In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 8 Concern from the United States

Compared with the last game against the U.S. team, Zhang Tian's shooting performance was even more intimidating in this game against the Egyptian team. Xu Jicheng was very pleased in the commentary booth.

"Compared to Hu Weidong who also came to participate in the World Youth Championship eight years ago, Xiao Zhang has already surpassed the former in that period on the offensive end. After all, Lao Hu was not the core in the 91 World Youth Championship, but Liang Da was the core. "

Su Junyang lifted his glasses, and the lenses began to reveal a different kind of light, "Director Xu's thoughts on Xiao Zhang's personal participation in the NBA draft, how likely do you think it is?" As a basketball writer , the former knows what kind of news is enough to break the news.attractive enough.

Xu Jicheng took a sip of water. He also knew about the news, and it had already spread throughout the domestic basketball circle. Originally, those clubs were still thinking about how to grab Zhang Tian after the World Youth Championship ended, but the latter directly announced the group Participating in the draft after qualifying, this frankly made countless clubs scold their mothers angrily.

"You have to ask Xiao Zhang about this question. After all, he has the right to decide, and he is not a player from the youth training of the Basketball Association, so he will not have any restrictions on participating in the draft." Although Xu Jicheng had other ideas in his heart, A set of ideas.

Su Junyang stopped talking, and the second half of the game began soon. In the first half, Zhang Tianzhen destroyed the defense line of the Egyptian team all by himself. His shooting made people think of a great name - Germany Razen Petrovic, although the latter did not catch up with the World Youth Championship in 87 due to his age, and missed the opportunity to play against Ma Jian, the number one power forward in the universe, but in the Barcelona Olympics five years later, the opponent still used That superb shooting made all the fans remember him, even if he lost to the Dream Team in the final.

There are not many people who use shooting to achieve this kind of dominance in the international arena. Although many people say that shooting is the least technical move and the most boring move. , but the general decisive moment is to rely on shooting to conduct the final game.

Just like Zhang Tian in this game, as long as he is on the field, the Egyptian team must use one or even two people to defend, which gives many opportunities to other players of the Chinese team, especially Liu Wei, who also played in Abdul Barry. When he was going to help defend Zhang Tian, ​​he started his own scoring mode, and the other shooting guard of the Egyptian team, who was less than six feet tall, naturally couldn't stop him.

The Egyptian team defended against Zhang Tian's offensive, but let the other players of the Chinese team open, which made their head coach feel like tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

In addition to the fans in the auditorium, there are also many scouts from the United States. Some of them are NCAA scouts, and some are NBA scouts. In the history of U19, there have been many good seedlings, not to mention Those in the United States, such as Sabonis who played soy sauce in the Soviet team in the 83 World Youth Championship, Nash in the Canadian team in the 91 World Youth Championship, and Kukoc, the core of Yugoslavia's championship in 87, are all outstanding. In the eyes of those scouts, Zhang Tian is undoubtedly the next one.

After all, the number of international players who can score 30+ in the game against the US team can be counted on one hand, and they actually led the team to victory, which is even more surprising.

"The No. [-] of the Chinese team has no professional experience at all. It would be better for him to go to the NCAA for training." On the side of the auditorium, a middle-aged man in a black windbreaker said. This guy's name is Bob Pierce , the future head coach of BJ Shougang, currently serving as a scout for the Miami Heat.

In this World Youth Championship, he was sent to Europe by Riley, hoping to get some good seedlings, because in this year's draft conference, the ones with more training value are all popular draft picks, and the Heat's pick is simply impossible to get.So since this is the case, let's go outside and have a look, in case you find any good seedlings.

Zhang Tian scored 34 points in the first game against Bobby Simmons, a player who has killed four sides in the ncaa. It was indeed beyond his expectations. He sent the video of the game to Pat Riley, and later Or let him stare at the Huaxia team.

After receiving Riley's instructions, Bob Pierce wanted to have a close contact with Zhang Tianlai these days, but he was unsuccessful. However, tonight's audience met several potential competitors.

The game on the field is basically over. With less than 2 minutes left, the Chinese team is already leading with a score of 82:70, and Zhang Tian's data at this time has become 27 points. He only took 3 shots in the second half, because of the targeted defense of the Egyptian team and the excellent performance of other teammates, the former did not go to grab the ball and attack.

"Well, yes, and that guy's confrontation is very average. I guess he can't even fight for 10 minutes in the NBA." A middle-aged man in casual clothes next door also became pissed.The other party's name is Rob Babcock, the Raptors executive who sent Carter to the Nets in his previous life, and he is a scout for the Pacers at this time.And it happened that the other party also took a fancy to Zhang Tian. Although Zhang Tian had various shortcomings, the other party's advantages were also very prominent.Such as shooting and defense.With a little training, he can definitely become a good defensive sharp knife player.

Bob Pierce didn't continue beeping with Rob Babcock. The game was over, and he wanted to get on line with Zhang Tian before he left the arena.

The latter thought the same way, but the speed of the two middle-aged men was still not as fast as those of the reporters. Although Xu Jicheng and Su Junyang couldn't squeeze through, their faces were full of smiles.

"We have already won two games now, and we have basically qualified for the group stage. Even if we lose to Greece in the last game of the group stage, we will still qualify. We just need to play a play-off with the US team to compete for the first place."

Xu Jicheng and Xu Jicheng have just received the news. In the focus dialogue between the United States and Greece before the Chinese team, relying on the 70 points scored by Matt Carroll and Bobby Simmons, the former defeated the defending champion, while the Mythical Legion won. The record of one loss also pushed them to the edge of a cliff. If they lose to the Chinese team in the next game, they will become the first defending champion in U19 history to be eliminated from the group stage.

As for the Egyptian team that finally broke through from Africa, it has become a baby of experience. They will not win the next game unless they win the US team.Otherwise, there will be no storms.

Although Zhang Tian didn't score 30+ in the second game, his stable performance gave the fans hope. Because of his outstanding performance, CCTV is ready to broadcast the next knockout match. Zhang Lili and Sun Zhengping People are also rushing to Europe. As for the Olympic team's preparations, how can it compare to the history-making explosion of the National Youth Team.

(End of this chapter)