Reggie Miller continued with a sly grin. "So what do you think was the reason Wang Yi didn't play him physically?"
Redick had no choice but to follow Reggie Miller's lead.
"Conditioning, of course. The past couple of seasons, there's always been one argument or another that Wang Yi is getting old and his physical condition is starting to decline. I don't know whether his condition is actually declining, but his stamina definitely isn't what it was at his absolute peak, when he was twenty-nine to thirty-one or thirty-two."
"Because his stamina has declined, he can't go all out for forty-eight minutes every game like he used to. He has to save his energy."
Reggie Miller put on an astonished expression. "Huh? Wang Yi has stamina issues? Didn't he play all forty-eight minutes in plenty of games last season? He almost played all forty-eight minutes every game in the Playoffs, too. He has stamina issues?"
"Yes. If you asked Wang Yi to play forty-eight minutes for several games in a row, he could still do it. But that would take a huge toll on his body. Once fatigue built up to a certain point, he'd be much more likely to get injured. We all still remember when all five of the New York Knicks' starters were injured under Thibodeau. Wang Yi only played so many full forty-eight-minute games last season because he had no other choice."
"And now that he's getting older and his physical abilities are gradually declining, if he keeps playing all forty-eight minutes every game, his career will be cut short by years."
"I heard a term from Wang Yi's medical team and personal trainer: Health-preserving playstyle. We Westerners don't know what health preservation means. It's actually a Chinese concept: once you reach a certain age, you