On April 6, it was reported that Li Kaier was the first naturalized player in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, but he experienced a fiasco with the men's basketball team last summer. Yang Yi, a domestic basketball celebrity, talked about Li Kaier on the show, and he said that Li Kaier is not the type that the Chinese men's basketball team needs, and he can really score with the ball.
Li Kaier played in the World Cup after returning to the Chinese men's basketball team last summer, playing an average of 32.1 minutes per game, first in the team, 13 points per game in the first game, first in the team, 5.6 rebounds per game, first in the team, 3.4 assists per game, first in the team, 1 steal and 0.6 blocks per game, first in the team.
Li Kaier almost didn't take any money, and immediately flew to China for training after completing the naturalization procedures, in such a Chinese team, he changed the style of play that he was not suitable for in the past, and supported the team at both offensive and defensive ends. Originally, he was an organizational striker, but when he arrived at the national team, he did all the dirty work, and he worked hard after 5 games, and the attitude of a naturalized player is better than that of a local player.
But in the latest live broadcast, Yang Yi said, "Is there any possibility that our naturalized players will change? He's not a scorer, we really have to be able to do it with the ball. You can do it first, and then you can lead your teammates. Can we do the work of the leaders and get the care and support of the leaders? ”
Yang Yi also took the Brazilian naturalized striker Fernando of the national football team as an example: "You see that the national football team has Fernando, the typical black and hard, it has nothing to do with our blood, it is really dark, but people can play a role when they play, I think the fans also accept it, and they have made meritorious contributions." Let's talk in the stands, if there are three Fernando, it will definitely be different, but only one hate. ”
Subsequently, Yang Yi said back to Li Kaier, "Li Kaier, it can't be said that the level of people is not high, but he is not the type we need." He's not a scorer, we really have to be able to do it with the ball. ”
Assistant Yang Yi said, "And Li Kaier has another problem, because he is an active NBA player, and he can't come to any game." ”
Yang Yi said, "Yes, people usually can't get old, next year you say there is no big game, next year there is the Asian Cup, we used to think that this game doesn't matter, but now it's different." We haven't won the Asian championship for many years, we need to have a suitable naturalized player, we can compete for the Asian championship, or enter the finals, will it help everyone's confidence to recover? ”