full court guidance

Chapter 116 The Potential Boy
The guests were two big men, one was Yao Ming, and the other was also of yellow race. He was close to 210cm tall and looked like he was playing basketball.

Sure enough, Yao Ming introduced his new friend Yi Jianlian to everyone.

James was full of curiosity, looked at Yao Ming, then at Dazhi, then at Yi Jianlian, and asked Late: "Chi, are you Chinese all big? They are all so tall!"

Late laughed: "Because we have a large population, there will always be some big ones."

Yi Jianlian's talent is visible to the naked eye, with long hands and feet, he is a good seed for playing basketball.

For his arrival, he was already prepared for being late.

Because he couldn't see Yao Ming's years of fighting, and he couldn't get a chance to rest, he came late to help Yao Ming reject the call-up of the Sri Lankan Cup, but correspondingly, he had to pay some price, and Yi Jianlian was the price.

Wang Zhizhi couldn't stand up in the NBA last season. As a result, he trained late for a summer and immediately changed drastically. Stand firm in the league.

The domestic basketball associations are not all a group of laymen. Wang Zhizhi's progress is visible to the naked eye, so they threw Yi Jianlian, who is currently young and has a lot of talent and potential, to train him even if he is late--immediately The BJ Olympics is about to come, and that is the real big event. If Yi Jianlian can make progress in a short period of time, the men's basketball team may be able to create a new record.

Yi Jianlian is very introverted, and Yao Ming hinted at him several times before he opened his mouth to greet everyone.

"This kid will be 19 years old in three or four months. He plays for Hongyuan Club in China. The higher-ups hope you can train him well and tap this kid's potential!"

After Yao Ming threw Yi Jianlian to be late, he ran to train with James and others.

Yi Jianlian looked enviously at Yao Ming talking and laughing with James and Wade, making Late sigh inwardly.

"Very envious? Then you have to change your introverted personality. Brother Yao said that if nothing happens, you will participate in the draft next year? If your personality is still as introverted as you are now, I guess it will be difficult for you to gain a firm foothold in the league. heel."

Yi Jianlian is still very young now, he couldn't hide what was on his mind, and immediately showed a little dissatisfaction. Obviously he didn't think he couldn't adapt to the NBA.

But he still said loudly: "Brother Chi, please ask me in the strictest way, I will definitely complete all the training tasks."

Late squinted his eyes and looked at his face: "Did someone teach you this sentence?"

Yi Jianlian looked a little shy: "Well, our club owner said that you have great energy, so I must listen to you."

Late patted him on the back: "We are all in a foreign country now, and we should rely on each other. Of course I won't hide anything from you, but my ugly words are up front. If you don't want to listen to me, then you should go back as soon as possible. Don't waste your time."

Yi Jianlian immediately said no, and then completed some simple projects and some basic physical tests according to the requirements of being late.

James and Wade are also watching, giving comments from time to time.

Yi Jianlian's physical fitness is the best among the four Chinese players present. Even in a place like the NBA where beasts are everywhere, he is at the upper-middle level. However, James and Wade's evaluation is--the physical fitness is average.

At this time, Yi Jianlian is 208cm tall, weighs 106KG, and has a wingspan of 220.3cm. He has a good talent visible to the naked eye, at least among the yellow race.

His jumping ability is not weak, standing long jump is 2.9M, the height of take-off jump is 343cm, and the height of running jump is 357cm. Because of the poor facilities, his jumping ability has not been fully demonstrated, and he should be able to reach higher positions.

In short, Yi Jianlian's explosive jumping ability is very good, but his speed is a bit slow, but it is enough for an inside player. James and Wade believe that if it is purely based on physical talent, he has the strength to be selected in the lottery.

But are there still few players who are selected to the NBA every year and have excellent physical fitness, but they didn't make it in the end?Can count a lot every year!

And even though Yao Ming, Late and Wang Zhizhi have established themselves in the league, there is still implicit discrimination against people of yellow race in this league. Even if Yi Jianlian's physical fitness is better than some black players, he is also at a disadvantage in the competition .

Because Yi Jianlian’s English level is very poor now, and he was late to communicate with him in Chinese, there is no need to shy away from anything. He said bluntly: “Your physical fitness is very good, at least among us yellow races. But in the NBA, you are good at There are too many beasts flying into the sky and escaping from the ground. Your physical fitness has no advantage here. I want you to let go of those unrealistic fantasies and start exercising from the basics. In addition, I must remind you that the hidden racism in the NBA has always been Existence, you have to work harder than those black players."

