I am Really an Insider

The 2007 Men's Basketball European Championship made Spanish fans heartbroken.

As the biggest favorites to win the championship, the Spanish matadors, playing at home, lost to the fighting nation Russia by one point at home, losing the European championship.

Well, one point difference.

This is probably the most painful way to lose a championship.

The result of this game was very unexpected, because Russia was not the favorite to win.

As we all know, AK47 Kirilenko has passed his peak, and the Russian team’s lineup is far from as star-studded as Spain.

After the first quarter, Spain led 22 to 11, and it seemed that they could easily win the championship.

Then, the fighting nation transformed.

As we all know, a Super Saiyan becomes stronger the more you suppress him, and the closer he is to death, the easier it is to explode his fighting power.

In the next three quarters, the Russian team played extremely tough defense.

In this way, Spain was plunged into a bitter war.

In the last two seconds, the Russian guard J.R. Holden, who was only 1.84 meters tall, made a jump shot and defeated the King of Europe.

In the end, with this fatal goal, the Russian team won the game.

Spain lost the championship. Although they still won the ticket to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it was really a pity to lose the championship at home.

Kirilenko's smile while wearing a gold medal was in stark contrast to his sister-in-law's glum look while wearing a silver medal.

Wayne, who was idle at home for the time being, watched the entire live broadcast and felt sorry for his sister-in-law.

The European Championship is right at home. Who can be happy about losing by 1 point in the final?

So to say

There is no room for error in next year’s Beijing Olympics!

It's also at home, and the level of the competition is much higher than the European Championship!

Although Wayne has already experienced the 2008 Olympics, the feeling as a bystander and as a participant is completely different.

Wayne still remembers the expectation and passion of the whole country when watching the Chinese men's basketball team fight on the court.

Now that he will become a member of the national team, Wayne suddenly feels a strong sense of responsibility rushing into his heart.

Well, it’s time for China to make the world look better next summer!

At this time, Tony sent a text message telling Wayne that he was "resurrected" again.

Well, as soon as the training camp ended some time ago, Tony started a trip with the Celtics where everyone turned off their mobile phones and could only see each other.

Really, only Rivers, a master in the chicken soup industry, can think of such a thing.

Although mobile phones have not occupied all of people's lives in 2007, they are still considered very important daily necessities.

Without a mobile phone, it is really like disappearing from the world.

Tony sent Wayne a text message as soon as he got back, and while chatting, he complained about how boring the trip was.

"Ray Allen is incompatible with everyone. How can I put it? He doesn't look like a black man! What do you think he talked about with Garnett? About Picasso! I laughed to death!"

Looking at Tony's message, Wayne had a picture in his mind.

After all, Ray Allen grew up in a bourgeois family, and because he has obsessive-compulsive disorder, many of his habits are very old-school.

Such as a spotless shirt, such as a firm and straight posture.

He doesn't like the slightest change or accident in his plans. When playing in Seattle, he would be very angry if someone occupied a parking space he was familiar with, even if there was an empty parking space next to it.

Can you imagine KG dressed casually and Ray Allen in a suit and ties chatting happily together?

Sure enough, Tony also complained a lot afterwards, all about Ray Allen.

For example, he firmly did not allow anyone to drink alcohol, not even Coke.

Even if the season hasn’t really started yet.

Well, a group of grown men turned off their mobile phones and traveled together, and they couldn’t drink.

So what do we do together at night?

Talking about Picasso? Play Ludo?

"Oh my God!" Wayne thought it was too scary. No wonder Ray Allen and the others couldn't get along.

Well, no matter how good they are, at least in the past few years, the Green Army has been quite strong.

Yeah, Tony is back too. This means that the new season is about to start!

At the end of September, pre-season training camps for each team will begin one after another.

After Wayne arrived at the long-lost training facility, he found that the championship pennant was also hung in the training facility.

Well, good, this team finally has some championship genes!

The Great Sage stood behind Wayne with a bag on his back, like a child being sent to school for the first time.

