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While all the big guys were using their own tricks to make their teams stronger and trying to figure out how to fix the lineup, Lin Tian had already flown back to China. He still had a Men's Basketball World Championship to play in Japan this year!
Since 00, the Chinese team has won the world championship for three consecutive times. Naturally, they are determined to win this time. Their goal is to win the world championship for the fourth consecutive time and the World Championship for the second consecutive time!

The Chinese team has the NBA trio of Lin Tian, ​​Yao Ming and Dazhi, so they naturally attract attention from all sides and are the number one favorite in this World Championships!

Yes, number one!
No matter how many times the Chinese team has won the championship before, when the major bookmakers and media gave the championship odds and predictions before the game, they would choose the American team as the first pick without hesitation. They all trusted that the American team could win the championship.

After all, with such an all-star lineup of talented people there, who wouldn’t be confused?

But this time, it changed!

This time, the Chinese team finally topped the odds list for the first time and became the number one favorite for the World Championships.

As for the reason, it’s not that people suddenly become more optimistic about them and think they are stronger than they were two years ago.

The biggest reason is that the US team’s roster was announced early this time!

As soon as their list came out, public opinion was in an uproar!

Countless fans, Americans and the world's top teams couldn't help but frown.

What are the Americans trying to do by putting together this lineup?

Did they give up the championship?

The reason why everyone questions the strength and intensity of the US team's lineup is very simple.

This lineup looks just like the US second team!
Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal, Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, none of the league's top superstars!

Or in other words: there are almost no players over 25 years old in this team!

Point guard: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Kirk Hinrich
Shooting Guard: Dwyane Wade, Ben Gordon
Small forward: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Shane Battier
Power forward: Chris Bosh, Amar'e Stoudemire

Center: Dwight Howard, Emeka Okafor

The head coach is Mike Krzyzewski, a top coach from Duke University who has been a big name in the NCAA for many years but has always been unwilling to join the NBA.

That is Coach K.

这一支球队基本上是以02-05这4届新秀为绝对核心所组建起来的，除了肖恩·巴蒂尔这个领袖气质十足的3D型球员之外，其余的球员全都没有超过25岁。

The leader of this team may be LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, or Amar'e Stoudemire.

But no matter who they are, they are not the best and top players in the league, and some of them are not even the absolute core of their respective teams.

This team is youthful and full of possibilities!

This is the real reason why Colangelo assembled such a team.

What he wants is a team with perfect tacit understanding, which can play together for many years, can play together in at least 4 major competitions, and can cooperate from 06 to the 12 London Olympics!
This time, he chose the future and tacit understanding!
When each player joined the team, he signed a contract with Colangelo for four major tournaments. The players promised that they would not refuse to be called up unless it was due to injury, and would participate in all the World Series between 4 and 06!
Of course, the same goes for head coach K. He has also signed a 12-year contract with the team. During this period, no matter what the results are or how the team performs, he will not be fired!
It is also worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant originally wanted to join this team. He was also the absolute leader that Colangelo had found for the team. He was the second player over 25 years old in this team besides Battier.

But after the finals, Kobe was diagnosed with a knee injury and had to drain the fluid for treatment, so Kobe will not participate in this tournament, but starting next time, he will play for his country again!
The reason for doing this.

To put it bluntly, Colangelo surrendered!
After all his elite troops had put forth their strongest forces but still lost to Lin Tian in 04, Colangelo realized his mistake.

He believes that for a team that was formed temporarily and has only undergone one month of training and practice, no matter how big the players are, it is difficult for them to form real tacit understanding and chemical reaction. They still rely more on instinct and personal ability to play.

At the same time, a new coach is replaced in each session, and if the results are not good, a new group of players is replaced. This also allows the US team to come up with a completely different style of play almost every session.

If there was no Chinese team, and if the American team was still the world's number one team, then there would certainly be no problem in doing this.

But now we have the Chinese team, and teams like Spain, Argentina, Greece, Lithuania and others are also getting stronger and more competitive. Will the American team still play in the same way as before?
Anyway, Colangelo thinks this won’t work!

If they continue like this, the team will continue to lose games and suffer defeat again and again.

So this time, Colangelo is determined to reform!

He was going to do something that had never been done before!

Determine the core, determine the key personnel, determine the head coach and tactical play, determine the system, determine everything, and then let these young people in their early 20s play together, from 06 to the London Olympics in 12!
By that time, most of the players on this team were at their peak and in the best phase of their careers. Their personal abilities, teamwork, chemistry, and mutual understanding had also reached their peak.

More importantly, according to the normal laws of human birth, aging, sickness and death, and aging, how many years can Lin Tian, ​​who is already 33 years old, remain at his peak?

This year is your peak. What about the 08 Beijing Olympics? What about the 10 World Championships? What about the 12 London Olympics? Are you still at your peak?
You are fucking a monster!

