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Why did the Basketball Association come here?
Until he met the people from the Basketball Association, Wang Feng still didn't understand how they knew about his affairs?
After all, Wang Feng also knows how little information there is in this era. If he had already made a name for himself in the NBA and became a star, it would be understandable to be noticed, but now he has not even played a formal game and is basically a nobody.
Wang Feng, who was thinking this way, met several people from the Basketball Association team, and was surprised to find that these people were all old faces.
Former member of the Chinese national team and coach of the famous Ke Mi Zhang.
CCTV sports commentary consultant and former national player Xu Guiding.
The famous sports commentator in the future should be Director Su, who is still working as a reporter for China Sports News at this stage.
No matter where he is in time and space, Wang Feng is very familiar with these three earliest NBA commentators, and has even been interviewed by them more than once.
It's just that at that time, the three of them were already quite old, but they all looked very young at this time.
When Wang Feng looked at everyone, everyone in the Basketball Association was also looking at Wang Feng, and everyone looked surprised.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be from China.
Although there are other countries in Asia, such as Korea, Japan, etc., their appearance is slightly different. To white people and black people, there may be no difference, but if we observe carefully, we can still see some subtle differences.
This is the same reason that many people think that white people and black people all look the same.
What surprised them even more was that after seeing them, Wang Feng spoke very proficient Chinese and greeted them in a friendly manner.
"Hello Director Zhang, Director Xu, and Director Su."
Listening to Wang Feng's fluent and standard Chinese, Director Zhang and others were quite surprised.
They did not expect that Wang Feng, who grew up in the United States, could speak Chinese so well. It seems that he has been deeply influenced by Chinese culture since childhood. No wonder he wants to return to Chinese nationality.
Several people immediately expressed their intention to come. Their purpose was simple, to confirm with their own eyes that Wang Fenghua was a Chinese and that he had the ability to play in the NBA.
Although the threshold for joining Chinese nationality is not particularly high, the requirements are not small. You must have lived in the country for more than a certain number of years or you must be a special talent.
Wang Feng better fits the characteristics of special talents.
In addition, the reason why the Basketball Association arranged for Director Zhang and others to come with them was for another purpose, which was to take this opportunity to learn about the strengths required to play in the NBA. They are currently the most powerful in the country.
Does Hu Weidong, a strong player, have the strength to join the NBA?
As the highest level basketball competition in the world, the Basketball Association hopes that domestic talents can join here and their strength can be further trained.
In fact, in the next few years, he will probably become the first player from China and even Asia to enter the NBA. Then Battelle will follow in his footsteps, and then there will be Dayao, who is known to everyone in China in 2002.
Landing in the NBA as the No. 1 pick completely ignited Chinese fans' attention and love for the NBA.
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"Oh my god..."
Looking in shock at Wang Feng's almost frame-length one-handed dunk, Coach Zhang couldn't help but marvel.
"Wang Feng, your physical fitness is too good, isn't it? How did you develop such a jumping ability? At your level, even if you join the track and field and high jump teams, you can become an ace and represent the country in the Olympics!"
Wang Feng easily suppressed the former national player of China with a simple display.
The level difference was so huge that Director Zhang and several others were completely impressed when they saw Wang Feng, who was almost indistinguishable from those flying NBA stars on the court.
No wonder Wang Feng can join an NBA team and play. His physical fitness alone is unmatched by anyone in the country.
"Great, Wang Feng, don't worry. We will help communicate on the nationality issue. Given your special situation, we should be able to handle it as soon as possible without delaying your ability to play in the NBA."
Director Su, who was still working at the China Sports News, said to Wang Feng: "Soon, you will become the first Chinese player to land in the NBA. Be mentally prepared in advance to be known to everyone in China!"
Wang Feng smiled slightly, of course he knew this.
Not only China, as long as the work visa issue is resolved, soon the entire league, the United States, and even the world will know his name, because he will defeat the God of Basketball, Jordan, and become the new god of this era!
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The Basketball Association's inspection team then watched Wang Feng's daily training for half a day at the Knicks' stadium. They also visited the Knicks' arena and training facilities, etc. The luxurious equipment in the largest ballpark in the United States was an eye-opener for them.
