Chapter 17
"Li Sheng went to Oklahoma? When did this happen..."
The domestic reporter who went to San Antonio to interview Li Sheng before could not find anyone else after the Spurs' championship parade, so the scheduled interview naturally flew away. I didn't expect to hear that he appeared in Oklahoma City in a blink of an eye.
Moreover, the identity at this time has become the new head coach of the Thunder!
It's not that their brains are turning too slowly, but that the world is changing too fast.
Who the hell can tell them what's going on?
Although it takes a lot of trouble to go from the Holy City to the Oklahoma City and find another person, this is actually a good thing for them, because there are more things to talk about.
And before finding someone, they didn't forget to send news to the country first. As front-line reporters, their news must be the most accurate and timely.
But in fact, the domestic Internet is already very developed at this time, not to mention that Li Sheng has already enjoyed popularity among certain groups because of the previous news.
So there is no need for these front-line reporters to take action. After Leiting’s press conference was announced, Twitter was trending, and then someone climbed the wall and habitually clicked in to take a look. Why did this person look familiar?
"Hey, isn't this Brother Sheng?"
So it was first spread on the Internet as a gossip——
"What, Brother Sheng is the head coach? Or the coach of the Thunder?!"
"Brother Sheng" is Li Sheng's respectful title after he became famous in China, and it can be regarded as a nickname.
After Yao Ming, neither Yi Jianlian nor Zhou Qi caused any splashes in the NBA. Jeremy Lin, who once caused a storm, was not well accepted by domestic audiences because of his nationality.
The appearance of Li Sheng can be regarded as the appearance of a Chinese face in the NBA again, and in a way that everyone did not expect.
Although it has always been recognized in the NBA that the status of a coach is not as good as that of the players, let alone an assistant coach, the "No.1" who has pioneered in a new field will always make people have different expectations of him.
Of course, sometimes nicknames that sound good on the Internet are more likely to be used for blackmail when they first appeared, such as "holy" or "big devil" and so on.
Li Sheng is relatively neutral. The main reason is that everyone still doesn’t know much about it. They were waiting for the frontline reporters to send back more detailed reports. Many people even felt that their speed was too slow this time, which was very disappointing.
It turned out that after a few days of silence, "Brother Sheng" held back such a big surprise for them.
"What about Brooks?"
The Thunder still has a lot of fans in China, and coach Brooks, who has trained four young players, of course also has some fans.
"Of course it's to help our brother Sheng rebuild the NBA!"
"Everyone remember the ID upstairs, it is already a well-known holy black."
"Niu Pi, how long has Brother Sheng been famous before he has a professional sunspot?"
"Ghost knows what's going on. Maybe they're not Chinese. I can't see Chinese people doing well outside."
"So, has this news been confirmed? Isn't today April Fool's Day?"
"It's absolutely true. I'm in the United States. I just checked the Thunder's official website. They've updated it. The head coach is Brother Sheng. The photos are all up there. There's nothing wrong with it."
"Wow, what a bully, Saint Brother is showing off the power of our country!"
"Why do I have an ominous premonition, who can tell me what is going on with Brother Sheng's coaching?"
"I've only been a teaching assistant for a year, and I have no experience at all. It's my first time as a coach, who knows what?"
"You won't bring my twins into the ditch, will you?"
"Why do I feel like the Thunder are about to fail? Is Westbrook's injury serious?"
"And Durant, I believe Adu, Westbrook is not here, if he can lead the rest of the team to play well, he will definitely win the MVP next season."
Generally speaking, everyone has some doubts about Li Sheng, but they are more looking forward to it. There is a kind of pride in oneself, and of course they are more willing to support him, hoping that he can get good results and gain a firm foothold in the NBA.
Even many who were not Thunder fans before began to pay attention. From this perspective, Bennett's idea has indeed been realized.
And when discussions were raging on the other side of the ocean, among those who followed the NBA in the United States, this news naturally caused a thousand waves with one stone.
Most people are skeptical, which is understandable. After all, they do not have compatriot filters like Chinese netizens. Most of them are still willing to say something good and look forward to it. In fact, even Americans will receive a lot of doubts in this situation.
As a rookie with only one year of teaching assistant experience, Li Sheng certainly has the qualifications to coach, but he replaced Brooks who single-handedly brought the Thunder to the top.
Donovan, who was well-known in Europe in Li Sheng's previous life, replaced Brooks, who had just led the team to fish in the playoffs, and encountered doubts for most of the season. Later, in the playoffs, he first eliminated the 67-win Spurs and once forced the 73-win Warriors to the edge of a 1:3 cliff.
