Chapter 24 The next Gasol?
One step away.
However, after reaching Oro Real Madrid, Sun Hao found that this was the most difficult step.
Not only are there talented players here who have completed two consecutive jumps like him, but also many adult players who have been eliminated by La Liga.
Some of these players are talented and some are capable.
Although Sun Hao's ability is relatively high in it, it is no longer as outstanding as before.
The competition here seems much smaller than the youth team, but it is the real one that crosses a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops.
Or to put it in a more vivid way, from Oro to Real Madrid, La Liga, it is the same difficulty as from the Development League NBDL to the NBA.
This is also the first real challenge Sun Hao encountered after coming to Spain.
However, Sun Hao's belief is very firm.
It’s like walking on the Huashan Plank Road, I have already walked two-thirds of the way, and there is no reason to turn back.
And he is not a person who admits his conscience at heart.
Oro's game is fierce, and his confrontation is no longer as dominant as in the previous leagues. He is practicing this in the system.
The European League attaches great importance to pick-and-rolls, and this kind of training cannot be carried out in the system for a while. He has established good relationships with his teammates and takes the initiative to practice after the game.
He practices whatever he lacks and constantly improves himself.
Even when Fernandez asked him to play, he suppressed his restlessness and refused, and devoted almost all his time to training.
His goal is to enter La Liga within one year. Now there is more than half a year left. Including the system, he must do his best.
Moreover, Joseph's incident made Sun Hao sad and also stimulated him.
Putting energy into training is the most effective way to forget this experience.
Sun Hao, who was regarded as a lunatic a few years ago, appeared in Real Madrid again.
High-intensity training finally brings rewards.
Sun Hao's strength is already high, and his image of hard training was quickly appreciated by the head coach. He put Sun Hao, who was only 15 years old, into the rotation.
Because of sufficient preparation, Sun Hao performed as soon as his debut in the Oro League.
Whether it is for teammates to pick-and-roll, or the choices after pick-and-roll, or even how to avoid the opponent's pick-and-roll, Sun Hao has done a good job.
No mistakes were made on the court, and he also seized the opportunity to get 5 points.
Sun Hao only played for 8 minutes in his first game, but his performance was quite outstanding.
This is a very good performance for a player who is only 15 years old but competes with some 20 or even 30 years old.
And this is just the beginning.
Sun Hao's steady style of playing that was completely inconsistent with his age was constantly revealed in subsequent games, and the head coach's trust in him became greater and greater.
What follows is the ever-growing playing time and continuous outstanding performance.
The biggest difference between the Oro League and the two leagues that Sun Hao has stayed in before is that the implementation requirements of tactics and the use of pick-and-roll are much stricter.
This place pays more attention to the team, so personal data is not so prominent, and pick-and-roll is more important, so naturally it depends more on your understanding of the pick-and-roll.
In the next six months, Sun Hao did this.
Use pick-and-roll to score frequently on the outside, create pick-and-roll for teammates, and score by receiving passes from teammates.
Although he is a point guard, his playing style is different from other European point guards. He is biased towards scoring, and of course the key is to be able to score.
In the next six months, Sun Hao spent his first birthday in Spain and fully adapted to the Oro League confrontation and intensity of the game.
More importantly, as the game continued to deepen, he unlocked a series of badges one after another.
Pick-roll master (Bronze): Slightly improve the shooting percentage of the shooting with the help of pick-roll and roll.
Pick-roll Dodger (Bronze): A small improvement in the player's ability to travel through and bypass opponent's screen while defending.
Copper wall (bronze): slightly increases the difficulty of the defender passing through or bypassing the pick-and-roll screen, and consumes the opponent's physical strength.
The three badges are all related to pick-and-roll.
European basketball attaches great importance to pick-and-roll, and unlocking these badges is a natural thing.
Moreover, in addition to the three newly obtained badges in the past six months, what made him even more happy was the basketball IQ badge.
Although Oro is in the second division, his tactical complexity is more complex than that of the NCAA and the two leagues he has been in before, which is also one of the characteristics of European basketball.
Apart from training, he spent his spare time studying these tactics.
As a result, his understanding of technology and tactics has been continuously improved.
Finally, before the end of the season, he successfully upgraded the badge level of basketball IQ from bronze to silver!
He has the first silver badge!
Basketball IQ (Silver): Effectively improves the understanding and application of basketball skills and tactics.
Although it is just a difference of two words, after Sun Hao upgraded his badge, he could clearly feel that his understanding of technology and tactics has reached a new level.
That feeling is like a fantasy novel that we have advanced from the first glance to the integration of the path!
The silver badge also helped him immediately, and he scored his first triple-double in the Oro playoffs quarterfinals against Yoventut.
13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists! Plus 3 steals and 1 block!
This game became the turning point of the series, with Real Madrid reaching the final and winning the final championship with the victory of this game.
Sun Hao was also elected as the semi-final MVP of the Oro League with his outstanding performance in that game!
In a year, with some luck and more on his own efforts, Sun Hao won his first MVP trophy in Spain.
Although it is only a second-tier league and has limited value, it is already dazzling enough.
You should know that no Chinese player has ever been able to make a fortune in the European League before, even in the low-level league, but Sun Hao broke this precedent.
Of course, no one in China except his parents knew about this result.
A Spanish League Two Most Valuable Player is not worthy of media coverage.
Now domestic fans are concerned about who will become the first player to enter the NBA.
Before this, the Chinese appeared in the NBA, and only Song Tao, who was selected by the Hawks with the 67th overall pick in the third round in 1987, was missed due to injury.
And at that time, the NBA paid very little attention in China.
However, with the famous "40 minutes of waiting to knock on CCTV's door" incident in 1989, the NBA has an audience in China, and fans naturally have greater expectations for this.
What they are most looking forward to now is the "wind-chasing boy" of the Bayi team. Wang Zhizhi, who was a big hat of "Admiral" David Robinson at the Atlanta Games a year ago.
According to the news released earlier, Wang Zhizhi is likely to be selected by the NBA because he is old (a 22-year-old player automatically runs for the election).
In other words, it is most likely that something will happen in a year.
So compared to Sun Hao winning the MVP in the Spanish Second Division, that is what fans pay more attention to.
However, Sun Hao didn't care about these things, or in other words, his ambition was far more than that.
The 1997-1998 season of La Liga ended, and after a short offseason, they will usher in the curtain of the new season.
It is highly likely that Sun Hao will continue to play in the Oro League.
However, just before the start of the season, the assistant coach of La Liga Real Madrid came to the locker room.
Because the team's former starting point guard and Brazilian Fernandoño chose to return to the domestic league in the new season, the team was unable to find a suitable replacement in the end.
In the end, there was no way. They could only default to the team's loss of strength in this position and began to turn their goals towards new players.
At this time, Sun Hao, who had been showing highlights over the past year, naturally came into their sight.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.
Chapter completed!