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"You didn't seem to be on the court just now?" Lin Tian has always been a very outgoing person. After dealing with everyone on the Shanghai team and letting them go and play with the other players on the Huaxia team, Lin Tian sat down next to the silent child.

Although this kid looks about 2 meters tall, with lumps of flesh on his body that show he worked hard, his childish face and stupidity, no, his clear eyes tell you that this kid is only 18 years old at most.

"I'm not qualified to play. I'm not on the first team." The kid was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect a superstar like Lin Tian to come and talk to him. He was a little nervous and said, "Actually, I don't even have the qualifications to come today. I begged the coach for a long time before he brought me here to see what he has to offer."

"From the second team?" Lin Tian asked casually.

“Not the second team either. I haven’t officially joined the team yet. I just returned to China and practiced and ran with everyone. I don’t know if I can join the team yet.” After the young man said this, Lin Tian was a little sure who this guy was!

Just came back from abroad, still very young, not yet in the first team, with a perfect figure and a somewhat reserved personality.

After adding all these together, Lin Tian was basically certain that this kid was Xu Yong!

When talking about Xu Yong's name now, many people may feel unfamiliar with it, or even have never heard of it.

But for the previous generation of Lin Tian’s fans, the name Xu Yong is absolutely a household name!
At the age of 16, that is, last year, he went to the United States to play basketball and participated in many training camps of various sizes in the United States. The most famous of them was winning the MVP and Slam Dunk King titles in the Adidas training camp.

The host of this training camp was none other than the famous "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell, and Xu Yong's MVP award was also presented by Russell.

Russell's evaluation of Xu Yong is even higher!

"His explosiveness and physical fitness are not inferior to Francis. He has the potential to be a 5-star high school student. I am optimistic that he will be able to enter the NBA in a few years and will most likely be selected in the top ten! If necessary, I can help him contact the school and let him go to school here!"

But unfortunately, nothing happened.

I don’t know if it was because Russell just said that at the time and didn’t take it seriously later, or if it was because of Xu Yong’s family and his own reasons. In short, after running back and forth in various training camps in the United States for almost a year, Xu Yong returned to China, returned to his hometown Shanghai, and joined the Shanghai team.

The next season, that is, the 06-07 season, 18-year-old Xu Yong started playing in the CBA, but his first season was basically spent on the bench. He only played 8 games in the entire season, averaging only 7 points per game, and was a complete supporting role.

But in the second season, Xu Yong's talent could no longer be suppressed!
This guy is starting to explode!

He played 29 games throughout the season, averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game. He also made several stunning dunks in the dunk contest, earning himself the nickname "China Carter."

His dunks are both elegant and violent, and his physical fitness is so good that he doesn't look like an Asian at all! Many people say: He and Yi Jianlian are the pinnacle of physical fitness in China or Asia!

In addition to his top-notch jumping chops and flexibility, this guy's ball sense and speed are also top-notch. When he was 19 years old, if he wanted to break through, almost no domestic forward could stop him!
Basically, every breakthrough he made was accurate, and with a step forward, he could leave 90% of the domestic forwards behind.

Coupled with his excellent ball-handling ability and awareness, once he starts a fast break, he is more like an indestructible blade!

Of course, at that time when the Internet was not well developed, he was still unknown. He was just a kid trembling about the future, not knowing whether he could make it into the Shanghai team. His first domestic fame would have to wait until the World Youth Championship next summer.

At the age of 17, he was selected for the national team for the first time, and it was across age. At the age of 17, he was selected for the U19 national team. At the World Youth Championship, facing the American team composed of Curry, Beasley, Rose and others, Xu Yong became the brightest person on the court.

Not only did he lock down Michael Beasley, a top high school student known as a gifted child, one-on-one, he also scored a game-high 22 points on Beasley's head with inside and outside shots! Throughout the U19 World Youth Championship, Xu Yong averaged 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, making him the top scorer and core of the Huaxia team.

The peak of his life was at the age of 18, when he was playing in the 07-08 CBA regular season.

In the last five games, with both the team's foreign aid and Liu Wei injured, the team handed over the offensive power and a large amount of ball possession to Xu Yong.

This young man, who is not even 19 years old, averaged an amazing 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the last five games!
Looking at the CBA league at that time, there was not even one Chinese player who could produce the same or even close statistics!
A rising striker and superstar, a player who has excited countless Chinese people and made them think that there is finally someone who can form an inside and outside star with Yao Ming, has finally been born!

There are even countless people asking for Xu Yong to be selected for the national team this time and let him play for the country. Many people believe that Xu Yong, who is not even 19 years old, is already the best small forward in the country!
There was no suspense about Xu Yong either, as he was successfully selected for the national training team after the end of the CBA season.

Then, his story ended.

His story as a basketball player was completely over.

In May 08, when the Chinese national team was conducting the final screening and trying to determine the final roster, Xu Yong's physical examination report came out.

He was diagnosed with 'malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine'.

