Although she had briefly played for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA, Li Yueru did not get many playing opportunities at that time. Last season, due to injuries, she was reimbursed for the entire WNBA season. This season, Li Yueru left the comfort zone of the WCBA and chose He first went to play for the Besiktas club in the European League, and also won the European Cup Women's League monthly MVP in March.
Due to the previous trade agreement between the Chicago Sky and Los Angeles Sparks, Li Yueru was sent to the Sparks. After veteran Candace Parker retired, Li Yueru should have a good chance of getting a main rotation position for the Sparks in the new season.
In a WNBA preseason game that ended not long ago, Li Yueru also made his debut for the Sparks. The Sparks defeated the Storm 84-79 in the entire game, getting off to a good start in the preseason. Li Yueru also played 20 minutes. At the time, although she only made 2 of 7 shots in general, she hit a three-pointer in this campaign and scored 7 points and 5 rebounds, fully demonstrating her advantages.
While Han Xu and Li Meng both refused to return to WNBA in the new season because they had to prepare for the Olympics, Li Yueru became the only Chinese face in WNBA this season. Compared with Han Xu and Li Meng, who have already proven themselves in WNBA, Xiaobao, who is currently 25 years old and in his prime, needs to seize this opportunity to gain a foothold in WNBA, at least from this preseason game. Judging from his debut, the coaching staff still values Li Yueru very much.
Not surprisingly, the Sparks' inside rotation in the new season should be Li Yueru, Curry's godmother Brink, Hamby and Billings. As the tallest among these inside players, Li Yueru, if she can continue to show her outside shooting ability in the next games and do a good job in protecting the frame, she will not only have the opportunity to be firmly in the rotation in the official regular season, There is even a great chance to become the starting center of the Sparks.
can make a name for herself in the European League, and Li Yueru's ability has been verified. As long as there is no pressure on her at the national team level, Li Yueru will definitely be able to gain a foothold in WNBA and become a qualified regular rotation. I also hope that Xiaobao can continue to maintain such amazing performance in the next games, and help the Chinese women's basketball team at the national team level to achieve another good result at this year's Paris Olympics.
However, looking at the reality, as a "foreign face" who has just arrived, Li Yueru must be prepared for the worst (there are no tactics to execute around himself, and he may not even be able to catch passes from his teammates in many cases), but for his character For Li Yueru, who is cheerful and good at communicating with her teammates, as long as she is prepared, she believes that her opportunity will definitely come. She also wishes Xiaobao all the best in the WNBA League in the new season.
