Lin Ying and Handy were training that day, and Nuggets general manager Walken Dean, head coach George Karl, and McConaughey all came.

This massive massacre caught them off guard.

After Lin Ying finished training, they took Lin Ying and started chatting on the sidelines.

"The Chinese Basketball Association communicated with us not long ago, saying that it hopes you can represent the Chinese national team in the Asian Men's Basketball Championship. I wonder if you have any personal thoughts on this?"

Lin Ying fell into deep thought after hearing what Walken Dean said.

Yao Ming asked him this question once during the Asian Championships.

He originally said he needed time to think about it.

Later, because Yunas temporarily called him into the national first team to play in the summer league, he temporarily forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, someone mentioned it again this time, and it was the Nuggets!

And looking at his posture, he probably wanted him to fight.

"We respect your personal wishes. If you want to train, we will reject the Chinese Basketball Association. If you are willing, we are also very supportive."

What Dean Walken said next was very similar to what Yao Ming said at the beginning, both of which gave Lin Ying ample choice.

In fact, from the day he signed the contract, no, more accurately, it should be from the draft, the Nuggets have shown full attention and respect for him.

They regarded Lin Ying as Yao Ming!

This is not surprising, and may even be different from what many people think. The Bucks treated Yi Jianlian this way in the beginning.

Promise to start, give stable playing time, and even provide professional assistant coaches.

That assistant coach is now O'Connor. Historically, he was poached by the Bucks in September to be used by Yi Jianlian.

It's just that Yi Jianlian was not very lucky. After winning the Rookie of the Month in December, he was injured just when he was starting to practice a little bit. This led to the subsequent domino effect.

Lin Ying was thinking.

When Yao Ming asked him, he was not sure whether the home team that selected him would agree to let him go.

Now that the parent team is completely open-minded, he needs to think about it himself.

His mind was analyzing the pros and cons.

benefit:

1. Use competition as a substitute for training.

The competition intensity in the Asian Championships is not low.

The intensity of the competition referred to here does not refer to the intensity of competition.

Just like when the Chinese men's basketball team played against other teams in the summer league, they were completely suppressed physically and in terms of rotation. That's called the intensity of the game.

The Asian Championships is about fighting for the country. It is not about physical talent like the summer league. It is about technical tactics, execution, mental quality, and even small moves. This is called competition intensity.

Or it can be simply understood that this is an adult version of the crazy three games.

By using this kind of competition as training, his improvement will be as fast as before.

2. Accumulate popularity

Duffy showed him all the quotes offered by sneaker manufacturers. Although they were many, the quotes were actually not high.

There are many reasons, but the most fundamental reason is that he is not popular enough now.

It took the NBA more than ten years to build a fan base in China.

Just by being one of the "Crazy Three" in the NCAA, his popularity in China is still limited.

Moreover, the fans of this Asian Championship team know that it is not very strong, so their expectations are not high.

The Basketball Association has no performance requirements. Yao Ming said that the semi-finals are good, but in fact it is not easy to reach the semi-finals based on the group.

If he can lead the team to achieve some unexpected results in the Asian Championships again, such as reaching the finals or even winning the championship.

Counting the previous summer league, a two-pronged approach will definitely increase the popularity.

Third, add qualifications.

This is easy to understand.

Simply having played in the summer league with the national team is obviously not enough.

This Asian Championship is a perfect opportunity to get a "voting certificate".

harm:

Just one, might get hurt.

For other things, he can bring Handy to the country with him. It doesn't mean that he can't train by himself when playing for the national team.

"Am I going alone?"

After Lin Ying analyzed it, he did not give an answer immediately, but asked.

What he asked was very professional.

This is actually asking who the Nuggets will arrange for him to go with.

If there is an NBA-level team doctor following him, then this problem will not be that big.

If you don't dare to play even though you have the team doctor with you, then simply stop playing basketball. You may get injured even in training.

"Of course not, we will send a team to go to China with you."

"a team?"

Lin Ying was a little surprised, but there was no need to exaggerate.

"Yes, we will arrange a team doctor, a nutritionist, and..."

"I'll go along."

Before Walken Dean could finish speaking, Karl took over.

"ah?"

Lin Ying was immediately shocked.

This head coach also went to the Asian Championships with him?!

Even if the coaching staff also attaches great importance to it, at most O'Connor will follow him. I didn't expect you, old Karl...

"I just want to visit China."

Carl didn't explain much.

Because only he himself can know what he is considering.

To be honest, Lin Ying's performance in the summer league still gave him a lot of surprises.

The summer league is low-level, but many of them are adult players, and even if they are not, there are also many sophomores.

But Lin Ying's performance was quite good. After watching it, he even had the idea of ​​​​arranging individual tactics for him.

Here I have to mention a knowledge point that Yao Ming mentioned before: the power of NBA coaches is far less than that of NCAA.

So you will see many times when the stars of the team quarrel openly with the coach, and in the end of the quarrel, the coach may pack up and leave.

This is also easy to understand. The NBA is a business league, and it is the superstars who help the bosses make big money.

Coaches can be changed, but superstars cannot be replaced just by saying.

So many times, regardless of right or wrong, management will side with the superstars.

And it just so happens that the Nuggets have one, no, two superstars who are very ball-hungry.

Therefore, if Karl wants to arrange it for others, it is still a rookie tactic, so he must be cautious.

At least, he had to make sure that Lin Ying was worthy of what he did, and that doing so would be good for the team.

How to be sure?

