I’m Really Playing Basketball

The first Men's Basketball World Cup in 2014 went very quickly.

In just half a month, fans from all over the world had a carnival in Yanshi, the holy land of Asian basketball.

At the end of the World Cup, many people were very sad.

At the same time, the 2014 Men's Basketball World Cup is going on for a long time. For the American team that aims to win the championship this time, this World Cup is definitely a Waterloo.

The American team, which was placed in Group C, was defeated 90-86 by the French team led by NBA players such as Parker, Noah, Tatum, and Diaw in the group stage.

In the 8-to-4 match, the U.S. team encountered the Serbian team led by Milicic.

Facing Serbia, led by FIBA's current No. 1 center Milicic after Yao Ming retired, the U.S. team's team offense created by Popovich simply couldn't perform.

In the end, they lost another game 82-88.

In this game, Milicic's outside shooters actually shot average.

But the U.S. team, which has completely lost its inside advantage, is playing as a team in this game. It really has no chance at all.

In this game, the US team had a total of 5 24-second violations.

Let's put it this way, in FIBA ​​games, because the court is smaller, it is much more difficult for you to implement tactics than in the NBA.

Many times, if you have a big inside man and add a group of tall shooters, it will be more useful than any of your tactics.

Serbia is also such a team.

By the way, in this game, Jokic, who was taken by the Warriors with the 26th pick in the first round of this year's draft, also performed very well when he replaced Milicic.

Let's put it this way, the period when Milicic was not on the court should have been Serbia's most dangerous time, but Jokic's outstanding performance helped Serbia spend the most dangerous period.

After that, Team USA never had a chance.

Although this American team is full of big names, it lacks a big center who can truly adapt to FIBA ​​competition, and a stable killer like Durant.

Neither of these things exist. Bobo doesn't allow the players of the US team to fight on their own, but also stubbornly insists on tactics. Moreover, it is a backward tactical system in FIBA, so it is really uncomfortable.

The US team was supposed to win the World Cup again this year, but after many years, it failed to reach the semi-finals again. This is really shocking.

For these Team USA players, their time should be very long this summer.

Compared with the United States team, as the ruler of world basketball in the past 10 years, the Chinese team's record in this World Cup is third.

The Chinese team took advantage of the host nation to obtain a relatively easy grouping, advanced all the way to the quarterfinals, and defeated Brazil in the quarterfinals to enter the semifinals.

In the semi-finals, the Chinese team lost to France. France defeated Spain to reach the semi-finals. In this World Championship, Spain's performance was not very stable. It could beat Serbia by more than 10 points and lose by 10 points to France. More points, of course, both teams are very strong, winning or losing is normal.

However, in the final, Serbia finally defeated the French team 92-90 and won the World Series again after 12 years.

Serbia was the champion of the 2002 World Championship. After the 2002 World Championship, Chinese basketball began its 7 consecutive championships in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Diamond Cup, which lasted for 10 consecutive years.

And this year, ten years after the Chinese team won the championship, Serbia once again stands on top of the world.

After winning the championship, facing the warm applause and cheers of Chinese fans, Serbia's two big men Milicic and Jokic hugged each other and cried.

This is indeed not easy.

By the way, Jokic is very popular in China, especially in Yanshi.

As the MVP of the CBA last season, Jokic is now the star of the Chen Xiao Basketball School team.

Yanshi is the base camp of Chen Xiao’s basketball school team.

In the third and fourth place finals, the Chinese team finally defeated the Lithuanian team 95-90.

Under the leadership of Chen Xiao, the Chinese team relied on the advantage of home court and the sacrifice of the three armies to achieve a good result of third place.

For a Chinese team without Yao Ming or Chen Xiao, such results are outstanding enough.

After all, Chen Xiao is not actually a head coach with strong tactical ability.

Chen Xiao has always felt that he is actually a team-building head coach.

His job in the Chinese team is not to chase championships, but to establish a system suitable for the selection of Chinese basketball talents.

Just like Yao Ming is now chairman and wants to establish a business system.

Therefore, the results of this year's World Cup exceeded the expectations of Chen Xiao and the Chinese team fans.

