shooting guard era

Chapter 11 11. The upcoming regular season

"Little Ace has become a big star. It's so delicious. Little Ace cooks the best dishes. As expected, Chinese food is the best." Noah's words didn't match up.

"There's not enough food to fill your mouth."

Ye Han rolled his eyes helplessly. When he returned to Charlotte yesterday, just after leaving the airport, that guy was surrounded by dozens of reporters.

When there is no fire, I want to make fire, but when it really fires, I feel a little at a loss.

From a second-round pick that no one cares about to a new star who is now known as overflowing talent, media reporters from major platforms in his hometown on the other side of the ocean and some American reporters came to the Time Warner Center, home of the Bobcats. Ye Han was confused by so many reporters .

Fortunately, the Bobcats are not the kind of team that attracts a lot of attention. Many TV stations have stations in the cities of each team. Charlotte only has a few local TV stations and media. The big TV stations are waiting for Ye Han to interview when he is away. Otherwise, more people would come to interview him.

Seeing Chinese people, Ye Han felt very kind, accepted the interview politely, and answered a few simple questions, such as where he came from, when he came to the United States and how.

Fortunately, there was no one deliberately provoking trouble, otherwise Ye Han really wouldn't know how to answer, he is not one of those popular rookies, and before the draft, someone specially trained him on how to accept interviews.

"By the way, my dear brother, many sponsors contacted me today, but I rejected them all." Noah said.

"Why did you reject it?" Ye Han was a little surprised, didn't Noah like money the most?

"The money they gave is too little, hundreds of thousands a year and you still want to sign a long-term contract, go ahead and dream." Noah said in a financially obsessive way, but she didn't want Ye Han to be distracted by the endorsement now.

Ye Han shrugged, let Noya worry about it, since the money probably won't reach him anyway.

Maybe I can't find anyone who is as nervous as shouting. After he became popular, he didn't start to treat himself as a star like those who expected to be popular, and went out to expose himself. Instead, he practiced shooting every day as before. Practice dribbling.

Ye Han didn't see, often, when he was training, Jordan and Bickerstaff
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On Bickerstaff's side, in order to protect Ye Han and to train more role players, to see the strength of these players, Ye Han was put back on the bench, and his playing time was greatly reduced.

Eddie House and other backup guards have increased playing time, but the effect is mediocre. Eddie House is a disaster for a young team!
His shot-heavy success allowed Okafor to grab more than a dozen rebounds per game, but it didn't do the team any favors.

A player like him is suitable for being a crap stick in a championship team, disrupting the opponent's rhythm, or winning a high pick in a purely bad team.

But the Bobcats are neither a playoff team nor a purely bad team. They have the core of Okafor and Ye Han who seems to have great potential to cultivate. Let Eddie House play for so long, although it is preseason The game also made the outside world very puzzled.

In this way, Ye Han scored 20+ points in three consecutive games at the beginning of the preseason. The playing time of Ye Han, who performed very well, was greatly reduced. The first preseason game was very bad. Eddie House was a defensive loophole. Not only did the offense destroy Knight's organizational skills, but the defense was even at the cash machine level.

In the end, the Bobcats scored 2 wins and 5 losses in the preseason for the first time in history, ushering in a real NBA game, the 2004-2005 regular season.

October 2004, 10 was another day recorded in the history of the Bobcats. The first regular season game of the Bobcats came!

No one paid attention to the Bobcats team. After relying on Ye Han to attract attention, not many people paid attention to them after more than a week of silence.

Today's game is even more so. The Bobcats' opponent today is the Atlanta Hawks, who are even less concerned than the Bobcats.

Compared with the Bobcats, the history of the Eagles is a glorious one. It is one of the first few teams in the NBA. Dominique Wilkins is the symbol of this team.

The Hawks, it’s interesting to say, what they talk about the most is not that they won the NBA championship, not the glorious years of those heydays, but that they sent the top three center in history Bill Russell to Kyle The Celtics helped the Celtics win eight consecutive championships in ancient times, a total of eleven championships.

The Hawks, like the Blazers, will always be mentioned.

Ever since the Hawks changed their arena and Dibacon Mutombo left the Hawks, they haven’t made the playoffs all year round. It’s a standard fishy team, but it’s not the kind of rotten team. Wandering in the bottom seven or eight positions, no good draft picks can be obtained, and reconstruction cannot be achieved. After all, the team still has some good players.

The Eagles started a complete rebuild last year, replacing all the players with strong immediate combat capabilities, and focused on rebuilding. Unfortunately, they only got the sixth pick this year and chose a big pitcher.

However, next year can be called the draft year. Several top talented guards and strikers are likely to participate in the draft next year, and the Eagles are looking eagerly.

This pecking game was not broadcast in the United States except on Charlotte TV. The game was still very early, starting at four in the afternoon.

In China, apart from the imperial court, which has been quiet, the other media have paid a lot of attention to Ye Han. Unlike Yao Ming's rookie season preseason, Ye Han feels like a fish in water when he enters the NBA.

A small number of fan experts in China once analyzed Ye Han when he was first selected by the Bobcats. Seeing that he only averaged 12 points per game in college, they thought that the Bobcats only wanted commercial value. In a country where basketball public opinion is controlled by the Basketball Association , They really regard the CBA as the second league in the world, but they don't know that the CBA is at most like a development league, only because there are not enough information channels.

The appearance of Ye Han made domestic fans start to examine whether Chinese basketball is really as good as the people of the Basketball Association advertised, with first-class time?
Ye Han's strength is by no means the college student's strength that was briefly mentioned in the draft by the imperial court. Do college students in China have this kind of strength?Already dominating the Olympic World Championships.

A method of online basketball live broadcast called text live broadcast has just emerged in China. All major websites have come up with network anchors who live broadcast the Rockets game to broadcast the game live. It can be said that they attach great importance to it.

Bobcats home locker room.

"Ace, I'm a little nervous right now." Okafuku is the No. [-] pick, a favorite of heaven, the higher the starting point, the greater the expectations of others, and the greater the pressure he bears.

Howard was scolded by people for parallel imports. The champion Lang, who averaged 7 points per game in the preseason, was called the next Kwame Brown by Orlando fans. His top rebounding in the league was ignored.

Also as a defensive center, Okafor didn't score much in the preseason. He averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds in seven games. In the regular season, he was under more pressure. He didn't want to be called a parallel importer.

"We can definitely win, we have won against them before." Ye Han shrugged his shoulders casually.

Yes, very casual, Ye Han returned to the starting lineup today, and Eddie House was placed on the bench again.

Seeing Eddie House's gloomy face, Ye Han was very happy today!

"I'm still very nervous." Among this group of teammates, Okafor only showed his timid side in front of Ye Han. The two had been teammates for two years and were very familiar with each other.

"Emeka, don't worry, we will be the strongest duo just like in college!" Ye Han has a more temperament than when he first came to the Bobcats, that kind of confidence!
Defeating the sophomore Wade made Ye Han confident that he would not lose to any rookie!

(End of this chapter)