I’m Really Playing Basketball

At the 2010 World Championships in Turkey, the US team, which had been looked down upon before, suddenly became popular. This was unexpected.

Not only the American fans did not expect it, but the American opponents did not expect it. This time, the host Turkish team themselves did not expect it either.

In the draw of this World Championship, the United States, Slovenia, Brazil, Croatia, Iran, and Tunisia are divided into Group B. There are only so many 24 teams participating in the World Championship. But it gives the impression that the weakest players in each echelon are assigned to Group B.

Is this the host country doing something good for Team USA?

Of course not, Turkey is trying very hard to avoid the Chinese team, Spain, Lithuania and other teams, and to clear the way for its promotion.

Why do you say that?

Because Turkey has divided itself into Group C, with the Chinese team, Russia, Greece, Puerto Rico, and Cote d'Ivoire. In this group, the Chinese team must be first and Turkey must be second.

In the round of 16, the second place in Group C will play the third place in Group D. Group D is Spain, Lithuania, France, New Zealand, Canada, and Lebanon. The first and second place in Group D are determined. The third place is either New Zealand or New Zealand. France.

Türkiye made it easy against these two teams.

In the quarter-finals, after Turkey successfully advances, it will play the US team, which is in poor condition. Turkey feels that it has a good chance of playing the US team without the superstars.

If they pass the US team, then the semi-finals will be against the winner of the first place in Group D and the second place in Group A, which is likely to be Lithuania and Argentina. Although Lithuania and Argentina are strong, they are better than playing Spain or the Chinese team.

As long as Turkey follows this idea, their chances of reaching the finals are really good.

And all this fantasy in Turkey is that the American team is not that strong.

For Turkey, if they want to advance to the finals, they have to choose one of the United States, China and Spain.

In the end, they chose Team USA.

Originally, they thought this was a good choice before, but now it seems that this choice may not be so good.

In short, the U.S. team's sudden popularity in Turkey has a lot to do with Turkish fans discussing the U.S. team and Turkey's groupings.

It was originally to choose the best way to advance, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a tiger for myself.

If Turkey is given another chance, they will definitely not choose the Chinese team, but between Spain and the United States, they will definitely not choose the American team.

Even if Spain is strong recently, it is not as strong as the US team.

In any case, there is definitely no regret medicine in this world.

At this time, the 2010 World Championships in Turkey also officially started.

On the evening of August 28, 2010, the Chinese team will usher in its first game against the Greek team.

For the vast number of Chinese audiences, watching Chinese men’s basketball games at this time of year has become their habit.

This World Championship is a key battle for the Chinese team to win the six-time championship. In addition, it is summer vacation. This game in China can be described as an explosion of attention.

In Turkey, the game also attracted a lot of attention.

After all, this is the World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Constantinople.

Castle, Greece, Rome, these words will always be connected together.

Especially when there are both Turkey and Greece in the Chinese team's group, the attention of the Chinese team's group on Turkey and Greece has also exploded.

Many Greeks said that Turkey did this on purpose and deliberately wanted to humiliate Greece in the Castle.

However, before Greece was humiliated by King's Castle, it was humiliated by the US team in the warm-up match.

In this group match, facing the Chinese team, many Greek spectators who came to the scene were already prepared to face humiliation.

However, what surprised many Greek fans at the scene was that in this game, the Chinese team, now the strongest in the world, seemed not to go on a killing spree in this game!

"Is it because of the special relationship between Vasilis and Chinese pandas?"

Many Greek fans and Turkish fans who came to watch the excitement were puzzled.

But Chen Xiao must know it himself.

In this game against Greece, the Chinese team only won 91 to 89. In the end, they only won by two points thanks to Chen Xiao's mid-range kill. This was not because Greece was too strong, nor was it because Chen Xiao gave up because of Spanoulis.

Just in this game, the Chinese team did not play well.

Because Wang Zhizhi and Ba Ge retired together, the current Chinese team, except that the two core players Chen Xiao and Yao Ming have not changed, the team has changed quite a lot.

