I’m Really Playing Basketball

The current NBA is full of gods and demons, and even Joe thinks it will not be easy for the Bobcats to defend their title next season.

This is not the modesty of Boss Qiao, it is indeed a fact.

Not to mention the Bobcats, Heat, and Lakers, the three most popular teams this summer, their strength looks terrifying.

As for other teams, the Bucks' Ray Allen, whose contract expires this year, signed a 2-year, 20 million contract with the team. At 35 years old, he could actually sign a larger contract, but he chose Salary cut, why?

This is to introduce one or several capable stars to the Bucks.

The only player on the Bucks with a big contract now is Iguodala, and Durant and Curry are on rookie contracts. Therefore, the Bucks are now enjoying the rookie bonus. This summer is extremely important for the Bucks. A summer of reinforcements.

In the end, they did get the players they wanted.

The Bucks signed 32-year-old Marion from the dismembered Nets to a four-year, $32 million contract, and also signed Nuggets insider Nene for $60 million over four years.

Although Nowitzki and Richard Jefferson ultimately chose to stay with their respective home teams, there was no fourth explosive team this summer.

But, as far as the Bucks are concerned, is this team weak?

Of course it's not weak at all, it's still much stronger than last season.

More importantly, Chen Xiao also understands some of the Bucks' changes better than anyone else.

That is, the growth of Durant and Curry, the two leading players of the Bucks, next season may be surprising.

After this year's playoffs, both of them chose to gain weight and strengthen their confrontation.

If they really succeed in gaining weight, and their shooting touch is not affected, and their physical endurance is not affected, they will probably be stronger next season.

For the Bucks, the strength of these two people is the key to this team.

Therefore, Jordan said that the Bobcats have a long way to go next season, which is true.

However, it is undeniable that the Bobcats are indeed the strongest team in the entire league.

After all, the player named Stoudemire that the Bobcats came to this year is indeed very strong.

In this year's summer league, Chen Xiao and Stoudemire have been hanging out together. They followed the team's summer league team to travel here and there. Although the two did not play, they often sparred on the training ground. Chen Xiao's help in the system Under the influence of others and my own observation, I became more and more familiar with Xiaosi.

The more Chen Xiao and Stoudemire got to know each other, the more they felt that this was a player with a bug. Maybe it was just his defense that was bad. The rest, his offense and talent, were really perfect.

Therefore, this summer, Chen Xiao, who has been hanging out with Cousins ​​and the team's summer league team, once again took up the'pointer'.

Teach Stoudemire defense and teach the young people in the summer league various abilities.

This summer league, the Bobcats are really strong. Cousins, Jimmy Butler, Curry Jr., Roy Hibbert, Lopez, these five young players of the Bobcats are simply too strong in this summer league. Don't want it.

This is not because of Chen Xiao's supervision, but because these young players of the Bobcats are indeed very good.

Not to mention Lopez and Roy Hibbert. They were already important rotations for the Bobcats last season. Both of them performed very well in the playoffs.

Curry Jr. and Cousins ​​​​are originally very optimistic about Chen Xiao and Jordan. After Curry Jr. won the championship earlier than his brother after a season of competition, he obviously became more confident in playing. For a pitcher, Curry Jr. , self-confidence is the most important weapon.

Little Curry now looks more and more like the real Curry.

As for Cousins, this guy really has a bad temper. He is the only player who really performed well under Chen Xiao's supervision in this summer league.

If Chen Xiao were not with the team, Cousins ​​would never be so honest and his performance would not be so good. When this kid plays hard, his strength is really good. Many draft experts say that if he has O'Neal, With his character, Cousins ​​is likely to be the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

But it's obvious that he doesn't have O'Neal's character. He is unsociable and irritable. Even as a rookie, few people in the NBA can suppress him.

But unfortunately, the Bobcats have exactly two players who can suppress him.

Therefore, Cousins ​​can average 17 points and 11 rebounds per game in this summer league. He is the best player in the entire summer league except John Wall.

It is understandable and predictable that Cousins ​​​​and Curry Jr. can perform like this in the summer league.

