At the gate of Long Beach, Lin Xing met Wayne Mogan, a man who claimed to be the assistant coach of the 49ers.

He was very enthusiastic and stretched out his hands towards Lin Xing: "Welcome, warm welcome..."

"Don't be so polite, Coach Wayne."

"No, no, no, it should."

After being polite, Wayne Morgan continued to take Lin Xing enthusiastically to go through the admission procedures, and helped Lin Xing move his luggage to the dormitory.

The dormitory at Long Beach is an ordinary two-room dormitory, nothing special.

When choosing a dormitory, Wayne Morgan asked Lin Xing whether she wanted to live with her teammates in the basketball team or with classmates from the same major.

Or, the basketball team can also make exceptions and let Lin Xing live in the Asian student dormitory.

Lin Xing chose a third party. To be honest, he didn't really want to live with Lao Hei from the basketball team.

He doesn't understand the students who major in business administration either. If they get a piece of trash, it's something Lin Xing can't accept.

It’s better to live in the dormitory of international students and live with fellow countrymen, so it’s easier to communicate with anything.

In this way, he moved into the dormitory of international students. His roommate had not started school yet and was not here for the time being.

But he knew that this was a Chinese student named Zhang Fengyuan.

When it comes to Lin Xing's identity, he is actually considered an international student.

He grew up in Midi since childhood, and his parents were both Chinese. When he was 18 years old, he could choose his nationality independently.

You can choose to become a U.S. citizen or return to the embrace of your motherland.

Lin Xing never considered getting a U.S. citizen. Even if he considered it, Lin’s father and mother would not agree.

"I hope this person named Zhang Fengyuan is a patriotic student..."

If you are a patriotic student, you can communicate more between the two.

If you are a foreign student with a prostitute, you can only treat him as a passerby.

...

Today is the day when freshmen join the team, the training hall of Long Beach Branch—

The old players of the 49ers have started their summer training, and the new players are standing on the sidelines, waiting to join the team.

Along with Lin Xing, this year's 49ers have recruited up to five freshmen.

Now, in the training hall, four freshmen except Lin Xing are already standing by the training ground, waiting for Lin Xing.

Head coach Seth Greenberg kept raising his hand to look at the time, his movements were anxious, but his expression was always the same.

Suddenly, the side door of the training hall was pushed open-

Wayne Morgan came in and kept hanging his mouth: "Sao Rui, Sao Rui, we're late..."

No one asked why he came late, because almost everyone looked behind Mogan.

Head coach Seth Greenberg warmly greeted him, stretched out his hands, and shook hands with Lin Xing vigorously.

"Welcome to join the 49ers, Lin..."

Lin Xing didn't say anything he had to be polite. He thanked him directly and then stood aside.

There were already seven or eight black buddies or white buddies training in the training ground, and there were four black buddies and white buddies standing on the sidelines.

With a few coaches wearing training suits, this is everyone in this training hall.

And the eyes of these people were all glancing at themselves intentionally or unintentionally.

Lin Xing knew that he, the sixth-ranked five-star high school student in the United States, is indeed a rare creature in this Long Beach branch, which is not a top-notch school.

Therefore, he didn't care, just showed a faint smile, turned his head, and searched everywhere.

Soon, he discovered that a new student beside him seemed to be an old acquaintance.

"Hi Lin, you should know me, we have fought..."

Lin Xing carefully looked at the thin little black beside him, and he remembered:

"Indeed, we have fought, you are..."

He made a thoughtful statement, thinking about the name of the high school.

"Linwood High School, Juquin Hawkins..."

Xiao Hei's embarrassing reminder, Lin Xing slapped his head:

"Yes, it's Linwood High School! I didn't expect you to join Long Beach too, it's such a coincidence!"

Is it a coincidence? Not at all.

Most of the high school celebrities in California are unwilling to leave California after graduation and go to those "desolate" cities outside California to play basketball.

So, their choice was only: various UC branches and various California State University branches.

In Long Beach, very close to Los Angeles, it is not surprising to meet an opponent from high school.

In fact, what Lin Xing didn’t know is that 80% of the more than a dozen players in this training hall are from within California.