Colangelo doesn’t believe that!
So he chose to avoid the limelight. In this and even these two world championships, he chose to give up competing for the gold medal and focus on running-in and training. He wanted to train the American team into an invincible ace team and then rule the world once again!

As for this year's World Championships and the Imperial Capital Olympics two years later?

If the boys work hard, then go and win a gold medal. If their growth is not as fast as expected, then let's just take it as it comes. What's important is to make progress and to give people hope and a future!

In a word: We will not fight you head-on, Lin Tian! We, the American team, need to rebuild!

Start from the most basic part and rebuild little by little.

But of course, even if not all the elite players were present, even if none of the league's top stars were present, such a team, such a team that focuses on the youth storm, still received attention from all over the world.

Although they are not the number one favorite to win the championship, they are also number two!

After all, this is Team America!

Each of the 12 people here can become the absolute core or the second core if they go to other national teams!
Although this team is young, they are also a dream team!
"They're scared." This was Lin Tian's first thought after seeing Colangelo's lineup.

This guy was scared by himself!

It turned out to be a development-style lineup.

“It’s because of our brother Lin that he’s the best in the world!” Several young men in the team immediately flattered Lin Tian with a smile, their smiles were so brilliant.

As the previous generation gets older, there are still many newcomers in the Chinese team this time.

Among these newcomers, there are absolute core players who will become the main force of the national team in the future, as well as those who are just visiting here because of their good form in the past two years.

And now, after the Chinese team has conducted special training and closed training for a period of time, the team's 12-man roster has actually been announced.

Point guard: Lin Tian, ​​Liu Wei, Chen Jianghua
Shooting guard: Zhang Qingpeng, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue

Small forward: Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng

Power forward: Yi Jianlian, Dazhi

Center: Yao Ming, Mo Ke

Among this 12-man team, there are many old friends of Lin Tian, ​​but there are also many newcomers, especially the back line, which has almost undergone a complete replacement!

Except for Liu Wei and Lin Tian, ​​the remaining four backcourt players were selected for the national team for the first time!

Of course, there is a reason that Li Nan cannot be selected again due to injury, but the bigger reason is that Hu Weidong and others are really old and it is time for them to retire. The team should make bold changes to a certain extent while having two top stars, Lin Tian and Yao Ming.

Among them, Chen Jianghua is 17 years old, Abdul-Jabbar is 18 years old, and Sun Yue is 21 years old. If nothing unexpected happens, these three will become the absolute main force of the national team in the future!
Among them, Yi Jianlian has been selected for the second time and plans to participate in the NBA draft next year! He is also the most promising super rookie among the new generation!

The other two players selected for the first time are 25-year-old Zhang Qingpeng and 23-year-old Wang Shipeng. Both of them are shooters and were selected by the team to see who can take over from Li Nan and others.

Looking around, Lin Tian has unknowingly become the big brother and the oldest person in the entire team!
In the entire team, Lin Tian is the only one over 30 years old!
Apart from him, the oldest person on the team is Dazhi, who was born in 1977. But Dazhi is not only 4 years younger than Lin Tian, ​​he is also one of Lin Tian’s loyal younger brothers.

Time really flies!

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

However, Lin Tian still quite agrees with the team's idea of ​​actively seeking change, rejuvenation and focusing on the future.

The method he approved of was to train Chen Jianghua, Sun Yue and others madly during training, and beat these young brothers to a terrible state.

"Everyone, work harder. I'll go easy on you guys today, but when we get to the World Championships, your opponents won't go easy on you!"

This sentence also became the sentence that Lin Tian said most often during the training of the Chinese team.

However, although the younger brothers were badly beaten by Lin Tian and were exhausted and lay on the ground like dead dogs after each practice, when everyone was not free, the younger brothers liked to get close to Lin Tian and play with him.

Because everyone can feel that Lin Tian is targeting them in training because it is for their own good and so that they can improve!
This generation of Chinese players is still quite motivated and they all hope to become better!

For example, Chen Jianghua. The reason why this guy was plagued by injuries was that he trained too hard. Even when he was young, the conditions in the team were not good and there was no indoor court, only concrete ground, but he still trained hard.

Even Sun Yue, who is always criticized for not working hard and not being motivated, once flew across most of the United States alone in one month when he participated in the NBA draft in 07. He participated in more than 1 tryouts, trained with hundreds of newcomers waiting to enter the NBA, and flew thousands of miles.

You say he is not motivated, doesn't pursue his dreams, and doesn't love basketball?

At least these guys don't have those problems at this stage.

"Brother Lin." The youngest Chen Jianghua was sitting opposite Lin Tian and asked, "Do you think I can play in the NBA?"

“I can’t play.” Lin Tian shook his head without even thinking: “Your characteristic is speed, but there are too many fast people in the NBA. Your strengths cannot be reflected, but your weaknesses of poor shooting and poor organization will be exposed without reservation.”