So he can continue to coach in the future, and he can also go to the Bulls. Anyway, he has gained a firm foothold in the NBA.
European famous coaches like Blatter, who only coached the Cavaliers for more than one season and led the newly formed team to the finals, were dismissed from get out of class, let alone a rookie like Li Sheng who has not proved himself in anything?
Among them, the Spurs fans should be regarded as relatively moderate. The local fans in San Antonio actually have a deep impression of Li Sheng, an assistant coach who usually does not seem to have a high sense of existence, mainly because his image is too unique.
And his conscientious performance in training is occasionally mentioned by the local newspapers in the content of tofu cubes. In addition, he just won the championship with the team, and everyone is naturally more tolerant.
For his choice of going out to pursue his dream, he chose blessings, and some expressed concern, and hoped that he could come back if things went wrong. San Antonio will always be his "home".
However, the local fans in Oklahoma City seem to be the most calm about this decision. It may be because the Thunder has been full of hope in each season in the past five years, especially when they reached the finals in the 11-12 season.
The result was that they disappointed them again and again, and even for Brooks, they did not have the confidence and support they had before.
In fact, it must be a lie for the fans to say that they are not satisfied with the Thunder's current results.
Although they didn't win the championship, they have been in the championship queue for two or three consecutive years, which is not something ordinary teams can do.
There are 22 teams in NBA history that have won championships, including the Thunder's predecessor, the Seattle SuperSonics.
Strictly speaking, the Thunder is actually a brand new team and has not fully inherited the history of the Sonics. Therefore, historically, the Thunder is also a team that has never won a championship, and they were once very close to the championship.
Sometimes if you can't get it, maybe you don't think so much, but if you can get it but you can't get it, it's even more regrettable.
Since entering the playoffs in the 09-10 season, their record has improved every year, and their footsteps in the playoffs are getting stronger every year except this season.
What's more, this year was still due to an accidental exit. Logically speaking, such a team will not change. In his previous life, Brooks was fired when Durant was injured and did not make the playoffs.
Even Clayton Bennett himself believed in Li Sheng because of the wonderful dream, otherwise Li Sheng would not be able to convince the businessman with his mouth alone.
(End of this chapter)
"Li Sheng went to Oklahoma? When did this happen..."
The domestic reporter who went to San Antonio to interview Li Sheng before could not find anyone else after the Spurs' championship parade, so the scheduled interview naturally flew away. I didn't expect to hear that he appeared in Oklahoma City in a blink of an eye.
Moreover, the identity at this time has become the new head coach of the Thunder!
It's not that their brains are turning too slowly, but that the world is changing too fast.
Who the hell can tell them what's going on?
Although it takes a lot of trouble to go from the Holy City to the Oklahoma City and find another person, this is actually a good thing for them, because there are more things to talk about.
And before finding someone, they didn't forget to send news to the country first. As front-line reporters, their news must be the most accurate and timely.
But in fact, the domestic Internet is already very developed at this time, not to mention that Li Sheng has already enjoyed popularity among certain groups because of the previous news.
So there is no need for these front-line reporters to take action. After Leiting’s press conference was announced, Twitter was trending, and then someone climbed the wall and habitually clicked in to take a look. Why did this person look familiar?
"Hey, isn't this Brother Sheng?"
So it was first spread on the Internet as a gossip——
"What, Brother Sheng is the head coach? Or the coach of the Thunder?!"
"Brother Sheng" is Li Sheng's respectful title after he became famous in China, and it can be regarded as a nickname.
After Yao Ming, neither Yi Jianlian nor Zhou Qi caused any splashes in the NBA. Jeremy Lin, who once caused a storm, was not well accepted by domestic audiences because of his nationality.
The appearance of Li Sheng can be regarded as the appearance of a Chinese face in the NBA again, and in a way that everyone did not expect.
Although it has always been recognized in the NBA that the status of a coach is not as good as that of the players, let alone an assistant coach, the "No.1" who has pioneered in a new field will always make people have different expectations of him.
Of course, sometimes nicknames that sound good on the Internet are more likely to be used for blackmail when they first appeared, such as "holy" or "big devil" and so on.
Li Sheng is relatively neutral. The main reason is that everyone still doesn’t know much about it. They were waiting for the frontline reporters to send back more detailed reports. Many people even felt that their speed was too slow this time, which was very disappointing.
It turned out that after a few days of silence, "Brother Sheng" held back such a big surprise for them.
