I have a lot of skills in the NBA

Chapter 99
At 06:30 the next morning, at the conference table in the conference room of the Chinese Basketball Association training hall.Coach Li Nan and assistant coach Gore each held a cup of steaming Tieguanyin in their hands, slowly drinking tea.Li Nan looked at the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the cup, as if all the troubles floated away in the cup with a piece of tea leaves, apart from the fragrance, the troubles of the world were far away.

Some time ago, coach Gore’s visa was very complicated and tricky, because his contract with the Shanghai team expired at that time, the XJ team’s work visa had not yet started to be processed, and the national team could not apply for a long-term work visa for him immediately, which made him anxious and suffering.

For this reason, Director Li stepped forward at the critical moment, used all his relationships in time, spared no effort to help Coach Gore solve the difficulties, and even helped Coach Gore to coordinate and deal with it at his own expense.

Because of this little incident, Coach Gore has always been grateful to Director Li, and the two have become very good friends. Coach Gore always praises everyone: "Director Li is a good person."

Before Coach Gore came to China, he had a habit of drinking a cup of coffee every morning.Since becoming an assistant coach of the Chinese national team, perhaps influenced by Li’s guidance, he has also changed to drinking tea. When he is free, he will take out a tea bag and brew a cup with hot water...

At this time, the video of the quarter-finals of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games was being played on the large LED screen on the wall. Coach Li Nan sighed heavily, and the scenes that once made him unable to let go once again appeared before his eyes.In the last Asian Games in Incheon, the Chinese men's basketball team was defeated by Japan and Iran consecutively, and finally only ranked No.5.

Time goes back to the 2014 Asian Games. It was the quarter-finals. The Chinese team played against the Chinese Taipei team. Although Yao Ming retired at that time, veteran players such as Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, and Sun Yue were still there. The emaciated camel was still bigger than the horse.

No one could believe that the Chinese team would be forcibly reversed by the Chinese Taipei team by 28 points in the second half.

Su Qun, who was the commentator of that game at that time, was very disappointed with the performance of the Chinese team like many fans, and he was very angry and sad when he watched it.

At that time, Su Qun choked up and said: We can't be so bad. This deeply hurt the hearts of every fan in front of the TV. During the commentary, Teacher Su Qun made all kinds of rare outbursts, and he almost scolded the sports bureau. Luckily, Liu Xingyu on the side stopped him in time.

In that game, the then chairman of the men's basketball team sat in the audience, expressionless and silent throughout the whole process.

And the head coach Yannakis stood in front of the bench, holding the seat with his hands, clenched his hands tightly, veins burst out on his face, and his face was extremely pale.

As the core, Yi Jianlian even covered his mouth with a towel off the court, and sat on the bench for a long time without leaving. Those years were also the period when he was criticized and questioned the most. Fortunately, the dunk in the next 15 years allowed Yi Jianlian to prove his ability again.

I remember that Lin Zhijie, who beat the Chinese team up at that time, said arrogantly after the game: "The Chinese team was beaten into a fool by us in the end."

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Undoubtedly, for the Chinese team aiming to return to the pinnacle of Asia this time, the Chinese Taipei team is a hurdle that the Chinese men's basketball team has to overcome on the road to success. It has become a thorn in Li Nan's heart, which deeply hurts his heart.

After a while, Li Nan shook his head lightly, then rubbed his temples with both hands, forcibly retracted his wandering thoughts, and reinvested all his attention in the current thinking.

Li Nan looked at it for a while, then looked away from the screen, leaned back in the chair, and seriously recalled the performance of each player in the team training match yesterday.

Judging from the performance of the two insiders, Wang Zhelin is obviously more in the state, and his performance is better.Zhou Qi was his most promising insider at the beginning, because he just returned from the NBA Summer League and is in good shape.

Moreover, Zhou Qi has an absolute advantage over Wang Zhelin in terms of wingspan and foot movement.

But in yesterday's confrontation training, Zhou Qi's performance did not make Li Nan feel so bright, but it also exposed more problems.

Zhou Qi's performance in the first quarter was quite remarkable. Under Li Yang's tandem, Zhou Qi played a very good offensive performance.On the defensive end, he also made frequent efforts, sending out several blocks one after another.

However, since the second quarter, his role has not been so great. On the one hand, his physical fitness has declined, and on the other hand, he has undergone psychological changes.

When the score is approaching, he needs to become more brave. His heart needs the determination to kill the opponent. This is the source of bravery. He comes from a person's heart, and Zhou Qi needs to cultivate precisely this kind of determination!
In addition, his bad habit of always shooting from the outside has not changed. He obviously lacks confrontation, and he dare not dig hard inside to cause damage.

Although Zhou Qi's high-level support ability made Li Nan's eyes shine, Li Nan wanted to see unyielding inside defense and tough offense at the basket more than support.

But now there is more than a week before the start of the Asian Games, Li Nan told himself that he must be patient.

Those kids still have room to grow.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom"

Li Nan was thinking, when he was in the conference room, he vaguely heard a sound from outside.

It sounds like the sound of a basketball hitting a wooden floor.

"Gore, did you hear anything?" Li Nan looked at Gore suspiciously.

At this time, Gore took a sip of tea, and then closed his eyes happily.It seems that I am still deeply reminiscing about the aftertaste of the tea fragrance between my lips and teeth.

Hearing Director Li's question, he just opened his eyes, turned his head and responded with a smile: "No, Director Li, you are so hungry and faint this early in the morning, right?"

"No, someone is indeed here, but someone is here so early?" Li Nan looked up at the wall clock on the wall in astonishment, it was only [-]:[-]!

Since today is Sunday, the training time is relatively late, starting at nine o'clock.

Normally, the players would be thankful for not being late on Sunday morning.

But today, there are people who come to train in advance for the weekend?

Li Nan opened the door of the conference room curiously. On the empty training field, he saw Li Yang who was practicing three-pointers.

"Ah!!! You two are here too!" Seeing Li Nan's sudden appearance, Li Yang was almost taken aback.

He always thought that there was no one in the training hall.

"Well, I couldn't sleep at home, so the two of us came here." Li Nan nodded. He was so worried about the Asian Games that he couldn't sleep at five o'clock in the morning, so he simply woke up Gore, and the two went directly to the conference room to drink tea and watch the video.

"You're very hardworking, why don't you just sleep in late the next day?" Li Nan looked at Li Yang's jersey and found that his upper body was sweating a lot, and his entire chest was soaked.

"I can't sleep well either, and I can't fall asleep when I think about my shortcomings, so I don't want to waste the precious time in the morning, so I got up early to train." Li Yang tilted his head, and then continued to practice three-pointers.

Watching Li Yang hit consecutive shots from various positions, coach Li Nan began to seriously consider how to design special tactics and targeted special training for Li Yang and Zhou Qi.

(End of this chapter)