Chapter 41 Criticism and support
"34 points in the first game, can he really replace Vince Carter?"
"A rookie with super strong combat power, but he is not without his shortcomings!"
"Dream Boy's first summer league game, Angels in the first half, and Devils in the second half!"
After the Raptors played their first summer league game, because of their super high attention, many media reported on Li Yuan's first summer league game. They mentioned Li Yuan's super instant fighting power, and even described Li Yuan as "the strongest outside newcomer in 2004". However, after explaining his advantages, most of the media used greater writing to describe Li Yuan's poor judgment in offensive choices, calling this a fatal factor that may affect Li Yuan's foothold in the NBA: his playing style is a bit too unique, he completely ignored his opponents and teammates, and he only had a basket in his eyes, which is not a good phenomenon!
These articles have attracted the attention of a large number of experts and commentators. They originally did not intend to watch the Summer League. After all, if the Summer League is used as a sample, they really can't see anything. But now all the reporters who watched the first game of the Raptors' summer league almost all say that Li Yuan plays too independently, which has attracted their attention.
They all know that Li Yuan’s scout report said that this is a player with a very reasonable offensive choice. Logically speaking, playing too alone should not be the media’s evaluation of him. However, the newcomer Ben Gordon, selected by the Chicago Bulls, is very good at disrupting battles in NCAA, and similar comments should be used to describe him. In addition, there are not many Chinese players in NBA, including Li Yuan, and only 4 players, but those three are not players who can be described as playing alone.
Players in every place have some distinct common characteristics. For example, most international players have good skills and soft shooting feel. Compared to singles, they are more inclined to cooperate with teams. As for the United States, the more distinctive characteristics are good physical fitness and higher physical talent. At the same time, if you have some offense skills, you almost want to play singles on each ball by yourself to demonstrate your personal heroism...
This made them look forward to the second game of the Raptors in the summer United. They wanted to see how unique Li Yuan was, which made these media reporters feel like this!
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Li Yuan didn't know that his playing style had attracted the interest of many experts and commentators in the league, so he finished the second game as a game.
He scored 36 points again in this game, and the process was similar to the previous game. In the first half, he easily solved the match with a singles and accumulated a lot of points. In the second half, the opponent's defense began to change, and his efficiency began to decrease. Fortunately, he finally scored more than 30 points.
However, in this summer league, he was so careless that the Raptors ultimately failed to defend the victory and suffered the first defeat in the summer league.
"Learn to take action reasonably, this is the theory that every rookie should know!"
"The Inflated No. 5 Show? Li Yuan's performance in the Summer League makes people feel a little strange!"
"Li Yuan is heading towards the most unlikely direction of success!"
If the reporters criticized Li Yuan for his poor offensive choices and his playing style was too unique, he still reserved his words and tone, because the Raptors finally won... After winning, no problem is not a problem. This is not just in the NBA, but it is a very applicable sentence in any competitive sports circle. But now, the Raptors lost, and one of the main reasons was Li Yuan's unreasonable choice, which made these media reporters no longer have to worry about anything, and various criticisms followed.
Almost all reporters are saying that if Li Yuan continues like this, his career will be destined to be successful.
However, interestingly, when all the articles criticized Li Yuan, Bill Walton chose to analyze Li Yuan's problem from another perspective: "I went to the scene in this game and observed Li close at the close range. I found some interesting situations."
"As the previous report said, he first showed his immediate combat power in the first half, and then faced double-team defense in the second half, which exposed his poor shooting choice, but one thing, I think everyone forgot that this is just the summer league. Every rookie core here has no difference from Lee's style of playing. Maybe it's not so unique, but as long as it is a choice to attack by oneself, they rarely give up the ball. This is the same for every rookie, and Lee is particularly magnified because of his attention. Of course, this is why we are discussing now!"
"But, I think everyone has forgotten why we pay attention to Lee so much? Is it because of his strength? Or because of his pick and his nationality? No, we pay attention to him so much because the Raptors gave up Vince Carter for him. We want to see what kind of performance he has, which can let the Raptors trade the flag of Vince Carter for him, or this is why his offensive desire is so strong. He wants to prove that he has something that is eye-catching. If he looks at it from this perspective, he has also succeeded, right? In the two games he played, he averaged 15 points in the first half and 35 points in the entire game. These are far higher than the data of other rookies in the same summer league this time! He is very strong, isn't he?"
Bill Walton spoke for Li Yuan. He has always been a very fair and rational commentator. When Yao Ming was questioned two years ago, he stood up and advised everyone to give him a certain amount of time so that he could adapt to the NBA game rhythm. Now, Yao Ming has entered his second season of his career and has averaged 17.5 points, 9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, which is enough to prove that what he said was not wrong. Yao Ming’s poor playing at the beginning was not because his strength was not good, but because he has not adapted to the NBA game rhythm.
Now he spoke for Li Yuan again, believing that Li Yuan’s problem is a problem that exists in the core of other rookies throughout the summer league. It’s just that Li Yuan has been amplified because of his high attention. He believes that Li Yuan at least proves that his immediate combat power is beyond the reach of other newcomers in the 2004.
Also, he thought Li Yuan wanted to prove himself too much!
After he spoke, "Big Mouth" Barkley also stood up and spoke for Li Yuan and said: "Being able to be double-teamed in the summer league has proved his scoring ability. I don't think he has any problems!"
However, Barkley has always liked to sing opposites to others. If others think it is OK, he will think it is not possible. If others think it is not OK, he will think it is OK. So not many people take his words to heart.
On the contrary, when some fans heard Barkley say these words, they immediately felt that Li Yuan was "unsuccessful".
Barkley's mouth is also a great deal for NBA
Bill Simmons, who had previously questioned Li Yuan, also jumped out at this time. He had previously questioned that Li Yuan chose to stay in NCAA because he was afraid of entering NBA, and used his dreams as an excuse to hide his incompetence. However, under the operation of Leon Rose, he was unable to make any waves in the end and was scolded to death.
But he was unwilling to give up and popped up again this time. Among the media reporters who questioned Li Yuan's offensive choices, he was the most fierce and cruel one. So far, he has published 3 reports accusing Li Yuan of his playing style too unique and his scoring is achieved through shooting, without any persuasion!
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While these guys were arguing so fiercely, Li Yuan continued to play the first two games and ushered in the third game of the summer league.
In the third game, Li Yuan met the Clippers and Devin Harris. The No. 4 and No. 5 met in the summer league, and the result was that they beat each other. Li Yuan could not defend Devin Harris' speed, and Devin Harris could not defend Li Yuan either. The two scored each other, one scored 14 points in the first half, and the other scored 15 points in the first half.
Li Yuan failed to trigger any skill cards in this game, and his shooting ability was weaker than a level, and he only scored 14 points in the first half. However, for him, the acting head coach of the Clippers' summer league saw that Li Yuanbiao was not as good as Devin Harristo, so he ignored Li Yuan. He did not double-team Li Yuan like the acting head coach of the previous two games, which made Li Yuan very easy in the second half, and finally scored another 17 points in the second half, including a three-pointer in the final game!
Due to his poor shooting ability, Devin Harris was continuously magnified the open position and made continuous layups at the last moment by Li Yuan, and finally scored 35 points in an empty shot, and the team lost.
Chapter completed!