Li Kaiming made a comeback after two weeks and became the best player in the Eastern Conference in the last week of November. This news immediately became the most discussed topic among NBA fans.
Li Kaiming's little black haters before, as well as all the passerby fans who fished in troubled waters, were really surprised by Li Kaiming's performance now.
Winning a player of the week can be explained by luck. Winning three out of four is a complete reflection of personal ability.
This result is really hard!
The competitors in the Eastern Conference are also very strong. If you don't recognize Li Kaiming's strength, it is equivalent to belittling the stars in the Eastern Conference.
So at this moment, even the tough-talking Heizi has to admit that this rookie really has two brushes, not just a data brush.
When you have abnormal data and the team's record plummets all the way, you have to accept it even if you don't accept it.
However, when Li Kaiming scored 30+ points in every game while leading the Wizards out of a losing streak, and then climbed back to second place in the Eastern Conference, the title "Brush" was somewhat inappropriate for Li Kaiming. .
Winning is the biggest counterattack against the black reputation of brush.
Li Kaiming's name not only became the loudest among the 2010 rookies, but also began to have influence throughout the league.
Well-known national sports media such as ESPN and tNt have discussed Li Kaiming's future prospects in their programs. No one can ignore such a rising star.
Such a result was what then NBA president David Stern liked to see most.
In 2002, the joining of Yao Ming allowed NbA to expand its market in China to its greatest extent. Whether it was broadcasting or advertising, it brought billions of direct revenue to NbA, and the industrial chain it promoted was more than that.
Therefore, for NbA team owners and managers, the Chinese market is their cornucopia.
Now Yao Ming's body has declined visibly. He retired from the game due to injury in the sixth game just after his comeback this season and has not returned to the game until now.
How to still attract the attention of Chinese fans to the NBA after Yao Ming's decline is the biggest problem that David Stern needs to solve before retiring.
It is not that David Stern has not considered Yi Jianlian before, but the latter is really not strong enough.
This is not to blame Yi Jianlian, but because his level is indeed difficult for all Chinese fans to become fans of his team.
When Yao Ming was at his peak, who in China was not a Rockets fan?
Another point is that Yi Jianlian's physical condition is not very good. He often gets injured just when he is about to make a splash.
These two points determine that it is difficult for Yi Jianlian to become the next Yao Ming, the spokesperson of NBA in China, and the bridge between NBA and Chinese basketball.
Stern was already in despair, but Li Kaiming's sudden appearance made his eyes light up!
Except that his nationality is not Chinese, there is no difference between Li Kaiming and Chinese players. He is simply sent by God to save the NBA!
Just like the emergence of Jordan at the end of the Black and White Shuang Dynasty, he not only carried the banner of the NbA's top card, but also led the NbA to a new peak, successfully leading the NbA's most glorious era!
In Stern's eyes, Li Kaiming now is just like Michael Jordan in 1984, except that Jordan led the NBA basketball craze in America, while Li Kaiming is the most important figure in Stern's plan in China. Excellent spokesperson!
So as soon as Li Kaiming entered the league, Stern told the major media to pay more attention to the Wizards' No. 1 pick.
Because Stern was afraid that Li Kaiming would not adapt to the competition of the professional league after entering the NBA.
If the season starts poorly, the limelight may be stolen by America's local rookies, especially last year's No. 1 pick Griffin, who burst onto the scene in the first game after a year's rest. After the end, he scored 20+10, aiming for the best rookie.
With his strong personal ability and the traffic blessing of being in Los Angeles, Li Kaiming's opponents look particularly strong in Stern.
But what Stern didn't expect was that after Griffin scored 20+10 in his NBA debut, the next day Li Kaiming made his season debut against a championship team like the Orlando Magic, scoring 40+ triple-double. Set many NBA records in one battle!
When Stern heard his assistant report to him about Li Kaiming's outstanding performance in his debut, even Stern, who had seen countless storms, his eyes widened, and then he couldn't help but raise his voice.
"Seize the young master?"
After the initial shock, Stern immediately became ecstatic.
Because he knows that his plan to maintain the Chinese market will not only not go bankrupt, but will set a higher goal!
In the following days, Stern asked his assistants to report to him on Li Kaiming's performance after every Wizards game.
And his reaction also went from surprise at the beginning, to no fluctuation later, and finally to numbness...
This is how Stern performed when Li Kaiming scored consecutive triple-doubles.
"What? Got another triple-double? And even won?"
When Li Kaiming scored 40 points, Stern's performance had changed.
"40 points, not bad!"
