"Jimmy, good morning."

"Good morning, boss! The weather today is great! The sun has appeared after a long absence after the rain, so that an old man like me can enjoy the sunshine more!" Jimmy saw his boss and still chatted in the same tone as usual.

weather.

"Yes, long-lost things are beautiful. Who is here in the stadium? Doesn't he know that he will fly to Indiana in a few hours?" Listening to the extremely dense sound of balls hitting the ground in the arena, the boss is also Old K

The coach asked his question.

"Who else can it be? It's just that little guy; even Quinn on the team doesn't have such intensive sounds of brushing the net and making sounds of landing when he is training on three-pointers." Jimmy knows the Blue Devils very well because he has been guarding the court for a long time.

Shooting characteristics of everyone on the team.

"Forgot, forgot, I'm so busy with the finals. By the way, don't forget to remind him that it will be over within an hour. Come to my office after that. I have something to explain."

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"Yang, it's time to finish Yang. Coach K is looking for you and wants you to go to his office." After an hour, Jimmy decisively stopped Yang who was practicing spin shooting.

"I know, I'll go right away." Yang, who put down the ball, thought the matter was urgent. He took the jersey and wiped the sweat on his forehead and wanted to leave the arena.

"You're so sweaty, go take a shower quickly. Coach K's place is not in such a hurry. Let's go after you take a shower." Faced with Yang's reckless behavior, Jimmy turned him towards the locker room.

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"Here, sit down"

Looking at Young, who was 2.11 meters tall and sitting in front of him, Coach K remembered the efforts he had made in the past three years to polish this gem:

Three years ago, when Young came to Duke from National Christian College, Coach K was almost stunned. If he hadn't coached Redick and had the Thunder's Brooks using the skills of rookie Durant, he would never have imagined it.

What should be the future path of a small forward who has already become successful off the ball?

With the trees planted by his predecessors, the old coach K, as a descendant, naturally started to make arrangements according to the experience of his predecessors; during Young's playing time, he arranged long people as a cover wall to facilitate his movement, and designed for him

A lot of off-ball shooting tactics were used.

This is not over yet. In training, Old K is still following the route of his predecessors, starting to let Yang hone his step-by-step breakthroughs, straight-arm throws and triple-threat probing steps.

Although he didn't know much before, before the March Madness of the following year, Coach K was surprised to find that Young had completed all the tasks assigned to him.

"You'd better not rush to the draft in the summer. You haven't practiced a lot yet."

"Well, I know, my draft stock is not good, and I need to polish a lot."

"Then in the following summer, you can practice curling side singles and 1v1 face-up singles, and then you can consider adding some weight. 97kg is too light, and around 109kg is your appropriate weight." That year, the Crazy Three

The conversation that took place a few months ago is still fresh in the memory of coach K.

After the summer of 2013, in the first game of the new season, facing the challenge of Eastern Michigan University, Duke easily solved the opponent. What made the old coach K even more satisfied was that Young, who he helped to become the main force, transformed into a sharpshooter.

The most important step: breaking through with the ball, was passed easily. Although it was a "three-step ax" of relying on the threat of shooting to coax the opponent to get closer and then take a big step to break through, it finally completed the addition of the arsenal.

More than a dozen games later, just when Coach K was about to let Young practice ball-handling, pick-and-roll and pick-and-roll driving, the team had an accident. Several power forwards were injured for several weeks. In desperation, Old K could only let Yang practice his height and weight.

Yang is qualified to support the power forward.

In the dozens of games he played as a power forward, Coach K almost thought that Young was born as a power forward. He intercepted the ball everywhere, protected backcourt rebounds, helped defend breakthrough attackers, and protected the rim at the rim all with impeccable performance.

After scoring 17 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks against Syracuse University, Coach K finally couldn't help but ask:

"Yang, you've never played power forward before? Why are you so familiar with the power forward job!"

"My feeling is that body memory and my reaction nerves prompted me to do this."

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A few weeks later, as the power forwards returned one after another, Young took over a thick tactical book from the old coach K:

"Whether you memorize it or you use muscle memory to memorize it, I need you to be able to use these tactics skillfully before March Madness."

"By the way, starting from tomorrow, you don't have to participate in 5v5 confrontations. Carefully look at your teammates' movements and sweet spots. Understanding your teammates is something that coordinators must master."

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March 30, 2014, lost the Elite Eight game against Connecticut

"You did a good enough job. No one will blame you." Faced with Young who scored 34 points and 11 rebounds, who could not beat four hands with two fists, Old Coach K immediately gave his comfort after the game.

"Don't worry about failure, learn to take it but let it go. You have to think clearly now whether you will be drafted or stay for another year;

Don't make a decision in a hurry. You have to consider all factors. Now you have to know that there is no good harvest in making a hasty decision. You must think carefully before making a decision." Faced with Yang who wanted to speak, Old Coach K immediately said, "

"Sealed" his mouth.

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After another summer, Young entered his third season in college. After playing the first month of games, the NCAA championship team fell into an extremely anxious mood, because they suddenly discovered that Duke's "Devil King"

"Another level of evolution has been completed, and the initial transformation from a scoring champion who can only score by himself to a Playmaker has been completed.

With the initial completion of the transformation, the price paid for the transformation: excessive possession, not paying attention to passing the ball to the big man, and being too concerned about his own mistakes, all disappeared in the first month of the game.

Even the University of North Carolina did not expose these problems. Instead, Young solved all the problems with a running shot and a pick-up basket at the critical moment.

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March 2015, the last game before March Madness

In the Duke University Gymnasium, there was no sound in the gym at this time, quietly waiting for Marshall Plumlee to serve the baseline kick.

"Winslow and Young both stepped out of the screen and were ready to catch the ball. Who should Marshall choose to believe?" The tone of Duke's commentary box became excited. After all, the team was only one point behind, and it was very likely that there would be a decisive victory.

kill

"He chose to believe in Young who shot 9-for-19."

"Yang, he was not in a hurry and chose to suppress time."

As time comes to 6 seconds

Yang quickly lowered his center of gravity to the lowest position, and took two hip dribbles for the next shooting touch.

After completing the two crotch movements, Yang took the first step towards the direction of the ball holder, that is, to the right.

Seeing Yang rushing to his left side, Zach Auguste was indeed fooled, so he shifted his center of gravity to the left side.

This effortless adjustment of the center of gravity was directly fooled by Yang, who seized the opportunity and used a forward change of direction to complete the pass.

"Three seconds left" completed the pass, and Yang, with his long legs, shortened the distance to the basket step by step.

"It's too late." Yang calculated the time and was about to meet the big center. Yang decisively raised his right hand and picked the ball out with his fingertips.

"beep"

"Shua"

The light goes off and the ball goes in.

With the victory over Notre Dame, Young, who completed three wins in the regular season, also set his regular season data at 23.0 points, 9.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2.69 steals and 1.5 blocks.

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Robert Morris University had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, San Diego State had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

In the first two games of March Madness, Duke defeated Robert Morris University and San Diego State University like a chopping of melons and vegetables. The points difference in both victories was greater than 20 points, and Young also posted two triple-doubles.

There is an old saying that goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on it.

In the third game, Duke University faced a blocker from the University of Utah composed of Poeltl and Delon Wright; the scene of the game was once very embarrassing for Duke University, if it weren't for Young's two consecutive "

"Magic", Justise Winslow successfully protected the key backcourt rebound. Whether Duke can escape the University of Utah is a huge question mark.
Chapter completed!