The rest is just noise

Wilson being mired in negative publicity could be good news for Louie.

That means Wilson won't find time to play on this year's Dream Team.

As early as mid-July, the roster of the Dream Team was decided.

They are composed of Hank Gathers, Kevin Garnett, Vin Baker, Antonio McDyess, Alonzo Mourning, Vince Carter, Allen Houston, Ray Allen, Tim

·Hardaway, Jason Kidd, Steve Smith, Gary Payton.

Still a star-studded player, but not so suitable for playing FIBA ​​games.

Moreover, there is no superstar player who can be called a superstar.

Louis remembers that the dream team in the previous life had already lost its absolute dominance in Sydney before the dark 2001-2016 cycle.

Defeated Russia by 15 points in the quarter-finals, narrowly defeated Lithuania by 2 points in the semi-finals, and defeated France by 10 points in the finals.

They still won, but compared with previous dream teams that swept the world, it was quite thrilling.

There is one more important thing.

The head coach who led the team to Sydney was Louis' close friend Rudy Tomjanovich.

If Rudy knew that the people he admired most in his life had been plotting to overthrow the Dream Team three years ago, he might have trouble sleeping.

After a series of training camps, tests in warm-up matches, and assessments in intra-team competitions, Louis has also determined the 12-man squad for this year's Sydney campaign.

They are Liu Wei, Guo Shiqiang, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing, Kang Chengbiao, Qi Chengyan, Yu Tiancan, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Yueban, Du Shuai, Li Ran, and Wang Mukong.

Before leaving for Sydney, Hu Weidong approached Louis about personal issues.

Hu Weidong's American agent wants to get him the last big contract of his career, but Hu Weidong himself prefers to join a championship team with a low salary.

This is really a difficult problem to solve.

On the one hand, getting more money can protect yourself and your family's life in the future. On the other hand, competing for championships is the driving force behind every sportsperson's investment in this industry.

So, Louis asked him: "How big is the salary gap?"

Hu Weidong said bluntly: "Chicago gave me a four-year, $24 million contract, while Philadelphia gave me a three-year, $9 million contract."

The current exchange rate between RNB and the US dollar is 1:8.2, which means that if Hu Weidong pursues the championship, he will have to give up 123 million RMB.

It may not be shocking to say it this way, but it would be more dazzling to express it in numbers: 123000000.

Louis came up with an idea to have both ends of the world.

You can chase the championship, but you can't give up the money.

Don't sign with the 76ers for three years. If you want, sign for one year. And it can't be 3 million, but 4 million. They have room now.

Of course it would be a good thing to give it a try this year and win the championship. If you fail, just go ahead and make a lot of money.

Anyway, Lao Hu is only 30 this year, so he can afford it.

Hu Weidong accepted Louis' suggestion, but did not ask for too much money and directly reached a verbal agreement with the Magic for $3 million in one year.

The men's basketball team marched into the Olympic Village with the Chinese representative team.

There are many domestic media waiting to interview the men's basketball players.

Yao Yueban is the one who has attracted the most attention. As a future star of the men's basketball team, he chose to return to school again despite having the prospect of being the top pick in the draft for three consecutive years.

The reporter wants to know, what is the magic of Wake Forest University?

Or is Yao Yueban really frightened by the news about the Clippers' bad team and their cheating boss?

(Plot supplement: The Clippers held the No. 1 pick in 2000 and selected Stromire Swift)

Even if it is true, Yao Yueban will not admit it.

"I can work professionally for decades, but college only lasts four years." Yao Yue said with a half-smile, "I wouldn't exchange anything for these four years."

Louis believes that if this year's No. 1 pick-holding team were changed from the cheating Clippers to the No. 2 pick-holding team, the Bulls (who selected Kenyon Martin), maybe Yao would be willing to change.

In this timeline without Joe becoming the king, the Bulls are also a purely bad team. If you look at the team history, you can only look at the decade of the 1970s, but it is worse than the Clippers.

Team, that's so much better.

Although the Bulls are bad, they are still a normal team.

The Clippers are the kind of weird owner who will take the initiative to sell talented players at low prices because they don't want to spend too much money.

