La Liga is not just the name of the Spanish football league.
Spain's professional basketball league is also called "La Liga".
This event is famous in basketball circles.
For a long time, it has been called the best basketball league in the world besides the NBA by basketball professionals.
The league has developed rapidly and balancedly, with a high degree of commercialization. At the same time, the performance of top stars in major events around the world is impressive.
Among the five main players of the Argentine team that was the basketball champion at the Athens Olympics, only Manu Ginobili did not have a Spanish league background.
Calderon, Gasol, David Anderson, Rubio and other well-known stars have all played in La Liga.
The "77" Luka Doncic who is currently killing everyone in the NBA, before entering the NBA, was the absolute core of the Spanish basketball giant Real Madrid and the MVP of the Champions League.
Many of the main players of many European basketball powers also play in La Liga.
The influence of the Spanish Basketball League can also be seen from this.
Today, Lin Weirui is playing for La Liga giant Real Madrid as a foreign player.
After two months in the team, Lin Weirui has already adapted to the team's daily training and has become familiar with the big brothers in the team.
"Lin, get ready. I'll let you come on as a substitute in tomorrow's friendly match to get used to the rhythm of our league."
In the basketball gym, Lin Weirui was doing daily shooting training. Head coach Gasol walked up to him and said to him with a smile.
Lin Weirui was slightly surprised when he heard this.
Tomorrow night, Real Madrid will play a friendly match with its old rival Barcelona at its home stadium, the Barclaycard Center.
He originally thought that his first appearance would wait until the league started in September.
But I didn't expect that I would officially step onto the stage of La Liga so soon.
"Okay, coach, I will listen to your arrangements."
Lin Weirui responded with a smile while shooting a three-pointer with a "swish".
Since arriving in Spain, he has not played in an official game.
When he came, it happened to be the offseason of the league.
The other players took vacation after vacation and vacation after vacation.
He is the only one who has been adapting to the new environment and constantly training his various abilities.
He is like the peerless sword hidden in the scabbard, and has yet to show his peerless edge to the La Liga audience.
"Um."
Gasol nodded with satisfaction.
"Lin, your shooting percentage is very good."
"But on the field, under the premise of physical confrontation and interference, how much strength you can still exert needs to be tested in actual combat."
"In 2 months, your height has grown from 185cm to 188cm. Coupled with your super long wingspan, you will finally not be at such a disadvantage in the professional league."
When he accepted Justin Jackson's invitation to go to Dragon Kingdom to inspect Lin Weirui's basketball talent and strength, Gasol was most worried about his height.
In Gasol's eyes, Lin Weirui is indeed talented.
Whether it is wingspan or jumping, he is extremely outstanding, even very monster.
But with a height of 185, whether in their La Liga league or in the NBA in the future, they will suffer.
Historically, there have been many small players who have been successful in NBA, La Liga and other leagues.
Allen Iverson and Chris Paul are both 183 in height.
But this does not prevent them from becoming famous superstars in the entire NBA history.
Gasol also knows this.
However, since the development of modern basketball, over the past few decades, how many small players like Allen Iverson and Chris Paul have been there?
Modern basketball, in the final analysis, is still a long-person sport.
There is no doubt about this.
To Gasol's delight, after Lin Weirui arrived in Madrid, through balanced dietary management and scientific daily training, his height actually grew from 185 to 188 in 2 months.
Don't underestimate this 3cm growth.
On the basketball court, this small 3 centimeters may determine the quality of the matchup.
In Gasol's eyes, the current Lin Weirui is just like Derrick Rose, the "Windy City Rose" who was born in the Chicago Bulls. He is extremely talented, amazing and beautiful.
If outsiders knew that Lin Weirui's status in Gasol's heart was so high, many people would be frightened.
"Windy City Rose" Derrick Rose?
That was the top pick in the 2008 draft!
And he was the No. 1 pick in the draft by the Chicago Bulls!
The youngest regular season MVP in NBA history!
This is a feat that even Kobe, Garnett, James and other historical giants who entered the NBA as high school players have not accomplished it!
In 2011, the NBA's new labor agreement added a "Rose Clause" named after Derrick Rose.
This will enable outstanding young players who meet the conditions to obtain a maximum salary contract that accounts for 30% of the team's salary cap earlier.
Gasol actually compared the current Weirui Lin with Rose?
Simply outrageous!
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The next night.
In the Barclaycard Center Arena in Madrid, the lights are bright and the people are buzzing.
Whether it's basketball or football, Real Madrid and Barcelona, both historically rivals, will present a wonderful basketball match here to 15,000 spectators.
Last season's final was also played between these two teams.
In the best-of-five finals, Real Madrid finally defeated Barcelona with a score of 3:1 and won last season's La Liga championship.
That was also the 33rd league championship trophy in their team's history.
Its strength, which surpasses La Liga, is terrifying.
Lin Weirui serves as the team's substitute and sits on the bench on the sidelines.
He looked at the packed auditorium and listened to the deafening cheers. He was immersed in it and enjoyed it very much.
“It’s been a long time since I played a game, so I’m a little excited!”
Lin Weirui was in an excited mood after officially entering the professional arena.
He recalled everything he had gone through along the way, and that tall and handsome figure instantly appeared in his mind.
"Teacher Xu, I won't let you down!"
Lin Weirui secretly made up his mind that even if it was just a friendly match, he would cherish this hard-won substitute time.
Show your strength in front of everyone.
"It's a pity that this time on stage, there are no cheers and shouts from the students in Class 9."
beep……
Just when Lin Weirui's thoughts were wandering, coach Gasol called a timeout.
At this time, there was less than two minutes left before the end of the first quarter.
The score on the field was 18:17, with Real Madrid only leading by one point.