overlooking the pitch

Chapter 53 Türkiye World Championship Opening

On August 8th, the final roster for the 20 World Championships in Turkey was announced, and An Sheng's name was not on the 2010-man roster. This event caused a huge repercussion among Chinese basketball fans.

"An Sheng can't be a member of the 12-man roster? My God, what is going on in the basketball association's mind?"

"An Sheng's defense is absolutely top-notch. There is no doubt that it is the same in the NBA. And he is poor in holding the ball. It depends on who he compares with. In China, he is the most stable and trustworthy player in both offense and defense. one."

In the eyes of fans, the NBA is a yardstick for measuring basketball players. The MOP of the NCAA, the No. 8 pick, and the five most noteworthy rookies in the new season, these things give Anson too many points.

Domestic discussions did not allow the Basketball Association to change this list. They said in the latest press conference that An Sheng did not have a good understanding with other players on the team, and An Sheng was too young. They trusted older players. Mature players, such as Sun Yue, who was beaten by An Sheng in the summer league, were not only selected for the Chinese team, but even served as China's starting small forward.

As a reporter for the Basketball Pioneer News, Su Quan was very surprised by the decision of the Basketball Association. He had an old classmate in the Basketball Association, and when the NCAA finals ended in April this year, he directly recommended it to the Basketball Association. This mop, that's what he said at the time, An Sheng can change the defense of the entire Chinese team.

Obviously, this suggestion was not listened to. For the 19-year-old mop and No. 8 pick, they believed more in Zhu Fangyu, a former teammate of Yi Jianlian from Guangdong Hongyuan, and Sun Yue, who was cut by the Wizards.

The uproar over this incident on the Internet did not affect An Sheng, who was training in the Clippers training hall.After training this summer, Del Negro has identified five starters for the new season, point guard Randy Foye, shooting guard Eric Gordon, small forward Anson, and power forward Blake Gerard. Riffen, center Chris Kaman.

There is almost no controversy in the last four positions. Although Chris Kaman is slow and old, his ability to play singles under the basket allows him to still become a stable scoring point for the Clippers.

And Eric Bledsoe finally lost in the competition with Randy Foye. As a rookie, his offensive ability is not at all compared to Randy Foye who has been in the NBA for many years. Poor, but his defensive ability is his weakness. At 185cm, he is considered short even as a point guard. In terms of defense, he can easily be overwhelmed by tall point guards or guards with big butts.

"Ann, it seems that I can only start as a substitute." Eric Bledsoe was not very happy about this decision, but at the same time he expressed his understanding. Eric is a player who needs the ball, and at the same time, their defense is not above the standard. Even if the team has an excellent defender like An Sheng, it is impossible to do a good job of wiping their ass.

An Sheng patted him on the shoulder, and said to the most talked about teammate in the Clippers: "Don't be depressed! Believe me, you will definitely have enough playing time. I like your passing."

After today's training is over, the Clippers' training camp this summer is over.When An Sheng was about to leave the training hall, he did not expect to see his old acquaintance Su Quan on the sidelines.

"An Sheng, what do you think about you not being selected for the national team this time?" Su Quan's question can easily be seen as trying to provoke the relationship between An Sheng and the Chinese Basketball Association, but in fact, he just hopes An Sheng can give a domineering response, he is qualified to say so.

Who knows that An Sheng doesn't really care about this matter: "Not selected? This shows that my ability is not enough, I am too young, and the Clippers' training camp this summer is very important, and I don't have time to train with the national team, so I I think it was the right choice.”

After saying this, An Sheng signaled the end of the interview decisively. Su Quan felt very strange, why An Sheng didn't seem very interested every time he talked about the national team.

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On August 8th, China's first World Championships kicked off. Facing the European strong team Greece led by former Chinese coach "European Caesar" Jonas Kazlauskas, the Chinese team played brilliantly, but at the end At the critical moment, the defense began to collapse, and it was a huge loss, and was finally defeated by Greece with a score of 28:89.

To be honest, this game did not disappoint the fans. Greece was the runner-up of the 06 World Championships. In 06, it even eliminated the powerful world hegemony, the US team. Losing to them by 8 points is not an unacceptable thing, especially It's because they don't have the core Yao Ming they used to have.

"It is a shame to lose to the world runner-up Greece, but the Chinese team is honored to lose."

"The strongest Chinese team after Yao Ming, aiming for the top eight!"

A defeat did not make the Chinese team despair. They believed that the players would play better and better in the future. Sure enough, two days later, the Chinese team completed their first victory against the African champion Côte d’Ivoire. Among them, Yi Jianlian played very well. The 20+10 data is the fundamental guarantee for China's victory. In this situation where 6 teams in this group qualify for 4, a victory is absolutely crucial to appearing.

At this moment, the domestic media are all cheering for the Chinese team's victory. As for the news that Su Quan sent that the Chinese team needs An Sheng, it has long been forgotten.Because Sun Yue played very well, he contributed data only slightly worse than Yi Jianlian in both games.

As a front-line reporter, Su Quan naturally watched the entire first two games of the Chinese team. In his opinion, Sun Yue is very good, with hard defense and accurate three-pointers. He can be regarded as a qualified 3D player.

Whether he is good or not depends on who he is compared with. Compared with the other competitors of the team, he is China's undisputed starting player, and he can even be regarded as the core of the team's perimeter.

But if the comparison object is An Sheng, Su Quan has to say that Sun Yue is still far behind.

During the game, he could clearly see that there were several balls. If An Sheng was on the court at this time, he would definitely give a big cap. No matter how bad it was, he would interfere with the opponent, but Sun Yue could only watch helplessly. Watch that ball go into the basket.

Su Quan looked at the following teams with some concern, the 07 European Championship champion Russia, the host Turkey, and Puerto Rico. It was hard for him to believe that the Chinese team could forge ahead.

(End of this chapter)