So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 136 Meng Lang actually dunked!

Meng Lang said something politically correct.

It's not that he wants to replace Yao Ming and become a global business card.

But...

As a descendant of Yan and Huang, if you have such an opportunity, you should say this.

This is a pattern issue!

In fact, in terms of the times, the NBA needs the Chinese market at this time, and the Chinese market does not need these foreign investments to drive it.

Reform and opening up is definitely a key measure for the Chinese dragon to take off rapidly again.

David Stern's "globalization" strategy, expanded a hundred times, is not the strategic thinking of Deng Weiren.

Just one from the perspective of the alliance, and the other is based on the lifeblood of a country...

Meng Lang can be one of the buttons, so he is also willing to be such a button.

This was an opportunity. Meng Lang would not deliberately do these things. It was just that the opportunity was in front of him and he was pushed to such a position, so it was no big deal to do these things.

The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of both sides.

The Magic's lineup is the same as last season, and domestic fans are familiar with it. But they are a little unfamiliar with the newly formed Grizzlies team.

Newly established NBA teams can select the players they need from other teams' unprotected lists. It seems that there are many choices, but the players not on the protected list are often players outside a team's substitute rotation, so-called "water cooler" players, and some potential rookies. Without a keen eye, it's difficult to select players who have been buried.

Therefore, a newly established team usually has to prepare for several years of running and accumulate enough potential rookies through high draft picks.

However, this is also difficult. Among the new teams in recent years, the most successful one is of course the Orlando Magic.

Founded in 89, it won the first championship in team history in 94, completed the "defense" in 95, and can even compete for the "three consecutive championships" this year. But there are too few such newly established teams.

Teams like the Vancouver Grizzlies are the norm in this league.

On the big list in the first year of establishment, at a glance, the stars are dim!

The most promising player among them should be their sixth overall pick in this year's first round, Bryant Levis.

The quality of the draft in 95 was good. The first five picks in the first round were not parallel imports, including the "No. 5 pick", who was also the team's main player. The other four were selected to the All-Stars and all had quite good careers. .

As the sixth overall pick in the first round, Levis also performed very well in his first year in the league, averaging 13.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Later, the average data once rose to 16.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. It continues like this, even if Even if he can't become a "super giant", he can also become a powerful center. After all, he has a height of 2 meters.

It is a pity that he experienced the "league lockout" in 98. The long lockout season destroyed many powerful players, including Levis. After returning this season, his state was not as good as before, and he slowly changed from a starter to a He became a substitute. In less than two years, he disappeared from everyone and soon left the league.

The most famous one is Baylon Scott, the "leader of Jordan's praise group".

Not on the Pacers' protected list, he was brought to Vancouver by the Grizzlies.

The Pacers gave up on him. One reason is his age. He is already 34 years old and will turn 35 in two months. Another reason is that his "exaggerated" defense is obviously not in line with Larry Brown. With his temper, it is reasonable for him to be given up.

Aside from Byron Scott, this team doesn't have any big-name players.

Anyway, the Chinese fans at this time are all strangers.

This game has become the home court of the Magic.

After the game started, voices cheering for the Magic team came and went.

Hardaway, who had roasted duck yesterday, saw no one else when he came up today. He specifically looked for Meng Lang's position. When he saw Meng Lang cutting from the high post on the right side, he immediately passed the ball over. He just got the ball and attracted the Grizzlies. Meng Lang, who was double-teamed by two players on the team, pushed the ball back to his hand with one hand.

The middle door is wide open!

"Bah!"

Hardaway jumped high and it was a dunk that showed off his physical talent.

The Chinese fans under the basket had never seen such an explosive dunk at close range. Their eyes almost popped out.

Although there were "Chinese Jordans" like Hu Weidong in the Chinese men's basketball team during this period, they were few after all, and even Hu Weidong was far behind Hardaway's physical fitness.

