king of defenders

Chapter 660
Although Valencia failed to break into the ACB finals and failed to win any honors in the EL arena, Xiang Long's brilliance cannot be concealed by these.

This can be seen from the fact that as soon as he announced that he would participate in the draft, his draft pick quickly soared to the top three on major draft simulation websites.

On the second day after Xiang Long announced his participation in the draft, the head coach of the Canadian national team, Jay Triano, approached Xiang Long personally and wanted to recruit him into the Canadian national team.

The Canadian team has TT and Anthony Bennett inside, but TT is a defensive insider, not to mention Anthony Bennett, the famous "parallel importer", who can play on the field? I don't know, they need an offensive insider, and Xiang Long is very suitable.

And the Canadian team has another idea, Xiang Long is only 20 years old, very young, they want to recruit Xiang Long into the national team earlier, so that Xiang Long will naturally become a member of the Canadian national team in the future, unless something happens Under special circumstances, every Canadian national team will have such an outstanding inside player in the future.

This is very necessary, otherwise, when Xiang Long enters the NBA and plays in the NBA for one or two seasons, will he, like Wiggins, be afraid of various risks and reject the Canadian national team?
So in order to win Xiang Long, the head coach Jay Triano went out in person, showing their sincerity.

But in the end, Xiang Long refused without even thinking about it.

Jay Triano was not reconciled, he came forward in person, but you refused, he couldn't help asking why.But Xiang Long was more straightforward, telling him directly that although I have Canadian nationality, I am Chinese, and my blood is Chinese, and I will not join the Canadian men's basketball team.

Jay Triano was stunned by this answer, speechless, and could only leave angrily.

The news spread quickly, causing dissatisfaction among many Canadian fans, as well as some players on the Canadian national team, such as brothers Philip and Thomas Sareber.

"It's a pity." Philip Sareber said regretfully: "I heard that this guy will not join the Chinese men's basketball team, and the Chinese men's basketball team has no precedent for 'naturalized players'. It seems that he has no chance to play in the international arena." I taught him a lesson."

Thomas Shariber said with a smile: "Although there is no chance to teach Xiang Long a lesson, we can teach the Chinese men's basketball team a lesson. In this warm-up match, we will have a match against the Chinese men's basketball team. Didn't Xiang Long say that he is Chinese? Don't you want to join our Canadian men's basketball team? Then we will blow up the Chinese men's basketball team."

Philip Saberui's eyes glowed, and he exclaimed excitedly: "Yes, I want him to know that the Chinese men's basketball team is nothing but rubbish, and let him know how ridiculous it is to refuse to join us."

For a while, several other players were also a little ready to move.

Last summer, TT and Meng Yun trained together. The relationship is not very good, but at least they are friends. Hearing this, he frowned secretly and said, "This has nothing to do with the Chinese men's basketball team, and the Chinese men's basketball team may not be like you. Don’t forget that they still have Meng Yun and Yi Jianlian.”

Philip Saberui didn't care: "So what? Just the two of them are of no use. Besides, that Meng Yun is just a rookie in the first grade, right? And that Yi Jianlian, who played like that in the NBA, can't get along anymore , what is there to be afraid of? Counting them together, we can also blow them up."

Several other people echoed one after another, clamoring to blow up the Chinese men's basketball team.

TT frowned and shook his head, hesitating whether to tell Meng Yun about this, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. After all, he is now a player in the Canadian men's basketball team, and Philip Saberui and others are his teammates.

Italy, Treviso.

The Chinese men's basketball team adjusted for two days after arriving in Italy, and then ushered in a match against the Czech team.

This is an internal warm-up match, which is not open to the public. The venue is a closed indoor arena. There are no fans, only some reporters are present.

The game started quickly. The Chinese team started with center Zhou Qi, power forward Yi Jianlian, small forward Zhou Peng, shooting guard Li Gen, and point guard Zhao Jiwei.

Meng Yun is also wearing a jersey. Although he will not play, he is on the roster and has no injuries. Of course he cannot wear a suit and leather shoes.

Looking at the Czech players on the field, Meng Yun looked away and touched Guo Ailun: "Aren't you the team's starting spot? Why is it Zhao Jiwei?"

Guo Ailun was embarrassed and said with a sneer: "Isn't this not the case anymore? I let you be the starting point guard. Now I and Zhao Jiwei are both substitutes. It doesn't matter who comes first and who comes last."

Meng Yun was happy.

On the court, the two sides started a duel. The strength of the Czech team is not very strong. In terms of strength, it is not as good as the Chinese team. Under the leadership of Yi Jianlian, the Chinese team quickly gained the upper hand.

It is mainly the inside combination of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi. The two formed a barrier inside, which protected the rebounds very well, and could also form a suppression on the offensive end.

"The ball." Yi Jianlian opened his hand to ask for the ball. After his teammate passed it, he half-turned, faced the basket, made a feint, and then suddenly pulled up a jumper.

With a bang, the ball goes in.

At this time, the Chinese team led the opponent 13:8.

Gong Luming nodded secretly. Yi Jianlian's strength is still very strong, and his performance is relatively stable. Zhou Qi's ability to protect the frame and move is good, but he is still a little immature and weak in physical confrontation. However, he played a few times in the first quarter. Minutes, leading by 5 points is not bad, he is basically satisfied.

"Substitution."

Gong Luming started to change people.

This time, Gong Luming did not intend to let Meng Yun play. One of the purposes was to see the combat effectiveness of other players, so that he could make some adjustments and arrangements accordingly.After all, it is impossible for Meng Yun and Yi Jianlian to play for 10 minutes when it comes to the Olympics. Some of the time needs to be supported by other players. So how to arrange this period of time, how to play, and who are the main players? must be resolved.

Hearing his name being called by the coach, Guo Ailun got up quickly and said to Meng Yun: "Look, it's my turn now, watch me perform."

"Okay." Meng Yun smiled and said, "I'm just waiting to see your performance, hurry up."

On the other hand, the Czech team also carried out personnel rotation.

The two sides continued, Guo Ailun really didn't brag, he went up and killed the opponent's basket one-stop in a quick counterattack, relied on the defender to score and scored two points.

Although Meng Yun will not play, he is not idle and has been observing his teammates.After one-on-one with teammates, some people became addicted, such as Zhou Qi, Ding Yanyuhang, and Guo Ailun, who went to Meng Yun to fight each other every day, and were beaten every day. It seemed that there was a feeling of "pain and happiness".

In a few days, Meng Yun also had some understanding of his teammates, but that was not enough, because you can only see many things in the game.

(End of this chapter)