Chapter 579 The Time to Make History Has Come!

Marbella, Spain, Oriental Pearl Arena, at night...

The arena is brightly lit, but silent.

There is no one here, a man in his twenties is standing alone in the court holding a basketball, with his eyes closed and motionless.

Blah blah blah...

Whirring whirring...

The sound of rain outside the window of the arena, the sound of wind from the air conditioner in the arena, everything can't escape the man's keen perception.

Move... move... move...

He can hear his steady heartbeat and feel his long and slow breathing.

The only thing he can't feel is the basketball in his hand.

It's strange to say that the basketball should be everything to him, and the basketball should be the thing he holds most tightly in his hand at this moment, but in his consciousness he can't feel it, because at this moment, the basketball in his hand seems to have merged with his palm.

The basketball is him, he is the basketball!

When he closes his eyes and concentrates, all the external objects in the entire court seem to be clearly visible in his eyes.

The size of the court, his position, the direction and distance of the basket, everything is automatically formed in his mind without opening his eyes.

At the same time, it is not just this empty and quiet stadium that forms an image in his mind.

"Come on, Lin! In two years, I have made progress that you cannot imagine. I have seen your realm and I am eager to reach your realm. That requires your help and I need to step on you to do it!" A well-proportioned black man appeared in front of him in his consciousness. The black man was wearing a No. 24 jersey. His handsome face was filled with unparalleled concentration and a desire that seemed to have been waiting for a long time: "This is our last battle... because I will definitely defeat you!"

No. 24 was full of excitement. In the past two years, he has been eager to challenge that person all the time, eager to climb over the highest peak standing on the top of the world!

The man holding the ball also felt it, felt the other party's fighting spirit and desire.

This is a pure challenger, born only for basketball, like a confidant.

A smile crept onto the man's face, and at the same time, a second figure appeared beside No. 24.

He was also a black player, but he wore the No. 23 jersey. His bulging cheeks made his face look big, with a hint of stupidity, but also with a kind of innocence and persistence.

"Hey, man, I'm no longer the college student who would be tired by you on the court, nor the guy who was almost shut out by you in the finals." The big-cheeked man looked more relaxed than No. 24, but the fear and attention he showed to the young man in his eyes were no less than No. 24. He blinked at the young man: "They gave me a new nickname, calling me Flash... I think I'm faster than him."

He smiled at No. 24, but when he turned his head to look at the young man with the ball, he put away his playful smile and replaced it with a kind of blood that longed for a fierce battle: "Faster than you, even at your peak!"

Facing these two strongest challengers in the world today, even a strong man like the man with the ball couldn't help licking the corners of his mouth.

But at this moment, the third figure also appeared in his consciousness.

It was a red-haired man taller than the three of them, with an excited look on his face, who appeared behind the two men.

The man was slightly startled, and felt that the atmosphere that had just been brewing was broken by this guy who suddenly broke in. He asked with a smile: "We are training, why are you messing up!"

"Hahahaha, Brother Gaoren, how can this be called messing up?" The red-haired guy laughed and took a defensive stance behind the two men: "Don't forget, we are also opponents in this year's Olympics! Come on, Brother Gaoren, let's have a passionate battle between gay friends!"

"What gay friends or not, you dead glass, get out of the way quickly, this is the US team against the Dragon Country team, what does it have to do with you? I see you now as if I saw a nightmare!" No. 23 couldn't help cursing. He lost the finals of the 07-08 season this year, which was really unfair and unexpected.

No. 24 also showed a look of disgust towards the red-haired guy. This year he was even worse, and he didn't even make it to the Western Conference Finals, and it was all because of this red-haired guy in front of him.

Ah, and there was the new pervert in their team. At the beginning of the new season, everyone mocked the Sonics for playing a good card of the No. 1 pick so badly that they actually gave up Oden to choose him!

That new guy now has a nickname in the league that makes No. 23 and No. 24 uncomfortable - Little Lin Dong!

MD, both won the championship in their rookie season. The height and wingspan of the new guy are too terrifying. His physical condition seems to be stronger than Lin Dong. Not only is he 207 cm taller than Lin Dong, he also has an exaggerated wingspan of 228 cm, and he is super flexible. When he shoots 3-pointers from the outside, no one in the world can interfere with him. Maybe he doesn't have as many means as Lin Dong, his mentality is not as good as Lin Dong, and his defense can't be compared with Lin Dong, but in terms of offensive ability alone, this guy is absolutely unstoppable!