Not to mention other things, Hu Weidong's body is thin, and it is difficult to show the elegance and whole-body stretch feeling like Hardaway. His body has more of that agility feeling. In addition, because of his thin body, he shows a slight Although the staggering feeling after the confrontation is not obvious, in comparison, it is indeed not that elegant and calm.

After Hardaway dunked, he excitedly interacted with the young fans on the sidelines.

To be honest, he has never seen Hardaway be so cordial when he was in Orlando.

This person is very good at "pretending"!

I didn’t know, but I thought he was so kind!

Meng Lang secretly made a "contemptuous" gesture toward him.

There were not so many cameras on the sidelines at this time, so few people saw this scene. However, a young audience member saw it. He raised his head and looked at his father with a confused look on his face: "Dad, what does this action mean?"

Then he saw him raise his middle finger amidst his father's satisfaction and confusion.

his dad:? ? ?

ha?

The first offensive possession in an official game since the Grizzlies were founded.

Byron Scott took the ball to the frontcourt and was still directing. At Meng Lang's signal, Hardaway came up in advance to press.

Levis hurriedly came up and made a pick-and-roll, and Scott, who was able to bypass it, faced Meng Lang directly.

It's also a tight fit.

Scott didn't take it seriously at first.

He had fought against Meng Lang, so he knew that Meng Lang's fighting ability was only at the average level of the league. Although he also saw Grover's praise of Meng Lang, it was just that Meng Lang pursued the hardness of muscles while also requiring flexibility, so the entire body shape looked like , not much has changed.

This is also the reason why Jordan looks inferior to Barkley in terms of physique, but can directly knock Barkley down during an aerial confrontation.

Muscle density is sufficient.

The weight also went up.

When the two people came into contact, Scott felt that the person in front of him was as hard as a wall. It was too late for him to push harder. Meng Lang slapped the ball off his hand, and Hardaway was beside him. I caught the ball in a flash.

then……

Throw it up!

Meng Lang pointed. Hardaway didn't react immediately.

Meng Lang pointed out again:

Throw it up!

Only then did Hardaway react. He glanced behind him and saw that the Grizzlies had stopped mid-chase. At that time, he smashed the ball toward the backboard. Meng Lang jumped up, took the ball in his hand, and then half-pull the lever. , smashed the ball into the basket.

When the two people rushed up, the cheers rose one after another. When Hardaway hit the ball on the backboard and Meng Lang completed the "dunk" with an "alley-oop", the cheers filled the entire venue.

Dunk!

Meng Lang actually dunked!

Due to various reasons, very few videos of Meng Lang have spread to the country. From these few videos, they probably know that Meng Lang is a "Larry Bird-type" player. His physical fitness is not that good, but his shooting touch is different. In this regard, this talent that is not easy to present intuitively with data is very outstanding.

So much so that they subconsciously thought that although Meng Lang was 2 meters tall, he did not have the "dunk bag"!

Unexpectedly, Meng Lang could not only dunk, but also complete this "half-pull" style dunk.

You know, even this kind of action is already a "ceiling" level action in the domestic basketball world.

Among active players, Hu Weidong is probably the only one who can complete more difficult actions.

They were not the only ones surprised!

Even the Magic players have never seen Meng Lang dunk on the court.

I have met him several times in private, and when these people were betting on whether Meng Lang could dunk, Hardaway begged for a long time in vain, and Meng Lang just showed him an ordinary "two-handed dunk".

did not expect……

He actually completed a dunk of this quality in the game today!

Has this guy's physical fitness gotten so good?

No wonder Grover praised him specially!

Meng Lang looked at these people who had never seen the world before and asked, "Is Big Bird dunking something new?"

Even though Larry Bird can't jump high or run fast, with the basics of his body, he can complete dunks, and he often uses dunks as a finishing method during fast breaks in games.

Meng Lang didn't use it in the past because his offensive methods relied too much on shooting.

Feel is his only strength.

Dunking ruins the feel.

So he never thought of using dunk as a finishing method.

