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Chapter 730 730. Little things before the Olympics

It takes 15 hours to fly from BJ to Rio de Janeiro. Fortunately, it is a special flight and you can fly there directly. Otherwise, if you want to transfer, you have to stay on the plane for at least 20 hours.

This time, the cabins of the men’s basketball team are all first-class, with a wide seat, and you can lie down and rest. other athletes and staff.

Liu Ren seldom entertains. He is similar to an ordinary nerd in this respect. He likes to watch TV, play games, sing, watch movies, and doesn’t like shopping and clubbing. So he can only sleep and watch during the ten-hour boring flight. Movies on the plane.

After a long ten-hour journey, they arrived in Rio de Janeiro and lived in the Olympic Village.

An Olympic Games not only enhances the image and popularity of a city, but also brings countless benefits to local residents.

Just say that those rich athletes come out and buy a bunch of local gifts, which can bring huge tourism income to the local area, not to mention the countless tourists. It may be a blood loss for developed countries to host the Olympics. For example, in London, their security is very important. It cost billions of pounds, but for Brazil...there is chaos here, don't come if you are afraid, spend money when you come.

If athletes from the Americas, Africa, and Australia come to Brazil, they can arrive in a few hours, and Mexico can be reached in two hours. However, athletes from China and Europe are exhausted, and the flight takes more than ten hours.

After arriving at the Olympic Village on the afternoon of the 30th, Liu Ren and the others came to the officially arranged apartment building. Liu Ren occupied a room in a suite in the small building belonging to their Chinese men's basketball team and lay down directly to sleep.

Although there were two beds in that room, no one ran to squeeze with him. If he was beaten up, it would be a waste of time. It is said that some people are angry about getting up, so they decided not to mess with Liu Ren. The guy is the one who beats his opponents into shock when he plays in the NBA.

Compared with other sports, the staff and number of men's basketball team are relatively large. There are 12 players, 7 coaches, 5 officials, 6 staff members, 3 team doctors, and 40 trainers, totaling [-] people. , although it is not as large as the cheating national football team, it is also one of the largest national team players in various sports.

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On July 7st, very early in the morning, Liu Ren got up from the bed, slept for more than ten hours, and exhausted all the exhaustion from the previous days of training and long-distance performance.

After taking a shower, Liu Ren went downstairs to find a place to eat.

Since even clenbuterol was considered a doping agent in the anti-doping test, Liu Ren didn't dare to go out to eat indiscriminately, so he asked the staff where the cafeteria was, and went to the cafeteria to have some breakfast.

As for breakfast, this is what Liu Ren is most unaccustomed to. In the past two summers, Liu Ren has never woken up in the morning without breakfast, because the big loli will always prepare everything. This is the Olympic Games. , it is impossible to bring the family.

One thing that is very bad about domestic sports is that players will be scolded if they drag their families around in games, and Liu Ren's public image is very important. He can go crazy and fight in games, but he His self-discipline and seriousness in the game have always been his labels, which can be used to make money, so even if Liu Ren lived alone in the presidential suite in Qingdao, he did not bring Gary with him.

The athletes in the national teams of various countries are all leaders in their respective sports, and their self-discipline is generally very high. It was only a little after seven o'clock, and most of the players had already woken up. Liu Ren was stared at by many people on the way to the cafeteria.

People with black, white, yellow, and brown skin all set their eyes on him, and some even came up to him to ask for his autograph.

This is America. Although Brazil is a football paradise, because it is close to the United States, basketball is also a popular sport here. The NBA is quite famous here. The building is very close, and many European and American athletes are his fans.

Walking to the cafeteria in their area, Liu Ren just met some acquaintances. Has the dream team changed gender this year?Liu Ren felt very strange, didn't the dream team always book a hotel for themselves?When BJ played in the 08 Olympics, he directly booked a farmhouse in the mountains and a big hotel to spend happily and happily. I was so envious of other Olympic teams. Why did I live in a dormitory in Brazil?

People on the US team also noticed Liu Ren.

James, Harden, Anthony, Westbrook, and Kobe are familiar with the five members who have partnered in the 12 Olympics, so they sit at the same table, and Whiteside, Paul George, LaVine and others are also at the same table .

This year's U.S. team roster consists of Harden, Westbrook, Irving, Thompson, Kobe, and LaVine on the outside, James, Durant, Anthony, Cousins, Paul George, and Whiteside on the inside. It wasn't that Green chose to quit the national team because of Green's personal reasons and was replaced by Cousins. LaVine, who was selected to replace the ankle injury, left the Lakers. The US team can send an all-Lakers lineup...

Kobe was selected for the Dream Team, which means Kidd was selected for the Dream Team in 2008. It is just a mascot. If it is effective, it should be his off-ball offense. However, his current defense is poor in the NBA. In international competitions Relying on a strong body, it is still possible to just a wave.

"Lebron, you participated in the Olympics again this year. Brother Blacksmith, you actually entered the dream team again. Are you two here to slow down your country? There are also James, Carmelo, Russell, Zach, Paul, Klay, Hassan, so many of my teammates...and Kevin...Kyrie...hi..." Liu Ren greeted James and the others, and made a joke, and then saw him sitting at another table A couple of awkward characters, Durant and Irving, sat with the misfit Cousins.

Durant and Owen, it seems that due to the awkward relationship now, they said hello to Liu Ren and stopped talking, especially Irving, who ignored Liu Ren, let alone Cousins, who will always be A look that someone owed him money.

People in a league are all superstars. These people are familiar with Liu Ren, and they are more enthusiastic about Liu Ren, including Westbrook, the guy who has always wanted to tease Liu Ren.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen Thompson for more than a month. It feels a bit weird. Liu Ren and Thompson used to be "mortal enemies" when they met, but now they are teammates. It is really strange that they are going to fight for the three consecutive championships together.

