I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chen Xiao's stay in the United States did not last long. On July 1st, Chen Xiao left for China. Chen Xiao was not able to witness the signing ceremony of the five new Bobcats rookies who joined the team this year.

However, there is not no chance. Except for Rose, who will have Livingston's quota and sign with the Bobcats immediately after the free market opens, the other four people will have to wait until the Bobcats get Feishenko, Jack, Gortat and Garcia. The four players must be traded to free up the registration quota before they can sign. Maybe by that time, the Olympics may have been played.

By the way, the biggest fish in the NBA free market this summer is Arenas. Arenas’ contract with the Spurs has the last year, which expires in 2009. Arenas has a player option in the last year. For Arenas For a superstar like Si, a contract worth more than 12 million in the last year is definitely not worthy of his worth.

Of course he hopes to get out of the contract and sign a maximum salary contract with Bird Rights.

Even if he always wanted to leave the Spurs, he didn't want to give up his Bird rights and would choose to sign first and then trade.

After the Spurs lost to the Heat in this year's finals, this group of Spurs players reached the finals twice and failed both times. To be honest, this was a big blow to many Spurs players.

If you try hard once, it will fail the second time.

According to what Luo Ge told Chen Xiao, Howard and Arenas both have thoughts of leaving the Spurs.

Howard's rookie contract expires this season and will definitely be renewed with a maximum salary next season, while Arenas' contract will definitely be renewed with a maximum salary when it expires. Both players who are about to renew their contracts have the idea of ​​leaving the team, and The idea is very strong, and this is indeed quite uncomfortable for the Spurs.

Of course, according to Luo Ge, Arenas simply wants to leave. He is a great superstar and has no privileges in the team. He is very unhappy. With Arenas's character, this is indeed the case. Even Arenas Si also advised Luo Ge to leave. Of course, Luo Ge thought the Spurs were a good place.

As for Howard, this problem is complicated. Howard is very dissatisfied with the Spurs' head coach and the Spurs' use of him in the Finals.

In this year's finals, Popovich originally had high hopes for Howard, but after two games, he saw Howard's huge disadvantage against Yao Ming. How could Popovich dare to continue to use Howard as he did in the regular season? Of course I chose to find another way.

This made Howard unhappy. It made Howard feel that he had a chance to contrast Yao Ming, but before he gave in, Popovich gave up on his behalf.

From Howard's perspective, this seems to be no problem.

Of course, from Popovich's standpoint, there is no problem.

This is a question of philosophy.

Therefore, because of Howard and Arenas, all the focus of the free market this summer is on Howard and Arenas.

After all, one of the two is a current superstar, who can even average 30+ per game in the playoff series and has led the team to the finals twice, and the other is a newly emerging competitor for the number one center in the future. , both of them are more attractive than ordinary super giants.

When two players like this enter the market, how can it be possible without the team being excited? It should be said that the entire league is excited.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Bobcats really had no chips, Jordan would be very excited, okay?

Whenever the Spurs are grateful for the contribution of these two people to the Spurs, they will let them sign first and then trade, and try to let them choose their favorite team. Therefore, the Bobcats do not have that many players with big contracts to match the two of them.

Of course, these two people may not be willing to come to Shanmao to be Chen Xiao's younger brother.

In addition to these two biggest fish in this year's free market, there are actually some big fish. For example, the two star players of the Lakers, Ron Artest and Baron Davis, have also expired. An unrestricted free agent.

However, Artest should stay. After all, he came to the Lakers to win the championship. As for Baron Davis, it is hard to say. Whether he will leave completely freely or sign first and then trade is hard to say. The only thing that can be determined is Unfortunately, Baron Davis was unhappy with the Lakers and wanted to leave.

In addition, the contract of the star small forward Marion of the Nets has also expired, but Marion should renew his contract with the Nets.

The same situation exists for O'Neal Jr., whose contract has expired. However, O'Neal, who is willing to play next to Nash, will definitely stay with the Raptors. After all, the Raptors are in such good shape.

These big names are all willing to stay in the team, and of course there are those who are not so willing to stay in the team.

For example, the star player of the Nuggets, Allen Iverson.

Iverson has played really well with the Nuggets and Anthony in the past few seasons, but the results of the Nuggets are really...not good.