After this summer, his physical fitness has increased, and his abilities in all aspects have improved to varying degrees, so his offensive methods have become more abundant. Even if dunking slightly affects his feel, he can still score by cutting to the basket and scoring layups. Get back to the feeling of scoring.

In short, it’s time to unlock the “Dunk” skill package!

This is also necessary to improve his image on the court!

After all, shooting in this era is still a soft offensive style. Meng Lang doesn't want to have this kind of court image all the time... Well, okay, okay, to be honest, he couldn't dunk on such a handsome guy before, but now his physical fitness has caught up with the league's best, and he can finally play on the basket.

To be honest, after flying like this once, he understood why it was difficult for those "Flying Styles" to practice shooting.

Who can "fly" and "throw"!

After all, there are only a few people who can resist this easy and handsome way of scoring and make up for their own weaknesses.

If Meng Lang had been a person with extreme physical talent from the beginning, I am afraid that he would have developed the offensive methods that rely on physical fitness to the extreme, and then he would think about improving other offensive methods.

This goal heated up the atmosphere at the scene even more.

The atmosphere on the scene increased, which basically equaled the momentum of the Magic team. The Magic team got more and more excited as they played, and soon led by a large point difference.

It's no wonder that the two teams were not on the same level. Now the Grizzlies are not their home court and it is the first game again. They also unsurprisingly served as foils for the Magic.

At 7 minutes and 13 seconds of the third quarter, the Magic had extended their lead to 25 points.

Chuck Daly is preparing to replace all the main starters.

Because almost all the main players played the entire first half, plus the 7 minutes in the second half, their playing time was about 30 minutes. This is definitely a very sincere playing time in the preseason.

However, after all the main players were replaced, shouts for Meng Lang rang out. Meng Lang, who was originally planning to come back on the court in the fourth quarter, finally only rested for 2 minutes before reappearing.

The moment he stood up from the bench, there was thunderous applause, and everyone's cheers were frozen by the reporters at the scene.

David Stern watched this scene with great satisfaction. He believed that after this game, the NBA's valuation would rise rapidly.

Meng Lang finally played 25 minutes and 34 seconds. To be honest, he couldn't play for such a long time in some regular seasons. Moreover, in this game, he was uncharacteristically and contributed to many dunk scenes. Of course, he could complete multiple dunks. This is different from the Grizzlies. There is an inseparable relationship between paper defense.

比赛哨声响起的那一刻，他的数据也定格在了34分6篮板5助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Tonight, he allowed all domestic fans watching this game to see the style of the only Chinese player currently competing in the NBA.

Meng Lang, who was sweating profusely after the game, was interviewed directly.

After the interview, they had to return to the United States.

After all, it takes 12 to 14 hours to fly from the United States to China, which is not a short journey.

"Do you think more Chinese players will land in the NBA in the future?"

Meng Lang nodded: "Yes, I will. I am not the first person to receive an NBA contract. Although I am the first person to become an NBA player, I believe that there will be more and more people soon. Chinese players will go to the NBA!"

Because Chinese basketball will soon usher in the most glorious 12 years!

From 96 to 08, Meng Lang believed that these were the best 12 years for the Chinese men's basketball team. Such a prosperous era was about to begin!

When Meng Lang and the Magic players left the airport, many fans came to see them off.

What Hardaway didn't expect was that some fans bought him two or three portions of BJ's roast duck.

This gave him so much joy that his throat was filled with joy!

The scene of him laughing while receiving BJ's roast duck was frozen by domestic reporters at the scene. This photo also became Hardaway's first impression on domestic fans in China:

The cheerful boy who loves to laugh next to Meng Lang!

It's worth mentioning that this photo also included the eye roll of Meng Lang next to him. N years later, this photo also became a meme:

Hardaway was changed into LeBron, and the roast duck on his hand was changed into "Crown", and then you know!

As for many media in the United States, they also reported on this "China trip" in the headlines.

The New York Times headline read:

"The hot 'China Game', David Stern's 'NBA Globalization' is just around the corner!"

(End of this chapter)