Real Madrid was eliminated in the semi-finals, and Sun Hao also ended his first season in La Liga.
In the playoffs, he averaged 9.8 points per game, 49% shooting, and 39% three-point shooting.
Although he failed to help the team win the championship, the changes in data show that he is constantly improving.
Along with the data, the attributes within his system also improved.
Height: 173cm; Weight: 73kg
Strength: 71; Speed: 72; Agility: 60; Jumping: 66; Physical: 71; Basketball IQ: 82
Ball control: 70; Passing: 55; Dunk: 0; Layup: 72; Mid-range: 52; Three-pointer: 79
Defense: 60; Blocks: 58; Steals: 72; Rebounds: 58
Such attributes have undergone a qualitative change compared to the weaklings four years ago.
In addition to attribute changes, he also obtained a certain number of badges.
Basketball IQ (Silver), Long Range Shooter (Silver);
Unlimited Range (Bronze), Pick and Roll Master (Bronze), Pick and Roll Dodger (Bronze), Iron Wall (Bronze), Fast Break Terminator (Bronze);
The improved ability value, coupled with these badges, is enough for him to gain a foothold in La Liga.
For him, the new season means further progress.
The only regret is that he broke his promise to Gasol.
Or in other words, this agreement can only be postponed to the new season.
In the La Liga final, Alcante also pulled off an upset all the way, defeating Barcelona and winning the final league championship.
This result made Spanish fans excited for the whole summer.
Calderón also became famous.
The 18-year-old has even attracted attention from the NBA.
However, La Liga's influence is limited, and the attention it receives is not very high.
After finishing his first season in La Liga, Sun Hao was not in a hurry to train, but instead prepared to take a vacation.
Even machines need rest, let alone humans.
And just like Gasol at the beginning, people will never be in a good mood after losing a game, and they need to do something they love to adjust themselves.
He brought Fernandez over for the discussion.
"Aren't you going to America?"
Fernandez asked Sun Hao.
"No."
Sun Hao’s answer was very direct.
He knew what Fernandez was referring to.
Joseline didn't reply to his emails or come to see him, so Fernandez wanted him to go find Joseline.
But he is not that kind of person.
Just like after being abandoned by the CBA, he will never go to the CBA again.
Treating Joseline as a beautiful encounter from the past was something better for him.
"Then let's go to Italy!"
Fernandez said excitedly.
Now that Sun Hao has let go of Joseline, he must tell everyone about his long-cherished plan!
"Italy?"
This proposal surprised Sun Hao. He thought Fernandez would say go to other provinces in Spain to play.
After all, there are still many tourist attractions in Spain.
Fernandez nodded excitedly.
Spain is a European country, but if you add the word "most" in front of this title, it must be Italy.
"The best way to get over a relationship is to start a new one."
Fernandez started his relationship class again.
"Then go!"
Sun Hao was not vague either.
It's not fun no matter where you go.
Italy's predecessor was ancient Rome, and the Colosseum there is the most numerous and best preserved in Europe.
Regardless of what Fernandez said, it's worth a visit.
Apply for visa, book air tickets and book hotels.
The Internet at that time was far less developed than it will be in the future, and since they were traveling abroad, they had to wait for a long time.
Fortunately, the La Liga offseason is very long and they have no national team tasks, so they can wait.
During the days of waiting, Fernandez was busy with his studies, while Sun Hao trained in the gym as usual.
However, after he had trained for a few days, Prigioni and Gabayosa also arrived.
They came just after the season ended, and it can be seen that last season's defeat hit them hard.
Failure is sometimes not a bad thing. It can stimulate people's inner competitive spirit.
This will be a hard training offseason for them.
What Sun Hao never expected was that after only two days of training, he was dragged to play basketball.
The style of painting changed a bit quickly.
Sun Hao didn't have much interest in football.
Since I came to Spain, the kingdom of football, I have only had contact with football twice.
One time was when I watched the national derby with Joseline, and the other time was when I went to France with Fernandez to watch the World Cup final.
However, he couldn't resist Prigioni's hospitality, so he went in the end.
And next season he will rely on Prigioni to pass the ball to him, so they must have a good relationship.
Sun Hao can't play football, but football and basketball have something in common, that is, when you don't have the skills, you can be a defensive player on the court.
Everyone on the basketball court can be a defensive player, but on the football field the position is relatively fixed - defender.
When Sun Hao scored 3 points in his La Liga debut, domestic newspapers used the double-entendre word "defender" to capitalize on the popularity of football.
After an amateur match, Prigioni was gasping for breath, but Sun Hao barely sweated.
He has been training consistently in the system, and coupled with his thermos cup of wolfberry tea, his physical strength has long surpassed that of a person of his age.
"You really are the most durable Asian I've ever seen."