Let's put it this way, the current problems of the Nuggets are really full of contradictions. The relationship between Anthony and Iverson is good, but the relationship between Anthony and the team's head coach George Karl is not good. George Karl hopes that Iverson can replace Anthony. As the leader of the Nuggets, George Karl likes Iverson. This is known to the whole world. Karl and Ray Allen had an enmity because he said that Ray Allen was not even worthy of carrying Iverson's shoes. This hurt his self-esteem. Ray.

Iverson was completely embarrassed when George Karl made such a move.

Iverson and Anthony have a good relationship, Anthony is still his diehard fan, George Karl is so whole, how does this make him behave in the Nuggets?

With loyalty first, he would definitely choose to escape directly.

He really couldn't do something like backstabbing Anthony when working with Karl in the Nuggets.

Therefore, Iverson will definitely jump out of the last year of his contract and go to a new team.

And everyone knows that the team Iverson wants to go to must be a championship-level team.

After all, Iverson is now 33, and his career goal is only a championship.

For the final goal of his career, he is definitely willing to accept sacrifices and salary cuts. Therefore, Iverson's goal is definitely the most eye-catching goal in this year's free market.

Many people say that Iverson will go to the Heat.

Because the Heat are the team with the weakest point guard among the powerful teams.

Of course, after Baron Davis decided to leave the Lakers, many people said that the Lakers would trade with the Nuggets, and Iverson would be able to go to a championship contending team without having to break out of his 20 million contract.

However, Iverson himself didn't know what to make of it. After all, that was the Lakers, and there was Kobe. It was hard to say whether he would be able to take it easy.

In addition to these very high-profile free agents, Antawn Jamison is also a completely free agent, and Kwame Brown, Brand, and Marbury may also jump out of their contracts and become free agents.

I have to say that the free market in 2008 was really big, with a lot of big fish.

Maybe after a summer, the league's structure will become completely different.

Of course, none of this had anything to do with Chen Xiao.

It has nothing to do with Bobcats.

This summer, the Bobcats are destined to be able to digest the rookie players selected by the team.

I have to say that when Jordan was the general manager, his draft selection was really strong and his free market operations were really crappy. It should be said that he has basically made no achievements in the free market over the years.

Chen Xiao did not report to the national team immediately after returning to China, because the national team is now training in Europe. Chen Xiao first completed Gou's trip to China this summer. Although he has always been Gou's least favorite salted fish star, this is the contract between him and Gou. In the last year of his life, no matter how hard he tries, Chen Xiao must abide by the spirit of the contract.

After next year, Chen Xiao and Gouzi will no longer have to hate each other.

Xiao Zhan is really envious of this. The contract between Xiao Zhan and Gou Zi will last for 10 years. For Xiao Zhan, after the success of Facebook, Xiao Zhan really looks down on the more than 10 million from Gou Zi. Xiao Zhan is also disgusted by being strong. Of course, Hook is also disgusted by Xiao Zhan, which is the same as Chen Xiao.

Therefore, the star that Hook is now promoting is Adu of the Bucks. In the past two seasons, Xiao Zhan's treatment in the American media has obviously declined. Without the protection of Hook, Xiao Zhan is not helpless.

First of all, Xiao Zhan is one of the major shareholders of Facebook. Second, Xiao Zhan himself has invested in a media public relations company.

According to Xiao Zhan: "It's not for anything else. I don't want to be crazily hacked by them after Hook's contract expires."

I have to say that Xiao Zhan is quite prescient.

Chen Xiao doesn't care about this. In his base camp, Hook doesn't dare to hack. As for the United States...

Chen Xiao is really not afraid that he is too black in the United States. He is not white in the United States. As long as people who like him like him, it is fine. Who cares about other people?

In mid-July, after the Chinese team returned from training in Europe, Chen Xiao returned to the national team. With the welcome of the whole team, he completed the report of returning to the national team.

After Chen Xiao returned, the national team also announced the twelve-man roster for this year's Olympic Games.

Chen Xiao, the No. 1 player in the basketball world, the new NBA champion, two-time NBA FMVP, and MVP center Yao Ming lead the team.

It owns six NBA players including Wang Zhizhi, Battelle, Yi Jianlian, Chen Jianghua, Zhu Fangyu, and Sun Yue.

