Chapter 106: return home

Due to the time conflict between the Asian Championships and the Summer League this time, the best way to investigate is the Asian Championships.

Moreover, the Knicks management has recently received cooperation from several Chinese companies!

It can be said that Lian Dao has brought benefits to the Knicks before even playing a single game.

The key is that the Chinese market is still not in a state of formal development, so what if it is officially developed?

This also allowed the Knicks to experience the joy of the Rockets.

Although the Knicks' annual income ranks first in the league, who would dislike a lot of money.

Therefore, both the management and the head coach not only supported Lian Dao in the Asian Championships, but also equipped a professional team.

Since Yao Ming has not recovered from his injury and is unable to play in the Asian Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team also hopes that Lian Dao will join to improve the team's strength.

Two days later, Lian Dao also set off to return home.

In addition to the team assigned to him by the Knicks, he also has junior sister Guo Yuwei and trainer Chris Brickley.

I didn't think much of it at first, but on the way to the airport, I found that there were quite a lot of people, and it took two cars to load them all.

He also hasn't returned to China for nearly two years. When the plane arrived in China's airspace, Lian Dao was also indescribably excited.

After rebirth, this is also the first time for Lian Dao to set foot on his homeland, and that kind of excitement arises spontaneously from the bottom of his heart.

When the plane landed at Kyoto International Airport, Lian Dao and the others also walked out all the way.

However, when they came out of the exit, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

Especially cheap rice.

There are about two to three hundred people in front of the brand's fans, and most of them are women.

It's summer, and it's cool as far as the eye can see.

"How did they know they were going back to China today?" This was Lian Dao's first reaction.

Although he likes to tweet, but this time he returned to China, he did not announce it online.

Sure enough, there are still a lot of fans.

At this time, Lian Dao also saw a familiar figure, Guo Shiqiang.

The youngest head coach in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team is also the head coach of this Asian Championship.

Lian Dao first greeted Guo Shiqiang and had a simple exchange.

Then Lian Dao walked towards the fans, and the fans who were holding up the signs immediately became excited.

"Sickle, do you want to go over and sign with them?"

At this time, after D'Antoni and Guo Shiqiang finished greeting, they turned to ask Lian Dao.

Lian Dao nodded.

He is well aware of the importance of fans, especially in Southern California's games this season, how many times it was because of the crazy support of fans that Southern California survived to the end.

Moreover, fans may only have one chance in a lifetime to watch a game, so Lian Dao cherishes the fans very much.

He also didn't want to break the small expectations of the fans.

After Lian Dao passed by, he also signed autographs and took photos with those fans.

Lian Dao left the airport after signing autographs for fans.

"You have so many female fans!" Guo Yuwei said to Lian Dao with a smile after leaving the airport.

And Guo Shiqiang who happened to be next to him also heard Guo Yuwei's words.

He also smiled meaningfully at Lian Dao.

"Hey, the main reason is that he is handsome, has good playing skills, and is unstoppable in his charm." Lian Dao was also embarrassed by Guo Shiqiang's eyes.

So, whispered to Guo Yuwei.

Guo Yuwei rolled her eyes at Lian Dao, she felt that Lian Dao's skin was getting thicker.

In the past two years, basketball players have been particularly popular. The main reason is that the Olympic Games have just ended, the Chinese men's basketball team has also achieved good results, and there are some basketball-related movies and TV shows.

Yao Ming also gained great influence in the NBA.

This has attracted many people's attention to the sport of basketball.

Moreover, Lian Dao's good looks make her popular with girls, which is actually quite understandable.

After eating the welcome banquet, Guo Shiqiang originally wanted Lian Dao to rest for a day before going to the training base the next day.

But Lian Dao still chose to go directly to the training base.

After all, because the draft conference has been delayed for a long time, if you have more time to practice together at this time, you will be more familiar with it.

So, a group of people also came to the basketball hall of the General Administration of Sport of China.

This is the training base for this World Championships.

Here, Lian Dao also met his teammates from the Asian Championships.

In addition to Yi Jianlian, there are Wang Zhizhi, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, Liu Wei...

The goal of this men's basketball team is to compete for the championship with all its strength.

Although Yao Ming was injured and the strength of the men's basketball team declined, there are Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue who have played in the NBA, Lian Dao who has just joined the NBA as the No. 1 pick, and experienced Wang Zhizhi, Liu Wei, Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng. It is the strongest team.

Lian Dao is directly airborne, so some people must not be convinced.

Especially this men's basketball team, with Guo Shiqiang as the coach.

In this national team, the most rare thing is Guo Shiqiang. No matter his qualifications or fame, he can't suppress this group of main players.

Players have doubts about the head coach's tactical arrangements, and their execution will inevitably be affected.

There is only one way to deal with xenophobic Lian Dao, which is to prove yourself with strength.

After a brief face-to-face meeting, Lian Dao also entered the training.

It was also the first time for others to see Lian Dao's training methods, and even Yi Jianlian was surprised by it.

What really convinced them was not these, but the next match.

Lian Dao didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball at the beginning. After all, you are an airborne, and it is unrealistic to ask for the ball when you first arrive.

He started with defense, and the sense of defensive oppression brought by Lian Dao made them make mistakes one after another.

This defense also shocked everyone.

Although they know some news about Lian Dao, for example, he was famous for his excellent defense in the NCAA.

But he was caught off guard in the full-court confrontation.

Because no matter who it is, as long as they face Lian Dao, they will not be able to break through Lian Dao's defense in terms of speed or strength.

After the steal, Lian Dao continued to send high-quality passes, which made the receiving players feel very comfortable.

Lian Dao also only used the first half of the match, so that these people no longer rejected him.

In the second half, Lian Dao also showed a strong offensive ability, brutally smashing the basketball into the basket through people, facing the defensive player's 2+1 dunk, and the outside three-pointer with a super high shooting rate.

In the second half, Lian Dao seemed to be transformed into an NBA superstar, and his continuous scoring made his teammates admire.

It can be said that Lian Dao used a confrontation match to turn these proud players from rejection into admiration.

Even Guo Shiqiang was greatly impacted on the sidelines.

Although they have encountered players with this style of play, they are all big blacks. They have never seen any Chinese except Lian Dao.

In fact, this is the crushing of talent. There is currently no player with Lian Dao's talent in China.

Yi Jianlian's talent is already the best in China, but compared to Lian Dao's talent, it is still a bit worse.

This game also gave Guo Shiqiang greater confidence in the Asian Championships.

Because he feels that putting Lian Dao on top of the starting players will definitely improve the defense and offense of the men's basketball team.

Lian Dao was also very surprised in this game. He didn't expect that he would become the gate of the perimeter defense.

In fact, that's right. After the NCAA ended, Lian Dao's contact training was all high-intensity, which was more effective than how many games he played in China.

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