So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 5 Joining Duke
  The game was decided quickly.

White team wins.

Meng Lang's game like this was no different from playing a game and turning on cheat codes.

20投11中，三分球4投2中，一个人砍下了24分。

Stand out from the crowd.

Therefore, when the staff called Meng Lang to the head coach's office, there was no objection at all.

In competitive games, strength speaks for itself.

Meng Lang was simply stronger than them.

In the office, Old K, who was waiting for Meng Lang to come, said straight to the point: "Congratulations, man, I don't care how you got here, but from today on, you are a member of Duke. In the new season, I hope to see Qin become a member of Duke." Make a contribution!”

Meng Lang looked directly at Old K's smile. The latter's narrow eyes were full of satisfaction for him, and he did not hide it.

He understood the implication of Old K's words and nodded generously: "Thank you, Coach Mike, I won't let you regret it. Believe me, I am the best high school student this year!"

Confident and domineering!

Old K likes it even more.

After Laettner left, Duke lacked core players with such character.

Both Hill and Bobby Hurley are gentle people. But if you want to win the championship, you must have an extrovert in the team, commonly known as the "conspicuous bag".

At the beginning, when Lao K discovered that Meng Lang's scouting report was secretly stuffed into his office, he gave him a chance and had this consideration.

Hill has the desire to continue to cut off the opponent's net in the finals, and Old K also has his ambition, which is to make Duke the second basketball giant in NCAA history to win the "three consecutive championships" in the country after UCLA. .

"By the way, let me introduce someone to you!" Old K called Hill in and said meaningfully, "I think you guys have already met!"

"Yes...Grant Hill, it's nice to see you again. From today on, we are teammates, let's work hard together!"

When Meng Lang saw Hill come in, he was not embarrassed at all. He even extended his hand to shake hands with Hill.

There was a hint of resentment and a hint of surprise on Hill's humble face:
  This person lied to me, doesn't he have a guilty conscience?

Complaints are complaints, but Hill reached out in time and held Meng Lang's hand, with a gentle smile on his humble face: "Welcome to Duke, Meng!"

After watching Meng Lang's performance in the training match just now, he became more and more certain that the Chinese man in front of him would be a key part of Duke University's continued success.

Will also be one of his best partners in the new season!

His thoughts became so intense that he kept holding Meng Lang's hand, his eyes still bright. Fortunately, Meng Lang knew that this guy liked women, otherwise he would have had goosebumps all over his body right now.

"Man, I know I'm a rare partner, but you don't have to be so excited. The new season won't start for a long time! Let go of your hands first!"

These words made Hill feel embarrassed and he quickly let go of his hand.

Seeing him scratching his head, Old K was even more sure that it was not Hill leading Meng Lang in the new season, but Meng Lang leading Hill. Hill may have a stronger presence on the basketball court, but off the court, compared to Meng Lang's colorful painting, Hill is just a blank sheet of paper.

After chatting with Hill for a while, Meng Lang didn't forget to apply for a full scholarship with Old K. This is the key to whether he needs to continue to worry about his livelihood.

What Meng Lang didn't expect was that Hill was also helping to speak: "Yes, coach, you saw it yesterday. Meng still had to set up his own stall to make money."

But his words made Meng Lang stunned.

Old K, what does it mean to see...?
  He didn't go to set up a stall yesterday?

Old K noticed the confusion in Meng Lang's eyes, coughed twice tactically, ignored Hill, and asked: "Meng, I can decide the normal scholarship, full scholarship, I want to know how your high school grades are? How is your school? There are requirements for this, and if you don’t meet the standards, we may have to find a way for you.”

Meng Lang said: "No problem, they are all A's."

Hearing all A's, Old K didn't hesitate any longer: "This is the best. You prepare the materials in the next few days, and I will help you apply here. In a few days, you can fill in the materials and it should be fine. Got it!”     “Thank you, coach!”

Meng Lang thanked him and hurried back to prepare the materials. It was also while he was waiting for him to go home and prepare the information that he suddenly realized: Did I really join Duke?

Wuhu~
  This excited him so quickly that he jumped up and launched a "Five Lightning Whips". After "whipping", he immediately sat down again and began to organize the information. Fortunately, there was no one else at home, otherwise I would have scared people to death.

Hill is indeed a rare good teammate.

On May 5, the day after Meng Lang officially joined Duke, he took the initiative to find Meng Lang and brought a thin white guy to meet Meng Lang, who was also one of Duke's players.

Once some people start doing something they are good at, they will immediately burst out with an aura that is completely different from usual, such as the "Show Zero" Bob Hurley in front of him, who has no appearance and zero potential.

The main point guard during Duke University's past two consecutive championships, he averaged 7.7 assists per game, setting an NCAA record. Before he left school, he was already the number one point guard in Duke University history.

At least three teams in the NBA are already vacating the starting number one position for him.

Unfortunately, not long ago, he announced that he would stay in school, get an undergraduate degree after his senior year, and then participate in the NBA draft.

This is actually very common in the NBA during this period.

Many players will practice in the NCAA for two to three seasons before participating in the draft. There are very few people like "Shark" O'Neal who only played in the NCAA for one season and rushed to participate in the draft this summer.

However, Meng Lang's choice at that time is probably the same as O'Neal. At most, he will consider the market situation. As long as he can be selected in the first round, he will declare his participation in the draft without hesitation after playing one season in the NCAA.

His skin dictates that he must enter the league at a younger age in order to be taken seriously.

Moreover, at this time, how big a contract a rookie can sign depends entirely on his own ability, and there are no hard and fast rules.

As long as you have the ability, the No. [-] pick's contract may not be bigger than yours.

"Man, I've heard your story, and now the streets of Nashville are talking about you shooting the ball better than Grant." Like Hill, Hurley has a gentle personality, a very approachable manner.

In fact, Duke's reputation outside the country is not good. Arrogance is the label that outsiders give this university. In this regard, Hurley and Hill are really not Duke at all.

When Meng Lang heard this, he thought to himself: Sure enough...

Durham is really so small. It has only been two days and this matter has already spread throughout the streets.

Fortunately, his scholarship application is progressing smoothly.

Otherwise, I would really have to take a bus to a nearby university town in North Carolina every day.

"It's just good luck... So, do you have any plans?"

In response to Hurley, he looked at Hill.

Hill said: "There's nothing else, it's just that we had a game date today and happened to be passing by here. If you're okay, you can come with us... Hehe~"

I have to say that Hill is really not good at lying. At the end of the sentence, he smiled guiltily.

Smiling like a fool.

He didn't just happen to be passing by, but wanted to take Meng Lang to play ball together to promote the relationship between them and to form a tacit understanding faster to prepare for the new season.

He is already working on the new season.

The addition of Meng Lang gave him confidence to defend his title again.

"Okay, then wait for me."

Meng Lang agreed. Apart from sorting out materials, he had nothing else to do these two days. Anyway, it’s the same as training and playing basketball with Hill and the others.

(End of this chapter)