Don’t blame the coach for breaking his promise! He averaged 2.8 points per game and shot 8.3% from three-point range. Can Lin Wei enter the NBA with these data?

This summer, after Lin Wei failed in the NBA draft, he was selected by the Texas Legends of the Development League, but he still chose to join the prestigious NCAA basketball school University of Oregon. According to him at the time, he faced three choices: the G League, the Australian NBL League, and the NCAA. However, the coaching staff of the University of Oregon personally promised him that they would help him enter the NBA. This moved him, so Lin Wei chose to become the first player in the history of Chinese basketball to play in a professional league and go to the NCAA.

In fact, judging from the previous preseason games and the NCAA regular season opener, Lin Wei did receive the attention of the coaching staff and received sufficient playing time. However, except for his 10 points and 4 assists against the University of Utah, his performance in the remaining games was unsightly. In the opening game, Lin Wei was given 17 minutes of playing time. He made 0 of 7 shots and only scored 2 points on free throws. The three-pointers he was proud of in the CBA were not displayed in the NCAA.

Finally, in the most recent game when the University of Oregon lost to Auburn University, Lin Wei finally made his three-point shot break. He started the game for 9 minutes and made 2 of 4 shots and 1 of 1 three-pointers. With 5 points and 1 assist, the data seems good, but he is the only player among the starting five whose playing time is less than double digits. If you do not count the two players on the bench who only played 1 minute, Lin Wei's playing time is the least in the team.

After 5 regular season games, Lin Wei averaged only 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 10.6 minutes per game, shooting 13.6% from the field, and an eye-catching 8.3% from the three-point range. In the four games before the Auburn game, he made 0 of 11 three-pointers. For Lin Wei, after coming to the NCAA, he finally saw the gap between himself and the world's top players of the same age. The coaching staff of the University of Oregon told him to "help him enter the NBA", but he may really have to break his promise.

Originally, it was difficult for Asian defenders to gain a foothold in the American arena. However, Lin Wei was used to being a "ball tyrant" in the CBA, which was not very strong. When he came to the NCAA, and the team also had more capable and talented American defenders to compete with him, once Lin Wei could not find his form on the offensive end, it would actually have some side effects on the team.

Although the Oregon coaching staff is also trying to develop Lin Wei into a combo guard, hoping that he can contribute in organizing and linking up, after these few games, Lin Wei's assists per game are not as good as rebounds, which shows that it is not easy for Lin Wei to transform into a point guard.

For Lin Wei himself, he has to prepare for the possibility that he will not be able to play in the NBA in the future, but if he can play in the NCAA for 2 years, the effect will be at least much better than being a bad guy in the CBA.