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Chapter 29 Coincidentally, Me Too
"There is a beast from China hidden in the Pacific Twelve Alliance."

"His name is the sun."

"It means the sun."

"And his performance on the field is indeed as dazzling as the sun!"

"He was a freshman for the Arizona State Sun Devils."

"Maybe you haven't heard of him, just like if you don't know James Harden, you certainly don't know that the Pac-[-] has the Arizona State University Sun Devils."

"But you'd better remember the name because soon his story will be spreading across America."

"It's also best to remember his team, the Sun Devils, because this will be the dark horse team in the new season..."

This is the "Dark Horse" Has Appeared?The Arizona State Sun Devils have a beast inside! "In the article, there is a short comment on Lin Ri and the Sun Devils.

This is still the least "blown" part... One can imagine how Lin Ri and the Sun Devils were "blown"!
Even if it's not "boosting", it's about the same height.

You must know that the regular season has only just played two games, and even when this article was published, the Sun Devils had just finished their second regular season game.

Needless to say, the influence of ESPN, when the Internet was not so developed, they were already one of the "three giants" of sports-related media in the United States, and now with the development of the Internet, they have also followed suit, faintly overpowering TNT and others with the same name before them in the limelight, and are now sending out a solid challenge to the leading position in the sports-related media industry.

Every article that comes out of this website, no matter what the content, has a considerable number of views.

Not to mention, this article comes from the daily guide section of the NCAA section of the ESPN website, and the location is very conspicuous.

But also because of the conspicuous location and the huge number of views, the fans who watched it were very confused...the sun?The Sun Devils?Dark horse?
What the hell is this!
For most fans, they know every word in this article, but they can't understand it together. Isn't Arizona the Wildcats?When did another Sun Devil team come out? What the hell is the sun?Where did you hang out before?Why did it become a household name immediately, and became famous all over the United States?

There are big question marks in the minds of these fans.

Some fans who have a deep understanding of the NCAA, rather than just watching "March Madness", know that Arizona not only has the Wildcats, but also the Sun Devils. It's just that in the history of the NCAA, the honors of these two teams cannot be compared. It can even be said that "one is in the sky and the other is in the ground." guy!
what's going on?

Is this team going to thrive this year?

But I haven't heard of any super rookies entering their team this summer!
It’s not that these fans really know so many NCAA universities and what kind of signings they have, but that there are not many decent high school students in this year’s best high school. If Tyreke Evans is not among them, this year’s best high school lineup can be said to be very poor. Or how to say that next year’s draft will be a small year!They are all sophomores and juniors participating in the draft, not to say that they are not necessarily good, but compared to the rookies who participated in the draft after freshman year, they must be inferior in terms of potential and growth.

For the general managers of the NBA, the most important thing for a rookie is not immediate combat power, but potential!

The greater the potential, the more precious it is!

This is why the No. 04 pick in 4 was the high school student Howard, not the junior "Mr. Perfect" Okafor, and even though the latter won the "Best Rookie" at the time and overwhelmed Howard, but at this stage [-] years later, it is really a very wise choice for the Magic to choose Howard.

Even if in the end Howard failed to become the next Kevin Garnett as written in his scouting report, but became the first Dwyane Howard, it can be seen that his dominance on the defensive end is moving towards the historical level!
Therefore, the draft in 09 was doomed to have few freshmen, and it was doomed to be a "little draft year" in the eyes of many general managers.

Then what happened to the sun?

Freshman!

Dazzling like the sun!
What a China player!
real or fake!

Don't be the next Yi Jianlian again, right?
The failed rookie season made Yi Jianlian gradually put on the hat of "the No. 6 pick in the first round of parallel imports". At the same time, the successive failures of Chinese players in the NBA except Yao Ming also made the market of Chinese players continue to decline...

What is ESPN going crazy about?
Is this the way of grandstanding?

Many fans were puzzled, but some fans went online to check the news about the newcomer "the sun" of the Sun Devils, and then they were stunned.

"The University of Memphis, where the super rookie Tyreek Evans is located, suffered a 26-point massacre in the warm-up match against the Sun Devils, and Tyreek Evans even suffered a head-on cap in the game."

"Atlantic League championship candidate Wake Forest was also defeated in the warm-up match against the Sun Devils. The penalty area guarded by the sun prevented Wake Forest's ace core Jeff Teague and super rookie Aminu from shooting more than 45%. Even Aminu's shooting percentage did not exceed 40%!"

