I really play basketball

Chapter 58
After the game, the cameras were on Jamal Mashburn.

Facing the reporter, Mashburn said: "Sta is very strong, he is the strongest player in this year's NCAA, I am very sure and sure;
It's not that I haven't played against Chris Webber and Grant Hill, they haven't given me a lot of pressure;
Star was the only opponent who gave me a lot of pressure. In this game, my defense was completely unable to withstand his attack;
If the draft conference is held at this time, he must be the champion, and it can only be him! "

Lin Xing never expected that in this battle, he directly defeated Jamal Mashburn.

The opponent's praise, even flattery, has a lot of gold in it.

In particular, as Mashburn said, it is not that he has never played against Weber and Hill.

As a traditional elite school of the NCAA, Kentucky has a few more strong teams in the preseason, which is too normal.

The meaning of Mashburn’s words can be analyzed as follows——

Webb and Hill were in the same gear as him, and Lin Xing was directly one gear ahead.

Lin Xing, who is one rank higher, is not the champion, who is the champion?
Neal Nack, editor of the Sports Illustrated mock draft column.

He is a mulatto, and he became black directly after mixing.

Recently, he has been in a bad mood.

Starting with various suggestive reports in the Los Angeles Times,
When it comes to the unnamed NBA general manager, everyone guesses that it may be Logo Man Jerry West.

Then to ESPN's draft expert Chad Ford, who directly broke the unspoken rule of insider supremacy in the draft.

In the end, thanks to Jamal Mashburn's praise after the Elite Eight, Lin Xing directly became the only one.

In this case, even if NBA general managers still respect the inside first, they have to think about:
Is Lin Xing really, as Jamal Mashburn said, the only one among this year's NCAA rookies?

If Lin Xing is really the only player, what about Chris Webber, what about Sean Bradley, who has shown his glory as an American center in the Australian League, is nothing worth mentioning.

But the problem is that Neil Nack doesn't want to see Lin Xing become the champion.

This is also the reason why the ferocious Lin Xing has never been the No. [-] pick in Sports Illustrated's mock draft.

As for the reason, the reason on the table is——

"Star-Lin is a guard, a guard player, it is too difficult to be recognized in the draft,
A statistic: The No. [-] picks in the draft in the past ten years, including Larry Johnson, are all inside players, not one outside! "

"Also, Star-Lin's technical shortcomings are very prominent. On the offensive end, he can only break through with one hand, and at most add the newly developed three-pointer that is not stable;

His passing is far inferior to most traditional point guards. To put it bluntly, he is a fake point guard.

It's just that his style of play needs to hold the ball in his hands, so he can only play the point guard position. "

The reason behind it is——

Lin Xing is a man of yellow race, an Asian, or a Chinese among Asians.

Neil Nack doesn't want to see Lin Xing become the No. [-] pick. He doesn't want to see the NBA create a new history and usher in the first yellow-skinned No. [-] pick.

In this regard, his white colleagues joked: Neil, you must be a race knight riding a horse!
He immediately changed his face: fart, I'm not!

"Then why do you reject a man of yellow race to become the champion?"

"Because basketball has always been a sport for blacks, at most some whites who can fly and dunk well,

As for the yellow race, they have never had success on the basketball court! "

Some high-sounding reasons, colleagues can only shake their heads.

I really want to say that the NBA at the beginning was still dominated by white people.

George Mikan started the era of NBA superstars, and then Bob Pettit, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Dolph Schayes...

But they were all white and not a single black until Cardinal Auerbach's Celtics brought in Bill Russell.

The Lord of the Rings dominated the inside of the NBA, led the Celtics, and swept an eight consecutive championships.

The funniest and most embarrassing thing is——

One year, Bill Russell was voted the regular season MVP by the players.

The best team voted by the media was monopolized by white men such as Pettit, George Yardley, Shays, Sharman and Cousy.

"Even after more than 30 years, black players have spread throughout the NBA, and racism is still everywhere..."

"The most ridiculous thing is that black people who were originally discriminated against started to discriminate against people of yellow race!"

……

Lin Xing didn't know that Sports Illustrated had a draft expert who thought he was not a racial knight, but was doing racial discrimination.

He is just strange, before the Final Four, the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, mock draft column.

Not only did he not go any further, he squeezed to the top of the No. [-] Scholar.

On the contrary, compared to the second place in the previous issue, it slipped another place.

"Hey, what's going on here, I've become a flower again?"

Chris Webber, who was at the top of the list, didn't have to look any further, Lin Xing directly aimed at the person above the second place.

He wants to see who is pushing himself down again.

"George Lynch? Horse riding..."

At this moment, Lin Xing had foul question marks all over his face.

Who is George Lynch?The head of the University of North Carolina, senior, forward.

An average player with no shortcomings or highlights.

For a long time, Lynch's draft predictions have been around the middle of the lottery, and he has never been in the top five.

This time, he suddenly broke into the top three and even surpassed Lin Xing. No matter how you look at it, there is something wrong.

