As the days passed, the media was full of expectations for the Clippers in the new season, especially the Chinese fans who had nowhere to put them.

Zhou Qi drove high and low in the Rockets, and now he doesn't even have the opportunity to play, so he can only mix in the development league, so countless domestic fans have turned their guns and began to throw themselves into the arms of the Clippers.

At the Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese men's basketball team won the championship strongly, and after returning to the top of Asia, the recognition of Li Yang by Chinese fans soared.

Domestic fans praised the decisive act of the summer basketball association to recruit Li Yang, who was so decisive in the Asian Games and turned the tide that many Chinese fans were full of hope for his future.

CCTV plans to broadcast 40 Clippers games live in the new season, and the Rockets only have 15 games, which shows Li Yang's status in the hearts of Chinese fans.

Clippers fans couldn't help but ridicule the Rockets, look, you are a prodigal, look at our Li Yang, and then look at your Zhou Qi, who is also a player from China, why is the gap so big!!

Li Yang himself feels very sorry for Zhou Qi, after all, he is a good buddy, a teammate of the national team, Zhou Qi's ability to resist pressure is average, Zhou Qi does not even have a chance to play in the new season, Li Yang knows that this is Zhou Qi's last days in the NBA.

As a good brother, Li Yang did not forget Zhou Qi, who was in dire straits, and even said on the phone that he would go to see him when he was free and find him to go out to surf.

The two are still relatively close, it is very convenient to meet each other, Zhou Qi doesn't like to talk, there are few friends in the team, Li Yang can see it, Zhou Qi is now playing with ideological baggage, if he is not enlightened in time, he is likely to sink.

Li Yang wants to try to see if he can change history and help Zhou Qi change his style of play, so that he can stay in the NBA and continue to play.

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On September 22, a full week before the start of the new NBA preseason, Li Yang took the time to ask Zhou Qi to eat at Yao's restaurant in Houston's Chinatown.

Zhou Qi really doesn't have many friends in Team Rocket, and only Tucker can barely be regarded as his good friend, so it can be seen that he basically has no sense of presence in the team.

Putting aside ability, Li Yang now talks and laughs with his teammates every day, and his teammates revolve around him, Zhou Qi usually doesn't talk much to his teammates, how can his teammates pass him on the field?

And Zhou Qi is too humble, in the eyes of Americans, being too humble is stupid and unconfident. Da Yao has lost his temper in the NBA, although humility and stupidity can never be equated.

But if you don't even have confidence, how can your teammates feel comfortable handing you the ball?

In Yao Restaurant, the taste of Chinese food has not changed, but the traditional Chinese food habits have been reborn here, and there is no Chinese food scene where everyone eats together with a plate of dishes, but instead of Western food, Chinese food and Western food are the biggest feature here.

It didn't take long to wait, a plate of fragrant Peking duck, coconut prawns and dried coconut scallops were served one after another, and the two began to feast on the strong taste of hometown.

Zhou Qi is older than himself, so Li Yang still calls him Brother Zhou, you must know that Li Yang almost accidentally called Cheng Qi sister just now, thinking inertia is not something that can be changed if you want to.

"Brother, am I not suitable for the NBA?" Zhou Qi was not in the mood to eat, and his agent advised him to train more, strive to play good-looking and beautiful statistics in the limited playing time, and buy him stable playing time.

Li Yang knew that Zhou Qi at this point in time was in the process of self-doubt, and the fans had too high expectations for him.

And he himself found some of his weaknesses after entering the NBA for a year, which were infinitely magnified, the more self-doubting, the more Zhou Qi buried himself in hard training, and finally the muscles were indeed trained a little bit, but the direction of practice was wrong.

The reason why Zhou Qi was finally abandoned by the Rockets is also very simple, that is, he is too bad on the offensive end, which is a common problem of almost all Chinese players on the NBA court.

In addition to Yao Ming, after these scoring masters who surprised China arrived in the NBA, under the high-intensity confrontation in the NBA, the scoring ability was really low and scary, which was one of the main reasons why the Rockets finally gave up Zhou Qi.

Moreover, Zhou Qi's economic team is simply toxic, and he has always expected him to play awesome data like Yao Ming, but there are few low-level killers like Da Yao, and there are few in the NBA itself, to put it bluntly, there is a deviation in the cultivation method, problems with his own positioning, plus personality communication, language barriers, and cultural differences......

This is also the reason why Li Yang had to be cautious about agents at that time, many big-name agents in the NBA only recognize money and not people, which may not be of much help to Li Yang.

Li Yang sighed, after all, he was also Zhou Qi's good buddy, and he suggested to Zhou Qi: "Brother Lian, I suggest you practice more three-point shots, you are still quite fast."

Also, reduce your strong offense, your basket finishing rate was lower than many guards last season, you need to improve your basket finishing rate.

When grabbing rebounds, you're welcome, if you can take a rebound, it's a rebound, don't give it to your teammates.

In addition, you continue to practice defense, do your own defense well, as long as you can practice defense well, you will definitely be able to get a good contract in the NBA.

Also, aren't you able to shoot threes? In order to adapt to the changes in the small-ball era, the current center only needs to grab rebounds and protect the frame, as well as a stable three-point shot. ”

Zhou Qi hesitated, "Are you asking me to practice defense hard and shoot more three-pointers?" ”

Isn't this equivalent to doing blue-collar and external 3D?

Li Yang nodded, Zhou Qi's physical fitness is indeed difficult to find the same among the yellow race, but in the NBA, where the strongman is like a forest, his physical talent is not outstanding.

Now Zhou Qi is in the biggest dilemma of the Rockets

It's because the coach thinks that he can't swing, he can't swing to the No. 5 position, he can't fight enough, and he can't swing to the No. 3 position, and the speed is a little worse than the No. 3 position, resulting in a single position, so he didn't have playing time.

Zhou Qi's training this year has also been practiced according to the space shape No. 4 position, and now he is a bit putting the cart before the horse.

Zhou Qi can't practice the dreamy footsteps of Dazhi, so his finishing rate under the basket is very miserable for a big man.

Zhou Qi's strength is very lacking, and the reason for such a low finishing rate under the basket is that his physical confrontation ability is too poor.

In the CBA, Zhou Qi's talented style of play is a BUG, but in the NBA, under high-intensity confrontation, Zhou Qi was beaten into a husky.

The most suitable way for Zhou Qi to play is to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, continue to harden his defense, and obediently be a cake eater and spatial 3D.

The purpose of letting him practice dribbling is to make his movements not too stiff, and he doesn't know what to do when he holds the ball, even if you take the ball and do a crotch dribble on the spot is more comfortable than looking left and right to the fans and coaches.

Li Yang put forward his own suggestions to Zhou Qi, as for whether Zhou Qi accepts it or not, it is his own business, he has done everything he needs to do, as for the result, he can only listen to the destiny of heaven.

In other words, is it really good to let a 19-year-old kid enlighten a player who is older than himself?

"We're pretty close, I'll come to you when I'm free." Zhou Qi is also not polite, he knows that Li Yang will definitely be able to play in the NBA, and it is not good to say that he can be higher than Da Yao's future height.

So he decided to ask Li Yang for advice often, Li Yang was much younger than his age, but he was able to withstand huge pressure, which Zhou Qi was very convinced.

"No problem!" Li Yang nodded, the Clippers will play three games with the Rockets in the new season, don't worry about not having a chance to meet, the Chinese derby between Li Yang and Zhou Qi this season is also the object of media speculation.