The Fifth Point Guard

In early July, Shentong received an invitation from the domestic basketball association.

Ashin, who was the chairman of the Basketball Association at the time, called Shentong and communicated the possibility of playing for the country.

The conversation between the two parties was quite pleasant. Shentong said that it is an honor to be able to play for the country, and expressed his willingness to represent China in the competition.

However, since Shentong has not participated in the national team competition before and has not yet registered with the domestic basketball association, it is currently not eligible to represent China in the 2002 World Championships, so it is regrettable to miss it.

However, the two sides will maintain close contact. Ashin also said that he will go through the relevant procedures for Shentong as soon as possible, and strive to make an appearance in the next world-class competition.

After communicating with Shentong, Ashin also had a telephone conversation with Wang Zhizhi, who was training in the United States, and exchanged ideas with each other.

At the press conference of the Chinese men's basketball team, Ashin said that the Basketball Association is very supportive of domestic players being able to go to the NBA, the world's highest stage, to improve their strength.

At the same time, he also said that for some Asian games or small events that he can handle, he will not require players who play in the NBA to return to China to participate in the game, everything starts from the player's own situation.

In the face of reporters' questions, he answered like this.

We respect the rights and interests of the players, and hope that they can improve their strength in the NBA and serve their motherland better when they come back. Regarding non-world-class events, our domestic CBA players are more than enough to deal with them, and they don't have to come back. And I also hope Through this kind of competition, more young people in China can be given the opportunity to show themselves, improve their strength, let more NBA teams know them, and encourage more Chinese players to play in the NBA. This is a virtuous circle!

According to Ashin, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, and Battelle will represent the national team in this World Championships, but the next Asian Championships will all be based on domestic players, which will not affect the three players in the NBA. state.

In the 1997 Men's Basketball Asian Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the South Korean team 72-86 in the semi-finals, and then beat Saudi Arabia 94-68 in the third place competition, only finishing third, and missed the 1998 World Championships.

The 2002 World Championships was the first time the Chinese men's basketball team competed again after 8 years. In the last World Championships in 1994, the Chinese men's basketball team once achieved the eighth best result in the world.

The Chinese men's basketball team is led by Bayi men's basketball coach Wang Fei. Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Battelle, Gong Xiaobin, Du Feng, Li Nan, Hu Weidong, Zhang Cheng, Zhu Fangyu, Chen Ke, Liu Wei, and Guo Shiqiang formed a roster of twelve players. .

Before the start of the game, the American media predicted who would become the champion, and the Chinese men's basketball team ranked fourth! After the United States, Yugoslavia and Canada.

China's three insiders make no team in the world dare to take a peek.

China is in a group with Germany, Algeria and the United States.

In the first match against Germany, the Chinese men's basketball team was suppressed by their opponents from the first quarter. Although they launched a counterattack in the fourth quarter, they failed to reverse the defeat.

76-88, China lost.

Battelle contributed the highest 23 points of the Chinese team, Yao Ming also scored 14 points, and Nowitzki of the German team scored 30 points.

In the second game, facing the weakest Algeria in the group, the Chinese team won 96-82.

In this battle, Yao Ming showed the strength of the new champion. He played 27 minutes and scored 38 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 8 blocks.

In the third game, facing the powerful American Dream Five, the Chinese men's basketball team shocked the world in the first quarter!

28-16, leading the US team by 12 points after a single quarter.

However, with the exhaustion of physical strength and Yao Ming's 5 fouls, the Chinese men's basketball team finally lost 65-84.

Battelle played the best in this game. Facing insiders such as Ben Wallace, O'Neal and Brand, Battelle scored 19 points and 7 rebounds.

In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team only ranked 12th. In the qualifying match, the Chinese team even lost to Angola 84-96.

In this World Championships, the US men's basketball team also suffered a historic defeat.

They have lost to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain, and finally only ranked 6th.

The American media criticized Meng Wu mercilessly, saying that it had lost the glorious tradition of the American men's basketball team.

The era of America's invincibility is over.

As for the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team, the general consensus is that the team's internal strength is already world-class, but it lacks good outside players. Although Hu Weidong made 6 three-pointers in the rematch against Turkey , but he is at the end of his career after all.

But fans of the Chinese men's basketball team have not lost hope.

Because they still have an outside ace, they did not participate in the World Championships this time!

In the end, the Yugoslavia team with many NBA players won the championship, the Argentina team came in second, and the German team led by Nowitzki won the third place.

time flies.

In half a month's time, each team will start gathering and training one after another to prepare for the new season.

Some people are still drunk, some people are still on vacation, but Shentong has decided to start restorative personal training in advance to adjust the state.

Hey Richard, I'm ready to start training again, let's get together.

Loren, do you want to train together? You have to fight for more playing time in the new season.

Gilbert. What? Have you started training?

Familiar Arizona basketball stadium.

The four of them got together for training again, sweating profusely in the somewhat stuffy arena.

Everything seemed to return to that summer.

Shentong often played one-on-one with Arenas, with more wins and fewer losses.

Four people also often play two-on-two.

Sometimes, Arenas would teach Shentong some high-level dribbling skills, and Shentong would tell Arenas some valuable experience in running positions that he had summed up.

In addition to training on the court, Woods and Jefferson also did a lot of off-ball strength training.

Woods is tall, but too thin, and he needs to build strength to occupy his own position in the paint.

As for Jefferson, his body is actually similar to that of Shentong, but because he is in the third position and plays a small forward, his physical strength requirements will be higher.

two weeks later.

Listen, this is my place. Arenas shouted.

Your territory? Dude, this is our home field, not yours. If this is your territory, then I can also say it belongs to me. If you step on this court now, even if you step on me On the site. Shen Tong choked back mercilessly.

Today is the last day of the training camp, and it's time to end it.

Finished? Dude, haven't you lost enough during this time?

Stop joking, let's start, I'll serve first because I'm big. Arenas said.

What do you mean, are you older? Shen Tong looked at the other party's position.

Man, I mean, I serve first because I'm old.

Okay, no problem. But it's a pity, there are only two people here, and other people can't appreciate the bear you are being abused by me.

appreciate?

That's right.

Abused?

That's right.

You dare to talk too much. You should be glad that there are only four of us here, and no one else is present, so as not to see you being beaten to the ground.

What's the point? Come on!

Arenas sat down on the floor.

The two-week training camp for the four was finally over.

Starting tomorrow, the teams will gather one after another.

Before leaving, Jefferson suggested: How about we each hit the last three-pointer and disband?

No problem! The other three immediately agreed.

It's a tradition to make a shot and go home.

Fifteen minutes later.

With the three-point shot by Loren Woods passing through the net, the basketball hall immediately burst into cheers of excitement!

Those home balls that you can't make are the basketball court's retention of you

The new season is coming.