Chapter 25: The Highest Mountain, The Longest River! (4000 chapters, ask for follow-up)

"Doon, congratulations again on entering the NBA as a first-round pick. Are you available for an interview with us right now? ”

"Yes, it's videotaping, right? I want to ask first, is this a live broadcast or a recorded broadcast? ”

After the draft meeting, Liang Xiyi came to the door again. However, this time with a photographer and related photographic equipment.

"Do you have to divide the interview into live and recorded broadcasts? Excuse me, what is the difference between the two? ”

Liang Xiyi was also quite curious about Doon's answer.

Doon replied with a smile: "If it is recorded, I will definitely pick some things that everyone likes to hear and tell everyone."

Hello everyone, I'm Doon.

This is Madison Square Garden in New York, where I just played in the 2003 NBA Draft.

It was also thanks to the cultivation of my motherland and everyone's support that I was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 13th pick in the first round.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you here, and wish the people of the whole country good health and all the best!

Well, that's pretty much it. My formal answer should ease the work of your later personnel, right? ”

"Okay, thank you Doon for thinking of our colleagues in post-production.

However, I have to warn you that it's going live now.

What you just said and did, the audience in front of the national television set has already heard and seen it.

How do you feel about this?

As a Chinese player, what do you want to say to the audience and friends about to enter the NBA? ”

Liang Xiyi finished with a smile, and put the microphone to Dune's mouth again.

"My thought is, can we end the interview right away?" Doon rolled his eyes as he spread his hands.

Then he took off the baseball cap with the Lakers logo on his head, stroked the hair on his forehead, and immediately returned to normal.

"To be able to enter the NBA as a lottery pick through the draft like Yao Ming, I definitely have a lot to say to you.

It's just that I'm a shy and introverted person.

The words of thanking my father, my mother, and my hometown are very clear in my heart, but they are not easy to say from my mouth.

So, don't waste time here, move whoever is who, let's get straight to the point. ”

"Well, if I can enter the NBA as a lottery pick, I must be on par with Yao Ming.

If Yao Ming is the tallest mountain in the Chinese men's basketball team, then I will strive to become the longest river in the Chinese men's basketball team.

He is Mount Everest, and I want to strive to become the Yangtze River! ”

"It's worthy of being my son, ambitious! En, you listen to me, you must make a name for yourself in the NBA, don't embarrass our old Du family! ”

When Doon was interviewed, Doon's father, as well as friends and relatives were around.

When Doon's father heard Doon's bold words, he couldn't help but slap his thigh hard, and then excitedly and loudly taught his son a lesson.

Liang Xiyi also reacted relatively quickly, and leaned over the microphone almost when Doon's father said, "You listen to me".

When Doon's father finished speaking, Liang Xiyi turned her head to look at Doon again, and put the microphone to Doon's mouth again.

Doon nodded and replied, "Dad, don't worry!

I used to play alone in the NCAA, competing against tens of thousands of players, thousands of teams for the same championship.

In this case, I can win the championship!

The NBA has a total of only 29 teams and a few hundred players.

Actually, I don't need to say anything, one day in the future, I will definitely be able to wear my NBA championship ring! ”

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When Doon's relatives and friends heard this, they were honored and immediately applauded Doon.

"Okay, Doon. It looks like you're confident in your own strength.

So, have you ever thought about participating in the national team, playing for your country, and winning honors for your country at the World Championships?

Have you ever thought about wearing the uniform of the national team and winning medals for your country? ”

Liang Xiyi suddenly threw out a more acute topic at this point in time.

And this is also one of the purposes of Liang Xiyi's trip.

Although Doon plays in the United States, he is not unaware of Wang Zhizhi's non-return incident. Not to mention, I paid close attention to this in my previous life.

"Wearing the national team uniform and playing for the country, I think every Chinese, every athlete, has more or less experienced it in a dream."

"If the motherland needs me, and I have this honor, I will definitely be duty-bound and duty-bound.

However, according to my own plan, I will not play for the national team too soon.

Well, I won't be going to go until the '06 World Championships. ”

The others present were all happy when they heard Doon's opening words.

However, when he heard that Doon had his own plan and would not join the national team before the 06 World Championships, he was taken aback, and his face suddenly changed.

"Son, aren't you going to the Athens Olympics?

Aren't you an NCAA champion and an NBA first-round pick?

Is there a stronger defender in the country than you?

The country needs you! How can you refuse? ”

Doon's father grabbed Doon's arm, his hands kept shaking, he looked very excited, he hated iron but not steel, gave birth to a traitor son, and was so angry that he was about to go crazy.

"Mr. Du, please calm down. Didn't Doon say that? He has his own plans, so let's hear about them first! ”

Liang Xiyi originally wanted to question Doon.

