After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 69 Interview
After the game against the Spurs, Li Chengming accepted an exclusive interview with the "Basketball Pioneer" before leaving San Antonio.

In fact, this interview has been confirmed long ago, but the two sides need to cooperate with each other, and there must be some preparation work on the other side.

Since the "Basketball Pioneer" was founded in 04, it has become the leading basketball print media in China in just three years. Before that, their main focus was Dayao and Kong Tianyi.

But with Li Chengming's outstanding performance, the contact between the two sides is also increasing. "Basketball Pioneer" also sent a resident reporter in Orlando, paying attention to Li Chengming's movements at any time.

It is not the first time that Li Chengming and the reporter Duan Ran who came to interview have met, so the two sides quickly got to the point after a short greeting:
"It's a pity to let you be interviewed at this time..."

This obviously refers to the loss just now, and the mood must not be very good.

Li Chengming's temperament is indeed not good, not only because of the loss, but also because of his own performance.

Today, although he is very efficient on the offensive end, he can be regarded as conscientious in defense. He cannot defend because he is not capable enough, but the opponent is too strong. That's what made him really uncomfortable.

No one wants to be the background board, although some people say that being the background board means that you are willing to let go from another perspective, just like Kobe, Duncan and others who are recognized as good defensive players, they have often become other people's background boards, But in most cases, appearing in the background board will definitely be laughed at.

Li Chengming even began to think that when he became more powerful and famous in the future, this would become his black history.

Among the top ten and five best balls in the NBA, not only depends on how exciting the ball is, but sometimes it depends on who is facing up.

With his current status, it may be better. If he becomes a star in the future, the value of those pictures will also increase accordingly.

Of course, some of his shots, such as 2+1 against James for a layup, dunking James, diffracting Durant, and Garnett, will also become frequent visitors in the highlights. After all, star contests and strong duels.

But of course Li Chengming couldn't give others a bad face, so he just waved his hands and smiled and said: "Fortunately, after all, today's opponent is the defending champion. We need to do more to hope to beat them. I hope the next match can be good." Do better..."

Duan Ran also directly changed the subject and asked: "In fact, domestic fans still have a lot of unfamiliar things about you. Can you tell me how you thought of participating in the draft?"

Although the domestic media has already disclosed the relevant information of Li Chengming, in fact, Li Chengming now has no secrets about his experience from childhood, school and family except for the bed-wetting incident when he was a child.

There is nothing to hide about his growth trajectory. Of course, what everyone pays more attention to is his development in basketball.

He has been in touch with basketball since he was very young. Later, the family thought that it would be good for him to find a sport to lose weight. How did he know that there was no reduction at all, but his personal skills are getting better and better.

He was born in Ye Luzi, but in the field of basketball, it was the primary school physical education teacher who first led him in. This guy has become popular recently. A Lee became famous only.

As for the fact that the other party often disclosed his elementary school physical education class and basketball training in the media, and even said some bad things, Li Chengming actually knew each other from his father when he first heard about it. Just wanting money.

This is nothing to understand. Li Chengming has never been in contact with the other party in these years, and there is no friendship. When he has benefits, do you still expect him to help him keep some secrets?
What's more, strictly speaking, these are not private things that can't be said. When talking about these, Li Chengming just smiled and said: "I have always been very grateful to Mr. Han for helping me in the early years, and there are other things that have helped me grow up. The teachers and friends who helped me also..."

He won't talk about more topics, as long as the other party doesn't make up nonsense, then he doesn't need to block his way of making money.

Regarding the topic of his draft, there are actually many speculations from the outside world. Li Chengming has never responded formally before, but he just took this opportunity to make it clear: "I received a trial training invitation from the Magic when I was about to have a vacation. , and then because I had experienced some things at that time, I thought about going out to relax.

"My dad was worried that I would come out with me alone. At that time, the effect of the trial training was quite good, so we didn't look for other teams. In the end, the Magic also selected me with the Mavericks. ..."

As for why Orlando invited him, a little-known little guy, to try out, Li Chengming couldn't explain it.

Someone asked the general manager of the Magic, Osti Smith, and he explained that this was the news reported to him by the team's scouts in China.

Due to the lack of draft picks, the Magic team has not used up all the places for trial training, so one more will not have much impact. After all, the invitation is an invitation, and it is their business if they can't make it through. There's nothing wrong with the team.

