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!
To be continued...