It has to be said that Han Yinzhi's influence in the Chinese basketball world is really terrifying. After he left home and went to the Sports Bureau for a tour, Li Kaiming, the plan that the Huaguo Sports Bureau had prepared with great fanfare, was temporarily put aside after Han Yinzhi came into operation. …
In addition, Han Yinzhi also mobilized his contacts in the basketball media field and began to inform fans across the country.
"Planning foreign players is alienating the Chinese people!"
With such a big hat put down, even if the current officials want to improve the performance of the national team, they have to think again and again whether their necks are strong enough to be able to wear this high hat...
The vigorous planning operation came to an end due to the indiscretion of people like Han Yinzhi, and it has never been mentioned again.
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What happened in China, in addition to the subsequent publicity effects that are still fermenting, most of the information circulation is still at the upper level. Some fans at the bottom originally did not agree with Li Kaiming's plan, so Han Yinzhi's activities have not caused widespread publicity. Naturally, the discussion could not reach America.
The América time at this time has also arrived on Saturday, October 9th.
After the Wizards spent the night repairing in Cleveland, they chartered a flight directly to Chicago, a large city in the east of America, the next morning.
This is their third preseason game, their third consecutive away game, and a back-to-back game.
Originally, according to the arrangement, the back-to-back games should be rushed to the away game that night after the game. However, due to a sudden change in the weather in Cleveland after the game, the airport informed the team that the weather was too bad and there was no conditions for flights to take off and land. Therefore, the Wizards I had to stay another night in Cleveland.
After coming to Chicago, the Wizards will face the Bulls led by Li Kaiming senior Derrick Rose at the home court of the God of Basketball.
As soon as the game against the Cavaliers ended, Li Kaiming received a text message from his senior senior Rose.
"Li, this will be your first match with me in the NBA. Senior, I will take good care of you!"
Li Kaiming was not a fool, so he could naturally read what Rose meant by taking care of him. After seeing the content of the text message, his eyes also burned with a burning desire to fight!
If you want to fight, then fight!
Originally, Li Kaiming would not be merciful just because the opponent was a senior. Now that he saw Rose's letter of challenge, he had already made up his mind to treat his good senior to some hot pot during the game in the evening!
The time soon came to 6 p.m., and the Wizards took the team bus prepared by the league and arrived at the United Center, the home of the Chicago Bulls.
Before the car arrived at the arena, Li Kaiming had already seen the behemoth not far away through the car window.
Although there are other decorations on the arena, the main body is still in the shape of a cylinder with a round arched top, a very classic arena shape.
When the car passed the east gate of the United Center, Arenas next to Li Kaiming suddenly poked him with his elbow, and then pointed at a black statue at the entrance of the arena.
"Lee, look, that's the statue the Bulls built for Michael Jordan!"
When he said this, Arenas had envy in his eyes and tone.
Li Kaiming looked in the direction of his finger and saw a huge black statue in the open space in front of the arena entrance, surrounded by a hexagonal railing.
The statue has a rectangular base covered with black marble tiles. On the side facing them, Jordan's name is written, along with two lines of numbers, 1984-1993 and 1995-1998.
Anyone familiar with the NBA knows that this represents Jordan's two careers with the Bulls.
In fact, if you look closely, you can see that the surface of the statue still has the luster of copper, which should be the color of copper, but the color is so dark that it looks black from a distance.
Jordan in the statue is in a pose that is very familiar to everyone. He is wearing the No. 23 jersey, with his legs spread apart, holding the ball in his right hand and doing a one-handed dunk!
That’s right, it’s the Airjordan logo!
The emergence of Jordan put both the NBA and Nike on a glorious path. He broke the previous iron law that the NBA relied on insiders as the core of team building to win championships, and took a different path.
Today, aj has become Nike's most popular brand, bringing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to Nike every year!
Yes, as a player, every achievement of Jordan is a goal that players pursue throughout their lives.
Of course, the All-Star Three-Point Contest record doesn't count.
So it's understandable that Arenas envies Jordan.
Li Kaiming only glanced at the statue, then turned his head and stopped looking at it.
How much money does Jordan have in New Zealand, but he has something to do with me, Li Kaiming!
Moreover, Li Kaiming now has the confidence to let a certain team erect a statue for him in the future!
What Jordan can do, I, Li Kaiming, can do too. What Jordan can’t do, I can do too!
Li Kaiming closed his eyes, leaving Arenas next to him, still staring at the statue that was fading away...
Before the game started, it was still the traditional pre-match press conference. Today, Li Kaiming still participated in it and then answered a few questions.
It's not good to not attend press conferences all the time. It will leave the reporter with the impression that he is a big name, and some scheming people are not allowed to make up dirt about him when he goes back!
The interview before the game was just a few words over and over again. Li Kaiming could even think of what the reporters would ask. It was nothing more than how he would face the Bulls' defense and how he would view the first showdown with Rose...
Therefore, he was very familiar with the situation and already had the aura to speak in the news.
At 7:30 pm, after an hour of warm-up, most of the fans at the scene were already in their seats.
Chicago still has a relatively high enthusiasm for basketball. After all, it is the team that produced the God of Basketball, and people here also maintain their love for basketball.
The United Center can accommodate many people when a basketball game is held, and tonight it was basically over 60% full!
During training, Rose took the initiative to talk to Li Kaiming. Li Kaiming also respected this old senior. After all, Rose had mentored him before the draft.
The warm-up session was over, and on the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides were ready.
Chicago Bulls, point guard Derrick Rose, shooting guard Giesbergh, forward Luol Deng, power forward Taj Gibson, center Joakim Noah.
Washington Wizards, point guard Gilbert Arenas, shooting guard Nick Young, forward Al Thornton, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blatche.
The Bulls made a big trade in the offseason, acquiring Carlos Boozer and Ronnie Brewer from the Jazz.
These two players are not considered first-line stars at all in America, but they are as famous as first-line stars in China.
Especially Boozer. The inside combination formed by him and Okur has made the Rockets led by Yao Ming unsuccessful for several years in a row. Some people even gave Boozer the nickname "Yao Ming Nemesis".
If you ask which player Chinese fans hate the most right now, Boozer is second and no one dares to call him first.
Of course, neither Boozer nor Brewer could play in this game. Boozer had surgery in the off-season and is still in the recovery stage. Otherwise, with his averages of 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game last season, how could he Maybe benching a rookie Gibson who has only played one year?
So after learning that Boozer would not play, some Chinese fans also lost interest in this game.
They originally wanted to see how Li Kaiming would perform when facing Boozer, but they didn't expect that the two of them would not meet at all.
