Chapter 34: Concerns and Opportunities
Lin Xiaobai is an NBA fan, although not very fanatical, but he is also a true fan, and he will watch NBA games whenever he has the opportunity. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
During the Lunar New Year, Lin Xiaobai certainly didn't have time to watch the ball game, but in the evening, Lin Xiaobai didn't want to sit in front of the TV and watch the boring Spring Festival Gala, so he turned on the computer and habitually looked for news about the NBA.
Lin Xiaobai's first thing to watch is today's top five balls, although sometimes the top five balls are not really good, but Lin Xiaobai will still watch them when he has time, because sometimes, there are really a lot of good balls in the top five balls.
"Today's five best balls are average. ”
After watching the three balls, Lin Xiaobai began to draw conclusions, because the excitement of the first three balls was average.
"NO2, the ......performance of a Development League player signed by the Spurs on a ten-day contract"
Lin Xiaobai listened to the English coming from the stereo, although he couldn't translate it word for word, but he could still understand the general meaning, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard that it was a player from the Development League, but when he saw the picture, he became even more surprised.
In the footage, a yellow-skinned Spurs player rushes into the basket from the outside, then leaps high in the middle of a group of black men and dunks the ball into the basket in a domineering pose!
For a long time, people have generally believed that the physical fitness of yellow-skinned Asian players is very average, and Lin Xiaobai also thinks so, so at this time, he suddenly felt extremely shocked when he saw such a picture.
Before Lin Xiaobai could fully react, in the voice of the commentator, the screen of the video switched, and the last of today's five best balls had already begun to be played.
Still the yellow-skinned Spurs player, he made an excellent block on defense, grabbed rebounds from consecutive points, and then launched a fast break with the ball himself to complete a dragon dunk.
"Oh!" Lin Xiaobai opened his mouth and looked at the picture in the video, this is really made by yellow people?
Lin Xiaobai was extremely suspicious that he was dazzled, and he immediately pulled the progress back.
After watching it three times like this, Lin Xiaobai was finally convinced that he was not dazzled, and then a great question appeared in his mind.
"Youngli, who is this, it looks like an Asian player, his physical fitness is really good, but why have I never seen it?"
In the video, the commentator said Li Yang's name, and Lin Xiaobai also saw it on Li Yang's jersey, but he had no impression of such a player at all.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaobai immediately clicked on the technical statistics of the Spurs game, and found that there was really such a person in the technical statistics of the Spurs, and the statistics were very good, scoring 12 points on 6 of 6 shots.
When Lin Xiaobai tried to click on the player's name to find relevant information, he found that there was no introduction about the player on the website.
Reporting curiosity, Lin Xiaobai began to type "youngli Spurs" on the search engine, clicked a few links, and finally found a message, which was very brief, only one sentence: According to the Spurs, the Spurs will provide a second ten-day contract to Youngli, a player from the Austin Bulls in the Development League, after the Spurs offered the player a ten-day contract, but the player did not get a chance to play.
When Lin Xiaobai tried to search for more information, he found that he could not find it again.
"Youngli, if it is translated as Yang Li according to Chinese customs, and if it is translated according to American customs, it should be called Li Yang, these two names are very similar to Chinese names, and they also have an Asian face, are they Chinese?"
couldn't find relevant information, Lin Xiaobai had no choice but to speculate like this, and then the more he thought about it, the more it made sense.
After pondering for a while, Lin Xiaobai suddenly thought of a good idea, opened Hupu, which is known as the most professional basketball website in China, and posted a post, uploading the video of the five best balls and a little information he found, and gave the post a name - "Who is this yellow man who suddenly appeared and occupied two seats in the top five balls?"
In the post, Lin Xiaobai also wrote his guess, and wrote at the end: "Is there any god who is more familiar with the Spurs or the Austin Bulls, can you provide more detailed information about this player." ”
After the post was posted, because his family was calling him, Lin Xiaobai went offline.
Li Yang did not know that in China, although this day is Chinese New Year's Eve, there is no live video broadcast of this game in China, and the game has entered garbage time early without being noticed, but because today's top five football has begun to have a small number of fans pay attention to him.
When he returned to Leonard's house that night, Li Yang did not expect that the Chinese time at that time was already noon on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
It wasn't until the next day when he went to the stadium with Leonard that he accidentally saw Chinese people celebrating on the street, and Li Yang suddenly remembered that today was the Chinese New Year.
Although they knew that it was the Chinese New Year, Li Yang didn't have time to celebrate, because they were going to fly to Cleveland immediately after that to prepare for the next away game.
Speaking of which, Li Yang doesn't have much concept of the New Year, especially in the past two years, after the unexpected death of his parents, he basically has no relatives in China, and he is alone outside every New Year.
However, perhaps it was too far away from the land where he was born and raised, and Li Yang at this time suddenly felt a little melancholy at this moment, this feeling he hadn't had for a long time.
"I miss my relatives every festive season, but unfortunately my relatives are gone. ”
Li Yang's inner melancholy is coming to AT& After disappearing from the center arena and taking the team's exclusive bus to the airport, Li Yang's mind immediately shifted to the upcoming two away trips, and he did not forget what his main task was now.
Staying in the Spurs and staying in the NBA is what Li Yang wants to do most and is most urgent now.
Because of that belief, he came to Cleveland and played well when he got another chance to play in the fourth quarter.
The strength of the Cavaliers is really not at the same level as the Spurs, except for the first half of the game when the Cavaliers were able to stalemate with the Spurs, the Spurs were firmly in control of the situation on the court in the following time.
After the first three quarters, the Spurs established a 17-point lead, and in the first half of the fourth quarter, the Spurs continued to extend the lead, widening the margin to 22 points.
There was only the last half quarter of the game, with a difference of 22 points, the advantage was very obvious, Popovich waved his hand and replaced a group of players on the field to rest, and Li Yang also got the opportunity to play again.
In the middle of the game, Li Yang seized the opportunity again, attacked the basket all 3 times, scored 6 points, and also grabbed 3 rebounds.
Although Li Yang's performance in two consecutive games has not had a great impact in China, it has attracted some attention among local Spurs fans in the United States.
Should Li Yang be signed after the expiration of his second short contract?
On a local fan forum in San Toanio, one fan asked this question, with 62% saying they supported it, while the rest said they still need to be watched.
'The player from the Austin Bulls has great impact ability, he's very good defensively and physically, and that's what we're missing right now, and we need players who can tear through the opposition defence. ”
This is a common sentiment among supporters, with many fans saying that the impact of Li Yang's excellent physical fitness in these two games will help Spurs.
The other part of the people believe that Li Yang's physical fitness does look good, but his ability in other aspects needs to be further observed, the Spurs are a team that pays attention to teamwork, and the main reason for the lack of athletic talent in the team is that some players think that they have excellent physical talent, and then are unwilling to sacrifice themselves to integrate into the Spurs team.
This part of the fan believes that RC Boford and Gregg Popovich should be able to observe more carefully through their usual training, so whether or not the Spurs will eventually sign Li Yang, they will not be surprised.
Although the views of fans on both sides are not exactly the same, one thing is the same, and that is that Spurs fans agree with Li Yang's performance in these two games, as well as the athleticism he showed.
It's just that if you want to really conquer those more sane Spurs fans, or conquer the Spurs' uniform group, Li Yang still needs a little chance, and there are not many opportunities left for Li Yang, although there are still five days before the end of his second ten-day short contract, but because it is almost All-Star Weekend, the Spurs only have one game in these five days.
Away against the Nets, this is Li Yang's last chance in a ten-day short contract.