This is a rare disease with no cure.

Although this strange disease would not take Xu Yong's life immediately, it took away his basketball career.

This disease forced Xu Yong to retire at the age of 19, ending his basketball career.

His basketball career had to end before it could even take off.

What is even more regrettable is that in the Chinese basketball world where almost everyone changes their age, there is a high probability that there is no problem with Xu Yong's age.

This guy has never been selected for any youth team, has never played in domestic competitions or leagues, and made his debut in the United States in high school. Coupled with the fact that Shanghai has a very strict household registration system and athletes in the big circle of Shanghai rarely change their age, there is a high probability that he will have no problems.

A true genius who dominated the CBA at the age of 17-8.

As a result, he completely became the biggest "possibility" and the biggest "regret" in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

His explosive style of play became like a meteor, flashing across the history of Chinese basketball, extremely dazzling, but then fading away quickly.

No one can answer what level a healthy Xu Yong can reach, and no one can answer whether a healthy Xu Yong can enter the NBA and become a star.

But he is obviously the most heartbreaking person in the entire history of Chinese men's basketball.

And now, Xu Yong, who had not yet fallen ill but was still trembling and anxious about the future, was sitting in front of Lin Tian.

Thinking of this, Lin Tian did not hesitate any longer. He patted Xu Yong on the shoulder and said, "Don't ask me why, but I just think you can do it. Not only can you gain a foothold in the Magic City team, but you can also gain a foothold in the Chinese national team, and even the NBA."

"Come on!"

After saying that, Lin Tian used the illness exemption card he had just obtained on Xu Yong without hesitation.

Just think of it as leaving a chance for the Chinese men's basketball team.

An opportunity to rise to prominence without relying on someone as cheating as Mr. Lin.

……

Over the next month, the Chinese team officially entered into a high-intensity training campaign.

They traveled across half of Europe for more than a month and played nearly 10 warm-up matches.

The results of the warm-up matches were 8 wins and 2 losses, which is definitely a very gratifying result.

The opponents in the two games they lost were the relatively weakest teams in this training camp. When playing against these two teams, Jonas also intentionally reduced the playing time of absolute main players such as Yao Ming and Lin Tian.

The main purpose of these two games is to see which of the team's rotation players can withstand pressure better and who can stand up when the team needs them.

Then, after finishing this series of training, the Chinese team also rushed to Japan to prepare for the World Championships!

What can I say about the schedule of the Chinese team in this competition? It is quite outrageous.

God knows how FIBA ​​made the allocation, they simply put the two hottest and most popular teams, Team USA and Team China, into the same group.

Moreover, the confrontation between these two teams happened to be on the first day of the competition.

It's simply amazing! It's so awesome!
Almost everyone gave the organizer a thumbs up for this schedule.

Wow! He didn't play any cards at the beginning, but just played a royal bomb, right?
After you play the royal bomb, and then play a pair of cards like 3, 4, 5, 6, who will still watch your game?
If there is any benefit to this arrangement, it is that the traffic and attention will be maximized on the first day of the competition! It will definitely be the one with the highest traffic in the history of the World Championships!
As for whether the traffic will drop drastically in the future, and the number of followers and viewers will decrease significantly, that is not something Lin Tian needs to worry about.

Anyway, no matter how high or low your ratings are, you won’t give Mr. Lin any money.

However, the Chinese players are still quite excited as their first game will be against the American team, the big devil of the past few years!

Everyone is eager to try, and everyone wants to try to beat the American team again!
As for the newcomers who have just joined the team, they are looking forward to communicating with the world's top opponents to see how strong they are.

Lin Tian: "What are you talking about? When you were training, you were fighting against the best players in basketball history!"

……

In short, as time goes by quickly.

Just two months after Lin Tian won the finals, the Chinese team faced the challenge of the American team in Sapporo, Japan!

Yes, this time, the Chinese team is not the challenger! They have defeated the American team twice in a row in the world championships and won the world championship three times.

Now, this young American team is the challenger! They are the warriors who want to challenge the big devil.

Before the game started, these two national basketball teams with the most fans in the world received huge cheers and shouts as soon as they entered the court!

The fans shouted loudly, cheering for their favorite team, and waves of roars resounded throughout the stadium in the blink of an eye.

Dwight Howard, the youngest among all, was startled. He scratched his head, which was not as big as his hand, with his big hand and said, "Are we so popular? I thought we wouldn't be popular without Kobe, Shaq and the others!"

"I know we have fans all over the world!"

"Come on, Dwight, look at the clothes those fans are wearing and the signs they are holding." Wade said while chewing gum: "A quarter of the people here are wearing Lin's No. 14 Knicks jersey, and a quarter are wearing Lin's national team and Pacers jerseys."

“And there are still a lot of guys wearing his Bulls jerseys.”

"What are they here for? Are they here to cheer us on?"

Anthony also said: "It seems that tonight, we are on the road!"