By the way, in this World Cup, the Chinese team's head coach, Arab League, was selected into the final best team along with Milicic, Tracy McGrady, Parker, and Ginobili.

At the same time, Milicic won the final MVP.

This World Cup is definitely a harvest year for Milicic.

The No. 1 center in FIBA ​​after Yao Ming finally crowned himself with a world championship.

After the World Cup, Wang Xiao did not return to the United States immediately. The players on the Chinese team had a vacation, but Chen Xiao did not.

As a promotion officer for FIBA, Chen Xiao needs to go to South Korea and Japan every offseason.

Through Wang Xiao's efforts, the popularity of basketball in these two countries has become very, very high.

Regardless of how many people play basketball, at the very least, there won’t be anyone who doesn’t know basketball or who doesn’t understand basketball.

Because every time Chen Xiao comes to Korea and Japan, there are some corrupt and envious voices in the Korean and Japanese media.

Chen Xiao has long been accustomed to this.

So many years have passed.

For example, many Japanese and Korean female idols who were first criticized by these media have already retired.

The media don't even know where these female idols are retiring.

For example, during this year's World Cup, some Japanese media photographed that during the match between the Chinese team and Lithuania, Ten Yuan Jiang appeared in the fans' gallery with a nanny holding a child.

There is also a Japanese Internet celebrity who also encountered Shiyuan-chan pushing a stroller while shopping in the neighborhood of Yanshi.

Therefore, many people speculate that most of the Japanese and Korean idols who have disappeared or lived in seclusion may be in China, Jiangsu Province, and Yanshi.

Su Province, Yanshi, Chen Xiao's base camp, they are absolutely safe here.

Therefore, during this World Cup, while many Japanese and Korean media were envious of Chen Xiao, they were also criticizing the unspoken rules of their own country's idol industry.

This time, these people were not blind.

If it weren't for the darkness of the country's entertainment industry, these idol girls wouldn't need to rely on Chen Xiao to protect themselves.

This is the life they chose.

However, they were also forced.

They were right, and Chen Xiao, who protected them, was certainly not wrong either.

If someone is at fault, it must be those guys.

It's just obvious that such verbal criticism is of no use at all.

As for the Japanese and Korean chaebols, you can criticize them all you want, and you can even make these things into Hollywood movies to win awards.

But if we want to change it, we will lose.

Everyone knows about Korea.

Let’s just talk about Japan. In the history of the Tokyo Olympics, so much money was made. It was blatantly black. The magazine published more than a thousand pages of insider information. Have you seen anyone holding people accountable?

Not even a word ‘Semi Maasai’.

Let’s talk about the United States. Millions of people have died from the epidemic. How many people are responsible for this?

The president even took the lead in laughing.

No matter how loud the slogan of values ​​is, it cannot stop society's indifference and selfishness.

A society without accountability is very desperate for ordinary people.

After Wang Xiao promoted basketball in Japan and South Korea for a month, it was already October when he returned to the United States.

Before Chen Xiao returned to the United States, other Warriors players had already reported for team training.

Including the players who played in the World Cup this time, Jokic and Ding Yanyuhang, who played until the end, also came to the team early.

The Warriors' lineup has not changed much this year. The Warriors used this year's draft pick in the first round and sold it to the Nuggets in the second round.

For a young team like the Warriors, the current lineup and thickness are sufficient.

Even after Jokic joined the team, the Warriors' last lineup shortcoming was made up for.

Previously, the Warriors lacked a traditional big center who could attack.

Gobert's defense is good, but his offensive participation is too low.

But Jokic is different. He has an excellent figure, good confrontation, and good skills, especially his passing skills. Cole even wants to train him as the most suitable center in his system.

Yes, after training Jokic for more than half a month, Cole admired Jokic extremely.

I have to say that Jokic's performance at Chen Xiao Basketball School in recent years has been really outstanding.

Likewise, Chen Xiao trained him very well.

The Warriors' ability to select Jokic with their first-round pick is definitely American arrogance.

Even though Chen Xiao Basketball School is becoming more and more famous internationally, for many experts and scouts in the United States, the NCAA in the United States is still the strongest talent base.

