54 [Beyond Basketball]
Before the semifinals between the Spurs and Trail Blazers began, Jiang Hao led another wave of trends in the public opinion sector.
In terms of preparation, on the other side of the ocean in China, the first episode of the inspirational documentary co-operated by Jiang Hao and Tencent Sports was officially released.
As the name suggests, Tencent Sports made an integrated documentary on Jiang Hao's entire life.
The whole series is divided into 6 episodes. Judging from Jiang Hao's current achievements in the NBA, he can barely shoot the 3rd episode.
Therefore, when the two parties first cooperated, they directly signed a 20-year long-term contract. In other words, the last episode will be when Jiang Hao officially quits the NBA and ends his career.
The reason why Jiang Hao decided to cooperate with Tencent Sports was not because of the financial benefits that this cooperation could bring to him.
In the words of Rich Paul, all this is a kind of foreshadowing. He is trying to keep Jiang Hao flowing at all times.
If the goal is to make money, why not just publish a book?
There is an online literature website in China that has contacted Rich Paul. They hope to buy out the copyright of Jiang Hao's future autobiography.
However, he was rejected by Rich Paul. What a joke. Buying out the copyright is almost impossible to happen in the United States. No one would be so stupid.
"China is still lagging behind," Rich Paul lamented.
Of course, the fact that he did not agree to that website was also related to the fact that he was not sure whether Jiang Hao was really willing to publish an autobiography in the future. You must know that not all NBA players like to do this. Moreover, this year is only Jiang Hao's first year to enter the NBA.
It's too early to think about these things.
"I like writing, Rich, you know? In the NCAA, whenever I have free time, I will always keep tapping on the keyboard. That is my biggest hobby besides basketball."
Rich Paul didn't expect that Jiang Hao on the phone would take the initiative to say this.
"Really? Li, writing and basketball. Frankly speaking, I have seen many players who like both basketball and rap, but I have never seen anyone like you."
"So, now that you have met, Richie, do you know about Chinese online novels? Fantasy, fairy tale, urban, they are all really great."
When talking about the novel, Jiang Hao suddenly became interested, which caught Rich Paul off guard. Every time he talked to Jiang Hao on the phone, the two of them basically talked about work. Jiang Hao had never shared his work with him so actively.
things other than that.
"It seems that writing is indeed your favorite. However, I probably understand that the writing you are talking about is not the kind of real-life literature. On the contrary, it should be the kind of light-hearted online novels."
Rich Paul knows that there are also online novels in the United States.
"That's true, but honestly, I love this kind of writing"
"So Jiang, do you have any masterpieces? I mean, didn't you love writing very much in the NCAA?"
Rich Paul got interested. As a shrewd agent, he never allowed himself to miss business opportunities.
"It has not been officially published because I am Chinese and it is too troublesome to register and certify author information in the United States. However, I have a manuscript on file, an urban novel with a Chinese style of 2 million words."
Jiang Hao laughed, this may be the most important thing in his college years besides basketball.
"So Jiang, you can trust me. I will let you meet everyone as quickly as possible. It must be worth looking forward to."
Half an hour later, Rich Paul, who was in Shanghai, China, received a folder sent to him by Jiang Hao, which contained the things he needed.
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For Jiang Hao, who was at the Moda Center at the moment, what he didn’t know was that when the referee blew the whistle to officially start the game, across the ocean in China, China’s largest online novel website announced his work
Release has officially started.
What he didn't even know was that when he hit his first shot on the court, his online novel instantly attracted attention on the Chinese Internet.
At the Moda Center, Jiang Hao breathlessly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. The Trail Blazers fulfilled their pre-match promise with both guns. For Jiang Hao, they gave him enough respect from the beginning of the game, and even gave him
With the same respect as Leonard, as long as Jiang Hao holds the ball, he will inevitably be double-teamed.
Yes, that's it. Although the game only started for 8 minutes, the Trail Blazers used strong pressing to completely put Jiang Hao into an exhausting rhythm.
Maybe until this moment, Jiang Haobai realized what NBA-level playoffs are.
From this perspective, the Houston Rockets' defense is indeed not worth mentioning.
Of course, Jiang Hao's performance was tough enough. Even though he encountered a strong defense from the beginning of the game, his shooting was still accurate. He continued to thread the needle through opportunities in the cracks, maintaining the team's policy operation on both offense and defense.
The first quarter lasted for 8 minutes, and Jiang Hao's statistics looked pretty good, with 8 points and 3 assists, which was not much worse than Damian Lillard of the Trail Blazers.
From the Trail Blazers' perspective, this was not the result they wanted. Their strategy against Jiang Hao today was actually very simple, which was to use a crazy first quarter to completely crush Jiang Hao's belief.
That's what they planned, and that's what they did.
But Jiang Hao's coping ability was completely beyond their expectations. As a rookie, Jiang Hao should have been as completely stunned as the Blazers expected, but this was not the case. Jiang Hao reacted like a veteran, a
Like a star player, he endured it. Not only that, he could also counterattack.
This is the most despairing thing.
"Coach, I don't know if the rookie opposite is at the end of his game? But I want to say that this game is far from over. We can't keep playing like this. Otherwise, even if we get the rookie, we will lose.
game, because the Spurs don’t just have one No. 35 pick.”
During the timeout, Damian Lillard found head coach Stotts.
As the leader of the team, Lillard must keep his mind calm at all times. Although he knows that the Spurs No. 35 is a great threat, he also knows that he must put enough pressure on the Spurs No. 35 during the game. However, since there is no one shot now
To kill the rookie, the team must immediately change their strategy. Otherwise, as he said, even if they finally get the rookie, they still have a high probability of losing the game. In the end, the rookie is just a loser at best.
The Spurs also have Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, and more importantly, Gregg Popovich.
Chapter completed!