Chapter 674: Make Team America Great Again and World Champion!

"China is really a great country!"

On August 1, 2008, after the players of the American Dream Team returned to the hotel after climbing the Badaling Great Wall, almost everyone had a look of shock on their faces.

Especially for people like Rose who were climbing the Great Wall for the first time, their hearts were extremely shaken.

Not to mention a beginner like Rose, even a veteran like Kobe, no matter how many times he climbed the Great Wall, he felt new feelings every time.

"Today we came here to conquer the Great Wall. I hope that when we leave here in the future, we can conquer this country!"

"Just like the Dream Team conquered the whole of Europe!"

As the head coach of the Dream Team, Coach K is very satisfied with the expressions on the faces of his players now. After the team was formed, he continued to instill his current "great conquest concept" into his players.

He attaches great importance to this year's Olympics, and he also hopes that his stars can also regard this year's Olympics as extremely important.

For this year's Olympics, he really paid too much.

As the former No. 1 coach in the NCAA, his status in the American basketball world is extremely high.

In the past, he would not have asked Anthony to recruit Billups, visited Chris Paul three times and was constantly frustrated, and finally asked O'Neal to come out even if he was teased by O'Neal.

For this year's Olympics, he no longer cares about anything.

He wants to use this year's Olympics to re-establish the invincible hegemony of the American Dream Team!

Just like the Dream Team 1!

At the same time, he also hopes that this year's Olympics can reshape his position in the NCAA and the American basketball world. Even if Lorenzo Romar is amazing, he, Coach K, is still the number one coach in the American basketball world!

For this year's Olympics, he gave everything, and fortunately his efforts were rewarded.

Except for Chris Paul, there was really no other way, so Billups and O'Neal were invited by him.

The current American team is extremely complete, extremely united, and extremely powerful!

He used to be an assistant coach in the Dream Team 1, and he is very clear about the strength of the Dream Team 1 and the atmosphere within the team.

The strength of individual players in the Dream Team 1 is certainly stronger, but there is no doubt that in terms of unity, the Dream Team 8 is far better than the original Dream Team 1.

The players of the Dream Team 1 are more like a performance team where everyone can perform.

And everyone in his Dream Team 8 is here to fight!

James, Wade, Kobe, O'Neal...

These big guys of the Dream Team 8 are all here to fight with Yes.

Each of them has a common goal, and this common goal allows them to unite around him even if they have differences and conflicts.

After the Dream Team was formed, Coach K would emphasize the "great conquest concept" in this regard in the team whenever there was an opportunity.

For these superstars, is there anything more exciting than conquering Yes, conquering the Great Wall, and conquering the world's most populous country?

Under his training, the morale of the Dream Team 8 has exploded to an incredible level.

And this is also the source of his confidence!

After the Dream Team arrived in the capital, they did not stay in the Olympic Village. The Dream Team has never lived in the Olympic Village.

For the wealthy Dream Team, no matter how luxurious the Olympic Village is, it is too simple for them.

After returning from "conquering" the Great Wall, the players of the Dream Team did not go out to drink beer.

This is the request of the Dream Team.

Now the whole world knows that the biggest opponent of the Dream Team in this year's Olympics is the Chinese team.

The two teams are the two strongest teams in this year's Olympics.

Although the Dream Team does not agree that the two teams are of the same level, the Dream Team has received information from all walks of life that they are not so popular in China.

In the past, when many superstars of the Dream Team came to China, they were welcomed by huge crowds.

But this time, they did not feel enthusiasm, but only strong hostility.

They were not loved as idols, but as opponents.

The Dream Team is dismissive of this hostility, but no matter how dismissive they are, they need to accept this fact.

That is, in China, they now need to face the playoffs objectively to face this game.

With the hostile eyes of Chinese fans now looking at them, they must not do the same thing as Jordan and the Jazz in the finals.

Of course, this possibility is very low, but it also needs to be prevented.

Even if the players of the Dream Team did not really regard China as an opponent, they never thought about losing to the Chinese team. Their goal has always been how to beat the Chinese team by more than 30 points.

They still have to accept the objective fact that the atmosphere is tense now.

This tension, to be honest, made O'Neal, the oldest and most experienced member of the team, a little uncomfortable.

When he was in the Dream Team II, who in the world was qualified to regard the United States as an opponent?

It must be said that Coach K's "great conquest concept" of "making the American team great again!" is correct.

The Dream Team is slowly losing its aura under the "efforts" of James and other unworthy juniors.

The Dream Team has lost a total of three times in history, but these three times were three consecutive losses in Dream Team V, Dream Team VI, and Dream Team VII!

If the Dream Team 8 loses again this year, it will be really embarrassing.

The great Sharks are now doing the same great things as the Dream Team 1!

"Make the American team great again!"