After all, he was late and asked Yi Jianlian again: "Do you have any positioning for your future?"

Yi Jianlian hesitated: "My agent said that I can be the core of a weak team."

When he said this, he glanced at Yao Ming, apparently taking Yao Ming's achievement as his goal.

But Yao Ming's success, in which the credit for being late is huge, is difficult to replicate.

Looking at Yi Jianlian's eyes, he knew that this kid's problem was not easy to deal with when he was late. He entered the professional basketball league at the age of 15 and became the youngest MVP in domestic history. His basketball career was too smooth.

In addition to the three Chinese players currently playing in the NBA, two of them are superstars, and Wang Zhizhi has also become a "giant" of the Cavaliers under the praise of the domestic media, so Yi Jianlian has a certainty about his own strength. wrong judgment.

Thinking of this, Late immediately had an idea, and beckoned Wang Zhizhi over: "Brother Big Zhi, you follow the boy to play tricks and see how his level is."

"Okay!" Wang Zhizhi immediately interrupted the ongoing shooting training, and ran over with a simple and honest smile on his face, but he couldn't hide the banter hidden in his eyes.

In front of several seniors, Yi Jianlian had no right to refuse at all, and then he was severely taught by Wang Zhizhi.

On the defensive end, he couldn't defend against Wang Zhizhi's nimble footsteps, and on the offensive end, he couldn't get rid of Wang Zhizhi's tight defense. After being beaten 3:10 three times, Yi Jianlian was panting heavily, feeling that he had been hit hard.

Wang Zhizhi looked very relaxed, as if he was just doing a simple warm-up exercise, put the basketball aside, and said with a smile: "It's not bad, if it is in China, there are few people who can compare with him."

The implication is that in the NBA, his level is far from enough.

Yi Jianlian didn't believe it, and said, "Brother Wang, you are a superstar, bullying me is no good."

"Me?" Wang Zhizhi pointed to his nose, and looked at Yao Ming and Late in disbelief, "Have you heard that, since some people say that I am a superstar, I really don't know whether to cry or laugh. Is he mocking me?"

Yi Jianlian didn't realize that Wang Zhizhi was joking, and immediately added: "I'm not mocking you, that's what the domestic media say."

Wang Zhizhi knew what he was capable of, shook his head and said, "Boy, you are still young, don't let others lead you by the nose, you don't know the virtues of the media, they can blow me hard, it's because I wish I didn't die fast enough .”

"Eh? Why?"

Wang Zhizhi's eyes were sour, and he almost shed tears.

The experience of struggling to survive in the league in the past few years was like a nightmare for him, and it also became an important reason for spurring him to train hard.

"I think you should be clear. A few years ago when I was in the NBA, no team was willing to take me. If it wasn't for Brother Chi's help, I might have returned to China in despair. To be honest, with your current level, in There are a lot of people in the NBA who are stronger than you, and you may not even know their names. Compared with Wade and James who train over there, you may never be able to catch up with them."

Yi Jianlian was young and energetic, and said unconvinced: "Everyone is human, why can't I compare with them?"

Wang Zhizhi laughed, and patted Yi Jianlian's shoulder hard: "Very good, just have this momentum, remember what you said yourself, you must work hard during training, and listen to your brother Chi, as good as he is. I don't need to tell you, just me, a trash player who almost can't play, can gain a firm foothold in the league after only one summer of training. You are younger than me and have greater potential than me. As long as you If you are willing to listen to him, your achievements will definitely be much higher than mine."

Wang Zhizhi's words can be said to come from the heart, but Yi Jianlian, whose basketball career has been very smooth so far, doesn't feel very deeply, it's just because of his youthful vigor.

Late is very willing to help Yi Jianlian, the first thing to do is to reverse his mind!

Now Yi Jianlian is actually in a very contradictory state. He is full of confidence in himself and thinks that he can easily gain a foothold in the league, but at the same time, his reason tells him that the competition in the NBA is very fierce, and he must train hard. .

In fact, in the original history, Yi Jianlian was not without opportunities. The Bucks gave him a lot of playing time in his rookie season, but unfortunately he was limited by his level. The existence of implicit discrimination caused him to quickly lose the trust of the Bucks and was traded to the Nets.

The Nets were at the peak of the Trident era. Yi Jianlian improved a lot playing there, but unfortunately he was injured!
So he was quickly kicked out again and joined the Washington Wizards.

It is precisely because of this experience of wandering in the NBA that he trained very hard after returning to the CBA. Even if he turned into a [-]-year-old man, he is still the strongest professional basketball player in China.

(End of this chapter)