NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 252 Asia’s Top Stream

Coach Zhang was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes, and his choked voice was transmitted to every audience in front of the TV through the CCTV live broadcast.

Once upon a time, Chinese players could also stand on the highest stage of the NBA.

In the 1990s, countless players were invited to join NBA teams, but for various reasons they stayed in China and did not go out for exchanges.

It was not until 2002 that Yao Min’s joining as the No. 1 pick completely opened the country’s doors, and players began to join the NBA continuously.

Otherwise, the national team, which has been closed to the outside world and can only rely on a few international competitions to test its strength, does not know the gap between it and the world basketball now.

It is precisely because of Yao Ming’s joining the NBA and the broadcasting contracts in previous years that have broadened the fans’ horizons that more and more players have gone to the United States for special training.

It is also because of this that the domestic basketball world and fans have realized the gap between Chinese basketball and world basketball.

Especially during Yao Ming’s period in the CBA, he averaged 30 points and 20 rebounds per game, and he could play any inside line in China like cutting melons and vegetables. In international competitions, he was even more powerful and directly became the top center in Asia. With the expectations of the outside world, he participated in the NBA and was elected as the No. 1 pick.

Just when domestic fans thought that Yao Ming would definitely make great achievements in the United States like in China, the thin Yao Min suffered a Waterloo in his first career show. After several games, there was even a contempt bet from TNT legendary commentator Charles Barkley.

It is enough to see how the top Asian center is doing in the NBA. It is not as prosperous as the fans imagined. Instead, it has suffered setbacks one after another. It was not until the flag set by Feizhu was broken that he gradually regained the reputation of the No. 1 pick.

But even so, to be honest, there is still a certain gap from the fans’ expectations.

You should know that the Asian Great Wall averaged 30+20 in the CBA. It took him several seasons to adapt to the NBA. He kept gaining muscle and trained with Olajuwon… Under the Rockets’ scientific training, Yao Min didn’t get 22+10 double-doubles until the fourth season, and began to shine as the best player in Asia.

Especially at this time point, it is only the second season of Yao Min’s NBA career. He averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds in the regular season, and followed F. in the first round of the playoffs.

Yao Min, who experienced the playoffs for the first time in his career, averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds, but the probability behind this is about 45%. This is not only for Dayao, but also for the entire league’s interior. This hit rate is relatively bleak.

Dayao, who finally got a little improvement in the regular season, exposed his shortcomings in the playoffs.

This once made fans doubt the gap between Asian basketball and world basketball again!

So at the moment when Wang Song won, all the fans in front of the TV were a little bit unbelievable.

The Knicks built the team with Asian rookies as the core, and relied on Wang Song’s outstanding performance to successfully enter the finals.

At this time, Chinese fans no longer limited their vision to Asia!

They knew very well what Wang Song’s achievement meant. In the history of the entire NBA, only two Hall of Fame players had led the team to the finals in their rookie season.

One was “Lord of the Rings” Bill Russell, and the other was “Magician” Earvin Johnson.

It is worth mentioning that the two players who entered the finals, both “Lord of the Rings” and “Magician”, won the championship with the team.

Apart from these two, there has never been anyone before and after, and no player has ever achieved this achievement.

Even in the first four years of the rookie season with a rookie contract, very few people could make it to the finals. Even the goat after Jordan only led the team to the finals in the last train of the rookie contract, that is, the fourth year.

On the court, post-match interview.

Larry Brown, who was eliminated, could not refuse the bombardment from the home media again, and the long guns and short guns were aimed at the coach from the defeated Detroit.

“Mr. Brown, what is the deepest feeling of this playoff? Will you stay with the Pistons next season?”

“We can see that under your training, this Pistons team still made it to the sixth game in the Eastern Conference Finals. In the eyes of most fans, it is at least much better than the Pistons led by Coach Carlisle last year. Was this result expected by you?”

“What do you want to say about Ben Wallace? Big Ben is the influence of this system

Is this the biggest variable in the series? If Ben Wallace is replaced by O’Neal, will the Pistons’ ending be different…”

Countless questions were thrown at Larry Brown. As if he had anticipated the reporters’ reactions in advance, Larry Brown held his hands and said, “Don’t worry, everyone. Come one by one. I won’t run away.” ”

For this chaotic situation, Larry Brown tried his best to calm the emotions of the home media.

From the record alone, there is no essential difference between this Pistons and the team led by Carlisle last year. They both lost the Eastern Conference Finals.

The only difference is 4:0 and 4:2!

So this game is not an improvement over last year as the media said. Larry Brown felt it was a complete failure.

He also knew that the media’s flattery was just to make him reveal more explosive news as a gimmick to help their newspaper sales.

Ahem!

He cleared his throat and said, “Regarding the playoffs and staying in the Pistons, I want to say that I personally still want to stay in Detroit to coach the Pistons. This is just our first year. I believe that if I am given another year, this Pistons team will have a better future. ”

“And those uncontrollable things on the court are indeed my dereliction of duty as the head coach. To put it bluntly, it is not much better than Rick Carlisle, but I am confident that I will do better next season than I am now. ”

“As for Ben Wallace, Big Ben has always been a player that we don’t need to worry about, but when the series reaches the white-hot stage, let alone the players on the court, even the coaches who are watching from the sidelines are very anxious. ”

“This season, the Knicks have a completely different combat power from last season. Just like their best record in the regular season, the dominance and strategy they have shown in the playoffs are the characteristics of a championship team. ”

“Especially the Knicks rookie. To say something hurtful, if I am given the second pick, I would rather choose the Asian kid. He will get enough playing time in the Pistons. I am confident that I can coordinate his appearance with Big Ben. ”

Larry Brown’s last statement directly set off the media on the scene.

They didn’t expect Larry Brown to dare to publicly show goodwill to Wang Song, especially when Ben and the Knicks had just had a conflict. This behavior of eating from the bowl and looking at the pot was somewhat despised by the media who have always been shameless.

As for Larry Brown’s so-called ability to coordinate the relationship between Wang Song and Ben, the Detroit media were all frowning.

If you, Larry Brown, really have this magical power to turn hostility into friendship, then you should not be an NBA coach, but a UN council member.

(End of this chapter)