Chapter 968: The Korean Basketball Association's heavy punch
The Seoul Roses would never have imagined that one day, the team would sign Kaede Rukawa, a king-level player in the Japanese league.
Maybe it's Rukawa Kaede's grandmother's "assist", maybe Rukawa Kaede likes to challenge new things, or maybe the electronic team's "AFC Champions League abandonment" incident really hurt Sakuragi's heart, anyway, Rukawa Kaede wants to leave.
After returning to South Korea, perhaps I can get along with my "grandson" Rukawa Kaede for a long time, my grandmother's condition has improved to a great extent, and with Katori's careful care, my grandmother's blood sugar is steadily rising, and her body is getting better and better~~
This may also be what Rukawa Kaede wants to see the most, and it is also one of the major purposes for him to return here.
The wish off the field is satisfied, and the Rukawa Kaede on the field is still thriving, although the environment has changed, but the Rukawa Kaede is still the Rukawa Kaede who is completely zero grade with other players~~
Under the leadership of Rukawa Kaede and a group of South Korean national team players, the Roses not only ranked first in the record, but also ranked first in the league in points per game, rebounds per game, assists per game, fast-break points per game, and limited opponent shooting percentage per game.
Only one is at the bottom of the list: points conceded per game.
However, the most important and most important goal of Rukawa Kaede is still the "AFC Champions League".
Last season in the electronic team, Rukawa Kaede's AFC Champions League journey could not be regarded as a failure, because the team's tactical abandonment made everyone not know what would happen to such a team that created a dynasty in the JBA if it really fought hard in the AFC Champions League~~
Although the two encounters between the electronic team and the rose team in the group stage last season were the electronic team taking the lead, but as mentioned before, the reason why the electronic team won was because Rukawa Kaede was in the team, and Rukawa Kaede controlled the balance of the scale.
Which side Rukawa Kaede is on, which side will achieve an overwhelming advantage, there is no doubt ~~
But now, it seems that there is nothing to be nervous about for the Roses, after all, the group stage draw for the AFC Champions League has not yet begun, and it is unknown what will happen to the Roses, and the Roses team can only do their best~~
Seeing such a dazzling performance of Rukawa Kaede and seeing him and the Korean national team players working together on the court also made the Korean Basketball Association ready to move, and the "idea" from a few years ago once again came to mind.
Specifically, it is the "idea" of the Korean Basketball Association more than ten years ago, when Rukawa Kaede was still studying in South Korea.
At that time, Rukawa Kaede had already joined the Japanese nationality, but this did not mean that Rukawa Kaede could not represent the Korean team, because half of his Korean blood could be more logically "naturalized".
And in the eyes of the Korean Basketball Association, naturalizing Ruchuan Kaede is not only to enhance the strength of the Korean national team, but also a process of "eliminating one and the other".
Just like today's Electronics Team and the Rose Team, whether there is Rukawa Kaede or not is completely two situations~~
Therefore, the Korean Basketball Association's idea of "naturalizing" Rukawa Kaede has never stopped~~
In their eyes, naturalizing Rukawa Kaede is equivalent to defeating the Japanese team.
Because I didn't know how many seasons Rukawa Kaede would stay in the Roses, the Korean Basketball Association also accelerated the pace of naturalization~~
"We don't just hope that Rukawa Kaede can play for the Roses, we also hope that he can represent the whole of South Korea, you and I have seen how much Rukawa Kaede will change with the arrival of Rukawa Kaede, if our existing members of the national team, plus Rukawa Kaede, it is definitely not a problem to beat the Japanese team, and even I think there is a chance to fight against the Chinese team~!!"
The Korean Basketball Association told the Roses top brass about this idea.
"No problem, if Rukawa Kaede can really join the Korean national team, then he may stay in Seoul forever, and we also hope that this kind of thing will be settled as soon as possible~!!!I will arrange time for you to meet~!!"
The Roses' hierarchy seems to be in agreement.
Soon, the senior personnel of the Korean Basketball Association and Rukawa Kaede completed the meeting.
"I haven't thought about such a thing, and now my attention is not there~~"
However, for the warm invitation of the Korean Basketball Association, Rukawa Kaede doesn't seem to be too interested~~
After all, at the level of the national team, even when I was in Japan before, the Japanese team assembled every offseason, Rukawa Kaede was often absent for some reason, perhaps because of the fatigue of the season, so that Rukawa Kaede didn't want to play too many games in the offseason, Rukawa Kaede still hopes to have more time to spend with her grandmother and recover her physical fitness~!!
"But Rukawa Kaede, I think with your ability, you won't just want to show yourself on the Asian stage~!!, If you want to go out of Asia and join a top Asian national team, it's the best choice~!!"
However, officials of the Korean Basketball Association do not seem to want to give up and continue to persuade them.
"Oh~??"
And the previous words have already made Rukawa Kaede interest~~
"Yes, we can build the strongest team in Asia, we can win the Asian Championships, and if we win the championship, we can go to the Olympics, which is the Olympics every four years~!! That's the dream of many basketball people, when you come to the Olympic Games, you will have the opportunity to compete with the players of the strongest national team in the world, although the gap between our strength and the opponent may be obvious, but I believe that this will not affect your own performance, you know, there are many overseas players, are excellent performance in international competitions, selected by the NBA team~!! Of course, if you're lucky, maybe you'll be in a group with Team USA, imagine you going to play with those NBA superstars, the feeling of competing on the same court, I think you'll love it~!!"
The words of the high-level people can be heard by Rukawa Kaede.
Perhaps in Rukawa Kaede's heart, the NBA has always been a dream.
"Who can win for sure~??"
Rukawa Kaede still asked relatively calmly.
But if you hear that, you should already be "interested".
"Even if we can't win the championship in Asia, as long as you join, we can at least reach the finals, at least the top three, in this way, then we can at least reach the World Championships, the World Championships are also a world-class basketball stage, let more people know you, Rukawa Kaede, you have this ability, let them see, what is the strongest strength of the yellow race, I really think that the ability like yours is just in our league, Jba, it's a talent~!!"
The higher-ups continued to help Rukawa Kaede analyze.
These situations may not have been thought of by Rukawa Kaede, who only thought about managing his own life in the offseason, and perhaps forgot the benefits that the national team competition would bring him.
"I'll think about it, I will~~"
Although Rukawa Kaede's answer did not directly agree, it can be read from Rukawa Kaede's words, the expression of cautious analysis of things, Rukawa Kaede is indeed seriously thinking about such a situation.
Or in this way, the purpose of the Korean Basketball Association has been achieved.
After all, for them, naturalizing Liuchuan Feng is a long-term plan, a "long-term stability" plan, they must wait patiently, at least this time, than ten years ago, there is a great opportunity~!!