On February 20, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA officially announced:Through the transaction, the Chinese women's basketball player Li Yueru was obtained.
The details of the transaction are as follows:
The Los Angeles Sparks sent this year's first-round pick No. 8 to get Julie Allemand from the Chicago Sky, then added Li Yueru, and a 2025 three-round pick.
Immediately afterwards, the Los Angeles Sparks also promised to give Li Yueru stable playing time.
In this regard, the majority of Chinese women's basketball fans sent their blessings as soon as possible, and it is a great honor to be able to stand in the world's top league.
And said that it would be a great legacy.
As we all know, Zheng Haixia, the greatest interior player in the history of our Chinese women's basketball team, was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 16th pick in the second round of the 1997 WNBA Draft.
After that, he began a wonderful career there.
Li Yueru can be regarded as following in the footsteps of her "predecessors" this time and embarking on the same road.
hopes that Li Yueru can also be like Zheng Haixia at the beginning, so that the world can recognize the "height" of the Chinese women's basketball team.
Of course, some fans will express their doubts, just finished the Olympic qualifying tournament some time ago, and then, Li Yueru returned to the Turkish league non-stop, and contributed quite amazing data in the game, this time, how did she run to the WNBA again.
To explain here, the women's basketball league is different from the men's basketball league, they are basically staggered.
Basically, the Euroleague side is over, and the WNBA is about to officially begin.
Therefore, Li Yueru can be regarded as "seamless docking" this time.
However, it was Li Yueru's experience that made many men's basketball fans think of Zhou Qi.
said that if Zhou Qi could have persevered a little more and had more "ambitions" for his career, would he have returned to the NBA now and succeeded?
Indeed, although Li Yueru's trade to the Los Angeles Sparks this time seems to be relatively "sudden", fans who know know that this is an "inevitable" result.
Previously, everyone saw what her performance in the Turkish league looked like, and I dare not say that it was the "first inside" of the entire league, but at least it was one of the top insiders.
As for the Besiktas team, there is nothing to say, the absolute inner core.
Because of this, they have re-attracted the attention of the WNBA, or rather, they have been given a shot in the arm, which led to the result of re-signing, including the promise of consistent playing time.
To put it bluntly, competitive sports, which are not so complicated, are the simplest sentence: speak by strength.
Of course, it must also be admitted that Li Yueru did not choose to stay in the WCBA but chose to go to the Turkish League, which is really the right step.
No matter what the current Chinese women's basketball team ranks in the world women's basketball team and what kind of performance it plays, for the WNBA, what they value more is Li Yueru's performance in a higher-level league.
If she didn't take this step at the beginning, but returned to the WCBA for the so-called "comfort", it is foreseeable that even if Li Yueru can get better data and play a more amazing performance, the Los Angeles Sparks will probably not choose to recruit her.
So, the platform is really important.
This is where the fans of the men's basketball team feel that Zhou Qi is a pity.
At the beginning, he had a short-term irreconcilable conflict with the Xinjiang men's basketball team, so that he could not continue to stay in the CBA, and in a fit of anger, he went to the Australian league.
After just one season, in the summer of the previous year, he appeared on the field of the World Qualifiers, and when he faced the Australian men's basketball team, what an improvement.
Whether it is individual basketball skills, as well as the overall physical confrontation, as well as those reactions on the court, it really makes countless fans feel that he really has the level to land in the NBA.
Too high to dare to have extravagant expectations, at least to become a substitute interior player for a team that is not so competitive, there is still hope.
As it turned out, everyone's conjecture was not groundless.
After that World Preliminaries, the Pacers threw an "olive branch".
However, I don't know what Zhou Qi himself and his brokerage team think, and finally "stirred up" the matter.
It may be that he feels that he can do it now, and he has the right to put forward conditions.
In fact, this is not necessary, after all, the NBA is different from other leagues, and being able to enter is the most important thing, as long as everyone can see their strength next, then all conditions are not a problem.
Zhou Qi and his brokerage team obviously got the logical relationship of the whole thing wrong.
The worst thing is that since then, Zhou Qi has not wanted to have any more "development", but only wants to return to the CBA to "retire".
After another toss, he didn't even play the Australian league games, and he had to return to the CBA in an "empty" state.
What happened later, everyone knows, Zhou Qi got his wish, and he returned to the Guangdong team.
This may be a good thing for Zhou Qi personally, but it is not so wonderful for the entire Chinese men's basketball team.
If Zhou Qi is willing to hold on a little longer, then maybe we still have a player in the NBA now.
The most important thing is that it will be a great improvement for Zhou Qi himself, and conversely, for the Chinese men's basketball team.
Only now, it's no longer possible.
As you get older, you get more injured.
The future Zhou Qi is still not the "first brother" of the men's basketball team, and he can't guarantee it.
I have to say that sometimes it's really the choice that is greater than the effort.
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