he got home, Meng Lang took a look at the door and window first to make sure there were no signs of being picked, then he went into the bathroom, rinsed briefly, and changed into a clean white T-shirt.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Meng Lang suddenly remembered that when he saw this face for the first time, he would twist and turn whenever he looked at it, but now, he was used to it.

Although he is not one-tenth as handsome as he was originally, his sunny appearance, three-dimensional silhouette, and handsomeness are enough even if Takeshi Kaneshiro comes and shouts "Master".

Yes, it’s been four years!
  Can you get used to it?
  Just like Meng Lang now, he is completely accustomed to life in the United States in the 90s.

Meng Lang is a time traveler from 2023.

I remember it was one morning. He was half asleep and was awakened by the alarm. He hurriedly got dressed and went to work. As soon as he left the house, he remembered that he was not going to work today.

He took off his clothes in three seconds, returned to bed to catch up on his sleep, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled through time.

The original owner was also named Meng Lang.

A talented basketball boy.

I came to the United States when I was 13 years old because of family reasons.

At the age of 14, he has a height of 1 meters, a wingspan of 92 meters, and above average athletic ability. Although it is not outstanding, it is not a hindrance. Such dynamic and static talent is considered a good prospect even in a big basketball country like the United States.

When the school's basketball team expanded its enrollment, he successfully entered the second team of the "Star of the God of Basketball" school. ——Michael Jordan started from the second team of the school, step by step, step by step, and finally climbed to the position of "Basketball God".

Before time travel, Meng Lang also had the dream of playing in the NBA. He also joined the provincial youth training team in high school, but his height stagnated at 1 meters, so he had to give up his dream of playing basketball.

He chose his second favorite boxer. On this road, he went further and at least entered the professional circle. However, the general environment also imposes constraints on one's own talent, and this path soon came to an end.

His "Taoist heart" was broken twice, and he eventually became a security guard, renting out more than a dozen houses in his family and "barely" surviving.

People are all the same.

When material life is satisfied, spiritual satisfaction will be pursued. So much so that in 2024, Meng Lang, who had been away from professional boxing for five or six years, recalled those years of running under the sunset and felt that his youth was full of regrets.

Perhaps it was for this reason that when Meng Lang traveled back in time, he found that the original owner was not as good as him in terms of family background or appearance, but he was still very satisfied.

This dynamic and static talent, as well as this starting point, are enough for him to regain his dream, what else does he need a bicycle?

Most importantly, he also awakened a system called "The God of Basketball".

This gave him one more reason to choose basketball.

Meng Lang quickly stood out from the school team due to his good static physical condition and the blessing of SSS-level star ability cards from the system every year.

However, Meng Lang's school team still plays in the third-level league and is not very strong and has a low reputation, coupled with his skin color. ——Yao Ming was only 12 years old at this time, and there was no representative player in the Chinese basketball world facing the world.

Even though he averaged 23.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in his senior year, few NCAA Division I universities were interested in him.

It's even less possible to skip college and go directly to the NBA.

The NBA currently has no examples of high school students participating in the draft.

The common practice during this period is to play in the NCAA for two to three years. Although it is impossible for Meng Lang to waste time in the NCAA, if he were to be the first to eat crabs now, in his case, he would probably die. awful.

Among the universities that are interested in him, no one is willing to provide a full scholarship or guarantee his main position. Meng Lang, who originally thought that he was going to take the route of "Li Ang's job and a bright future", thought of someone at this time:

Old K, the head coach of Duke University!

Later, in the 08 Olympics, Chen Jianghua became an instant star in the game against the American Dream Team. After the game, Lao K, who was the head coach of the American Dream Team, specifically found him, had a chat with him, and expressed his willingness to provide a scholarship and invite him to join Du. Kill the blue devil.

But Chen Jianghua refused.

This is something that cannot be done with just one shot, but it at least proves that Lao K loves talents and cherishes them, and he does not respect national boundaries.

Duke happens to have open freshman selections every year.

The future "Golden State LaVine" participated in the freshman selection of Duke University.

So he came to Durham non-stop, spent a few days checking out everything, successfully sent his scouting report to Old K's office, and got a trial training opportunity.

Now he is performing even better and has successfully entered the next round.

It's just one step away from becoming a member of the Duke Blue Devils.

Duke has just defended its two consecutive championships. Although one of the core members of the team, Christian Laettner, graduated from his senior year and left Duke, the team still has Grant Hill, the "proud son of heaven". Lack of exposure.

As long as Meng Lang performs well, entering the NBA is a sure thing.

Meng Lang couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he thought that he was getting closer to his dream before time travel.

Basketball is indeed a "bad" sport!
  Without talent, just like in his previous life, he trained for about 10 hours a day, but still had difficulty reaching the door of the professional world. Don't even think about it in the NBA.

But now, he is no more diligent than before.

Of course, there was no way he could be more diligent than he was. The amount of training for 10 hours a day is already terrifying. But we are taking one step at a time and walking very solidly. As long as there is an opportunity, you can basically seize it.

The reason is that his ability and talent are indeed among the best among the newcomers in his class.

I don’t know what the limits of this system are.

Meng Lang sat down on the sofa and looked at the time. It was 11:40 and he could eat soon. He silently muttered "system" familiarly.

