001: A professional player who is different from the imagination
In the stadium, the stands were empty, and it seemed that even a quarter of the seats were not full.
But even so, the cheers from the fans at the scene were so loud that Link licked his lips nervously.
"Link, don't be distracted today! Stay well on the bench and be ready at any time. I don't want you to make continuous mistakes as you did last time!"
Just when Link was confused, a bald man in a suit shouted at him that the man was the team coach.
"Ohhh" Link mechanically pointed his head.
Link couldn't help looking around, looking at his jersey and the strong big old man around him, and couldn't help swallowing.
He really came and really stood on the professional basketball court! Although, this is just a NBA Development League game. But after all, it is also professional basketball!
This is not the first time Link plays NBDL, but it is indeed the first time that Link plays NBDL. Because at this time, Link's body no longer belongs to his original master.
When the rest of the team gathered together to cheer each other up, Link stood aside, as if he was distracted again.
But in fact, his thoughts were active. Link was thinking about all the incredible things that had happened to him over the past few days.
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Three days ago
Link opened his eyes hazyly and saw only the white ceiling. The air was filled with the smell of medical alcohol. There was no doubt that he was in the hospital ward at this time.
"How do you feel?" The nurse who was in the rounds found that Link woke up and gave her a warm smile like sunshine.
"I feel good, I"
Link was halfway through his words, but suddenly got stuck in his throat. Because he found that what was popping out of his mouth was not Chinese. The nurse in front of his hospital bed was not Chinese, but a blonde and blue-eyed foreign girl!
"What's going on!" Link was startled, asked himself in his heart, and immediately began to search for the memories in his mind.
Before he fainted unexpectedly, he was a third-rate university graduate living in 2019. He had no house, car, and no savings. His mother divorced and remarried when he was very young and went to another city and never saw him again.
My father is a slut who has no sense of responsibility. He has never taken good care of himself since he was a child, and the father and son have not been in contact for a long time.
Last night, as a basketball fan, Link was watching the game video with a second-hand computer he had found in his rental house. A thunder suddenly broke out outside, and the second-hand computer was powered off. Link decided to open the chassis and check it, but he didn't realize that just after he opened the chassis, he fainted as if he was electrocuted.
When I opened my eyes again, I appeared in this unreasonable ward.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" The blonde nurse saw that Link's expression was a little strange, so she asked with concern. Of course, she was still speaking in English.
Although Link was good at English when he was studying, he had long forgotten after four years of college. However, he could understand every sentence the nurse said in English!
"Where am I? Can you speak Chinese? How can there be foreign nurses here?"
"Ah?" The nurse was obviously confused by Link's nonsensical questions.
"Uh, thank you, I'm a little tired, I want to rest alone for a while." Link immediately waved his hand and signaled the nurse to leave.
Link now has the answer to the questions he wanted to ask just now. Because another memory that did not originally belong to him has been integrated into Link's mind.
The nurse stunned Link with a panic look and quickly left the ward. After all, Link's reaction just now was indeed like a lunatic.
But it’s better that the nurse has left. Now, Link finally has the opportunity to understand his current life experience and situation based on the memories that did not originally belong to him.
The owner of this body is now also called Link. He is a Chinese-American, with the full English name Tom Lin. Because the name Tom is really unindividual, and Link's Chinese name is similar to that of English link, everyone likes to call him Link directly.
In the United States, he has a complete family. His father and mother are both Chinese Americans, his father is a gardener, and his mother is a full-time housewife.
There is no doubt that this guy has not lived well in the United States. Although his parents loved him very much since childhood, the family also tightened their belts to live.
Thinking of this, Link stopped recalling and began to think about a key question, what years is it now?
Finally, these numbers in 2010 appeared in Link's mind. He returned to nine years ago and came to the United States all at once! As a person who often reads online novels, Link knew that he probably traveled through time!
He hurriedly 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 smaller than usual.
Unfortunately, after pouring water on his face, Link did not "wake up". He is still in the United States, in a body that does not belong to him.
After washing his face, Link looked at the "self" in the mirror and found that this black-haired guy was clearly angular and pretty. Unfortunately, like himself before he came here, he was a completely poor boy.
Link held the edge of the bathroom, looked at himself who was both familiar and unfamiliar in the mirror, and began to think carefully.
It turned out that Link fainted yesterday because he was accidentally knocked down while defending on the training ground. As a result, when he woke up, his body was "taken over" by himself.
"Wait!? Basketball court!?" Thinking of this, Link looked at his body in surprise. Then he finally found the reason why the things around him looked one size smaller.
In fact, it was not because the things around me became smaller, but because Link's body "has become bigger"!
Link is now 2.03 meters tall and weighs 94 kilograms! And this guy is a professional basketball player!
"Hahaha!" After suddenly having the body to deal with professional players, Link couldn't help laughing happily. Fortunately, most of the United States have single wards, and no one heard his laughter, otherwise he would have to be transferred to the neurology department.
As a basketball enthusiast in his previous life, Link also fantasized that he would one day enter the NBA and compete with the world's greatest stars. Even if he was not a star, even if he was just a rotating player, he would get a basic salary of more than one million US dollars a year, which was a wealth he would never make in his life!
Now, my dream has come true!
Although I came from time to time nine years ago, Link doesn't remember any lottery numbers, and I don't know how to do business. Moreover, I am not familiar with the place in the United States, and it is difficult to support myself. Since I have the opportunity to do it again, Link doesn't want to be as frustrated as I did in my previous life.
Therefore, 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 peak of his life
Just when Link almost drooled, he discovered a serious problem.
Although I am a professional player now, I have nothing to do with those glamorous stars.
During his college years, Link played for Fresno State University. However, this school could only play in the NCAA second-tier league games, which means he was not qualified to play even in March madness. In addition, his own strength was mediocre, so he naturally did not get the favor of any NBA team.
This summer, Link's college teammate and friend Paul George was picked out at the 10th pick, and Link waited until the 60th pick and couldn't hear his name.
Later, Link was drawn by the NBDL team Oklahoma Blues as a undraft.
What's worse is that Link seems to be unable to even play NBDL games now. NBDL is always a professional league and is not at the same level as NCAA Second Division League. In recent days, the coach has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with Link, and he is at risk of being cut at any time.
His parents have spent almost all their savings for his basketball dream to go to college. If he couldn't stay in NBDL, Link would have to put away his dream of being a professional player and go to work as a gardener with his father. After all, his major in sociology in college is difficult to find a job after he comes out.
Chapter completed!