NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 19 Sudden Death Training
The media in the United States is like this. If they win, they will praise people in the sky, and if they lose, they will be worthless. Although they lost to Puerto Rico, they are indeed worthless.

However, the team seems to have ushered in a gratifying change. The tactical training has rarely gathered all the players, and only a few figures are missing in the shooting training. There are even a few people who have actively found a physical coach to consolidate training. The team is thriving again.

"Haha." Anthony panted heavily, looking at Li Zheng who was also panting, what kind of pervert this kid is, he was almost exhausted and he was just panting, this sense of gap and frustration made him Most players chose to stay away from Li Zheng in training.

Is this the plan given to the horses in the race?
Does running this thing need to run such a long distance?
Isn't it true that Li Zheng participated in the Olympic long-distance race?

What kind of drug did this guy take?
Kevin Smith, you are no good!
Anthony was paralyzed on the ground, watching Li Zheng continue to run while wearing an oxygen mask. When he arrived at the hotel, he didn't even want to make a phone call. His agent said that his girlfriend was ready to break up with him.

"Team doctor! Melo is down! Let's see if he died suddenly?"

Sudden death of shit. I just fell asleep!Obviously alive and well!Hey, why did I fly? Why did I seem to see the AJ I was wearing?my body? ? ?what's the situation!
Anthony woke up in horror and found himself lying on a white hospital bed. Popovich said to him kindly, "Melo, training must be scientific. I have already criticized Kevin. Such continuous training beyond the limit may cause damage to the body. , I understand your pressure and desire to win, take a good rest."

It didn't take long for the news that Anthony trained himself until he almost died suddenly became a hot topic in the United States. Countless fans praised Anthony as the most bloody and fighting player of the 03 generation, and some veteran players who had achieved fame also commented on this.

"Melo has the style of players in the 80s. I like his desire to win and his competitive spirit. Of course, he is too hard on himself." The magician commented.

"Melo's failure to become the best rookie is a loss to the NBA. LeBron is more mature than him, but melo is better." Barkley said.

"Training to sudden death I thought it was funny fake news at first, congratulations to melo, he is on the road to greatness." Kenny Smith commented.

The U.S. team seems to have set up Anthony as a model, encouraging players to train harder and perform better in the game. The media and reporters broke the news for several days on the progress of Anthony’s injury and the details of the incident, but Anthony It doesn't seem that happy.

"Md, Lee's training plan trained me until I died suddenly. Do I still feel honored? You guys are really damned." Anthony said in a secret meeting with Kevin Smith. Of course, this sentence did not appear in the ears of fans all over the United States. However, it was kept as a secret and recorded in the book "Alien Life I Have Contacted" by Kevin Smith in the future.

The time soon came to the second game of the dream team, against Greece, and the US team held its breath.

Li Zheng came off the bench for 7 minutes and played a wave of 17-3 attacks with Anthony, James, Wade and Odom. It is difficult for the Greek team to even dribble the ball across the half.

The pick-and-roll that international players are best at is also broken by their active rotation. Except for Odom's disadvantage in defending the big center, the others have huge advantages in terms of height, weight, strength and agility. The result of Li Zheng playing point guard is Sitting at the free throw line, he used his buttocks to push away the thin point guard, forcing them to expand the defense to the outside after a series of strong attacks, but they chose a cup of poison, and Wade James' sharp attack on the frame was also a cup of deadly poison.

On the defensive end, Odom was stuck. After Li Zheng took off the rebound, the four of them only needed to run forward. Li Zheng's ball would arrive as scheduled. They only needed to bomb the basket. The Greek team worked hard to slow down the pace. But these young people didn't talk about reason at all. They pressed fiercely, passed quickly, and kept interspersed with running positions.

This was the most refreshing game they played, and then the main players won the game effortlessly, and the counterattack and three-pointers also recovered their form.

After a big victory over Greece, they beat Australia in a row, and then encountered the most difficult opponent, the top European team, Lithuania.

Lithuania's three-pointer like a torrential rain extinguished the enthusiasm of the American fans. The American team Duncan had just scored a two-pointer with all his strength, and then he was hit by a Lithuanian player. The score gradually opened up. , Larry Brown did not let any rookies play in the first half, 44 to 48, Lithuania once again saw the hope of defeating the dream team.

