Chapter 672: True and False Dream Team!

This time the national team came to Xihu City for training with a large lineup.

All the players of the first team led by the head coach of the men's basketball team, Jonas, and the players of the second team led by the assistant coach Adijiang all came here.

Since the national team divided the national team into the first and second teams in preparation for the Olympics, this is the first time that the national team has been so complete.

It is now July 17th, and the Olympic draw time is July 22nd, and the list of players for the Olympics will also be produced after that.

For the 32 players of the first and second teams now, these five days are the most important time.

After so many years of hard work, these five days will determine whether they can appear in the Olympics in the capital.

So, returning to the national team again this time, Yes can clearly feel how crazy and motivated these national team teammates are.

This Stankovic Cup is not the last warm-up for the Chinese men's basketball team before the Olympics. In addition to the Stankovic Cup in Xihu City, the men's basketball team also has the Diamond Cup held in Jinling City on July 29th.

In terms of gold content, the Diamond Cup is much more than the Stankovic Cup.

The Diamond Cup is one of the three major events held by the International Basketball Federation, second only to the Olympics and the World Championships. Only the champion teams of each state are eligible to participate. Of course, being eligible does not mean that you must participate. You can also refuse. For example, the champion of the American Championship, the United States, did not participate in this year's Diamond Cup, and the champion of the European Championship, Russia, did not participate.

From this, it can be seen that the International Basketball Federation wants to make the Diamond Cup the third largest event after the Olympics and the World Championships, and there is a long way to go.

The champion of this year's European Championship, Russia, did not come, but the champions of the previous two European Championships, Spain and Italy, did come.

But the champion of the American Championship has never come.

If the champion of the American Championship does not come, the Diamond Cup will not have any gold content, and there will be no recognition.

It can only be said that the American team is so influential.

Any world basketball game without the American team has no recognition.

So much so that this year's Diamond Cup is likely to be the last Diamond Cup. This third largest event created by the International Basketball Federation may only survive three times. It has to be said that this is a pity.

The Diamond Cup is much more important than the Stankovic Cup, and its value is much higher, but for most players of the current men's basketball national team, it is meaningless to think so far.

Now they need to play well in the three Stankovic Cup games against Serbia, Angola and Russia.

In these three games, Serbia and Russia will not play with their main players. The only team that will play with their main players is Angola, but the strength of this African champion is quite limited.

In this case, the role of the Stankovic Cup in Xihu City this year is to select the remaining main players of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The 12 main players of the men's basketball team participating in the Olympics this year have been determined, including captain Yes, vice captain Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, and Sun Yue. Except for these five people, no one else has been determined.

That's right, even Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and other big guys have not been determined yet.

For the Chinese team, with Yes and Yao Ming, the only goal for the Chinese team to create history in the Olympics is to defeat the US team.

This time, the Chinese national team is not selecting players with strong strength and experience, but selecting players suitable for playing against the US team!

Now the list of the American Dream Team is a little difficult to produce, which has caused some delays in the determination of the personnel of the Chinese national team.

Fortunately, the Dream Team will determine the candidates in the next two days, so it does not affect the selection of the main force of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The reason why the selection of the Dream Team this year is so difficult is that

there is no other reason, it is completely caused by James's defection to the Cavaliers.

Regarding the personnel of this year's Dream Team, except for one position that must be reserved for the NCAA star, the positions of the other eleven people have actually been agreed upon before.

Although there are many NBA stars, they must also be willing to play for the US national team.

James, Kobe, Wade, Anthony, Bosh, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Boozer, Kidd, Chris Paul, Prince.

These eleven players plus the most popular NCAA player this year, Derrick Rose, the second most popular Yes, are just 12 people.

But after James's trade, the Dream Team broke out that some players chose to withdraw.

The first to withdraw was Deron Williams, who was sent to the Cavaliers by the Heat in James's trade.

Being sent from beautiful Miami to this hellhole of Cleveland by Pat Riley, Deron Williams' hatred for James and Wade is definitely no less than that for Yes.

