The King of the NBA

A burst of cheers woke Ning Yi up, he only felt dizzy in his head, as if he hadn't woken up from a hangover.

"Damn it, I shouldn't be drinking so much alcohol." Ning Yi rubbed his head, looked around, but couldn't help being stunned, "Where is this, why am I here?" He found himself in an arena, on the field Some players were running, apparently a basketball game was going on, and there were a lot of spectators in the auditorium.

Ning Yi's brain was stunned for a while, and he couldn't react. Isn't he just drunk? Why did the whole world change when he woke up? Or is he still asleep and dreaming?

But if it is a dream, then this dream is too real.

The cheers from the audience, the players running on the court, the scoreboard in the distance, the timer, and... there was a group of young people around them, still wearing Kings jerseys!

"This..." Ning Yi's heart shook, and some memories came to mind.

It was 2013. Ning Yi was a sophomore in college and was also a player on the Syracuse University basketball team.

This year, Ning Yi made his first start at Syracuse University and worked hard with his teammates to bring the team to the top 64 tournament. It's a pity that they lost to Marquette University 58:59 in the first round of the top 64 tournament.

That is, in the summer of this year, Ning Yi participated in the NBA draft.

Originally, Ning Yi did not expect to be able to enter the first round, but to his disappointment, he did not even enter the second round, and no team chose him, so he lost directly.

After losing the election, Ning Yi did not give up, but participated in the training camp of the Kings, and participated in the summer league like some other players who struggled to enter the nba, hoping to perform well in the summer league. The team took a fancy to him and gave him a chance to play in the NBA.

But the reality is cruel, especially as a Chinese player, although Ning Yi participated in the nba summer league on behalf of the Kings, he was only a substitute, and he didn't even have a fixed playing time. Almost every game was a spectator on the sidelines. Only garbage time can go up and show your face.

When the summer league ended, Ning Yi did not get a contract from any team after all.

After that, Ning Yi wandered in some sub-level leagues, hoping to get a contract with an NBA team one day, but unfortunately he never waited for that day.

A few years later, Ning Yi suffered a serious injury and became a mediocre man. He had to give up basketball. He found a job and worked hard to become a sales manager.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he is a young and promising gold-collar worker with a successful career. But no one knows that Ning Yi has never liked this job and this kind of life.

How many times did Ning Yi dream back in the middle of the night, and Ning Yi would always think of participating in the NBA draft. He would always think that if he hadn't lost the draft at that time, entered the NBA and became an NBA player, maybe his life would be different.

That was a turning point in his life, he was hit and his dream was shattered, which he still can't let go of, leaving a regret that can never be erased in his heart!

"I'm back in 2013?" Ning Yi shook his head, a little excited in his heart, and felt hesitant. Is all this real, or is it a dream?

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang.

Ning Yi looked for the sound, and saw a player on the court hanging his hands on the basket, pulling the basket out of shape, it seemed that the entire basketball hoop was shaking, and he was roaring like a beast.

This is a two-handed dunk, which can be described as domineering.

In the auditorium, people were excited and cheered loudly.

The blood in Ning Yi's heart was also ignited and began to boil. He clenched his fists: "This feeling. I haven't felt this way for many years. Sure enough, only basketball can make me feel excited."

It was also at this moment that Ning Yi knew that he was not dreaming. He really returned to 2013, back to Las Vegas, USA, and the NBA Summer League.

This game was the last summer league game he played on behalf of the Kings in 2013, against the Timberwolves!

"Traveling? I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to me." Ning Yi took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then looked at the scoreboard, "61:76, the king is behind by 15 points, and there are six minutes left .”

Seeing this, Ning Yi knew that the coach was going to call a timeout.

Sure enough, Chris Genter, the Kings assistant summer league coach, called a timeout.

"It's up to me." Ning Yi stood up, frowning tightly, just as he remembered, he didn't play in the first three quarters, and he was replaced with five minutes left in the fourth quarter Played, but at this time the Kings had fallen behind by as much as 15 points, and the game basically lost suspense.

In Ning Yi's memory, he went up and played for six minutes, that is, until the end of the game. He scored 4 points, plus 1 rebound and 1 assist. In the end, the Kings still lost the game. In other words, these six minutes are completely garbage time, and many viewers actually left early.

For Ning Yi, this was his last summer league game, but he just went up for a cutscene, no one would pay attention to him at all, so after the summer league ended, he was still ignored.

"I'm not reconciled, but what can I do?"

Ning Yi clenched his fists, he traveled back to 2013, but what could he do? With his strength, it is impossible to change the game.

Even if he is not reconciled, what's the use?

Beside, Chris Gent called Dao Ning Yi's name: "Ning, you go up later." Then he looked at the other people, "Jim Burke, Will Claiborne, cj-Aiken , you go too."

Ning Yi, Jim Burke, Will Claiborne, CJ Aiken, and Ray McCollum, who was on the field in front of him, among the five, only Ray McCollum is the second-timer this year. The No. 36 pick in the round, and the other four were undrafted players.

It can be seen from this lineup that Chris Gent wants to give up.

This is not surprising, after all, this is the summer league, not the regular season, the outcome is not important, the main thing is to hone the players and select talents.

And Chris Gent already has a fancy person, and that is Ben McCollum, who was selected by the Kings with the No. 7 pick in this year's first round, so he doesn't care much about the outcome of the game for others .

"Let me talk about it." Chris Gent arranged it briefly, and then waved his hand: "Go!"

Several people nodded silently and walked towards the court.

Ning Yi walked at the end, he was not reconciled, but he was helpless, there was a kind of depression in his heart, and his steps became extremely heavy. He returned to 2013 and had another chance, but he couldn't change it all. Some are just helpless, the same helpless as back then, or even worse.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Ning Yi's mind: "The 'Star Development System' is activated."

"Scanning host."

"The CIC skill is activated, level 7."