Y13 [EN]: Chapter 84

After listening to Tom Colicchio’s cooking lecture, Young-jae and Emily wandered the streets again, chatting and observing their surroundings without doing anything in particular.

“Yoon, are you really okay? Even if you don’t train more and spend time like this…”

“It’s okay. I can always train, but it’s hard to take time and enjoy leisure like this normally. The All-Star Break is also a period for players to rest.”

“Still… tomorrow is the 3-Point Contest.”

The All-Star Game had a strong festive atmosphere, and Young-jae didn’t place much significance on the All-Star Game’s records. However, Emily, unaware of Young-jae’s thoughts, was worried that he might be skipping 3-Point Contest practice to spend time with her.

“Then, could you help me a little?”

“Of course! I wanted to see it too.”

Emily smiled and briefly went to the hotel with Young-jae to change into comfortable clothes before meeting up. Arriving at the basketball court, Young-jae took out five balls from his bag and placed them beside him.

“Huh?”

Emily was surprised that one of the five balls was a colorful mix of white and red.

“In the 3-Point Contest, you shoot five balls from each of the five spots. The last ball at each spot is colorful like this, and if you make the shot with that ball, you get 2 points.”

“Ah, I see.”

Young-jae had Emily step back a few steps from under the rim.

“When I shoot, just gather the balls for me.”

“Is there anything else to do?”

“When I start shooting, turn on the timer, and when I’ve shot all five times and move to the next spot, throw the balls to me one by one.”

Emily nodded and took out her smartphone.

Swish-

As Young-jae jumped, Emily started the timer. The first shot went in cleanly and fell in front of Emily. Emily was slightly startled by the bouncing ball coming towards her, but she skillfully caught the ball, perhaps because she had been exercising steadily.

Thud!

The first missed shot. The ball hit the rim and bounced, landing a bit farther than the successful shot, but it still fell within a step or two of Emily.

The last colorful 2-point ball also went in cleanly, and Young-jae quickly ran to the right wing and stopped abruptly. After shooting all the remaining 20 shots, Young-jae took a light breath and calculated his score.

“19 points.”

“You made so many… the last ball seems really important.”

Strangely, Young-jae didn’t score any 2-pointers in the other four spots except for the first, and he had no choice but to shrug his shoulders in disappointment.

“Should we try one more time?”

Emily, feeling rather disappointed, spoke to Young-jae in a lively voice, and Young-jae smiled slightly and nodded.

After shooting all 25 shots again, Young-jae couldn’t help but scratch his head at the even lower score than before.

“This time, I didn’t get any 2-pointers at all. Is today just not my day…”

Emily was slightly worried by Young-jae’s words. She had seen many cases where, when recording a song or taking on a role, if things went wrong from the start, it would bother them for a long time and lead to unexpected slumps. Of course, she herself was no stranger to such experiences.

“Wait a minute. Can I have that ball for a second?”

At Emily’s words, Young-jae readily handed over the colorful ball. Emily took out a black and red marker from her pocket, which she had brought at some point.

“Yoon, will you try one last time?”

Emily threw the received ball with all her might, and Young-jae caught it.

“Pfft!”

Young-jae couldn’t help but burst out laughing as soon as he saw the ball. On the white part of the ball, there was Emily’s cute signature along with a small heart filled with red inside a black outline. And below it, it was written in black marker:

[email protected]

Young-jae scored a whopping 24 points in the last training session. What was unique was that all five of the last 2-point colorful balls shot at each spot were successful.

[Foot Locker 3-Point Contest, First Korean Runner-Up Yoon Young-jae]

Yoon Young-jae (20), who participated in the 2010-2011 NBA All-Star Game as the first Korean, is becoming a hot topic every day for showing a brilliant performance even in the All-Star Game’s festivities. Yoon Young-jae, who confidently played as the starting shooting guard for the rookie team in the Rookie Challenge, a clash between first-year and second-year players, was selected as the first Korean MVP [Most Valuable Player] in Rookie Challenge history with an astonishing record of 38 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 turnovers against the sophomore team.

(Omitted)

Yoon Young-jae, who also participated in the Foot Locker 3-Point Contest, advanced to the second round final in first place with an incredible success rate of 25 points out of 30 in the first round qualifier, but unfortunately, he fell short of James Jones’ (Miami Heat) 21 points in the second round, finishing as the runner-up with 20 points. However, Yoon Young-jae said in an interview, “Participating here itself was a great meaning to me. I feel comfortable because I enjoyed the All-Star Game like a festival.”

RE: LOL, that was really funny. Yoon Young-jae’s hook shot and alley-oop dunk LOL. Can’t we see that during the game?

Re: The person who broadcasted the NBA Rookie Challenge live in Korea! I’m grateful to SKE Sports broadcasting company, but thanks to Yoon Young-jae, I’m enjoying watching the NBA in Korea!

Re: What kind of bad luck happened in the second round? He made all the last 2-pointers, but the 1-pointers really didn’t go in. It’s not like he couldn’t shoot at all…

Re: That’s skill, idiot. I would make them all.

Re: Crazy bastard LOL, he says he’d make them all.

The 3-day All-Star Break was over. Young-jae was able to relieve some of the fatigue he had received during the regular season during the All-Star Break. He slightly shed the mind of being obsessed with results and fixated on winning, and enjoyed the Rookie Challenge and 3-Point Contest. The sweet rest, including the few days before and after the All-Star Game, was a bonus.

Unfortunately, Young-jae missed the championship in the 3-Point Contest final by 1 point, but he was still satisfied. After the 3-Point Contest, Young-jae ate dinner with the people he had invited, regretting the end of the festival. However, he knew that it was more memorable because it was short, so he was able to enjoy the end of the festival without any regrets.