Doon kept saying that he wanted to play for his country, but the plan was to wait until after '06 to enter the national team.

Isn't this a typical inconsistency, contradiction between words and deeds?

However, Doon's father suddenly jumped out and did something to prevent the interview from proceeding.

There was such a live broadcast accident, and Liang Xiyi had to appease Dune's father first, so that the interview could go on normally.

"You explain it to me well, do you hear clearly?" Doon's father continued to lecture sharply.

Doon had no choice but to bow down and be small, nodding yes: "Dad, you listen to me first."

Basketball is not a one-person game, but a team event of five or even a dozen people.

Therefore, the strongest basketball team is not made up of the five strongest players.

Rather, it is composed of five players who are most suitable for the position and the most tacit cooperation in the team.

I didn't come through the youth system of the national team and I haven't played with players from other countries before.

If I join the national team in a hurry, it will only make everyone feel strange and uncomfortable.

At that time, the team will not have chemistry, but it may be possible to do bad things with good intentions and not be able to make the national team produce results.

You don't want me to be the sinner who ruined the environment of the national team and caused the national team to achieve worse results in the world championships, right?

And, why did I get into the national team? With the status of an NBA player?

Have you ever thought that other national team reserves who have worked hard for more than ten or twenty years were suddenly replaced by me.

Will they be convinced? Will their former teammates be convinced? It's all young people, who will be convinced?

The Olympics are going to start next year, and even if I add them now, it's too late.

With my current qualifications and strength, wouldn't it be confusing to follow the national team to the Olympics? ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying, but I don't think you're done."

Knowing his son, Doon's father listened to Doon's explanation and guessed that Doon had something to say.

Liang Xiyi probably heard some of it, so she also chose to get to the bottom of it: "Do you have any other concerns, or ideas?"

If there are difficulties, you can report the situation to the motherland and to the leaders of the relevant departments.

We will definitely help you solve the problem. ”

"Problem, what's the problem? If I do, that's my own problem. Have you heard of it? Rookie watch for three years! ”

Hearing Doon say this, Liang Xiyi asked curiously, "What do you mean?" Can you elaborate on that? ”

"The meaning of the rookie is whether the rookie can play in the end.

You can't just look at his performance in the first year, but look at his performance in the second and third years.

Many rookies who have just entered the NBA will obviously be a little uncomfortable.

Because of the previous league, he could easily win many games just by relying on his talent. ”

"However, the NBA is more competitive!

In the NBA, you need stronger confrontation, better technique, to complete the scoring, to complete the defense, to help the team win.

It is precisely because of this that the data played by many rookies in their first year, and the impact of the game they played, are not so satisfactory.

Take Yao Ming as an example, averaging 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.8 blocks per game.

To be honest, just looking at the data, Zhuangyuanxiu only has such a performance, and it can't be said that it is water, but it can only be said that it is very average.

However, viewers who have watched all the games of Yao Ming's rookie season know that Yao Ming is growing rapidly.

Did Yao Ming's performance in the second half of the regular season far exceed his performance at the beginning of the regular season? ”

Doon asked the others, and everyone present had basically watched Yao Ming's game, and there were more than one, so they all nodded in agreement.

"Just imagine, Yao Ming and the year after, through NBA professional training, coupled with continuous play, he will become more and more familiar with the rhythm of the NBA game.

What kind of statistics will be played at that time, and what kind of impact will be played in the game?

Three years from now, will Yao Ming still be the top parallel commodity in the American population?

I'm sure that as long as Yao Ming is not injured, he will definitely not be the champion of parallel goods, but among the previous champions, he can be regarded as outstanding.

In my opinion, Yao Ming, like the Spurs' top pick, Tim Duncan, entered the NBA with a high degree of completion.

Yao Ming has mastered almost all the skills of an interior player, and he also has the projection ability of an outside player, which is actually quite incredible in the United States.

The big men in the United States are mainly trained in the body and muscles.

A technical center like Yao Ming, a big man like O'Neal who can't come out of the squatting line, is accurate at a time.

Just look at the last champion of the Rockets, Hakim Olajuwon, you can see that a center with baskets and feet can't be guarded at all.

I'm sure that as long as Yao Ming trains his body, he will be like O'Neill now!

Become one of the best low-post killers in the NBA and even in the world! ”

Hearing Doon say this, all the Chinese at the scene, as well as the audience watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, inevitably showed a knowing smile.

Comparing Yao Ming to O'Neal, Duncan, and Olajuwon, others just had Y in their heads, but Doon dared to say this directly in front of the national audience.

Compared with others, as a member of the NCAA championship and an NBA first-round pick, Doon is undoubtedly the authority on this part of basketball, and he is certainly more convincing than the so-called experts.

However, at this time, Du En suddenly said solemnly to Liang Xiyi: "When you go back, help me convey it to Yao Ming."

