I really play basketball

Chapter 12
At the gate of the Long Beach campus, Lin Xing met Wayne Morgan, a man who claimed to be an assistant coach of the 49ers.

He was very enthusiastic, and stretched out his hands towards Lin Xing: "Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome..."

"You don't have to be so polite, Coach Wayne."

"No, no, it should."

After being so polite, Wayne Morgan continued to take Lin Xing enthusiastically, went through the admission procedures, and helped Lin Xing move his luggage to the dormitory.

The dormitory at the Long Beach campus is just an ordinary two-room dormitory, nothing special.

When choosing a dormitory, Wayne Morgan asked Lin Xing if he wanted to live with his basketball teammates or with classmates of the same major.

Or, the basketball team can make a special case and let Lin Xing live in the dormitory for international students in Asia.

Lin Xing chose the third party. To be honest, he didn't really want to live with the old black from the basketball team.

He didn't understand the students majoring in business administration. If he was assigned a piece of white trash, that would be unacceptable to Lin Xing.

It's better to live in the dormitory for foreign students and live with compatriots, so it's easier to communicate with each other.

In this way, he moved into the dormitory for foreign students. The roommate has not started school yet, so he is not here for the time being.

But he knew that this was a Chinese student named Zhang Fengyuan.

In terms of Lin Xing's status, he is actually considered an overseas student.

He grew up in Midi since he was a child. His parents are both Chinese. When he became an adult at the age of 18, he could choose his nationality independently.

You can choose to become an American citizen, or you can choose to return to the embrace of the motherland.

Lin Xing never considered becoming an American citizen, even if he did, Lin's father and Lin's mother would never agree.

"I hope this Zhang Fengyuan is a patriotic overseas student..."

If they are patriotic overseas students, there can be more exchanges between the two.

If you are a pro-Mi foreign student, you can only be treated as a passerby.

……

Today is the day for freshmen to join the team, the training hall of the Long Beach branch——

The veterans of the 49ers have already started their summer training, and the new players are standing on the sidelines, waiting to join the team.

Together with Lin Xing, this year's 49ers recruited as many as 5 freshmen.

Now, in the training hall, 4 freshmen besides Lin Xing are already standing on the sidelines of the training field, waiting for Lin Xing.

Head coach Seth Greenberg kept raising his hand to look at the time, his movements were restless, but his expression remained the same.

Suddenly, the side door of the training hall was pushed open——

Wayne Morgan burrowed in, keeping on saying, "Saury, Saury, we're late..."

No one asked why he was late, because almost everyone looked behind Mo Gan.

Head coach Seth Greenberg greeted him warmly, stretched out his hands, and shook hands with Lin Xing vigorously.

"Welcome to the 49ers, Lin..."

Lin Xing didn't say anything polite, he directly thanked him, and then stood aside.

In the training ground, there are already seven or eight black buddies or white buddies training, and there are still four black buddies and white buddies standing on the sidelines.

Plus a few coaches in training uniforms, this is all the people in this training hall.

And the eyes of this group of people are all looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Xing knows that he, the sixth-ranked five-star high school student in the United States, is indeed a rare creature in this Long Beach branch school, which is not a top-notch school.

Therefore, he didn't care, just showed a faint smile, turned his head, and looked around.

Soon, he discovered that a new student beside him seemed to be an old acquaintance.

"Hey, Lin, you should know me, we played against each other..."

Lin Xing carefully looked at the thin little black beside him, and he remembered:

"Indeed, we fought against each other, you are..."

He made a thinking form, thinking about the name of the high school.

"Lynnwood High, Juquin Hawkins..."

Xiao Hei reminded embarrassingly, Lin Xing slapped his head:
"Yes, it's Lynnwood High School! I didn't expect you to join Long Beach, what a coincidence!"

Coincidentally?No coincidence.

Most of these high school stars in California are unwilling to leave California after graduation to play in those "desolate" cities outside California.

So, their choices are only left: various branches of the University of California, various branches of California State University.

In Long Beach, which is very close to Los Angeles, it is not uncommon to meet a high school opponent.

In fact, what Lin Xing didn't know was that 80% of the dozen or so players in the training hall were from inside California.

A lot of things he is not familiar with or doesn't know, in fact, it's just because he hasn't encountered them before.

