Dominate the basketball world, starting from the skyhook skill

Chapter 205 Challenge Halliburton head-on, the battle for the strongest point guard of the new generation

On this day, Li Kevin, who was invited to participate in the TNT talk show for the first time, talked with Barkley and O'Neal about his views on the NBA.

"Li, before you entered the league, I thought you would be very uncomfortable in the NBA as a foreign player and a Chinese."

Barkley looked at the relaxed young man in front of him with a smile.

"I didn't expect it, but the NBA is very uncomfortable with you. Those old star guards have suffered a lot under your hands."

"Even in the absence of thick eyebrows, when you played a guest power forward, you also easily beat Zion Williamson, the hottest rising star in recent years."

"This kid is still lying at home watching TV." O'Neill interjected, and then everyone in the live broadcast room burst into laughter.

"Do you think that in the current NBA, do you still have opponents on the guard line?"

Li Kaiwen's smile froze, he didn't expect Barkley to dig such a big hole for him as soon as he came up.

After thinking about it, Li Kaiwen straightened his posture and said solemnly:

"Charles, first of all, I think my adaptability is not bad. I have also received enough support from the coaching staff and teammates this year, allowing me to play my own characteristics and contribute to the team."

"Because I am a rookie, those first-line guards, such as Curry, Irving, etc., don't know me well, so I took advantage of it. It cannot be said that they are not my opponents."

Barkley and O'Neal looked at each other, and felt that this kid was completely different from the rumored arrogance—however, he was quite humble and polite, without the vigor of those young and famous players.

"Except for Chris Paul, he is a real dish."

Immediately afterwards, Li Kaiwen said another sentence that ignited the live broadcast room.

Everyone fell into silence. After a while, Barkley said to O'Neill with a little embarrassment: "Shaq, there is no young man who is not arrogant."

"If young people are not arrogant, are they still called young people?"

They had already anticipated the uproar that today's show would cause.

The chairman of the players union, Paul Sauce, has 1150 million fans on INS, 840 million fans on Twitter, and 590 million fans on Facebook. His fans spit one by one, and it is estimated that he can drown Li Kevin!

After a while, O'Neill recovered from the kid's arrogance, and quickly used another topic to draw everyone's attention.

He likes this tough kid from the bottom of his heart, but he doesn't want him to lose himself in the public opinion of the people.

"Li, this season is coming to an end. Among so many excellent point guards you have played against, which one impresses you the most?"

Li Kaiwen spoke immediately without thinking.

"That's an easy question to answer."

"Without a doubt, Tyrese Haliburton of the Pacers."

"We don't have many games until the end of the regular season in April. Although the outcome doesn't matter much, I hope to beat Halliburton head-on in the game against the Pacers."

"I want to compete with him to see who is the strongest new generation point guard."

O'Neill, who always likes to argue with guests, unexpectedly nodded in agreement with Kevin Li's answer.

Because this season, the performance of the 24-year-old fourth grader has amazed countless people.

Averaged 23 points, 4.5 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 1.65 steals and 0.5 blocks per game.

The overall shooting rate is 49%, and the three-point shooting rate is 40%.

The ability to lead the team is also very good. As a newly promoted All-Star, he currently leads the Pacers of the civilian team and ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference.

Although Li Kaiwen looked down on Paul's character, he saw a long-lost taste of traditional point guards in Halliburton.

Coincidentally, this taste is somewhat similar to Peak Paul.

He combined personal scoring and organization very well, and highlighted the word "stable".

The assist-to-turnover ratio is 4.2, ranking seventh among all players in the league averaging at least 5 assists per game.

The true shooting percentage is 62.4%, which is much higher than that of many best team cores. Even Jaylen Brown, who currently has the largest contract in the NBA, ranks behind him.

In addition, this season Halliburton is also the second player in NBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 assists per game and shoot more than 40% of his three-pointers.

And the first in history, coincidentally, was him last season.

This is something that the peak Stephen Curry can't do!
And he is also different from ordinary ball-holding cores such as Doncic. His possession rate of the ball is only 23%. He is also the only player in the league with a usage rate of less than 25% but an assist rate of more than 40%.

This is what Li Kaiwen admires most about him. He will help the team anytime, anywhere, no matter the state is good or bad.

Lao Li is this kind of person. If the team needs him, he can do anything, defend the opponent's arrow, grab rebounds, block positions...

As long as he can win, he doesn't really care if the ball is in his hands.

Therefore, Li Kevin, who has played all the top players this season, is most looking forward to playing against him. The last time the two teams played at home with the Lakers, Lao Li was unfortunately absent due to a groin injury.

And one of the few games left in April was a road game at the Indiana Pacers.

This time, he was so happy to see Liexin that he didn't want to miss it.

According to Hamm's consistent thinking, he will try his best to arrange for the team leaders to take turns without affecting the record.

If he could, he wished that Li Kaiwen and Nongmei, who had a history of injuries, would not play again throughout April.

However, under Lao Li's argument, he still played all the games in April.

"I don't know how many kids come from far and wide to watch me play. I have a responsibility to play for the fans and my teammates."

"If I'm healthy, I'm going to play."

Regarding the rotation, Li Kaiwen's point of view is this, as long as you can.

After all, the boss hired you with this top-level salary on Blue Star, not to let you sit in the VIP front row and watch free games.

……

Indianapolis, Indiana, Bankers Life Arena, 7 p.m.

The penultimate game of the season and the last game of the Lakers, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be played by all members!

Even the thick eyebrows who missed the first two games due to "cold discomfort" arrived in time and confirmed that they will play tonight.

Five minutes before the game, the starting lists of the two teams were also displayed on the big screen.

Pacers: Haliburton, Buddy Hield, Jalen Smith, Bruce Brown, Myles Turner.

Lakers: Kevin Lee, Duncan Robinson, Rui Hachimura, Anthony Davis, George Shelby
During the warm-up, Halliburton, the number one competitor in the Kevin Li Skills Challenge, ran over and greeted him.

"Hi Lee!"

"Thank you for being kind to me on TNT, lol!"

"However, you have to be prepared for this game, and you will be blown away by your favorite new-generation defender!"

(End of this chapter)