enjoyebooks Chapter 257 The days of being a point guard in the national team
Chapter 257 The days of being a point guard in the national team
Chapter 257 The days of being a point guard in the national team
After the draft, the free trade market became lively again.
McGrady and Carter flowed into the transfer market one after another, causing a great stir in the league.
At the same time, Nash, Kobe, Kenyon Martin, Payton, Kirilenko, Gasol, Rasheed Wallace, Ginobili and other players whose contracts are about to expire will also enter the trading market among.
Three of the four major shooting guards may change teams, which is indeed very rare.
Iverson: Should I also apply for a trade, or I won't fit in with the group!
In this bloody battle of grabbing people, NBA general managers and head coaches joined in one after another, and if they can get a summer reinforcement plan, it will be considered a successful completion.
The Jazz took the lead in completing a deal, successfully renewed the contract of defensive core Kirilenko, and dug Okur over from the Pistons.
As for the general managers of other teams, they are brewing big moves.
Li Xuan really wants to see how earth-shattering transfer news will be released this summer, but he has to go to the national team to report.
On the first day when he came to the national team, Li Xuan received a warm welcome.
The list of the Chinese men's basketball team this time includes: Dayao, Daba, Daqi, Ah Lian, Mo Ke, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan, Li Xuan, Zhang Jinsong, Guo Shiqiang, Liu Wei.
Compared with the World Championships two years ago, the Chinese men's basketball team has changed a lot in this Olympic Games.
Basically, he did not miss the Olympics because of some trivial matters and re-entered the national team.
Players such as Li Xuan and Ah Lian were selected for the national team for the first time.
Moreover, the head coach "Silver Fox" Del Harris also just took office.
With such a brand new lineup and new head coach, if they don't get in as soon as possible, they may not be able to achieve good results.
Therefore, before the training started, the coach Harris asked everyone to introduce themselves, so that the players could get acquainted with each other.
Newcomers Zhu Fangyu, Mo Ke and others who just joined have finished their self-introductions and clarified their technical characteristics.
Immediately afterwards, the young and shy Ah Lian walked in the middle, maybe a little nervous, and spoke intermittently.
"Big... Hello everyone! I... I am Ah Lian. I play the fourth position. I have some skills in all aspects. I hope the seniors can give me a lot of advice."
As the leader of this Olympic Games, Dayao took the lead in applauding and welcomed the UAE to join.
The Ah Lian in this time and space is different from the time and space in Li Xuan's memory.
After Li Xuan's success in the NCAA, many talented young people in China went to the NCAA to hone their strengths and use this as a springboard to enter the NBA.
Ah Lian is one of them. He has played in the NCAA for a year. He is not in a hurry to participate in the draft this year. He intends to stay on the team for a year and make a name for himself before participating in the draft. In this way, his draft pick can be improved a lot.
Therefore, the strength of the United Arab Emirates at this stage is still good, much stronger than the original time and space.
Finally, Li Xuan appeared as the finale, introducing himself.
"Hi everyone, my name is Li Xuan. Except for my poor ball handling skills, I know a little about other aspects. Please give me your advice."
Dayao and the others applauded, but they didn't take Li Xuan's words to heart.
If the NBA Finals MVP has this strength, each of them can enter the NBA to play.
After the self-introduction, the coach Harris asked the players to warm up, and then began to divide into groups, conduct intra-team competitions, and adjust the appropriate lineup.
In the next few days, Harris has been adjusting the lineup, running the lineup, trying to find a lineup that can play the team's strongest strength.
After playing a few intra-team games, Harris unexpectedly discovered that Li Xuan was the best passer in the team, which was unbelievable.
Wasn't Li Xuan's ball-handling skills mediocre before?How could it be so strong? !
Harris is one of the assistant coaches of the Mavericks. He knows Li Xuan's technical characteristics very well, but he was not so good before!
Is the Mavericks' luxury lineup limiting the development of this little guy? !
The more Harris thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered the truth.
"Next season, Li Xuan will definitely surprise Downey."
In the next few team training games, Harris suddenly wanted Li Xuan to play point guard to see the effect.
The results speak for themselves at all, and the results are surprisingly good.
Li Xuan's transmission and control technology simply beat Liu Wei by a few blocks.
Of course, the most profitable one is Dayao. He feels that Li Xuan's passing is accurate and efficient, even better than Boss Fur, and he eats cakes very comfortably.