In this case, Deron Williams does not want to be teammates with James and Wade at all.

If he had a similar status to James and Wade, he could go to the Dream Team to compete with James and Wade. With his status, why would he go to the Dream Team to be humiliated?

Rather than this, it is better to quit.

After Deron quit, Chris Paul will also quit.

Chris Paul really can't swallow that his third-in-command was cheated away by his good brother.

He kindly took Chandler to party with James and Wade this summer and drink beer together. He really didn't expect that when he returned to Goose City, Chandler he took away ran away with someone else!

And he was kept in the dark like an honest man.

Among the three brothers, James is the mastermind, Wade is on James' side, and Anthony is evasive in his words.

I thought the three brothers were friends who could live their lives together, but they were just superficial brothers.

Who can stand this?

During this period, Chris Paul felt that his cheeks had grown a lot.

Deron Williams withdrew, and he would not be popular in the Dream Team. Although James is the most controversial now, Deron has the worst reputation in the entire NBA.

If Deron doesn't come, a replacement can be found. Although Arenas still refused, Billups agreed. Under Anthony's words of persuading Billups to come out and relax, Billups felt that it made sense. Joining the Dream Team can indeed relax, and winning a victory over Yes in the Olympics can be regarded as a consolation.

It is feasible to replace Deron's withdrawal with Billups.

But Chris Paul's withdrawal is really a headache.

Especially for Coach K, the head coach of the Dream Team, Chris Paul and Kidd are the two most important organizers, and Derrick Rose is actually a mascot.

In his tactical system, he doesn't need a point guard like Derrick Rose.

Fortunately, Billups was willing to join the Dream Team under Anthony's persuasion, otherwise he would have a real headache.

In the past few years, he was overwhelmed by Lorenzo Romar, the coach of the University of Washington, in the NCAA. In the 2006 World Championships, he led the Dream Team VII to a shameful runner-up. This year's Beijing Olympics is the year for him to prove himself. He wants his Dream Team VIII to shine the whole world like the Dream Team I did back then!

Chris Paul didn't want to join the Dream Team VIII. Coach K was unwilling to give up and made the last effort at the last moment, but in the end Chris Paul still didn't meet him.

In the end, Coach K could only find a replacement from other American Dream Team stars, and there really was no outstanding replacement for Chris Paul's position. There are not many point guards like Chris Paul who are good at offense and defense in the league now, especially under the premise that Deron can't be selected.

Since the point guard cannot be selected, other positions can only be used as substitutes. Fortunately, the Dream Team has enough point guard positions after Billups and Kidd, but there is only one Howard at the center position.

This needs to be corrected, and someone needs to stand up to Yao Ming in special circumstances.

Is there anyone more suitable than O'Neal in the entire league?

O'Neal was able to average more than 20+ points per game in the Cavaliers last season and returned to his peak.

It's just that persuading O'Neal to return to the Dream Team is not that easy.

In short, this year's Dream Team is definitely the most ill-fated one.

Until the game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Serbian men's basketball team started, there was still no confirmed news about the Dream Team.

On July 17, 2008, in the game against Serbia, the starting players of the Chinese men's basketball team were center Yao Ming, power forward Yi Jianlian, small forward Zhou Peng, guards Yes and Sun Yue.

This is a lineup with very strong athletic ability and high height. The shortest player in the entire lineup is Yesi at 1.95 meters, and the shortest player in the rest is Sun Yue at 2.05 meters.

Obviously, Jonas let Zhou Peng, a young player who has risen in popularity in the CBA this year, replace Juwan as the starting player, which is an attempt to change the lineup. Zhou Peng's athletic ability and defense are indeed rare in the Chinese men's basketball team.

Serbia is a strong team, but it does not mean that this Serbia is strong. Yesi did not see his teammate Milicic in the Supersonics in this team.

Serbia did not qualify for this year's Olympics, and Milicic took a vacation early.