Sitting on the sidelines to rest after playing football, Prigioni couldn't help but give Sun Hao a thumbs up.
Sun Hao was stunned for a moment after hearing this. This sentence seemed a bit strange, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
"I didn't expect that Jorg could play as well, and he played as a striker, he's so big."
This topic could not be explored further, so Sun Hao simply changed the subject.
"Basically, everyone who plays basketball here can play soccer. It's the same over there. Even though I'm a basketball player, you still have to admit that soccer is the number one sport in the world right now."
There was a hint of emotion and pride in Prigioni's words.
As a professional basketball player, it is a bit helpless to say such words.
But as far as football is concerned, Argentina is one of the world's top teams and has won the World Cup twice.
As a member of the Argentine team, Prigioni has a sense of pride in his bones.
Sun Hao nodded. The popularity of football makes it a very good social tool.
Take this game for example, after the three of them played, the relationship between them improved a lot.
As a professional, you just need to make a living, but as an amateur, winning or losing doesn’t matter and it is very helpful for improving relationships.
In addition to this, a big goal also emerged in his heart.
This goal is bigger than his previous goal of winning the championship at home, and much bigger.
His time travel is unique, which means he has to do something big.
Since I play professional basketball, there is no greater cause than making basketball the world's number one sport.
Although this road will be long and he may not even reach his destination in the end, the idea has already occurred to him.
After the game, Prigioni took Sun Hao to a nearby Western restaurant.
“I love my hometown, but I love the food here.”
On the way to the restaurant, Prigioni kept selling to Sun Hao.
It can be seen that he has a special liking for Spanish cuisine.
Gabayosa, on the other hand, did not show much emotion.
Domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. Humans are animals that like novelty.
No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat too much.
If Gabayosa were thrown to Argentina, his reaction would probably be the same as Prigioni's.
But Sun Hao is an exception, or rather, the Chinese are exceptions.
When it comes to food, no other country can compare to the Chinese.
Taking the most common fish as an example, there are many ways to cook it, including braised, sauerkraut, home-style, sour soup, boiled... and so on.
To be more specific, fish heads can be divided into chopped pepper, hot pot, and tofu.
But for people in other countries, frying is the norm, steaming is considered a good idea, and the ultimate limit is grilling.
So Sun Hao didn't pay much attention to Prigioni's bragging.
And he is not naturally arrogant, but has experienced it.
The most famous dish in Spain is seafood fried rice.
The method of making it is similar to the principle of stir-frying, which is to stir-fry squid, clams and shrimps together with raw rice.
This kind of fried rice is very famous in Spain, but Sun Hao has only eaten it a few times in all the time he has been in Spain.
The most fundamental reason is that they don’t suit your taste.
If you fry raw rice directly, the fried rice will basically be half-cooked, and there is no way it will taste good.
If you can imagine egg fried rice made with raw rice, you can imagine the taste of this rice.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Prigioni was very polite and ordered everything he thought was delicious.
Sun Hao felt a little overwhelmed when he was ordering. When the dishes came, he realized that he had to find an opportunity to let Prigioni taste Chinese food.
Anchovies marinated in vinegar, Iberian ham, Basque cod steamed in garlic sauce, Galician octopus and cuttlefish rice.
Marinated, steamed, fried, and there is also cuttlefish rice which is similar to paella, except that cuttlefish ink is added when frying.
Prigioni's mouth was drooling as he ate, but Sun Hao's mouth was full of saltiness and greasiness.
After they finished eating and left the restaurant, Sun Hao invited them.
"You want to treat us to a meal? No, you can cook?"
Prigioni obviously didn't know that Sun Hao had this trick, and his eyes flashed with brilliance.
This guy doesn't have a special liking for Spanish food, but he is just a foodie.
"Your home?"
Gabayosa also suddenly leaned over.
Sun Hao nodded.
He summed up an experience in his previous life: you can't tell others about your cooking skills, because if you tell others, you will become a free chef.
However, Prigioni and his friends asked him to play football with them and also invited him to dinner, so reciprocity was a must.
"I had Chinese food once, it was delicious."
When Gabayosa said this, his eyes became the same as Prigioni's.
Sure enough, no matter how powerful a human being is, he or she is powerless against delicious food.
Sun Hao didn't expect that Gabayosa had eaten Chinese food, but this also put some pressure on him.
Originally I just wanted to let Prigioni try something new, but now it seems I have to make careful preparations.
He stayed in the United States for a long time in his previous life, and the steaks and hamburgers he ate made him vomit, forcing him to learn how to cook by himself and eventually became a housewife.
Practice makes perfect, and his cooking skills are quite good.
This is also the reason why he had the confidence to invite Prigioni and Gabayosa to his home for dinner.
