Durant looked happy, too.

Although they couldn't see TJ Ford as they wished, Tucker's unexpected appearance was also a huge spiritual inspiration for them!

Speaking of Tucker, he is on a road trip to Texas with the Raptors.

Hearing that the Texas Conference was going to play the University of Kansas tonight, he came over on the bus after attending team training.

For a player like him who has just graduated from college, this is when his affection for his alma mater is strongest.

Perhaps he felt that just waving his hand was not enough, so he simply ran down from the stands to greet them.

As soon as they met, they hugged Williams and Wendell warmly, and then laughed and chatted freely.

You can feel their passion for each other even from a long distance away.

Lin Ying was touched.

They reached the Elite Eight together last year, which should be a very exciting memory in life!

"Kevin, promise me to defeat them."

Black Americans are familiar with each other. As soon as Tucker came up, he smiled, hugged Durant and made a request.

"I will."

Durant smiled and nodded.

Although this is a requirement, it is actually optimistic and makes people feel comfortable.

After all, if you didn't think you could win, you wouldn't say such a thing at all.

"I know you, Lin, you will be better than me in the future."

Tucker then greeted Lin Ying and said something he didn't expect at all!

He was surprised, even if he was familiar with it, he would not say it casually!

He didn't come back to his senses until Tucker reached out to him and hugged him.

"Thanks."

He really wasn't good at communicating, so he choked out two words in the end.

Tucker didn't say anything, smiled, hugged him, and then turned back to the audience.

"Lin, PJ, he is very optimistic about you."

After Tucker left, Williams came over and said with a smile.

Lin Ying was stunned for a while.

Are you favored by your seniors?

He wouldn't be surprised if this happened to Durant, but now it happened to him...

It always feels a little weird.

The field entered the warm-up session, and the live camera showed the front row of the audience.

That's where the commentary box is, with Barkley and Kenny Smith already in place.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

It is a rare sight for two famous celebrities to appear at the NCAA games.

"Charles, do you think Durant will enter the draft this year?"

Usually commentators will warm up the game, but what Smith started talking about was completely unrelated to the game.

It can be heard from the opening remarks that they are indeed coming for Durant this time.

"I don't know, this guy has a bit of a weird personality. It is said that he never gives interviews to reporters."

When Barkley spoke, he looked at Durant on the court.

As a commentator, the information he received about the players came from the media. The media said Durant was "indifferent", and his impression of Durant was "indifferent".

"I think there is a high probability that he will run for the draft. Now here (NCAA) it is popular to "play for one year and leave", but I think we need to add a prerequisite: the University of Texas performs well."

Smith asked and answered himself.

"Um?"

Buckley looked at Smith suspiciously.

"In the past two years, many players have chosen to stay because their school performance did not meet expectations, such as North Carolina's Hansbrough, Kansas' Chalmers, and Georgetown's Jeff Green. This also seems to be becoming a trend.

new trend."

Smith opened his mouth to explain that he had obviously made a lot of preparations for tonight's commentary.

"No, no, Kenny, those people you mentioned were drafted low because of insufficient school performance.

Kevin Durant is better than all of them, and mind you, I said all of them!

Even if the 'crazy three' from the University of Texas can't get into it, he will be either the first or the second selected this year."

When Barkley said this, he looked at Durant again.

You can hear his high opinion of Durant from his words.

Smith on the side smiled and nodded.

Just like Lin Ying thought before, no one would find it strange that he is optimistic about Durant.

Durant felt the gaze and looked up to see Barkley and Smith.

Although the distance was not too far, he could not hear what the two were saying because of the noisy environment.

But what Barkley discussed with Smith, he actually already had a plan in mind.

But unlike what they said, he was not thinking about things but about someone.

Those were also the few thoughts he kept hidden in his heart.

The warm-up was almost done, and Barnes gathered the players together for the final pre-game mobilization.

"I know that all of you have put in unimaginable efforts, sweat, and even blood in the past two months to prepare for tonight's game!

That team that beat us so hard is right across the street, now go tell them what you have in store for them!"

Without too many words, just two short sentences, Barnes has completely aroused the players' emotions.

It’s not how thick his chicken soup is, but what he said touched the hearts of the team members!

"Longhorn!"

The players folded their hands together and shouted the team slogan.

"Texas morale looks great."

Barkley took note of UT's move.

"They have been performing very well recently, winning eight of their last nine games, and they are said to be using the triangle tactic."

Smith took the call, and he was indeed well prepared.

"Triangle tactics?"

When Buckley heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

After Smith nodded firmly, he smiled unconsciously.

That was not a happy smile, but... a sudden disdain.

Many people feel that the triangle offense was devalued after Phil Jackson left the league, but that is not the case.

This tactic has been full of controversy since its inception.

Even though Phil Jackson achieved consecutive success in Chicago and Los Angeles, many people still think that he relied on Jordan and Kobe, not this strategy.

This "many people" includes Barkley.

"I can now understand why Durant's statistics are good now. That tactic is to give all the balls to one person!"

In his mind, he believed that what he lost to was Jordan, not the Bulls, and not some bullshit triangle tactic.

"In terms of results, they did a pretty good job."

What Smith said is more objective.

Although he is not too fond of the triangle tactic, judging from the results, the record of the University of Texas is the most direct evidence.

"Kenny, you know the gap between college and university teams is much greater than that between NBA teams. It may be useful when they play other teams, but it won't work tonight."

Buckley retorted.

Originally, he was quite optimistic about the University of Texas because of Durant.

But as soon as the "triangle tactic" came out, his attitude made a 180° turn.

While talking, the scene entered the opening ceremony, and the two of them also changed the topic to the players.

Durant is still the focus, and by the way, attention is also paid to Chalmers and Julian Wright from Kansas.
To be continued...