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Chapter 1388 Zaizhi is still going on today

Rick Pitino has multiple roles, and his control over the Blazers even exceeds that of the Knicks, Louis during the Lakers, and any period of Reed Auerbach.

Although these two are godfathers who have achieved great success and fame, they are all shameless, and they know that they can't take all the benefits for themselves.

In the end, Louis was only the president, chairman, and head coach in New York.

Pitino is fine, even the general manager is on his own head.

This clearly means to engage in dictatorship.

Having said that, no godfather would not engage in dictatorship, but neither Louis nor Auerbach did it so obviously.

Louie, in particular, took the advice of his colleagues extremely seriously, and everyone who worked for him maintained a good relationship with him.

Pitino thinks of himself as the emperor, just like in college.

This mentality is very difficult to succeed in the NBA.

The first thing Pitino's new official took office was to liberate the Blazers' lineup space.

The combined salaries of Jordan and Olajuwon have left the Blazers with little salary space left.

Pitino's approach is to release all free agents.

As a result, Tyrone Corbin, Keith Askins and Rex Chapman all left the Trail Blazers as free agents.

Then Pitino discovered that he had no room to maneuver if all the people were released.

For example, he was very interested in Jason Kidd, a superstar of the Denver Nuggets, but he opened his mouth to ask for a contract of tens of millions, and the Blazers were unable to eat him.

So Pitino got the first suggestion since he took over the Blazers: You can try to sign and change.

Pitino looked at the roster, then called the general manager of the Nuggets and reported the names of George Muresan and Isiah Ryder, hoping to have a happy win-win deal with them.

The Nuggets said: It can be considered to replace Isaiah Ryder with Tim Thomas and the future first-round pick.

According to Pitino, there is no problem at all.

That's it, the deal is done.

Jason Kidd was sent to the Portland Trail Blazers in a sign-and-trade for the rights to George Muresan, Derek Fisher, Tim Thomas and a 2004 first-round pick.

With the deal done, Pitino was thrilled.

In this way, he formed the iron triangle of Jordan, Kidd, and Olajuwon, a combination of old and new.

It's just that, apart from the three of them, only Isiah Ryder is left on the Blazers' roster.

Moreover, the salary space is already full, because there are three stars in the four people in the lineup, and Ryder is a thorn in the hands of others who want you to post draft picks. In addition, he and his predecessor Riley have almost given out the draft picks for the next seven years.

In other words, even if the self-proclaimed wise coach Pitino wanted to do it, he couldn't do it.

He needs to fill the remaining 11-man roster with a basic salary.

If the Trail Blazers' iron triangle is not enough to tempt those capable free agents, they can only pick the rest of others.

The advantage of doing this is that he made great contributions as soon as he came, and helped his boss avoid taxes to the greatest extent when he had no hope of winning the championship.

The downside is that when the season starts, their lineup depth and overall talent will be at the bottom of the league, and the team's record depends entirely on the performance of the Iron Triangle.

Pitino's full-court press that swept the college basketball world will also not be effective because of the weakness of the team's talent.

For the 35-year-old Jordan, this is a tragedy.

At this time, Louis didn't care about the pioneers. Since they officially announced Pitino and worshiped him as godfather, their ending was already doomed.

Louis now only cares about the national team.

In the seven warm-up matches in the United States, the men's basketball team won all of them.

Louis went through a series of changes. Although he did not find the ideal core defender, he also tried out the diversity of the lineup.

For example, Liu Yuqing, when he was in college, he played the No. [-] position from time to time, but only became a full-time No. [-] position in the NBA.

Back in the FIBA ​​arena, his No. [-] skills are still available.

Followed by Hu Weidong, Louis placed high hopes on him, because he himself is a rare outside core with the ability to hold the ball in the history of men's basketball.

It's just that in the NBA, the Warriors value his shooting and assault ability more, but the organization doesn't show much.

When he came to the national team, Louis needed him to take on a greater burden, and he did.

Louis hopes that Hu Weidong can play in the national team like Spanoulis of the Greek team that overturned the US team in his previous life.

During the U.S. training, the biggest surprise came from the young Qi Chengyan.