After booking a time and choosing a day off for training, Sun Hao went to the supermarket to buy ingredients with his bag on his back.
The ingredients in Spain are far less abundant than those in China, but the charm of Chinese cuisine lies in the fact that as long as the ingredients are available, you can always cook a dish.
Moreover, when Sun Hao was shopping in the supermarket, he unexpectedly got a surprise.
He felt that this unexpected surprise would surprise Priginio.
After purchasing the ingredients, the next step is cooking.
Spicy and sour potato shreds, potato beef, salt and pepper shrimp, enoki mushroom bacon rolls, chopped pepper fish head, and a mysterious dish with a lid.
This is the main dish, a soup. Since the supermarket didn’t have tofu and mushrooms, he ended up making the simplest tomato and egg soup.
When he had done that he called Prigioni and Garbajosa.
Both of them were in the training hall, and Sun Hao lived not far away, so they came over shortly after the phone call.
As soon as they pushed the door open, they smelled a strong fragrance.
The fragrance did not come from the dishes, but from where Sun Hao was standing.
He is grilling skewers.
In addition to the main meal, Sun Hao also prepared barbecue.
The king of barbecue, pork belly, sizzling with oil when placed on the grill, is enough to make you drool just by looking at it.
The beef chunks, one third of which is fat, are skewered together. As the meat becomes cooked little by little, the aroma wafts out. When sprinkled with cumin powder, it makes people salivate.
There is also squid brushed with oil, the delicious smell is irresistible.
The supermarket sells mostly meat, chicken wings, beef, mutton, and seafood, all of which Sun Hao has prepared.
Moreover, he knew that Gabayosa had really put in a lot of effort after having eaten Chinese food, and he had strung together all the ingredients he bought one by one himself.
In addition to the more common meat, Sun Hao also bought relatively expensive vegetables and fungi.
A tin foil box, a handful of enoki mushrooms, a handful of mashed garlic, a spoonful of oil, and all bubbling.
“Is this a barbecue?”
Prigioni came in and floated to Sun Hao's side like the wind.
“I’ve never seen it done like this.”
Gabayosa also kept his eyes on the barbecue.
When people abroad eat barbecue, they just grill large pieces of food and eat them as long as they are cooked. I have never seen such exquisite food.
Especially the vegetables, they had never seen them cooked like this.
Seeing Gabayosa's expression, Sun Hao felt that his barbecue was worth it.
Although charcoal fire cannot be used indoors due to safety issues, the food that comes out has a flavor.
Sun Hao sprinkled some chili powder on it and handed the pork belly that was roasted first to Prigioni and Gabayosa.
The pork belly is extremely crispy and delicious. When you take a bite, it makes a crunchy sound.
"Damn it! What the hell is this meat!"
Prigioni cursed as he spoke.
He is usually mild-tempered, but now he is clearly out of control.
But it’s not his fault.
You know, there is barbecue in his hometown of Argentina.
But their barbecue is basically divided into two categories, meat and staple food.
Meat is mainly beef, followed by sausages and some animal offal.
The staple food is bread.
These barbecues really opened his eyes.
"Eat more vegetables and be careful with the heat."
Sun Hao handed him some more green vegetables and then picked up the tin foil box.
Prigioni took it and ate it again, he couldn't help it.
“It was the first time I knew that roasted vegetables were so delicious.”
If it weren't for his age, he might really have performed a crying scene for Sun Hao.jpg.
As for Gabayosa, he didn't say a word, but he had already eaten up all the skewers that were edible within his sight.
Sun Hao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Although the two people have different ways of eating, it can be seen that his barbecue is very much to their taste.
"Let's eat first."
Sun Hao felt that if he continued eating like this, he would have no time to finish his meal, so he put the barbecue aside and turned around to open the lid.
"what are these?"
This time Gabayosa was relatively calm, after all, he had experienced Chinese food, but Prigioni could not help but speak again.
His understanding of food today is constantly being refreshed by Sun Hao.
"Potatoes? Stewed with beef?"
"Is this shredded potatoes? Aren't they supposed to be fried?"
"Is this a fish head? Can fish heads be eaten?"
…
Prigioni became a question baby, asking one question after another.
It's hard to associate him with the mature starting point guard of the team before.
But that’s the beauty of good food.
As for Gabayosa, he had already sat down and was waiting to eat.
"What is this?"
Prigioni finally turned his attention to the mysterious dish that had not yet been opened.
Sun Hao gestured for him to open it himself.
Prigioni opened it with a smile, but was stunned when he saw the food inside.
This time even Gabayosa was curious.
"What kind of meat is this?"
After watching for a while, this time it was Gabayosa who asked first.
"Try it?"
Sun Hao did not give the answer immediately, but gestured for them to try eating it with a fork first.