Players from other places are inferior.

Many people lost interest in Jokic when they saw his mature body and not very good athletic ability.

Because in their view, a player like Jokic is a fully developed player. His body is mature and his athletic ability is just that. He does not have much future in the NBA.

There are a lot of mature players in the NCAA who are physically mature and bully others.

Many NBA scouts also classify Jokic into this category of players.

In fact, Jokic is indeed a mature player.

Anyone who knows Jokic knows that he changed very little from his rookie season to his MVP season.

The shooting percentage of each position has basically not changed. Except for his rookie season when he was on the bench and did not have enough ball rights, the PRE was only 22. The PER in other seasons has not changed much. After he started as a starter in the second season, Jokic's PER dropped. There are 26.3.

Jokic is a very mature player with extremely high strength. Historically, his data changes in the NBA are more related to changes in his tactical status in the team.

Because the tactical position is more important, there are more ball rights, more shots, and better statistics.

Of course, the strength will definitely increase, but it will definitely not explode suddenly.

In fact, according to Chen Xiao's system, Jokic's current ability value is A-.

This is another rookie that Chen Xiao has seen after Beasley whose ability value has reached A-.

A super rookie who could clearly be the chosen one was ignored to this extent because of arrogance.

However, Jokic definitely doesn't care. After all, it was his own decision not to participate in the draft camp in order to prepare for the World Cup.

Maybe, in his heart, he really doesn't want to go to other teams. Maybe he really wants to go to Chen Xiao's team.

Because Chen Xiao's team has half of his teacher, Chen Xiao, and his golden partner in the CBA, Ding Yanyuhang.

For Jokic, it is very logical and a very correct choice to continue to grow beside Chen Xiao, and then take over Chen Xiao's banner and become the leader of the team after Chen Xiao retires.

Of course Chen Xiao didn't know that Jokic had such thoughts.

But after Chen Xiao learned that Cole was determined to slowly correct Jokic next season, Chen Xiao expressed his support.

Although Lopez is also excellent, Jokic is obviously more important to the team's tactical system.

In fact, apart from passing, Lopez and Jokic are very similar.

But unfortunately, for the current Warriors, passing is the most important thing.

Because, the strength of the players of the current Warriors has improved, and next season will already be Bill's third season.

Clay, Ibaka, and Dragic have also completely matured.

For the Warriors, next season is the time for the team to compete for the championship.

For two consecutive seasons, they were eliminated by the eventual champion Spurs with a score of 4 to 2. This also gave the Warriors players the confidence to compete for the championship next season.

By the way, in addition to the changes and ambitions of the Warriors this summer, other teams in the NBA have also undergone great changes.

Wade of the Heat eventually left the Heat and returned to his hometown Bulls.

And Anthony of the Heat also returned to his hometown of New York.

The Heat, a once dynasty team, officially announced its disbandment.

At the same time, in the West, Kevin Garnett, the head player of the Timberwolves and the league's regular season MVP, also announced his retirement from the NBA in the summer and also announced that he would become the head coach of the Timberwolves.

As the owner of the Timberwolves, Garnett, like Kidd and Jordan, chose to become the team's head coach at the same time.

At the same time, Nash, the legendary guard of the Raptors, also retired this year. After Nash retired, he also took over Nelson's coaching and became the head coach of the Raptors.

In addition, there is also Heat player Pierce who retired this year. After Pierce left the Timberwolves and failed to pursue his dream with the Heat, he announced his retirement.

After this group of legendary players retired one after another, the most senior player in the entire NBA actually became a player in the Class of 96.

But it’s normal to think about it. It’s been 18 years since 1996.

After all, as a member of the 2002 class, next season will also be Chen Xiao's thirteenth season.

Jordan only played a total of 13 seasons with the Chicago Bulls.

By the way, with the retirement of Nash, Ray Allen, and Fisher, now only Kobe is left in the entire class of 96.

In other words, from a seniority perspective, Ko will be the oldest player in the NBA next season.

Therefore, many people are now discussing whether Boss Ke will be really old next season.

After Chen Xiao, some people will discuss him like this in the future.

Legends will grow old and pass away one day.