And when the Wizards lost three games in a row and Li Kaiming could only score more than 20 points and less than 30 points, Stern directly criticized him.
"This kid's performance has been a bit poor recently. He can't even score 30 points..."
It can be seen that with the development of time, Li Kaiming's status in Stern's eyes is getting higher and higher.
After all, not just anyone can be rated by the league president as "less than 30 points, average performance."
Stern's good intention to remind the major media to pay attention to the new No. 1 pick was directly defeated by Li Kaiming, because a rookie who can win the scoring title as soon as he enters the league does not need special attention from the league president. He himself is what reporters are most interested in. people.
After ESPN made a column for Li Kaiming, it gave this column a name.
[The king from the far east, he will create his own era in NbA]
tNt naturally did not fall behind. In addition to inviting several professional basketball commentators to make a TV show around Li Kaiming, which was broadcast nationwide in America, they also made a pyramid ranking on the official website. .
[tNt’s rating of this season’s rookies]
In this pyramid, in the triangle at the top of the pyramid, there is only Li Kaiming's head, while other people's names appear on the lower floors, such as Blake Griffin, John Wall, etc.
This shows that tNt, as one of the NbA's official broadcast media, has made their own rankings for this year's rookies based on their own judgment.
And looking at this picture, you can tell that in the eyes of most tNt basketball commentators, Li Kaiming is a break-up player among the 2010 rookies.
Li Kaiming is the only one, and only after that can other rookies take their turn...
Just when Li Kaiming conquered the American media and fans with his explosive performance, also on November 29, NBA announced that the 2010-2011 All-Star voting has officially begun!
And the players selected for the voting list are attached below.
Among the rookies in this class, Li Kaiming, Griffin and John Wall are among them!
This shows that in the eyes of NBA officials, the three of Li Kaiming have become All-Star reserves. As long as they can make steady progress in the next few years, it is almost certain that they will enter the All-Star game.
The news of the start of All-Star voting spread along the submarine optical cable under the ocean to the distant country of China, and immediately became the most discussed issue among Chinese fans.
Although in this era, there are still only a few people who can vote for All-Stars online, but don't underestimate the enthusiasm of Chinese fans.
If the NBA's official voting weights for China were not inconsistent with those in America, Chinese fans would have given Yao Ming a starting spot in the All-Star Game during his rookie season.
Although the votes of Chinese fans have been lowered by NBA officials, fans are still happy to vote for the All-Star. Every year when the All-Star voting starts, fans will use various methods, whether it is to apply for multiple accounts or to call friends. , just to vote for your favorite players.
In this year's All-Star voting, apart from Yao Ming, who must be chosen by Chinese fans, another name appeared in the votes of the vast majority of fans.
Li Kaiming!
This shows how popular Li Kaiming is in China!
This high level is due to many reasons, including my bloodline, personality, the brand I signed with, and even my appearance!
Although Li Kaiming is not a particularly handsome person, he is also a tough guy with sharp eyebrows and angular face. Coupled with his tall figure and muscles all over his body, he has accumulated many female fans in China.
To sum up, Li Kaiming's appearance is that of a righteous person, which makes people unable to help but shout sincerely:
Any evil will be brought to justice!
You might say that these female fans don't understand basketball, but they definitely understand men.
Although Yao Ming is well-known in China, only fans like him, and he rarely attracts Chinese people other than fans, especially women.
The emergence of Li Kaiming may have created a new way to grow fans, that is, in addition to looking at his playing ability, he can also look at his face.
What's more, Li Kaiming is the type who has both strength and good looks.
On the afternoon of November 29, the outside discussion was still heated, and the NbA schedule would not press the pause button because of this.
At 7:30 tonight, the Wizards led by Li Kaiming will have a head-to-head competition with the Miami Heat, who formed the terrifying Big Three during the offseason.
The Heat's performance at the beginning of the season was not great, and they even struggled a little.
After all, these are the real top three. Dwayne Wade, the oldest, is only 28 years old. It is completely different from the three old men in Boston who team up to realize their dreams.
The young Filipino head coach Erik Spoelstra had not found a way for the Big Three to coexist perfectly before, so the Heat lost many surprising games at the beginning of the season, such as losing to 76 in the season opener. People wait.
But as the season progresses, the power of the Heat's Big Three begins to gradually emerge.
Even though the three of them were still not fully adapted on the court, with the overwhelming lineup, the Heat gradually got out of the predicament and had reached the top five in the Eastern Conference before this game.
And tonight the Wizards will face such a team...
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