This lineup of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng, Yesi and Sun Yue played for one quarter, and Serbia collapsed. The Chinese men's basketball team in the Huanglong Arena, with the support of the fans of Xihu City, blasted Serbia 30 to 14 in a single quarter!

Although we know that China is very strong now, and although we know that Serbia is very weak without main players, no matter how weak it is, it is also a European team!

"Is China so strong now?!"

Watching Serbia being beaten on TV, Coach K was really shocked!

The connection between Yes and Yao Ming is simply unstoppable!

Especially Yes's god-level jump pass, when surrounded by four such tall players, the entire Chinese team looks really unstoppable!

At least, a team like Serbia is definitely unstoppable!

"Now the Chinese team led by Yes is simply a bully!"

Coach K was shocked. He knew that many people in his team wanted to punish Yes in this year's Olympics. He also wanted to, but...

"It doesn't seem so easy to bully China by 30 points in this year's Olympics..."

Beat China by 30 points, this is the goal of Coach K and many Dream Team players, because the goal of Dream Team 8 is to catch up with Dream Team 1, so naturally they need to beat their opponents by more than 30 points in every game.

Before the Olympic finals, Dream Team 1 beat their opponents by more than 40 points in every game, and only won Croatia by 32 points in the finals.

The strength of the Chinese team really surprised Coach K. This bully team is not that easy to bully.

When the game was over, the Chinese national team beat Serbia by 50 points at 116 to 66 at the Huanglong Sports Center!

The game was humiliated by 50 points, but the Serbian players did not feel humiliated. At the moment the game ended, the Serbian players rushed towards Yes.

The Serbian players didn't seem to care whether they lost by 50 points or not.

"Because of Milicic, Yes is very popular in Serbia. In Serbia, Yes is called the savior, the gospel. He saved the pride of the whole Serbia, Darko Milicic!"

As the commentator of this game on CCTV, Su Qun was very proud when she said these words, and the audience in front of the TV was equally proud when they saw the group of people on TV who were so excited that some even cried after taking photos with Yes.

"What is an international superstar? This is an international superstar!"

"This is Yes's influence in the world!"

"This reminds me of the scene in the Asian Championships in Japan last year when all the players in the Asian Championships were chasing Yes."

"The appearance of Yes not only makes the Chinese team's game become extremely beautiful, but perhaps, we now look more like the Dream Team like the Dream Team 1!"

"We were originally called the Dream Team by the Japanese media in the Asian Championships in Japan last year!"

For the fans in Xihu City, it is really a refreshing thing to see such a scene after the game.

"It's worth spending five thousand dollars, it's worth it!"

After the match between the Chinese team and the Serbian team, the whole of Xihu City and the whole of China were shocked by the Serbian players chasing Yes and crying because of taking photos with Yes.

Yes also caused a sensation in the whole of Asia at the Asian Championships in Japan last year.

But that was backward Asia!

It's not discrimination. Although Europeans, Asians, and Africans are all human beings, they are all the same, but in the minds of most people, Europeans are indeed a little bit better.

Being chased by these Europeans and white people really made many people understand that it turns out that they usually say that Yes is not only good in China, but also in the world. It's really not their bragging, not their YY!

"Yes is China's business card, the best business card, there is no doubt about it!"

When teacher Zhang Heli shouted this sentence, it was soon verified.

On July 19 and July 20, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the African champion Angola and the European "champion" Russian team II by 120 to 79 and 118 to 60 respectively.

After the game, the players of both teams were as crazy as the Serbian players.

Just as the Yes storm began to sweep across China, on July 21, 2008, the day before the Olympic group draw, the Dream Team finally announced its 12-man roster!

James, Kobe, Wade, Bosh, Anthony, O'Neal, Howard, Boozer, Prince, Kidd, Rose, Billups.

Full of stars!

Almost at the same time, the 12-man roster of the Chinese men's basketball team was also announced.

Yes, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Zhou Peng, Chen Jianghua, Du Feng, Liu Wei, Ding Jinhui.

The young lineup is incredible!