As he shouted, a virtual screen that only he could see appeared in front of him:

“Name: Meng Lang;

Age: 18 years old;
  Date of birth: December 1974, 12;
  Height: 200.89cm;

Armspan: 215.94cm;

Weight: 94kg;”

The home page is Meng Lang's basic information.

His gaze dropped, and the panel changed as his pupils moved, reaching the "Personal Attributes" interface.

Physical properties:
  上肢力量：60（70）；下肢力量：70（75）；腰腹力量：70（75）；协调性：78（80）；爆发力：50（58）；速度：70（73）；横移：70（74）；弹跳：63（70）；体能：86（99）（注：已装备理查德-汉密尔顿体能能力卡）；伤病抗性：70（70）；
  Offensive attributes:
  视野：30（50）；控球：55（65）；传球：65（70）；手感：94（95）（注：已装备克莱-汤普森手感能力卡）；球感：55（70）；
  抗干扰：55（80）；近投：55（75）；中投：70（80）；三分：72（82）；罚球：80（88）；突破：50（62）；上篮：50（63）；背身：34（55）；扣篮：40（60）；原地扣篮：30（50）；进攻卡位：68（80）；无球跑动：84（99）（注：已装备雷吉-米勒无球跑动能力卡）；进攻篮板：60（70）；
  Defensive attributes:
  单防持球：70（75）；单防无球：64（70）；协防：76（84）；防守篮板：60（72）；盖帽：54（65）；抢断：61（68）；防挡拆：74（80）；
  other:

球商：85（95）；求胜意志：92（99）；大心脏：80（99）（注：已装备迈克尔-乔丹大心脏能力卡）；
  There are two values ​​after each ability. The first one is Meng Lang's current ability value, and the latter one is Meng Lang's potential value in this area.

According to the system evaluation:

90~100 is superstar~super giant;

80~90 is all-star~superstar;

70~80 is the main player~all star;
  60~70 are rotation players~main players;

50~60 are NBA "water cooler" administrators~rotation players;

Combined with the system's evaluation and Meng Lang's personal panel, his comprehensive ability has now almost reached the level of an NBA rotation player to a main player.

Originally, Meng Lang's talent and immediate combat ability were not that good.

Thanks to the system, on July 7th every year, a highest-level SSS star ability card will be randomly issued.

This is also the only function of this system currently.

After equipping the star ability card, the ability value on the ability card will replace Meng Lang's original potential value in this area.

In chronological order, Meng Lang received Klay Thompson's touch ability card, Reggie Miller's off-ball running ability card, Richard Hamilton's physical fitness card, and Michael Jordan's heart ability card.

There is also mutual influence between each ability.

For example, when Meng Lang was equipped with Klay Thompson's touch ability card, his shooting potential also changed accordingly, from the original [-]s to the [-]s and [-]s.

Another example is that after Meng Lang got the Michael Jordan Big Heart Card last year, his anti-interference potential value also changed from 65 to 80. It was also with the enhancement of these star ability cards that Meng Lang's current immediate combat power and talent were achieved.

The most important thing is that his talent can continue to get stronger!
  It's already May, and it will be July 5th soon... I don't know what kind of SSS-level ability card the system will give him this time.

12 points.

Meng Lang turned off the system and made two medium bacon waffles, plus a fruit salad he brought when he came back. This was his lunch.

The original owner's life experience is very strange.

It is said that those who can go abroad in this era are generally not short of money.

Meng Lang's family is indeed not short of money.

However, his current parents are not his biological parents.

When the original owner was ten years old, his biological parents divorced and he was sentenced to his father. His father soon married a woman who took care of the family and formed a new family. The "stepmother" couldn't stand him. It happened that his father had a distant brother in the United States. He was very rich, but unfortunately he never had children, so he was fostered to this distant brother for a "family price" of [-] yuan.

That year, the original owner was 13 years old and traveled across the ocean to the United States.

When he first came here, his "new father and new mother" were very good to him, but within half a year, the "new mother" who had been unable to conceive suddenly became pregnant. With the birth of his "half-brother", the original owner He was gradually left out in his new home.

His "new dad" is ready to return him to his biological father. Unfortunately, after listening to the call, the other party said coldly, "Then let him die in the United States" and hung up the phone.

Now, in addition to the fixed extra 1 dollars on the card every month, which reminds Meng Lang that the original owner's family is still there, other times, he feels that the original owner is an orphan.

Sure enough, "no orphans, no time travel"!

With only $1 a month, it was really unsustainable to live on whatever he needed. Meng Lang had been setting up a stall to earn living expenses since he was in high school.

The way he sets up his stall is also very simple.

Just find a street basketball hoop with good security and hang a sign with the words "Shooting Challenge" written on it.

The rules are also very simple:
  The challenge fee is $5. Each player takes 2 free throws in 20 minutes. Whoever makes more free throws wins.

If the challenger wins, he will receive a reward of US$2;

In the event of a tie, the challenge fee will be refunded;
  If the challenger loses, the challenge fee is lost.

This was originally commonplace, but in this "basketball country", similar "stall challenges" can be seen every day.

But Meng Lang is an Asian with black hair and yellow skin!

Asian……

Can play basketball?

Are you coming to Amerikan to challenge shooting?

How dare he!
  Did not say, do him!

So his business is very good.

Over the years, he has been able to finish high school and live a good life by setting up a stall. He has also saved about three to four thousand dollars in savings.

so……

Don't underestimate the stall owner, he's making huge profits!

(End of this chapter)