This Forward is Not Serious

On this day, Lin Ying and Handy were training. The Nuggets general manager Walken Dean, head coach George Karl, and McConaughey all came.

The mighty killing of this group of people caught them off guard.

After Lin Ying finished training, they dragged Lin Ying to chat on the sidelines.

"The Chinese Basketball Association communicated with us not long ago, saying that it hopes you can represent the Chinese national team in the Asian Men's Basketball Championship. I wonder if you have any thoughts on this personally?"

Lin Ying fell into deep thought after listening to Walken Dean.

In the Asian Championships, Yao Ming asked him this question once.

He said it would take time to think about it.

Later, because Jonas temporarily called him into the national first team to play in the summer league, he temporarily forgot about it.

I didn't expect someone to bring it up again this time, and it was still the Nuggets!

And looking at the posture, he should want him to fight.

"We respect your personal wishes. If you want to train, we will reject the Chinese Basketball Association. If you want, we also support it."

What Walkendian said next was very similar to what Yao Ming said at the beginning, and both gave Lin Ying plenty of options.

In fact, from the day of signing, no, more precisely, from the draft, the Nuggets have shown full attention and respect to him.

They treated Lin Ying like Yao Ming!

This is not surprising, and it may even be different from what many people think. The Bucks treated Yi Jianlian in the same way at the beginning.

Promise the starting commitment, give stable playing time, and even equip professional assistant coaches.

That assistant coach is now O'Connor, who was poached by the Bucks for Yi Jianlian in September in history.

It's just that Yi Jianlian was not very lucky. He was injured when he won the best rookie of the month in December, and he was injured just when he was a little bit training, which led to the subsequent domino effect.

Lin Ying was thinking.

When Yao Ming asked him, he wasn't sure if the team that drafted him would agree to let him go.

Now the home team is completely open, so he needs to think about it himself.

His mind was analyzing the pros and cons.

benefit:

1. Use competition as a substitute for training.

The intensity of the Asian Championships is not low.

The competition intensity referred to here does not refer to the competition intensity.

Just like the Chinese men's basketball team played against other teams in the summer league before, it was completely suppressed physically and in rotation, which is called the intensity of the game.

The Asian Championships are about fighting for the country, not fighting for physical talent like the summer league, but fighting for skills and tactics, execution, psychological quality, and even small movements, etc. This is called competition intensity.

Or it can be understood straightforwardly that this is the adult version of the crazy three games.

Using this kind of competition to boost training, his improvement will be as fast as before.

2. Accumulate popularity

Duffy showed him all the quotations from sneaker manufacturers. Although there were many, the quotations were actually not high.

There are many reasons, but the most fundamental one is that he is not popular enough now.

It took more than ten years for the NBA to have a fan base in China.

Just relying on one NCAA "Crazy Three", his popularity in China is still limited.

And the fans of this Asian Championship team know that they are not very strong, so they don't have high expectations.

The Basketball Association has no performance requirements. Yao Ming talked about the semi-finals, but it is not easy to see the semi-finals from the perspective of the group.

If he can lead the team to achieve some unexpected results in the Asian Championships, such as reaching the finals or even winning the championship.

Counting the previous summer league, a two-pronged approach will definitely boost their popularity.

Third, add qualifications.

This is easy to understand.

It is obviously not enough to play the summer league with the national team before.

This Asian Championship is an excellent opportunity to accept the "Certificate of Voting".

harm:

Just one, could hurt.

For others, he can bring Handy to China, which doesn't mean that he can't train by himself when he plays for the national team.

"Am I going alone?"

Lin Ying did not give an answer immediately after the analysis, but asked.

He was very professional in asking this question.

This is actually asking who the Nuggets will arrange for him to go with.

If you can have an NBA-level team doctor with you, then this problem is relatively less of a problem.

If you dare not play with the team doctor, then simply stop playing basketball, you may get injured even during training.

"Of course not, we will send a team to China with you."

"a team?"

Lin Ying was a little surprised, so there's no need to be so exaggerated.

"Yes, we will arrange a team doctor, a nutritionist, and..."

"I'll go with you."

Before Walkendin could finish speaking, Carl took over.

"ah?"

Lin Ying was immediately startled.

This head coach also went to the Asian Championships with him? !

Even the coaching staff attaches great importance to it. At most, O'Connor will follow. I didn't expect you, old Karl...

"I just want to visit China."

Carl didn't explain much.

Because what he thinks only he knows.

To be honest, Lin Ying's performance in the Summer League gave him quite a few surprises.

The summer league is low-level and low-level, but many of them are adult players, and even if they are not, there are also many sophomores.

But Lin Ying's performance was quite good. After watching it, he even had the idea of ​​arranging tactics for him alone.

Here I have to mention a knowledge point that Yao Ming mentioned before: the power of NBA coaches is far less than that of NCAA.

So you will see many times when the stars and coaches in the team quarrel publicly, and in the end, the coach is likely to pack up and leave.

This is also easy to understand. The NBA is a business league, and it is the superstars who help the bosses make a lot of money.

Coaches can be changed, but superstars can't just be changed.

So in many cases, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, and the management will stand on the side of the superstars.

And it just so happens that the Nuggets have one, no, two superstars who take possession of the ball very much.

So Karl wants to arrange for others, he is still a rookie tactic, he must be cautious.

At least, he had to make sure that Lin Ying was worth it, and that it would be good for the team.

How to be sure?

Naturally, we should look at Lin Ying's performance through more actual combat.