How come the Sonics have this kind of pervert without a rookie wall? !

No. 24 said coldly to the red-haired guy: "Go find your super rookie and play by yourself. You two can practice against each other in offense and defense. Why are you trying to steal the show from us?"

Speaking of which, although we have been in contact and talking on the phone, it has been a long time since we last saw each other. I even thought of that guy during training... But it will be soon. I will see him when I return to China and go to the Olympic Village in two days.

The young man with the ball smiled and shook his head, driving the unbridled and heartless red-haired man out of his mind.

And at the moment when the red-haired man disappeared, the playful expressions on the faces of No. 23 and No. 24 disappeared, and their bodies crouched down at the same time, posing a defensive posture, and instantly replaced it with a serious battle posture.

The two of them obviously had traces of training and cooperation with each other. The four super-long wings directly covered and blocked all the breakthrough positions of Lin Dong at the moment of spreading, and took the initiative to "invade" Lin Dong.

No. 24's big hand copied to the left side of Lin Dong, and No. 23's big hand stared at Lin Dong's right side. The angle of the two people's attack completely blocked Lin Dong's breakthrough route in the middle. In just a moment, it was like a cage covering Lin Dong from all sides!

Dribbling? Making moves?

In the face of such an extreme blockade, anyone on this planet who dares to let the ball go, even if they just pat it once, will inevitably be intercepted by those two extremely aggressive big hands. They have completely blocked all your dribbling routes!

But...

Bang!

Lin Dong just patted it, and with a powerful right hand, he patted the basketball to the ground at a speed almost twice as fast as the normal speed, like a catapult!

No. 24's big hand caught nothing. After all, even if you calculate the ball control route accurately, the speed of the ball is controlled by the opponent, which you can't calculate accurately anyway.

The basketball was pulled from the back to the left in an instant.

And No. 23's steal was already in place. Although the ball came very fast, making his steal a beat slower, his super consciousness and ball sense allowed him to feel the speed of the ball at the same time that No. 24 was a beat slower.

After all, he had to react first to this ball. He couldn't grab it faster, but he could grab it slower!

Since the opponent has already started dribbling, it is impossible for him to just shoot after one dribble, right?

So No. 23 paused for a beat before reaching out.

According to the speed of the ball, the time when he reached out would be exactly the time when the opponent dribbled the ball out for the second time, and under the blockade of him and No. 24, there was only one dribbling route left.

Knowing your ball control route and your ball control speed, this kind of ball is just like waiting for it to come to the door by itself.

But...

The ball control speed that was super fast just now suddenly slowed down at this moment!

It was not a wrist flip.

The super elastic ball control just now put the basketball in a stage of rising with great force, and the rising force of the basketball was completely under the control of the man. His palm slowly rose with the basketball, as if absorbing the lifting force of the basketball just now, and as if slowly digesting and controlling it, it seemed as if the basketball was completely stuck to the man's hand and suspended in the air!

At this moment, the basketball seemed to be the man, and the man seemed to be the basketball itself.

You can only block people, not the ball!

The few tenths of a second he snatched away at this time, and the change in the rhythm of the force when he shot it again, made No. 23's attempt to steal the ball fall in vain.

The left and right sides both reached out to steal the ball at the same time but failed, and instead, a flaw appeared.

The almost seamless defense gap between the two people now had a crack. The man dribbled the ball between his legs with his left hand, and used his body to slightly turn sideways to squeeze on the crack, forcibly squeezing the two people's originally seamless defense apart, and rushed out from between the two people.

And the natural ball control also forced the ball out in this gap where there was almost no dribbling space.

Over!

The two people who were passed were shocked and angry. No. 24 on the right quickly moved sideways, trying to use his body strength to forcefully squeeze over and interfere; No. 23 on the left turned around and rushed out like lightning. At this moment, his muscles were tense and his speed had already exploded to the extreme. He tried to use his own speed and the interference of his teammates next to him to get around the man and intercept him.

But... everything was in vain.

