Women's Basketball Ace Plays European Game: Playing 40 Minutes into a Thigh WNBA Contract Activated
Women's basketball player Li Yueru played in Europe this season, playing for Turkish club Besiktas, and gradually became the team's thigh, playing 40 minutes twice and becoming an integral part of the team.
In the quarterfinals of the Women's Basketball Turkey Cup on January 3, Li Yueru's Besiktas eliminated the Izmit women's basketball team 95-85 and successfully advanced to the semifinals. In this game, Li Yueru played a full 40 minutes again, and scored consecutive points at the critical moment in the final quarter to help the team win, and was the first contributor to the win.
After the whole game, Li Yueru did not stop for a second, shooting 7 of 12 shots, 5 free throws, and 19 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Previously, Li Yueru also tried to play after a fever drip, she is very important to Besiktas, for which Li Yueru is slightly injured and cannot get out of the line of fire, although this is a big hidden danger to the health of the player, but it also reflects Li Yueru's high value.
Obviously, the current Li Yueru has conquered the Turkish league, and it is not easy to become a star in the European arena full of masters, Li Yueru once managed to score 20+ points in 7 consecutive games.
Due to her outstanding performance, Li Yueru's personal WNBA contract has been activated, and she will continue to play for the Chicago Sky next season, hopefully getting more playing opportunities. Before the contract was activated, Li Yueru was pursued by many other WNBA teams, which made the Chicago Sky feel a crisis and quickly activated the contract, from this point of view, it also shows Li Yueru's current market heat, and her strength is obvious to all.
At this stage, Li Yueru's work schedule has also been filled, after the end of her work in Europe, she needs to return to China to participate in the national team training, prepare for the Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the current Li Yueru is the core of the Chinese women's basketball team, she and Han Xu's existence is the key factor for the Chinese women's basketball team to remain competitive.
Looking back on 2023, Li Yueru's personal comprehensive performance is good, although she missed the WCBA finals and was injured personally, Li Yueru did not stop improving, and after returning from injury, she helped the Chinese women's basketball team win the championship with an average of 20+10 at the Hangzhou Asian Games venue, and then chose to play in the Turkish league to achieve results, and her personal ability has been significantly improved, and she has been recognized by the WNBA, Li Yueru has the hope of becoming a world-class insider.
And Li Yueru is only 24 years old, her enterprising spirit is the key to becoming excellent, Li Yueru still has a lot of room for improvement, looking forward to her and Han Xu can lead the Chinese women's basketball team to achieve the achievements that their predecessors have never created, and it is the luck of Chinese basketball to have two young and excellent insiders at the same time!