In the training hall, some people have already arrived one after another.

Uduka, Posey, Outlaw and other old acquaintances all greeted Wayne and also greeted Sun Yue.

Uncle Mu and P.J. Brown, two old and new players, also came up and hugged Wayne.

Although he is a veteran of both, he still knows his stuff after being in the NBA for so many years.

They know that in the NBA, regardless of whether you are a veteran or not, the star is the real boss.

"Wei, I'm glad to play in your team. I always heard Yao talk about you before." Uncle Mu has a good impression of Chinese players.

Because he has a very good personal relationship with Chairman Yao, he always feels affection when he sees Chinese players.

When Uncle Mu speaks, you have to listen very carefully, otherwise you may not understand a word!

His voice, which felt like it had been choked by decades of smoking, was gone.

"I'm also very happy that the team can get an experienced veteran like you. We need your experience and defense. Hey, don't worry, I won't use hidden elbows on you in the training field like Yao did."

After hugging Mutombo, Wayne chatted with P.J. Brown.

It probably means that we will work hard for the championship next season.

Sun Yue stood behind Wayne, secretly admiring him.

It’s not easy for Chinese players to be able to thrive in the NBA so well.

My brother Wei is indeed a great social butterfly!

There's no scene that he can't enjoy!

Wayne: These are all small scenes. Follow me and learn hard. You haven’t seen Wei Ge’s ultimate communication skills yet.

Then, more and more people came in.

Since it was the first day, everyone was relatively lazy and relaxed.

For example, Anthony Parker walked in wearing a pair of Nike slippers.

After Pao'er walked into the training ground, Sun Yue finally no longer had to stand around.

After all, we have been in the training camp together for more than a month, so we are relatively familiar with each other and there is no sense of isolation.

The long-haired sister-in-law walked in wearing short sleeves and seemed to be in a bad mood.

There is no way, after all, they just lost the European Championship at home.

Wayne observed carefully. Well, my sister-in-law's hair volume seems to be a little less than when she first joined last year.

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It seems that in the future, head-touching should be done in moderation.

After Blake came in, he also greeted Wayne very warmly.

He also shared his tips on using boxing to stay in shape.

Wayne chatted with him enthusiastically. Ever since he left the Pacers, he hadn't met such a like-minded partner for a long time!

Wayne really didn't expect that Blake, who seemed to be honest, was actually a master of fighting.

Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance. From now on, I have to ask him about his boxing skills.

Why don't basketball players learn more fighting skills? What's wrong! ?

Basketball players must learn to protect themselves outside!

Wayne was often bullied because of his poor fighting skills.

Rasheed, Ben, Stoudemire, Bowen, Bogut, Hardy, Boozer, Raja Bell: Bah!

Zhugewei, Larry Brown: Damn again!

While Wayne and Blake were chatting happily, Darko Milicic walked in.

He glanced at Wayne and didn't say hello very warmly. He just nodded politely to Wayne.

Well, after experiencing these two stops in Detroit and Orlando, Milicic probably has given up hope in the NBA environment.

When he was with the Pistons, he was ignored by Larry Brown, and no one was willing to stand up and say a word for him.

It wasn't until after Larry Brown left that Billups told the media afterwards: "This kid has extraordinary talent. It can be said that he is omnipotent on the court, but...Larry was too cruel to him. Oh, he hurt that kid’s self-confidence too badly.”

Well, what's the use of talking about it now?

Milicic has passed his prime period of adapting to the NBA.

Going to the Magic, I thought I could improve, but Milicic spent the whole day shouting "pass the ball to Dwight".

Therefore, Milicic has not and does not intend to continue to integrate into the NBA environment.

He just uses the Trail Blazers as a springboard to sign a big contract, not here to make friends.

Taking advantage of the Trail Blazers' high exposure, try to seize every opportunity, hit the ball well, and then sign a big, long-term contract with any team.

That's Milicic's plan.

Well, not all No. 2 picks are as open-minded as Okafor.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, head coach McMillan summoned everyone on time.