Naturally, we need to see Lin Ying's performance through more actual combat.

The Asian Championships in front of us is a good opportunity to see Lin Ying's leadership ability.

"Lin, don't feel pressured. If you choose to go, we all support you!"

Walken Dean repeated what he said before.

Don't think he's enthusiastic, it's really...he can't help but be enthusiastic!

Just before the management decided to arrange for them to come, an internal meeting was held.

One of the new phenomena mentioned is that several companies in China are already looking for cooperation with the Nuggets!

The reason is naturally because of Lin Ying's outstanding performance in the summer league!

Just like those sneaker manufacturers, domestic companies were cautious at first.

But again, with the Summer League over, they are now first come, first served!

Therefore, it is abnormal for Walken Dean not to be enthusiastic!

The Chinese market has not yet been officially developed, but there are so many benefits.

When it is officially developed, wouldn’t it be a lot of money?

After looking at Walken Dean and then at Karl, Lin Ying finally nodded.

In fact, when Yao Ming asked him, he was worried that things would develop like what was written in a certain novel:

The team didn't agree for him to go, so the Basketball Association forced him to go, and eventually it got into a big fight, commonly known as: Basketball Palace Fight.

But now it seems that this era is still a little different.

And he suddenly remembered the old Chinese medicine doctor Auden talked about.

Although Oden still underwent surgery as in history, it is said that his recovery will be faster than expected.

Then Auden recommended the old Chinese doctor to him again.

If it is really that powerful, it might also be his insurance.

Even in the end, the three parties coincided with each other!

The Basketball Association hopes that he will go to the Asian Championships to practice and increase his qualifications. The Nuggets also hope that he will go to the training and increase the influence of the Nuggets. He himself also intends to improve his own strength through training in the Asian Championships.

and popularity!

I really need to go to this Asian Championship.

If everything goes well, with a wave of reputation and popularity, maybe the sneaker contract will follow suit!

…

Two days after agreeing to the Nuggets management, Lin Ying set off to return to China.

In addition to the team assigned to him by the Nuggets, he also has Duffy and Phil Handy.

This is really a big group of people. Those who don't know it think they are out to fight.

When the plane entered Chinese airspace, Lin Ying's mood was a bit complicated.

It has been two years since he traveled through time. Due to training and the absence of his parents, he has not yet returned to his country.

I didn't feel much about it before, but when I really had to set foot on my homeland again, the feeling suddenly became very strong.

This is probably the blood in your bones!

The plane landed at Ningbo Lishe International Airport, and O'Connor took them all the way out.

Speaking of which, he had worked for the CBA club before, so he was a real China hand.

Then when they came out of the exit, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

Especially Lin Ying was dumbfounded.

Because there were almost two hundred people outside holding signs waiting for them, and...most of them were women!

It was summer, everyone was wearing cool clothes, and the scene was a bit chaotic.

"Is there another celebrity named Lin Ying coming today?"

Lin Ying's first reaction was this.

This was very true because he remembered something similar happening before.

An academician named Zhang Jie, an academician of the Academy of Sciences, got off the plane and saw a group of people holding his name tags, thinking they were greeting him, but it turned out that they were greeting the singer Zhang Jie.

What do women like? Celebrities!

Although he traveled through time, there are so many celebrities, how could he remember every one of them?

He is really afraid of misunderstanding and embarrassment.

But O'Connor walked over because he saw an old acquaintance there.

A Dijiang, the assistant coach of the men's basketball team, is also the head coach of the men's basketball team.

Lin Ying walked over, and the girls holding the signs suddenly became excited.

He was at a loss for a moment.

What on earth is going on here?

"Lin, do you want to go over and sign autographs and take photos with them?"

After O'Connor met Ah Dejiang and introduced both parties to each other, he turned to Lin Ying and asked.

That means if not, they will leave the airport directly by car.

Lin Ying nodded.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he knew the importance of fans.

Especially the experience of the University of Texas in the past year. Without the crazy support of the fans, they may not be able to make it to the end.

And he also remembered what Kobe said when reporters asked him why he played injured:

You don't know how much the fans have paid to watch your game. It may even be the only opportunity for some of them in their lives. You can't let them down.

So he still has to be responsible to the fans.

As long as it's not as crazy as when I was watching the Austin Bulls.

Lin Ying went over to give autographs to those fans and then took a group photo.

"He is very popular with girls."

Karl couldn't help but said while looking at the scene in front of him.

"Handsome guy, don't all the little girls like this nowadays?"

O'Connor on the side translated it, and after understanding it, Ah Dijiang smiled bitterly and said.

You may not believe it, but the most popular person in the men's basketball team he leads is not Yi Li, who has the most potential, nor Zhang Kai, who is the most capable, but Yang Ming, who has the most good looks.

There is no way, this is the mainstream of society now.

What is the most popular thing in this era? Idol dramas!

Not to mention how popular 2001's "Meteor Garden" was.

As for basketball-related ones, "Basketball Fire" and "Slam Dunk" are all works from 2008.

So it shouldn’t be too normal for good-looking basketball players to be wildly sought after at this time.

Yi Jianlian was extremely popular when he entered the NBA, partly because of his good looks.

Sunny and handsome, these four words were almost tied to Ah Lian back then.

Lin Ying is good-looking and cool, so it's strange that no women like him.

At this moment, a burst of crazy screams suddenly sounded from the crowd.

Ah Dijiang and Karl looked over nervously, and then they discovered...

Um, what's going on?
Chapter completed!