At least 100 million people are watching this match!
The Boston Summer League in the United States.
The 2002 Las Vegas Summer League had yet to be formed. The NBA Summer League was mostly held in Southern California, Orlando, and Boston. The 76ers chose the Boston Summer League.
There were a total of 10 NBA teams participating in the Boston Summer League, including the Celtics, Spurs, and Mavericks.
There was no championship or MVP in the Boston Summer League. Ten teams played against each other, and each team could play about four to five games.
The Summer League did not have an MVP and championship until 2012. At that time, the Summer League was usually held in Las Vegas, and the participating teams had changed from 10 to at least 24.
The summer league before 2012 had few spectators, and no television station was willing to broadcast it live. It was all scouts who came to observe the players.
However, the Summer League this time was completely different from the past. This time, not only did television stations choose to buy the live broadcast rights, but many fans also spontaneously organized themselves to watch the live broadcast.
That was because there were three Chinese players in this year's summer league.
The Clippers, the Spurs, and the Sixers.
In his previous life, Big Yao did not participate in the Summer League. However, in this life, Li Muchen brought Big Yao to the Summer League to train him first and prevent the scene of Big Yao's NBA debut from happening again.
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On July 11th, Li Muchen brought Big Yao, Stoudemire, Prince, Butler, Baines, and Raja Bell to Boston to participate in the summer league.
The summer league was to test the team's first-year rookies and second-year rookies, as well as some of the players who had not signed contracts. Among the six players brought by Li Muchen, five were rookies this year, and the other player, Raja Bale, was a draft pick.
There was no point guard in this lineup. Li Muchen had Raja Bell as the point guard, Butler as the second position, and Prince as the third position.
On July 11th, the 76ers did not play. On the second day, they played against the Spurs. Li Muchen's player had a good day's rest to prepare for tomorrow's game.
In order to let Big Yao perform well in his first game, he took the initiative to reduce the amount of training for Big Yao on July 11th so that Big Yao could take a breather.
On July 12th, at 3 p. m. in the United States, the 76ers would play against the Spurs in the Boston Summer League.
For the US, this game was just an ordinary summer league game that did not deserve much attention. However, for the Chinese fans, this was China's " derby "!
The Spurs 'bus versus the Sixers' Big Yao!
Before the game started, the Chinese students in Boston and the Chinese living in Boston came to the stadium to cheer for Big Yao and the bus.
At the same time, Xixi TV5 also chose to broadcast this game to watch the performance of Big Yao and Coach.
In fact, before Big Yao made his debut in the NBA, Chinese fans did not know much about the NBA.
Before Big Yao, he had been selected by the Mavericks in 1999 and joined the Mavericks in 2001. He had been a substitute in the NBA most of the time, so people did not know much about him and the NBA.
But Big Yao was different. Before he joined the NBA, he had already dominated the CBA. In 2001, he had an average of more than 40 points per game in the CBA. He could be considered the CBA's Chamberlain.
Big Yao joining the NBA was the center of attention!
Therefore, this summer league game, which was not paid attention to by the Americans, was very popular in China. In a sense, it was Big Yao's first game in the NBA.
"Big Yao, did you see that? There are so many people here, and they are all here for you!”
After bringing Big Yao and the others into the stadium, Li Muchen pointed at the fans who had almost filled the seats and said to Big Yao with a smile. Big Yao looked up and nodded honestly,""Coach, don't worry. I'll play well in this game.”
Coach was what Dayao called Li Muchen. Li Muchen was not only the head coach of the 76ers, but also Dayao's strength and fitness coach. Therefore, Dayao naturally called Li Muchen coach.
"So many fans are going for Big Yao?”
On the side, Raja Bale looked at the fans in disbelief. As a draft pick, Raja Bale had never participated in the summer league, but it was his first time seeing so many fans watching the summer league.
Was this the influence of China's top scorer?
"This is only a small portion!"
Li Muchen stretched out a finger and said with a smile,""On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, I can guarantee that there are at least 100 million people watching this match!”
In his previous life, the first match of Big Yao was between the Rockets and the Pacers. That match was watched by 200 million people. It was not too much to say that it was watched by 100 million people now.
" 100 million!"
Raja Bale's eyes widened, Stoudemire's face was filled with disbelief, Butler and Prince's minds were buzzing, and Baines was completely stunned.
What was 100 million?
This was comparable to a live broadcast in the United States!!
An ordinary summer league had 100 million viewers?？？
Heavens!
When they thought of the 100 million people watching their game, the 76ers players felt an infinite amount of power. They looked at the Spurs players and could not help but rub their fists.
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In this summer league, there were only six players from the 76ers, while the Spurs had as many as 11 players. Among them, the more famous players were Manu Ginobili, Haslem, and Devin Brown.
Ginobili was selected by the Spurs in 1999, but he only made his debut in the NBA this year. He was 25 years old this year, and he was an older rookie.
In this game, the Spurs 'starting lineup was Devin Brown, Ginobili, Marshall, Hart, and Haslem.
And the much-watched Bashi was not the team's starting center forward.
Xixi TV5, the all-around commentators Teacher Sun Zhengping and Teacher Zhang Weiping and Teacher Zhang Heli were the guest commentators for this summer league. Teacher Sun and Teacher Zhang were the golden partners of the basketball commentary world. In this era where the internet had yet to flourish and players needed to be dug up, the two of them could be said to be the pioneers of China's basketball commentary field.
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