"What about Brooks?"
The Thunder still has a lot of fans in China, and coach Brooks, who has trained four young players, of course also has some fans.
"Of course it's to help our brother Sheng rebuild the NBA!"
"Everyone remember the ID upstairs, it is already a well-known holy black."
"Niu Pi, how long has Brother Sheng been famous before he has a professional sunspot?"
"Ghost knows what's going on. Maybe they're not Chinese. I can't see Chinese people doing well outside."
"So, has this news been confirmed? Isn't today April Fool's Day?"
"It's absolutely true. I'm in the United States. I just checked the Thunder's official website. They've updated it. The head coach is Brother Sheng. The photos are all up there. There's nothing wrong with it."
"Wow, what a bully, Saint Brother is showing off the power of our country!"
"Why do I have an ominous premonition, who can tell me what is going on with Brother Sheng's coaching?"
"I've only been a teaching assistant for a year, and I have no experience at all. It's my first time as a coach, who knows what?"
"You won't bring my twins into the ditch, will you?"
"Why do I feel like the Thunder are about to fail? Is Westbrook's injury serious?"
"And Durant, I believe Adu, Westbrook is not here, if he can lead the rest of the team to play well, he will definitely win the MVP next season."
Generally speaking, everyone has some doubts about Li Sheng, but they are more looking forward to it. There is a kind of pride in oneself, and of course they are more willing to support him, hoping that he can get good results and gain a firm foothold in the NBA.
Even many who were not Thunder fans before began to pay attention. From this perspective, Bennett's idea has indeed been realized.
And when discussions were raging on the other side of the ocean, among those who followed the NBA in the United States, this news naturally caused a thousand waves with one stone.
Most people are skeptical, which is understandable. After all, they do not have compatriot filters like Chinese netizens. Most of them are still willing to say something good and look forward to it. In fact, even Americans will receive a lot of doubts in this situation.
As a rookie with only one year of teaching assistant experience, Li Sheng certainly has the qualifications to coach, but he replaced Brooks who single-handedly brought the Thunder to the top.
Donovan, who was well-known in Europe in Li Sheng's previous life, replaced Brooks, who had just led the team to fish in the playoffs, and encountered doubts for most of the season. Later, in the playoffs, he first eliminated the 67-win Spurs and once forced the 73-win Warriors to the edge of a 1:3 cliff.
So he can continue to coach in the future, and he can also go to the Bulls. Anyway, he has gained a firm foothold in the NBA.
European famous coaches like Blatter, who only coached the Cavaliers for more than one season and led the newly formed team to the finals, were dismissed from get out of class, let alone a rookie like Li Sheng who has not proved himself in anything?
Among them, the Spurs fans should be regarded as relatively moderate. The local fans in San Antonio actually have a deep impression of Li Sheng, an assistant coach who usually does not seem to have a high sense of existence, mainly because his image is too unique.
And his conscientious performance in training is occasionally mentioned by the local newspapers in the content of tofu cubes. In addition, he just won the championship with the team, and everyone is naturally more tolerant.
For his choice of going out to pursue his dream, he chose blessings, and some expressed concern, and hoped that he could come back if things went wrong. San Antonio will always be his "home".
However, the local fans in Oklahoma City seem to be the most calm about this decision. It may be because the Thunder has been full of hope in each season in the past five years, especially when they reached the finals in the 11-12 season.
The result was that they disappointed them again and again, and even for Brooks, they did not have the confidence and support they had before.
In fact, it must be a lie for the fans to say that they are not satisfied with the Thunder's current results.
Although they didn't win the championship, they have been in the championship queue for two or three consecutive years, which is not something ordinary teams can do.
There are 22 teams in NBA history that have won championships, including the Thunder's predecessor, the Seattle SuperSonics.
Strictly speaking, the Thunder is actually a brand new team and has not fully inherited the history of the Sonics. Therefore, historically, the Thunder is also a team that has never won a championship, and they were once very close to the championship.
Sometimes if you can't get it, maybe you don't think so much, but if you can get it but you can't get it, it's even more regrettable.
Since entering the playoffs in the 09-10 season, their record has improved every year, and their footsteps in the playoffs are getting stronger every year except this season.
What's more, this year was still due to an accidental exit. Logically speaking, such a team will not change. In his previous life, Brooks was fired when Durant was injured and did not make the playoffs.
Even Clayton Bennett himself believed in Li Sheng because of the wonderful dream, otherwise Li Sheng would not be able to convince the businessman with his mouth alone.
(End of this chapter)
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