the rest, only noise

Chapter 1454 This is something I dare not even dream of

Wilson's deep negative publicity may be good news for Louie.

That means Wilson won't be taking time off to be on this year's Dream Team.

As early as mid-July, the Dream Team roster was finalized.

They consist of Hank Geithers, Kevin Garnett, Vin Baker, Antonio McDyess, Alonzo Mourning, Vince Carter, Aaron Houston, Ray Allen, Tim · Hardaway, Jason Kidd, Steve Smith, Gary Payton.

Still can be called star-studded, but not so suitable for playing FIBA ​​games.

Moreover, there is no star who can be called a super giant.

Louie remembered that the dream team from the previous life had lost its absolute dominance in Sydney before the dark 2001-2016 cycle came.

They beat Russia by 15 points in the quarter-finals, Lithuania by 2 points in the semi-finals, and France by 10 points in the final.

They still won, but compared with the dream team that swept the world in previous generations, it was full of thrills.

One more thing is important.

The head coach who led the team to Sydney was Rudy Tomjanovich, Louis' close friend.

If Rudy knew that the person he admired most in his life had been plotting to bring down the Dream Team since three years ago, he might have trouble sleeping and eating.

After a series of training camps, tests of warm-up matches, and assessments of intra-team competitions, Louis has also confirmed the 12-man roster for Sydney this year.

They are Liu Wei, Guo Shiqiang, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing, Kang Chengbiao, Qi Chengyan, Yu Tiancan, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Yueban, Du Shuai, Li Ran, and Wang Mukong.

Before going to Sydney, Hu Weidong approached Louis about personal issues.

Hu Weidong's American agent wants to fight for the last big contract of his career, and Hu Weidong himself tends to join the championship team with a low salary.

This is a really difficult question.

On the one hand, taking more money can guarantee the life of yourself and your family in the future, on the other hand, the championship is the driving force for every sportsman to invest in this industry.

So Louie asked him, "How big is the salary gap?"

Hu Weidong said bluntly: "Chicago gave me a four-year $4 million contract, while Philadelphia gave me a three-year $2400 million contract."

The current exchange rate between RNB and the U.S. dollar is 1:8.2, that is to say, if Hu Weidong pursues the championship, he has to give up 300 million RMB.

It may not be too shocking to say this, but it will be more dazzling if it is expressed in numbers: 123000000.

Louis thought of an idea of ​​getting both.

Champions can be pursued, but money cannot be avoided.

Don't sign with the 76ers for three years, if you want to sign, sign for one year, and you can't ask for 300 million, but 400 million. They have space now.

Give it a try this year, winning the championship is of course a good thing, if you fail, just honestly make a lot of money.

Anyway, Lao Hu is only 30 this year, so he can afford it.

Hu Weidong accepted Louis' suggestion, but he didn't ask for more money, and directly reached a verbal agreement with the Magic for 1 year and 300 million US dollars.

The men's basketball team entered the Olympic Village along with the Chinese representative team.

There are many domestic media waiting to interview the men's basketball players.

Yao Yueban was the one who attracted the most attention. As the future star of the men's basketball team, he chose to return to campus again after having the prospect of being the No. [-] pick in the draft for three consecutive years.

The reporter wanted to know, what is the magic of Wake Forest University?
Or is it true that Yao Yueban was really scared by the news about the Clippers, a rotten team, and the cheating boss?

(Plot supplement: The Clippers have the No. 2000 pick in [-] and chose Stromile Swift)
Even if it was true, Yao Yueban would not admit it.

"I can play professionally for decades, but I only have these four years in college." Yao Yue said with a faint smile, "I won't exchange anything for these four years."

Louie believes that if this year's No. [-] pick team is replaced by the Bulls (Kenyon Martin is selected) from the cheating Clippers, Xiao Yao may be willing to change.

In this timeline without Joe Shen becoming king, the Bulls are also a purely bad team. If you look at the history of the team, you can only look at the decade in the 70s, but they are even worse than the Clippers. The team, that was much better.

