The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

The overwhelming reports made Xiangyang really angry.

Kanagawa's newspapers, basketball weekly, and even basketball magazines across the country have been dominated by Kanagawa's Shoyo and Lin Dong in the past few days.

However, the reporter who suffered a loss in the interview obviously still brought some personal emotions to his personal description of Lin Dong.

Although there was no direct evaluation or deliberate praise or criticism, his identity as a native of the Dragon Kingdom was repeatedly emphasized in various articles, including the fact that he refused a three-year guaranteed contract with Xiangyang School.

It seems to be telling the fans in a subtle way that this genius does not belong to Japan, and may even be an enemy of Japan...

If Lin Dong was interested in developing in Japan, such publicity would obviously be detrimental to Lin Dong, but if he had no intention of doing so, it would be a good sign.

Whether you are going to the United States or returning to China, the first thing you need is a lot of exposure and hot spots.

And for a man from the Dragon Kingdom who is making waves in the Japanese basketball world, if he gets a few rounds of such gimmick promotions, he may get even more attention than if he wins a national competition...

Unfortunately, this wave of public opinion based on reporters' subjective wishes did not last long.

Before this public opinion caused any heated discussion in the country, another piece of news that was even more important to the Japanese basketball world had already dropped.

——NBA President David Stern is visiting Japan and will take a group of NBA players on a 20-day tour throughout Japan. At the same time, he has also reached new cooperation with the Japan Basketball Association and Japan Broadcasting Association NHK.

——NHK bought the broadcast rights for some games of the 2000-01 season at a high price of 5 million US dollars. At the same time, it will also complete two overseas NBA preseason games in Japan on November 3 and November 4. The location Just at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, the two sides were the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs.

As soon as this news appeared, it was like a bombshell dropped on a calm lake, exciting the entire Japanese basketball world.

Not to mention Xiangyang who just won the county championship, even if Xiangyang killed the Sanno and won the summer high school league championship, its popularity would be far away compared to this news.

Preseason overseas games are not new news. As early as the 1990-91 season and the 1994-95 season, the NBA had already held two preseason overseas games in Japan, and the games in the 1994-95 season The location is exactly at the Yokohama Arena, and this time it can be considered a revisit to the old place.

The key is the NBA's broadcast rights.

In this era of 2000, Japanese basketball was the third most popular sports event in terms of registered population after baseball and football.

For such a small domain, the number of registered players is ten times more than that of the Dragon Kingdom, which is a vast country with vast territory and abundant resources. It definitely has a very broad popularity base among the people.

But as far as the mainstream media is concerned, basketball has rarely been reported. Let alone compared with baseball and football in the mainstream media. Even curling has more reports than basketball. Except for special reports such as Basketball Weekly, in the mainstream media Basketball leagues on the Internet often only have embarrassing one-line reports, let alone mainstream media broadcasting any basketball games.

But this time, NHK actually made a big move and signed a broadcast agreement with the NBA worth 5 million US dollars and at least two games a week, allowing basketball to gain wider spread and attention in the country. This is a great development for the entire Japanese basketball world. It's like a powerful shot in the arm.

"It's a pity that the Philadelphia 76ers are not here." Fujima said with emotion while holding the newspaper.

Everyone knew that he liked Iverson of the 76ers. He smiled and said: "Captain, just wait until November. There will be a game between the 76ers and the Spurs. Your idol will come."

"I guess I have to go very early in advance to grab tickets."

"We only played the game in November. I guess the ticket sales won't start until September, right?"

"After all, the date of the competition has been set, maybe it will go on sale now?" Everyone was talking.

Teng Zhen couldn't sit still for a while: "I'll go to the gym and ask!"

"Captain, order one for me if you have one!"

"Me too!"

"Lin Dongjun, do you want it?" Teng Zhen asked.

Lin Dong shook his head, his mind was not on pre-season tickets at all.

This news may be just a shot in the arm for the Japanese basketball world, but for Lin Dong, it has a very special meaning.

Since the idea of ​​finding a trainer through reports such as Basketball Weekly came up, he has been paying attention to various news in the Japanese basketball world during this period.

But he couldn't find the trainer he was looking for. Instead, he saw a lot of basketball news that made him doubt himself.

For example, about three months ago, the Japanese basketball world just experienced a major turmoil. The former top professional basketball league in Japan was officially divided into the semi-professional NBL league, which is mainly based on corporate basketball, and the full-professional BL, which is mainly based on community and regional areas. League two parts.

But in Lin Dong's memory, the separation of Japan's top league should have happened in the past few years...

Did you remember it wrong? Or has the history, development, etc. of this world deviated from the world you once lived in?

If this news to Lin Dong, it is possible that he was not familiar with the history of Japanese basketball in his previous life and had a confused memory. Then some basketball news he saw on the international section can make Lin Dong completely Confirm this judgment.

That was a piece of news about the NBA reported in Basketball Weekly two months ago.

The Dallas Mavericks achieved 39 wins and 43 losses in the regular season and missed the playoffs. Wang Zhizhi, the first player from the Dragon Kingdom to join the NBA, played 17 games throughout the season, averaging 11 minutes per game, scoring 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, and shooting 52.6. %, with a service shooting percentage of 90%, and also had a highlight performance in Madison Garden, where he played 21 minutes and scored 21 points and 7 rebounds...

this……

If we talk about the history of Japanese basketball, there may be a memory bias, but for the first player from the Dragon Kingdom to land in the NBA, let alone Lin Dong, any basketball player from the Dragon Kingdom should be quite familiar with all of it. data.

Lin Dong remembers very clearly that although Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 36th overall pick in last year's draft, due to the domestic environment and the relationship between the basketball association, Wang Zhizhi could not report to the NBA until 2001, that is, in April next year. But now... Da Zhi has actually finished a regular season with the Dallas Mavericks!

Moreover, the overall statistics, number of appearances, playing time, etc. are also much better than Da Zhi's first season in that world.

In addition, this time, the Japanese media broke the rules of the previous life and introduced official NBA broadcasts on NHK. All of this seems to indicate that this world is different from the previous life.

Lin Dong had no intention of investigating whether this was the so-called quantum theory, the butterfly effect, or changes related to the system in his own body.

Now that he is truly living in this world and has the same opportunity to pursue his dreams, it doesn't matter even if he treats his previous life as a dream.

However, I really don’t know whether such a change in background is good or bad for me.

At least it doesn't seem to be a good thing at the moment, because it means that many of my previous perceptions will be biased.

What is the domestic basketball environment in Dragon Kingdom? NSAA environment?

These all need to be re-considered. Where to go in the future, we can no longer use some memories of past lives as a criterion.

In fact, my purpose has always been very clear, that is, to continuously improve myself, then compete in the NBA and step into the highest palace of basketball.

As for completing the basketball dream of the Dragon Kingdom, that will happen after I have reached the peak. If there is a conflict with the training of these most precious years of youth, then the latter will definitely be chosen first.

So whether it’s returning to China or going to NSAA, whichever is more beneficial will be chosen.

Nothing more than that.

The main reason is that there are too few ways to understand the real basketball background in this world, and it is not enough to just rely on the introduction in the media and newspapers.

Who is a serious person who can believe everything in the newspaper?

Now we can only wait for Coach Kitano. After all, he is a famous coach who has coached strong NSAA teams in the United States for several years.

He should have a clearer understanding of the American or Asian basketball world, and perhaps you can get a lot of information from his mouth that will really help you choose your future path.

This is a parallel world. The intrusion of Slam Dunk characters actually speaks volumes. It cannot be the same as the original world. This way there will undoubtedly be more room for performance^^