pinnacle swinger

Chapter 116 National Team?
The Timberwolves were vulnerable, and Turner was only hard for half a quarter.

Tang Wenlong thought how strong the menacing Turner could be, but it turned out that it was really a matter of lip service. Maybe he had a skill on the offensive end, but his defense was poor. Tang Wenlong even felt that he was not as good at defense as he is now.

On the contrary, Love is really good at it, especially in the balance between the high position support and the independent attack. Almighty up.The only bad thing is still the paper-like defense.

But this can't be blamed on Love. After all, the overall defense of the Timberwolves is like that, and the whole team does not have such awareness.

Unlike the 76ers, under the leadership of Iguodala, they are willing to start with defense.

So when it evolved on the court, it became that the Timberwolves were suppressed by the 76ers as a whole. Every time they attacked, they had to spend a lot of effort, but when it was the turn of the 76ers, they seemed to drink saliva easily.

Even the fans in the stands felt this point, although the difference between the two teams was not very big.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly felt cold and missed several consecutive offenses. There was even a dunk under the basket by Pekovic. The 76ers took the opportunity to hit a 10-0 shock wave.

Tang Wenlong played the role of scoring consecutively in this wave of shock waves, and even completed a wonderful goal with a breakthrough layup after a breakthrough, and he was in surprisingly good condition.

The Timberwolves asked for a timeout, and Tang Wenlong and his teammates walked off the field high-fiving.

Back on the court again, Tang Wenlong looked at Turner, and Turner's eyes no longer had the ferocious flame at the beginning.

The corners of his mouth were raised slightly, he was really speechless to this famous college student in America, he was just a child spoiled by the media.

Turner stopped talking sullenly, and couldn't say anything about the scene. Tang Wenlong had already scored 19 points on him, and now the second half only started 4 minutes ago.Compared with himself, he hasn't scored double-digit points yet, but he has taken so many shots. During the timeout just now, the head coach has reminded him to pay attention to cooperating with his teammates.

"Kyle, come and attack."

In front of the technical stage, Tang Wenlong and Lowry said.

"Huh?" Lowry was a little puzzled.

"The Timberwolves' point guard is poor in defense and lacks confrontation. Make more physical contact with him and find confrontation."

After Tang Wenlong finished speaking, he hooked Lowry's shoulder with his big hand, "Young man, I'm just outside the corner and the 45-degree three-point line. You know where I'm most accurate. Wait for you to score the ball!"

"Don't worry." Lowry laughed, breaking the ball is his strong point.

In the end, the 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves from afar 113 to 99.

Turner scored 13 points, which should be considered a very good statistic for a rookie.But Tang Wenlong scored 25 points, which was almost twice as much as Turner's.

Turner is just a small stone on the way forward, not even a stumbling level, and Tang Wenlong's goal is to become the best basketball player in the league, and he has never changed this point.

After the game with the Timberwolves, the assistant coach sent over the schedule form for the next week.

"We play the Warriors at home on Monday, the Pacers away on Wednesday, the Thunder at home back-to-back on Thursday, and the Celtics at home on Saturday." Tang Wenlong touched his chin, "Hey, the schedule is very tight!"

"The key is to play back-to-back against the Celtics on Saturday, play the Bucks away, and then play four consecutive Western Conference games, and will spend almost the next week in the Western Conference." Lowry drew the second schedule Come out and say so.

Tang Wenlong tilted his head and took a closer look. Isn't that what he means? In other words, he will not be able to go to New York for two weeks. This is really not good news.

The good news is that agent Joe Thomas finally heard the voice of the National Basketball Association.

In fact, this is a problem that has plagued the senior management of the Basketball Association for a long time. Tang Wenlong, who suddenly jumped out of a crack in the stone, has become a key figure in the reform of the Chinese basketball industry.

As early as when Tang Wenlong made his name in the NCAA, many fans suggested that Tang Wenlong be allowed to enter the Chinese national team.

But in fact, the Chinese Basketball Association has been silent about this, as if they had never heard of this person.

Tang Wenlong is too special.

