Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Winning the championship trophy again, and as the third player on the team, doesn't mean much to Duane.

As the Olympic Games were about to open and the domestic blue shoes were in a hurry, Duan had to return to China to participate in training and prepare for the Olympics.

I'll wait until the day before the Bulls' championship parade this year and then rush back to join in the fun with my Bulls teammates.

Of course, traveling back and forth between the two places to participate in activities and training will have a significant impact on Duane's personal physical condition and his subsequent competitive condition in the Olympics.

Especially now that Duane is old.

Compared with other people of the same age, especially the domestic cattle and horses, office workers, Duen is not too healthy.

But compared to myself during my peak period between the ages of 25 and 33, the difference is huge.

Once upon a time, when playing back-to-back games, you only needed to take a melatonin pill before catching the plane and have a good sleep, and you would be full of energy and vitality before the game.

Nowadays, even if you stay up all night, your condition will be much worse the next day. Then if you play in a game, your shooting and defense will be affected, and your offensive and defensive efficiency will all decline.

Now that the Olympics are about to open, Duane rushed to Chicago before the start of the game to participate in the championship celebration, which even caused a lot of opinions from the people on the Blue Shoes side.

However, with Du En's current status and position, he is not afraid of gossip.

Besides, Duane won the championship as the Bulls' star player. Afterwards, the team held a championship celebration. It was impossible for Duane not to participate, right?

The Chicago Bulls, Chicago fans, and even the citizens of Chicago have worshipped Durant as a god and a totem, and have done so for decades. It is impossible for Durant to suddenly turn a blind eye and turn his back on him, right?

That doesn't make sense.

So, after a week of training in China, Duane once again set foot on Chicago soil and participated in various championship celebrations with Jokic, Curry and others.

It was not until three days later that they, still not yet satisfied, hurriedly flew to the island country to reunite with their men's basketball teammates who had checked into the Olympic Village in advance.

In the last Olympics, the men's basketball team only made it to the quarterfinals.

Originally, the mission this year was to break even, and it would be a success if we could get out of the group stage and reach the quarterfinals.

The problem is that two years ago in the Men's Basketball World Cup, the men's basketball team, led by Duane, relied on all kinds of favorable conditions and won the gold medal, which was worth thousands of dollars and announced the rise of the new generation of men's basketball.

The problem is, Duane was still able to play two years ago, but now he really can't play anymore.

This year, both the Blue Shoes and domestic fans have high expectations for the men's basketball team.

This gave Duan a headache, especially since he had just left the men's basketball team alone not long ago and went to Chicago to participate in the championship celebration, wasting three days of training time.

Dunn knew very well that people were not only keen on creating gods, but also keen on pushing gods off the altar with their own hands and stomping on them hard, trampling them into the mud or even into a cesspool.

Therefore, in order to reduce the possible troubles that might arise later, Dunn asked his team to do some pre-match preparations in advance.

Before the opening ceremony of the Olympics was announced, some domestic self-media outlets released news that Duane was about to retire from the national team.

As for self-media, you can make up stories and fabricate things.

Netizens can believe what they hear and take it as true. Of course, they can also treat it as bullshit.

Whatever the specific situation is, we need to analyze the specific problem specifically.

As early as half a year ago, the news that Duane was about to retire from the NBA made a lot of noise.

And now that Duane is nearly 40 years old, it is impossible for him to play in the next Olympics in the next three or four years.

Therefore, it is very reasonable for the self-media to spontaneously create the news that Duane will retire after this Olympics.

Wait until domestic fans and ordinary people notice the news.

Then some of Duan's fans "spontaneously" came out to refute the rumors, saying that Duan and his team had never made any statement about retiring from the national team, and that the previous rumors were all fabricated by the self-media out of context.

At the same time, there are still some fans and spectators who keep leaving messages and asking questions on Duane's social media, eager to know Duane's true thoughts.

However, neither Duane nor his team spoke out.

The silence speaks!
Obviously, Duane’s failure to express his opinion is a statement.

For a time, most fans realized that this year's Olympics might be the last Olympics that Duane would participate in after joining the men's basketball team.

Then, everyone was more eager to confirm this well-known secret from Dunn.

After all the calls came out.

The domestic wind finally blew across the East China Sea and came to Duen.

Duane, who had been prepared for this, had to "confess" under the heavy siege of reporters: "Since I started competing with the men's basketball team, I have participated in four World Championships, the Men's Basketball World Cup, and four Olympic Games.

In terms of team history, I am undoubtedly the player who has played the longest for the men's basketball team.

Usually, the main players of the men's basketball team only have the opportunity to participate in two or three sessions, and the competition time is about ten years.

Starting from their early twenties, basically when they reach the age of thirty-three or thirty-four, they will step down and give opportunities to young domestic players.

Flowing water does not compete for the first place, the contention is endless.

If we want to maintain a world-class level of basketball, we need to improve the Olympic talent training system and give more young players the opportunity to train.

My current age is beyond the normal range, and my personal condition and level are just like Wang Xiaoer's New Year, getting worse every year.

If the Olympics had been held normally last year, I would have planned to retire after the Olympics.

Who would have thought that it would be delayed for a year! This has also affected some of the plans for training men's basketball talents. Next, everything should be back on track.

