Chapter 124: May I ask the starter?
Although some people were annoyed, they were all people like Kupchak who saw the shining points on Deng Hongfei's body.
Such people are rare.
More often than not, with contempt.
believes that Deng Hongfei, as a yellow player, has no more potential than Erer.
Racial discrimination has always been serious in the NBA.
Even Jeremy Lin, when his crazy week reached its peak and was unmatched for a while, was forcibly excluded because of off-court elements.
People with yellow skin and black eyes, in the NBA, are destined to be a hard trip.
The media hype is terrible.
Deng Hongfei's name became a familiar name to most basketball fans in China overnight.
Immediately, he was invited by a number of business activities from China.
However, Deng Hongfei was unmoved and rejected them all.
Time is precious to him, and the offseason is the best time to improve.
When the new season really starts, it would be good to be able to maintain your form under the pressure of a dense schedule, and there will be no free time to focus and polish your ability.
What's more, it won't be long before the summer league is coming.
He deserves to be stronger and more prepared.
Deng Zhilong and Chen Linna returned to China after spending a week in the United States.
Before leaving, he also bought a lot of things for his family, as if he was afraid that Deng Hongfei would be hungry.
The wanderer is wandering outside, and the two closest relatives in the family are the most worried.
It's just that for Deng Hongfei, there is another person who also cares about him day and night.
It was summer vacation.
Shu Xin sat on the soft bed of the pink girl, wearing a cute Mickey Mouse pajamas, holding the mouse in her hand, sliding the scroll wheel, and the computer screen in front of her changed with her movements.
The jelly-like mouth pursed worriedly, skimming through the perpetual calendar and calculating the time.
Just as her mother pushed the door in, she held a fruit bowl in front of her, "Xin'er, what are you looking at?" So attentive. ”
"Nothing."
Shu Xin hurriedly closed the computer and put on a casual smile.
Looking at her daughter Xiaolu's flustered expression, the mother, who had come over, was stunned, and immediately put on an ambiguous smile.
He didn't say anything, just turned around and walked away like the wind.
Shu Xin puffed out her cheeks, let out a long sigh of relief, brushed her hair, and continued to turn on the computer and look at the calendar.
She wanted to find some free time to visit him in the United States.
"It's annoying, if only it started in the summer."
Shu Xin complained bitterly about the NBA's management, blaming them for not scheduling their games for the summer vacation in China......
San Francisco.
Shen Yan hurriedly walked outside from the research room with a phone in white clothes and pressed the answer button, "Dad, what are you doing?" ”
"Xiao Yan, hahaha."
Father Shen's hearty laughter sounded on the other side, "I heard that Xiaofei has entered the NBA?" A two-year, $3.31 million contract? ”
"Hahaha, it's good, it's good, I know my daughter's vision can't be wrong."
"Uh......"
Shen Yan felt his father's enthusiastic attitude, and frowned extremely unaccustomedly, "Dad, didn't you still look down on others before?" ”
"Hahaha, NBA players, NBA players, don't look at the contract, just looking at the commercial value, Deng Hongfei is no longer the same."
"Let me tell you, Xiao Yan, this cash cow, you have to take care of your father, you can't make any mistakes, you know?"
"Alright, alright."
Shen Yan was extremely disgusted by his father's attitude, hung up the phone angrily, and walked into the research room again.
She didn't understand why the adult world was like this, could money dominate everything?
It's just that the complicated research task soon made her settle down again, return to focus, and leave all matters behind.
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In July, for Chinese basketball fans, the National Olympic team gave them a "generous gift" at the beginning of the month.
Stankovic Cup, Lanzhou Station, the Chinese Olympic men's basketball team only finished third with 2 wins and 3 losses, and the whole team's performance was disappointing.
This has made more and more hope condensed on Deng Hongfei.
However, the Spurs did not play in the Orlando Summer League.
Fortunately, in the subsequent Las Vegas Summer League, the official list lived up to expectations and Deng Hongfei's name appeared.
As a Chinese rookie, his attention completely overshadows this year's top pick, Anthony Bennett.
In addition to him, the Spurs roster also has such powerful rookies as Corey Joseph, Aaron Baines, and Nando De Collo.
Naturally, there are also two players who were fished out of the draft this year and last year -
DeSean Thomas, the 28th pick in the second round, and Marcus Dammon, who was drafted last year.
Deng Hongfei's main competitor is the latter.
Marcus Dammon, the Spurs' rookie who picked up the 29th pick in the second round in the 2012 draft, was also a near-miss pick.
However, although he was selected, he was not able to play in the NBA.
I've been in overseas leagues.
Even though he has been named to the Spurs' summer league roster all these years, Marcus Damon has not been able to secure a permanent contract.
So this directly led to his hostility towards Deng Hongfei quite a lot.
Especially in the centralized training camp, there has always been a stinky face.
"Isn't it just a Chinese player who relies on the huge capital market behind him, and he has no strength at all."
Marcus Damon often chews his tongue behind his back with a few teammates who know him well.
It wasn't until the first group confrontation that he was directly beaten by Deng Hongfei and closed his mouth unconvinced.
However, the hostility has not been eliminated in the slightest......
But that didn't affect Spurs assistant coach Udoka's judgment in the slightest.
As the head coach of the summer league handpicked by coach Popovich, he also didn't care about it from the beginning, and gradually realized Deng Hongfei's excellent ability to run without the ball.
He likes players like that.
It should be said that there is no coach who does not like such players.
He is conscientious on the defensive end, does not occupy the ball on the offensive end, and can always run to the right position to threaten the opposition.
So his impression of the Chinese players signed by the head coach has changed again and again......
Until July 12, 2013.
San Antonio Spurs take on Bobcats.
A summer league with a large number of rookies and no big-name stars, but because of the appearance of a Chinese, there was a burst of ratings.
Countless pairs of eyes from across the ocean or local Chinese are tightly focused on the screen.
I want to see Deng Hongfei's debut.
What's even more shocking is that the news released before the game will be broadcast simultaneously on this game!
Before the game, Udoka, the head coach of the Spurs' summer league, was surrounded in the players' tunnel, and a bunch of microphones were pointed into his mouth, most of which were from Chinese media, "Coach Udoka, will Deng Hongfei be in the starting list in today's game?" ”