Now it has proved the importance of this trial training, but I don't know if the scout has been promoted or raised.

Duan Ran nodded, but suddenly asked a question that Li Chengming did not expect: "Then Li Chengming, do you think your success can be replicated?"

"Success?" Li Chengming thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't think I'm far from being successful now, after all, my career has just begun. The word 'success', I think, can only be achieved at a certain stage in life." Used as a qualitative word, my current words are just starting to hit the road."

"Oh?" Duan Ran raised his eyebrows. Although he had seen Li Chengming being interviewed before, he also knew that sometimes he didn't look like a teenager of his age, and his speech seemed very mature.

Of course, these reporters have more contact with Li Chengming and his son, and they can guess that the reason why Li Chengming can do this is inseparable from his good family education.

"But I think you have had a relatively... good start. And compared to other domestic players, you should be considered the best start. Then I wonder if you can share some experience, which may be able to give to the future Do domestic players who also joined the NBA have a reference?"

With the success of Li Chengming, more and more people in China are discussing whether more and more domestic players will join the NBA in the future.

And Li Chengming's experience also makes many people feel that it can be used as a reference. After all, compared to Dayao, who only went to the NBA after he had achieved success in Sybil, Dayao, who has matured and is in his twenties, is going to a new NBA team. Adaptation to the environment is definitely not as good as that of a teenager.

And if you can get NBA-level training and competition opportunities earlier, it is self-evident for the growth of young players.

Li Chengming thought for a while, and he was still very cautious about this issue, because his father told him that the domestic situation is that people who are "gilded" abroad, especially those who are relatively top-notch in the industry, will treat their Some remarks are regarded as canon.

This is also to remind him to be careful when speaking and doing things domestically. He represents the face of Huaguo to the outside world, and he also needs to play a certain role model in the team. This is not based on his personal will.

Fortunately, Li's father had considered such a problem before. As Li Chengming became more and more famous, he had more and more affairs, and Li's father alone would definitely be too busy. He recruited two people in China, and he also recruited assistants in the United States to help with the work.

In addition, the staff of the Magic team's press affairs can help provide some help. Li Chengming's speech now is more and more like an NBA player.

Of course, like this kind of interview, even if he occasionally says something wrong, it doesn't matter, and it's not a live broadcast, so it can be remedied.

After all, "Basketball Pioneer" is not the kind of sensational gossip tabloid. Regardless of whether it is from the perspective of interests or emotional factors, it still has to protect these domestic players.

The moment Li Chengming heard the other party's words, he thought to himself, compared with other people, this is the case, but how can the outside world see the aggrieved heart when he was suppressed at the beginning?

But of course, now even Li Chengming doesn't think about the past. He had some small complaints about Van Gundy, but now it turns out that it wasn't Van Gundy who really had any opinion on him, maybe it was before. He didn't prove himself so he didn't trust that much.

So he thought for a while and said: "I dare not say that my experience will be useful, after all, everyone's situation is different. If it is based on my personal experience, I think that when you come to a foreign country, you first Your language must be able to keep up.

"Then do as the Romans do in the country. You can't always place your hopes on other people. First of all, you have to take the initiative to blend in with them, because for strangers in a foreign country, others sometimes worry about whether the habits are different. Will there be any differences?" Offend or something.

"So you still need to take the initiative to break the ice. Like the environment here in the United States, it's better to say something, not to hide it in your heart. Generally, the team will still meet some of your needs, and then whether it is training or competition Among them, the running-in with teammates also needs a lot of communication to be better realized..."

Duan Ran nodded, but secretly said in his heart, I heard that in Milwaukee,
On the contrary, it was Dayao in Houston, who was in the same situation as Li Chengming.

Dayao also actively learned the language at the beginning, and then worked hard to communicate with them and integrate into the group. Of course, the team Dayao encountered at the time was also very important, not only the champion coach Tang Shuai, but also bosses like Francis, and even many Houston passers-by who are curious and friendly to him.

Coupled with Dayao's inner strength and his hard work, he has the core position he has today.

Seeing Li Chengming like this, Duan Ran was thinking in his heart, wondering if Li Chengming might grow up to be like Dayao one day, if so, in the future, one in the west, one in the east, and two leading stars in the game, then It can really be called the Huaguo Derby.

(End of this chapter)