Chapter 438 The Dream Team Six that Transcends History

——The new god of basketball!

——God is in the east, God is in the Dragon Kingdom!

——No one can defeat that Eastern alien except himself!

Toot…

The phone rang, and Kobe Bryant closed the newspaper he had just read the title of, and picked up the phone next to him.

"Hi, Bryant." There was a familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Martin Dempsey, now the chairman of the American Basketball Association: "How is the recent lawsuit?"

Kobe Bryant had already heard about the energy of the former retired four-star general of the US Army. At this time, he complained on the phone and reiterated the facts of the day...

"Haha, that girl just wants more money. Be generous. It's best if you can handle it yourself. Even if you can't handle it..." Martin said with a smile on the phone: "Compared to this, there is something more important right now. Things need to be done: this year’s men’s basketball roster for the Athens Olympics.”

Kobe Bryant was slightly startled.

Frankly speaking, he has been a little exhausted recently because of the QJ scandal. The woman obviously took the initiative to climb into his bed in the middle of the night... For a normal man, Kobe thinks this is a normal choice. , but unexpectedly he encountered Immortal Tiao, which caused his reputation to plummet.

Coupled with the complete split with O'Neal, the team's disintegration and even the disastrous playoff defeat, all of this made him completely uninterested in basketball during this period.

What's more, he doesn't care about the Olympics and has no interest in participating. What's the point of abusing food?

But something is different this year...

"This year, the enthusiasm for basketball across the United States is unprecedentedly high, and because of Lin Dong's relationship, it seems that the basketball world around the world is no longer so afraid of us... Haha, just like the Dragon Kingdom in the past two years, joining the WTO After being organized, they have entered into a rapid development mode in all walks of life. You may not understand it, but in fact, Congress has been quite vigilant about the rapid development of Dragon Kingdom. The Strategic Bureau even issued a red danger warning, hoping that All walks of life, including the sports world, must be able to comprehensively suppress the Dragon Kingdom... Haha, I'm going too far."

"Anyway, we urgently need a champion, an undisputed champion who can crush Lin Dong! And with this name, Congress will secretly come forward to help you get out of the current trouble quickly, whether it is a federal court or a jury The team, even that girl." Martin said calmly: "It's understandable that you guys usually only focus on professional competitions, but this time is different. I hope you can come to participate, and this is probably an opportunity for you to completely defeat Lin Dong. …I don’t want to hear NO. Now, can you tell me your final decision immediately?”

Kobe Bryant did not hesitate for too long. The United States needs a championship and he needs to feel relieved. If Congress intervenes, this matter that has affected him for more than half a year will be resolved quickly.

Of course, more importantly, he hopes to defeat Lin Dong with his own hands. Lin Dong has lost his god combination and his helpers. With the current disintegration of the Lakers, it is already difficult to do this in the NBA. , and the Olympic Games may really be the best opportunity.

"Thank you." Kobe quickly responded on the phone: "I can't wait!"

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After returning to the team, in addition to participating in the daily training of the national team, Lin Dong usually pays more attention to the situation of the US men's basketball team.

After all, the current Longguo men's basketball team still has many problems in Lin Dong's eyes.

After winning two NBA championships, the Olympic Games is, after all, the honor that Lin Dong values ​​most.

The first is Yao Ming's condition. Although this year's Wizards failed to advance out of the Eastern Conference, they relied on Yao Ming's outstanding performance to advance to the second round of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. This makes Yao Ming actually just come out of the Eastern Conference. It took less than a month to be freed from the intense competition.

In the two years before that, Yao Ming had hardly missed any game of the national team. His frequent use had actually caused his overall condition to decline a lot. Including this year's playoffs, he also showed signs of fatigue. The state is no longer the same state as in the tiebreaker with the SuperSonics last year. It is probably 80-90% left.

The second is that Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian and other young players who have already shown their prominence in the CBA have too little experience in international competitions, and the defensive intensity of the CBA is completely different from that of the international arena and the NBA. They are afraid that It's hard to adapt.

The third is that he is generally at a low point. Although his performance with the Mavericks this year is not bad based on the statistics, Nowitzki has been vaguely regarded as one of the four major centers in the league due to his outstanding performance. This makes him roughly His playing time has been further reduced, his status is a mystery, good and bad, and his overall defensive awareness is poor. It can be regarded as a double-edged sword, hurting others and himself.

The fourth is that Jiang Laogang began to try the 'free small ball' style that Lin Dong mentioned before, giving players more freedom and ball rights. Although he achieved good results in the Asian Championships, overall it was not as good as before. Not mature enough. Now many senior officials in the Basketball Association are opposed to his new tactics. They hope that Mr. Jiang will return to the traditional strict team model, which has caused Mr. Jiang's dissatisfaction.

As the so-called generals do not grant foreign military orders, Mr. Jiang has already seen some of the future of Longguo basketball under the influence of Lin Dong. Although he can stick to his own opinion for the future of Longguo basketball, but as the media exposed that kind of burden on him, The huge pressure on Mr. Jiang has already been quietly transferred to the players.

Frankly speaking, today's national team, except for a few older generations such as Battelle and Du Feng, the rest are basically "Lin Dong's people"... In recent years, all young people are thinking about freedom and ball rights. , all have the courage to show themselves, and stand with Lin Dong and Mr. Jiang.

Therefore, winning not only proves oneself, rectifies Mr. Jiang's name, but also secures a better future environment for himself.

But if they lose, the consequences they will bear, whether from the Basketball Association or from fans across the country, will be enough to make it difficult for everyone to move domestically in the next one or two years.

Many problems, many troubles.

Although it is so powerful on paper, only Lin Dong and a few others can see the danger lurking beneath it.

