Pirates: I am Six Eyes Sukuna, the strongest one

When this ordinary old man held the cigar in his hand, he inexplicably became taller in Ginobili's eyes.

Although Ginobili had never seen Auerbach in person, he had seen photos. At this moment, the old man in front of him and the photo gradually overlapped...

If this person is really Auerbach, then which big shot of the Celtics can drive this great god?

With Auerbach's identity and status, I'm afraid even the Celtics' boss can't do this, right?

Then it can only be him, Ginobili asked cautiously:

"You mean Han Yi?"

Auerbach smiled: "Yes, it's him!"

"But that won't work!" Ginobili sighed:

"Even if all this is true, I really want to go to the NBA, but now it's too late. Overseas players who want to take the initiative to participate in the draft need to participate 45 days in advance, and now it's less than a month away from the final deadline."

"I can only wait until next year when I turn 22 to automatically participate in the draft."

"What are you talking about?"

Auerbach was very suspicious. Pointing to the date of the overseas player draft application form in confusion:

"You signed this form a month ago, have you forgotten? Now we just need you to add your signature."

Ginobili widened his eyes and scratched his head: "Can you play it this way?"

"Of course you can play it this way," Auerbach blew out a circle of smoke bubbles: "Because I am Auerbach."

...

After dealing with Ginobili, Auerbach took a private plane back to Boston. On the plane, Auerbach rubbed his eyes and asked:

"It's just that apart from Ginobili, there are no Korean players. Who else did Yi choose in this draft? "

"There is also a guy named Brad Miller, born in 1976, who is 22 years old this year, 2.13 meters tall, 2.13 meters wingspan, a senior at Purdue University, averaging 17.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. "

"He is a very smart white player, but his physical talent is just good height, good free throws, and some mid-range and long-range shooting ability, but other aspects are difficult to match the NBA level. In my eyes, he is a fully weakened version of Walter McArthur. Katie is expected to be undrafted in this year's draft. "

"Alas! Undrafted? Let's not let him be undrafted. Buy a second-round pick around the bottom to ensure that we can sign this guy 100%. "

After that, Auerbach sighed again: "Han Yi's requirements for us are really low. He either wants a second-round pick or an undrafted pick. He is afraid that we will spend too much money!"

...

With the Chicago Bulls defeating the Utah Jazz 4:2 in the finals, the 1997-1998 season officially came to an end!

The following is Han Yi's performance and honors in his rookie season.

Stats:

Played 82 games in the regular season, averaging 40.3 minutes per game, scoring 27.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.8 steals, and 5.6 blocks!

In the first round of the playoffs, he played 4 games, averaging 39 minutes per game, scoring 42.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals, and 7.5 blocks!

In the second round of the playoffs, he played 6 games, averaging 46.5 minutes per game, scoring 46 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.4 steals, and 7 blocks!

For other players who are experiencing the playoffs for the first time, there is usually a significant gap between their first playoff journey and the regular season. After all, the regular season and the playoffs are completely two different levels of intensity. For rookies, it is normal to suddenly encounter the challenge of high-intensity games and be lame.

But for Han Yi, the playoffs are his real battlefield, and he plays the main role of getting stronger and stronger!

The performance in the regular season can be called a historical rookie performance, but when it comes to this year's playoffs, I'm sorry, I can no longer describe how strong Han Yi is!

The most terrifying rookie playoff performance in NBA history?

No, even if all the superstars in NBA history are included, it can be called the most terrifying playoff performance. The only one who can compete with Han Yi is the ancient data monster Wilt Chamberlain!

Honors:

Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie First Team!

1997-1998 All-Star starter, blocked shot king!

1997-1998 All-Star First Team, 1997-1998 All-Defensive Second Team!

The last time someone in the NBA harvested honors like Han Yi was Larry Bird, the absolute core of the previous generation of Celtics.

Larry Bird defeated another super rookie in his rookie season, the No. 1 pick Magic Johnson, and won the Best Rookie Award.Show, All-Star, Best Rookie First Team, Best First Team, and reached the second round in the playoffs.

And Han Yi's performance was even better than Larry Bird's. He also defeated another super rookie, Tim Duncan, the No. 1 pick of the year, and won the Best Rookie, All-Star, Best Rookie First Team, Best First Team, and reached the second round in the playoffs.

It's hard not to say that this is a wonderful inheritance!

But unlike Larry Bird, who was still a loophole on the defensive end in his rookie season, Han Yi had already won the second defensive team in his rookie season and became a real, recognized defensive gate in the league.

If we want to talk about misery here, it's still this year's No. 1 pick Tim Duncan. According to the original time trajectory, this year's Duncan won the Best Rookie, All-Star, Best First Team, and Best Defensive Second Team.

Because of Han Yi, all that was left for Duncan was: Best Rookie First Team, All-Star, and Best Second Team!

But Duncan in this life didn't feel uncomfortable. Instead, he took the initiative to go to Boston and asked for a vacation to train with Han Yi!

Duncan told the media that Han Yi was already a superstar in the league in his rookie season, but he would find a way to defeat Han Yi in joint training.

Han Yi didn't seem to care about these things. It was a blessing to have a top training partner like Duncan to accompany him to hone his skills.

"Yes, I am very happy to train with Tim because I need to get stronger."

Han Yi said to the Boston reporters:

"This is my rookie season. Our Celtics are still very young. We have made many mistakes of young teams and left many regrets. So, I hope we can go further next year."

"Further? Can you tell me how far we can go?"

Han Yi grinned: "It's not too much to win a championship, right?"