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Chapter 6 Final Interview
"What did you say?"

Yang Ke cried out in surprise, his voice raised a lot, wondering if he heard it wrong.You must know that last season, Hill has successfully displayed his worth and potential.Moreover, in the Spurs, Hill has always been a very important rotation player, and even served as the starter when Parker was injured for a period of time.

Seeing that the two people who were already attracting attention were attracted more attention by Yang Ke's voice, Hill quickly reached out and pressed down to signal Yang Ke's voice to be softer.

It seems to be true, but the Spurs' lineup is already perfect, who should be traded with Hill.Watching Hill's movements, Yang Ke gradually calmed down, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he tapped lightly on the table with his left hand, turning his head quickly.

"Here comes your steak!"

In Will's cheerful voice, he came over with two plates of steak and bent down to put them on the table, then he looked up at the two people who were silent, the smile on his face disappeared, and he asked tentatively: "How do you gone?"

Yang Ke picked up the knife and fork next to the steak, raised his head and said to Will with a smile: "Sill is just telling me the possibility of being selected."

It seems that the possibility of being selected is relatively low. When Will heard and thought about the atmosphere just now, he made some judgments, and the result was not surprising to him.In his opinion, the basketball level of Asians is not high. Even so, Will still blessed Yang Ke: "Dude, I hope you can be selected!"

"Thank you."

Yang Ke nodded with a smile, but he didn't care about it, just like Will who said this, it was just a well-intentioned polite talk among ordinary people.

"Enjoy it slowly!"

After Will smiled and said one more sentence, he turned and left. Now it is the peak period of business. If it were normal, he might sit down and chat with the two of them.

"I thought you were going to tell him Popovich made you promise."

Hill lowered his head, picked up the knife and fork, and looked at the steak in front of him. Most of the meat received heat penetration and spread to the center, but there was no major change. After cutting, the cooked meat on the upper and lower sides turned brown and turned pink towards the center. Then the center is fresh flesh-colored, with blood oozing out as the knife cuts.Seeing this scene, Hill laughed, forked a piece in his mouth, and said at the same time.

Yang Ke cut the steak familiarly, looked at the piece of meat with some blood on it, paused, and then put it in his mouth: "It's not too late to say it after being selected."

"Why do I feel that you are not excited at all?"

Hill raised his head and looked curiously at Yang Ke, who was acting extremely gentlemanly. You must know that when he was notified by Popovich that he would be selected, he was excited and excited for a long time, but he did not hesitate to cross his hands. A piece of beef.

"What's so exciting about this." Yang Ke said calmly.

His eyebrows raised slightly, and the movement of Hill's hands stopped, as if he saw a flash of ambition and pride in Yang Ke.At this time, the tempting aroma penetrated into his nose, which made Hill shake his head. Under the control of hunger, he didn't think too much but quickly swept up the steak.

The amount of steak was not large, and in the ensuing silence, Yang Ke and Hill, who were hungry, finished the steak very quickly.

The same steak is medium rare, why is there such a big difference between the two places.Touching his belly, Yang Ke's face became a little weird, and a thought flashed in his mind.

"The coach told me he thought we needed a big three. I've always had to play behind Tony in the Spurs, and I agree with that. And with Manu at the two, I'm never going to be able to. You can’t get the playing time you want.”

Hill put his hands on the chair, looked out the window, and suddenly began to calmly tell a story, saying: "Once there is a third position, Manu and Danny Green don't have to go up and down frequently. At this position, the Spurs' lineup will be more reasonable, and I think what he said makes sense when I think about it carefully."

Yang Ke remained silent, propping his chin with his left hand. He kept this movement from the moment Hill started to speak, and his head began to turn.By the time Hill finished speaking, he had already sorted out more than half of it. The Spurs needed a third position, and he happened to be able to fill this position.

"So, it's because of me?" Yang Ke asked tentatively, frowning.

"Of course not. Your draft prospects are not optimistic. The No. 29 pick that the Spurs have can basically sign you."

Hill turned his head and gave Yang Ke a blank look. Although he didn't know exactly who he would trade with, he was definitely not the rookie in front of him, although in his opinion Yang Ke was better than himself back then.

Hill stared at Yang Ke, and said angrily: "Don't overestimate your own value, no, don't underestimate my value too much."

Shanshan smiled, and Yang Ke touched his nose in embarrassment. After Hill said this, it was true after careful consideration.In fact, I was very lucky. If I hadn't come to the Spurs and been favored by Popovich, based on previous estimates, I would have more than [-]% chance of losing the election.If you want to join the NBA at that time, you can only rely on other extremely low-probability paths.

"Besides, your height is not suitable for the third position, and it does not meet the Spurs' requirements for a tall third position."

Hill slammed unceremoniously, thinking about the position change requested by Popovich before, his eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Based on what I know about that old bastard Popovich, in the Spurs you will switch to two positions." The position of Nengwei is to replace me."

"Isn't it okay for you to call the coach that way?"

The corner of Yang Ke's mouth twitched. He didn't care what position he took. For now, the most basic thing is to be able to stay in the NBA.

"What's the matter, even in front of him, I dare to call it that, and Manu and the others all call it that. Well, of course, you'd better not call it that during the game."