The Portland Trail Blazers of the 2007-08 season gather for the first time!

Today is the first day of gathering. In fact, there will be no training arranged.

Everyone will disband after putting on their jerseys and practicing casually.

Of course, NBA officials and media will come to take photos of the new season.

This season, the three most popular cities among reporters are Boston, Los Angeles and the torn city of Portland.

The final makeup photos of the Celtics' Big Three are like mobile phone signals, going from short to tall.

On the Lakers side, because Kobe habitually likes to stand in the middle.

Therefore, Tai Tai and Yao Ming can only play on the left and right.

Therefore, the Lakers' makeup photos are like the Nike logo, a √.

I won’t complain about the Trail Blazers’ makeup photo, it looks like a family portrait.

Sister-in-law and Wayne took the child Pao'er with them.

It’s just so graphic.

Pao'er stood between Wayne and his sister-in-law, looking like a little child.

After the lively first day, the training gradually got back on track in the following days.

Most people need to get back into shape, but Sister-in-law, Sun Yue, Wayne and Tucker don't.

They've been training all summer.

So, while others are still recovering, they are all training with the ball.

A week later, the Trail Blazers finally started 5-on-5 simulation training!

On the first day of training, Sun Yue's condition was gratifying.

He hit four goals in a row at the top of the three-point arc, and the defensive end also made Juan Dixon, the Trail Blazers' second shooting guard last season, miserable.

Patterson, who was watching the training, didn't expect that this Chinese defender actually had something!

Throw it to the Development League to play and level up, and maybe you can actually recall it and use it yourself.

There was no way, the Monkey King's body shape was too different from Dixon's.

Dixon appears to be the No. 2 player, but he actually has the size of the No. 1 player.

For a guy who is only one centimeter shorter than Wayne to defend him, it will definitely put him under a lot of pressure.

Well, it's all because Sun Yue went to participate in the joint trial training. NBA officials have his detailed physical test data.

People will find out in the future that Wayne is only one centimeter taller than Sun Yue. This centimeter is probably not one centimeter in earth units!

But don't worry about Wayne, he is no longer the tallest person in the league.

Isn’t there an American Little Wayne in Seattle?

Doesn’t that guy also claim that he is only 2.06 meters tall?

Unknowingly, Wayne has opened the door to a new era for the younger generations.

Talking about the Monkey King, he has an absolute advantage in size. He also experienced the baptism of opponents like Kobe and Roy in the summer. Then he comes back to defend Dixon, who has not yet fully entered the game state. Isn't it easy to catch him?

Of course, the Monkey King still has a lot of room for improvement.

But just like Patterson thought, if he was thrown to the Development League for some actual combat, he should be able to be brought to the NBA for occasional use.

Taking Monkey King to play in the NBA a year in advance was indeed the right decision.

Apart from Sun Yue, the Blazers' best-performing rookie is none other than Darko Milicic.

He works very hard on the training ground and seems to treat training as a real game.

Wayne advocated this approach. At that time, everyone in the Pacers did this.

Although during training, some of Darko's excessive movements always made his sister-in-law miserable.

But Wayne, as the team leader, didn't say much.

As long as he didn't intentionally hurt anyone, he would treat it as normal competition.

The sister-in-law herself is a good person. Although she felt unhappy, she didn't complain too much.

Wayne certainly knew that Darko was eager to prove himself, after all, he had suffered too many blows over the years.

As a talented boy, he never played a serious game in the first few years after entering the NBA.

In this year's European Championship, Milicic made wild remarks before the game about playing this and that. He thought he and the team could shine and vent all the frustrations of the NBA on FIBA.

As a result, they lost all three games in the group stage and did not qualify at all.

This is called the legendary ideal is very plump, but the reality is very damn skinny.

Now, the aggrieved Darko hopes to show his value through training.

Finally, during a training session the next week, Darko went too far.

During a confrontation, my sister-in-law leaned on Darko and asked for the ball from behind. Blake saw this and passed the ball in.

