On the morning of July 24, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that NBA player Kyle Anderson officially became a Chinese national and is about to go to Europe for training, and is expected to wear the Chinese team jersey to participate in the men's basketball World Cup. Kyle Anderson, Chinese known as Li Kyle, is the first naturalized player in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Basketball Association President Yao Ming and Kyle Anderson Source: Chinese Basketball Association
Chinese blood in Li Kyle
Kyle Anderson's great-grandfather (great-grandfather, that is, grandmother's father) was Samuel Lee, a pure Chinese. Samuel Lee came to Jamaica from China before World War II and has lived in Jamaica ever since. In this way, Anderson has one-eighth Chinese ancestry.
On August 7, 2018, Kyle Anderson returned to Shenzhen to recognize his ancestors. His cousin gave Anderson the Chinese name "Li Kyle" and wrote it in the family tree.
Li Kaier recognizes the ancestor Image source: Internet invasion and deletion
Li Kyle's NBA career
Anderson of the Timberwolves
Kyle Anderson, born in 1993, is 2.06 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.20 meters, and is a small forward. Currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA and previously played for the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. As of now, he has averaged 6.7 points, 2.3 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game in his NBA career.
In the Timberwolves' latest NBA season, Anderson averaged 9.4 points, 4.9 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game.
Kyle Anderson in Timberwolves stats
What can Li Kyle, known as the essence of human creep, bring to the Chinese men's basketball team?
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Judging from the data alone, Li Kyle is not a top player in the NBA, and he does not have very explosive physical fitness. However, Li Kyle is excellent in height and reach, and is a very well-rounded striker swinger. Scoring, assisting, and rebounding can be grabbed in one go.
Let's first look at a few of Anderson's offensive and defensive performances in the NBA so that we can have an intuitive impression of Li Kyle's technical characteristics.
Anderson made a steal and hit a layup
Anderson fast attack
Anderson dunks quickly
From these offensive and defensive highlights, we can feel that Li Kyle is definitely not fast, and even looks a little slow, which is why fans nicknamed him: human squirming essence.
But don't think that Lee Kyle is slow, you can prevent him, so you are very wrong. Li Kyle seems to be slow, but in fact has a super-first-class control of the pace of the attack. You can score points with speed and power in the NBA, but you can also score with your mind and rhythm. Li Kyle's offensive and defensive rhythm, defensive awareness, positional sense and finishing feel are all excellent. In addition, he has a relatively good view of the big picture and can pass the ball to the right position in time. Li Kyle's all-round abilities are very powerful reinforcements to the guards and forwards of the Chinese men's basketball team.
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Finally, I expect Li Kyle to have a good performance in the Chinese team and help the Chinese team get better results. I also hope that he can play higher in the NBA!