One: Professional Players Who Are Different From the Imagination
Inside the arena, the stands were empty, as if not even a quarter of the seats were filled.
But even so, the cheers from the fans at the scene were so loud that Link licked his lips nervously.
"Link, don't get distracted today! Stay with me on the bench and be ready at any time. I don't want you to make consecutive mistakes as you played last time!"
Just as Link was blinded, a bald man in a suit yelled at him that the man was the team coach.
"Oh...oh..." Link nodded mechanically.
Link couldn't help looking around, looking at his jersey and the sturdy big blacks around him, he couldn't help swallowing.
He really came, really stood on the professional basketball arena! Although, this is just an NBA Development League game. But anyway, it's also professional basketball!
It is not the first time that Link has played the NBDL game, but it is indeed the first time that Link has played the NBDL game. Because at this time, Link's body no longer belonged to his original owner.
When the rest of the team gathered to cheer each other on, Link was stunned, as if distracted again.
But in fact, his mind was active, and Link was recalling all the incredible things that had happened to him in the past few days.
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Three days ago...
Link opened his eyes dimly, only to see the white ceiling. The smell of medical alcohol was in the air, and there was no doubt that he was in the hospital ward at this time.
"How are you feeling?" The nurse who was doing the rounds found Link woke up and gave a warm smile like the sun.
"I feel fine, I..."
Link was halfway through speaking, but suddenly it got stuck in his throat. Because he found that what came out of his mouth was not Chinese. The nurse in front of his bed is not Chinese, but a blond babes!
"What's going on!?" Link was startled, asked himself in his heart, and immediately began to search for the memory in his mind.
Before he fainted unexpectedly, he was a third-rate college diaosi graduate living in 2019. With no house, no car, and no savings, his mother divorced and remarried to another city when he was very young, and he never saw him again.
The father is a bastard who has no sense of responsibility. He has not managed himself well since he was a child, and the father and son have not been in contact for a long time.
Last night, when Link, a basketball fan, was watching the video of the game on a second-hand computer he bought in his rental house, there was a sudden thunderstorm outside, and the second-hand computer was powered off. Link then decided to open the case to check, but he didn't know that just after opening the case, he himself fainted as if electrocuted.
When he opened his eyes again, he appeared in this unreasonable ward.
"Sir, what's the matter with you?" The blonde nurse asked with concern when she saw Link's expression was a little strange. Of course, it is still in English.
Although Link used to learn English well when he was studying, he forgot about it after four years of college. But this nurse speaks English, he can understand every sentence!
"I... where am I? Can you speak Chinese? How come there are foreign nurses here?"
"Huh?" The nurse was obviously confused by Link's nonsensical question.
"Uh...it's nothing...Thank you, I'm a little tired, I want to rest for a while by myself." Link immediately waved his hand and motioned for the nurse to leave.
The questions he wanted to ask just now are now answered by Link. Because another memory that didn't belong to him had been integrated into Link's mind.
The nurse gave Link a frightened look, and then quickly left the ward. After all, Link's reactions just now were indeed like a neuropathy.
But if the nurse left,
This time, Link finally had the opportunity to understand his current life experience and situation based on the memories that did not belong to him.
The current owner of this body is also called Link. Is a Chinese-American, English full name Tom. Lin. Because the name Tom is really impersonal, and Link's Chinese name is pronounced similar to the English Link, everyone likes to call him Link directly.
In America, he has a complete family. His father and mother are both Chinese American, his father is a gardener, and his mother is a full-time housewife.
There is no doubt that this guy is not well-off in America either. Although his parents loved him very much since he was a child, the family also tightened their belts to live.
Thinking of this, Link stopped recalling and began to think about a key question - how many years is it now?
Finally, the numbers of 2010 appeared in Link's mind. He's back nine years ago, and all of a sudden he's in America! As someone who often reads online novels, Link knows that he has probably crossed over!
He quickly got up from the hospital bed and ran to the toilet in the ward to flush his face. For some reason, Link always felt that everything in the room seemed to be one size smaller than usual.
Unfortunately, after splashing water on his face, Link didn't "wake up" either. He's still in America, in a body that doesn't belong to him.
After washing his face, Link looked at "self" in the mirror, and found that this black-haired guy had sharp edges and corners, and his skin was pretty good-looking. It's a pity that, just like the self before crossing over, he is completely a poor boy.
Link supported the edge of the sink, looked at himself in the mirror, both familiar and unfamiliar, and thought carefully.
It turned out that this Link passed out yesterday because he was accidentally knocked down while defending on the training ground. As soon as he woke up, his body was "taken over" by himself.
"Wait!? Basketball court!?" Thinking of this, Link looked at his body in surprise. That's when I finally found out why everything around me seemed to be one size smaller.
In fact, it's not because the things around him have become smaller, but because Link's body has "greatered"!
Now Link is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 94 kilograms! And this guy is a professional basketball player!
"Hahaha!" Link suddenly had the body to deal with professional players, and Link couldn't help laughing happily. Fortunately, most of the wards in the United States are single-patient, and no one heard his laughter, otherwise he would have to be transferred to the neurology department.
As a basketball lover in his previous life, Link also fantasized about being able to enter the NBA one day and compete with the greatest stars in the world. Even if he is not a star, even if he is just a rotating player, the basic salary of more than one million US dollars a year is a wealth that he could not earn in his entire life before!
This is great, the dream has come true!
Although he came across from nine years ago, Link didn't remember any lottery numbers, let alone do business. Moreover, it is difficult for people who are unfamiliar in the United States to support themselves. Now that he has the chance to do it again, Link doesn't want to be so aggrieved as in his previous life.
So the only thing he wants to do now is to be a professional player. Sign a big contract, buy a luxury car, live in a luxury house, own a woman, and reach the pinnacle of life...
Just when Link was almost drooling, he found a serious problem.
Although he is a professional player now, he has nothing to do with those glamorous stars.
In college, Link played for Fresno State University. However, this school can only play NCAA second-level league games, which means that he is not even eligible to play in March Madness. Coupled with his own mediocre strength, naturally he has not been favored by any NBA team.
This summer, Link's college teammate and friend Paul George was picked at the 10th pick, and Link waited until the 60th pick without hearing his name.
Later, Link was signed by the NBDL team Oklahoma Blue as an undrafted pick.
To make matters worse, Link now seems to be running out of NBDL games. The NBDL is always a professional league, not the same level as the NCAA secondary league. The coach has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with Link in recent days, and he is in danger of being cut at any time.
His parents have spent almost all of their savings for his basketball dream to go to college. If he can't stay in the NBDL, Link can only put away his dream of becoming a professional player and go to be a gardener with his father. After all, he majored in sociology at the university, and it was difficult to find a job after he came out.
Thinking of this, Link inserted his fingers into the jet-black hair, and just came over, he encountered a big problem.