Since the men's basketball team was the runner-up in the World Championships the year before last, the American team was directly avoided in the grouping of this Olympics.

They were placed in Group B with Russia, Yugoslavia, Canada, Spain, and Angola.

Except for the big African brothers who steadily provide warmth to the Eurasian teams, the other four teams in the group are tough and difficult to chew.

But Louis' goal is to win the championship. Since he wants to win the championship, it doesn't matter who he plays, as long as he avoids playing against the Americans before the final. To ensure this, they must qualify first in the group.

On September 17, 2000, the men's basketball group stage of the Sydney Olympic Games officially opened.

The first opponent the men's basketball team met in the group stage was Russia.

With the comprehensive legacy left by the Soviet Union, Russia is still among the world's powerful countries in sports, but in basketball it cannot compare with its peak period.

After looking at their roster, Louis only knew one Kirilenko, and the others played for major European clubs.

Facing a men's basketball team with nine active NBA players, Russia's biggest advantage is that they are better at playing FIBA ​​games.

But the men's basketball team is different from a scattered dream team. They have high morale and excellent chemistry.

Qi Chengyan, who was selected as the second defense in the NBA last season, officially became the starter of the national team this year. As a two-meter point guard, his biggest characteristic is that he is extremely defensive and oppressive against small guards. At the same time, he also has a stable COSCO.

cast.

Although he is lacking in breaking through with the ball and causing damage, his defense and long-range shooting are enough.

The outside defense led by Qi Chengyan stifled the Russian back line. At the end of the first quarter, the men's basketball team took a double-digit lead. After halftime, the lead expanded to 21 points.

At the beginning of the second half, the Russians once narrowed the point difference to 12 points with their fiery three-point touch. However, after Louis' timeout, the men's basketball team set up Wang Zhizhi, Kang Chengbiao, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing, Wang Mukong, one senior and four juniors.

The wave crushed Russia.

Among them, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing and Wang Mukong, who are hailed as the golden three guns by Su Yangjun, a well-known domestic media person, are the core leaders of this wave of offensive climax. The all-round Kang Chengbiao is the hero behind the scenes, and Wang Zhizhi, as a rare space point at the fifth position,

The tactical arrangement of the coaching staff has basically been completed.

103 to 82

The men's basketball team got off to a good start in the group stage.

To Louis, it was just an appetizer.

The second game of the group stage is the real challenge.

If the men's basketball team wants to qualify as first in the group, it must defeat its opponent in the second game - Yugoslavia.

At the World Championships the year before last, the men's basketball team fought Yugoslavia for three overtimes before winning and advancing to the finals.

What Yugoslavia had that year was Bodiloga, who had just finished his rookie season in the NBA.

Now, sitting in Yugoslavia is Bodiloga, who was crowned double MVP in a legendary NBA season.

This Bodilloga is definitely one of the top five players in the world. In the national team with him as the core, he can explode with greater energy than the NBA.

The men's basketball team has everything except superstars.

Of course, neither does Team USA.

Superstars are the biggest variables on the court, especially in a tournament system where the outcome is determined by a single game. They have unlimited possibilities.

after a day's rest

On the second match day of the group stage, the Chinese team played against Yugoslavia.

Louis specially arranged for Kang Chengbiao to start against Bodiloga.

According to the general plan, this task should fall on Qi Chengyan. But Louis wanted to see Bodiloga's status tonight before making a decision.

But within the first few minutes of the game, Louis unexpectedly discovered that Yugoslavia was not as difficult to beat as he had imagined.

There seem to be irreconcilable conflicts within this team.

Bodiloga is the absolute core, but his tactical status is not the core as Louis imagined, and his number of receptions is also surprisingly low.

“Has the conflict between Serbs and Black people reached this point?”

Louis knew the future of Yugoslavia, but he did not expect that it would have developed to this point in 2000.

Bodiroga is very strong, but if he doesn't have enough tactical status and if he has too little possession of the ball, it's useless even if he hits 100%.

"Do you really want Da Biao to succeed in defending Dejan Bodiloga alone?"

This is something I never dare to dream about!