Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 231 [Death Coil]

In 2009, the Dongda men's basketball team lost to Persia in the final, marking its first loss in the Asian Championships since 1975.

Now, it’s no longer a question of whether or not we lose, but rather losing directly in the quarter-finals and not even making it to the semi-finals.

This was not only an ugly loss, but more importantly, it directly led to the East China University men's basketball team losing the qualification to participate in the first Men's Basketball World Cup in 2014.

If the previous loss to Iran only brought some shock to the fans, then now it is definitely an earthquake.

If this big pot falls down, it will really knock down a large area of ​​people.

The first to be affected is head coach Yannakis.

The legendary coach who led the Greek national team to the semi-finals of the 1998 World Championships and kept the American Dream Seven men's basketball team out of the finals of the 4 World Championships has been criticized for not understanding local players, his tactics do not match the players' characteristics, and his reputation not living up to his reputation.

But such a big pot is obviously not something a foreign head coach can bear.

As for the players who represent the Dongda men's basketball team, you will have to rely on them to continue to play in international competitions in the future, so don't be too harsh on them.

Then naturally, Han Sen is the most suitable person to take the blame.

Some domestic media people began to accuse Hansen, saying that he had never played a game for the national men's basketball team, but relied on the support of Dongda fans to enter the All-Star Game and achieve his current achievements.

If Han Sen had been able to play for the national team in recent years, even if he failed to achieve good results, the men's basketball team would not have fallen into the abyss step by step.

Especially this year, if Han Sen can play, the men's basketball team will never lose the World Cup qualification.

Moreover, in the report they began to compare Yao Ming and Han Sen. Yao Ming was willing to play for the country at the risk of his career being over, but Han Sen was unwilling to represent the men's basketball team in the Asian Championships due to his health condition.

Some people even brought up the trash talk Hansen said to Green during last season's playoffs.

"You should learn Chinese because you are going to play in the CBA at Dongda University soon."

Others may look down on CBA, but how can you, Hansen, a student from Dongda University, look down on your own country's basketball league?

Hansen previously led the Grizzlies to defeat the Heat despite being underdogs and defend their title, which caused domestic fans to celebrate again.

Not only did Dongda win the NBA championship, but it also defended the title. This was something that they had never dared to dream of before, but it happened right before their eyes. To basketball fans, Hansen is like a god.

However, the appearance of these articles has confused many fans, because such a god has never played for the national team.

At this time, the fans were split into two parts.

Some people think that Han Sen originally wanted to play for the national team, but the Basketball Association messed it up. After that, the Basketball Association and the haters always blamed Han Sen for the failure of the men's basketball team. No one would want to play for the national team.

Another group of people believe that no matter what happened, it is the responsibility of a Dongda student to play for the national team. Han Sen was only selfishly thinking about himself and did not shoulder his due responsibilities. Such a star is not only not worthy of their pursuit, but should be reprimanded.

This caused Han Sen’s anti-fan value to soar.

It was at this time that Yao Ming came to Memphis to visit Hansen.

Han Sen invited him to dinner at the Chinese restaurant he opened.

Similar to what Yao Ming did in Houston, this is also part of Hansen's business plan in Memphis.

It’s just that there are far fewer Chinese people in Memphis than in Houston, and the flavors here are not Americanized, so it can basically be regarded as Hansen’s private restaurant.

Yao Ming came to see Han Sen at this time, and his purpose was self-evident.

"To be honest, I thought we might lose to Iran again this year, but I didn't expect that we would lose the qualification for the World Cup." Yao Ming couldn't help but sigh after sitting down.

The World Cup qualifications during this period were different from those before Han Sen traveled through time. There were 24 places in total. In addition to the host and Olympic champions, the remaining 22 places were allocated based on the strength of each continent.

Asia had not yet merged with Oceania at this time, and there were three places in total. Theoretically, the only country that the men's basketball team could not beat was Iran.

Even if we are unlucky and lose to Iran in the semi-finals, we can still qualify as long as we win in the third or fourth place final.

Who could have thought that the Dongda men's basketball team would end up slapping everyone in the face.

"I'm not that surprised." As a time traveler, Han Sen was quite familiar with the famous "Manila Massacre."

The coach was changed at the last minute. It was less than three months from the time Yannakis started coaching to the time of the loss. Do you expect him to lead the team to achieve results under such circumstances?

A basketball game is not a game.

