With the operation of Han Yinzhi, the professional basketball circle in China soon became turbulent...
At this moment, in distant America, there was still a peaceful atmosphere.
After winning the best player in the Eastern Conference in the first week of the season, since the next game will not be until November 6, there are still three days for the Wizards to repair.
Therefore, during this rare break, Li Kaiming received interview invitations from more than one media, either inviting him to appear on a talk show, or for a separate private interview.
However, Li Kaiming himself has no particular interest in appearing in the media, so he only accepted interviews for a few basketball-related programs and refused all other entertainment industry programs. This surprised his agent Monica. .
You know, there are many NBA players who like to participate in various variety shows in their free time. The offseason is okay, but some guys are restless while recuperating from injuries and go to some shows to talk nonsense, which gives the team a headache.
The reason for this is because some players become a little arrogant after entering the NBA, especially those who have received big contracts. After experiencing the feeling of being a multi-millionaire, they naturally want to pursue the feeling of being respected. In TV programs Going public is obviously a good choice.
But Li Kaiming didn't do this. Almost all the programs he participated in were related to basketball. This made his agent Monica feel lucky again. She accidentally picked up a treasure. Not only was she super powerful, but she was also very calm off the court. , Li Kaiming doesn’t even go to nightclubs very often.
Of course, various programs only account for a small part of Li Kaiming's rest time. He still spends most of his time with his family and team training.
Sun Yue was very excited during the garbage time in the last game, which made him think that he had found a sense of improvement in training, so these three people were doing devilish training almost every day.
Fortunately, Li Kaiming didn't live with this guy, so Sun Yue couldn't drag Li Kaiming with him. Instead, Yi Jianlian was dragged by this guy to get up early for training because he lived with Sun Yue, although it wasn't to the extent of four in the morning. , but you have to open your eyes at six o'clock.
This was a kind of torture for Yi Jianlian, who was used to sleeping in during rest time. However, after a month of hard training, he also found a little bit of the feeling during training, and the changed shooting posture was basically fixed. Although the hit rate cannot be compared with the previous posture, it is at least a start.
The two Chinese players who received feedback on training unknowingly became the two hardest-working people on the Wizards team. This was something that even Li Kaiming himself did not expect.
However, Li Kaiming felt very gratified when he saw that these two people had such perseverance and motivation. After all, these are his future national team teammates. Who doesn't want his teammates to be strong?
On November 5th, after a few days of rest, the entire Wizards team gathered again and took a special plane to New York, the largest city in America and one of the global financial centers.
Tomorrow night, they will face the New York Knicks in a national live broadcast. It has to be said that the influence of the metropolis is strong. After the retirement of Gorilla Ewing, the Knicks have not made the playoffs for several years. Even so , the Knicks still have the most number of All-American live broadcasts in the league and the highest market value.
This is the influence of the big ball market!
Moreover, fans in New York also support the team very firmly. The most famous Knicks fan is undoubtedly the famous director Spike Lee who often sits on the sidelines and wears a floral suit.
If nothing else, Spike Lee will be on the sidelines during this game.
When the team left Washington, the head coach had already announced to the team that Arenas would continue to be absent due to injury and would not travel with the team to away games.
As soon as these words came out, everyone on the Wizards had a vague suspicion: Arenas might be close to being traded...
No one thought that the all-powerful Agent 0 would never recover after the gun scandal.
I'm afraid this is God's punishment for Arenas...
After a peaceful night, the sun shone on the earth again, and the quiet New York began to be noisy again.
After returning to the team, Li Kaiming resumed his previous routine and began training with Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian.
In the afternoon, it was still about video recording and running tactics. Sanders faced Li Kaiming when setting up tactics. If nothing else happens, the latter will face Stoudemire tonight.
Li Kaiming said he didn't care about this. Howard had already beaten him. How could he still be afraid of you, a mere idiot?
Six o'clock in the evening, the familiar Madison Square Garden.
This is the second time Li Kaiming has come to this arena, known as the Holy Land of Basketball. However, the last time he came here was to participate in the draft and did not have the opportunity to play on the court.
But this time, if nothing else goes wrong, he should be here to cause trouble.
In the pre-game interview session, reporters asked Li Kaiming some questions related to winning the best player. Li Kaiming's overall performance was relatively modest. He wanted to thank the team for his support. In the end, he mentioned some goals that were not limited to what he said in the scene.
Then the reporter asked the key point, "In this game, you have to face Amar'e Stoudemire. Will you have a different mentality when facing such a player? How will you defend him?"
Boring question!
Li Kaiming commented on the reporter's question in his mind, and then said with a ceremonial smile on his face, "Of course he is a very good basketball player. His face-to-face breakthroughs and his mid-range shots are difficult to defend. I can only do my best." Try your best to contain him."
The same question was asked to the Knicks, but the subject was changed to Li Kaiming.
The current head coach of the Knicks, Mike Anthony, is a fat old man with a kind face and a beard. He has coached Knicks as early as the Suns. Therefore, Knicks' choice to join the Knicks in the offseason must also have his factors.
D'Antoni held down the microphone, with a serious expression on his face, "I have seen Li Kaiming's performance in the first three games, and it was impeccable. I think his strength is no less than that of some All-Star insiders. We will Set up defenses inside and outside at the same time to make it as difficult as possible for him!”
D'Antoni's evaluation of Li Kaiming aroused discussion among reporters at the scene, because this was the first time an NBA coach praised Li Kaiming so much.
Especially when 76ers head coach Doug Collins and John Wall were as good as Li Kaiming in the last game, D'Antoni's evaluation is even more shocking.
When the reporter asked how Stoudemire would view the matchup between himself and Li Kaiming, Stoudemire made a cool gesture, "Brother, you know, I won't let him mess with me!"
Si's meaning is obvious. As a person who averaged 37 points per game on the genuine Duncan during his peak period, he must be more disdainful when facing a Duncan 2.0.
I've beaten the genuine Duncan, not to mention you, the pirated one!
Si's remarks finally brought a bit of excitement to the game. Otherwise, in Madison, known as the Basketball Mecca, if there is no passion for the game, it will be meaningless to watch.
At seven o'clock in the evening, after the familiar pre-match ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.
New York Knicks, point guard Raymond Felton, shooting guard Landry Fields, forward Danilo Gallinari, power forward Amar'e Stoudemire, center Timofey Mozgov.
Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Nick Young, forward Al Thornton, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blache.
The referee on duty tonight was Brian Ford, who was wearing uniform No. 45. The Knicks jump ball turned out to be Si, and when the latter stood in the center circle, he raised his chin at Li Kaiming!
The meaning is obvious, I want to compete with Li Kaiming in jumping balls!
Li Kaiming smiled and ignored the latter, but continued to stand outside the circle waiting for Brac to jump the ball.
Sanders, who was on the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Kaiming didn't hit him.
If Li Kaiming plays hard against Steve on the road, the Wizards will be close to losing!