"The sun shot 100% in the three warm-up games!!!"

“太阳魔鬼队常规赛已经打完两场比赛，第一场虐了斯坦福30分，第二场打华盛顿大学也是10分分差轻取后者，两场比赛the sun一场拿到了22分13篮板4盖帽，还有一场拿到了20分14篮板3盖帽。”

After the news about the sun and the Sun Devils was found by fans from the Internet, some fans who didn't take it seriously at first gradually changed their attitudes from surprise to consternation and even shock in the process of browsing the news!
They probably knew why there was a post introducing the sun on ESPN's website, and the words were so unreserved, they gave all the praise to this "beast" from China.

There is really no way!
Such a performance is here, it is difficult for them to turn a blind eye!

At the same time that these fans gradually became aware of the sun, ESPN once again updated and reported the latest news about Lin Ri. The Sun Devils had just finished the third game of the regular season. The Sun Devils won again by 15 points and won 3 consecutive victories.

Because of the slow pace of the game, it is not easy to score high points in the NCAA. Generally speaking, any player who can score more than 40 points in a single game is enough to cause a sensation in the United States.

And the score above 30 points is not something you can get if you want to!
But now, this freshman from China has scored 30+ points in a single game only in the third game of his NCAA rookie season...

This guy……

Suddenly, most of the fans who were surprised by the sun's 30-point performance in a single game popped out the evaluation of him in the ESPN article: "His name is the sun, which means the sun, and his performance on the court is indeed as dazzling as the sun!"

You are right!
……

Since Blake Griffin joined the University of Oklahoma last year, there has been no shortage of reporters outside this stadium. Everyone knows that this white power forward known as the "Oklahoma Rainman" is destined to be a member of the NBA in the future, and he will also be a star in the NBA!

This guy has potential.

It is also this kind of potential that has always attracted so many media to interview him.

It's just that Blake Griffin, who was facing reporters today, kept frowning.

"The sun is said by ESPN to be known as a rising star in the United States in the near future. What do you think of their evaluation?"

"The sun of the Sun Devils scored 31 points in a single game today, do you think he will pose a threat to you?"

"If you meet the sun at the national championship, who do you think will have the last laugh?"

That's why he kept frowning, the sun, the sun, the sun... The reporters who came to interview today were all chanting such a name, and he swore that he had never heard of this name before being interviewed today!

He has never cared much about other students of the same year.

But this guy asked him to comment on this guy he had never heard of, and asked if this guy would pose a threat to him. Isn't this a joke?
Have these guys forgotten how to brag about him?

Is 31 points in a single game great?
Griffin has also played 3 regular season games so far, averaging 24 points and 14 rebounds per game, and he scored 27 points in the highest game!
30 points, it's just a question of whether he wants to...

Since this can cause a sensation, then I will also score 30 points in the next game!

Griffin made up his mind.

Then facing the waiting reporters, he said directly: "No matter who I compare with, I will be the best one, there is no doubt about it!"

There was a lot of confidence in his tone, and what these reporters wanted was his confident answer, otherwise, how could they pick things up!
Encountered the same situation with Griffin and Connecticut "Mutombo II" Thabeet.

Thabeet, who was going to participate in the draft in June this year, chose to start his third season in the NCAA because of the sentence "I want you to stay" from the head coach of Connecticut.

It can be seen from this character that this is another "Mr. Perfect"!
Connecticut is rich in "Mr. Perfect", such as Okafor, and Thabeet.

So when he faced the reporter's continuous questions about Lin Ri, he had a modest smile on his face: "Congratulate this guy for me. He has made a good start in the NCAA. I think he will be as successful as Yao... If we meet in the national championship? I think it will be a wonderful encounter, and I look forward to that day!"

The answers of these two people reached Lin Ri's ears successively through the reporter's mouth.

After ESPN reported him, there were more and more reporters at the entrance of Arizona State University's gymnasium.

After hearing Thabeet's words of blessing, Lin Ri also smiled and said: "I also hope that he will play a legend in the NBA like Dikembe Mutombo."

After hearing Griffin's words, Lin Ri became more confident: "Will he be the best one? Coincidentally, I am too!"

(End of this chapter)