This time, in addition to Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the Chinese team's 12-man roster includes four NBA players, including Arab League, Chen Jianghua, Sun Yue, and Zhu Fangyu. The other six players are Wang Shipeng and Zhou Peng. , Brother Wei, Ding Jinhui, Zhang Zhaoxu, and Guo Ailun, who is only 17 years old.

There are a lot of newcomers, which is the intention of the Chinese team. After Wang Zhizhi and Bage retire, the Chinese team needs to cultivate new forces to supplement them.

And Zhang Zhaoxu played very well in the NCAA this year. Although he failed in the draft, this NCAA young Yao Ming has the expectations of the Chinese national team. The reason why Zhang Zhaoxu was selected as an NCAA player was not only to examine his potential and ability, The most important thing is actually to encourage young domestic players to develop in the NCAA.

In addition to Zhang Zhaoxu, Guo Ailun, a 17-year-old young man, is also a role model, because Guo Ailun is the representative of the first group of young people trained by Chen Xiao in domestic basketball schools. This kid was recruited when he was 12 years old. His uncle Guo Ge threw himself into the basketball school held by Chen Xiao in his hometown.

In addition, Ding Jinhui is a representative of CBA young people who dare to fight and fight hard.

It can be seen that this World Championships not only has competitive tasks, but also political tasks.

The US team always liked to recruit an NCAA player. This is actually also political.

But this time, the Chinese team was in trouble.

Moreover, this **** will be permanent in the future.

In other words, in the future, the Chinese team will have three spots for outstanding Chinese players who are determined to play in the NCAA, the most daring young people under 21 in the CBA, and the best players from Chen Xiao Basketball School.

This is a decision made by the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team after listening to the opinions of Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and many others. It hopes to be able to walk on three legs. Maybe after Chen Xiao and Yao Ming retire in the future, the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team will never be so brilliant again, but even if No longer so brilliant, there must be soil that can cultivate the next Yao Ming and Chen Xiao.

By the way, don't look down on 'Chen Xiao Basketball School'. The current Chen Xiao Basketball School is already a famous school certified by the Ministry of Education. It is also the first and only basketball undergraduate school in China. It is a school integrating elementary school, junior high school, high school and university.

Chen Xiaohe is jointly funded by the Ministry of Education, the General Administration, Jiangsu Province, and the four parties, and is dedicated to training basketball players, scouts, data analysts, coaches, video editors, trainers, physical trainers, basketball operations and other basketball professionals. Talent.

Moreover, next season, the CBA will have a team called 'Chen Xiao Basketball School Team'. This team is very special. Players must leave the team after graduating from college and can freely choose to join any team. Team, during college, you can also participate in the NBA draft.

I have to say that Chen Xiao really invested a lot of money for this school. However, for Chen Xiao, if the money can really leave a successful path of exploration for Chinese basketball, it will be worthwhile.

By the way, after Brother Bag and Brother Wang retired, they now serve as ‘coach of the junior high school and professor of the college department of Chen Xiao Basketball School’.

Dayao also told Chen Xiao that after he retires, he will also go to the "Chen Xiao Basketball School" to be a coach and professor.

I have to say that Dayao's "addict to professor" and "addiction to officialdom" are really quite big.

However, I dare to ask which muscular guy in sports doesn't want to use the name of a professor to scare people.

Of course, the full name of the professor at Chen Xiao Basketball School is ‘Basketball Professor’, which is a professional title specially granted by the Ministry of Education and the General Administration for the special needs of Chen Xiao Basketball School.

As long as you have playing records in national teams of all ages, you can apply for various professional titles from low to high. If you successfully apply, you will not only get the corresponding professional title, but also get a job at Chen Xiao Basketball School.

Of course, if you leave Chen Xiao Basketball School, your professional title will also be taken away.

For those outstanding professional players in China, they are not short of money, but what they are short of is this kind of reputation.

Even a player as good as Dayao couldn't resist the temptation of the professor, but imagine what would happen to others.

This is a conspiracy. It is better to keep those outstanding retired players in the basketball world to cultivate the next generation than to eat, drink, gamble, drive around and pick up girls after retirement.

At the same time, this is also to cultivate a good atmosphere in the Chinese basketball community.

