Li Kaiming's sudden tough attitude immediately silenced the entire office. Not only the two team presidents, but also the head coach Sanders were surprised.
It has been more than a month since he got along with Li Kaiming. During this month, he only felt that Li Kaiming on and off the court was completely two people. The one on the court was energetic and domineering, while the one off the court was gentle and elegant.
This was the first time Sanders saw Li Kaiming in full swing off the court.
At this point, the contradiction between the two core players of the team can no longer be adjusted. The only option is to reduce the team's losses as much as possible and trade one of Li Kaiming or Arenas before the trade deadline. It's not a problem for Arenas, who earns tens of millions of dollars a year, to be a substitute.
What kind of family is so wealthy that they used a substitute with an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan in 2010?
Of course, the next work belongs to the two presidents. After Li Kaiming stated his position, he just had to wait for the results to come out and go to school.
For him, he is more concerned about what kind of players the team can exchange for Arenas. Arenas is in the penultimate year of his maximum salary contract this year. According to the contract amount rules, Arenas’ contract is a The contract increases year by year, this year it is more than 17 million dollars, and the last year is 19 million dollars. For such a big contract, either players with the same big contract must be traded, or a team must be hollowed out to match it.
However, those whose wages can match Arenas's are almost all the core players of the team, or some elderly superstars at the end of their careers. With Arenas' current state, it is almost impossible for other teams to gamble with a large number of high-quality role players. is 0.
If Arenas finds out, before the team management notifies him of who he wants to trade, his opponents have already begun to consider what bargaining chips they can get in exchange for him, and they may not be able to resist the "gun-holding scandal" again...
After walking out of the office, Li Kaiming and Sanders looked at each other.
I don’t know if Sanders himself felt guilty for helping Arenas during the game, but he showed a forced smile to Li Kaiming, “Li, I believe Ernie and the others will keep you, we can’t live without you! "
Li Kaiming thought to himself, "Nonsense, do you still need to do this?" But a smile of approval appeared on his face, and then he and Sanders came to the team's training area.
As usual, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian worked hardest in today's team training. Although Sun Yue did not get a chance in the last game, it did not dampen his aggressiveness. Instead, it stimulated him to train harder.
The Wizards' next game is tomorrow, when they take on the Houston Rockets at home.
The attention of this game in America may be average, because Washington and Houston are not big football markets, and in the eyes of most fans, neither team is a championship contender. , so there are not many fans watching this game.
However, this game is no less popular in China than the playoffs, because this game will usher in the first "Chinese Derby" in more than a year!
Yao Ming was immediately reimbursed for the season due to a broken foot in the 2008-2009 playoffs. Therefore, in the following year, Chinese fans did not have the opportunity to see the duel between Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming. However, this season not only Yao Ming returned, but also the Wizards In addition to Yi Jianlian, the team also includes Sun Yue and Li Kaiming.
There are 3 Chinese players and 1 Chinese player in an NBA game. This is definitely a feast for Chinese basketball!
The major sports media in China, including China's official sports channel, have already begun to warm up for the game three days before the start of the game. This has made this game a higher level of attention in China!
"It's NBA China Derby day tomorrow. If you forward this message, Ma Huateng will give you 4 Q coins, symbolizing the 4 Chinese players appearing in this game!"
"Mingdu let me watch the game in front of the TV. If you don't watch it, you are not Chinese!"
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Under such an upsurge of national participation, the competition day soon ushered in. The time in Washington was seven o'clock in the evening, and in China at this time, it happened to be the morning of Double Eleven. Although online shopping is still a kind of It is an activity that only a few people can participate in, but it can also be a double blessing.
In the interview session before the game, questions from Chinese reporters are naturally inevitable.
The square-faced man known as the "Moving Great Wall" was asked by reporters what he thought of this game. Yao Ming lowered his head and replied, "This game is essentially a regular season, but for Chinese fans, it may The significance will be even greater, everyone wants to see the development of our basketball, and more and more Chinese players will appear in the NBA."
"Have you watched Li Kaiming's game? How do you evaluate his performance?"
Yao Ming is indeed a person who conquered American fans with his high emotional intelligence. He answered this question, "Of course I have watched his games. The abilities he has shown on the court, whether it is three-pointers, mid-range or Breakthroughs are all very powerful. He is now the scoring leader of the United League and the only one who averages more than 30 points per game. In Chinese terms, he is a player with a bright future."
The interviews with the Wizards naturally focused on Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian, and the Chinese media did not even let Sun Yue go.
Li Kaiming still expressed his respect for his senior Yao Ming, and then said some words that he had prepared long ago. To him, there was nothing special about this game.
After the familiar pre-game preparation process, it was time for the home players to appear. What surprised the fans at the MCI Center was that the first player to appear this time was Nick Young!
what's the situation?
Nick Young has played as the first player before, but that was when Arenas didn't come back. Now that Arenas is back, it's not Nick Young's turn to be the first player!
Fans soon knew the answer to the question, because Arenas did not appear in the starting lineup at all!
Could it be that the Wizards management wants to trade Arenas? This is big news. In addition to the interview after the last game, Arenas has been absent from the interview twice in a row. The reporters have no idea what his current situation is.
After the Wizards' starting lineup was announced, the starting lineups of both sides were also displayed on the big screen at the MCI Center.
Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Nick Young, forward Al Thornton, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blache.
Houston Rockets, point guard Ish Smith, shooting guard Kevin Martin, forward Shane Battier, power forward Luis Scola, center Yao Ming.
Yao Ming is also very popular overseas. There were many fans at the scene holding signs with Yao Ming's big face on them, and of course the vast majority of them were from China.
The head referee of this game is No. 5 Kane Fitzgerald. He came to the center circle with the ball. After confirming that both players and the technical table were ready, he then blew a whistle and threw the basketball in his hand into the air.
Blatche was the first to take off. Yao Ming was not very fast in taking off, and as he was recovering from injury, he did not dare to use too much force. So the first attack was successfully won by the Wizards, and the ball was given to Hinrich to dribble into the frontcourt.
Li Kaiming faced off against Luis Scola, a floor-playing power forward from Argentina. He was selected with the 27th overall pick in the second round of 2007. He is a left-handed inside post with relatively superb skills at the basket. He averaged 18.3 points per game last season. 8.2 rebounds, Scola can be the backbone of the Rockets' interior offense when Yao Ming is injured and absent.
But it is a pity that although Scala's offense is good, his defense is below average among inside players, especially his inability to deal with players with outside shooting.
Hinrich started a pick-and-roll with Li Kaiming as soon as he came up. Scola was hesitating whether to follow him out, because he had watched Li Kaiming's game video and knew how fast the latter was. If he followed to the outside, he would be greeted by him. It must have been passed by one step!
In a basketball game, many things can be decided in one second. Scola's hesitation caused a loophole in the Rockets' defense. Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming on the outside. After seeing Li Kaiming receiving the ball, Scola then Arriving late, I rushed over.
But his moving speed like an old cold leg couldn't have any impact on Li Kaiming. The latter caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, scoring the team's first point!
3 to 0!