And Jimmy Butler, a young man who didn't have many playing opportunities with the Bobcats last season, his performance in the summer league can truly be described as a surprise.

Last season, he was not very good at shooting three-pointers in the NBA, but in the summer league, his three-pointers were like heaven and earth.

Three-pointers are actually the epitome of Butler's changes. After practicing silently with the Bobcats this season, his offense has almost improved comprehensively. Coupled with his already good defense, it is obvious that Butler is qualified to compete with the Bobcats next season. Shane Battier and Barnes compete for playing time.

Maybe he won't have that much playing time, but hard work can bring progress and changes, which will give him confidence and make the team believe in him.

At least, Chen Xiao thought: "Maybe, he will really be the next Brother Luo."

A talent like Butler can make such great progress in one season. The last person Chen Xiao saw was Luo Ge.

Of course, Butler's progress is still slightly slower than that of Luo Ge, but it is only slightly slower. This shows that although his golf IQ is not as strong as Luo Ge's, it is not much different, and the match with his experience card is also very good. OK

After watching Butler's summer league, Chen Xiao also decided to continue focusing on training Jimmy Butler next season.

After playing the summer league with the team's young players and Stoudemire, Chen Xiao went to Dallas to meet with the Chinese team.

This year is the year of the 2010 Men's Basketball World Championship. Chen Xiao and the Chinese team will compete for the sixth world championship this year.

Because in this year's World Championships, the American men's basketball giants such as Kobe, James, and Wade are not interested in leading the team. Therefore, the team is led by a group of young or second-tier stars such as Xiao Du and Curry. Therefore, The U.S. team seems to be looking weak.

After all, it was the first time for Xiao Du and Curry to lead the American team. Even Kobe, James and Wade couldn't beat the Chinese team. What can Xiao Du do with a bunch of crooked melons and crack dates? ?

Many people even say that this year's U.S. team, under the leadership of Xiao Du, may not even make it to the semi-finals, and will once again repeat Pierce's 'fifth miracle'.

In short, with the U.S. team being so underestimated, the Chinese team has naturally become the biggest favorite to win the championship.

After Chen Xiao played with the Chinese team in Dallas, he and the team successively defeated the American NCAA college team, the Dallas Mavericks Summer League team, and the Puerto Rico and Canadian national teams, and then left the United States with the team. of Europe.

The World Championships this time started in Turkey. Since the American team in this World Championships is no longer a concern to many people, naturally, the Chinese team's opponents became Turkey, Spain and other strong European teams.

In addition, the host of this World Championship is Turkey, so many domestic fans and expert media said that the Chinese team should be careful that Turkey will cause trouble in this World Championship.

However, compared with these people's worries that Turkey will cause trouble, Chen Xiao has been paying attention to the US team, and what he is most worried about is the United States.

After all, this team has Xiao Du.

To be honest, for Chen Xiao, it doesn't matter whether the US team has James, Wade or Kobe. As long as there is Xiaodu, the US team will appear extremely strong.

This is no joke.

Xiao Du is even more suitable for international competitions than him.

This is no joke. Xiao Du is taller than him, has a better wingspan than him, and is an excellent mid-range shooter. The three-pointers in the international arena are exactly within the range of Xiao Du's mid-range shots.

Let's put it this way, in the NBA, Chen Xiao's scoring ability is definitely better than Xiao Du's, because Chen Xiao's breakthroughs and three-pointers are not comparable to Xiaodu's, although Xiao Du's three-pointers and breakthroughs are also very strong.

But when it comes to the international arena.

Chen Xiao's NBA three-pointers are basically not used, and breakthroughs are basically not used. After all, most teams in the international arena shrink the basket inside.

Therefore, the offense is compared with mid- and long-range shots. Because the defense intensity in international competitions is high and the court is small, shooting will have a lot of defensive interference. Therefore, the comparison is with mid- and long-range shots with anti-interference ability.

In this world, there is no one who can compare with Chen Xiao in NBA-level mid-to-long-distance shooting, especially mid-to-interference-resistant mid-to-long-distance shooting, and Xiao Du can.

