023 Confused
Early in the morning of the 12th, Fox Sports TV updated its post-match reports on the USC and UCLA battles on multiple platforms such as morning news, official websites and Twitter.
"In this game, USC starting point guard Jamie Lee performed well. He scored 25 points and 13 assists and had zero turnovers, successfully helping the team defeat UCLA."
"In the previous two games, Jamie Lee played as a substitute point guard, scoring 18 points, 12 assists and 20 points, 13 assists respectively. He performed very stably and got better and better."
"Governor Schwarzenegger watched the game live. He believed that Jamie Lee would bring changes to USC. He also said that although he beat Jerry Bass in the bet, he would go to USC to watch the game every year from now on."
The two teams' matches are almost the same as North Carolina's Duke, and they have received a lot of attention across the United States. Fox released a post-match report, which immediately sparked a lot of discussion.
In just half an hour, various praises for Li Zhe emerged from various places like fireworks on holiday nights. Among them, EPSN columnist Bill Simmons's statement on Twitter has been liked and reposted more than 8,000 times.
"We often say that Chinese people can only play big centers like Yao Min, and no one can serve as the NBA starting point guard, and Mi Li may be the one who breaks our inherent image."
"After the game ended last night, I immediately checked the video of USC's match against two Oregon universities, and Jamie Lee's performance in all aspects was amazing."
"In terms of skills, he has solid basic skills, has stable control of the ball, accurate passing, has a mid-range shot, three-pointer, and even a layup against each other; in terms of strategy, he is good at capturing opponents' loopholes, exploiting opponents' weaknesses, and responding quickly to defense changes; in terms of personality, he is calm and has a strong ability to withstand pressure, and will never be ruthless at critical moments."
Sina and Hupu full article reprinted by Simmons, many Chinese fans began to pay attention to Li Zhe and established a news section to track Li Zhe's performance on and off the court in detail.
Of course, some people agree and some oppose it, and most of them are professionals related to the NBA.
Among them, Suns general manager Steve Cole said in an interview with the Arizona Republic.
"I don't think Arizona State University needs to worry about the 16th game against USC. Jamie is weak and has poor ability to fight. Just use close-fitting defense and quick changeovers to be significantly limited."
"What's more, State University has James Harden, who is the number one shooting guard in NCAA this year. USC cannot limit him. As long as he performs normally, he can definitely win the game."
"As for Jamie Lee's draft prospects, I'm not optimistic. Everyone should know that the NCAA is a league that produces excellent data point guards, but few of these people can continue to perform strongly after entering the NBA. For example, last year's MOP Mario Chalmos was only selected with 34 picks, and now he is averaging less than 10 points. Can you say that he is weaker than Jamie Lee?"
Steve Cole's comments received a lot of support, and many fans on Twitter thought he was justified.
In this way, fans began to argue whether Li Zhe could become an NBA player and what kind of picks he could be.
If the father is right, no one can convince anyone.
By late at night, the debate came to an end, and both sides decided to wait for the opinions of major media. Because at this time, all NCAA major league basketball regular seasons have been held in three games. According to the rules, the 2009 NBA draft predictions should be updated.
Perhaps it was because major media outlets wanted to gain popularity that they really released their talent show predictions on the 13th.
Among them, the most authoritative NBADARFT ranked Li Zhe in 45 and was selected by the Dallas Mavericks, mainly because they refer to the corresponding player templates and the Mavericks favor international players.
ESPN ranked Li Zhe in 34th and was selected by the Houston Rockets on the grounds that his true strength and the Chinese market.
The other websites such as MOCKDARFT, NETSCOUTS, DARTEXPRESS, etc. also ranked Li Zhe in the 32-58th pick period, which means that no website is optimistic that he will be selected into the NBA as his first round.
This is supported by the side that favors the side that favors the side, especially Chinese fans.
On the YouTube forum, a user with the ID called "xiaofeidemajia" merged and uploaded Li Zhe's wonderful performance in three games, and analyzed his technical characteristics one by one, and finally concluded that Li Zhe should be selected in the previous five picks.
I was optimistic that Li Zhe was very moved by this, but he advised the user to modify the prediction results, because the top five picks were too exaggerated. After all, the people who have been confirmed to participate in the draft include Griffin, Tabit, Harden, Jonny Flynn, Rubio and others. The predictions for the top five picks are likely to attract ridicule.
But then I thought that as late at night, a website called DEANONDARFT also updated its 2009 NBA draft forecast, and they put Li Zhe in the second pick and were selected by the Sacramento Kings.
This website has three reasons. First, Li Zhe is strong enough to serve as the starting point guard of the NBA and become the core of the team. Instead, Sacramento has a large number of Chinese labor immigrants, and the local area needs a Chinese star to revitalize the market.
Fans agree with these two reasons, but the third reason makes fans shake their heads.
Because this website claims that they have Kings scouts revealed that their head coach Kenny Knight is very optimistic about Li Zhe.
In this way, the goal started to argue again, and continued until the 15th.
Finally, fans were surprised to find that Li Zhe never showed up again after the battle between UCLA and USC.
There is no news about him in the media, and USC head coach Tim gave the reply that he asked for leave again and left the team.
Li Zhe had disappeared once before, but this time he disappeared again, which inevitably aroused the interest of fans.
Just as fans were speculating, a news broke out from the famous gossip media TMZ.
"We just bought a recording, targeting Lakers owner Jerry Bass, after the USC match with UCLA on the 11th, the parking area outside the Gran Center Arena."
"The recording was Jerry Bass called Phil Jackson and hoped that the coaching staff would take time to watch the video of Li Zhe's game, because Li Zhe's personal performance was better than the scout report and he didn't even have the only shortcomings."
"Bass claims that as long as Li Zhe performs well in the next game, he will find a way to get Li Zhe. Even if it needs to be paid a high price, it doesn't matter, because Li Zhe is enough to take over Kobe."
TMZ revealed that it was like a tornado blew across a small pond, instantly causing a wave, and fans began to argue again.
The Lakers quickly came forward to refute the rumors. Old Buss personally recorded a video and said that neither the Lakers nor him would like a young man who lacked politeness and was too arrogant.
The reporters followed this news and learned through anonymous revelations from USC players that Li Zhe decisively rejected the invitation to have dinner with Old Bass on the night of the game because he wanted to go to post-match training.
Many fans believe this statement.
What a character, Old Bass? O'Neal said some stupid words to offend him because of the renewal of the contract, so he decided to send O'Neal to the Heat. Li Zhe refused his invitation in public, so he naturally would not catch his eye again.
Chapter completed!