When Louie watched him play at Syracuse, he felt he had the potential to be a transition guard in the pros.

In the seven training games in the United States, Qi Chengyan played an average of 16 minutes per game. In the first three games, he was still in the third position, mainly as Du Shuai's substitute, and in the last four games, Louis let him play in the first position more often.

结果，前三场的起成言场均7分4篮板2助攻，后四场却交出了场均9分7篮板5助攻的全面数据。

Del Harris praised: "This young man is simply China's Penny Hardaway!"

Louie said with a faint smile: "Penny is not enough, but his style is a bit like Michael Ray Richardson (Micheal Ray Richardson PG)."

"This is not a good metaphor. I hope he doesn't go astray like 'Honey'."

The outstanding performance ended the suspense of the 12-man roster.

On August 8, Louis made the last layoff.

Li Ran and Du Shuai (injured) are out.

In fact, Louis originally wanted to lay off Liu Yudong, but the latter was a player appointed by the Basketball Association.

The god of war Liu Yudong is a player that Louis respects very much, but in the national team, he lacks the dominance that he has in China, and his technical characteristics are not as suitable for modern basketball as Li Ran, a junior from the Bayi Department.Due to the official decision of the Basketball Association, in terms of seniority, Li Ran, who is also from August [-]st, can only be eliminated.

So far, the national team squad has been officially announced. They are Li Xiaoyong, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing, Kang Chengbiao, Qi Chengyan, Gong Xiaobin, Yu Tiancan, Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yudong, Wu Qi, Sun Jun, and Wang Mukong.

After that, the men's basketball team trained in the United States for another ten days.

Before the expedition to Riyadh, Louis invited the whole team to a three-star restaurant for dinner.

"Coach, you are spending too much money. I have been in Los Angeles for a year, and I don't even look at this store."

Although Wang Mukong received a basic salary in the Lakers, he didn't even dare to look at this store. After all, the basic salary in the NBA is also at the level of an annual salary of one million dollars, which is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

It can only be said that this person is very good at living.

Louis smiled and said: "I believe that winning the Asian Championships is not a problem for you, but there is always a contingency in everything. I will leave it here. As long as you win the Asian Championships, from now on, there will be one Michelin restaurant in Los Angeles. You can eat whatever you want, the coach invited you!"

The atmosphere immediately heated up, shouts of thanks to the coach kept ringing, and Gong Xiaobin threatened that there was no need to call a timeout in the Asian Championships, and they would push them across.

Louis smiled and said nothing. Seeing Gong Xiaobin's mentality, it is not surprising that the men's basketball team lost to Riyadh in the previous life.

Although they are ahead in terms of strength, but if they don't treat their opponents as human beings, it is not impossible to overturn.

On September 9, the men's basketball team arrived in Riyadh.

Two days later, the men's basketball team ushered in its first opponent in the group stage, Bahrain.

Louis sat the whole time, watching the team leisurely and contentedly beat the opponent by 155 points 49 to 106.

The next day, against the Philippines, Wang Zhizhi and Yu Tiancan ravaged the inside line, sending out a total of 16 hot pots, making the Filipinos dizzy, and it ended 134 to 60.

The final match of the group stage was against Iran, and the process finally had a little bit of trouble.

At least Iran led the men's basketball team by 1 points in the opening minute.

As Liu Yuqing hit a three-pointer at the buzzer from nine meters away, the Chinese team took the lead, and the Iranians were left with nothing but despair.

144 is better than 78
Another merciless massacre.

After a three-day break, the top Chinese team in the group ushered in their opponent Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals.

The teenager Qi Chengyan played brilliantly, scoring a triple-double of 24 points, 22 rebounds and 13 assists in 10 minutes. Before halftime, he even presented a stunning poster dunk.

135 is better than 80
The Chinese team advanced to the semi-finals without any pressure.

The semi-finals can be said to be the game that requires the men's basketball team to cheer up the most. They will face their old rival South Korea.

In the previous decades, the China-South Korea confrontation has always been the highlight of the Asian Championships.Although it is the main event, what everyone pays attention to is usually how the Koreans defeated the invincible Chinese Dragon Team⑵.

