unfinished glory

Chapter 93 The sixth battle

On June 6, the four members of Lao Li's family reunited again and gathered in the SBC Center Arena, together with the old coach K.

Yao Ming, who was on crutches, grabbed another ticket and came to the scene. Besides him, there was also a Chinese big man Tang Zhengdong sitting with him.

Although Tang Zhengdong signed up for this year's draft, he participated in several training camps in May, and his performance was not satisfactory, and his predicted pick dropped from the second round of [-]s to almost out of the draft zone. .

This made him a little uncertain about whether to participate in this year's NBA draft, so he traveled across the ocean again to learn from Yao Ming.

Since the players who have submitted the registration application, if they need to withdraw their application, they must do so ten days before the draft day, that is, June 6. Therefore, Yao Ming, who was invited by Li Chongxiao to watch the sixth game of the finals, asked Li Chongxiao and brought Tang Zhengdong ahead of time. Come together.

Regarding whether to participate in this year's draft, Tang Zhengdong's main hesitation is that the predicted pick is too bad, and he may not be selected. He wonders whether to wait for the next season to improve before participating in the draft.

Moreover, according to the regulations of the Basketball Association, athletes in the system must participate in the NBA draft and must have played two rounds of the national team's competition before they can be released.

Even if he is selected this year, since Tang Zhengdong has only played one round of the national team competition, the Basketball Association will not let him go.

The reason why he wants to participate in this year's draft is that he is already old, and a year later means that his potential will be reduced, and he will not be favored.

Secondly, the sudden emergence of Li Chongxiao this year has brought a lot of bonuses to Huaxia players. After everyone gets used to it next year, it is hard to say whether they can still enjoy this benefit.

There were problems both positive and negative, and he couldn't see clearly for a while, and he couldn't figure out the NBA draft, so he simply went abroad to find Yao Ming and Li Chongxiao.

Seeing that Tang Zhengdong was so sincere and rushed to the United States, Yao Ming and Li Chongxiao did not hide it.

Knowing that Tang Zhengdong was the MVP of the CBA for two consecutive seasons, Li Chongxiao was delighted.He said bluntly that Americans are very arrogant, they have always looked down on basketball in other countries, and the NBA championship is grandly called the world champion by them.

If it weren't for the painful lessons of two consecutive major competitions, such as the consecutive losses in the 2002 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games being severely taught by the Argentines, it is estimated that they would not even look at other leagues.

Therefore, one CBA MVP is enough, and there will be no bonus if there are more. On the contrary, as the age gets older, the potential becomes smaller, which will make the team more cautious when choosing.

As for being selected but unable to enter the NBA immediately, he even used his teammates Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi as examples to show that as long as the strength is there, it is never too late to come.

Yao Ming is aware of some strange problems in China. He has also heard about Tang Zhengdong changing his age, so he strongly encourages Tang Zhengdong to participate in the draft this year.

He also spoke very directly. Playing in the CBA for one more year will not make much progress. If Tang Zhengdong still maintains his current state next year, he will definitely not be selected in the draft next year. In this year, he can still give it a try. .

And don't worry too much about the national team's games. Yao Ming vaguely revealed that his injury may not recover so quickly.

Since Tang Zhengdong traveled a long distance abroad for consultation, he must be inclined to participate in the draft in his heart.In China, any basketball player with aspirations will not let go of the opportunity to go to the NBA.

And it's not just about dreams and the like, it's about actual interests as well.Even the salary of NBA drinking fountain players is higher than that of current CBA star players.

Take Li Chongxiao as an example, his current salary is 37 US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 300 million RMB, while Tang Zhengdong's salary this season is only about 50 RMB.

And once selected and signed by the NBA, the fame is not the same.

Without thinking too much, Tang Zhengdong decided to continue participating in this NBA draft.

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Before the sixth final match, Li Chongxiao came over with a smile and brought two tickets to let Tang Zhengdong feel the atmosphere of the highest level of basketball.

All the Spurs players expressed their victory declaration tonight. Li Chongxiao didn't know how determined the others were. He himself played this game as his last.

He felt that his state was like that described in martial arts novels, his energy and energy had reached the peak, which was the peak since his NBA career.

In this state, there is a feeling of gods blocking and killing gods and Buddhas.During training and warming up, the waves were calm, but there was magma rushing in the quiet underground.

Duncan noticed that Li Chongxiao was quieter than usual today, and it was difficult to say anything on the field. After warming up, he pressed Li Chongxiao's shoulder and was about to say something when the two of them were at the end. But in the eyes of Li Chongxiao who turned his head, he saw flames .

He naturally put his hand on Li Chongxiao's shoulder, hugged it, and asked, "How will we celebrate later? Shall we throw Bobo into the sky?"

"As long as you don't want us to lose the head coach next season, it's up to you!" Li Chongxiao rolled his eyes.

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In the first five games, the Spurs and the Pistons scored 3:2. As long as this game wins again, the Spurs will win the championship trophy in the 2004~2005 season.

Stern came to the scene with the championship trophy, and the players on the field unconsciously glanced at the championship trophy.

Muhammad lost to Ben Wallace in the jump ball, and the Pistons got the first chance to attack.

Hamilton got around Rasheed Wallace and Duncan and got a chance at the corner, and Billups passed the ball in time.

Hamilton caught the ball and threw it. As soon as he took the ball, Li Chongxiao rushed out from behind Duncan. With a volleyball movement, he slapped the ball onto the technical stage.

Many spectators immediately jumped up and cheered as soon as they sat down.

Seeing this scene, Li Guangfu smiled and said to the people nearby: "This kid is going to work hard today!"

After re-serving, Rasheed Wallace was about to reach his position, took the ball and singled Duncan inside, after he feinted, he hooked a frontal hook, and was blocked by Duncan, who had been prepared for a long time.

It's a pity that the ball was caught by Ben Wallace who rushed over. He made a dunk and helped the Pistons score first.

The offense of the Spurs is still stable. Duncan gets the ball inside and attracts a double-team pass to Parker.Other players interspersed and moved, Bowen received a pass from Parker and made a three-pointer.

Just like the previous games, the two sides were evenly matched at the beginning, and the scores were also rising alternately.

Except for his outstanding performance with a big hat in the opening game, the rest of the first quarter of Li Chongxiao tended to be flat. He only got two shots and hit a two-pointer.

Most of the time, he put his energy on defense.

Hamilton seems to have been isolated from the Pistons system by him. As the top scorer of the Pistons, he also only got two shots in the first quarter.

It has to be said that the players of the two teams have high tactical literacy and basketball IQ, and they still played in an orderly manner even though it seemed that there was one less player each.

As the top card of the Spurs, Duncan still provides a steady stream of firepower output like in previous games.

On the Pistons side, it was Ben Wallace who suddenly emerged. He actually scored 6 points in a single quarter under the defense of Muhammad.

Muhammad, who has little experience in the playoffs and has never fought any tough battles, was a little timid in the face of today's Pistons, who were acting like they were eating people.

After half a quarter, Horry and Ginobili came on the stage, and Parker, who was replaced, French Trot was out of shape in this series and was severely suppressed by Billups.

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides tied at 17:17.

(End of this chapter)