Author: Tiamo the Withered

"What does it mean to you to score 40+ points in your 20th regular season game?"

"It means I got a 40+ game..." Li Chengming said and laughed first, and then said: "This does mean a lot, you know, I was not high in the draft, even after I was selected

There were also many people who questioned it, but I proved that Mr. Smith and Coach Van Gundy made the right choice."

"Some people say that you wear the No. 60 jersey because you want to use it to motivate yourself and beat the 59 rookies ahead of you. Do you think you have done it so far?"

Li Chengming thought for a while and said: "It was the team that chose them. It is not their problem to be ranked in front of me. I have no conflicts or personal grudges with any players. This is just a way for me to motivate myself."

"..."

What followed were some cliche questions, and the reporters felt a little helpless.

It's not that they don't want to cause trouble, it's just that this requires Li Chengming's cooperation. Who knew that such an outlier would appear among NBA players who have always had strong limbs and simple minds.

Although most people will be trained by the team to know what topics to say and what not to say, for Li Chengming, it is not a question of whether to say it or not, but that he can detect the loopholes by himself without being reminded by the press officer.

Find your own remedy.

Although sometimes he may not be able to make up for it, but the way he works hard, I have to say that he works hard.

…

The press conference is just the beginning of the aftermath of this game.

At this time, in both China and the United States, discussions related to Li Chengming are indispensable in basketball-related TV programs and online forums. Whether they like him, hate him, or even have never heard of him, they all joined in.

In a lively carnival.

Even in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and Europe, many people began to discuss Li Chengming, and his influence really began to spread beyond those two countries.

In other words, he started to get out of the circle.

The most excited ones are of course the domestic fans. After all, many people regard him as one of their own. As a compatriot, the feeling and excitement of his compatriots are undoubtedly higher at this time.

"Fat brother, awesome!"

"WC, you told me this is the last pick in the draft? This shouldn't be the top pick!"

"The No. 1 pick is really not good. Not to mention Durant, Oden is very strong. He is just injured."

"Injuries are part of it. If you are injured, it means you are fragile. How can you say that the player lying in the hospital bed is better than the player playing on the court?"

"I think Durant is still stronger, but he is not very stable now and his upper limit is much higher than Li Chengming."

"It's a classic. When you meet foreigners, you brag wildly. Our own compatriots just can't compare to that."

"Don't compare to the future, just compare to now. It's not like Fat Brother has never played against Durant. In both games, Fat Brother's performance was better. Is there any need to compare? What bothers me the most

Even if you are better than him now and he is comparing you to the future, how can you be sure that Li Chengming will be worse than him in the future?

"And no matter what happens in the future, Fat Brother is the best one now. I support Fat Brother to win the Rookie of the Year."

"I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of Dayao and Stoudemire. It seemed hard to tell the difference between the two. I think Dayao is quite promising, but the NBA still gave the best rookie to Stoudemire."

"Americans must be praising their own people. Needless to say, I am here in the United States. There is very little publicity about Li becoming famous. When the media talks about rookies, Durant's name is usually at the top. Not many people do.

Those who watch the game and look at the data probably feel that Durant is better than Li Chengming now.

"The last time Li Chengming scored 30+, my friend was surprised and asked me if he was a player from our country. He said he had never heard of it before. We are in Georgia, which is a little north of Florida. All I can say is

Media promotion is so important.

"After this game, the media will definitely no longer be able to ignore Li Chengming, and they also need traffic. Now that Li Chengming's topic has high traffic, he will definitely go for this. It is estimated that Li Chengming's attention will be even higher in the future. I hope

It would be better if he can perform better and better like Dayao."

"Hey, Li Chengming's shortcomings are actually very obvious. His defense is too bad. He can't stand up to someone with outside shooting or speed. The gap between offense and defense is too big."

"Haha, classic! It sounds like Durant is very good at defense. At least Li Chengming is still conscious. I have watched Durant's games and he is simply a colander."

"You are just making a fool of yourself, not a colander, but I do think that Li Chengming has a stronger defensive awareness than Durant and has better experience. And it is said that Li Chengming is afraid of defenders with speed and shooting. Durant is actually the same.

Yes, after all, he is so tall, his movement will definitely be affected, and he doesn’t have that awareness.

"But there is still a lot of room for improvement for both of them in the future. Durant can still improve. I think Li Chengming mainly needs to lose weight. If he can lose weight to about 250 pounds, that would be perfect."

"Li Chengming has lost a lot of weight. I think you can see it on TV. He is much thinner than before."

"By the way, now Li Chengming is compared with Durant, what about the Arab League?"

"Don't compare him with the spaceship. I don't want to humiliate him."

"Ah Lian is not that bad. His adaptation is a bit slow, but I feel that he is still getting better, but he is really not comparable to these two. In other words, among the rookies in this class, except for O'Lian, who still doesn't know what's going on.

Deng, everyone else is not on the same level as them, these are two monsters."

"That's right, just look at the current scoring list of rookies. These two are not on the same level as others. If it weren't for Li Chengming, there would be really no suspense for Durant to win the Rookie of the Year."

"Yes, I think if Ah Lian learns more from Li Chengming, there will be hope in the future. He is not bad, but now I feel that his talent is very slow to be realized. I don't know why."

"I think it's a matter of IQ. I don't mean to be mean, but I feel that Ah Lian's adaptability and learning ability are not as good as Li Chengming's. You see, after playing so many games, Li Chengming doesn't have as much playing time as him.

But as soon as he comes on the court, he performs well and his efficiency is very high.

"He also controls mistakes and fouls better than him. Sometimes he still suffers because the rookie has no whistle. I followed the games and felt that there were very few games where Li Chengming's performance could be considered poor. Just two or three games. This fat guy

It’s so stable.”

"I don't know for a moment whether you are praising or scolding?"

"..."

The impact of this game is huge. The most intuitive thing is that Li Chengming's account suddenly received tens of thousands of new followers, which is enough to show that Li Chengming's popularity in the United States has directly increased.

The previous dunking on James brought only temporary popularity. After everyone watched the excitement, it was over. In other words, they just liked to watch the story of the unknown person defeating the "Goliath".

Except for the continuation of TNT's inside story, there was no follow-up news.

Of course, this also made Li Chengming look familiar to American fans.

Although this game was not broadcast live across the United States, the records were laid out one by one, and even ball-blind people could see the importance.

What American fans like most is this kind of lone hero plot, and the media also likes to make up this kind of story. So there is no doubt that Howard and Lewis, who performed well, were directly ignored and became teammates to dig up Li Chengming.

The story of filling the hole.

Of course, in terms of the content of the game, it doesn't seem to be too much, because Li Chengming's plus-minus value reached a maximum of 18, and the Magic only won by a total of 4 points.

In fact, there is another point that is more intuitive, that is, the commercial endorsement intentions received from Li's father are suddenly piled up on his desk.
Chapter completed!