Guoshu basketball

Chapter 314
The 2009-10 season finally came to an end. Under the leadership of Li Du and Yao Ming, the Warriors defeated the defending champion Celtics and won the championship. He proved himself to the world.

After winning the championship, there will naturally be a series of celebrations. Yao Ming originally planned to return to China at the end of the celebrations to participate in this year's Men's Basketball World Championships in Turkey, but was persuaded by Li Du.

It’s not that Li Du persuaded Yao Ming not to participate in the World Championships. First, he couldn’t persuade him. Yao Ming himself is a basketball superstar cultivated in China. The entire Chinese men’s basketball team basically depends on him. From the perspective of domestic officials, he must Go back to participate in the competition, and Yao Ming himself hopes to do something for the development of Chinese basketball. Before his career is over, he must participate in various international competitions.Secondly, Li Du never thought of asking Yao Ming not to participate. As a Chinese who grew up in the United States but studied the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood, Li Du could understand Yao Ming better than anyone else.

Li Du wanted Yao Ming not to go back so early and to rest for a period of time. During this period of time, Yao Ming's body could be adjusted to the best condition and he would not be injured again due to years of fighting.

The NBA schedule is actually relatively dense, and the physical confrontation in the game is quite fierce. Let alone an inside player like Yao Ming, even an outside player like Curry must train a pair of steel and iron bones, otherwise let alone show it on the court. Even protecting yourself is a problem.

Although Yao Ming only came back in February, he has been playing for about 2 months because the Warriors have been playing in the finals. Continuous strong confrontation games will have a great burden on his body. If he can’t recuperate well at this time, even if he insists on practicing Master Hong’s "Marrow Cleansing Sutra" every day, the chance of injury will increase. This is why many NBA team owners and head coaches are reluctant to return players to play in the offseason. .

Yao Ming himself is well aware of these situations, but he has no choice. He has to rush back before the training of the Chinese national team and train with his teammates, so he said to Li Du: "Xiao Du, I am very kind, but I still want to return to China as soon as possible. , I celebrate every day here, but I am very anxious in my heart."

Li Du shook his head and said, "No, Brother Yao, you need to stay for at least another two to three weeks!" Before Yao Ming could interject, Li Du continued, "Because I want to use Chinese martial arts during this period of time!" The method in here will help you adjust your body to the best!"

"A method in Chinese martial arts?" Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Xiao Du, are you talking about massage with dark force and soft kung fu? Hurt, it’s not good to bother your master all the time, forget it!”

Li Du chuckled and said, "It's not my master, it's me!"

"You?" Yao Ming was a little surprised, he knew that Li Du had already broken through to the dark energy, but he was not a martial arts practitioner after all, so he didn't know the specific differences, so he asked with some doubts: "Xiao Du, you mean you Can you also perform that kind of dark force and soft kung fu? I remember that only the top masters can do it? Have you become a top master?"

Li Du laughed and said: "How is that possible! I'm just a beginner in boxing, and because I haven't fought in practice for a long time, my current combat effectiveness is estimated to be about the same as that of a master at the peak of Ming Jin, maybe not as good as it is! But my kung fu and physical strength That's enough, I can give you a massage!"

Hearing what Li Du said, Yao Ming slapped his thigh, "Okay, then I will wait two more weeks and try to compete in the World Championships at my peak!"

From the end of the celebrations of the Warriors, Yao Ming came to the Mingyue Martial Arts Hall every day, and Li Du massaged him to recuperate his tired body from the long-term battle.After each massage, Yao Ming and Li Du would hold a cup of tea and chat in the courtyard of the martial arts hall.

The content of the small talk is of course messy and everything, but the most frequent topic of conversation between the two is of course basketball, especially domestic basketball and this time the World Championships.

On this day, the two talked about this topic again, and Yao Ming asked: "Xiao Du, actually I think our domestic players are not bad, but I just can't figure out why we can't break through the top eight every time in the World Series. What! You grew up in the United States, what do you think is the difference between us and American players?"

Li Du smiled casually, and said: "This question is too complicated, and I don't know. I can only talk about my own feelings. Last time I went back to my hometown, I took a look at your training. The training method is wrong, lack of confrontation in training. And the training intensity is not enough, let’s not talk about others, let’s talk about the two of us, which day is not high-intensity training, and as long as one practice, it is a whole day. Last time I went back, I I haven’t seen other people with this kind of training intensity!”

Yao Ming bowed his head and pondered for a while, then sighed: "These are things that need to be changed slowly. It seems that the development of basketball in our country still has a long way to go!"

"However..." Li Du suddenly remembered something, "I think you can compete for a higher ranking in this World Championship, after all, many basketball stars will not participate in this competition."

"Which people are not participating?" Yao Ming asked. He knew that many stars were unwilling to participate in the World Championships, and the United States had the most among them. However, the overall strength of the American team is strong. Even if a few more people do not participate, it does not matter. They are still the favorites for the championship. .

Li Du counted on his fingers: "Don't talk about Duncan. I heard that Kobe, LeBron, Chris Paul, Anthony, and Dwyane will not participate. Only a few young people will go this time. The two young talents from the Thunder will participate, and Lamar also said that he will go. The older generation seems to be Chauncey Billups who is ready to participate. This time can be said to be the weakest US team since 06. "

"What about other countries?" Yao Ming continued to ask. Li Du got along very well with many NBA players, and he was much more informed than Yao Ming.

Li Du thought for a while and said: "I don't know many international players. What I know is that Manu and Tony will not participate, Dirk and Steve will not participate, anyway, almost all the famous players in the NBA will not participate. .”

Yao Ming nodded his head slightly, and said softly: "This is really an opportunity!" But he seemed to think of something, and then sighed: "But it's not that easy, we can only do our best, and obey the destiny!"

Two weeks later, Yao Ming returned to China. Even though Li Du told him that his body had not yet recovered to the best condition, Yao Ming left without hesitation. He said to Li Du: "Time waits for no one, I have to work hard." !"

(End of this chapter)