Hill said with a smile, thinking of the eyes of his teammates looking at him after he called him during the game, and the innocence that was deceived by the calm Popovich, his eyes became brighter.

"I can tell that you are very reluctant to leave the Spurs?" Yang Ke could clearly feel his reluctance and sadness from Hill's tone and demeanor.

"Of course, the Spurs are a very human team! Here, no one is above everyone, everyone gets along like a family... And the Spurs are a championship-winning team, isn't that great?"

Hill lost his tone. He and Popovich have an extraordinary relationship, and together they serve the communities of San Antonio and Indianapolis.He also has a very good relationship with his teammates in private, and they even started a band together in a bar in San Antonio.

There are too many ifs and possibilities in the world, but the fact can never be hidden. Hill smiled bitterly, with helplessness in his tone: "There is no such player, and I don't want to stay in such a team until retirement. Even if it is Compromise, concessions, obscurity, but the reality is that there are very few players and teams that can do that, because that’s how life is.”

Yang Ke looked at Hill with a smile, as he said, he didn't know what he could do now, what he should say to comfort him, and some were just wishes from the bottom of his heart: "I don't know what to say, just I wish you good luck with your new team in the new season!"

"That's for sure. I will play my best performance and make that old bastard Popovich regret it."

Hill's eyes lit up. Although he found all kinds of reasonable reasons, the pain caused by the exchange before the start of the new season cannot be covered up in this way.

Yang Ke didn't agree with Hill's words, and expressed his thoughts unabashedly: "I think, no matter how good your performance is, Popovich will not regret it."

"If you say that, we won't even be friends in the future."

Hill's face turned bitter, and he gave Yang Ke a blank look, but he didn't deny it.He thinks he knows Popovich very well, and the better he performs, Popovich will not regret it, but will be happy for it.

"Haha."

Yang Ke laughed cheerfully, no matter in his heart or appearance, he was very happy that Hill admitted that he was his friend.

"George, this friend."

Just when Hill was also laughing, Will walked over panting with the notebook, his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and his hair became messy.

"Will, what's the matter?" Hill looked at Will with a smile, it was really rare for him to look like this.

Will wiped off his sweat, looking at Hill and Yang Ke, he was a little hard to speak, and only half-spoken: "Well, there are guests outside and there is no place, I don't know..."

The words were not finished, but both of them knew what Will meant. Yang Ke reached out and picked up the backpack from the side, while Hill stood up directly and said to Will: "We have finished eating, we should go That's it, just charge the money to my account!"

"Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner next time."

Will was very grateful for this. He could see that the two of them had a very happy chat just now, so he was very embarrassed to disturb the two of them like this.

Hill shook his head, this matter was just a matter of little effort for him, and then he took the lead to go outside and said: "It's nothing, please eat and forget it, Yang, let's go!"

Before Yang Ke left, he said to Will with a strange face: "Will, see you next time! Well, your steak is delicious!"

After speaking, Yang Ke followed Hill and walked out of the restaurant. On the way, he saw the two guests. They were a middle-aged Asian couple. Their faces were familiar. Judging from their demeanor and actions, they were very affectionate.

"Yang, where are you going this afternoon?"

Standing on the pedestrian street outside the restaurant, Hill looked at the time on his watch, remembering that he had made an appointment with his manager to talk about things soon, turned around and looked at Yang Ke behind him, and asked.

"I'm going back to China. There are some things in the school that need to be dealt with quickly." Yang Ke frowned, and when he mentioned the school, he felt a headache for a while, but this is the most important thing for him right now.

Hill nodded, and was waiting to leave with himself, and immediately took out the phone from his pants: "Well, I have something to deal with later, so I can't send you off. Yang, what's your phone number?"

Yang Ke was taken aback, never expecting that Hill would call his number, and then rubbed his hair with his hands: "Um, I haven't applied for a mobile phone card here yet! Do you want a Huaguo one? Huaguo's is fine too?"

"Roaming and long-distance calls are very expensive. Forget it. After you get the phone card here, just ask Tony and they want my phone number."

Hill gave Yang Ke a blank look without a word, and put the phone back without any hesitation. As for Yang Ke's Huaguo or Huaguo's number, forget it.Yang Ke will definitely have an American phone in the future. If he plays in the NBA, which one will be used more frequently and more conveniently.

Hill smiled and stretched out his right hand: "In this case, let's say goodbye for now, um, use your Asian style!"

"Hill, thank you very much." Yang Ke smiled and reached out to hold Hill's right hand.

After holding it, Hill smiled and withdrew his hand, suddenly remembered something, and his expression became a little weird: "Actually, to be honest, I help you, there are really strong people who show mercy to the weak!

Yang Ke was stunned for a while, retracted half of his hand and stopped in the air like that, looking at Hill's expression, the seriousness and solemnity in his eyes.Yang Ke lowered his head and pondered for a second, then raised his head at last, and under the sunlight, he looked at Hill with bright eyes:

"In this case, I will bear the mercy this time. But when we meet next time, you can't do this."

"Oh? So crazy, I'm really looking forward to that day."

(End of this chapter)