Doon's insane performances in two consecutive 35+ games in the Long Beach Summer League made him the subject of intense coverage in the Los Angeles area media.

It was also under the vigorous publicity of the media that Doon quickly became a hot rising star in the NBA today, catching up with the top show James and Anthony.

However, as Dwan's fame grew, he was quickly taken seriously by coaches from other teams in the Summer League.

On July 9, the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Golden State Warriors, and Doon suffered from the treatment of a double bag from the first quarter.

Under a lot of physical contact and confrontation, Doon's three-point shooting rate dropped significantly, and he only scored 3 points and 1 rebound in the first half of the first quarter with 1 of 3 three-point shots.

In order to get more scoring stats, but also to ensure that he had enough energy left in the second half, Doon was forced to switch to playing without the ball.

However, the Warriors seemed to have taken the attitude that the game could be lost and Jordan must die, and did not relax their defense against Doane in the slightest.

The Warriors ignored Prego, who shot 5-of-8 from the field and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line in the first quarter, scoring 11 points on his own.

But he shot 2 of 5 and 1 of 3 three-pointers, and Doon, who was worthy of scoring 5 points, was waiting for him.

Fortunately, there are a lot of rookies on the Warriors, and the defensive focus can't last a whole game.

Doon found some opportunities in the second half of the third quarter, hitting two three-pointers in a row, and then crouched in the bottom corner, looking for opportunities to catch the ball in the low post and make a triple threat to the basket.

Relying on the outstanding performance of 4 of 6 shots, 2 of 3 three-point shots, and 2 of 2 free throws in the third quarter, he scored 12 points in a single quarter.

After playing the first three quarters, Doon's score has also reached 21 points.

And because he didn't consume much physical energy in the first half, Doon, who felt good about himself, bought Rambis more playing time in the fourth quarter.

In the end, Doon shot 11-of-24 from the field, 4-of-11 from three-point range, and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line, scoring 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, successfully leading the Lakers to a 104-100 victory over the Warriors.

Although this game failed to continue the momentum of 35+ in a row, a rookie who did not play a game in the NBA regular season was able to continue to play a 25+ consecutive outstanding performance while being defensively targeted, which shows the strength of Doon.

Just after playing these three games, the local media in Los Angeles has begun to build momentum for Doon, and the MVP of the Long Beach Summer League is none other than Doon.

At the same time, under the creation of the media, Doon also began to compete with James, who participated in the Orlando Pepsi Summer League.

It's just that James is a busy man, and the Pepsi Summer League has started, but James can't see the head and the end, and he can't see his person.

When the belated James suddenly appeared in Orlando, the local Orlando fans were also enthusiastic, and 15,000 people quickly poured into the TD Water House Center just to see James' debut performance up close.

However, James's debut performance was somewhat unexpected - walking, passing errors, defensive misposition, many of the mistakes that rookies would make, all appeared in James.

Maybe it was because he was busy with business activities before, and his competitive state had not yet adjusted to the level of the summer league, so he only played 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Compared to Doon, who made a stunning debut with 37 points and 7 rebounds in Long Beach on the West Coast, James did not play at the level that a draft pick should be.

Perhaps because of the pressure of public opinion from the media, James played the second game of the Orlando Summer League, and the data was still unsatisfactory in all aspects, so he left in a hurry, and no one knew where he went.

After just one week of playing the Orlando Summer League, the Reebok Summer League kicked off in Boston.

Anthony, who is known as the peerless duo with James, did not disappoint the media, scoring 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in his debut.

After the game, the Los Angeles media said that Anthony's debut performance was still a little worse than Doon's.

Not to be outdone, the New York media went toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles media, saying that the defensive intensity of their debuts was far from the same.

After all, Anthony is a top pick, and he won the championship and the Final Four MOP in the NCAA, and the defensive intensity that Anthony encountered in his debut was basically the same as the one when Doon played the Warriors.

In the face of a two-man bag and a strong confrontation defense, Doon's stats also dropped a lot, and he didn't perform better than Anthony's debut.

The two major media conglomerates collided with each other and engaged in a series of heated discussions.

It stands to reason that this year's Summer League should be a comparison between James and Anthony.

Who knew that a Doon would be killed halfway, and Anthony's younger brother in Syracuse University became a super dark horse competing with Anthony on the same stage.

As for Zhuangyuan Xiu James, maybe he was too commercial and too busy, and he accidentally went too busy and went straight to stealth.

Nike deliberately wanted to pull James, but it was just using Doon and James to hype it up.

However, the two major media groups on the east and west coasts prefer players from their respective cities.

The eldest and the second quarreled, and the third child could only disappear without a trace.

……

Back on July 12, the Long Beach Summer League launched a unique Chinese derby.

Doon and Wang Zhizhi were in the same frame for the first time, that is, as opponents, on the stage of the summer league.

Wang Zhizhi is more introverted, not as long-sleeved as Yao Ming.

In fact, not long after the draft was over, Yao Ming took the initiative to call Doon and greet him.

After Doon expressed his intention to terminate the contract with Bill Duffy, perhaps Bill Duffito was related to Yao Ming, and Yao Ming also came forward to call Doon.

Although it was useless, it also released Yao Ming's own kindness.

Yao Ming took the initiative to say that the termination of Doon's contract with Bill Duffy would not affect the friendship between Doon and him.

But Wang Zhizhi's side knew that Doon was in Los Angeles, and he was also playing for the Clippers in Los Angeles, but there was no movement at all.

Naturally, Du En would not take the initiative to contact Wang Zhizhi because of his respect for his predecessors.

Although, Doon will also be grateful to Wang Zhizhi for opening up the road to the NBA for younger generations like Yao Ming and Doon.

"Dazhi, you can contact me if you have any trouble in the future.

Alone in a foreign land, they are all Chinese, and they all play in the NBA.

If there's anything I can do to help, I'll definitely help, and don't be embarrassed to speak up just because you think it's troublesome. ”

Before the game started, Doon still expressed some respect and kindness to Wang Zhizhi.

After all, when you meet on the court, you can't treat it as if you haven't seen it.

Of course, there is a big gap between Du En and Wang Zhizhi in terms of personality and age, and they basically can't talk together, so they can only be regarded as familiar strangers.

After Du En finished politely talking to Wang Zhizhi, there was no follow-up.

Against a weak team like the Clippers, Doon said that he still needs to work a little harder.

After the whole game, Doon's scoring data exceeded 30 points again, and finally cut 33 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

It is worth mentioning that one of the caps came from Wang Zhizhi, an unlucky egg.

After playing the Clippers, the Lakers have won five consecutive summer league games under the leadership of Doon, and there are only two games left for the SuperSonics and Nuggets.

Neither the SuperSonics nor the Nuggets made the playoffs last season, and the Nuggets are a slump team competing for the top pick.

However, this does not mean that their summer league team configuration is poor, on the contrary, the lotto team is the first team to prepare for the summer league, both in terms of staffing and preparation time, it is the most adequate.

Both teams have a large number of NBA rookies and base-salary players on board, so Summer League looks strong.

Summer League winning streaks didn't make much sense, and Doon considered that the data would be better and would be conducive to negotiating with Nike to add money in the future, so he chose the data and gave up the game.

After the official end of the Long Beach Summer League, Doon, who has returned to Los Angeles to practice hard, also won the MVP of this year's Long Beach Summer League with an average of 32 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

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