What's more, during the selection process alone, the Basketball Association has already increased the intensity of Yannakis's training.

As a head coach, Giannis can't even choose who he wants.

Moreover, Yannakis has very strict requirements for training, which caused a lot of complaints from the men's basketball players. The discord between the coach and the players had already begun before the game started.

In this case, even if there is no conspiracy theory that the players wanted to get rid of Yannakis, the loss was expected.

"Those people are really too much. They drag you out to take the blame at this time." Yao Ming first spoke up for Han Sen, and then he gave Han Sen a suggestion.
"I think if possible, you'd better participate in the 2015 Asian Championships. It will be easy for you to win the Asian Championships, and then the outside world's doubts about you will disappear."

Yao Ming hadn't finished speaking yet, but not only would the doubts disappear, Han Sen would even become the hero who saved the men's basketball team.

"Dayao." After listening to what Yao Ming said, Han Sen changed to a more intimate name.

"That would be good for me, but not necessarily for the men's basketball team."

Yao Ming didn't quite understand what Han Sen said.

"I have no problem playing in the Asian Championships or the Olympics, but the problem is that it can't change the fact that the men's basketball team is declining."

Yao Ming had given him a good impression before, and the national team's issues had indeed reached the point where they had to be resolved, so he was also outspoken.

When does the Chinese men's basketball team give people the most hope after Yao Ming retired?
That’s right, it’s the 2015 Asian Championships in Changsha that Yao Ming just mentioned.

At the Asian Championships in Changsha, the men's basketball team relied on the performance of a group of young players such as Guo Ailun, Zhou Qi, Ding Yanyuhang, etc. to reverse the situation against South Korea, played a thrilling game and finally won the championship again, making that group of players the new hope of the men's basketball team.

The reason for that situation is that the men's basketball team broke down and then rebuilt itself after losing the 2013 Asian Championships.

Gong Luming, a man who is not very well-known among basketball fans but has saved the national men's basketball team several times, came out and kicked almost all the old players out of the national team, and then pulled the young people to pick up the "Three Obediences and One Big" training again.

There is no construction without destruction. If he announces his participation in the 2015 Asian Championships now, it is foreseeable that Gong Luming's coming out and all the subsequent things will not happen.

Of course, this is only the most direct impact. What’s more important is that with him as a backup, just like when Yao Ming was there to back them up, the CBA group of people will not be aggressive.

Zhu Fangyu worked hard for a chance to play in the NBA, but did he fight for it?
Anyway, Asia can't lose if they follow Yao Ming, and they can't win in international competitions, so why bother? More money, less work, close to home, smoking, drinking and enjoying life, isn't it good? "No matter how strong a person is, he can't save the men's basketball team, because the members of the national team are basically from the CBA. If the CBA is not good, the national men's basketball team will not be good." Han Sen said the most fundamental problem.

The reason why the American Dream Team is so strong is because the NBA is strong, and the rise of Spain is also after the rise of the Spanish league.

There are 12 people in a national team, and the limit for one person is just to make it to the Olympics.

Another more typical example is the German team, which was on par with the men's basketball team in the 2008 Olympics, but later, with the development of the local league, a large number of talents emerged and finally became the world champion.

"That kind of change doesn't happen overnight." Yao Ming is now the boss of the CBA. He knows that the CBA needs reform, but that does not conflict with Han Sen playing for the national team.

"No, it is impossible to change." Han Sen is a time traveler. He knows the development of "history" and naturally knows that Yao Ming's reform did not succeed in the end.

"If we want to change the CBA, the best way is to learn from Spain and gradually relax the restrictions until there are no restrictions on foreign players. What we need are 12 people who can play for the country, not a bunch of people who just want to get by."

Han Sen's words were so blunt, so blunt that Yao Ming didn't know how to respond, because it was impossible.

That would not only affect many people's interests, but would also bring great pain.

"Of course I know that's unlikely, so I have another way."

Han Sen then shared his idea: the fund plan.

Simply put, it is to screen some potential players in China and overseas, mainly high schools and NCAA in the United States at this stage, and let them grow at a higher level of basketball.

The ultimate goal of this plan is to train some people outside of the CBA who can represent the national team.

A wolf will only retain its wolf nature when it is with other wolves. If it stays with dogs for a long time, even if it is the wolf king, it will slowly become like a dog.

In fact, there are some young players from the University of the East playing in the United States at this stage, but they can appear there not because of their outstanding talents, but because their families have the financial ability to support them to do so.

