On April 10, it was reported that a few days ago, the young inside line of the Qingdao team, Yang Hansen, did not participate in the 2024 NBA draft, which caused heated discussions in the media. In this regard, according to domestic media reports, Liaoning team guard Guo Allen once received an invitation from the NBA 76ers at his peak.
According to a domestic basketball agent, Guo Allen accepted invitations from NBA 76ers and other teams to participate in summer league and preseason games, but in the end, Guo Allen failed to make the trip due to various reasons.
"In fact, Allen Guo really has been invited by the NBA, and there is no player who is the most persistent in basketball and loves basketball the most. I met Allen Guo back many years ago, when he went to play Nike basketball summit in Portland. At the time, I was an employee of the Raptors, and I flew over to see these players at the Nike Summit. ”
At that time, Guo Allen was the player who represented China in his class. So such a relationship was established. I also know that China finally has a defender who has the potential to knock on the door of the world after several big centers. When I was working for the Raptors, I was always following him. ”
"After I joined Wasserman in 2016, I remember Allen training in Dallas in the summer, and I flew over to meet him, met his family, and eventually signed him. Help him run some NBA including overseas league opportunities. ”
"After the signing, in the next two years, in the summer of 2016 and the summer of 2017, Guo Allen actually got an invitation from the NBA team, and what impressed me the most was the invitation from the 76ers. At that time, the general manager of the 76ers was Cronjeep Jr., who was also my owner of the Raptors and the general manager of the Raptors. I told him about Allen Guo and he was very interested. Now I still have an invitation from 76 people to Allen Guo in my mailbox. They invited Allen Guo to represent the 76ers in the summer league and play the preseason game with the team, and if this performance was OK, they were not allowed to give him an offer, a non-guaranteed contract. ”
But later, due to various reasons, playing for the national team, etc., Guo Allen was unable to make the trip in the end, which is also a pity. There are many fans, including industry insiders, who often ask the question of what if Allen Guo went to the NBA back then. But I don't think there's any need to regret that the road that every top Chinese player has walked is paving the way for future players. Guo Allen has also grown up very well in China for so many years, Allen is the domestic player with the highest requirements and attitude towards his own training that I have ever seen, and there is no one. ”
In this regard, netizens said, "There are too many types of Guo Allen in the United States, and every little black is his style and more slippery than him." ”
"The afterthought is useless, and Guo Allen's own style of play is American-style street ball play, and you can still eat in China, there are more people like him in the United States who can't play ball, and the most important thing is that there is no basket, and if you go, it's a water dispenser, and if you can't play Allen's kind of character you have to come back directly, it's meaningless"
"The NBA is most lacking in guards, a lot of black small guards, impact and physical confrontation are not something Asian defenders can bear, as strong as Lebanon's Araki, and not up to the NBA level"
"At most, the sparring development alliance, he can't suffer"
"I also received offers from football clubs Manchester City and the NBA Lakers, but for various reasons I couldn't make the trip."