Chapter 405 Many People Reacted That It Didn't Refresh... But I Can See It Here, Please Refresh Again, Lords?)

August 25th, after nearly half a month of training in Sydney, Zhang Bin, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, officially announced the 12-man roster for the Sydney Olympics.

The 12-man roster of the Chinese men's basketball team is as follows:

Center: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle.

Power Forward: Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin.

Small Forward: Su Feng, Zhang Jinsong.

Shooting Guard: Hu Weidong, Sun Jun, Zheng Wu.

Point Guard: Li Xiaoyong, Guo Shiqiang.

It has to be said that the "Golden Generation" era of men's basketball had a solid foundation.

Because even basketball legends like Sun Jun and Zheng Wu, in the current national team...

Can only assist Lao Hu.

Among all the teams participating in the Olympics this year, the Chinese men's basketball team is second only to the United States in terms of the number of NBA players and the quality of those players.

Therefore, in the words of the rabbits, we have never fought such a wealthy battle in our eight lifetimes!

However, in Su Feng's view, this men's basketball team is still somewhat lacking at the power forward position.

Because Gong Xiaobin and Liu Yudong are not tall enough on the international stage, after brainwashing-like crazy hints to the head coach Zhang Bin, Su Feng appeared at the power forward position most of the time in the friendly matches with Russia and Argentina.

So now the damn question comes again.

If Liu Yudong and Gong Xiaobin are not tall enough, is Su Feng tall enough?

The answer is that Su Feng, who is actually 198 cm tall and 201 cm tall with shoes on, coupled with his exaggerated wingspan...

The area he covers when defending allows him to completely handle the power forward position in FIBA.

Moreover, in this way, Zhang Bin can promote Su Feng's original substitute, Zhang Jinsong, to the starting lineup.

You must know that as a mature team builder, if you only stack offensive players in the lineup, then your team will definitely not go far.

Zhang Jinsong, nicknamed "Desperate Saburo," his value is not to expand the territory for the Chinese men's basketball team on the field.

But, at critical moments, he can use a life-risking method to deal with the opponent's outside players.

And in this way, Su Feng can also pull the opponent's power forward out to play on the offensive end, wouldn't that be great?

Facts have proved that even if he didn't want to embark on the road of power forward back then, Su Feng still eventually embarked on it.

So this person...

The essence is just slapping yourself in the face.

It is worth mentioning that when the men's basketball team was training in Sydney this time, Su Feng also pulled the 16-year-old Yi Jianlian to Sydney through back door channels and became a "trainee" beside him.

Result...

Compared with the "17"-year-old Yi Jianlian who participated in the Olympics for the first time in 2004, in Su Feng's view, this 16-year-old Yi Jianlian is the real appearance a teenager should have.

At this time, Yi Jianlian, who was only over 2 meters tall, was like a big bamboo pole. Usually, Liu Yudong and Gong Xiaobin were afraid of bumping into this child, so they tried their best to restrain their strength when playing with him.

For Yi Jianlian, whose heart, like Xiao Yao, had become like Su Feng, he also cherished this hard-won opportunity.

After all, at this moment, A'lian is just a younger brother, and he has to call everyone he sees "brother."

According to the results of Su Feng's discussion with Yi Jianlian's parents, starting from the second half of this year, Yi Jianlian will officially start his journey to study in the United States.

Originally, Su Feng was quite worried that Yi Jianlian would not be able to adapt to life in the United States for a while, but this time, after Xiao Yao was selected by Philadelphia, Su Feng didn't have to worry about this.

Because Yi Jianlian will be studying at La Salle College High School...

So, Xiao Yao, who is also very young at the moment, learned that he will have a companion in the United States in the second half of the year, and the relationship between the two has been so good recently that they are only short of sleeping together.

"That... Brother Feng, why are you teaching me the skills of outside players?"

And this day, because Su Feng has recently been teaching himself the outside skills that he had never been required to work hard on before, Yi Jianlian also plucked up the courage to ask Su Feng.

Hearing this, Su Feng sighed and said to Yi Jianlian: "That... Xiao Yi, really, I'm not criticizing you, but your dribbling...

Maybe the kids in the United States are better than you."

Yi Jianlian: "..."

In his previous life, as the ceiling limit of Asian players, Yi Jianlian, who had a strong physique, left the deepest impression on people in the NBA arena...

His stiff technical movements.

Like LeBron James, who is also overly muscular and has equally unaesthetic movements, Su Feng believes that they both have the problem of "frame freezing" when handling the ball.

Moreover, unlike his own frame freezing.

His own frame freezing is only because his skills have not been practiced enough, resulting in not being smooth enough when performing combos.