Two days later, most of the Basketball Association's inspection team returned to China, but two people stayed, namely Director Zhang and Director Su.
Director Zhang stayed because the Basketball Association wanted to further deepen its understanding of Wang Feng and the NBA, try to find a path for the Chinese professional basketball league, and at the same time hope to send outstanding domestic basketball talents to the NBA to train and learn.
Director Su, as a reporter for China Sports News, briefly transferred to the NBA columnist in the United States, responsible for delivering Wang Feng and NBA-related news back to China as soon as possible.
Of course, it was not important to Wang Feng. What he was concerned about was that his nationality was finally given the green light and was successfully processed.
As the ID card and passport from the Embassy in the United States were urgently sent to New York, the arena union immediately applied for a work visa for Wang Feng and registered the player information.
As a result, Wang Feng can finally officially play in the NBA!
On January 8, the Knicks faced the challenge of the Minnesota Timberwolves at home.
This game is not very stressful for the Knicks, because the Timberwolves are also one of the well-known underdogs in the league. Their current record is at the bottom of the league and they are not competitive at all.
No one was paying attention to this game, and the Knicks had a slightly out-of-place name on their roster.
"Wang Feng."
Even if someone notices it, they won't take it seriously. After all, there are so many teams in the league, and the roster may change slightly every day. But if it is not the trade deadline after the All-Star Game, or the freedom after the Finals next summer,
In the market, these names that suddenly appear on the team roster will no doubt disappear quickly, as if they never appeared.
On the night of the game, Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks, was packed.
With the tickets provided by Wang Feng, Director Zhang and Director Su, who were sitting at the front of the stadium, looked at the stadium stands in confusion at the dense crowds of people and the noisy sounds.
"This is the NBA! It's great!"
Such a scene had a great impact on the older generation of basketball players in China in the 1990s. Although Director Zhang once went to the United States to study and represented the national team in many international competitions, he was still regarded as
I was surprised by the lively atmosphere in the NBA arena.
"When will China also have such a league event?"
Not far away from Director Zhang and Director Su, Wang Xu’s family were also sitting in their seats with some restraint.
"Dad, do you think Wang Feng can appear today?"
Wang Xiao couldn't help but turned to look at his father and asked.
Wang Xu smiled and rubbed Wang Xiao's head, "Don't worry, didn't he say that? The team coach has informed him that he will play in today's game."
While we were talking, the lights on the court gradually dimmed, and the DJ began to use his passionate voice to introduce the Knicks' starting five.
Wang Feng and other teammates have already arrived on the court from the player tunnel in advance.
One thing to say, this kind of scene of standing on the court and watching the introduction of the team's five starting players is something Wang Feng has not seen for a long time.
Because since leaving the Warriors, Wang Feng has been firmly in the starting position. Except for a few tactical substitute appearances in the finals when he was with the Cavaliers, he has always been a starter, the absolute core of the main force, and the focus of the spotlight.
Although he successfully impressed everyone in the team's intra-team competition, Wang Feng still failed to directly obtain the starting position of the team, but Wang Feng is very sure that this day will not take long.
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Under the passionate chants of the on-site DJ, Ewing, who made the Knicks' final appearance, waved his hands and ran out of the tunnel, and the atmosphere on the court was heated to its highest peak.
After a short warm-up, the game officially started.
Ewing won the jump ball and the Knicks had the ball.
It can be seen that the strength gap between the two teams is indeed huge. From the beginning of the game, the rhythm was firmly controlled by the Knicks.
The Knicks' main offense at the beginning was Ewing, the team's strongest point.
The Timberwolves do not have outstanding inside players to begin with. The future Wolf King Garnett will not be selected to join the league until the summer draft. Therefore, the Timberwolves' weak inside players cannot stop Ewing at all.
In the first quarter of the game, Ewing efficiently scored 12 points, leading the Knicks to establish a double-digit score advantage. In the second quarter, the score gap further widened to more than 20 points.
The half had just ended, and the game had already lost its suspense early.
Knicks fans were not bored by this standard game of abuse, but were extremely excited.
