Guoshu basketball

Chapter 325 He is not Chinese
In the current Warriors team, Li Du, Yao Ming and Curry are definitely not replaceable. They are the core players of the Warriors' tactics. With Livingston in the bench lineup, Yao Ming's replacement is finally available. , the rest is to find excellent outside players.

The United States is a country where talented outsiders gather, and Li Du and Curry are enough to support the Warriors' outsiders, so there is no need to worry about finding outsiders.However, Old Nelson still chose a relatively good outside line for Li Du during the draft. What surprised Li Du even more was that this person was also of Chinese descent!

Jeremy Lin, an excellent student who graduated from Harvard University, did not enter the finance, high-tech companies and other industries after graduation, but chose to join the NBA as an undrafted player.This choice itself was very strange, and since they were all Chinese, after Li Du heard the news, he still decided to meet him.

Old Nelson seemed to know what Li Du was thinking, and arranged for the two to meet on the second day after signing with Jeremy Lin.

After this meeting, Li Du shook his head secretly. This Harvard graduate is from Taiwan. Although he has a pure Chinese blood in his body, he is no longer Chinese.

During the conversation between the two, Jeremy Lin has been using English, and he can hardly speak Chinese, and he is a devout Christian. When Li Du asked him why he chose to join the NBA, his answer turned out to be: "This It's God's arrangement, and I'm playing for God."

Such an answer, if it were a foreigner with fair skin and blue eyes, Li Du would think it was normal, but he always felt awkward when a Chinese with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair told him so.

Seeing Jeremy Lin, Li Du really understood why his master had strictly required him to learn elementary school since he was a child, and he must speak Chinese at home.All this is because of cultural heritage!Only when a person recognizes and is familiar with Chinese culture, he is Chinese, otherwise it is like this one.His parents are both Chinese, and he also has pure Chinese blood, but culturally, he can't even speak Chinese, so he is actually an American, not a Chinese!

After Jeremy Lin left, Li Du sat in the arena thinking for a long time before driving back home, and then posted this sentence on his social platform, still written in Chinese: "The princes use barbarian etiquette to barbarian people If barbarians enter China, then China will come."

This sentence is the thinking of the ancient Chinese people, which means: even the princes officially canonized by the emperor, if they use the cultural system of other nations, even the princes will be regarded as foreigners, not the Chinese nation.Conversely, even if other people who are not Chinese themselves, if they recognize and use the Chinese cultural system, they are considered to be part of the Chinese nation.

Li Du said this out of emotion, and when he said it, he was actually lamenting the difficulties of Chinese living overseas.Chinese working overseas are living in a foreign country, and they also have two roads in front of them: one is to integrate into the life of a foreign country, and the other is to stick to their own traditions and culture and refuse to integrate into foreign countries.

People who choose the former path, such as Jeremy Lin and others, will find it easier to live abroad. After all, after integrating into the culture and life of the local people, they will seldom suffer from racial discrimination.But the result of this is that they are of Chinese blood, but they are no longer Chinese.

Those who choose the latter path, like Li Du's master Shang Yun and other older generation boxers, after they came to the land of other nations, they stubbornly stick to their own culture and heritage, and are resolutely unwilling to integrate into foreign countries.As a result, Chinese people have been repeatedly discriminated against overseas. This is a barrier between people caused by cultural barriers, which cannot be eliminated.That's why there is a Chinatown, and that's why there are so many associations and gangs born.

There is no difference between these two choices, let alone right or wrong. This is a different choice for each person, but this choice makes people helpless.

Many people are staring at Li Du's current social platform at any time. Just after he posted that sentence, his CCTV reporter friend Yang Yijia called and asked, "Xiao Du, why are you so emotional? What happened?"

Before Li Du could answer, the well-informed Yang Yijia asked again: "I heard that you have signed another Chinese man named... Jeremy Lin, right? What do you think of him?"

Li Du smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Yang, in fact, the answers to all your questions are the same. Jeremy Lin is indeed of Chinese descent, but he is not Chinese! This is what I feel sorry for. It is not easy for us overseas Chinese to survive!"

Then, Li Du told Yang Yijia about Jeremy Lin in detail from the beginning to the end, and finally sighed: "He has Chinese blood, but he can't even speak Chinese. It's hard to say that such a person is Chinese!"

Yang Yijia nodded. Although China now does not have the strict concept of cultural recognition as in ancient times, the concept of cultural recognition has penetrated into the bones of every Chinese. A person who cannot speak Chinese, even if he has Chinese blood, can It is difficult to recognize that he is Chinese.

After thinking about it, Yang Yijia said, "At first I thought that another Chinese would join the Warriors, and the Warriors would completely become the home team of our Chinese fans. I wanted to report on it, but now it seems that there is no need."

"Don't!" Li Du hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Yang, let's mention it a little bit. The so-called don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, his parents are Chinese after all, I hope he can get back after he becomes famous in China. It belongs to our own culture. I believe that as long as he is willing to learn, he can come back easily, after all, his parents are both authentic Chinese."

"Okay, but he doesn't have much fame and record now, so I can only briefly mention it." Yang Yijia sighed, and then asked, "Xiao Du, what do you think of his strength?"

Li Du smiled and commented objectively: "He works very hard, his physical condition is good, and his playing habits are not bad. I believe he will be a very qualified substitute player in the future. If he works hard enough, he has a great chance to become a basketball player." The sixth man on the team."

"Well..." Yang Yijia was a little disappointed: "That is to say, he can be regarded as above-average among NBA guards at best."

Li Du smiled and said: "Be content, look at the domestic outsiders, how many are better than him? Their physical talent is much better than Jeremy Lin! The only domestic player who can really make a name for himself in the NBA is Brother Yao. .”

Speaking of Yao Ming, Li Du couldn't help thinking of the Turkey World Championships. Tomorrow is the first match of the Chinese team in the knockout round. They will face the traditional strong team Lithuania. I don't know if they can win...

(End of this chapter)