In Houston, Texas, a Rockets scout is reporting to the general manager about his recent visits to the NCAA.
"Yao's compatriots appeared in the NACC?" To say which team in the NBA pays the most attention to Chinese players, it must be the Houston Rockets.
And it all stems from one person, the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft and the No. 1 player in Chinese basketball, Yao Ming.
Before Yao Ming joined the Rockets, the Rockets' annual income was almost at the bottom of the league. But after the Rockets chose Yao Ming, the Rockets' annual income has increased every year, reaching a maximum of 160 million.
In addition to annual revenue, the Rockets' market value has also skyrocketed, approaching US$500 million. You know, the Rockets owner only spent more than US$80 million when acquiring the team.
The summary is: Yao Ming is too good.
It is precisely because of knowing the value of Yao Ming that the Rockets pay special attention to Chinese players. They are eager to find the second Yao Ming, but the second Yao Ming is not so easy to find. After all, looking at the entire world of basketball, Yao Ming's talent also belongs to the top of the pyramid. The presence.
"Two games? 18 minutes? Averaged 9 points per game. What the hell is this?" Seeing the report handed over by the scouts, the Rockets general manager was a little confused, because Li Hao's information was so good.
"Before the Sweet Sixteen of March Madness, this Chinese player had never played for the UCLA Bruins," the scout explained.
"Accurate three-pointers, broad passing vision" Although Li Hao has few games, an excellent scout can still see the advantages of Li Hao.
"This is a video of the Chinese player's game. Does the manager need to see it?" The scout was very well prepared.
"Have a look." The general manager did not refuse.
Every year, "March Madness" attracts more attention than the NBA to a certain extent, and the NCAA is the NBA's talent pool, so every year the NCAA attracts scouts from many teams.
So the Rockets are definitely not the only ones paying attention to Li Hao at this moment, but the Rockets pay special attention to Chinese players because of Yao Ming. After all, Yao Ming has brought too much to the Rockets.
However, in the current NBA, only Yao Ming can bring so many dividends to the team. In the final analysis, sports competition still depends on strength. This has also been confirmed by Chinese players other than Yao Ming.
Yi Jianlian, Battelle, Wang Zhizhi, Sun Yue and many others have also played in the NBA, but except for Yi Jianlian, others are basically water cooler guardians and cannot bring real delicious knives to the team.
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"Li, what are your plans next?" Zach LaVine asked Li Hao in the dormitory of UCLA University.
One day has passed since the end of the Elite Eight. The players of the UCLA Bruins have returned to Los Angeles from Memphis, and everyone has also moved on from defeat.
"What about you?" Li Hao asked without answering.
"I'm preparing to participate in this year's draft." LaVine has signed with an agent, and the agent is already working on LaVine's participation in the draft.
LaVine, who just ended, basically played as the sixth man, and his performance was remarkable. Furthermore, LaVine, who was born in 1995, can be very young, and youth represents potential.
"I'm also preparing to participate in the draft," Li Hao said.
On the plane back to Los Angeles from Memphis last night, the team's head coach Alford took the initiative to find Li Hao. He hoped that Li Hao could stay in school for another year and guaranteed Li Hao's starting position next season.
Alford also analyzed Li Hao. Although Li Hao performed amazingly in only two games and only played 18 minutes in total, he would probably lose the draft if he really wanted to participate. After all, Li Hao's playing time was too short.
But if he plays for another year, as long as Li Hao can maintain stable performance, he can definitely reach the first round. Li Hao, who was born on August 8, 1995, is also young and can definitely play for another year in college.
Alford had no choice but to look for Li Hao so eagerly. As the team's head coach, he already knew that several members of the team had already decided to participate in this year's draft.
And according to the latest reports, the UCLA Bruins have three people who can enter the first round and one person who can enter the second round, and there is no Li Hao among them.
UCLA is a strong old team in the NCAA and the team with the most championships in the history of the NCAA. However, the last time UCLA won the championship was 20 years ago. Furthermore, UCLA did not do a good job in welcoming freshmen this year.
Alford can only place his hope on the current players. Alford only coached UCLA last year. Although he has not restored his former glory, his performance in entering the Elite Eight has been very good.
This will also give the school and fans more expectations for the coming year, but with several key players leaving the team to participate in the draft and freshmen recruitment not being done well, Alford has to worry about next season's results.
Li Hao did not immediately agree to the head coach's promise. Although Li Hao was a little moved, after all, based on his performance in those 18 minutes, Li Hao wanted to directly participate in the draft and advance. Not only that, he could not see it.
But there was a very urgent problem that Li Hao needed to solve, that is, he had no money. For this reason, Li Hao cursed the dog system that brought him here more than once.
Yes, Li Hao does not belong here, he comes from the future. All of this starts with a game, and people who like basketball must know this game, that is the shitty 2K.
Li Hao is a PC player of NBA2K. Although the sales of the PC game are not bad, it is far less profitable than the console version because there are too many cheating methods on the PC side. Because of this, 2K has not paid much attention to the PC game. Generations has been out for more than a few years and has not yet been ported to PC.
Since you don't pay attention to it, why should I tolerate it? So Li Hao decided not to buy the genuine version before the game was ported to the next generation and to play pirated versions.
Then something happened. The Internet is a place of crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and Li Hao met a great master. Based on 2K, he not only changed a lot of things, but also added a lot of his own things.
When Li Hao got the game resources from the master, it was as high as 250G, which was really unaffordable for ordinary hard drives. Fortunately, Li Hao had added a hard drive to his computer before.
Download, install, and then start the game. 2K has several ways to play, but Li Hao only plays MC mode, so after entering the game, Li Hao directly clicks on MC mode.
Name: Li Hao
Nationality: Chinese
Position: Point guard
Dominant hand: right
Height: 195 (bare feet)
2K has a limit on the height of the point guard. He is too tall to carry a dribbling bag. As for being shorter, Li Hao is not willing. Although 2K has many weird models, Li Hao is not willing to do this. Do.
In the game, 170 can still kill everyone, but in reality, that is almost impossible. Li Hao is playing with a sense of substitution, so naturally it must be built according to reality. Thanks to Li Hao for doing this, otherwise a 170-meter-high soul wear, then He would probably cry to death.