Of course, the reasons given by Sports Illustrated are very good——

In the quarter-finals, the University of North Carolina narrowly beat Cincinnati.

In this game, George Lynch scored a large double-double with 21 points, 14 rebounds, 6 steals and 1 block.

A key mid-range shot at the last moment, plus 4 consecutive free throws.

Sports Illustrated directly gave him the title of Mr. Big Heart, all kinds of praise.

What Lin Xing looked at was a question mark on his face: Is it worth bragging about every game that the Long Beach branch sweeps the opponent?

Let's talk about George Lynch's data, not to mention comparing Lin Xing's data in the first three rounds.

Just like this game, he suffered from the data of strict defense——

18投9中，五成命中率，23分9个篮板15个助攻4个抢断，比乔治·林奇又差在哪呢？

While Cincinnati has Nick Van Exel and Corey Blunt, Kentucky isn't weak either.

Jamal Mashburn's momentum is more ferocious than Van Exel and Corey Blunt combined.

Not to mention, Kentucky is the No. [-] seed and Cincinnati is only the No. [-] seed.

UC Long Beach is up and down, and North Carolina is just a normal up and down.

No matter how you look at it, Lin Xing's victory is more valuable.

He couldn't figure it out, but soon...

"Wait, is North Carolina our opponent in the Final Four?"

Rod Hannibal on the side thought for a while, then nodded: "By partition, yes."

"Then I understand, this Sports Illustrated is definitely problematic!"

Lin Xing thought of it. Before the quarter-finals, Jamal Mashburn briefly overwhelmed him.

This time, before the semi-finals, it was George Lynch who overwhelmed him.

Even counting forward, before he confronted Penny head-on, Penny had overwhelmed him several times.

"This Sports Illustrated, the ass is definitely crooked, the only problem is, I don't know why their butts are crooked..."

Lin Xing shook his head. Since he couldn't understand Sports Illustrated, he decided not to read it.

No matter how it is ranked, it will not affect Lin Xing's draft market all the way up.

Just like ESPN, Chad Ford launched ESPN's mock draft rankings like a ring.

In the first issue, he directly placed Lin Xing on the number one spot.

The reason is simple and rude——

"Crazy three or four rounds, the Long Beach campus crushed every game, and there were many opponents at the University of Memphis with Penny, Florida State with Bob Sura and Sam Cassell, and Kentucky with Jamal Mashburn;
In four games, Star-Lin scored 26.75 points, 7.5 rebounds, 11.75 assists and 4.0 steals. He brought the data of the high school league to the NCAA. "

……

The battle of the top three and eight came to an end one after another. Long Beach defeated Kentucky, and North Carolina defeated Cincinnati.

On the other hand, Kansas also went up and down, killing Indiana University;

The University of Michigan also went up and down, narrowly beating Temple University led by Aaron McGee and Eddie Jones.

The matchup of the final four is released——

Long Beach vs. North Carolina, Michigan vs. Kansas.

For the first time in the history of the California State University Long Beach team, it reached the final four. At this moment, the small town of Long Beach is boiling!
And in a corner that no one cares about, the UCLA Bruins officially announced that the contract of head coach Jim Harrick was officially terminated, and John Hall will take over as the head coach temporarily.

According to gossip, the director of UCLA's sports affairs watched Lin Xing fight and kill God all the way, leading the little-known Long Beach branch all the way to the final four.

He flew into a fit of rage, and hurled insults at Jim Harrick, saying:

"It was us who should have made it to the final four, it was you, you damned white trash, who let the Bruins' chance to rise again slip away from us!"

So, Jim Harrick, who led the team to the top 32, dismissed get out of class...

Under the general situation of the Final Four, UCLA's coaching change did not attract much attention, and even Lin Xing did not notice this official news that did not cause any heat.

At this moment, his mind is full of how to play in the semi-finals.

This North Carolina team is not strong, because they have no real star players.

Regardless of the latest Sports Illustrated rankings, George Lynch's predicted pick has been in the lottery, and Eric Montrose's predicted pick has been at the end of the first round.

In the duel of star players, North Carolina must not be the opponent of Long Beach.

but……

North Carolina is very strong, and their head coach is Dean Smith, a legendary head coach of the NCAA.

He has coached North Carolina since 1961 and has led the team to the Final Four many times.

Among them, in 1982, he led North Carolina with Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins to defeat Georgetown University and won the first NCAA championship trophy in his coaching career.

And this season, he should have won the second NCAA championship trophy of his coaching career.

The appearance of Lin Xing added some variables to this milestone event.

But in any case, the existence of Dean Smith is a strong reason for North Carolina.

They played very well as a team, and those players who failed to make it to the NBA in the future can also play beyond imagination under the guidance of Dean Smith.

But on the other hand, the basketball concept of North Carolina's incomparable team also stifled the players' imagination to a certain extent.

Just like Lin Xing, in the game against Florida State University, he dunked almost ten baskets.

In North Carolina, he will definitely be reprimanded by Dean Smith.

The above, in summary, is-

North Carolina is an opponent that should not be underestimated, and it is the best policy to deal with it carefully.

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