Although the Bulls are bad, they are a normal team anyway.

And the Clippers are the kind of weirdos where the boss will take the initiative to sell capable players at low prices because they don't want to spend too much money.

Since the men's basketball team was the runner-up of the World Championships the previous year, the Olympic team directly avoided the US team in the grouping.

They were drawn in Group B with Russia, Yugoslavia, Canada, Spain and Angola.

Except for the big African brothers who are steadily bringing warmth to the Eurasian teams, the other four teams in the group are hard bones, which are not easy to chew.

But Louie's goal is to win the championship. Since they want to win the championship, it doesn't matter who they play against, as long as they avoid playing against the Americans before the final. To ensure this, they must qualify as No.1 in the group.

On September 2000, 9, the men's basketball group stage of the Sydney Olympic Games officially opened.

The first opponent the men's basketball team met in the group stage was Russia.

With the comprehensive legacy left by the Soviet Union, Russia is still among the world's powerhouses in sports, but it cannot be compared to its peak in basketball.

After Louis saw their roster, he only knew one Kirilenko, and the others played for major European clubs.

Facing the men's basketball team with nine active NBA players, Russia's biggest advantage is that they are better at playing FIBA ​​games.

But the men's basketball team is different from a loose dream team. They have high morale and excellent chemical reactions.

Qi Chengyan, who was selected as the second defense in the NBA last season, officially became the starting lineup of the national team this year. As a two-meter point guard, his biggest feature is that he is terribly oppressive in defending small guards. At the same time, he also has a stable COSCO cast.

Although there is a lack of breakthroughs with the ball to create kills, his defense and long-range shots are sufficient.

The perimeter defense led by Qi Chengyan stifled the Russians' back line. At the end of the first quarter, the men's basketball team took a double-digit lead. After halftime, the lead expanded to 21 points.

At the beginning of the second half, the Russians once narrowed the point difference to 12 points by virtue of their fiery three-pointers. Waves crush Russia.

Among them, Hu Weidong, Liu Yuqing and Wang Mukong, who are praised as the golden three guns by Su Yangjun, a well-known domestic media person, are the core leading this wave of offensive climax. Basically completed the tactical layout of the coaching staff.

103 is better than 82
The men's basketball team got off to a good start in the group stage.

For Louie, it was just an appetizer.

The second game of the group stage was the real challenge.

If the men's basketball team wants to qualify for the first place in the group, it must win the second opponent - Yugoslavia.

In the previous year's World Championships, the men's basketball team fought with Yugoslavia in three overtimes to win and advance to the final.

And that year Yugoslavia had Bodi Loga, who had just finished his rookie season in the NBA.

Now, sitting in Yugoslavia is Bodi Loga, who was crowned a double-MVP in a storied NBA season.

This Bodi Loga is definitely a top five player in the world. In the national team with him as the core, he can explode with greater energy than the NBA.

The men's basketball team has everything but no superstars.

Of course, neither did Team USA.

Superstars are the biggest variable on the court, especially in the game system where a single game determines the outcome, they have unlimited possibilities.

after a day off
On the second match day of the group stage, the Chinese team played against Yugoslavia.

Louis made a special trip to arrange for Kang Chengbiao to start against Bodi Loga.

According to the general plan, this task should fall on Qi Chengyan.But Louis wants to see Bodi Loga's state tonight before making a decision.

But in the first few minutes of the game, Louis unexpectedly discovered that Yugoslavia was not as difficult to play as he had imagined.

There seem to be irreconcilable contradictions within the team.

Bodi Loga is the absolute core, but his tactical status is not the big core that Louis imagined, and his number of catches is surprisingly small.

"Has the conflict between Serbs and blacks reached this point?"

Louie knew the future of Yugoslavia, but he did not expect it to have developed to this point in 2000.

Bodi Loga is very strong, but if he doesn't have enough tactical status, if he has too little possession of the ball, then even if he hits 100%, it's useless.

"Does God really want Da Biao to succeed in defending Dejan Bodiloga alone?"

This is something that you can't even dream of!
(End of this chapter)