The Asian Championships in front of us is a great opportunity to see Lin Ying's ability to lead the team.

"Lin, don't feel pressured, if you choose to go, we all support you!"

Walkendian repeated what he had said before.

Don't think he's enthusiastic, it's really... There's no way he can't be enthusiastic!

There was an internal meeting just before management decided to arrange for them to come.

A new phenomenon mentioned in it is that several companies in China have already sought cooperation with the Nuggets!

The reason, of course, was Lin Ying's outstanding performance in the summer league before!

Just like those sneaker manufacturers, domestic companies were cautious at the beginning.

But again, with Summer League over, they are now first come, first served!

Therefore, it is not normal for Walken Dean to be unenthusiastic!

The Chinese market has not yet been formally developed, so there are so many benefits.

When it is officially developed, wouldn't it make a lot of money? !

Glancing at Walken Dean, then at Carl, Lin Ying finally nodded.

In fact, when Yao Ming asked him, he was worried that the development of things would be like that written in a certain novel:

The team didn't agree with him to go, and the basketball association forced him to go, and finally there was a lot of trouble, commonly known as: basketball palace fight.

But now it seems that this era is still a little different.

And he suddenly remembered the old Chinese doctor Auden mentioned.

Although Oden still underwent surgery as in history, it is said that his recovery will be faster than expected.

Then Auden recommended the old Chinese medicine doctor to him again.

If it was really that powerful, it might be his insurance.

Even in the end, this wave can be regarded as the coincidence of the three parties!

The Basketball Association hopes that he will go to the Asian Championships to train and increase his qualifications. The Nuggets also hope that he will train and improve the influence of the Nuggets. He himself also intends to improve his strength through the Asian Championships. And popularity!

This Asian Championships, really have to go to a wave.

If it goes well, with a wave of prestige and popularity, maybe the sneaker contract will follow suit!

...

Two days after agreeing to the management of the Nuggets, Lin Ying set off for home.

In addition to the team assigned to him by the Nuggets, he also has Duffy and Phil Handy on his side.

This is really a large group of people. Those who didn't know thought they were out to fight.

When the plane entered China's airspace, Lin Ying's mood was a bit complicated.

It has been two years since he traveled through time, because he has to train and his parents are away, he hasn't returned to China yet.

I didn't feel much before, but when I really want to set foot on my homeland again, the feeling suddenly becomes very strong.

This is probably the blood in his bones!

The plane landed at Ningbo Lishe International Airport, and O'Connor took them all the way out.

Speaking of which, he also worked for the CBA club before, and he is an out-and-out China hand.

Then they came out from the exit, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Lin Ying, in particular, was dumbfounded.

Because there were almost two hundred people waiting for them outside holding a sign, and most of them... were women!

In the summer, everyone dressed coolly, and the scene was a little turbulent.

"Is there another celebrity named Lin Ying coming today?"

Lin Ying's first reaction was this.

It was real because he remembered something like this had happened before.

An academician of the Academy of Sciences named Zhang Jie got off the plane and saw a group of people holding up his name plate, thinking that they were welcoming him, only to find out that they were welcoming the singer Zhang Jie.

What do women like, stars!

Although he has time-traveled, but there are so many stars, how could he remember every one of them.

He was really afraid of misunderstanding and embarrassment.

But O'Connor walked over, because he saw an old acquaintance over there.

Ah Dijiang, the assistant coach of the national team, is also the head coach of this men's basketball team.

Lin Ying walked over, and the girls holding signs suddenly became excited.

He was a little overwhelmed all of a sudden.

What the hell is going on here?

"Lin, do you want to go over and sign autographs for them?"

After O'Connor had a face-to-face meeting with Ah Tijiang and introduced everyone on both sides to each other, he turned to ask Lin Ying.

That means if not, they just left the airport in a car.

Lin Ying nodded.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he knew the importance of fans.

Especially the experience of the University of Texas in the past year, without the crazy support of the fans, they may not be able to go to the end.

And he also remembered what Kobe said when he was asked by a reporter why he played with an injury:

You don't know how much the fans pay to watch your game, and it may even be the only chance in their life for some of them. You can't let them down.

So he still has to be responsible to the fans.

As long as it's not as crazy as it was when I was watching the Bulls in Austin.

Lin Ying went over to sign autographs for those fans, and then took a group photo.

"He's very popular with girls."

Carl couldn't help but said while looking at the scene in front of him.

"Handsome guy, don't all the little girls like this now?"

O'Connor on the side translated it once, and Ah Ti Jiang said with a wry smile after understanding.

You may not believe it, but the most popular men's basketball team he leads is not the most potential Yi Li, nor the most powerful Zhang Kai, but the most handsome Yang Ming.

No way, this is the current mainstream of society.

What is the hottest in this era? Idol drama!

Not to mention how popular "Meteor Garden" was in 2001.

As far as basketball is concerned, "Basketball Fire" and "Slam Dunk" are both works in 2008.

So it's not normal for good-looking basketball players to be frantically sought after at this time.

Yi Jianlian's popularity exploded when he entered the NBA, partly because of his good looks.

Sunny and handsome, these four words were almost bound to Ah Lian back then.

Lin Ying's words are good-looking and cool, it's strange that no women like them.

At this moment, there was a burst of crazy screams from the crowd.

Ah Dijiang and Karl looked over nervously, and then they realized...

Amount, what's the situation?

Lin Ying's head was directly pressed into the chest by a woman with big waves? ?