Let him not waste his talent and live up to the expectations of the people of the motherland for him.

I still want to play with him in the national team!

If it's just me, it's too difficult for the national team to produce results. ”

Liang Xiyi was startled when she heard this, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "How can you say this?" Isn't Yao Ming trying hard enough? ”

"He's tried, but it just didn't work in the right place! Isn't that just a waste of effort?

Have you ever seen a supercar used to haul goods? Have you ever seen an aircraft carrier go fishing?

He is a once-in-a-century basketball wizard, and our Chinese population of 1.2 billion is such a one.

If I had Yao Ming's talent, my pillow would be wet every night.

But you say, Yao Ming's talent has not yet been transformed into strength, so why should he rush back to play in the offseason?

If I were Yao Ming, taking advantage of the current offseason, I would definitely stay here, and with the help of advanced equipment and instruments here, I would improve myself!

The rookie looks at the three years, in fact, these three years are also the golden period for the growth and development of the rookie.

Why should I wait for 06 years to serve the country again, that is, I must seize these 3 years to cultivate my internal strength, exercise my body, and polish my skills.

When the time comes, when I return to China to serve, what I basically show is my strongest posture.

In this way, I am also confident that I can win the honor that belongs to us Chinese for the motherland and the people, and even the impact on the medal is not necessarily.

So, I don't really understand why Yao Ming wasted his talent and went back to play games where it was impossible to get any improvement.

And, doesn't he know? The intensity of the NBA game is so high, and he can't get rest in the summer, so sooner or later his body will have problems.

Supercars and aircraft carriers have to be maintained, Yao Ming is so tall and heavy, do you really think he is iron?

If you get injured next year, if you get injured again in '08 and you can't play in the Olympics, what's the point of just winning a medal at the Asian level?

Isn't Asian-level games just wild balls for NBA players? Is it really necessary to risk injuries to play wild ball?

Therefore, when you go back, be sure to help me convey to Yao Ming, so that he doesn't pay too much attention to these petty profits, the World Championships and the Olympic Games are what he should pay attention to. ”

Doon deliberately used the disparagement of Yao Ming to finalize certain people.

Then with the help of this live broadcast, with the help of public opinion from the audience and the media, to help Yao Ming get out of the sea of suffering.

"Ah, this ...... Doon, that, in fact, you misunderstood Yao Ming.

Yao Ming returned to China, and the national team recruited him, and the Asian Championships are related to the quota for the Olympic Games.

Moreover, the Asian Championships are not as bad as you said, right? ”

Liang Xiyi was still in the shock of what Doon had just said, but Doon immediately picked up his words.

"If this is really the case as you said, then I hope that the leaders of the relevant departments can pay attention to Yao Ming and use Yao Ming correctly.

The great Michael Jordan did not win his first NBA championship until he was 28 years old, and O'Neal, who also won three consecutive championships, was also 28 years old.

Among the previous NBA champion centers, Olajuwon won the championship at the age of 31 and Chamberlain won the championship at the age of 30.

Even with Duncan, Bill Russell, Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA championship at the age of 23 or 24.

However, their best performance in the NBA is basically concentrated in the period between 28 and 32 years old.

In other words, as long as Yao Ming is not injured, starting from 08 is the time to really show his dominance in the world championship.

He died before he left the school, which made the hero cry. The past does not forget the teacher of the future!

There is only one Yao Ming, and before you fail to cultivate a second Yao Ming, don't let Yao Ming get hurt.

Once Yao Ming is injured and the national team can't produce results, who will take this responsibility?

In short, don't be poked in the backbone by the national audience and become a sinner of the nation. ”

In front of the national audience, Doon said it so seriously that domestic public opinion was in an uproar for a while.

Although there are many people who criticize Doon, there are also a large number of fans who are beginning to realize that something is wrong.

Yao Ming just finished playing in the NBA, and hurriedly returned to China to play the warm-up game of the Asian Championships, without any time to rest, is this a bit excessive?

Yao Ming has no problem playing in the Asian Championships, but he even plays in warm-up matches, is it necessary?

As Doon said, aircraft carriers must be maintained and maintained at all times, and a little giant like Yao Ming, with such a large size, is already prone to injury, how can he work so uncontrollably?

Yao Ming risked injury and participated in all competitions in every detail, which is not only a cannon to fight mosquitoes, this is obviously another form of waste of resources!

"By the way, please rest assured that I will stick to my principles and take care of myself.

I will try my best to improve my strength in the next three years, so that I can serve the motherland in the future!

I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that I don't suffer too many injuries in my career and make sure I'm in good shape.

When I get into the national team, I'm going to try to play all the World Championships and Olympics from '06 to '20.

As I said before, I want to be the longest river in the Chinese men's basketball team! Please witness it together! ”