Many things he is not familiar with or does not know are actually just because he has never met them.

Just like Byron Russell, he attended San Bertino, California in high school. The year he graduated, Lin Xing's high school career had not even begun, let alone anything else to touch.

Therefore, Byron Russell did not know Lin Xing's high school anecdotes.

At this moment, his eyes kept glancing at Lin Xing, with bad eyes still in his eyes.

"This guy doesn't look strong either."

"Not strong? Well, compared to Boss Byron, you are indeed a little thinner."

"Believe it or not, I can just fuck him with one hand?"

"Letter, but boss, didn't Seth warn you?"

"Seth? He's a big deal!"

Byron Russell was beside him, and his younger brother looked confused.

Seth is nothing? That's the head coach!

At this time, the head coach Seth clapped his hands and gathered all the players and coaches.

Byron Russell, who said "Seth is a big deal" the previous second, could only follow the public's footsteps and line up obediently.

"Okay, guys, our new season is about to begin, it will be a whole new journey, and we will also welcome five new teammates, let's welcome!"

Amid the sparse applause, the freshmen stepped forward one by one at the prompt of head coach Seth and introduced themselves.

6-foot-7 forward Juquin Hawkins, 6-foot-one point guard Tay Metz, 6-foot-5 defender Michael Victor, 6-foot-6 forward guard swingman Eric Brown, and Lin Xing.

Lin Xing’s self-introduction is very short: “Lin Xing, you can call me Lin or Star, either!”

Hearing this brief introduction, Byron Russell in the crowd complained: "Look at this guy, even self-introduction is innovative."

As the sky can tell, Lin Xing really doesn’t mean to be innovative. He just thinks, just introduce himself, just know what my name is. Is anything else important? It’s not important!

Then, at the request of Coach Seth, the old players also introduced themselves—

Lucios Harris, a six-foot-five double-season guard, the 49ers' scoring champion last season, offensive core, and team captain.

Byron Russell, the six-foot-seven-tall forward guard swinger, the 49ers' wing defense gate, the third scorer of last season.

Chris Taver, the main center who is six feet ten, is soft in style, can shoot but cannot grab the board, and has an average ability to protect the frame, and is more like a center thirty years later.

Rod Hannibal, a six-foot-five-tall defender, a white shooter, with three-point accuracy.

Brian Kanpur, who just transferred from Arizona this year, is actually a freshman. He is a six-foot-five defender. He can break through and has a good defense, but he has no long shooting range.

Mike Atkinson, a six-foot-seven forward, has a strong physical fitness, excellent defense, and no long shooting range.

Jeff Rodgers, a 6-foot point guard, has excellent passing, excellent rebounding ability, and excellent defense, but has no offense. He is considered a bankrupt version of Jason Kidd.

Terrence O'Kelly, a six-foot-seven forward, Byron Russell's younger brother, is thin and mediocre, and has almost no strengths except rebounds.

...

Before coming, Lin Xing roughly understood the composition of this 49ers team.

This 49ers team can be said to be a strange thing in the 1990s, a space-type center and a single-player core defender.

However, Byron Russell, who was full of rebellious faces, was a normal core player, supporting half of the 49ers' defense.

But his offensive ability is not enough, and like Lucios Harris, he does not have the ability to drive his teammates.

Therefore, the 49ers had a poor record last season and missed the March Crazy.

"They are missing a real leader, and a me!"

Seth Greenberg obviously thinks so, so he is very excited about Lin Xing's joining.

Lin Xing's joining made him feel that the 49ers finally have a lot to do in the new season.

And now, what he needs to do is to build his tactical system around Lin Xing as soon as possible.

After the freshmen and the old players introduced each other, Coach Seth asked Wayne Morgan to take the freshmen to choose the jersey number, and took the other coaches to the conference room to discuss the tactical style of the new season.

When choosing jersey numbers, Lin Xing had nothing to hesitate about and was very straightforward: "No. 1, I want No. 1!"

As for the point guard, if you don’t wear No. 1, then you still call the point guard?

In this way, Lin Xing quickly finished choosing the jersey number, turned around and returned to the training ground.
Chapter completed!