He did not graduate from a sports school, but a serious high school student. When he went abroad to play in the NCAA, he was not as troublesome as the people trained by the Basketball Association. To put it bluntly, he was a free man. Basketball has nothing to do with the Basketball Association.

But it happens that such a person has become one of the hottest stars in the NBA.

The recruitment of the Chinese national team is conditional, not everyone can get in if they want to, and the CBA has a reason to reject Tang Wenlong just because he is not yet a nationally registered athlete.

But the problem is that the development of basketball needs the support of fans.

In today's increasingly enlightened world, basketball will no longer be a word of speech. If fans all over China support Tang Wenlong, the Basketball Association will not be able to stand it.

After everything is cleared, the last question is about "training fee".

When Yao Ming entered the NBA, the Basketball Association asked Yao Ming for training fees. At the beginning, he planned to ask for 50.00% of his income. This caused an uproar in the NBA. The NBA Players Association claimed that this was a "robbery", and after constant negotiations and wrangling, it was set at 5.00% after tax, but this is still a considerable amount.

Then Yao Ming played in the CBA anyway, he was trained by the Basketball Association, and his roots are in full swing.But what the hell is Tang Wenlong?He has nothing to do with the Basketball Association!
This made the Basketball Association's brain a headache, seeing such a large piece of cake in front of him but not being able to eat it feels very uncomfortable.This is definitely part of the reason why Tang Wenlong and the national team have dragged on for so long.

Joe Thomas is a China hand, and Tang Wenlong made him the right choice as an agent.

The Basketball Association can pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the media cannot close their eyes. When Joe Thomas was negotiating with endorsers in China, he found a number of mainstream media. Fans and the media put pressure on the Basketball Association.

Sure enough, with Tang Wenlong's increasingly outstanding performance in the NBA, this matter was completed without any effort.

Tang Wenlong didn't expect it to end so easily, he thought it would take a long time.

"Then I am considered a player of the national team now?" Tang Wenlong hadn't figured out the situation yet.

Joe Thomas said: "It's not that simple. It's just a vent with me now. You are still white. How could you suddenly become a member of the national team. And there are no events this year. You want to participate in the London Olympics next year." It is estimated that I can only enter this door when I am tired, dizzy, it is really troublesome."

Joe Thomas certainly finds it troublesome. He thinks the Chinese Basketball Association is crazy. Didn’t he see the Philippines crying and calling for some NBA players to join their national team? Why are his own people not active at all? up.

"It turned out to be like this, and now it belongs to the second phase of the list."

After listening to Joe Thomas' explanation, Tang Wenlong realized that, just like the US team selects national team members, it will first recruit a large group of people, and then slowly delete them.

But Tang Wenlong is still very happy, what an honor it is to be able to serve the country!

After he finished the conversation with Joe Thomas, he immediately shared the news with his parents. Old Tang said three "good" words in succession, and asked Tang Wenlong——

"We must train well, listen to the coach more, and handle the relationship with teammates more..."

After the outside world knew that Tang Wenlong had finally appeared in the second-stage roster of the national team, they finally let out a sigh of relief.

Some fans said: "I was really scared to death. I thought that Tang Wenlong would not be in the national team. Then our national team should be so good, it should be the Olympic champion!"

The domestic media stationed in Philadelphia approached Tang Wenlong and asked him how he felt.

Tang Wenlong immediately smiled, "Of course this is the happiest thing. Everyone is eager to play for the country. The international arena is also a place to train people. For me, it is not only a test and challenge, but also a Assuming responsibility once, we will definitely work hard.”

It's just that only the head coach of the 76ers, Doug Collins, is a little complicated.

As the club's coach, he hopes that the players will reduce the consumption of any games other than normal NBA games, and he is also worried that the backward training mechanism and equipment in China will have a bad effect on Tang Wenlong's state.As Tang Wenlong's friend, he certainly understands Tang Wenlong's mentality. Professional players are a group of people with a sense of honor. The better the player, the more eager to win honor.

This, both individually and collectively..
(End of this chapter)