The rest is just noise

After the competition, players can allocate their time freely.

Some people want to go outdoors and go wild, and some want to go back to the hotel, so they go back to the hotel.

There are also some who will stay in the gym and shoot until they reach a certain number before leaving.

Wilson is the only one who stays in the gym. Normally, you can see that he is full of enthusiasm for training, but today, he was very frustrated.

Jordan picked up a Gatorade, walked outside, and suddenly sang: "Sometimes I dream~" (Sometimes I dream)

This is an advertising song produced for Jordan when Gatorade signed him.

Louis believes that the song's contemporary influence is immeasurable.

Regardless of whether Jordan is a winner now or not, everyone likes him.

The child wants to become a flying star and aspires to be like Jordan.

Wilson stood in the humid arena, covered in sweat, with a towel draped over his body, watching the members of the blue team singing with Jordan.

"Like Mike~"

(like Mike)

"If I could be like Mike~!"

(If I were Mike)

Louis left him alone for a few minutes before walking over.

This game can allow Wilson to see his own shortcomings.

Compared to Jordan, he is still younger.

He can see something through this game.

That is, if he were not playing for the Knicks, but playing for the Lakers or Celtics, his team would not be able to beat the Trail Blazers.

It is precisely because he was in the Knicks, played for Louis, and played the right kind of basketball that he was able to make up for the gap in hard power between himself and Jordan.

"If Larry hadn't been injured, you would have won." Louis comforted him.

"I won't make excuses, coach." Wilson said frankly, "I lost to Michael."

Louis said: "But you beat him in the league."

"Yes."

"Why do you think you can win?"

"Because I have a better team and a better coach."

"No, the Trail Blazers are actually a better team than us. Have you forgotten? At that time, we suffered injuries and the rotation was stretched, and they could even use their entire team in the last half of the fourth quarter.

It was a tight game." Louis still gets hairy when he thinks of that game, "Even I could only pray for you to persevere at that time."

Wilson thought back carefully and realized that Louis was right.

In that series, the Trail Blazers were the better team.

So why did they win?

Jordan averaged 40+ points per game in the series and 53 points in a single game in the finals. He was definitely the most dazzling star in that series. Whether it was a team or an individual, the Trail Blazers were the stronger team.

"When I think about it..." Wilson smiled bitterly, "I really don't know how we won."

"It's simple, I didn't make a mistake." Louis said confidently, "Dennis grabbed all the rebounds, Patrick wanted to win more than today, his defense was dominant, Alex, Sean...

.All the teammates who played had only one goal. They did their own thing, and then, it was your miraculous five three-pointers. At that time, you did not pay as much attention to individual duels as you do today. You believed in your teammates.

, and then handed over everything he had.”

"In the end you won."

Louis looked at Wilson and taught like a mentor.

"This is the secret of the finals. The stronger team and the strongest individual may not win, but selfless dedication, hard-working defense and accumulated rebounds make up for everyone's undivided attention, trust and respect for their teammates.

Ultimately we became an invincible force."

In the next few days, until the Dream Team left Monte Carlo, Wilson was in a subtle confrontation with Jordan.

Wilson was awakened by Louis, and he knew where he lost.

But it's one thing to know how to lose; it's another thing to accept that you've lost.

He is a person who does not accept failure.

The atmosphere within the Dream Team is unprecedentedly tense, and no one can relax anymore, but the coaching staff is happy to see them competing secretly.

When the dream team left Monte Carlo for Barcelona, ​​Louis made a temporary decision.

He wants to invite all the Road Academy students studying in the United States to go to Barcelona to watch the game.

Of course, Louis paid for it himself.

After hearing the news, Yu Tiancan, Hu Weidong and Wang Mukong all offered to share part of the expenses.

Louis just told them to mind their own business. After all, he was the sponsor of these children, and the alliance had nothing to say about it.

If Yu Tiancan and others provide the money, even if it is only part of it, then the nature will change.

Stern is now very sensitive to the contact between people in the professional circle and people in the campus basketball circle.

This amount of money is not small, but it is just a drop in the bucket for Louis.

Having lived in New York for many years, I not only enjoy the best football market, but also have the best investment opportunities and the largest connections.