After I did my best and completed my last shift for the men's basketball team, I officially retired from the men's basketball team.

I believe that my teammates and my successors will not let us down."

Not only did Dunn openly admit his plans to retire, he also took the initiative to confess the fact that his form has declined.

What Duan meant was nothing more than giving the country a heads-up in advance - I no longer have the strength I had before, and my condition is far worse than it was two years ago in the Men's Basketball World Cup.

If I don't perform well enough in the next Olympics, please forgive me for my great contributions to the men's basketball team in the past few years.

Duan is already an old man and will retire soon. The men's basketball team's performance is not ideal. It's impossible to let Duan carry the responsibility alone, right?

After all, except for Duane, the other players of this men's basketball team are basically between 24 and 30 years old, and are basically in their peak condition.

It is true that Duane is the core of the men's basketball team, but what about the other main players? Can we just ignore everything?

Obviously impossible!
What's more, the sports world has become a fan club nowadays, and whoever has more fans has the loudest voice.

Even if the men's basketball team cannot even advance through the group stage in this Olympics, Durant's millions of fans will help Durant shift all the blame.

However, Dunn played the old age card, retirement card, and sentimental card in advance.

By the way, Dunn’s vaccination was quite effective.

As the group stage began, the men's basketball team got off to a bad start and lost two games in a row. However, there were not many accusations and insults directed at Du Enlai in the country.

The blame basically lies with other players, and there are even many voices online saying that Duane has done his best!
The peak gives birth to hypocritical supporters, and the dusk witnesses devout believers!
In two consecutive group matches, Dunn's condition is indeed far from that of the previous session.

得分最高一场也不过15投7中，砍下了19分，而另一场13投5中，只有15分进账。

Of course, even though Duane's performance was a bit poor, he was still the best performer in the men's basketball team and had the highest average points per game.

The new generation of players who had already performed well in the Men's Basketball World Cup saw their performances on both offense and defense decline significantly due to the lack of Duane to attract defense and to provide backup defense.

Duan did not expect that in the past two years, they had played too comfortably in the CBA. Not only had they made no progress, but there were even some signs of regression.

Perhaps, Duane should never have led them to win the gold medal in the Men's Basketball World Cup.

As a result, they have no sense of crisis in the past two years, and the entire team has become slack.

I can only say that they are all normal adult men. When they are well fed and warm, they will think about sex. If they control the ball all day, their hands will not be able to shoot! If they control the ball with both hands for a long time, they will accidentally make their legs weak...

Now they can't help Duane in any way, and they can't expect Duane to lead them to win one difficult game after another.

After all, Duane's scoring ability has dropped significantly in the fourth quarter due to his lack of physical strength.

The men's basketball team lacks the ability to play key balls. Once the game cannot be decided in the first three quarters, the men's basketball team will have to watch their opponents overtake them at the critical moment and then sit back and watch their opponents reap the fruits of victory.

"We are lacking a backbone, a pillar of support!"

Duan was a little depressed. After more than ten years of planning, the youth training system had already been established in advance.

However, we have not yet discovered a new generation leader who can truly lead the men's basketball team to achieve good results in international competitions.

Therefore, in this Olympics, Duane will have to continue to work hard on his own.

Fortunately, not all teams in the same group are world-class teams. If they meet second-rate teams, the men's basketball team still has a chance to win.

In the end, thanks to the team's strong performance, 1 win and 2 losses, third place in Group B, and a net score advantage of -1, the men's basketball team qualified as a substitute to enter the quarterfinals.

However, after entering the quarterfinals, they met the French team, which was ranked first in Group A, and were defeated cleanly.

At this point, Dunn once again reached the Olympic quarterfinals, thus ending his men's basketball career.

They won the gold medal in the Men's Basketball World Cup two years ago, but only made it to the quarterfinals in the Olympics two years later, and only won one game in the entire Olympics. This is obviously a bit unreasonable.

Although Duane had given fans a heads-up before the game, when the news of the Olympic defeat reached back home, the majority of fans and even the spectators still found it difficult to accept and were filled with resentment.

In response, Duane had to find a place to hide and flew to Chicago again to prepare to sign a contract extension with the team.

Long before the start of the finals, NBA executives and the Bulls owner had already reached an agreement with Durant on a contract extension plan and contract renewal in order to retain him.

In terms of money, Duen got exactly what he deserved, even if Duen took the initiative to cut his salary.

The term has also been determined, with the contract renewed for two years, extending to the 24-25 season.

In fact, it's not just Durant. The Bulls management also completed an early contract extension with Curry at the same time, extending the contract to the 24-25 season.

The intention is simply to wait for Duane to retire in the summer of 25 years, and then the Bulls can make a big move.

At that time, if Curry wants to continue to compete for the championship with Jokic, he should take the initiative to reduce his salary. Then the Bulls will introduce one or two All-Stars.

If Curry wants a two- or three-year retirement contract, the Bulls can afford it.

The treatment may not be as good as Durant's current pension contract, but it will not treat Curry much unfairly.

Curry is well aware of this.

Now Curry is also hesitating whether to wait until the end of the 25th season and retire with Durant.

However, if I could get an additional pension contract, that would be pretty good... (End of this chapter)