Gabayosa hesitated with the fork in his hand, apparently afraid to try something unknown.
"chicken?"
Prigioni didn't move his fork. He looked closer for a while and then asked.
"No, you try it."
Sun Hao still wanted them to eat before announcing the answer.
However, the two people's reactions were similar. They both shook their heads and dared not try it.
When Sun Hao saw the two people’s reactions, he knew he had to speak up.
"Bullfrog."
He announced the answer.
The secret dish was dry-pot bullfrog.
He discovered this by accident in the supermarket, and because Gabayosa mentioned that he had eaten Chinese food before, he chose to treat this somewhat unique dish as a main course.
After hearing this, both of them had O'Neal-like question mark expressions on their faces.
"frog?"
Finally, Prigioni put down his fork with a look of disbelief.
Can you eat that?!
"No, it's not a frog, it's a bullfrog, a different species."
Sun Hao spoke immediately.
"Where did you catch it?"
Gabayosa was also somewhat daunted.
"I bought it from the supermarket. We don't eat wild animals. This is farmed."
It is impossible to be wild. I will never eat wild animals in my life because it is likely to spread dangerous diseases.
But even though Sun Hao explained it, Gabayosa still didn't dare to try it.
Seeing that neither of them moved, Sun Hao could only shake his head helplessly. It seemed that he could only enjoy this dish alone.
Just then, Prigioni, the foodie, couldn't hold back and silently picked up the fork and put a piece into his mouth.
After he put the bullfrog in his mouth, he immediately closed it, as if he was afraid of spitting it out.
Gabayosa also looked at him with a slightly ferocious expression.
But in the next second, Prigioni's expression suddenly changed.
It was a transition from fear to surprise.
Then he forked over a second piece and ate it, and then a third.
This scene made Gabayosa, who was standing by, stunned.
Sun Hao couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw this.
It seems that he made a good dry pot bullfrog.
"How about it?"
Gabayosa was still a little unsure. Even though he saw Prigioni putting piece after piece into his mouth, he couldn't help but ask.
"This, frog, oh no, bullfrog, this is the most delicious meat I have ever eaten."
Prigioni gave a very affirmative answer.
At this point, Gabayosa finally let go of his fear and took a fork to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth.
Then, both of them started eating in silence.
What made Sun Hao smile bitterly was that Prigioni actually pulled the plate towards him while eating.
This guy actually wants to "keep it all for himself"!
This scene immediately aroused resistance from Gabayosa. His fork passed over Prigioni's blocking hand and he actually tore it apart.
Sun Hao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
It turns out that foodies can do anything when faced with delicious food.
He turned around, took out the beer and handed it to the two men.
The three of them sat down and ate and chatted.
Compared to playing football, this activity is obviously much more relaxing and comfortable.
"Sun, can we continue to have dinner at your house tomorrow?"
As they chatted, Prigioni couldn't help but ask more questions.
This is addictive eating.
Sun Hao smiled and nodded.
“Still eating bullfrogs?”
Sun Hao burst into laughter.
"Okay, tomorrow at noon."
After laughing, he nodded in agreement.
Because he was afraid that they would not be used to the taste, Sun Hao only cooked half of the bullfrog and put the other half in the refrigerator.
"Morning?"
However, he didn't expect that Prigioni couldn't wait until noon.
This time, not only Sun Hao, but also Gabayosa was amused again.
After they had almost finished their beer, Sun Hao served them some food.
"I'll teach you how to use chopsticks when I have time."
Seeing how the two of them were having a hard time eating with a spoon, he couldn't help but speak.
Prigioni and Gabayosa both nodded in unison.
They also discovered that the taste of the rice was completely different from the paella they usually ate.
And learning how to use chopsticks means they can try more Chinese food.
For them, it was like opening the door to a new world.
After eating and drinking, Sun Hao was about to get up to clean up the dishes, but Prigioni and Gabayosa stopped him and took the initiative to clean up.
Looking at the two people busying around, Sun Hao suddenly felt that he was very lucky in Spain.
What kind of person is worth making friends with can be seen from some details.
Although they came from different countries, the three of them had a good understanding of each other, from playing football together in the afternoon to having dinner in the evening.
This is not only beneficial in life, but will also benefit them greatly on the field in the future.
Even looking back at last season's failure, it might not even be called a failure.
After all, last season was the first season that Prigioni became a starter, and Sun Hao only became a starter after playing for half a season.
Even so, they were able to reach the final four of La Liga, which in itself is a manifestation of their strength.
With some running-in next season and the tacit understanding they showed throughout the day, they have every reason to go further and even win the championship.
With the company of Prigioni and Gabayosa, and playing football and having dinner together from time to time, the days of waiting became colorful.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
It was at this time that Fernandez finally completed all preparations for going to Italy!