In addition, there are four strong players in the domestic CBA league, including Wang Shipeng, Du Feng, Liu Wei, and Li Nan.

It can be said that even if Hu Ge and other veterans leave the national team, judging from the lineup of the national team this time, the Chinese men's basketball team can still be said to be the strongest in history, with strong soldiers and horses.

After all, the current Chinese men's basketball team is indeed quite bluffing.

Not to mention that Chen Xiao is now the number one player in the world of basketball. The main bluff is Yao Ming. Yao Ming once again won the FMVP. As a result, he is now the biggest advocate for the number two player in the world of basketball.

Taking into account the performance and strength of FIBA ​​and NBA, there are really not many, or even none, current super giants who can hold down Dayao.

So, the Chinese team, led by the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the basketball world, would like to ask you whether it is scary or not?

Of course it is terrible!

Therefore, Colangelo, the leader of the US team and the president of USA Basketball, is worried about the lineup for this Olympics.

This Olympics is the most important battle for the American men's basketball team to return to the top spot in the world.

They lost the World Championships to Yugoslavia in 2002, the Olympic Games to China in 2004, and the World Championships to China in 2006. The US team's last world championship was traced back to the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Eight years!

Who would have thought that in eight years, it would be difficult for the American team to win a championship, and every time they lost, it was ugly. There was no worst, only worse. According to O'Neal, they had lost face.

In order to reshape the majesty of the American Dream Team, Colangelo is like "Coach Cheng" in "China Wins the World Cup", really visiting all the big stars in the NBA.

In the end, they finally put together what Colangelo believed: "The strongest American Dream Team in history!"

This is not Colangelo's fault. The strength of this dream team is indeed quite strong.

Head Coach: Coach K

Center: Howard, Oden

Power forward: Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer (direct descendant of Coach K at Duke University)

Small forwards: Anthony, James, Tracy McGrady

Shooting guard: Kobe, Wade, Arenas

Point guards: Chris Paul, Ron Howard

This American Dream Team is led by the veteran superstar Kobe Bryant, and almost all new generation NBA stars are gathered together.

There is no problem in saying that this American Dream Team has all the best players.

Of course, for Colangelo, there must still be regrets. For example, he was not able to recruit the super giants such as Duncan and Garnett, Carter and Ray Allen.

This is something that can't be helped. Duncan's participation in the Olympics in 2004 was overshadowed, and Carter and Garnett had already led the team to win the championship in 2000. There is no need to go into this muddy water again and play a supporting role for the boss.

As for Ray Allen, he is definitely not willing to play a supporting role for Boss Ke.

Even Chen Xiao is not convinced by Lei Zhenzi's current popularity and strength in the NBA.

Go to the national team as a substitute for Kobe?

What are you thinking!

What's more, he also won the Olympic championship in 2000.

One Olympic champion is enough.

However, if Lei Zi sees the real object of 'gold inlaid with jade', I wonder if he will regret it?

In short, this time the US team, in order to regain the championship, not only put out all the best players, but also gave up adding a soy NCAA player to the lineup.

According to usual practice, Rose, the first player in the NCAA, is eligible to be selected for the American Dream Team.

But this year, for the US team, every player is a soldier who can fight, so Colangelo gave up on leading college players.

Therefore, the purpose of Colangelo and the American Dream Team in the BJ Olympics this time can be said to be obvious, that is, they must regain the world championship that they have lost for eight years.

Colangelo also said when he led the US team: "Chinese team? I don't want to talk about them. They are very strong, but we don't want anything except the championship!"

I have to say, I really have fighting spirit and morale.

But...

What is slightly embarrassing is that before Chinese fans started to complain, fans in the United States had already started to complain about Colangelo.

"Colangelo must have forgotten that we haven't defeated the Chinese team in an international competition for eight years!"

"Colangelo's words made the world think that Americans are a group of delusional people!"

This is worrying...

What is even more heart-wrenching is Barkley's words.

"The current world basketball no longer belongs to the United States!"

"There is no doubt that the real dream team now is the Chinese team, not the American team!"

"Jerry, times have changed. Now, world basketball has entered a new era!"

An era that no one expected, but it has already happened, the Chinese team has become a dream team!