Winning this game will give the Knicks five consecutive victories. The haze of previous losses will be wiped away, and the record will be restored to the top three in the Western Conference.
The Knicks, who are getting better and better, undoubtedly have the capital to compete for the championship again in the eyes of New York fans.
The early arrival of garbage time also gave the substitute players of both teams the opportunity to come on stage early.
After the second half of the game started, several main players played for a symbolic minute and then left the field one after another. Both teams tacitly changed to full substitute lineups.
Wang Feng can finally appear!
When Wang Feng, wearing the Knicks' No. 1 uniform, walked onto the court, everyone's eyes were attracted by the yellow-skinned Wang Feng.
For some of the more attentive fans at the Knicks home court, Wang Feng, who sat on the bench for the first two games, is no stranger to them, but they have never known what Wang Feng does.
But for the vast majority of fans who are not that serious, Wang Feng's appearance is too sudden.
"Who is this guy? Where did he come from? When did the Knicks sign an Asian as a backup player?"
The Knicks' home commentator was also a little confused, but fortunately, he had detailed information on all the team's players in front of him.
"The Knicks' No. 1 player is named Wang Feng. He comes from the distant and mysterious country of China. He is 6.7 feet tall (2.01 meters) and weighs 205 kilograms. He serves as a forward. He is an all-rounder with excellent physical fitness and excellent offense and defense.
type player..."
On the sidelines, Wang Xu's family stood up excitedly and waved desperately in Wang Feng's direction. At the same time, Director Su, who was not far away, took a camera and pressed the shutter to take a picture of Wang Feng walking towards the court.
Director Su knew that this photo would be published in the Chinese Sports News and become a landmark scene in Chinese basketball - the first Chinese player to make a shining debut on the NBA stage!
But at this moment, Wang Feng, who was walking onto the stage, was in a very calm mood, even a little dull.
Although the whole process is a bit long, in fact, from the end of the 2022 Finals to the time he traveled to the end of 1994 and then returned to the NBA, it didn't take long in total, and it was even much shorter than a normal summer vacation.
a lot of.
Therefore, Wang Feng did not feel like he had not been on the court for a long time. Even when he looked at his teammates and the opponent who had just stepped onto the field, he felt even less interested.
The level is too low.
Wang Feng cannot give an intuitive and pertinent answer as to which level of basketball competition was higher in the 1990s and which will be lower in the future. However, in terms of the level of bench players in garbage time, they are surprisingly similar.
Although Wang Feng couldn't see the specific values of the other nine players on the field, thinking about it, there probably wasn't even one with an overall rating of over 70.
Wang Feng seems to stand out among this group of players, and he doesn't even have the nature to abuse others.
However, as this is his first game in the NBA, Wang Feng will definitely not be passive and slow down. After all, he has to use his worth as quickly as possible to win the absolute core position of the Knicks.
The Timberwolves had the ball, and the substitute guard used the pick-and-roll screen from his teammates to get an opening and shot from outside the three-point line.
After the league shortened the three-point line, all teams increased the number of three-pointers. After all, everyone understands that 3-pointers are better than 2-pointers.
It's just that the Timberwolves backup guard's touch is not very good, or his shooting is just like this. The basketball misses the frame and bounces high into the sky.
Wang Feng saw the right moment, judged the landing point in advance, took off and collected the rebound, and then immediately ran towards the Timberwolves' backcourt as soon as he landed.
"So fast!"
The Timberwolves' outside players were caught off guard and quickly caught up with the retreat, but their speed was obviously slower than Wang Feng.
Wang Feng suddenly took two big steps to play the ball, and his whole body rose into the air, and a powerful and highly ornamental tomahawk dunk came as expected!
"boom--!"
Wang Feng's fast break was so fast that when the basket made an overwhelming sound, the home fans did not react for a moment. They were stunned for a moment before cheering.
"What a cool dunk!"
"Haha! I like this guy, his dunks are so powerful!"
"Didn't you notice just now? His dribbling speed is really fast, maybe even faster than Starks!"
Substitute players for both teams: "..."
You are also a substitute player, why are you so good?