And the frame freezing of these two people will make you feel like your "computer is crashing" as soon as it starts.

The reason for this is that Yi Jianlian and James actually have some similar experiences.

The former is because Chinese basketball has never had such a genius, so when cultivating Yi Jianlian, the only template that could be used for reference at that time was Du Feng.

The latter is because he did not give up football until his senior year of high school, which caused him to miss the most valuable period for outside players to hone their basic skills.

After all, even Kobe, who weighs 107 kilograms in the future, will only slow down his technical movements at most, but not become stiff.

Therefore, since he is destined to be with Yi Jianlian in this life, Su Feng naturally expects to guide him in a better direction.

In fact, what Su Feng wants Yi Jianlian to improve is not just his dribbling, passing, and overall vision.

More importantly, there is his defense.

In his previous life, Yi Jianlian's lateral movement speed was also one of the reasons that eventually led to him not being able to survive in the NBA.

And this is also a common problem for most CBA players.

That is, because the pace of CBA games is not fast, the requirements of the coaches will naturally not be very high during usual training.

After all, you don't usually need such fast lateral movement, so why waste that energy?

As for talent?

The Chinese men's basketball team at the 2008 Olympics, which could even temporarily pressure the American men's basketball team, is the best proof.

Because that Olympic Games was held at home, Jonas almost drove a certain rich second generation crazy during training.

As a result, Yao Ming said that classic saying to that rich second generation.

"If you don't want to play, you can get out (gun)."

It can be seen from this that Chinese players are not without a way to develop faster lateral movement.

Especially for players like Yi Jianlian who are full of talent.

In this life, Su Feng does not want Yi Jianlian to just make a cameo appearance in the NBA in the future.

What he wants to see more is an Yi Jianlian who can stand tall in the NBA in the post-Su Feng era and the post-Yao Ming era.

Therefore, in terms of cultivation, Su Feng is more inclined to cultivate Yi Jianlian into a 3D player at the power forward position that all teams will need in the future.

Of course, even if the goal is to develop into a 3D player, Su Feng believes that Yi Jianlian's back-up skills and dribbling skills must reach a higher level.

And this is also why Su Feng suggested that Yi Jianlian come to the United States to study.

Because although staying in China, Yi Jianlian can play in the CBA earlier, but in the United States, he can receive more chaotic American basketball, which requires higher on-the-spot reaction from players.

Judging from Yi Jianlian's talent characteristics, he can gradually grow into the ideal form that Su Feng wants when he comes out of this environment.

In short...

The slogan of winning medals at the Olympic Games was shouted by himself.

Therefore, Su Feng has to pay off the debts he created even if he has to kneel.

Moreover, as Xiao Yao's big brother, how could Su Feng leave a mess for Xiao Yao, who is going to be the chairman in the future, and leave without paying the piper?

"This child's talent is too good, isn't it? Xiao Su, I feel that I will be able to see this child's name in the national team at the next Olympic Games."

That day, watching Yi Jianlian, who was training in one-on-one ball-handling under the guidance of Su Feng's trainer, the head coach of the men's basketball team, Zhang Bin, said to Su Feng.

Hearing this, Su Feng smiled and said to Zhang Bin: "Coach, your prediction will definitely come true."

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In September, the Chinese men's basketball team's preparations had reached the final stage.

And this day, because the Sydney Olympics will officially open on the 15th, the men's basketball team also received the task issued by the Chinese Olympic delegation to the men's basketball team.

That is...

Select a player from within the men's basketball team to serve as the flag bearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

In Su Feng's previous life, until the London Olympics, the flag bearers of the Chinese Olympic delegations in the past were all tall male basketball players.

And this is also the best reward for the Chinese men's basketball team's long-term dominance in Asia.

As for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament?

You may not believe it, but in the eyes of the older generation of men's basketball players and fans, that is a spicy chicken project that only their neighbor next door, South Korea, would play.

As for the Olympic qualification, isn't that an easy task like eating and drinking?

You must know that before the decline of the Chinese men's basketball team, the only person who had ever put pressure on the men's basketball team for the Olympic flag bearer was Liu Xiang.

However...

Before the opening of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, after Liu Yudong proved through a discussion that Yao Ming's international influence was higher at that time, and Yao Ming's height also symbolized the rapidly rising China, the Chinese track and field team, which suffered a cultural loss, still failed to snatch the position of flag bearer from the men's basketball team.

Originally, the flag bearer of this Olympic Games should have been Liu Yudong...

However, considering his various connections with Su Feng, Liu Yudong had already announced before the start of this Olympic Games that he would not compete with Su Feng for the position of Olympic flag bearer.