To him, money has long been an external thing, it is just a number. If you look at it too much, it will make people numb, so it is better to spend some.

What's more, this expense is just a drop in the bucket for him.

When the dream team came down from the airport, the scene was even more chaotic than the battlefield in the first ten minutes of "Saving Private Ryan." Hundreds of reporters rushed through the cordon set up by security guards with their cameras.

When I was in the United States, those reporters were assholes, but they had their own rules.

European reporters have no rules at all. Louis saw many reporters fall down and then be mercilessly stepped on by their colleagues.

He just hoped that no one would be killed at the scene.

For safety reasons, the USA Basketball Association arranged the hotel where the Dream Team will stay near the U.S. Embassy.

When Louis got off the bus and was about to enter the hotel, he realized firsthand how huge the influence of the Dream Team was.

He just waved to the crowd and was on the front page the next day.

The hotel was crowded with onlookers. No one knew what they wanted to do. Maybe they just wanted to take a look at these football stars? Fortunately, the security of the hotel was quite tight, and there were police officers with live ammunition everywhere.

In addition to the local police, snipers are ambushed around the hotel to provide perimeter security.

Helicopters are constantly flying over the hotel for inspection.

This level of security is not available to other athletes. It is no exaggeration to say that the Dream Team is Barcelona's top protection target.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, if there is a warm-up match, Louis will invite the Chinese team to join the dream team.

This is, of course, a pretext for his compatriots.

Due to Louis' influence, the national basketball team in 1992 had three more players, Yu Tiancan, Song Tao and Wang Mukong.

Including Hu Weidong, this Chinese team has four active NBA players. It is the team with the most active NBA players in the Olympics except the Dream Team.

In addition to training and games, Dream Team players spend most of their time in fully serviced hotels.

The resounding names have become a shackles on them. Only sometimes, the tragedy master will temporarily take the initiative to go out for a walk.

Louis is the only one of the main members of the dream team who can travel normally.

He is very famous in the United States, but in Barcelona, ​​he is just an ordinary Asian.

Louis goes out every day, mainly to meet the international students in the Road School.

Except for those who are unable to come due to business, there are 52 international students from the Road School who came to Barcelona this time. They are like a super large tourist group, escorted by professionals and supported by Louis' funds. Some older children have already gone to university. , will help take care of younger siblings.

Although Louis allowed them to watch any game, the only ones they were interested in were basketball games.

This was also the original intention of Louis inviting them to Barcelona.

There are countless children around the world who have their own basketball dreams after watching the performance of the Dream Team and use this to reach the top. Perhaps, some of them will also complete similar stories.

Before the game started, Heat owner Mickey Arison invited the Dream Team to his yacht in Barcelona.

This made everyone on the dream team very excited. Since they couldn't go out, the hotel had become a high-level prison. They were so eager to go out.

Arison shows everyone the difference between the rich and the ultra-rich.

It is not unusual to have a yacht. As long as they are willing to spend money, Jordan, Tragedyman, and Wilson can all have their own yachts.

But Arison owned a very large yacht, and when they discovered that the yacht's air conditioning system was malfunctioning, they had a backup yacht brought over.

"He actually has a spare yacht... I feel like I'm a fucking bumpkin in front of Arison!"

This is such a snobbish world that even Sir Charles feels inferior.

And when it comes to game day, the Dream Team first has to hold a media meeting.

More than 1,000 reporters crowded the scene. When Louis led the players into the venue, the audience gave them warm applause and cheers.

Everyone, including Louis, is equipped with a public relations person to respond to reporters' questions.

To the surprise of the Dream Team, foreign media did not think they were invincible.

Because the myth of the American team's invincibility has been shattered.

Even though they are very strong, everyone doesn't think the All-Star players can cooperate with each other.

Louis was amused by this: "We didn't give up our vacation to come here just to lose. We will show the Olympic spirit like other athletes. When the game starts, you will know what this means."

A Brazilian reporter mentioned the fact that they defeated the US team at the Pan American Games in 1987.

For this reason, Ewing sarcastically said: "If we lose to the Brazilians here, we will not go back to the United States."

Then, another reporter asked Jordan something unrelated to the Dream Team.

"I heard that Portland is actively working on bringing Lithuanian center Ardavis Sabonis to the NBA. What do you think of this?"

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