Deny quitting the Chinese men's basketball team! The agent officially responds! Li Kaier wants to return to China to play

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2024-06-24 00:24Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

Li Kaier's Chinese agent Hu Bo responded: The news on the Internet that Li Kaier no longer plays for the Chinese men's basketball team is purely a false hype from some self-media, and does not represent Li Kaier's own position: "Li Kaier has always been concerned about the Chinese men's basketball team, and he is willing to play for the Chinese men's basketball team again and fight side by side with his teammates." ”

Here's the thing: Sports Weekly reporter Shao Huaqian said that the chances of the Chinese men's basketball team and Li Kaier continuing to cooperate are very low, and the Chinese Basketball Association intends to let the CBA club run the naturalization. To put it bluntly: CBA clubs can make a foreign teenager under the age of 16 a local household registration, so he will play CBA or international games in the future, and he will be a local player.

Regarding Li Kaier's cooperation with the Chinese men's basketball team, Li Kaier's agent has responded. As for the Chinese Basketball Association's naturalization of CBA clubs, European basketball expert Wang Jian issued a clarification: "These are some ideas given to Shao Huaqian and me by insiders of the Basketball Association, which are limited to the scope of discussion, not the official attitude of the Basketball Association." ”

Today I will mainly talk about Li Kaier, and as for the issue of naturalization, we will talk about it later. Back on July 24, 2023, the Chinese Basketball Association officially announced: Li Kaier officially obtained Chinese nationality and represented the Chinese men's basketball team in the 2023 Basketball World Cup. It is also reported that the cost of this naturalization is millions of dollars, which is paid for by the sponsors of the men's basketball team.

The main reason why the Basketball Association chose Li Kaier is that he has a strong sense of recognition of China. Li Kaier, formerly known as Kyle Anderson, was born on September 20, 1993, with a height of 2.06 meters and an arm span of 2.21 meters. His maternal great-grandfather is a Chinese Hakka, and Li Kaier has 1/8 Chinese ancestry, and came to Shenzhen in 2018 to find relatives and worship his ancestors.

Lee Kyle is good at defense and organization, and individual offense and projection are not strong points. The biggest problem of the Chinese men's basketball team is the lack of offensive endpoints, and Li Kaier is not the most suitable candidate for the Chinese men's basketball team. But the basketball association can't help it, after all, there are many people who oppose the use of naturalized players. Choosing Li Kaier can make those opposing voices a little smaller.

In the 2023 Basketball World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team is only ranked 29th, not only missing the direct access to the Olympic Games, but also not even having the opportunity to play in the Olympic qualifying tournament. Lee Kyle played in five games, averaging 32.1 minutes per game, scoring 13 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1 steal, shooting 41.8% from the field, 16.7% from three-point range, and 66.7% from the free throw line.

The Chinese men's basketball team has no World Series to play, and Li Kaier returned to the United States after the World Cup to prepare for the NBA regular season. Lee Kyle played 79 regular-season games this season, 10 of which were starts. He averaged 22.6 minutes per game, scoring 6.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.6 blocks while shooting 46%, 22.9% and 70.8% from three.

In this year's playoffs, Lee Kaier played 15 games, one of which was a start. He played 15.4 minutes per game, scoring 4.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocks while shooting 45.6%, 25% and 83.3% from three. Lee Kyle averaged 7.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in the Western Conference finals, shooting 51.6% from the field.

Finally, I will leave it to everyone, do you think the Chinese men's basketball team should continue to be naturalized? If so, should he keep him, or should he be replaced?

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