This is the significance of the fund program, to give those who do not have the conditions but are talented such opportunities.

In fact, those people are more likely to play because they know that opportunities are hard to come by.

As for where the money for the fund will come from, Hansen will let UA contribute a portion, and in return UA will enter the CBA market, and the rest will be borne by the Basketball Association.

Of course, there will be many details involved, such as the ownership of young players. If they are players from youth training and have no time to play in the NBA, their ownership must belong to the CBA parent team after their return, so that they can get the support of the CBA parent team.

For example, Hansen holds a training camp every year. Talented domestic players who want to go to the United States for special training but do not have the financial ability can join his training camp, and he will ask UA to arrange some professional NBA trainers.

There is also the need to gradually relax the restrictions on foreign players in the CBA, and to what extent this should be relaxed requires efforts from Yao Ming, etc.

As for why the Basketball Association cooperates with this plan?
Because this is the condition for Han Sen to play for the national team in the future.

He doesn't want to play the role of both father and mother in the international arena and have to do all the heavy lifting. That would be no different from Tokyo hosting the Chinese national football team's World Cup and then being abused at home.

What he wants is a group of teammates who can fight side by side and fight together.

After listening to Han Sen's fund plan, Yao Ming was still shocked even though he had experienced a lot and thought a lot.

On the one hand, he didn't expect Han Sen to come up with such a feasible plan;

On the other hand, he didn't expect Han Sen to think so much.

He thought that Han Sen had repeatedly refused to play for the national team, so he didn't pay much attention to the men's basketball team.

But judging from this plan, there is probably no one more concerned than Han Sen.

"I will do my best to promote this plan." Yao Ming also made a promise to Han Sen.

After Yao Ming left, Han Sen opened the black fan system.

Han Sen didn't know whether Yao Ming could really push forward the plan. What he knew now was that his black fan value had reached 130 million.

Dongda has too many fans, especially with his great success in the NBA in the past two years, the number of fans has exceeded that of Yao Ming's peak era.

At this time, even if only a small number of people are bashing him because the men's basketball team lost, the black fan value they provide is still considerable.

However, it will take some time for him to exchange for the defensive talent he wants, so he is not in a hurry.

He started another summer training camp in early August.

Old faces such as Curry, Harden, Westbrook, Irving, and Cunningham arrived as scheduled. In addition, Westbrook also brought Anthony along.

"I'm going to UA." Before the training camp started, Curry gave Hansen a bombshell.

Because Nike offered him a very low price and refused to raise the price, he finally chose to abandon Nike and join UA.

Hansen knew about the relationship between Curry and UA, but he was not sure whether Curry would continue to sign with UA after he signed with UA. After all, in "history", Curry signed with UA largely because he wanted to have a signature shoe from a small brand.

But it is obvious that the UA today is very different from the UA in history.

Han Sen led the team to two consecutive championships, which rapidly increased the influence of the UA brand.

And with the support of the Tokyo University market, UA's global sales of basketball shoes are second only to Nike, and are more than AJ and Adidas.

The atmosphere in this training camp is also very high. Curry, Harden, Westbrook and others are all very motivated because next season is their season to prove themselves.

Among the group of people, Owen seemed a little depressed.

But this is not his fault. Although he entered the league two years later than others, he led the team to the bottom every year. And because of the league's compensation to the Cavaliers, people outside say that he "led the team to strive for the No. 1 pick every year." If you were in his place, you would also be depressed.

Irving's skills are actually very strong, and even his passing has improved compared to his rookie season, but his physical talents and technical characteristics make him destined to be a second-in-command, and it is difficult for him to lead the team to achieve results alone.

Another similar example is Devin Booker. Booker can be regarded as the new generation successor of American shooting guard after Kobe, but when he leads the team alone, he is even more exaggerated than Irving. It is accidental that he is ranked last or second to last every year.

"Keep working hard to improve yourself. Maybe the situation will change someday in the future." This was all Han Sen could say to Owen.

It is not yet popular to change teams if you are not comfortable playing, and the Heat's Big Three have not been successful in teaming up, so such a situation may not necessarily occur.

After a week of training, Han Sen's black fan value finally reached the 170 million he needed.

He also immediately acquired a higher level of defensive talent.

[Death Coil]: Greatly improves footwork speed, body reaction speed, defensive awareness, and upper limb strength talent.

(End of this chapter)