In the eyes of the high-level officials of the Chinese Olympic delegation, it was indeed what everyone expected to let Su Feng be the Olympic flag bearer.

It's a pity...

Su Feng himself didn't think so.

"No, no, in my opinion, Yao Ming is the most suitable candidate for this flag bearer!" At the internal meeting of the men's basketball team, Su Feng said, overpowering all opinions.

At this moment, although Xiao Yao next to him kept refusing on his lips, his expression, which could be used as an emoji, had betrayed him.

He said with a sad face: "Brother Feng, it is everyone's expectation that you be the flag bearer. I can't spoil the fun of Chinese sports fans."

Just...

After Su Feng constantly gave reasons why Yao Ming was more suitable to be the flag bearer than him...

Everyone was soon fooled by Su Feng.

"That's fine. Anyway, as long as the flag bearer qualification can be kept within the men's basketball team, it doesn't matter who is the flag bearer." Zhang Bin, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, said after careful consideration.

Although the high-level officials of the Chinese Olympic delegation did not understand for a while why the men's basketball team would finally choose Yao Ming as the flag bearer...

However, as the new NBA champion, it seems that there is nothing wrong with Yao Ming being the flag bearer.

However...

Young Xiao Yao didn't know that Su Feng would not only give him the flag bearer this year, but also give the position of flag bearer to Yao Ming four years later.

As for the reason?

What are you kidding me about...

Even if he is a flag bearer a hundred times, can it be more impressive than being a flag bearer at his own doorstep in 2008?

Su Feng knew very well that if he gave the flag bearer to Xiao Yao now, he would not leave too many regrets for Xiao Yao in this life.

Because at that time, Xiao Yao would also feel from the bottom of his heart that the flag bearer should have been given to Su Feng.

It seems that Su Feng has lost now, but after this wave of retreat, he has instead gained a greater advantage.

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On the 9th, before the start of the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team played its last warm-up match before the start of the Olympic Games with the American men's basketball team in Sydney.

Because the two teams were assigned to the same group in the Olympic Games, this game was also regarded by many fans as the prelude to whether Chinese basketball can challenge the hegemony of American basketball.

However, even though this Dream Team IV is not as star-studded as the previous three, their overall strength is still a level higher than that of the Chinese men's basketball team in actual play.

As Su Feng remembered, this American Dream Team IV was led by legendary coach Tomjanovich.

In addition, in terms of lineup, in addition to Kidd, Carter, Payton, Garnett, and Ray Allen, they also have well-known stars such as Tim Hardaway, Mourning, Houston, Steve Smith, Vin Baker, and Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

Therefore, the lineup of Dream Team IV is not enough to see, that is only compared to their predecessors.

Looking at the world, this Dream Team IV is still a unique existence.

Moreover, Tang Shuai is not a FIBA idiot like Larry Brown.

This can be seen from Tang Shuai's personnel selection.

After Kobe rejected the call-up of Dream Team IV, Tang Shuai decisively recruited Houston from the Knicks, and he and Ray Allen formed the two heavy guns on the outside of Dream Team IV.

In this way, this American team can not only easily crack the opponent's zone defense on the court, but also, the threat of players in their lineup who are good at breakthroughs when breaking through is also increased.

In addition, Tang Shuai clearly takes defense as the center of the Dream Team IV's operation, so Carter has the opportunity to score that classic eternal dunk in the game against France through steals and counterattacks.

Of course, this American men's basketball team is not without weaknesses.

The weakness lies in their interior line, which was once envied by the world.

As we all know, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, in order to show off their muscles to the world, the American men's basketball team recruited the three strongest centers in the NBA at that time, except for Ewing.

In addition to Barkley and Malone, the interior strength of the 96 Dream Team III was simply terrifyingly despairing.

However, this situation changed greatly after 2000.

Although Garnett's existence allows the American men's basketball team to madly pressure opponents through external expansion in defense, in actual games, once the opponent has a center with enough tonnage, it will pose a huge threat to the American men's basketball team on the interior line.

The warm-up match with the American men's basketball team, Xiao Yao, Battelle, and Wang Zhizhi all played well in the game is the best proof.

It's a pity that in the end, because only Su Feng still had the physical strength to play with the American team's stars, the Chinese men's basketball team still lost to the American men's basketball team by 10 points.

However...

Compared with losing dozens of points every time they played against the American team before, in the eyes of Chinese fans, this Chinese men's basketball team has undergone a qualitative change in overall strength.

After this friendly match ended...

On September 15th, with the Australian female sprinter lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony...

The Olympic Games, held every four years, began.

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