I have to say that for the sake of the "Chen Xiao Basketball School" and the future of Chinese basketball, Chen Xiao, the General Administration and the country have worked hard.

If Chen Xiao and Yao Ming hadn't built such a high reputation for Chinese basketball, and if Chen Xiao hadn't been rich and could afford more than half of the school's funding, would you think it would be so easy to obtain the qualifications to run a famous school?

I don’t know how many green lights were given for this school.

In short, this school is finally up and running, and it seems to be on the right track.

By the way, Chen Xiao Basketball School is co-educational.

Chen Xiao, the General Administration, the Basketball Association, the country, this is serious.

It is precisely because they are playing for real that Zhang Zhaoxu, Guo Ailun and Ding Jinhui cannot be like the mascot from the dream team, who just flash on the court and wave the towel.

The Chinese team really wants to use these people.

Maybe when playing against super teams such as the United States or Spain, they are not strong enough and it is difficult to get too much playing time, but when playing against teams like Greece, they can indeed get a lot of playing time.

And this is also the reason why the Chinese team was not able to massacre the Greek team in this game, and also why this game was so anxious and required Chen Xiao to win in order to win.

After all, no matter how strong a team is, it cannot hold up to three players who played a total of 32 minutes. Together, they made 0 of 12 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, 4 points and five turnovers.

In this game, except that Xiao Ding scored 0 of 4, 3 of 4 free throws and 3 points and 4 rebounds, the performance of Guo Ailun and Zhang Zhaoxu was indeed disastrous.

However, although the three young people performed poorly, the Chinese team did not give up this style of play.

On August 29, in the match between the Chinese team and Cote d'Ivoire, facing the weakest team in this group, the Chinese audience in front of the TV finally saw the reason why the three young people of the Chinese team were selected for the national team.

In this game with Cote d'Ivoire, the Chinese team easily defeated 54 points 125 to 71. Xiao Ding made 3 of 5 in the game, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Zhang Zhaoxu made 3 of 6, scoring 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The most amazing thing is Xiao Guo, who came out of Chen Xiao Basketball School. In this game, he faced the weak team of Cote d'Ivoire, and it was garbage time. This kid really dared to fight and fight, and he reached the 20th level. Minutes, he made 6 of 13 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

When the team was in danger, I was obedient. When the team was on the rise, I dared to fight and fight hard. Even Chen Xiao and Yao Ming couldn't even touch the ball.

Although the domestic Internet criticized Xiao Guo's behavior of ignoring Big Brother in this game, this game really showed his style and strength.

"In an era when Chen Xiao did not appear, based on Xiao Guo's strength in this game, I would think that he is China's hope for a defender in the next ten years."

"It can only be said that after eating too much, we have the right to look down on young talents like Xiao Guo."

"However, he is only 17 years old. In the future, there is still hope that he can rival Andy Lau, not only Xiao Chen and Dayao."

"It is not an insult to Xiao Guo to be compared with Andy. Andy was equally amazing when he was 16 years old and is doing well in the NBA now. If Xiao Guo can reach Andy's level in the future, even if Xiao Chen, Dayao and Arab League all retire in the future. Yes, the Chinese team is also an invincible team in Asia and the world."

The Chinese team's trip to the World Championships is not only to win its sixth world championship, but also to cultivate its next generation.

After playing the first two games, the Chinese team's intention has been very obvious.

Therefore, many teams in Group C are excited, especially Turkey. Turkey is now thinking about how to avoid the United States team and defeat the Chinese team to win the first place in the group. But isn't it just a matter of avoiding the United States team in the quarterfinals?

However, on September 3, in the last group match between the Chinese team and Turkey, the Chinese team defeated Turkey with a score of 100 to 87. The Turkish fans at the scene were disappointed.

"The Chinese team is too strong. The Chinese Pandas, the Great Wall of China, and the Chinese Sky People are so strong. Not only can they move forward on their own, but they can also rule the world while carrying heavy loads. The gap between the Turkish and Chinese teams is too huge!"

"Perhaps, the present of basketball belongs to them, and the future of basketball also belongs to them!"

Commentators from many countries are similarly disappointed.