"Ah Xuan, I finally know why so many players are willing to let you be their teammate. If it was me, I couldn't refuse. It's so wonderful." Dayao praised Li Xuan excitedly.
"Dayao, keep a low profile, I'm actually not that good, I'm just a little bit better than the rest of the group." Li Xuan replied brazenly.
Since he improved his strength, he has not been able to conduct actual combat, and he did not expect his transmission and control skills to be so good.
Li Xuan originally wanted to be a shooter honestly in the national team, but unexpectedly he became a point guard.
"I really can't handle the ball!"
As for Liu Wei, who was squeezed out of the starting position by Li Xuan, he didn't have any complaints, and he was a little lucky.
He doesn't have to think about how to solve the problem of pressing the audience.
Let Li Xuan break this century-old problem that plagues Chinese defenders.
After some attempts, Harris determined Li Xuan's position, only in this way can the Chinese team play its strongest strength.
After a few days of running-in, Li Xuan gradually became familiar with his teammates, and also helped other newcomers integrate into the team.
For example, newcomers such as Zhu Fangyu and Ah Lian all follow Li Xuan's lead.
Xiao Zhu admired Li Xuan's force value very much, and pestered Li Xuan from time to time, asking him to tell the story of beating Daben violently.
Big Ben: Is it polite?After such a long time, I still have to flog the corpse!
"I really can't do anything about you, so I'll tell you about the skills."
Li Xuan was annoyed by Xiao Zhu, so he talked about some fighting skills.
"First of all, you have to brake quietly and observe the opponent's flaws, then attack him by surprise, hit some special acupuncture points to temporarily paralyze the opponent, then the hungry tiger pounces on the opponent and knocks the opponent down, and finally bully him, and beat the pig's head with all his strength .”
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he took a sip of water and continued: "That's all, I understand the applause."
Xiao Zhu nodded ignorantly and clapped her hands enthusiastically.
Attracted by the bustle here, Li Nan turned his head to take a look, shook his head helplessly, and sighed.
"Xiao Zhu seems to have been completely led astray by Xiao Li!"
Before, Li Nan thought that the two guys were discussing three-point skills. This is his specialty. Discussions with each other may improve their skills, so they ran over to join in the fun. Unexpectedly, they were studying how to beat people. Some people don't understand today's young people.
In the days that followed, the men's basketball players actively adjusted the lineup and improved their tacit understanding.
During this period, the Olympic group draws were made.
The six teams in Group A are China, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro and New Zealand.
The six teams in Group B are China, Lithuania, Greece, Puerto Rico, Angola and Australia.
Dayao and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were not assigned to Chouguo, and felt a little happy, while Li Xuan was just the opposite.
In his memory, Meng Liu was a disgrace to the basketball world of the ugly country, losing more games than all the Olympic games combined.
If Ugly fails to qualify due to an accident, or if other teams are eliminated in the knockout round, they will not be able to compete with the Chinese team.
What's the point if you don't win the Dream Team.
"I hope that the dream team will not lose too badly and can qualify smoothly."
Li Xuan did not expect that one day he would worry that the dream team would not be able to qualify for the group stage.
Dayao saw Li Xuan frowning, patted his shoulder, and comforted him.
"Ah Xuan, although the opponents in the group stage are very strong, it is already very lucky not to be in the same group as the dream team."
"Dayao, I'm not worried about the opponent's strength, but I've always regretted not being able to be divided with the dream team. We can't abuse them anymore." Li Xuan sighed and expressed his thoughts.
Dayao was a little confused and didn't understand Li Xuan's brain circuit.
Shouldn't the dream team be stronger?Why do you still want to fight with them!
Li Xuan went to the court to continue training without any explanation.
At the same time, when the results of the lottery group came out, Larry Brown uttered nonsense in interviews in order to build momentum for the Dream Team.
"Coach Brown, what do you think of this grouping?" the reporter asked.
"No matter which group the dream team is in, they can advance smoothly. It's just a pity that they can't be in the same group as the Chinese team. They are really lucky and hope to qualify for the group stage."
"Then what is the goal of the Olympic dream team?" the reporter asked again.
"Our goal this time is definitely the Olympic gold medal and regain the seat of world hegemony."
"Then how many games do you think the dream team will lose in this Olympic Games?" The reporter asked the last question.