The All-Star Game became a good topic for reporters from all over, and various articles began to pour out. Stars from various fields also attended the All-Star Game to show off their friendship, and players who did not participate in the All-Star Game to enjoy the festival also visited the stadium to enjoy the events, so even more articles poured out.

[Y13, Enjoying Romance in LA?]

The appearance of Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Young-jae Yoon (20) was captured near the LA Staples Center. The day after the Rookie Challenge game, on February 19, when the D-League All-Star Game [NBA Development League All-Star Game] was held, he made a surprise appearance at a cooking lecture by famous American chef Tom Colicchio. Coincidentally, Yoon did not have a game to play on the 19th. What was even more surprising was that the person who appeared with Yoon was Emily Kinney (26). Young-jae Yoon said that he gave All-Star Game tickets to his acquaintances as an opportunity to participate in his first All-Star Game. In the process, Lauren Cohan (28) and Emily Kinney, who are close to Young-jae Yoon along with Steve Yeun, were also invited by Young-jae Yoon to appear in The Walking Dead Season 2.

(Omitted)

After listening to the cooking lecture with Emily Kinney, the two spent a leisurely time strolling around the city. Emily Kinney and Young-jae Yoon deny, saying, ‘We met each other for the first time this time, and it’s not that kind of feeling,’ but… (The rest is omitted)

RE: Wow! That woman is 26? What kind of 26-year-old is that…ㄷㄷ

RE: Beth! LOL, I don’t know why, but she’s strangely intertwined with The Walking Dead cast?

RE: Hey… is she really Melly’s girlfriend? She was just a friend of the opposite sex.

RE: Damn LOL, as soon as he becomes successful, women start flocking around him. He’s going to get hooked.

RE: The comment above is hilarious. Don’t you know that athletes usually get married early? If you don’t know, at least shut your mouth.

Articles that Young-jae and Emily had anticipated had broken out. Since they knew that reporters wouldn’t miss the fact that they were wandering around LA together and participating in Tom Colicchio’s cooking lecture together, their response was truly natural. However, even so, Young-jae and Emily did not cut off contact with each other. The two, who occasionally contacted each other through the Facebook addresses they exchanged, talked about personal jokes and recent events in posts that only they could see with the hidden function, and outwardly tried to appear as if they were just contacting each other with Steve.

In any case, Young-jae was trying to regain his rhythm after the All-Star Break. Dallas also secured its second place in the Western Conference with a clean victory over Utah on the 23rd, boasting an incredible winning percentage of 45 wins and 11 losses.

“Hiss! Hiss!”

Young-jae was distorting his face as he repeatedly performed aerobic and strength exercises with interval training. Although men who are concerned about wrinkles on their faces in the gym try to exercise without frowning as much as possible, the exercise that ordinary people do is not comparable to the exercise that athletes do, so Young-jae had no time to care about his expression.

The rising six-pack while doing crunches. The solid muscles, so solid that they were called an A-pack beyond the six-pack, shyly rose and stimulated the abs, and Young-jae clenched his teeth and completed the amount he had to do until the end.

“Haa…”

Even when leaning his back on the ground after completing the last one, Young-jae laid his back on the ground as slowly as possible to stimulate his abs until the end, and then he collapsed on the floor.

It was obvious that basketball was a sport where stamina was really important. In order to keep running around the court with only five people for 48 minutes, you needed really great stamina.

“Hoo.”

Young-jae slowly started walking on the treadmill as a finishing exercise. After walking for about 10 minutes, he performed yoga and Pilates movements to loosen muscles that could easily get tight and develop flexibility, developing the abilities needed as a basketball player.

The chilly weather is gradually getting warmer. Young-jae could feel that the first year of the regular season was already heading towards the end. At this rate, Dallas will easily advance to the playoffs, and according to his past life memories, they will win the championship this season.

“I’m changing the future, but… I can’t imagine that it’s always a good change…”

Due to Young-jae’s intervention, things that were completely different from his past life were happening. Pushing someone out and participating in the Rookie Challenge instead, joining the Dallas Mavericks instead of someone else, and instead of someone… instead of someone… Most of the numerous changes were good for Young-jae personally, but they brought misfortune to others.

In particular, Boboia was faster in recovering from injuries or improving his skills than in his previous life because Young-jae informed him of the risk of injury, but ironically, he was relegated to a backup member due to Young-jae’s existence. This means that Dallas may be boasting an incredible winning percentage right now due to Young-jae’s intervention, but it also means that they may not be able to achieve the incredible feat of winning the 2010-2011 NBA Finals due to Young-jae’s intervention.

“Let’s keep our minds straight.”

Two days later, on February 26, the game against Washington. Young-jae decided to focus only on that game.

============================ Author’s Afterword ============================

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＠Since there is still time until the finals, NBA communities are quiet these days. Just draft-related news? The offseason hasn’t even started yet, so there’s not much news yet, except for Wade.

Kanen/// Yes. That’s right for now.

Yabesu/// Emily is a real person.

Uncool Hero/// I respect Kobe’s training and attitude. The play style is different, though. LeBron also respects Kobe, even though the play style is different from Kobe.

Kyabam/// Cringe cringe

Rune Blade/// Yep. That’s right~

Neoptti Ttungtti/// Hehe, that’s the flaw.

Euiseol, Holy Spirit/// Emily is quite popular.

Midas/// It’s time for Young-jae too.

Financial, Kundara, Goddess Yuri Praise, -DarkANGEL-, Omarion/// Thank you!!

misscherry///Telepathy lol