If the great Shaq raised the gold medal and shouted this sentence when he stepped onto the championship podium, it would definitely become one of the most classic scenes in basketball history!

O'Neal never thought that the reputation of the Dream Team would be so badly ruined by the Dream Team's backdoor.

After dinner, O'Neal never thought that there would be a day in the Dream Team where everyone would watch the opponent's game together!

And they didn't watch the Olympic Games, but the Diamond Cup game that they had never heard of!

At that time, the Dream Team 2 did nothing, but beat Russia by 46 points in the final. The Dream Team 3 also did nothing, and easily beat the strong Yugoslavia by almost 30 points in the final. Now they beat the Chinese team by 30 points. Do they still need to study their game videos in advance?

Watching the Diamond Cup final between China and Argentina together is Coach K's request.

In Coach K's opinion, it is easy to beat the Chinese team, but it is not so easy to win by more than 30 points.

The Dream Team needs to show all its attitude to achieve its goal.

"After Yes joined, the Chinese team became extremely strong. In the Stankovic Cup ten days ago, the Chinese team won all three games, winning by more than 30 points in each game. The opponents in the three games included the European champion and the African champion."

In order to make these NBA superstars more cautious, Coach K exaggerated the Chinese team's record.

The African champion Angola is indeed worthy of the name.

But the European champion Russia...

It is obvious that Coach K's exaggeration is effective.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the team has become solemn, Coach K continued to introduce.

"In the first two group matches of the Diamond Cup, the Chinese team defeated the African champion Angola 130-65 and the Oceania champion Australia 101-89, and finally met Argentina in the final."

"In the past half month, the Chinese team has defeated the champions of all continents except the American champions!"

"Now, they are competing for the first world championship in their team history!"

"Now, they are suppressing Argentina!"

In the very tempting voice of Coach K, the players of the Dream Team finally all focused on the game on TV.

Feeling the obvious change in the atmosphere around him, Coach K nodded with satisfaction.

Although he has been explaining the Chinese team to the Dream Team players around him.

But for this game between the Chinese team and Argentina, Coach K has been paying attention.

Argentina participated in the Diamond Cup this time with all the main players.

Scola, Delfino, Ginobili, Oberto, Nocioni... These NBA veterans all started.

Facing such a strong Argentina, the game was controlled by the Chinese team from the beginning.

The tactical contract of the Argentine team, Ginobili was even strangled by Yes from the first minute of the game.

The demon sword that was so glorious in the NBA was like a blunt knife in front of Yes.

Of course, Ginobili was still a blunt knife in front of Yes even in the NBA.

But in the NBA, although Ginobili was blunt, he had the strong support of Duncan and the Spurs.

But in the national team...

The overall Argentine national team was not strong in front of the Chinese team.

Except for Scola's advantage against Yi Jianlian, the advantages of others were very limited.

Even though the young Chinese player named Zhou Peng looked very tender, Argentina's No. 3 position still couldn't catch the opportunity.

It should be said...

"So high!"

This was not the first time Coach K watched the Chinese team's game. He knew very well what the current Chinese team was like.

But for many players on the American team, it was their first time to watch the Chinese team's game in its entirety.

"The Chinese team's defense is too high!"

"Everyone can cover the entire defense line with their hands open, plus their excellent mobility, if they encounter a team without strong offensive ability, they may be covered to death!"

Of course, the players of the Dream Team were shocked by the performance of the Chinese team, but in fact they were just shocked.

Because the US team is the team with the strongest offensive ability in the world.

For example, the No. 3 young man of the Chinese team, Argentina has no way to deal with him, even if they know he is a weakness, they can't catch him, but most of the people sitting in the Dream Team can hit him!

So, although the players of the Dream Team were shocked by the strength and performance of the Chinese team crushing Argentina, there was no panic on their faces, and some were still confident.

And the same is true for Coach K.

"What do you think?"

"The Chinese team will be our opponent in the finals!"

Coach K was very satisfied with Kobe's answer.

As long as you are not an idiot, you can see that the Chinese team has a huge advantage in facing other teams except the US team.

Yes pinched the opponent's outside core, Yao pinched the opponent's inside core, and then Yi, Sun and the young Zhou used their mobile arm span and defense to form a big net. Except for the American team, which team in the world can break this big net after losing its inside and outside core?

"Guys, it seems that if we want to beat China by more than 30 points in the finals, we need to work harder."

After O'Neal finished speaking with a smile, the others nodded regardless of whether they agreed or not.

Coach K relies heavily on O'Neal.

The only center in the NBA who can take on Yao, the only center in the NBA who can help defend Yes!

In the game before the US team's final, Howard will be the starter, but in the final, O'Neal, who has recovered his best form after resting up, will be the key to victory!

Thinking of this, Coach K is actually quite regretful.

If Bowen accepts his invitation and joins this year's Dream Team, it will be perfect.