"Miss, I think you are telling a joke. The strength of the dream team is beyond doubt, and they will definitely win the gold medal with a complete victory."
Larry Brown is quite confident. With the two super giant combinations of Iverson and Duncan, it is simply too difficult to lose.
And Dream Six also has talented players such as left-handed magician Odom, hacker Marion, lone wolf Marbury, bully Stoudemire, Jefferson and Boozer.
As for James, Anthony, Wade and Okafor, they are equivalent to public travel, and by the way, they can get a gold medal.
As we all know, Larry Brown doesn't like to use rookies, and he hates three-pointers.
In Li Xuan's memory, in the original time and space, even if the Dream Team fell behind by a large score, Larry Brown did not boldly use James and other newcomers.
They sat on the bench as spectators almost all the time, and had no sense of presence in the Athens Olympics.
So the responsibility for the loss really has nothing to do with James and other rookies.
After the interview, Larry Brown left the press conference with pride.
On the way back, he thought about his players, and thought that this lineup could go sideways in this Olympic Games, and it was impossible to lose.
"I will not go back to the old path of that idiot George Karl. I will wash away the shame of the Dream Team."
"By the way, I have to teach that nasty little devil a lesson. I hope they can qualify. How many points will they win then?"
Larry Brown is already thinking about how many points to win the Chinese team.
It seems that he has a lot of complaints about Li Xuan in his heart!
At the same time, Li Xuan learned about Larry Brown's interview through some channels.
"This old guy really doesn't know what's good or bad, he's a bit vengeful!"
There is no way to do this. It is only because the head coach of the Chinese team and the main core teamed up to shave Larry Brown's humiliating bald head in the finals that he will be held grudges.
"I hope that old guy can still be so proud when he plays in the Olympics."
Li Xuan mourned for Larry Brown in advance, hoping that he would not be shot when he returned to China.
In this way, both the Chinese team and the dream team started their respective Olympic preparations.
A few days later, the Chinese men's basketball team took a flight to Athens to start the warm-up match.
In order not to expose his strength and deployment plan in advance, Li Xuan was not allowed to play point guard in the warm-up match, and Dayao also limited his playing time.
Moreover, in order to allow newcomers such as Li Xuan to adapt to the rhythm of international competitions.
Harris deliberately chose a weaker warm-up opponent, African champion Angola.
The style of the Angola men's basketball team is a typical small ball style. There are no big men with a height of more than 210 in the team.
Therefore, their inside line can't limit Dayao's scoring at all.
It can be said that Dayao is like a bug in the international arena, an unsolvable existence.
At the beginning of the game, the UAE and other newcomers did not adapt to the rhythm of international competitions, which gave Angola some advantages.
Because the three-point line in the international arena was a bit close, Li Xuan couldn't get used to it at first, so he hit the iron one after another. After adjusting, he found the crosshair.
Angola's players are only about 205 cm tall, so Li Xuan's shooting will not be greatly affected.
Relying on Li Xuan's three-pointers and Dayao's overwhelming inside, he quickly opened up the point difference and laid the foundation for victory.
After securing the victory, Li Xuan, Dayao and others were replaced, and Ah Lian and others were allowed to practice.
In the end, relying on the advantages accumulated before, the Chinese team defeated Angola with a score of 84 to 62.
After that, the Chinese team played four more warm-up matches, achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and ended all warm-up matches.
The Dream Team also played 5 warm-up matches and achieved a record of [-]% victory, but the process was quite thrilling, and several games were decided at the last moment.
Larry Brown didn't notice the problem. He believed that the players of the Dream Team were slack and careless at the beginning and fell behind. After playing hard, they easily overtook and won the victory, just like cat and mouse.
And Larry Brown also watched the video of the Chinese team's warm-up match, and felt that the Chinese team's strength was just like that. Except for Li Xuan and Dayao, none of the other players could play.
He is [-]% sure that if the dream team confronts the Chinese team, it will definitely beat the Chinese team.
"The Chinese team is nothing to worry about, it's just a clown. We still focus on Spain." Larry Brown said to assistant coach Popovich.
Popovich wanted to say something, but seeing the teacher was so decisive, he couldn't make his own opinion.
In this way, not long after the warm-up match ended, the Athens Olympics officially kicked off.
(End of this chapter)