Da Yao's birthday was in September, and now it is February '99, and he is close to 18 and a half years old.

He is not the youngest player to play in the NBA, before him, O'Neal Jr. made his debut in the NBA at the age of 18 years and a month in '96.

In his previous life, O'Neal Jr.'s appearance record was also broken by another talented high school student, Andrew Bynum.

In many cases, the protagonist has a discerning eye for people, and he can kill the 18-year-old O'Neill by digging him up. How to say it, some people think that Guan Yunchang was born nine feet long, and his face is like a heavy jujube, and some people think that Zhuge Kongming was a scholar of heaven and man at the age of 7, and he knows the past and the present.

This is all possible, after all, people are talented, but Li Wei thinks that this probability is relatively small.

In the NBA, there is indeed someone who can kill everyone at the age of 18, but that person is called LeBron James.

Compared with James, the real genius, most talented high school students need a process of accumulation and growth, even Kobe, Maddy, and Garnett are no exception.

Da Yao is also the type that needs to grow, and Li Wei has only one requirement for him today, which is to do a good job of defense.

Now Da Yao's offensive skills are very rough, needless to say now, even in the Olympic Games in the 00 years of the previous life, the national team's style of play is Dazhi's main attack, and Da Yao's main defense. Why don't you let Da Yao take the lead? Because at that time his technique was not delicate enough.

After the Olympics, Da Yao's statistics were only 10.5 points, 6 rebounds and 2.17 blocks.

In the 02 World Championships, Da Yao, who has grown further, really bloomed, averaging 21 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.25 blocks per game.

Offense can make you a superstar, but defense is what makes you stand in the NBA. Before Da Yao can learn to attack, he must be a solid interior barrier for the Knicks, just like he did with the Rockets in his previous life.

Of course, it's too early to say this, all rookie Dayao needs to do is adapt to the intensity of confrontation in this alliance.

Li Wei won't let him play for too long, five to ten minutes per game, just practice a little. If he had a long high-intensity confrontation so early, it would be very detrimental to his young body.

The Knicks attacked, and Stephen Jackson, eager to show himself, threw one and hit the iron.

The Magic attack.

Isaac Austin is squeezing Da Yao on the inside, and Da Yao is also squeezing him hard. The tonnage of this center forward with a height of 2.08 meters is sufficient, but the strength is not against the sky. Da Yao's hard training for more than half a year has had an effect, and the two have been in a stalemate, and no one has been able to move anyone!

Unable to squeeze the opponent, Austin looked up again and was desperate when he saw Da Yao's height.

If I keep squeezing like this, I won't be able to grab a rebound even if I have it!

So the center of the Magic team wittily ran out. He is not a domineering center like O'Neal, Ewing, and Big Z, and if there is no way to live under the basket, he has to retreat when he should retreat.

Penny Anfernee Hardaway, the Magic's playmaker, saw Austin pull up to mid-range and make a quick pass.

Isaac Austin's mid-range is very accurate, as early as in college, he was known as Karl Malone of Arizona State University because of his basket accuracy.

At this moment, after receiving the ball, Austin did not hesitate, he opened his hand and threw it, and he was confident in this distance, and he would have it if he threw it!

But as soon as the ball was shot, he saw a tall guy flying over!

"Smack!"

A sturdy hot pot stunned Austin's hat and the ball flew out of bounds!

"Shh——!h

The fans at the Orlando arena shouted in unison.

The big center signed by his own high-salary actually made the Knicks a rookie hat at the beginning, which is unbearable!

Austin also blushed and looked embarrassed.

This distance is obviously a safe distance, how can this be capped?

Alas, hateful, blame each other for being too tall!

The Magic re-served, Cobra Grant scored two points, and the Knicks trailed 0-2.

The Knicks attacked, and Alan Houston hit a shot.

The Magic team attacked, and the Magic center Austin pulled out again. With his height squeezing Da Yao under the basket, he really can't take advantage of it, so it's more cost-effective to come out.

Anfernee Hardaway knew that Austin had just been hatted by a rookie and was upset and passed the ball to him again.

Austin hesitated when he received the pass, because he had just eaten a big hat and he was afraid to eat it again.

In fact, he didn't hesitate, it was really fine if he voted directly, but this hesitation went wrong, and Da Yao pounced again!

The ball flew away from Austin's hand, and Da Yao's giant palm fell from the sky!

"Smack!"

The ball was fanned again, and the home fans booed wildly!

The Magic Center only had a piece of chagrin in his heart: "I already knew that this ball couldn't be thrown!" ”

"Squeak——! The referee's whistle sounded.

Blowing a rookie foul is what the referees love to do, Da Yao's hat is a good hat, but the referee wants to blow it, you can't help it!

In fact, the referee didn't deliberately target Da Yao, this is the home of the Magic team, Da Yao, as a rookie center, came up and gave two big hats to the main center who was recruited at a high price, which is not suitable!

He's got to take care of the emotions of the home fans!

The referee blew this, and Li Weideng stopped doing it, complaining loudly and non-stop. The referee was not ambiguous, and gave Li Wei another technical foul!

Anfernee Hardaway hit a technical foul and Austin hit both free throws, giving the Magic another three points to make it 5-0 and the Knicks trail.

For the next few rounds, both sides had a terrible offense, and the Magic maintained a five- or six-point lead.

In the 3rd minute of the game, the Knicks wanted to play a fast break, but they were defended by the Magic. Charlie Ward organized a positional battle, and it was only then that Da Yao ran back from the front.

Ward saw that Da Yao had run to the three-point line and immediately passed the ball over.

When Da Yao received the ball, Isaac Austin, the center of the Magic team, was guarding under the basket and didn't come over to defend at all. So he raised his hand extremely stretched out and shot a three-point shot!

Now Da Yao's interior offensive skills are very rough, and the only thing he is good at is three points. In the past, when he was in China, Li Wei told him to practice three points, and later when he came to the United States to study in high school, he continued to practice three points.

Many people ask him, what kind of three-point practice do you practice as a center, it's useless to practice three-pointers!

Da Yao has also been confused, do I really want to practice three points as a center?

Later, he watched the Knicks play and realized that it was really useful to practice three-point shooting. The Knicks' big Z is to shoot the ball outside the three-point line!

If you want to play center in the Knicks, you must practice three-pointers!

After understanding this, Da Yao's three points were practiced even harder. The long-term practice is for this moment, and no one comes to prevent him from making a decisive move!

Bang!

The ball makes a beautiful arc and falls steadily into the basket!

Entered!

"Shhhh

The fans at the home of the Magic roared in unison!

The Knicks' new center is actually the same as the Europeans last season, and he shoots from a distance without saying a word!

The head coach of the team is really, knowing that the Asian coach likes to play the trick of shooting three-pointers from the center, but he still can't guard against it!

Magic head coach Huby Brown also realized that Isaac Austin's defensive style was wrong, and shouted on the sidelines for Austin to defend and not let the opponent's three-pointer go.

Austin looked innocent, who would have thought that a big man of 2.29 meters could also vote like this?

It's not scientific at all!

Li Wei saw that the Magic team was discussing how to defend Da Yao, smiled slightly, and then replaced him with Da Ben.

The current Da Yao is still too young, just move around and adapt to the NBA game, he is reluctant to let him play for too long.

To grow, you have to take it step by step.