Chapter 913 The future is uncertain
After the game, Xie Kai did not leave immediately. He took a photo with K Mi on the scene and signed some autographs. This was a way for him to repay the fans. He was very happy that although he no longer played for the Grizzlies, these fans were still supporting him.
He later accepted an interview with reporters.
The reporter first asked some basic questions that were not nutritious, and then raised a sensitive question: "Kain, will you return to Memphis in the future?"
Xie Kai did not directly answer: "My goal now is to help OKC defend its title. It's too far away, and I haven't considered it yet."
"Will you choose to retire in Oxford City or Memphis?" the reporter continued to ask.
Xie Kai smiled: "My career should last for a while, and I have not considered the issue of retirement yet."
"Then will you come back here to play for this team in your future career?" The reporter kept on touching on this question.
Xie Kai paused for a moment and replied: "The future is not accurate, let it be done!"
The reporter was somewhat disappointed when he did not receive Xie Kai's affirmative answer. Originally, she planned to say that Xie Kai would come back, which would be a big news. Even if he couldn't come back, he could just follow Xie Kai's next station to do a special topic. Now, Xie Kai's uncertain answer made it difficult for her to carry out this topic in depth.
After defeating the Grizzlies away, the Thunder's winning streak continued. On December 12, they defeated the Hornets at home and ushered in an 11-game winning streak.
Two days later, they narrowly defeated the Pacers away and ushered in a 12-game winning streak.
After 12 consecutive victories, the Thunder's record reached 27 wins and 2 losses, leading the league's 30 teams.
On December 16, the Thunder were away against the 76ers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, also known as the "City of Friendship", is one of the oldest and most historical cities in the United States. As the fifth largest city in the United States, its historical status is unique, but not so many people are familiar with it all over the world, especially in modern times.
Many people know Philadelphia and fall in love with Philadelphia because of AI, the shortest scoring champion in history. AI’s historical status is actually not that high, because he did not get the ring after all, and his peak period was relatively shorter than those historically super giants. But he is extremely popular, especially in the ancient Eastern country on the other side of the ocean.
The 76ers are an old NBA team and have won three championships in team history, but the latest championship for this team has been in 1983.
After Iverson emerged, the team once made it to the finals, but lost to the Lakers led by the OK combination and missed the championship.
After Iverson's peak was gone, the team has been a strong contender for Eastern Conference playoff tickets for nine seasons in 2003-2011, but the window to win the championship is always closed.
I don’t know if it was because of their poor record that they had never been able to get the super talented man of the revival team, so the team began to rebuild. Excellent instant combat power such as the No. 1 Brother and Holiday Brother left the team one after another, and the team began to play badly for many years to get high picks.
In recent years, Philadelphia fans have been suffering because this team has been playing badly, and it has been playing badly since the beginning of the season. Of course, they are not really playing badly, because they have almost no one to play. They are all low-priced rookies and men with basic salary, or wandering veterans. It is a terrible thing that such a team can achieve good results in the NBA.
Fortunately, the reconstruction over the years has finally accumulated enough talent for this old strong team. In 2013, they found Brett Brown from the Spurs as the head coach, just to cooperate for a long time and make plans early.
The Philadelphia 76ers' team building ideas have gradually become clear, which is to use "Emperor" Embiid and "Left-handed Magician" Simmons as the core, supplemented by a group of powerful players. Obviously, the talent has accumulated to a certain extent and needs to be fulfilled.
In the Vachovia Center Arena, AI's No. 3 jersey was hung above the stadium. On March 2, 2014, Iverson's jersey retired in this stadium.
AI has always been a superstar that Xie Kai admires very much. He made the young Xie Kai firmly believe that he can play in the NBA and write his own name in the NBA.
Joel Embiid was called "Kumi Bid" by Chinese fans. He is indeed a very funny person. Now, both sides are still practicing football, so he came to chat with Xie Kai.
Both graduated from the University of Kansas, and when it comes to talking about it, Xie Kai is still his senior.
Funny loves to joke very much. His jokes make Xie Kai feel that his imagination is really rich, but he is just a little childish, like a child in his 210s.
Embiid looks shy and is completely dark (African Cameroonian), but his talent is really overflowing! You know, in order to wait for his talent, the 76ers really raised him for two seasons. He has been reimbursed for his foot injury in the past two seasons.
From this perspective, you can tell how much the 76ers value Embiid. If you just regard him as an ordinary Tanhualang, it would be a big mistake. Maybe the Spurs are rare in Tanhua lottery, and the 76ers who are bad every year will be rare?
Embiid is a genius. His static physical fitness is very outstanding. He has a height of 7 feet and a wingspan of nearly 230cm. He has excellent speed, bounce, explosive power and coordination. He is the top center. He can protect the frame and hold the boards on the defensive end, and can also assist in defense and chase; he is a young dream on the offensive end, and even he is afraid of his dream steps. With such talent, it is no wonder that the 76ers are willing to bet.
For Embiid, the 76ers gradually abandoned the 15-year-old Tanhualang Okafor. After all, the team has limited resources and does not have so many ball rights and resources to focus on cultivating two big men. Obviously, Embiid is the team that is really willing to train vigorously.
The 76ers have so many talented men that they want to abandon them. The old Popo in San Antonio is really jealous. But there is no way. Who told you to enter the playoffs every year and then send this talented man to you? Who can do it before?
In this game, Tencent Live broadcast, the person responsible for commenting on Wang Zixing and Su Qun.
Wang Zixing asked: "Teacher Su, do you think the 76ers will be the team that ends the Thunder's 12-game winning streak?"
Su Qun held up his glasses and said without changing his face, "If the Thunder performs normally, even if he appears, the 76ers will have a very small chance of defeating them. Embiid has played well this season, but the Thunder's inside staff is also rich, and it will be a wonderful game."
Chapter completed!