The Godfather of Basketball

When Tang Tian came out of the office, he heard that someone was practicing in the training hall. Looking inside the door, he saw that it was Yi Jianlian.

In the memory of Yi Jianlian's previous life, he was a player who trained very hard, and it seems that this has continued now.

This is obviously good news.

The training of the national team continues.

As time went on, Tang Tian also made reductions and additions in terms of personnel according to the players' status.

Generally, the national team does this step at the last moment, but this is obviously not Tang Tian's character. If the final roster is determined earlier, for the players, they will feel more at ease and work hard during training.

During this period, Tang Tian talked to Yao Ming about Battelle.

Because of his training attitude, Battelle was completely cleared from the national team, but Tang Tian needed him at this time.

In Asian games, when Yao Ming is off, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian can stand up, but in European teams, the big white bears, one old and one young, really can't stand up.

In his previous life, Yao Ming was so exhausted playing Germany that he faltered, and he almost collapsed playing Spain is a good proof. Even if he can only last for five minutes, he still needs such a meat shield insider.

Moreover, Battelle scored 17.4 points, 13.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists in the CBA last season, with a shooting percentage of 61%. The rebounds, assists, and shooting percentages are all career highs, and he also brought the Xinjiang team to the second place in the league. The state is completely fine. .

Yao Ming had no objection, after all, it was all four or five years ago, and it was Tang Tian who opened the mouth.

When Battelle joined the team, the roster of the national men's basketball team was finally finalized in late July.

Center: Yao Ming, Battelle

Power forwards: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi

Small forwards: Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan, Du Feng

Shooting guard: Wang Shipeng, Zhang Qingpeng

Point guards: Sun Yue, Liu Wei, Chen Jianghua

This list is not much different from the previous life. In fact, this is also the strongest lineup that Chinese basketball can field at present.

Time flies, time flies, and it is already August in a blink of an eye.

It has been a month since Tang Tian arrived at the Beilun training base, and the national team has followed him here and has also received intensive training for a month.

Whether it is physical fitness, personal strength, teamwork, or even mental outlook, there have been fundamental changes from when Tang Tian first arrived.

Although the average age is not too young, the vigor shown by the entire team is no worse than those of young teams.

They are ready.

On August 1st, Beijing time, only one week before the start of the Olympic Games, Tang Tian took the Chinese men's basketball team on the plane to the capital.

The distance from Ningbo to Beijing is very short. About two hours later, Tang Tian and the team members of the national team appeared at the exit of the international airport.

What they didn't expect was that there were all fans outside who came to pick up and welcome the airport. The number of people was three or four hundred at least.

The national team has been in closed training since the training camp, and with the news that Yi Jianlian was traded to the Rockets, the fans' expectations for this national team are unprecedentedly high.

Naturally, Tang Tian didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, and asked the players to take a group photo.

This year's Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, and I will play in front of my house. Among other things, I will still need fans to cheer on the scene.

The starting point was like this, but this process made Tang Tian a little unexpected.

Before in the NBA, because of his handsome appearance, he was always popular in such occasions where there are many fans. I thought it would be better when he came to China, but maybe because he stayed in the United States for a long time, he almost forgot his appearance. It is definitely more popular in China!

As a result, in the eyes of the team members who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Tang Tian was forced to take a group photo with various beauties to take advantage of him, and in the end he could only pretend to be cold and leave.

"I think we will definitely have a lot of spectators at the game site, and there are many female fans." Sun Yue said with emotion after getting on the bus.

"Be careful that the coach beats you, don't compare yourself to the coach." Yao Ming knocked Sun Yue on the head, which caused the other people in the car to laugh.

Tang Tian also shook his head with a smile.

The atmosphere of this team is very similar to the Rockets last season, which is a good sign.

After going through some check-in procedures at the Olympic Village, Tang Tian and the men's basketball team participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games after getting used to the environment.

The Beijing Olympic Games is the most classic Olympic Games in the history of the Olympic Games. The government's massive investment in funds and the enthusiasm of the audience made this Olympic Games destined to mark a heavy stroke in the annals of history.

Tang Tian listened to Liu Huan's "You and Me" and saw those classic landscape paintings and movable type printing up close. He enjoyed a completely different experience from watching the Olympics in his previous life.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games came to an end. After two days of Olympic training and rest, the men's basketball team ushered in its Olympic debut at the Beijing Wukesong Gymnasium.

As a newly built gymnasium for the Olympics, Wukesong has the same scale as the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube. This arena can accommodate 18,000 spectators watching the game on the spot. It is currently the top arena in China.

Just like Sun Yue's joke on the bus, tonight's Wukesong is full of seats, and there are indeed many female fans.

The dense crowd, the majestic momentum, the players of the national team felt that their blood was boiling and their hearts were beating faster after they entered the arena.

The venues for CBA games can only accommodate five or six thousand people, which is three or four times more. The feeling is really different.

In other words, being able to play under such a home court, the adrenaline of the players may be surging in the chest all the time.

Of course, tonight's protagonist is not only the Chinese team, the reason why the first game is so hot is also related to the Chinese team's opponents.

The American men's basketball team led by Kobe, James and Howard is the opponent of the Chinese team tonight.

Tang Tian faced the most difficult challenge in his first national team match.

Except for the enthusiastic fans who are expecting the Chinese team to create miracles, most people still maintain a rational attitude. Winning is an extravagant hope. A 30-point loss is considered a win. Even as long as the morale is up, it is worthy of their coming to watch the game tonight.

The introduction of the players from both sides started quickly on the scene. The superstars of the US team were introduced one by one, and the cheers on the scene were also bursts of cheers.

Tang Tian could clearly feel an emotion called nervousness from the faces of the players.

It is impossible to say that you are not nervous when playing against the US team.

After the introduction of the US team players, the Chinese team followed closely.

Although the reputation is not as good as that of the opposite side, the love of this Chinese men's basketball team by the home fans is unprecedented.

When Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming were introduced, the cheers on the scene were only higher than those before.

And when Tang Tian, ​​the head coach, was introduced, the cheers reached a peak.

Players are the core of the team, but Tang Tian, ​​who is the coach of two consecutive champions, is their greatest hope for miracles!