Just like Byron Russell, when he was in high school, he attended San Bertino High School in California. In the year he graduated, Lin Xing's high school career hadn't even started yet, let alone something untouchable.

Because of this, Byron Russell didn't know about Lin Xing's high school anecdotes.

At this moment, he couldn't stop glancing at Lin Xing, and there was still evil in his eyes.

"This guy doesn't look strong."

"Not strong? Uh, compared to you, Boss Byron, you are indeed a little thinner."

"Believe it or not, I can beat him with one hand?"

"I believe, but boss, didn't Seth warn you?"

"Seth? He's an ass!"

Beside Byron Russell, his little brother was stunned.

Seth is a fart?That's the head coach!
At this time, Seth, the head coach, clapped his hands and gathered all the players and coaches.

Byron Russell, who said "Seth is a fart" a second ago, could only follow in the footsteps of the public and lined up obediently.

"Okay, guys, our new season is about to start, this will be a brand new journey, and we will welcome five new teammates, let us welcome!"

Amidst the sparse applause, the freshmen stepped forward one by one under the signal of head coach Seth and introduced themselves.

Juquenn Hawkins, a 6-foot-7 forward, Ty Mays, a [-]-foot-[-] point guard, Michael Victor, a [-]-foot-[-] guard, Eric Brown, a [-]-foot-[-] swingman, and Lin Xing.

Lin Xing's self-introduction was very short: "Lin Xing, you can call me Lin, or Star, whatever!"

Hearing this short introduction, Byron Russell in the crowd complained: "Look at this guy, even his self-introduction is unconventional."

The heavens can learn from it, Lin Xing really didn't mean to be unconventional, he just thought, to introduce myself, just know what my name is, is it important?unimportant!

Then, at the request of Coach Seth, the old players also introduced themselves——

Lucios Harris, a six-foot-five combo guard, the 49ers' scoring champion last season, offensive core, and team captain.

Byron Russell, a 49-foot-[-] forward and guard swingman, the [-]ers' wing defensive gate, last season's third leading scorer.

Chris Tavor, the main center with a height of 30 feet [-], has a soft style, can shoot but can't rebound, and the ability to protect the frame is also very average, more like a center [-] years later.

Rod Hannibal, a [-]-foot-[-] guard, white shooter, accurate three-pointers.

Brian Kempel, who just transferred from Arizona State University this year, is actually considered a freshman. He is a [-]-foot-[-] guard who can break through and defend well, but he has no long-range shooting range.

Mike Atkinson, a [-]-foot-[-] forward, has great physical fitness, excellent defense, and no long-range shooting range.

Jeff Rogers, a 6-foot point guard, has excellent passing, excellent rebounding ability, excellent defense, but no offense, he is a bankrupt version of Jason Kidd.

Terrence O'Kelly, a [-]-foot-[-] forward and Byron Russell's younger brother, was thin and mediocre, with few strengths except rebounding.

……

Before coming, Lin Xing had a general understanding of the composition of the 49ers.

This 49ers team can be said to be the wonder of the 90s, with a space center and a solo core guard.

On the contrary, Byron Russell, who has a full face, can be regarded as a normal core player, supporting half the sky of the 49ers' defense.

But his offensive ability is not enough, and like Lucios Harris, he does not have the ability to drive his teammates.

Therefore, the 49ers had a poor record last season and missed March Madness.

"They lack a real leader, and they lack me!"

Seth Greenberg obviously thought so too, so he was excited about Lin Xing joining.

The addition of Lin Xing made him feel that in the new season, the 49ers finally have a lot to offer.

But now, what he needs to do is to build his tactical system around Lin Xing as soon as possible.

After the freshmen and veteran players introduced each other, Coach Seth asked Wayne Morgan to take the freshmen to pick out jersey numbers, and he brought other coaches to the meeting room to discuss the tactics for the new season.

When choosing a jersey number, Lin Xing has nothing to hesitate, he is very straightforward: "No. 1, I want No. 1!"

Point guard, if you don't wear No. 1, is it still called a point guard?

In this way, Lin Xing quickly finished choosing the jersey number, turned around and returned to the training ground.

But at this time, Byron Russell, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Lin Xing return, and rushed forward in a daze.

(End of this chapter)