Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

After dealing with the affairs of the Sharks Club, Zhou An and Xiao Qingyang came again.

Looking at Zhou An, Zhuang Yu was speechless: "Are you very free, or is the warm-up match just a joke? It doesn't matter whether you go or not?"

"Hasn't the warm-up match with Cameroon already ended?" Zhou An laughed dryly. At this point, he simply confessed that it was Yao Ming who asked him to come, and said to Zhuang Yu: "Brother Yu, if you don't go to the team, Brother Ming said he will come to invite you personally."

Zhuang Yu rolled his eyes: "That's not necessary, can't I go?"

Anyway, he just went to see his former teammates and catch up with everyone, and nothing else mattered.

Hearing this, Zhou An and Xiao Qingyang both laughed.

The two really hope that Zhuang Yu can return to the national team. Their original intention was to hope that the national team could achieve better results in the Basketball World Cup, and they didn't think too much about it.

But they may not want to think about it, but Zhuang Yu cannot help but do so. After all, in his position, he needs to weigh the pros and cons of doing anything.

Zhou An rubbed his hands excitedly: "Then when are we leaving?"

Zhuang Yu stood up and said, "Let's go now."

On July 7, the Chinese men's basketball team finished its second warm-up match with the Cameroon team. There will be no more warm-up matches for the time being, and the next warm-up match will be on August 28.

During this period of time, the Chinese men's basketball team will train at the training base in Ningbo, which is not far from Shanghai, so there is no need to take a plane.

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Men's basketball training base.

In the stadium, the players are training.

"This way, pass it on."

"Hurry up and make up for the loss. Wang Zhelin, you are too slow."

"Shit, didn't you see there's a player missing in the corner? Hurry up and fill in the gap."

"Horns, horns, hit the horns..."

A group of players are running on the court, training is in full swing, they are sweating and preparing for the Basketball World Cup.

Several coaches stood on the sidelines supervising the players' training.

on the field.

On one side are Zhou Qi, Yi Jianlian, Zhai Xiaochuan, Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei, and on the other side are Wang Zhelin, Abdu, Kelanbek, Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui.

In terms of lineup, Yi Jianlian's group naturally has the advantage.

Although this was a training match and no scores were recorded, it was not difficult to see from the situation on the field that their group had the upper hand.

After a while.

Head coach Du Fang called a halt to the game.

"Okay, everyone, take a break."

Du Fang clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop and rest for a while.

At this time last year, the Chinese men's basketball national team was divided into the red team and the blue team, with Du Fang and Li Nan as head coaches respectively. After each of them gained experience, the two teams were finally merged and one of them was selected to serve as the team's head coach.

Last year, Li Nan was the head coach of the national team, while this year it is Du Fang, which can be considered a form of competition.

The assistant coach came over and said to Du Fang, "What's wrong with Zhou An? Why did he ask for leave? The roster of 12 players is almost finalized, and the team doesn't have any extra sparring partners. Wouldn't his asking for leave delay the training?"

Du Fang frowned and said, "If it was approved directly by Dayao, there must be something for Zhou An to do."

Oh......

The assistant coach's heart moved, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Did Yao Ming ask Zhou An to invite Zhuang Yu? If Zhuang Yu can be brought back to the national team, then the Basketball World Cup will be secured."

It is no secret that Yao Ming hopes Zhuang Yu can return to the national team, everyone knows it.

In order to allow Zhuang Yu to return to the national team, he even offended a group of leaders, which directly led to the transfer of several people from the Hu family.

The relationship between Zhou An and Zhuang Yu is no secret.

Considering that it was Yao Ming who asked for leave for Zhou An, he must have arranged for Zhou An to do something, so it is most likely related to Zhuang Yu.

"I haven't even written my horoscope yet."

Du Fang shook his head. He had a good relationship with Yao Ming. They were teammates in the national team. And now as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball national team, he was naturally concerned about whether Zhuang Yu would return to the national team. He also asked Yao Ming about it, but the answer he got was not clear.

"What do you mean?" The assistant coach frowned. "Hasn't Lao Hu and the others been transferred? Why is Zhuang Yu still unwilling to return to the national team?"

Du Fang smiled and said, "Why should he return to the national team? It's us who are asking him to come back, not him who is asking for it."

The teaching assistant smiled bitterly: "It seems so."

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at the same time.

A group of players came to the sidelines to rest and chat.

One person said: "It's a pity that Zhou Peng and Ding Yuhang are injured, otherwise our lineup still has a chance to qualify from the group stage."

Another person echoed: "Yeah, it's such a coincidence. Especially at the No. 3 position, the absence of Ding Yuhang has a big impact on us."

Now the team's roster has been basically determined. It includes Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Guo Ai, Zhao Jiwei, Sun Minghui, Abdu, Kelan Baike, Zhou An, Zhao Rui, Zhai Xiaochuan and Fang Shuo. This is basically the lineup, but it has not been finalized yet.

The reason why it has not been finalized is that Zhou Peng and Ding Yuhang's injuries are still under observation, and secondly because of Zhuang Yu.

