Chapter 1 Entering Austin
It's already a month later, Austin International Airport.
Li Ke stepped out of the terminal building and looked up at the distance, a strange city, a brand new life, a brand new challenge...
"Here, Sheldon!"
Under the scorching sun, Russell Spliman stood in the distance and waved to Li Ke.
Li Ke pulled his luggage and walked quickly.
"Meet again, Coach Spliman, thank you for coming to pick me up."
"No, no thanks, Sheldon, welcoming the freshman should be my job..."
Spliman raised his hand to take Li Ke's luggage, put it in the back seat of a Honda Civic, then opened the door of the passenger passenger and made a gesture of asking for help.
Li Ke smiled and sat in.
Now he understands why the unknown University of Texas was able to steal Kevin Durant, the second in the United States, from top universities like North Carolina and Duke.
Treating freshmen, even an unknown man like him, the longhorned cow gave him enough respect and help.
"What major did you choose, Sheldon."
"psychology."
The chat in the car started with Li Ke’s university major. Li Ke originally wanted to choose pedagogy because Kevin Durant chose pedagogy.
The same major, the same classes, training, and fighting with NCAA may be able to accumulate favorability faster.
But in the end, Li Ke chose psychology.
because--
"I have chosen De University for the sake of system compromise. If I choose pedagogy for Du Laosi, then wouldn't I become a puppet of the system?"
Therefore, pedagogy was first excluded by Li Ke. In the remaining subjects and majors, Li Ke considered sports medicine, nutrition, and health sciences closely related to sports, law that can solve contract problems for himself, and business that can help him make money.
But Li Ke felt that he could find someone to take care of the above subjects and majors, and there was no need to study it by himself.
The psychology he chose ultimately was that he felt that psychology could help him understand people's hearts and put it on the basketball court, which might have miraculous effects.
For example, one day, he will face LeBron James on the court. He can guess through psychology whether James wants to fight himself or pass the blame at that moment.
If he finds that James is going to blame, he can say lightly: "I guess you're going to pass the ball out because my defense has completely locked you."
It's a bit like trash talk, but it's also a big truth. James will definitely be angry and embarrassed.
"It's a strange choice, but for you sports students, professional studies are not that important. Half of the sports students choose majors in business schools, and the remaining half are like you, choosing various strange majors."
"Half still looks like me?"
Li Ke originally thought that all sports students would choose majors related to business, but he did not expect that there were many people as unique as him.
"That's right, for example, Tim Duncan of San Antonio, he is also psychology like you. He went through college directly, and even after graduation, he passed the master's defense of self-study. Now, he is a master's degree in psychology from Wake Forest."
Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and the dazed Duncan appeared in his mind. He could not imagine that such a Duncan would be a master of psychology.
"Sure enough, Daisy is just this guy's disguise. Joe Crawford is right, so he should send Duncan out who will no longer disguise himself."
Russell Splimann then mentioned Mutombo and Vince Carter who studied diplomacy, Pierce who studied illegal crime, and Sean Bathir who studied religious teaching...
"This year's NCAA champion, Jokinoah, among the champion team members, is the most bizarre professional, anthropology!"
"Is this guy going to study the mysteries of human evolution?"
Li Ke shook his head and laughed. While chatting, the car had already driven into Austin's urban area.
In Texas, Austin is not the busiest and richest city. It is not as good as Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
But it is the educational and cultural center of Texas. The city is not tall. Any building that passes through the car window may be an art museum or a museum.
The University of Texas at Austin is located in the center of Austin. After the car drove through the iconic Texas Capitol, Li Ke's eyes were all about the territory of Austin.
"When the school was first established, Austin was only 40 acres in size. In the next 100 years, the school has been expanding. Its area now covers up to 350 acres. Not only is this area owned by the school, but the other side of Zixin Avenue also belongs to the school."
Zixin Avenue is a transportation main road running through Austin. The expansion of Derby University Austin did not avoid Zixin Avenue, and eventually formed the current situation where Zixin Avenue divides the school into two.
"The Frank Irving Center, the home court of the Longhorn, is on the west side of Zixin Avenue, and the psychology you chose is under the School of Education, and the teaching venue is also on the west side of Zixin Avenue. So, if you want to live outside the school, it is recommended that you look west of Zixin Avenue to find a residence..."
Russell Spliman introduced Li Ke to the general situation of the University of Derby at Austin, and then parked the car to the east side of Zixin Avenue.
He took Li Ke and took the fast track and quickly completed the admission procedures.
"The genius will only start after the gathering and training of the basketball team. You can settle yourself in the next two days..."
After completing the admission procedures, Spliman's task ended here. He had other things to do, so he said goodbye to Li Ke and left first.
Li Ke, standing in front of the Administrative Center of DeU-Austin, was a little confused.
"That should be the art center, it looks like a government office, and that area, it doesn't look like a place to live..."
He scratched his head and simply stopped a taxi from the street.
“Go to Frank Irving Center.”
Although Spliman told him that the team's training will only start after the genius, Li Ke bet that there must be players in the stadium training at this moment.
"I don't know if Durant is here..."
At the entrance of the basketball court, Li Ke used his new identity certificate just now and had a new one, and he got permission to enter.
Then I walked through the circumference of the passage and found the locker room dedicated to the Longhorns.
As soon as the door was pushed open, Li Ke saw two familiar faces.
And these two familiar faces immediately turned their heads and stared at Li Ke with a burning gaze.
"A freshman this year?"
Li Ke nodded heavily and then introduced himself: "Sheldon Lee, from Long Beach, California."
The one who was leaning against the door reached out to Li Ke and said, "p.j. Tucker, your senior senior."
Another waved from a distance: "Daniel Gibson, if I continue to stay in school, I should be a junior."
Li Ke smiled: "I know, the pj selected by Toronto and Daniel selected by Cleveland."
In the just-concluded draft, Tucker was selected by the Raptors in the second round at 35th place, and Daniel Gibson was selected by the Cavaliers in the second round at 42nd pick. Both of them are already accurate NBA players.
"Are you here to train?"
"No, I'm just the first day I'm going to Austin and want to find a place to live, but..."
Halfway through, Tucker already understood what Li Ke meant.
"Do you live in or outside the school?"
“Off-campus.”
From the very beginning, Li Ke decided to live outside the school. On the one hand, his work and rest were more free, and he could spend his extra time on extra practice.
On the other hand, in his impression, the university life in the United States is chaotic, and the roommate assigned by the school may be anyone, and he doesn't want to try his luck.
“Where is the cost budget?”
“As long as I don’t ask me to buy an apartment, the cost is not a problem.”
Li Ke was used to being rich, and this time he saved a huge amount of tuition. He was not short of money at all, so he would not treat himself harshly.
"What about the requirements? Do you want to be quieter or lively, do you want to be convenient for transportation, or renting a house is not that troublesome."
“It’s quieter, more convenient transportation.”
"Okay, then there are two options, either North Camps or Austin Lake."
Tucker introduced it in detail, and it can be seen that he is a kind-hearted person.
"The disadvantage of North Camps is that the house is a bit older and the rent is more expensive. In Lake Austin, most of them are high-end apartments, and there are not many houses, so you have to queue up in the school's appointment system."
"Thank you so much. Senior Tucker, wait until I rent a house and ask you to go to the party."
Chapter completed!