Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 27 Oolong Incident
"No. 3 is for Drazen Petrovic, No. 11 is for Arvydas Sabonis, and No. 10 is for Dejan Bodiroga..."
Lasso is only in his forties, a typical Mesozoic coach.
But he seemed very patient. Even though Sun Hao was just a newcomer, he reminded him one by one .
The numbers he mentioned are all numbers that the team is retiring or will retire in the future.
In other words, these numbers are not ones that Sun Hao can choose.
Sun Hao nodded. He had heard of these people before. They were all European superstars outside the NBA.
There is no need to say much about Sabonis, he is the king of Europe who has defeated a number of NBA superstars.
Drazen Petrovic, in his era, was the most lamented player.
As a European player, he averaged 20+ points per game in the fifth year of his NBA career, and in the following season it increased to 22.3 points.
And in those two seasons, he led the team to the playoffs as the star player.
It's a pity that a car accident took his life.
Many people also felt sorry for him, saying that if his career continued, he would surpass Ginobili.
Both of these players have had their jerseys retired by Real Madrid.
Dejan Bodiroga is even more legendary. He is recognized by many stars as the best player outside the NBA.
18-year professional career, 11 MVPs, 10 European league championships.
Although he has not yet completed these achievements in his career, he is already a well-known figure.
In fact, last season, Bodiroga was Real Madrid's top player, contributing 18.6 points per game.
In the extremely slow-paced European basketball league, this is a superstar among superstars.
But like Fernandoño before him, he chose to leave Real Madrid in the new season.
Of course, when such a legendary player passes away, it is very likely that .
Sun Hao took a look at the options and finally chose number 9.
It’s not because 6 upside down is 9, or there is any other connection between 6 and 9, but because Yi Jianlian wears No. 9.
The two had previously agreed to play professionally together, but now that that hasn't happened, they'll just wear Yi Jianlian's number for now.
If we can't be together, then just wearing your clothes means we are together too!
After choosing his jersey number, Sun Hao then met with his teammates.
Both main players, Bodiroga and Fernandoño, have left, but Real Madrid is still full of talent and strong.
Sun Hao is mentally mature and quickly gets along well with his teammates.
And he also saw several familiar faces in this team.
Pablo Prigioni.
Argentine defender, born in 1977, 1.9-meter-tall defender.
Historically, Prigioni spent most of his career in La Liga and won the ACB League's best point guard award three times.
It was not until 2012 that 35-year-old Prigioni entered the NBA and retired from the NBA after playing for three seasons.
Compared to Rodriguez, whom Sun Hao had played against in the EBA league before, this future player is really still strong.
Of course, that is something that will happen in the future, and Prigioni has just made a name for himself.
After Miocic left, the team didn't find a new candidate, so he directly became the starting point guard in the new season and was the biggest beneficiary.
Raul Lopez.
The Spaniard was born in 1980. He is two years older than Sun Hao, 18 years old, and about 1.8 meters tall.
Sun Hao also has a deep impression of Lopez. In history, he represented Spain in the Beijing Olympics and performed well. He also played for the Jazz for two years.
Although he suffered many injuries during his career, he continued playing until 2016 before officially retiring.
Every man has his own position. The reason why Sun Hao was promoted to the second team was because Lopez was promoted to the first team.
The two men did not know each other before, but they arrived at Real Madrid one after the other. They will directly compete for the team's backup point guard position in the new season.
The two guards are in direct competition with each other, and after interacting with each other during training, Sun Hao also found that their playing styles are very similar. Both are point guards who put passing first.
This is also the characteristic of basketball in the 1990s, which emphasizes everyone's responsibilities. The point guard's job is to organize and coordinate the offense, and the selection process is also based on this.
Besides them, there is also Yoge Garbajosa.
Garbajosa is extremely talented. He joined the NBA in 2006 and averaged 8.5 points and 4.2 rebounds in his first year. He was named Rookie of the Month in December and was eventually selected to the All-Rookie First Team.
Unfortunately, he suffered a serious injury in his rookie season and faded out of the NBA within two years.
This experience is somewhat similar to Yi Jianlian's.
In the new season's training camp, Sun Hao's offensive style of play surprised and embarrassed head coach Lasso.
Because of the system, his height has now grown to 1.72 meters, but even with this height, it is only enough to play point guard.
Historically, the offensive point guard style was not accepted by the world until Rose was elected MVP in 2011, and the shooting point guard style was not accepted by the world until Curry in 2014.
In other words, Sun Hao's playing style is too advanced.
Although Lazo is not an old coach, he naturally excluded Sun Hao from the rotation and used Lopez more.
Having gone through the trials of the second-tier league, Sun Hao has experience with such situations.
Instead of changing his playing style, he increased the intensity of shooting training within the system.
As a time traveler, he knew that although the projection-type play was forward-looking, it could be launched in advance.
Rose's outbreak was related to the NBA's cancellation of the handcheck rule, but Curry's outbreak had little to do with the rules.
In fact, there were many people who played like this before Curry, and Arenas was one of the representatives.
To put it bluntly, it is a common practice for point guards not to shoot three-pointers, not that they cannot.
As long as you can make a shot, the coach will naturally put you on the court.