Just when his sister-in-law was about to turn over and shoot a jumper, Darko struck hard.

With a "pop" sound, it was cut directly on my sister-in-law's forearm.

My sister-in-law threw away her hand in pain and her forearms were red.

The trainer also called a foul on Darko.

"Is there something wrong with you? This is an excellent defense! Are you talking about the women's basketball team? Damn it!" Darko yelled at the trainer, who was stunned.

Because this kind of thing has never happened before, even Wayne has never spoken dirty words to the trainer.

"Hey, be careful what you say. We are all in this together, you know? You did commit a foul just now."

Words starting with F were popping up, and Wayne had to step in to take care of them.

So he immediately went up to argue with Darko.

"You guys are so fucking ridiculous. Just because he's more famous than me, you're protecting him? Damn, I didn't perform as well as him in any training!"

Unknown to Su, Darko also yelled at Wayne.

Well, although Darko has always been an image bullied by Larry Brown.

But if you think he is an aggrieved and obedient child, you are terribly wrong.

Darko is not only bad, but also a troublesome person.

Words starting with F are nothing. After being eliminated from this year's European Championship, Darko's words earned him a $13,000 fine from FIBA ​​and a one-year suspension.

Well, it can be said to be one of the biggest fines in FIBA ​​history.

When Wayne beat someone into the audience at the Asian Championships, the fine was not that heavy.

You know how bad what Darko said is.

At that time, after losing to Greece and being eliminated in the last game, Darko believed that the referee was biased in favor of the Greek team.

So in subsequent interviews with the media, Milicic lashed out at the referee for his stupid penalties and said he would find the referee and rape his wife and daughter.

Yes, these words come from a professional athlete.

This is Darko Milicic.

Patterson was dumbfounded at the time, what the hell did I sign? Fortunately, this incident did not affect the Trail Blazers, and Patterson turned a blind eye.

Therefore, now that Darko is scolding the trainer on the spot, it is considered a mild scolding.

He is such a guy who can easily lose control of his mouth when angry.

Wayne was not unaware of Darko's scolding of referees during the European Championships, but he felt that this guy would not be so rampant in the NBA.

Unexpectedly, this is a crazy habit.

"Apologise to the trainer and Gasol, right now." Seeing Darko yelling at him, Wayne immediately dropped his face.

It's okay if you train seriously.

It's okay to have intense confrontations.

But insulting trainers and teammates?

Sorry, I'm not used to this kind of behavior.

"Wei, forget it." Seeing that a conflict was about to break out between the teammates, my sister-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to act as peacemaker.

However, Wayne stopped his sister-in-law who was about to come up to separate the two of them, then took a step forward and walked to Darko: "Do you understand? Do you want me to repeat it a second time?"

Darko smiled disdainfully: "Do you think everyone is afraid of you? Your two tricks can only scare laymen. Don't yell at me, idiot! I'm not here to be commanded by you!"

"Hey, sports boys! Listen to me, you are not doing this right! Look at you, you are wearing the same jersey. You are teammates and comrades." The veteran Uncle Mu also came up with his pipe. thing.

What a team fears most is internal strife, and fights between teammates are even more serious.

"Shut up, old guy." However, as soon as Uncle Mu finished speaking, Darko responded angrily.

Then, he pointed at Wayne's nose: "I'm not here to make friends, so don't do this with me."

"Snapped!"

Wayne didn't say anything and slapped Darko's hand away.

While everyone was still surprised, Darko, who had a background in mixed martial arts training, also waved his fist at Wayne.

Now, the Great Sage can see Wayne's ultimate skill in communication...

Today’s midnight update is coming, with a total of 1.4W words! First of all, I would like to thank the boss of blue sky 202 for the 100,000 reward, thank you very much! Then, weakly ask for a wave of monthly tickets. Tomorrow I may only be able to update at a minimum of 10,000 words, but I am not being lazy. The main thing is to sort out the upcoming plot~ In order to maintain quality, this must be done. Okay, guys, take a rest early. Finally, I kneel down again to beg for votes!