Originally, the inside line included Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, and Zhou An, three players with NBA backgrounds or currently playing in the NBA; the outside line included Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei and others; the forward line included Zhou Peng, Ding Yuhang, and Abdu. The overall lineup was very balanced.

However, Zhou Peng and Ding Yuhang are both injured and may not be able to play in the Basketball World Cup.

This caused problems for the Chinese men's basketball team on the front line.

In fact, many people did not consider Zhuang Yu before, thinking that the starting lineup of Zhou An, Yi Jianlian, Ding Yuhang, Guo Ailun and Zhao Jiwei was not weak.

Needless to say, Guo Ailun on the outside is also one of the best guards in Asia. Ding Yuhang on the forward line is the best player at the small forward position in the country. He won the CBA regular season MVP for two consecutive seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18. It can be said that he has made up for the last shortcoming of the Chinese men's basketball team. Even without Zhuang Yu, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team should not be underestimated.

But now Zhou Peng and Ding Yuhang are injured, especially Ding Yuhang's injury, which has a huge impact on the Chinese men's basketball team.

At this time, Guo Ailun suddenly said: "It would be great if Zhuang Yu could come back."

As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded subconsciously.

There is no doubt that Zhuang Yu's strength is absolutely the best in the world, and is not inferior to Zhan Kudu and others. As long as Zhuang Yu can return to the national team, the absence of Zhou Peng and Ding Yuhang will not be a problem.

"If Zhuang Yu can come back, there will be no problem in qualifying from the group stage."

"That's right. Zhuang Yu can play at the No. 1 or No. 3 position as an organizing forward, which will just fill in for Ding Yuhang. He can score and organize the offense. With him, qualifying from the group will definitely not be a problem. Even reaching the semifinals is not without a chance."

"With Zhuang Yu, Lian Ge, Zhou An, and Zhou Qi, at least our starting lineup will not lose to any team. Even if we meet strong teams like the United States and Spain, we may be able to give them a try."

"If Zhuang Yu comes back and lets him play freely, it may be difficult to face the United States and Spain, but we may not lose to other European and American teams..."

Everyone has absolute confidence in Zhuang Yu's ability.

If Zhuang Yu was not there, they would not even have the confidence to qualify for the group; but if Zhuang Yu returned to the national team, they would even dare to compete with those Western powers.

Although Yi Jianlian was also full of confidence, he was the oldest and most stable among the group after all, so he couldn't help but say: "It would be great if Zhuang Yu could come back, but the question is whether he will come back..."

As they were talking, several figures walked into the stadium.

Several people were wearing executive jackets. One of them was walking in the front with a water cup in his hand. He was followed by a person who looked like a secretary with a briefcase under his arm. He looked very official.

"Director Liu."

Seeing the few people, Du Fang hurriedly went up to them, smiled, bowed slightly, took the initiative to extend his hand and shook hands with the leader, and said, "Director Liu, why did you come without informing us in advance? We should go outside to greet you."

Director Liu was a middle-aged man with a big belly, a Mediterranean hairstyle, and he held his head high, with a round belly and a well-controlled tone. He glanced at Yi Jianlian and the others, and waved to Du Fang: "No need to greet us, I just want to see how the training is going."

At this time, the teaching assistant had already called Yi Jianlian and others over.

A group of people came to Director Liu and shouted, "Director Liu."

"director."

Not to mention a group of young players, even Yi Jianlian has to respectfully call him director, because he is the leader.

Lao Hu and others were transferred, but for such a large unit, it was impossible for Yao Ming to do everything himself. When someone was transferred, someone was promoted. And almost none of those promoted were Yao Ming's people, they were all old people.

Seniority-based promotion is a common practice in government agencies.

Director Liu is an old veteran. In the past, he was under pressure from Lao Hu and others, and he thought that his life was over.

Unexpectedly, Lao Hu and others were transferred and a vacancy appeared above. His luck turned and he was promoted at the age of over 50. His momentum suddenly increased.

They have all learned to look at people through their noses.

"that......"

Director Liu was about to make a speech when he suddenly realized that someone seemed to be missing. His face suddenly fell: "What's going on? Where's Zhou An?"

Du Fang quickly replied: "It's like this, Zhou An asked for leave today."

Ask for leave?

Director Liu's face darkened. "Everyone is here, but he is the only one asking for leave. What's so important that he has to ask for leave? Don't you know that this is a critical moment in preparation for the Basketball World Cup? Is there any organizational discipline? Who allowed him to ask for leave?"

"That's Master Yao."

As soon as Du Fang said this, Director Liu choked on the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and his face became even uglier. He had never been on Yao Ming's side before. After being promoted, in order to gain a foothold, he had to choose a team, and he firmly chose to stand on the other side, and was in an opposing relationship with Yao Ming.

But since it was Yao Ming who granted him leave, he couldn't say anything, so he had to ask with a straight face, "Where is Zhou An doing, and when will he be back?"

How do you say this?

Du Fang didn't know what to say for a moment. Did Yao Ming ask Zhou An to persuade Zhuang Yu?

Just at this moment, footsteps were heard and someone else came.