"It's okay guys, let's just relax and play. Everyone calm down. Go run for a while to warm up, and then shoot a few baskets. It's just a group game. Let's beat them! Prove our strength! We are the best!"

James walks in the middle of everyone. He is now the leader of the team. Although there are still people in the team who are dissatisfied with him, it is the national team after all, and there has been no internal strife or unpleasant incidents.

A group of American players quickly entered the field and began their respective training.

As for Lin Tian, ​​before he even started training, he was grabbed by Yang Yi and Yang Jian and taken to the sidelines for an interview.

Of course, China Sports chose to broadcast this game live, and also sent their most acclaimed commentary duo to the scene to conduct a real live broadcast of the game.

After sitting in the commentary seat of Huaxia Sports, Yang Yi said in a relaxed tone: "Come on, Lin Tian, ​​say hello to your fans! To be honest, you don't have many activities on weekdays, so it's hard for your fans to meet and chat with you more often!"

"Haha, I apologize to everyone, but I go back to China every year! When there are no competitions, I live in the capital for a long time every year. My neighbors can see me every day."

"I'm really busy now, but maybe later, after I retire, you can see me wandering around the park every day."

"It's too early to say that." Yang Jian said subconsciously, and then he suddenly remembered that at Lin Tian's age, it didn't seem too early to say that...

However, it was obviously inappropriate to talk about this before the big battle. Yang Jian quickly coughed and said, "Let's talk about your views on this game. How do you feel about facing the strongest opponent in the opening game? Are you confident?"

"Of course I have confidence, and it's quite sufficient. But what I want to say is that they are not our strongest opponent." Lin Tian still looked arrogant as if he was invincible. "From the fact that the American team sent out such a lineup, it can be seen that they have already given up on this World Championships."

"This lineup is not here to compete for the championship. It's just a bunch of kids who have no experience and have never played FIBA ​​games. They just want to feel the rhythm and scale of the game. If I'm not mistaken, the goal of this American team should be the World Championship in 10 or even 12 years."

"The Olympics this year and two years from now are not their tracks! They are just here to run as companions."

"So who do you think is our strongest opponent this year?" Yang Yi continued to ask.

"Ourselves." Lin Tian said without hesitation: "Our biggest enemy is ourselves. In the past six years, we have won too many games. In the past month's warm-up matches, we have also won too many games."

"This kind of overly easy games and one victory after another can easily make everyone lose themselves and become careless in the game, which leads to losses. Especially in our class, it can be regarded as a renewal. There are many young people and newcomers. I have become a veteran without realizing it."

"With more newcomers, there is more energy and passion. But young people are also prone to making mistakes. How can we make fewer mistakes and avoid setbacks? How can we make timely adjustments after making mistakes and not make the same mistakes again? I think this is the biggest problem and challenge for our class."

Lin Tian's arrogant tone, his contemptuous attitude and his domineering attitude of "no one else can do it but me" would definitely attract a lot of criticism and criticism if it were said by other athletes, or those athletes whose results were not good enough or outstanding enough, even if they were from their own people.

After all, in China, humility and moderation are virtues.

But Lin Tian said?

No problem! That's absolutely no problem and normal!

This is the world's number one basketball player. He dominates the NBA, FIBA, and the entire basketball world. He is a little arrogant and says that he has no rivals and that his team will definitely win the championship. Is there a problem with that?
no problem!
Even seems a little modest!
Fans also hope that Lin Tian can be more arrogant!

就爱这个味儿，一会儿他要是能冲到球场上把美国队那几个小年轻再摁到地板上揍一顿，就更够味儿更有感觉了！

"So Lin Tian, ​​among these kids who have been selected for our team, who do you like the most? Who do you think can take over from you and become the team's number one defender in the future?" Yang Jian asked casually, but he regretted it right after he asked.

Isn't this a trap for his own people? How should Lin Tian answer this question? What if the players who were not selected by him are sad?
What if this causes rifts among the players and affects their chemistry?
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously!

Fortunately, who is Lin Tian? How many interviews has he accepted, and how many shameless reporters who like to set traps have he dealt with?
At this moment, he responded with ease: "As for Mo Ke, I think he is extremely talented, has a good sense of the ball, and is tall, so his vision is great. When passing the ball, he can easily pass some high balls, making it difficult for the opponent to steal the ball."

"The only difficulty is that I don't know if he is willing to switch to the No. 1 position."

Lin Tian's humorous answer made Yang Yi and the others burst into laughter, and it also brought this somewhat embarrassing topic to an end.

"But, to be honest, I like all the young people in the team! They are all very motivated and work very hard! They will definitely be fine! I believe in them!"

"In addition to them, there is another kid who everyone can pay attention to. He has not been selected for the national team, and has not even played for the first team! But I believe that he will soon come into everyone's field of vision and become a new basketball star that everyone loves very much!"

"Oh? Who is this person? I think everyone wants to meet him, just like me!" Yang Yi immediately took over the conversation.

"Xu Yong from the Shanghai team!" (End of this chapter)