The Koreans have fought in the Asian Championships for decades and only won one game.

This time it was called the most impossible one by the Koreans.

Because South Korea's Jordan Xu Jae was injured and listed, and South Korea's Barkley Hyun Joo-yeop sprained his ankle. Even the hope of the Republic of Korea to dominate Asia, Ha Seung-jin's first-generation universe-level center Seo Jang-hoon⑶ was suspected of being injured and unable to play. Who else can fight China for us?It's hard, Smecta.

When the South Korean team started, Louis had a sense of "you're fucking kidding me".

Their starting center Jung Jae-geun is only 193 cm tall
The 193cm player prepares to jump the ball with Yu Tiancan, who is 221cm barefoot.

A tragic scene, the result can be imagined.

Yu Tiancan easily won the jump ball. In the frontcourt, Li Xiaoyong called a pick-and-roll and threw the ball into the air casually. Hu Weidong who followed up caught the ball in the air and turned for a layup.

Jeon Heechul, Woo Ji-won, Lee Sang-min, and Liang Hee-seung flashed in front of Louis. This Korean team seemed to be extremely weak in talent. Even the men's basketball team in the previous life shouldn't lose to them.

After about 5 minutes, Louis put away this thought.

Although they are not talented, they have superb shooting skills and feel hot, even if they are shooting against a blocked shot, they are like a godsend.

Unfortunately, this is exactly the case for the South Korean team tonight, and everyone seems to have suddenly raised the three-point attribute to 100.

The defender named Lee Sangmin, in terms of personal ability alone, may be better than any Korean defender Louis has ever seen. Compared with Li Xiaoyong, who is more stable but less ferocious, he has the demeanor of a core defender.

It's a pity that the Korean team is still the previous Korean team, but the Chinese team is no longer the previous Chinese team.

The Chinese team has eight active NBA players.

This gap alone is difficult to make up for with explosive seeds.

Relying on the fiery outside touch, the South Korean team and the men's basketball team stalemate for a quarter.

Then, at the beginning of the second quarter, Qi Chengyan and Hu Weidong made consecutive steals, and the men's basketball team hit three consecutive three-pointers.

The suspense is over from then on.

After the gap widened, the South Korean players' hearts would naturally be shaken, their belief in winning would no longer be firm, and the hot feeling would fade away. At the end of the half, they were already 18 points behind.

In the second half, the Chinese team continued to exert pressure, and the South Korean team made repeated mistakes. After three quarters, the Chinese team led by 35 points.

In the whole game, 139 to 90, the Chinese team surpassed their rivals by 49 points and met Japan in the final.

As for the final, there was no suspense at all.

The Japanese team looks like a weakened version of the South Korean team in every way. His enhanced version has been smashed to the ground. What kind of disturbance can the weakened version cause?
In the end, 140 to 79, the Chinese team dominated from beginning to end. Except for calling a timeout in the first quarter against South Korea, Louis just sat on the sidelines and watched silently.

Until the moment of winning, he didn't feel any joyful emotions, because it was taken for granted.

However, even if the history is not worth mentioning, as long as it is changed, it means a lot.

For example, this should have been the second time the South Korean men's basketball team defeated the Chinese team in the history of the Asian Championships. At the same time, after the Chinese team, they will also defeat the Japanese team in the final and win the second Asian Championships championship in team history.

From the standpoint of the Koreans, isn't this a historic and great victory?
Now, it all comes down to nothing.

The dominance of the Chinese team continues today.

Legend Lu, who was never satisfied, just wanted to change more things, and that's what he came here for.

"Coach, it's settled, you treat me, I want to eat Michelin for a month!" Gong Xiaobin ran over excitedly and muttered.

Hearing this, Louis finally laughed.

"No problem, eat as long as you want."

⑴Michael Ray Richardson is a talented player at the same time as the magician, like a large glove Payton.It's a pity that he is a poisonous dog. After three offenses, he was banned for life by Stern.

⑵The team flag of the national basketball team is a dragon.

⑶ Xu Zhangxun's famous saying: Although Wang Zhizhi is tall, he is not as strong as me. Although Battelle is strong, he is not as fast as me.

(End of this chapter)