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Chapter 44 Li Sheng's "Past"

Although Li Sheng didn't really know everything and say everything, he seemed to be telling the truth, and he didn't lie, so this made people feel even more incredible.

Is it because Lei Ting's boss trusts others too easily, or does he have other considerations, or does he see other advantages in Li Sheng?

Anyway, they don't believe that such an important position can be decided after just one interview and one conversation, isn't it too childish.

This may be the reason why the thinking of Chinese people is never on the same channel as these people in the NBA.

On the one hand, it may be due to poor information. People in the NBA may have inside information and will judge and know some things in advance. They don’t know, so they can only proceed from normal logic, but in reality, logic is often not talked about, so the so-called prediction becomes nonsense.

On the other hand, it may simply be a difference in thinking patterns. For example, many fans find it difficult to imagine certain transactions happening, but that's how it happened.

It's as if the fans said "Give Harden a Durant" all day long, but they really gave him a Durant; for example, "Let James feel Westbrook", or "Let Durant feel Irving", oh well, this lineup is really formed.

Of course, let’s not talk about situations like "hometown basketball" and "school district basketball" that no one suspects after "brother basketball" happened.

Then everyone said "father and son basketball", it depends on when it will be realized.

Although they looked at each other in blank dismay, no one questioned Li Sheng, Li Sheng also made it very clear, he would definitely not say what he shouldn't say, and if he could say what he could say, there was nothing they could do if they couldn't understand.

Then it was the turn of other reporters. For example, reporter Zhou from Sina came up and asked: "Mr. Li, we all know that you came to the United States to study in college, and you seem to have studied a major that has nothing to do with basketball in college. How did you think of joining the basketball industry?"

Li Shengxin thought how could I know this, even though he inherited the memory of his predecessor, but regarding this aspect of memory, it seemed that he was suddenly touched and did it on a whim, and then found that he could do well, so he continued to do it.

I can only say that I don't understand the world of geniuses, but it doesn't matter, I'm a hanger-on.

"In the beginning, it was actually just because I was sick once, and then there was no one to take care of me at that time, and I felt very uncomfortable by myself. It made me realize the importance of physical health, and I felt that I should exercise. It happened that there was a basketball court near where I lived.

"I haven't touched basketball for a long time. The last time I touched the ball was when I was in junior high school. I have been busy with my studies since then, and my health has deteriorated. But this time I found that I can still do a lot of moves after getting proficient. Then I remembered that when I was studying and watching the NBA, I always dreamed of being able to play here..."

Seeing Li Sheng talking and talking, he laughed, and everyone laughed too.

But to be honest, how many people didn't dream of becoming athletes or scientists when they were teenagers?

Especially the group of people inspired by Dayao after entering the NBA. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, the generation was cut off later, and no genius who could carry the banner of Chinese players in the NBA appeared.

The domestic basketball frenzy should be mainly attributed to a single player in an animation. That player is naturally Dayao, and the animation is naturally "Slam Dunk". How many people are in their youth?
Without these two, no matter how hard Stern promotes, basketball and the NBA will not be able to set off a sweeping wave in China.

At this time Li Sheng continued: "It was only at that time that I realized that I am really not good enough to play in the NBA. After all, I can't even play those kids in the field."

Now everyone was really amused, and they couldn't help but feel a little sad while being funny.

The reason why the basketball industry in the United States is so developed is not only because of the NBA, it can even be said that the NBA has the lightest weight in it.

In the United States, basketball is not the sport with the highest attention, and among them, what everyone values ​​more is the NCAA basketball event that is not so commercial.

Underneath, there are high school leagues in various districts, as well as various district and city-level competitions.

It might be better to say that the NBA is occupying this piece of land to suck blood, but it is not useless. At least let the whole world see American basketball and promote the so-called basketball culture of this country.

And domestic?

The youth training system has not been established, so when a batch of good seedlings are produced, they will be used to death, and in the end they will not be accepted.

Coupled with the overall environment of the domestic basketball game, talented people may not be able to play.

But it's obviously not suitable to think about these things now, so when they changed their minds, everyone quickly restrained their minds and continued to listen to Li Sheng's narration.

"...Of course, I didn't think about playing basketball as a career. If I just exercised, even if I couldn't beat anyone, I almost achieved my goal after sweating. It's just that suddenly one day, it's like Ikkyu's feeling of 'everywhere' came.

"I suddenly thought, my body is not good, but I still have brains. I can't be a player, but I can be a coach. If I can watch the players run under my tactics on the court, this feeling seems to be good.

"So I started to try. I went to take the coaching certificate first, and then applied to the NBA team. My goal from the beginning was the NBA. After all, I didn't know the NCAA. But I didn't expect that the Spurs would hire me."

Everyone seemed to be listening to the story, but Li Sheng said it so lightly, but it was obviously not that easy, because Li Sheng didn't only go to the Spurs family, but the other families obviously failed, and I don't know what happened to him.

But fortunately, everything is over now, and everything is better.

So several people said a word of comfort one by one, and it was like a commendation meeting. In the end, Li Sheng smiled and said: "I didn't say this to gain sympathy. You made me feel guilty instead."

"Hahaha……"

Although it was only for a short period of time, everyone could see that Li Shengfei was not as good at playing big names as they thought, but also seemed very approachable.

It's not that this is worthy of praise, but based on Li Sheng's current experience, people of his age have a high probability of being overwhelmed by such a change suddenly, and they can understand it, so at the beginning, they still thought about whether to take advantage of the situation and support him a little bit.

But he still looks like an ordinary young man who can chat and joke, which is not easy.

At this time, reporter Shen on the other side suddenly asked: "Hello, Li Yong, we all know that the Thunder's four rookies in the Summer League are all selected by you. Do you have any expectations for them? Do you think their performance has met your expectations?

"Also, what is your goal for the Summer League this time? I heard that there will be a championship for this summer league. Do you also aim for the championship?"

"I am very satisfied with the performance of our team's rookies-and I need to correct one point. Although I provided advice during the draft, it was just a reference for the manager, and he made the final decision."

Li Sheng has to correct this. After all, in China it is called specialization in the art industry, but in foreign countries it is very taboo to meddle in other people's work. If this is spread, won't it make people mistakenly think that he is manipulating the team?

Besides, this is also the truth, even if you ask Presti, he will say the same.

"As for the team's goals..."

(End of this chapter)