Xiao Du's shooting ability may be worse than his, but his height and wingspan are higher than Chen Xiao's. Therefore, the two people's ability to resist interference in mid-range shooting is actually about the same.

In fact, because Xiao Du is taller, Chen Xiao may not be able to force shots that he can forcefully shoot on certain occasions.

Therefore, many people say that Chen Xiao is the first person in FIFA history. Chen Xiao himself also thinks that he is the first person in FIFA history. However, Xiao Du is definitely his biggest challenger.

As half of Xiao Du's master, Chen Xiao is very confident in his judgment.

"Although it is his first time to play in an international competition, he will shock the whole world. Coach Fei, I think we still have to focus our preparations on the US team. Turkey and Spain will probably not be the ones." This is Team USA’s rival.”

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"Although this American team does not have Kobe, James, Wade, Anthony, Ron Howard, Arenas, McGrady, and Carter, this American team may be the best we have encountered in these years. The strongest American team."

Faye Wong, Yao Ming and other Chinese team players and coaches thought Chen Xiao was joking. Not to mention that this American team is looked down upon by the whole world, maybe they really are not that low, but this American team is better than the United States in 2008. Is the team still strong?

Is this a joke?

But Director Faye Wong and Yao Ming looked at the expression on Chen Xiao's face at this time and found that Chen Xiao really didn't look like he was joking.

Chen Xiao is serious.

Xiao Du, Curry and other US team players who had also arrived in Turkey at this time certainly didn't know that Chen Xiao would look at them like this.

The Chinese team's five-time championship is brilliant, a miracle in the history of world sports and basketball, but such glory is based on the pain of the American team.

After so many years of losing in major competitions, the current U.S. team is undoubtedly low-key, especially without a top-tier superstar to lead the team.

Although Du is a superstar, he is still a superstar on a rookie contract after all, and his recognition is definitely not as high as that of Kobe, McGrady, James, and Wade.

Therefore, Xiao Du and the US team are indeed very low-key this time.

Durant, Curry, Iguodala, Beasley, Granger, Rose, Aldridge, Gay, Tyson Chandler, Oden, Griffin, Billups.

This time the American team is indeed very special. In addition to young people, there are also some powerful veterans. The stars are really dim. No wonder they are so looked down upon.

But obviously, the US team wants to keep a low profile, but if it is really too strong, it is not that easy to keep a low profile.

Why do you say that?

After all, there are warm-up matches before the World Championships.

After the American team came to Europe, their first warm-up match opponent was the Australian team, which almost embarrassed the American team in the last Olympics and swam back to the United States from Shanghai.

The last time we played against the American team led by superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Wade, and James, we almost won. This time we played against the American team, why not show off?

In this warm-up match, Australia wants to take advantage of it.

But in the final result, Australia lost 58 to 101 by 43 points!

Good guy, how long has it been since Australia lost so embarrassingly?

In the third quarter, the US team scored a 35-2 super climax.

The speed and shooting of this American team are simply astounding.

Immediately afterwards, facing the European super team Lithuania, the United States team reversed and beat the Lithuanian team 81 to 61 despite a bad start.

Later, in the game against Spain, another super team in Europe, the United States won 96 to 85, another 11-point victory. In this game, Durant, the head player of the United States team, still performed well, making 9 of 16 shots and a three-pointer. 2 of 3, 5 of 5 free throws, scored 25 points.

The U.S. team's last warm-up match before the World Championships was to play the Greek team, which has also been a very powerful force in the world of basketball in recent years.

In the past few World Series, the U.S. team had a difficult time meeting Greece.

But in this warm-up match, the American team once again defeated the Greek team by 31 points, 90-59.

In four games, the American team faced four strong teams and won extremely convincingly.

They were originally looked down upon, but they suddenly became the favorites to win the World Championships again.

The strong performance of the American team in the warm-up match shocked the world.

The Chinese team was of course also surprised, but Faye Wong and Dayao were more surprised by Chen Xiao's prophetic judgment about the American team.

So much so that when the whole Turkey went crazy about the American team, Yao stared blankly at Chen Xiao for a long time and only said, "Xiao Chen, you really know how to play!"