Late at night, a hotel in Austin.

After watching the University of Texas and Davidson College games, Joe Henson returned to his monthly rented room.

Joe Henson, a scout, works for the NBA Pacers.

His mission is to explore the NCAA League, and then make a complete scout report, and every once in a while, return to Indianapolis to report to his immediate boss, Larry Bird.

In the past few years, Joe Henson has been staring at the powerful NCAA stars. These NCAA players who may be fighting for the NBA are the focus of his attention.

But starting this year, the situation has been a little different.

The Pacers who reached the Finals at the end of the last century have declined year by year and this year it looks like even the playoffs are in danger.

Although Larry Bird has not made up his mind to make a fuss, Joe Henson has focused his investigation on the top NCAA star players, just like Kevin Durant who has been following the inspection for a while.

One thing he must admit is that the time he spent on Durant during this period was a bit wasteful. The reason is that Durant's talent and strength can be seen clearly in just one or two rounds on the court. No matter how much time he spent, he only confirmed this point.

Despite this, he decided to beat Davidson College at the University of Texas and end the preseason trip, and then he could go back to Indianapolis early tomorrow morning.

"Okay, there are only three games that need to be analyzed, one game in North Carolina, one game in Kentucky, and one game in Georgetown..."

Joe Henson turned on his heavy laptop and finished the first North Carolina game like a slut.

"This is the first game of the season. Kevin Durant scored consecutively in the last moment of the second half and took away the victory of the game. Other things worth paying attention to in this game..."

Joe Henson circled out Tylawson, who had once competed with Du Xiao in this game.

"Ty Lawson, Kevin Durant's high school teammate, performed well in this game, but this guy has a little problem with his height. He is 180cm in registered height, and it may be only 175, except him..."

Qiao Henson circled Li Ke's name again.

"Sheldon Lee, his defense was excellent in this game. Taylor Hansblu is considered a superstar of NCAA, but this unknown defender in this game was defended by Hansblu on his own. Strictly speaking, he is also one of the winners and losers of this game..."

Next was Kentucky, where Li Ke steadily defended Joe Crawford, but the focus was still on Xiao Du.

"Another game of 34 points in a single game, Kevin Durant used his shooting to interpret his strong personal scoring ability."

Finally, Georgetown.

Joe Henson still focused on Xiao Du, but as the game progressed, he discovered a blind spot that he had not paid attention to before.

"The second half started, Jeff Green's offense was curbed, thanks to Dexter Pittman."

This is his previous conclusion, but now, he has made new discoveries.

"Dext Pittman's position change does not seem to be decided by Rick Barnes. Sheldon Lee and Dext Pittman's whispers were Sheldon Lee's adjustment? If that's the case, maybe I'll add a sum to Sheldon Lee's ball dealer."

From here on, Qiao Henson paid more attention to Li Ke, and he soon reached the last moment of the game.

"At the last moment, what Sheldon Lee made seemed a little tricky?"

Unlike watching the game on the spot, the video after the game showed that Li Ke had a fierce conflict with Damien James on his way back to the bench.

"The ball that Sheldon Lee made a mistake was passed by Damien James, and the two of them clashed again. Could it be that the ball was not Sheldon Lee's fault?"

Joe Henson looked back several times and finally found: "Sheldon Lee can't find the location of KD!"

"So, Sheldon Lee is not good at passing the ball..."

After adding Li Ke's label to the bad pass, Qiao Henson deleted his evaluation of Li Ke's "bad shooting choice".

Joe Henson pondered for a while for the last blocking shot, and finally made an amazing discovery.

"Sheldon Lee's contribution to that victory against North Carolina was second only to KD. Speaking of which, if it weren't for the crazy scoring of KD in the last few minutes, the best of the game might have belonged to Sheldon Lee."

"With Kentucky, Sheldon Lee's defense locked Joe Crawford and performed stably."

"For Georgetown, it's another block of his shot."

"In these three games, whether offense or defense, he is already the second-ranked number two at the University of Texas after KD. And, looking at the three games, he seems to be improving..."

Joe Henson took a deep breath: "Perhaps Sheldon Lee is the biggest gain of this exploration."

In the new season, although the Pacers' record is bad, they are still on the verge of the playoffs.

It seems that Xiao Du should not have a chance with them, but Li Ke, in terms of the current market, a second round pick that is far behind is enough.

"I hope Larry will be satisfied..."

...

With four or five days left before the start of the regular season of the Big 12, Li Ke found James Bergry, the video editor of the Longhorns and asked for a video of the coaching staff analyzing the tactics.

Then he walked towards the apartment, while walking, he swept the schedule with a glance at the same time, muttering:

"The first opponent, Texas A&M University, doesn't look threatening...wait, Asilau? Donald Sloan?"

Only then did Li Ke realize that he seemed to underestimate the opponent in the opening match.

Before he could study it carefully, he felt like someone was pulling him behind him, and a string of familiar and unfamiliar language sounded in his ears:

"That big guy, wait, are you Chinese?"

Li Ke stopped and turned his head blankly.

When he saw a yellow man wearing glasses and looking very thin, he nodded: "Yes, I am, are you too?"

"Of course, let me introduce myself, Dong Jinji, an international student in economics at McCoomb School of Business."

Dong Jinji, you are still learning economics. Your parents must be fortune tellers, right?

Li Ke secretly complained, but immediately introduced himself: "Li Ke, an international student in psychology at the School of Education."

The two shook hands and met in a foreign land.

"That's right, Brother Li, I'm not only an international student in economics, but also the president of the China International Student Association..."

"Invite me to the club?"

"This is just one of them. What's more important is that we will play a football game with the United States in two days..."

Dong Jinji explained the originally simple things in complicated language.

In fact, it is very simple. It is a rich second-generation who went abroad to study and had a conflict with a bench player of the German Rugby Team. After being provoked, he was forced to face the challenge of a rugby match.

As a result, the biggest problem is not the game itself, but the fact that Chinese students can't even get together with 11 players who have played the game, let alone win the game.

"It's not about winning the game, the US said that as long as we can score, we will win."

"If you can score, you will win?"

Li Ke's expression was very constipated. He suddenly felt that this group of rich second-generation international students was really busy. This kind of provocation that was insulting even if he won was defeated, and he actually faced the challenge.

He shook his head and wanted to refuse.

"Don't refuse, Brother Li, please, you are so tall and strong, we will definitely have a chance. Those Americans said that except for the substitute of the football team that launched the challenge, the other Americans are all amateurs. Whoever plays and who can't play is also decided by us..."

Amateur?

Li Ke suddenly had an idea, what would it be to play a rugby game at S level and what would it be?

He wanted to give it a try, but after hesitation, he agreed to Dong Jinji.
Chapter completed!