"In the third quarter, we are facing the main players of Lithuania. That style of play will not be as smooth as that of Greece. If you mess up, I will immediately call a timeout and replace you. Do you understand what I mean?" Larry Brown Li Zheng said seriously.

"Understood, let Amare play, he can help the team." Li Zheng covered his mouth with a towel and replied in a low voice. Stoudemire and Anthony are people who train with him every day, and their condition is better than some insiders who are cramming. Players are much better.

"Bite the score." Larry Brown gave the order.

Li Zheng replied with a smile, "No, it's a go-ahead score. Brothers, let's go!" Throwing the training clothes on the seat, he hammered his fist on his chest and shouted. Anthony Wade James Jr. put his fists on Li Zheng one by one, "fight!"

"A different kid? It's interesting." Lithuania's defender, Cadis, wearing the No. 4 jersey, said with a smile.

"Defend well and stay focused." Gustas, with the No. 8 jersey, reminded that this is the US team. The team's cooperation may not be strong, but the team's lineup must be very deep. Every player on the field needs to be vigilant.

"They don't have a big man, so you can vote with confidence." No. 7 center Lavlinovic said with a smile.

Team USA halftime.

"Li, how are we going to play? Are we still pressing?" Wade asked Li Zheng, who was arranging his jersey, and stretched out his hand to help Li Zheng tidy up the wrinkles behind him. Stoudemire looked at Wade with distaste. A good man knows how to hang around Li and steal his own job.

"Lithuania's three-pointers are very accurate, with in & out coordination, the shooter has no touch, and their offense stagnates. So we move more on the outside, don't be afraid of fouls, and try to disrupt their shooting rhythm. On the offensive end, Amare and I will Lean to the outside, you and LeBron can go everywhere at any time, there is a chance the ball will arrive." Li Zheng said quickly, and the others nodded.

What Li Zheng said was completely different from the tactics arranged by Larry Brown. These guys never wanted to experience Larry Brown's so-called slow-down defense and shrink protection tactics since they experienced the hearty offensive and defensive rhythm.

Now this group of young substitute jerseys is vaguely headed by Li Zheng, silently fighting against Larry Brown's stubbornness and stubbornness, and even most of the players in the Dream Six team are quite critical of the current Larry Brown, faintly falling for his lover Popovich.

It's just that Li Zheng knows that this is a tacit understanding between himself and Larry Brown. This old coach who has been in the basketball world for so many years is not that simple.

Of course Larry Brown knows that the players don't like him, and the team's configuration is not enough to win all the games. Those world's top teams even participate in the training of the national team from the beginning of the player's career. How can the US team remain undefeated forever?
However, if there is a failure, someone must always take the responsibility. This is the cruel reality.

So Larry Brown needs to eliminate those internal and external interference factors, and the easiest way is to establish a common enemy for them.

Larry Brown once wanted to set Li Zheng as the opposite and enemy of the team, and become a trash can for the players to vent their pressure and anger. Then he won the support of the players and implemented his own tactics. Strength and charisma broke through the shackles of this role, and Larry Brown took over the role.

Once upon a time, Larry Brown was still an old-school marshal who was praised by countless people for his professionalism and rigor. Now he is stubborn, conservative, harsh, rigid, rigid, and strict. These words have become the words that represent Larry Brown now.

The fans attributed the team's defeat to Larry Brown's inflexibility. Otherwise, how could those players who played against Greece and Australia be as brave as gods?
In this way, Larry Brown set himself up as a target, asked Popovich to unite the players, established the first team with Duncan as the core, allowed Li Zheng to become the real master of the second team, and took responsibility for the team's losses and losses. The pressure of losing, and of course if you do lose, Larry Brown loses everything, it's a tough road.

"Li, I'm a little nervous." Stoudemire said tremblingly.

"Don't be nervous, grab the rebound and give me the ball, it's as simple as that." Li Zheng reached out and touched Stoudemire's head. Stoudemire lowered his head meekly to accept Li Zheng's head-touching kill. The audience in front of the TV was a little suspicious Who is the college player? Li Zheng seems to be more mature than all the players in the second team of the US team.

(End of this chapter)