Chapter 56: A Call from a Giant
At noon the next day, after Li Yang said goodbye to his parents, he hurriedly boarded a flight to the capital with his assistant Selena. kan
Looking at the clouds outside the window, Li Yang suddenly felt a little trance in his heart, this is entering the national team? I was excited and nervous at the same time.
No one knows how much cold eyes and ridicule he endured, how much effort and sweat he put in to realize his basketball dream, and now he finally got his wish and entered the coveted national team, you can imagine how excited and excited he is in his heart.
Li Yang cherishes this rare trip to the national team, for him to join the national team is a very important stop in his basketball career, whether the future basketball road can go all the way, depends on his performance this time.
This trip to the capital will await him with a severe double test, not only from the national team, but also from the upcoming Asian Games in Jakarta.
Whether you can become famous all over the world depends on whether you can grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!!
After more than 3 hours of bumpy sailing, Li Yang and the two finally arrived at the Capital International Airport. Then the two of them got into a taxi and rushed to the Basketball Association Sports Center.
"Li Yang, welcome!" Coach Li Nan stood at the door and personally came out to greet Li Yang and the two, which shows how much he attaches importance to Li Yang.
"Hello, Director Li, I finally met the real person. It's really hard for you, and you even stand at the door to receive me, it's really a tormenting boy! ”
"Alright, don't talk about this uselessness, you're worth my wait." Coach Li Nan smiled and patted Li Yang's shoulder.
Li Yang continued: "I really didn't expect that I would have such an honor to join the Chinese men's national basketball team!" As you know, although I am a professional basketball player, I feel that my ability needs to be improved now, and I hope that in the next period of time, Coach Li will be able to teach and pass it on! ”
"Okay, let's not stand here and blow each other, in fact, it is Chairman Yao who really wants to see you, he has been waiting in the office for a long time, I am just a leader, let's go, go to the office first." Li Nan said with a smile, and then walked in front and really started to lead the way.
"Director Li, I don't know why Chairman Yao called me, what is the specific matter?" Li Yangyou blinked and asked Li Nan curiously.
"Okay, don't ask so much about you kid, you'll know in a while!" Director Li didn't care what Li Yang said, with that smile on his face, he kept silent, which was a little unpredictable.
"Well, it's so mysterious, I don't have to ask." Li Yang smiled dryly, touched his nose weakly, and only reacted after touching it, he didn't do anything wrong, what was there to be a good heart.
Li Nan invited Li Yang into the office, where Chairman Yao sat with his back to the door, holding a report in his hand, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something big.
Li Yang's breathing was a little cramped, and he didn't dare to make any sound, for fear of interrupting the other party's thoughts.
Seeing this, Coach Li Nan patted Li Yang's shoulder encouragingly, and then pretended to cough to remind Li Yang that he could go and say hello to Yao Ming.
So Li Yang walked up to Yao Ming, although he had watched it countless times in front of the TV, but when he really saw Yao Ming, Li Yang still felt that his eyes were a little moist and very excited.
This is a great monument in the history of Chinese basketball and a legend of Chinese basketball.
He is diligent, low-key, unpretentious, and strives to make a voice that belongs to China on the highest stage of world basketball.
He led a wave of basketball in China, and without Yao, the NBA's influence in China would have declined a lot.
Li Yang suddenly found that in the face of his idol, he didn't know how to speak for a while.
"Li Yang, it's a pleasure to meet you. You're playing well! I watched some of your videos of playing ball, it's amazing, come on! Yao Ming took the initiative to get up and hugged Li Yang.
Li Yang hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to call Yao Ming, and finally could only bite the bullet and say, "Thank you, Yao ...... Chairman Yao. ”
"It's too angry to call the chairman, just call Brother Yao!" Yao Ming patted Li Yang's shoulder very casually and smiled heartily.
Coach Li Nan on the side was surprised that Yao Ming showed such an expression, you know, since he became the chairman of the Basketball Association in 2017, Yao Ming's hearty smile is very rare.