Of course, we have Lin Dong.

This is the greatest confidence for all players in the national team today, including Mr. Jiang who also knows the problems of the national team.

Lin Dong has the same view.

In the NBA, it has proven its strength to dominate an era. It is a truly indestructible knife. Just one Lin Dong is enough to make the national team fearless of any European team. After all, the only real opponent is the United States.

Fortunately, this Dream Six team in history is not considered strong, it can even be said to be 'very weak'.

First, in the first game of the group stage, they were defeated by Puerto Rico's miracle boy Arroyo. They lost to this powerful North American team with a huge difference of 19 points. Then they lost to the European powerhouse Lithuania. Finally, they even made it to the semifinals. They lost to Argentina, which had Ginobili and Scola, and only won a bronze medal... Since the creation of the American Dream Team, until 2004, they had only lost four times in the Olympics, once to the former Soviet Union. , and the other three times, they were all saved by this Olympic Games.

Lin Dong is very familiar with this history, so much so that he knows all about the Meng Liu team, from the coach to the players, and even the performance of every game, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the Meng Liu team.

This is not to say that Duncan, Iverson, Wade and others are weak. On paper, they are far stronger than Puerto Rico and Argentina.

The reason why we lost was firstly because of our mentality and underestimating the enemy. Secondly, we lost because of our experience. The composition of the players was too young. Except for the three veterans of Iverson, Duncan and Marbury, most of the others were one or two. The third grade of rookies lost because the head coach was not compatible with this team.

In the history of another world, the head coach is Larry Brown, who won the NBA championship in 2004, and the assistant coach is D'Antoni. This seems to be an old tradition in the United States. The coach of the NBA championship team serves as the coach. National team coach.

Larry Brown's coaching style and characteristic is defense. He is an absolute defensive master. But look at his lineup at the time. LeBron, Anthony, Wade, Marbury, Stoudemire, Iverson... this one Each wave wants to attack more than the other, and except for Duncan, Iverson and Marbury, most of the others are first- and second-year rookie players. Not to mention their lack of experience, each one has more personality and personality than the last one. Desire to perform.

Therefore, everyone in this Dream Six team is either attacking or preparing to attack.

A defensive master? What about MB?

Therefore, in addition to underestimating the enemy, the incompatibility between the head coach and the team is one of the main reasons for the failure of this American team.

Facing himself, Lin Dong believes that the US team will not underestimate the enemy, but the problem of incompatibility with the coach is still inevitable. As long as Dayao can withstand Duncan, he can tear up the US team's defense, and Zhu Fangyu on the outside Facing the defense of the American team, others will definitely have a chance to take action under their own pull.

So even though the national team has many problems, Lin Dong already feels that the national team has at least a 70% chance of winning. And if he can really lead the team to win the Olympic championship and send the Dragon Kingdom to the world's number one ranking, then he will really win in this life. There is no regret.

Unfortunately……

Unlike the Dragon Country, which starts preparations a year in advance, the United States, as the Holy Land of Basketball, often hurriedly gathers a team just before it starts for such a competition, and this year is no exception.

The selection of head coaches, selection of players, etc. all start after the finals.

This year's NBA championship is not the Pistons, but the SuperSonics, so it is natural that the head coach should be replaced by McMillan.

This already makes Lin Dong feel a bit bad. After all, McMillan has accepted the run-and-gun concept for two years. Although he is not yet a master-level head coach, his offensive concept is quite mature, which is in line with the American Dream Six. A very good match. Fortunately, I know enough about McMillan's coaching style and tactical style, and it is relatively simple, so I should be able to handle it.

But what's even worse is that because of Lin Dong's presence, the American Basketball Association and fans across the United States are paying special attention to the Olympics this year.

The American Basketball Association believed that McMillan had less than two years of coaching experience and was too young, and Lin Dong and him knew each other too well, so they eliminated this option and chose another person: Old K from Duke University.

This is a tactician who truly devotes himself to basketball tactics...

But what's even more terrible is not only the change of head coach, but also the lineup sent by the US team this time.

On the basis of the original Dream Six, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, Chris Bosh, Ben Wallace...

In addition to O'Neal, who had already shouted in front of the media, "With him without me, with me without him", even Artest, who had taken the initiative to ask Meng Liu several times in history but was rejected, did not come. coming.

Almost all the defensive heroes in the NBA are here.

Old K's attitude is very clear. He wants to form a super team that can check Lin Dong on both offense and defense. In this game, the United States can only win but not lose!

Moreover, except for Gary Payton, who is satisfied with winning two consecutive championships and is somewhat interested in going to Greece for a 'sightseeing trip', all the other people gather for one purpose, and that is to defeat Lin Dong!

Being dominated by him in the NBA for two seasons has made these NBA super giants furious.

When he saw this lineup, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel his anus tighten.

underestimate the enemy?

For Mengliu, which was formed with the goal of defeating itself, that simply didn't exist.

They may underestimate all other teams, but they will never underestimate the Dragon Kingdom.

Not only will they not underestimate the enemy, they will even show their absolute 120% strength when playing against the Dragon Kingdom. They must vent all their anger from being suppressed by the SuperSonics in the NBA in the past two years into this game. No.

Lin Dong was thinking about it.

Snapped!

A flying shot on the court completely blocked Zhu Fangyu's outside 3-pointer.

"Damn it, it's too tight. There's no room for action..." Zhu Fangyu was still complaining on the court.

Lin Dong looked a little dumbfounded.

The general defense is already the worst in the NBA, but dealing with Zhu Fangyu's level still makes them feel full of pressure.

This needs to be replaced by Artest, replaced by Big Ben, replaced by Kobe...

Is this a two-on-five rhythm between himself and Dayao?

Headache……