But Bowen finally refused.

"Bruce, don't you want to beat Yes?"

"Bruce, join us, you can beat Yes, and you can also become a hero who makes the US team great again!"

Coach K still can't forget what Bowen said to him when he looked at him calmly and sharply.

"You are insulting me."

You are insulting me...

He really didn't insult Bowen, but he could understand Bowen's self-esteem.

To him, defeating Yes in such a strong team as the Dream Team meant nothing.

And this is why he was willing to accept all of O'Neal's off-line in the team.

Fortunately, O'Neal did not have as strong self-esteem as Bowen.

"Now, the American Dream Team finally tried for the first time!"

Listening to the crazy shouting of the commentator on TV and the crazy cheering of the fans, Coach K's heart was also warm.

He didn't know what these people were shouting, but he knew that these people's shouting and shouting completely aroused the fighting spirit of the people around him.

For the first time in the history of the Dream Team, they will work hard to achieve a goal!

"Champion!"

"Champion!"

"Champion!"

On August 1, 2008, the Jinling Olympic Sports Center Arena was full of cheers for the champion!

The 13,000 spectators at the scene seemed to be crazy at this moment.

"Congratulations to the Chinese men's basketball team for winning the first world championship in the history of the Chinese team at the Jinling Olympic Sports Center Arena!"

"Congratulations to the Chinese men's basketball team for creating a great history in Jinling!"

As the commentators of this game, Su Qun and Zhang Heli were very excited.

This day is destined to be a day of writing new history for Chinese basketball.

The Diamond Cup cannot compare to the World Championships, let alone the Olympics.

But the Diamond Cup is indeed one of the three world championship trophies in the basketball world, a world championship certified by the International Basketball Federation, not the kind of world championship that the NBA is self-satisfied with.

"I didn't expect that I would have a day in my life to hold up the world championship!"

Yao Ming was very excited.

It was the first time that Yes saw Yao Ming so excited.

And Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Zhou Peng next to him, as well as other Chinese players were as excited as Yao Ming, and some players even cried with excitement.

Yes is of course excited now.

But compared to Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, who grew up in the Chinese basketball system since childhood, it is difficult for Yes to understand the mission they shoulder.

Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, each of them must have been constantly instilled with such a sense of honor and mission in their growth process.

And now, the sense of honor and mission they carry on their shoulders has finally been exceeded!

"World champion!"

This thing doesn't seem so rare in the Chinese sports world, but it is really a magical object for the basketball world.

Feeling the cheers of Jinling fans at the scene and listening to the slowly rising songs, under this familiar melody, Yes can clearly feel that his heart is slowly approaching Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

They were originally different, but now they are slowly getting closer to each other.

This feeling is really fascinating...

This is a completely different feeling.

The third Diamond Cup, perhaps the last Diamond Cup, the Chinese team won the first world championship in the team's history in Jinling.

This world champion is not only the first world champion in China, but also the first world champion in Asia.

This world champion not only has a pivotal position in China's history, but also in the history of basketball in Asia and the world.

Because with the Chinese team holding the Diamond Cup, among all the continents in the world, only Africa and Antarctica have not planted flags on the world championship.

If Antarctica is removed, when the African continent also wins the world championship one day, the International Basketball Federation can finally proudly say that basketball has finally taken root in the world with their efforts.

The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Argentina in Jinling to win the first world championship in team history, which made the leaders of the Basketball Management Center very satisfied. The General Administration has a management center like this, and almost every management center has a world champion wall, except for the Football Management Center and the Basketball Management Center, which makes the Basketball Management Center quite embarrassed.

Football has always been complained about, and basketball certainly wants to widen the gap with football. No matter how many Asian championships it wins, without a world championship, it can only use the slogan of "breaking out of Asia and going to the world".

Now, the Basketball Management Center can finally throw all this slogan on the Football Management Center, and let the Football Management Center go slowly on its own.

Of course, the impact of this championship is not only to make basketball and football in China widen the gap.

The greater impact is actually to greatly raise the expectations of Chinese people for basketball.

On August 3, 2008, when Yes and the men's basketball national team came to the capital, they could clearly feel such expectations!

"World champion!"

"World champion!"

"World champion!"

The Capital Airport was filled with cheers of champions!

"I never thought that there would be a day when Chinese basketball would be called world champions!"

These days, every time Zhang Heli heard the cheers of world champions, he felt like tears were streaming down his face.

"Yes's change to Chinese basketball is so huge!"

Although not as emotional as coach Zhang Heli, Su Qun and the reporters around her all nodded silently.

"He deserves to be surrounded by any cheers!"

Looking at the Chinese team's No. 9 who was cheered by everyone, every reporter nodded silently after coach Zhang Heli finished speaking.

"When they set foot in the capital, I hope this is the beginning of their legend and glory!"