You must know that Yao Ming's road to reform has a long way to go, and in the process, the interests of many people have been touched, and opponents have been there for quite some time, which has caused his road to reform to suffer unprecedented difficulties and pressures.
Of course Yao Ming was happy, especially when he saw the muscles of this kid on the other side, he didn't practice less in the United States!
"What's it like to have summer league? Is the United States still used to food, clothing, housing and transportation? How did you learn English? Yao Ming asked with concern.
"Luckily, Coach Natalie is a good coach and pampered me. The food is okay, I can eat five or six hamburgers in one meal, and there is no problem with English for the time being. Li Yang replied with a smile.
Yao Ming nodded, Li Yang's personality is very optimistic, which is the opposite of Yao Ming, but Yao Ming doesn't think such a bad character, Zhou Qi is just too boring, don't look at Yao Ming is very honest, Yao Ming is also a very humorous joker when interviewed by American media.
And Yao Ming once threw a towel angrily because he was dissatisfied with the referee's punishment, low-key does not mean that I let you bully, honesty is not synonymous with stupidity.
In order to test Li Yang's English, Yao Ming and Li Yang completed some of the next conversations in English.
The English level is good, much better than Zhou Qi, although Zhou Qi's English has improved rapidly, but he is not as easy to communicate as Li Yang, and Li Yang obviously understands some American jokes very well.
Hey, after this season, I don't know if Zhou Qi can continue in the NBA in the future.
Yao Ming knew in his heart that Zhou Qi's style was too simple, physical talent? There are a lot of physically gifted players in the NBA, and if you want to get a foothold in this league, you have to have your own signature.
Li Yang's personality is very good, maybe he can be much better than him.
"Are you wondering why I chose to let you join the national team despite all the criticism?"
"That's why I have a crush on you!" Yao Ming clicked on a video on his computer desktop.
"It's a heads-up video of you and Wade, and I can see that you're fast, you're very good at bouncing, you're good at three-point shooting, you're good at running off the ball, and you know how to break through, and your physical talent is just as good as the average black guard."
"Your dribbling and breakthrough are very professional, in terms of technical movements, you have completely reached the level of the NBA's main level point guard, no wonder the outside world says that you are a genius, just a few months, you can have this level of dribbling and breakthrough, and only a genius can do it." Yao Ming sighed.
"Thank you for the compliment, I didn't expect myself to be so good, and I admire myself a little bit by what you said." Li Yang said with a smug face, that expression was simply stinky.
"That's why I'm extending an invitation to you, I hope you don't disappoint me."
"Thank you Brother Yao for your trust, I will do my best!" Li Yang thought for half a minute, and then said, "Brother Yao, I want to confirm first. If I were to join the national team, what would you give me? ”
"I need your playmaking and scoring abilities!" Yao Ming organized the language for a moment, and then said, "I need a strong three-point attacker who can provide outside offensive firepower when the team needs it. ”
"At the same time, he is also an assaulter, who can tear through the opponent's defense with his speed and attack the basket. It's even better if you know how to break through the ball, so that you can pass the ball to the outside or to the basket. ”
"All in all, it's a backcourt engine that can score and organise the team's offense, preferably with a strong defense."
"It may sound like a bit difficult, but I think I can do it." Li Yang replied confidently.
"Really, so confident?" Yao Ming's eyes widened in surprise, and then he said, "I'm sorry, I'm not questioning your ability, it's just that I didn't expect you to be able to break through the ball." ”
"That's not a problem, I think I've improved a lot in passing so far, maybe I'll be able to compete in the NBA skills competition when the season starts!" Li Yang said with a smile.
Yao Ming didn't care about Li Yang's words, he completely took this as a joke, it was a mule or a horse that was going to be pulled out for a walk, and he was going to try Li Yang's true ability on the spot.
My skills in the NBA are a bit too much
My skills in the NBA are a bit too much