The yellow storm in the NBA

After the game, Yao Ming invited Quan Xiao to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Phoenix. During the dinner, he shared a lot of his experiences and understanding of the game with Quan Xiao.

At the same time, he also expressed his ardent hope for Quan Xiao, encouraging Quan Xiao to play hard and strive to enter the NBA, because there are too few Chinese people in the NBA, not to mention Chinese people, even yellow people.

Quan Xiao respects Yao Ming from the bottom of his heart. He is a person who sincerely devotes himself to the cause of Chinese basketball. In his previous life, as long as he could play, Yao Ming almost never missed a national team game, even in some insignificant warm-up matches.

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These inconsequential games further aggravated Yao Ming's physical fatigue and greatly increased the chance of injury, which ultimately led to his retirement at an age that should have been at his peak.

This cannot but be said to be a huge regret, both for Yao Ming himself, the Chinese national team, and the majority of basketball fans.

Quan Xiao originally wanted to talk to Yao Ming and let him participate in less irrelevant games, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything.

Based on his understanding of Yao Ming, unless he is really injured and unable to play, there is absolutely nothing that can stop him from serving his country.

Instead of persuading Yao Ming to participate in fewer games, it is better to grow up as soon as possible and join the national team to share some of the burden for him and extend his sports career as much as possible!

This game allowed more people to see Quan Xiao's strength and potential. He had a certain reputation in Texas before, but now he has begun to have a certain reputation in the United States. This is also due to this game.

of outstanding performance.

After the game, T*NT Sports reported the game in detail with the title "Longhorn Twins Shine, Southern California Fights Out".

It emphasized Quan Xiao's performance in this game. The article pointed out that the Longhorns were not originally among the teams to win this year. Although they have Kevin Durant, the No. 1 pick, he alone cannot lead this team.

One team went too far.

The previous prediction for the Longhorns was that they would be close to the second round, and if they were lucky, they might be able to reach the top 16, but now T*NT has changed its expectations for the Longhorns and believes that this team already has the strength of the semi-finals.

If you perform well, winning the championship is not impossible. After all, the NCAA implements a single-elimination system, which makes the game full of unknowns and excitement.

ESPN and Sports Illustrated also expressed similar views and opinions. In short, they have raised their expectations for the University of Texas.

Quan Xiao's shooting and defense had impressed them deeply before, and they believed that if Quan Xiao participated in this year's draft, his pick would probably not be lower than the 20th pick.

With this game, Quan Xiao's ball-handling offense was also displayed, and the "Dallas Morning News" even believed that Quan Xiao was enough to enter the lottery.

Coupled with the additional commercial value brought by Chinese players, if you meet a manager who is willing to give it a try, it is not impossible to be in the top five. After all, there are only two favorites for the No. 1 pick this year, and the others are still far behind these two.

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The "Houston Chronicle" also pays some attention to Quan Xiao because he is from China. The Rockets have a first-round pick this year, and judging from this year's results, it should be at the end of the first round.

If Quan Xiao declares to participate in the draft this year, the Rockets plan to use this late first-round pick to select Quan Xiao to form China's YQ combination.

However, after this game, the "Houston Chronicle" believed that it was no longer possible to select Quan Xiao at the end of the first round, and at least he had to be selected in the lottery.

In the latest draft prediction list released by "SLAM" magazine, Quan Xiao is predicted to be selected with the 9th overall pick.

On this prediction list, the top 14 are Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, George Noah, Mike Conley, Al Horford, Roy Hibbert, Corey Brewer,

Jeff Green, Quan Xiao, Brandon White, Aaron Afflalo, McRoberts, Asilao and Yi Jianlian.

The authoritative American draft website NBADraft.

Webmaster Alan Smith wrote an article saying: If Quan Xiao participates in this year's draft, he will definitely be selected in the top ten.

Before this kid from China had not yet demonstrated his ball-handling offense, his excellent running and shooting abilities as well as his elite defensive ability were enough to ensure that he would be selected in the latter part of the first round.

And after this game, his ranking will definitely be

It will soar. This is the direct change that offense with the ball brings to him. Draftexpress, another authoritative American draft website, holds a similar view to Alan Smith and also believes that Quan Xiao will be selected in the top ten picks if he participates in the draft.

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"Quan Xiao is the new hope of our Chinese basketball. Although I have never seen him play live before, I have watched many of his games through live TV. His shooting has left a deep impression on me before. I

I've never seen another player with as good a shooting talent as he does."

Yao Ming, who watched the game, said in an interview, "And he also has above-average defense. He gave me another surprise in today's game. I wish my little brother the best and hope to be able to compete with him in the NBA as soon as possible."

Encounter."

"Maybe we still underestimate his potential. I think he has the genes to become an excellent point guard. Maybe his scoring ability masks his organizational ability to a certain extent, but believe me, this guy can definitely become an excellent point guard.

Point guard." Nash said in an interview with reporters.

"He has always been an amazing player, and his biggest attribute is that he improves himself every game."

"His learning ability surprised our coaching staff. Although he was good in singles when he first joined the team, he didn't know how to fully display his strength in the game. Later, he showed up in every practice match and

I kept learning and changing during the game, and then I performed like this in today’s game.”

Coach Barnes said in an interview after the game, “And he will attack with the ball from the beginning, but our coaching staff felt that he should lay a solid foundation first, so we asked him to focus more on the defensive end.

The most important thing is that offensively, Kevin can handle most of his opponents by himself."

"It's all my brother. He already has such strength. You have to know that I train him every day. Man, to be honest, it's lucky that this guy is my teammate. Otherwise, I would still have a headache how to face him. Now.

Let other teams have a headache! Our goal this year is to win the championship!" Kevin Durant issued a championship declaration during the interview.

These interviews brought Quan Xiao visibility to a certain extent, making Quan Xiao's popularity more and more popular. And this game made other opponents pay more and more attention to the Longhorns. If they want to go further, the Longhorns need to

Do better.