You have to know that it was already the end of the 90s, and the new position of point forward represented by Pippen had begun to emerge.
Even Pau Gasol is a playmaking center in Europe.
No one says that the playmaking job has to be done by the point guard.
The functionalization of positions on the court and the responsibilities of each player are no longer something that cannot be changed.
Of course, Sun Hao knew very well that it was not easy to do this, so he did the same as he did before in the Oro League, remaining patient and training hard.
The time in the training camp passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the 1998-1999 La Liga season officially kicked off.
Real Madrid's first opponent is Barcelona.
Like the EBA league, this game still attracted much attention, and the stadium that can accommodate more than 6,000 people was packed.
Because some players on the team were injured, although Sun Hao did not enter the rotation, he was included in the 12-man roster and was placed at the end of the bench.
During the pre-match warm-up, Sun Hao also met two people he knew in the opposite half.
Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro.
Navarro, nicknamed "Bombshell," was once called the best player outside the NBA.
But because he played most of his time in Europe, Sun Hao didn't know much about him.
But he is too familiar with Gasol.
"Jia Sao" is the affectionate name given to him by fans.
Because of his technical style of play, he was considered a wimp by experts when he was on the Grizzlies.
After the Lakers and Kobe won two consecutive championships, he completely got rid of the label of a wimp and was called one of the most technically outstanding big men of the 20th century.
In terms of the influence of international players, he is second only to Nowitzki and Yao Ming, and is on the same level as Ginobili and Parker.
Not to mention his later achievements, when Sun Hao first came to Spain, he had already learned about this genius from Raul.
Before him, the last player to complete three consecutive jumps in one year was Gasol.
"Sun."
What Sun Hao didn't expect was that when he was warming up, Gasol actually came over and greeted him.
Of course Sun Hao knew Gasol, but he still looked puzzled.
"They told me you were the second Pau Gasol and told me to come and see."
Gasol turned his head to look at his team while speaking.
Sun Hao looked over there and saw a group of Barcelona players laughing.
This should be their prank on the new player Gasol.
After all, the two sides are sworn enemies, and only Gasol, a newcomer to the team, would be caught in the trap.
"There is a saying in my country, which says that there are no roads in the world, but when more people walk on it, it becomes a road. You are the person who walked this road before me, and I accept that you are the second Gasol."
Sun Hao saw those old teammates trying to play a prank on Gasol, but he refused to let them do as they wished and instead tried to get close to Gasol.
After listening to this, Gasol thought for a while and then nodded seriously.
"This is a very philosophical statement. The person who said this must be a great person."
"He was originally a doctor, then he became a writer, and finally he became a great man."
"Doctor? My parents are doctors."
Gasol seems to have a gentle personality, and he actually started chatting with Sun Hao.
Although it was the first time the two met, their similar experiences meant they had no shortage of topics to talk about.
The old players of the Barcelona team were waiting to see a good show, but when they saw Sun Hao and Gasol chatting so harmoniously, they suddenly felt bored and turned their heads away one after another.
"come on."
After seeing this, Sun Hao knew that he had accomplished what he had to do, and patted Gasol's arm and said.
"the same as you."
Gasol seems like a really good character.
After the warm-up, Sun Hao sat back at the end of the bench.
The game started quickly, and Real Madrid, led by Gabayosa, completely suppressed Barcelona after the opening.
As the defending champions last season, although they lost starting point guard Fernandoño during the offseason, they are still the strongest team in La Liga .
Gasol and Navarro both got chances to play during the substitute period, but their performances were a bit raw and they failed to help the team change the situation.
After three quarters of the game, Real Madrid was already leading Barcelona by as many as 20 points.
The last quarter also became a complete training time.
Sun Hao was substituted in with 5 minutes left in the game.
La Liga emphasizes tactical coordination more than the Oro League, and Sun Hao didn't get many opportunities to play.
He took two shots, both of which were basically blame-shifting shots that couldn't be executed tactically.
However, he fully demonstrated his ability, making one of two three-point shots to get 3 points.
Scoring points in his debut is a very good start for a young player who is only 16 years old.
It’s a bit of a pity that Gasol was relatively early in the rotation order, so he was not able to play against Gasol on the court.
Sun Hao didn’t care much about getting the first point in La Liga, but the subsequent development of the matter was completely beyond his expectations.
The very next day, he received a call from his parents.
The first question his parents asked on the phone was whether he was playing basketball or football, which left him completely confused.
After some communication, he finally knew the truth of the matter, and he was a little amused and helpless after knowing it.
"The Chinese defender scored a goal for Real Madrid, and the new generation of players has emerged."
This is the headline of a news article in a domestic sports newspaper.
The defender scored a goal and the words "scored 1 goal" were used, which was obviously a deliberate attempt to take advantage of the popularity of football.
Just like the future UC Shock Department, anyone who sees it will buy it to take a look at what kind of god this defender is.
As for whether the content is related to football, that is another matter.
This is also the reason why his parents called him in the first place.
In other words, this was purely a misunderstanding.
However, what Sun Hao did not expect was that from the time this news attracted attention to the point where it fermented, the influence he brought was actually greater than when he won the MVP in the Oro League.
For the first time, many fans in China knew that there was a Chinese guard named Sun Hao playing in Spain, across the ocean.
