After spending as long as nine months to lift the constraints and lay the foundation, he must use his sweat in the coming year to tell the world:
He has the ability to continue playing like he did in college after heading to the NBA.
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This year’s expedition for Wake Forest ended at the Sweet Sixteen.
anwhile, Connecticut, as Qin Yue rembered, fought all the way to the end, defeating Georgia Tech in the final and successfully lifting the NCAA championship trophy.
Eka Okafor, hailed as the nation’s top college student player, was nad the Final Four MOP this year.
After the ga, in an interview, the top pick favorite Okafor unsurprisingly shared his beautiful wish of taking his talents to the NBA.
Additionally, when talking about this year’s NCAA journey, Okafor said, "Our final was already played in the Sweet Sixteen... that ga taught us a lot from Wake Forest... Qin is an outstanding opponent, and I look forward to eting him in the NBA in the future."
Another Connecticut giant, Ben Gordon, also announced after the final that he would be entering this year’s NBA draft.
However, compared to the humble Okafor, Gordon bluntly said in the interview, "During this year’s March Madness, we were only tested in the Sweet Sixteen.
Therefore, I think it’s ti for to challenge the NBA."
Although in the interview, Okafor and Gordon seed to express the sa idea.
But no matter how you hear it, Gordon’s words sounded more like:
I’m not targeting anyone; I just want to say, except for Wake Forest, everyone here is trash.
The Connecticut twin stars are about to set sail for the NBA.
anwhile, after returning to Winston-Salem with the team...
Wake Forest’s twin stars Qin Yue and Paul clearly announced that both of them would choose to stay in school and continue to fight in the NCAA.
As a freshman, Paul is still far from the God of Point Guards Qin Yue rembered.
Historically, he would originally lead the team to lose to Saint Joseph’s University led by Jamal Nelson during March Madness.
Moreover, in that ga, he would be thoroughly outplayed by Nelson. (Note 1)
In this life, Paul narrowly escaped, but through this year’s gas, he still saw the gap between himself and NBA-level players.
"I plan to bulk up this sumr; LeBron told he would provide help in this regard during the holidays," Paul said to Qin Yue upon returning to school.
To this, Qin Yue, not wanting to interfere with Paul’s interaction with Jas, said, "You do need to bulk up, Chris.
Right now, in front of Raymond, Deron, and Jamal, you’re like a little schoolboy, weak and easy to topple with a breeze."
Upon hearing this, after punching Qin Yue in the knee, Paul said, "Hey, buddy, what’s so great about you?
I still rember your terrible post-up moves against Eka."
Seeing this, Qin Yue shrugged and said, "But I scored 14 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in that ga. If you only look at the stats, I should even be the top pick in the NBA this year."
As Qin Yue and Paul’s relationship grew closer, banter beca a daily routine between them.
Unfortunately, in this area, Paul found it hard to be a match for Qin Yue.
Because in his past life, Qin Yue had rich experience in online debates.
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In April, back at Wake Forest, while Qin Yue was busy improving all his basketball skills and focusing on academics...
On this day, originally planning to delve into so study materials with Rachel Carrell, he received a piece of news from her that intrigued him.
"Are you saying Nike Headquarters offered you an internship?" Qin Yue asked, looking down at Rachel, who was sitting on his lap.
"Isn’t it strange? I never submitted a resu to them, yet they reached out to ," Rachel said.
Strange?
No, not strange at all.
Because this is exactly the usual thod Nike uses to recruit talent.
Before the NCAA reforms, college players could not gain sponsorship, business contracts through agents or other representatives, nor could they benefit through social dia, autographs, camps, advertisents, and so on...
So this beca one of the reasons why, before the NBA banned high school players from entering the draft, nurous talented high schoolers rushed to bring their talents to the NBA.
In 2001, University of North Carolina head coach Matt Doherty originally thought of showing Desagana Diop the "ager inco" of an NBA first-round pick at the ti, to tell him that if he joined North Carolina for a year, the "ager inco" he could earn in the future might double.
But unexpectedly for Doherty, upon learning that the "ager inco" of an NBA first-round pick at that ti already exceeded a million US Dollars, Diop imdiately decided to skip college and go directly to the NBA.
For Diop, who had grown up in poverty, since he could make big money in the NBA, why would he endure another year of hardship in college?
Hone skills? Improve understanding of basketball?
Sorry, in the face of filling his stomach, Diop at that ti couldn’t be bothered with anything else.
In his past life, Qin Yue would eventually find, after NCAA reforms, that many players who genuinely needed college to hone their skills suddenly seed to enjoy learning again.
But in truth, in Arican basketball, how many young players truly know they should go to college to hone their skills, or genuinely just want to study?
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