"Brother, please give me some face." Chen Jianghua had a bitter face. He was really waiting for Lin Tian to give him some encouragement.

“Give me face? Am I not giving you enough face?” Lin Tian rolled his eyes and said, “Then Huazi, tell me how old you are.”

"2...18." Chen Jianghua was stunned for a moment and almost let the cat out of the bag.

"See, this is an answer that doesn't give me face." Lin Tian spread his hands to express his helplessness. He had no way to deal with the current situation in the country.

"Brother, what about me?" Wang Shipeng also asked Lin Tian with great interest.

"Do you really want me to attack you?" Lin Tian was too lazy to pay attention to this guy who came to join in the fun.

I really have no idea whether there is a chance or not!
"But you have a chance." Lin Tian said, looking at Sun Yue and said, "Find your position, develop your advantages, and don't think about being an all-round superman. You can do it in the CBA, but if you want to go to the NBA, remember, being all-round means being incompetent. Sometimes you can be successful with just one trick."

"Different players have different positions. You have to find what makes you different and then develop it. That's your chance to enter the NBA."

Lin Tian said this to Sun Yue who was standing next to him.

"Advantages, me?" Sun Yue sat there, thinking about what his advantages were, and what advantages he had that could allow him to enter the NBA.

"Brother, they are coming! Those little bastards are coming!" Zhang Qingpeng, who was a little crazy and liked to show off, shouted at the top of his voice, afraid that others couldn't hear him, so he started yelling from a distance.

"This kid will get a beating sooner or later." Lin Tian shook his head helplessly. In the Huaxia team alone, there are two people who were born and raised in Shanghai, and they are both very important players of the team.

You, Zhang Qingpeng, come right up and say that the other fellow villagers are all bastards, so won't I have to find an opportunity to teach you a lesson?
"Let's go and get ready for the game." Lin Tian took the lead and stood up, stretching and saying, "We have to play well and don't embarrass ourselves."

Today, there is a warm-up match, or an internal teaching match.

This is the opponent that the Basketball Federation has found for the Chinese team, the Shanghai team of the CBA.

However, the current Shanghai team is not the CBA powerhouse it was a few years ago. Since Yao Ming left the team, the team has been tepid. Now the team's top core Liu Wei is still with the national team.

But it's just a practice session, everyone can get a feel for actual combat and warm up at the same time. The two teams are also rivals in the league, and everyone knows each other very well, so there is no need to worry about the game being ugly and damaging the relationship.

Even many of the young people on the Shanghai team came here to chase stars.

Everyone didn’t feel anything when they saw Yao Ming, after all, they saw him every year. But after seeing Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian could feel that the eyes of several people were different.

Quite hot!

But unfortunately, Lin Tian couldn’t remember the names of these people.

Don't know him at all.

There isn't even a familiar face.

There is no other way. For a team that is at the bottom of the CBA, it would be impossible for it to have any player that Lin Tian is familiar with except Liu Wei!
This practice match was played just like a star-chasing match. The quality of the match was not very high. At most, it was a chance for both sides to feel the atmosphere of the match, and both sides played harmoniously.

After head coach Jonas felt that the intensity of the game was not enough, he made several bold moves in a row.

For example, let Liu Wei and Dayao return to the Magic City team, or write down the score that the Chinese team is 20 points behind the Magic City team, and let the Chinese team try to catch up quickly.

For example, they have four outside players, Lin Tian, ​​Liu Wei, Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu, and a roughly pure attacking lineup.

In short, the game was played at the level of just making someone sweat. Although Jonas kept writing and drawing on the notebook, everyone knew that it could not be used as a reference in terms of how well the game was played.

Not strong enough.

Fortunately, the Chinese team is about to set off again. They will first go to the imperial capital to participate in the Stankovic Cup, play a few games with several world powerhouses, and then go to Europe for a one-month international training camp.

During the training, they will play against France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania and other teams. These games are quite good! They are all very good teams in the world.

After these training sessions, the Chinese team will be returning to Asia and heading to Japan to prepare for the World Championships at the end of August.

After today's game, the kids from the Magic City team were also very excited. They lined up one after another to take photos with Lin Tian, ​​then shook hands with him and chatted with him. Some of them were so outgoing that they insisted on having a meal together.

Naturally, Lin Tian could handle all of this with ease. They were all family, so he could just chat and have fun!
However, as they chatted, Lin Tian noticed that among all the players of the Shanghai team, there was a child with a childish face who was sitting alone in a corner. He didn't talk to anyone, nor did he participate in any greetings or social activities.

As Lin Tian often plays RPG games, he is very clear about what happens whenever this kind of guy sitting in the corner appears.

Either he is an NPC that the system randomly placed there to wander around, or he is some hidden important person. As long as you get close to him, you will definitely be able to activate the mission.

As someone who must achieve 100% collection when playing games, Lin Tian certainly would not miss this opportunity.

Let’s chat up! (End of this chapter)