The man didn't seem to be fast, and he didn't have the feeling of being as fast as lightning when his muscles were tense, but he was extremely natural.

Every move he made was extremely exquisite, without any waste of energy or any flaws in details, which made him look extremely natural, as if he was integrated with the way of heaven!

The physical interference of No. 24 next to him was useless, just like you couldn't catch a gust of wind no matter what, he didn't give you any chance to exert force, and no one could catch him.

At the same time, the state of integration with nature also made him look "not fast enough" and have a speed that even No. 23 couldn't catch up with even if he burst out with all his strength!

Swish!

An easy layup, the sound of the basketball going into the net came.

It was only then that Lin Dong opened his eyes.

The No. 23 and No. 24 that intercepted him in his mind were shattered, and the position of the basket was exactly the same as when he rushed up with his eyes closed.

Lin Dong's mouth slightly opened.

He looked at the sports watch on his hand.

July 25, 2008, 9:48 p.m.

The rest of the team and the national team who came here for special training had returned home two days ago, and he would also take a flight back to China tomorrow.

The 2008 Olympics... There are only thirteen days left until the opening ceremony.

This is what he has been looking forward to since the first day he came to this world.

This is the Olympics held at the doorstep of Longguo!

This is the first time that Longguo has let the world truly know itself, and it is also an important node that will be praised in later generations as a return to the peak of the entire Chinese nation!

In the eyes of all Longguo people, whether they are the current Longguo people or the future Longguo people, they have already surpassed sports competition itself.

And if they can win the championship of the big ball event in this Olympic Games held in their own country... This is the only chance for all Longguo basketball players, an opportunity that has never been had before and will never be had again in the future!

Such glory will even run through the entire nation from ancient times to the present, surpassing the meaning of basketball itself, and becoming a part of the backbone of this nation!

Thinking of this, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel proud!

The training list of the Olympic national team has been determined long ago, and the training camp has started in April.

But unlike previous years when they trained in Yanjing Wukesong, this year's national team training location was changed to Marbella, Spain.

The main purpose was to accommodate the players of Mobis who were still in the Champions League in June. After all, last year's Champions League was a huge success because of Lin Dong's participation. The ratings in the world were second only to the NBA League. Therefore, this year the European League made some changes to the competition system, expanded some teams and increased the rounds of the competition system, resulting in the overall competition being extended to July. The national team's training will start as early as the end of the CBA in late April.

And the players who were accommodated by the national team are obviously Lin Dong, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu and Chen Jianghua.

As for the others, Yi Jianlian participated in the NBA draft as early as last year and was selected by the Nets with the 16th pick in the first round and became a member of the NBA.

Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers in the second round and also went to the NBA.

Xu Yong's strength is slightly inferior, but in order to let him broaden his horizons, Lin Dong sent him to the Seattle Storm, the lower team of the Supersonics. He spent a year in the Development League. Although he failed to win the championship of the lower league this year, he also entered the playoffs and averaged 17.5 points and 3.6 assists per game this season. More importantly, Xu Yong is young enough. He is only 19 years old this year and has great room for improvement. This makes him fully expected to participate in the draft next year, and he may even enter the first round directly. He is now the most watched new star in domestic youth basketball, except for Yi Jianlian.

As for Wang Shipeng, due to his poor condition during the trial training, he was unfortunately not selected in the draft. He was also recruited by the Seattle Storm and played in the lower league with Xu Yong for a year.

Therefore, as early as April, except for Sun Yue who was going to participate in the playoffs with the Lakers, everyone else had already come to Marbella to participate in the national team training.

Lin Dong and his team played when they had games, and basically stopped participating in Mobisit's internal training when they didn't have games. Instead, they participated in the overall training of the national team in the new stadium in Marbella, which was built by Mitsui Group and has not yet officially started to receive spectators.

After more than three months of training and running-in, these guys, most of whom were born in Mobisit, have been condensed into one.

Full preparation, strong personal ability, and unity of purpose.

In Lin Dong's opinion, this Dragon National Team has far surpassed the 2008 Olympic Men's Basketball Team, which was praised as the top of Dragon National Basketball by the World Cup.

A smile hung on the corner of Lin Dong's mouth.

This time is not a gamble, and it is definitely not a "try".

... The time to create history has finally arrived!