So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 32 The New Season Arrives

At the end of October, the NBA opener begins.

Michael Jordan received the second championship ring of his career at the Bulls' home court.

Feng Qingyun's calm expression made it impossible for anyone to imagine that he cried so much when he won the first championship in his career.

Also, it is not an exaggeration to say that championship is the most difficult "first championship trophy" in NBA history.

However, steel is forged over time, and Michael Jordan's greatness cannot be separated from the mental intensity created by the hardships he experienced in the first eight years of his career. If he really leaves the Bulls in the eighth year, he will inevitably say in the media "If I didn't go to Team XX, it wouldn't affect my dominance."

of course……

That wouldn't be Jordan.

新赛季的第一场比赛，乔丹就爆了，出场37分15秒，拿下了34分6篮板2助攻3抢断3盖帽。

The combination of offense and defense is terrifying!
  The "invading enemy" Cavaliers have played very well.

The core player of this period, Larry Nance, scored 24 points and 5 rebounds, and Brad Doherty, "the best passing center in Cavaliers history", scored 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. It is worth mentioning that he and Jordan were both from North Carolina and were college teammates for one year.

They tried very hard to mess up Chicago's night, but ultimately lost to the Bulls 96 to 101, just one move away.

The new NBA season has begun, which also means the arrival of the new NCAA season.

The new season atmosphere on Duke’s campus is even stronger.

There is promotion for the new season all over the school.

The degree of attention is evident.

Come to think of it, Duke's championship in the new season is so important!

Not just a simple third championship in school history.

It will also be another "three consecutive championships" for the NCAA since UCLA.

In the NCAA, this is not an easy thing!

More importantly, after this championship, they will have one more championship trophy than their archrival North Carolina.

And it’s also the “three consecutive championship” trophy!

Whether Duke can overtake North Carolina and become the biggest powerhouse in North Carolina depends entirely on this year!
  It might even be possible...

Only this year!

Ok?
  Meng Lang suddenly thought of a famous "golden sentence" in his previous life. If he really changed this sentence into the "Duke version" and said it in front of the media, he would probably become Duke's "darling" immediately, right?

just forget it!
  He didn't want to have anything to do with Duke and those bastards.

And it's not suitable for him to say this.

From the beginning to the end, the person who valued Meng Lang was Old K, not the students at Duke.

Rushing to take responsibility for this discriminatory school?
  Meng Lang felt that even if he was smart, he would never be able to do such a thing.

When we arrived at the arena in the afternoon, Old K brought Duke's schedule for the new season.

There are about a dozen NCAA Division I leagues, and their schedules are also played separately.

Duke belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference, or ACC.

The 80s were the heyday of this league.

Under the guidance of Dean Smith, North Carolina's Chapel Hill has top talents such as Jordan, Worthy, and Perkins; Virginia has one of the most dominant centers in college basketball history, Ralph Sampson; there is "Miracle" North Carolina State, known as the "Team", and Georgia Tech, led by Mark Price.

During that period, Duke played the role of "accompanying the prince to study".

Things are different now. After "two consecutive championships", Duke has become the top powerhouse in the NCAA.

After Meng Lang joined this season, coupled with Hill, Hurley, and Antonio Long, whose name can also be found on the draft prediction list, Duke has four NBA-level players. To paraphrase what a star who later promoted the entire league era said:

This season, no one wants to run into us!

There are currently only 8 teams in the Atlantic League. In addition to Duke, the members of this league are:

Clemson Tigers, Maryland Terrapins, North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Virginia Cavalry, Georgia Tech The Hornets and the Florida State Seminoles, who just joined last year.

The names of these NCAA teams...

This was the first reaction in Meng Lang's mind.

I really can’t help but want to complain!

These are pretty good, there was even a team in the Atlantic League called the "South Carolina Gamecocks"!
  Can it still be a bit more stylish?

Even if a team like this sends an acceptance letter to Meng Lang, Meng Lang has to think about it for three days and three nights.

Since there were not as many teams in the league as later, the Atlantic League at this time adopted a double round-robin system.

Each team plays two games against seven other teams, one at home and one away. All 7 games are played, and the playoffs are played in order of record. The final winner becomes the Atlantic champion this year.

The overall strength of the ACC this year is very impressive. Becoming the champion in this league means basically locking in the No. [-] seed in the national competition!
  Duke's first game of the year, sitting at home, will face the challenge of the Clemson University Tigers.

When Lao K made tactical arrangements for this game, he was more serious than when he played in the warm-up matches a few days ago.

Not only is the new season officially starting, every game from now on will determine Duke's regular season ranking, but also because the Clemson Tigers are indeed an out-and-out strong team.

Duke won all four warm-up games, and they also won all four warm-up games, and their momentum is very strong.

And this is a team whose style is completely different from Duke's opponents in the four warm-up games. ——They have two NBA-level team cores, one is outside and the other is inside.

It's guaranteed inside and out, which was an important factor in Duke's championship run last season.

This factor also makes the Tigers the favorite for the new season.

Of course, Duke has its own advantages, which are still quite unsolvable:
  Meng Lang and Hill are two wings. If other teams can have one of them, the head coach will be crazy. Old K now has two!
  It can only be said that the head coach is always worried about whether the opponent's advantage will cause a fatal blow to his side.

On November 11th, the long-awaited opening game for Duke fans finally arrived.

Meng Lang went to the arena early to warm up as usual. Old K looked sneaky again. When he saw him, he glanced around first, then walked up to him with a shoe box and handed it to him. Got him.

"I heard that China pays attention to the new year and new atmosphere. Although it is not the new year, it is indeed a new season for us. This is a gift for you!"

Looking at Old K's eager eyes, Meng Lang did not refuse.

He felt a little warm in his heart.

I can get the concern of an elder before the start of the new season.

After obtaining Old K's consent, he opened the shoe box in person, and inside was a pair of Jordan 7s:
  Mainly white, with red accents.

In this year's Olympic Games, Jordan wore these shoes to compete on the court and won the gold medal.

What Lao K wants to express is self-evident.

"Thank you Mike, I will work hard!" Meng Lang put on new shoes, jumped a few times, and nodded solemnly to Old K.

Old K didn't say anything more, but just told Meng Lang before leaving: "Don't tell others, I can't afford to give a pair to everyone!"

This is obviously a joke. It would be effortless for Lao K, who has an annual salary of one million, to give away 1 pairs of sneakers. But where can anyone get Old K’s sneakers?

Meng Lang nodded "obediently".

After waiting for Hill to arrive for a while, Meng Lang slowly stretched out his foot: "Hey, how did you know that Old K bought me the Jordan 7?"

　Good morning, brothers, let’s count the votes, the sun is shining!
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)