"Hey boss, I haven't seen you for more than a month after the finals, but Kobe, Hassan, and Klay are also here this time. We can have a drink tonight." James and Kobe often exposed Some photos of a good relationship, in fact the relationship between the two has always been good.

As for James and Liu Ren... Although they fought in the finals for two years and were called "enemies" by the media, apart from the grievances in the two finals, the two had no conflicts.

It is rare to see conflicts without even a reason. Generally, conflicts happen to people who meet and cooperate frequently.

"I haven't seen Hassan, Kobe, and Clay for a long time, but our team rules are not allowed to drink, our coach is Yannakis, the old man is very old-fashioned, if you know that I drink, oh my god." , Kobe and the others, Liu Ren would drink some cocktails and alcoholic beverages, but he didn't dare to drink indiscriminately when it was time for the Olympics.

Don’t look at Yannakis who has been angry in the Chinese men’s basketball team for two years. People are also questioning his coaching level. He has a very high status in the world. His purpose of returning to China to coach now is to prove that he still has that ability , proving that the poor performance in 13 and 14 was due to the problems of the Chinese Basketball Association, and had nothing to do with his coaching ability.

"The Greek coach? God, boss, do you know? The first time I played in an international competition, he took Greece to kill me. It is said that he is a stubborn old man. You have to bear it." James remembered that he failed in the first two Olympic Games And the matter of returning, "But now we will not be afraid of Yannakis, we have thoroughly studied his tactics."

James seems to have done some research on Yannakis, but what he doesn't know is that Yannakis coached the Chinese men's basketball team in the past two years. After two painful years, he has smoothed his edges and corners and become smoother. , The change in personality has given Yannakis a new breakthrough in his tactical philosophy.

Several people talked for a long time at the entrance of the cafeteria, and more and more people noticed them. The thirteen NBA superstars are a group of billionaires, and their bodies are so muscular. Many female athletes want to board their boat. , have some relationship with them.

"Haha, let's go get something to eat first, and I'm hungry after talking for a long time." James saw more and more people watching, and brought a few people in to eat.

The food in the canteen is self-service, which makes Liu Ren a little regretful. There is no Chinese food that he likes to eat. After all, Chinese food is mostly high-fat and high-oil food or even fried food. It is delicious, but it is not good for athletes. benefit.

Liu Ren took some vegetables, four fried eggs, a piece of bread, and a glass of milk. He ate it. He was hungry and he was not too picky. In fact, he really wanted to eat pancakes or pies, dumplings, or something, but Obviously not available here.

Most of the other people eat hot dogs, ham, etc. James ate beef early in the morning. Liu Ren said that this guy is a muscle maniac. , It is time to start the tonnage flow again.

Liu Ren doesn't know whether James is a sad reminder or enviable. He said that his teammates are not good. After 2010, he has two superstar partners, but the insiders of his partners were inside monsters before they partnered with him. After partnering, he became a three-point punk.

For example, Bosh averaged 24+10 per game before going to the Heat, and he was regarded as the top three insiders in the league, but after going to the Heat, he averaged 16+6 in nine games.

Love is even more, before going to the Cavaliers, he averaged 26+14 per game, and after going to the Cavaliers, he also averaged 16 points per game...

Not to mention the decrease in scoring, the key is that you can't grab rebounds, and you can't defend against opponents, especially after Love lost weight in the second year to play a flexible power forward, rebounding is really miserable. The average free throw is 8 points per game, and now it is 4 points, which is directly reduced to average, and the inside lethality is basically gone, so that James has to start eating beef for a living...

I haven't played a game for a long time. Although I have touched basketball in the past month, I haven't really played a game. Seeing James and the others this time, the tension that the game is about to start finally came.

The most annoying thing about being an NBA star is that there is a large crowd watching while eating, and there are more and more people. After breakfast, they leave here quickly.

"It's all the old coach K's fault. It would be nice if we stayed in a hotel outside this year, and we were watched again." Among these people, Anthony is the one who dares to complain about James like this.

"This is Brazil. Maybe eight out of ten people on the street are drug dealers, and the remaining two are drug dealers. The security here in Brazil is not as good as that in London and BJ. Well, if it weren't here, we wouldn't be able to meet the boss." By the way, boss, which building do you live in?" James said helplessly, this Anthony is used to living in the big city of New York and it is troublesome, look at Liu Ren, isn't he also living in the Olympic Village, he didn't complain.

"I live in Building 104, how about you?" Liu Ren replied.

"Coincidentally, we live in Building 102, right next to yours." Harden suddenly said something.

Harden doesn't play, and he's a real treasure when he's off the court. Otherwise, he wouldn't get involved with Howard. It's just that he's more serious than Howard on the court, and he won't be joking. If you want to be happy, and be happy on the court, the conflict between the two will be extremely intensified.

Howard is no longer a player who has the strength to deal with the opponent's inside alone, but he still wants to play singles. He thinks he can do it, and he is still laughing when he can't score. Harden said he couldn't stand it.

At the beginning of the offseason, Howard also jumped out of the fourth-year contract, but the Rockets did not offer a contract.

But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so Howard will not have to worry about finding a job, and it will definitely be a maximum salary. These days, Chandler Parsons can get the same contract as Antetokounmpo, Not to mention Howard.

But Harden is really a living treasure off the court.

"Oh, it hurts, Russell, why did you hit me on the head." Harden was indeed the youngest of the three, and was bullied to death by Westbrook.

Liu Ren looked at Shen Gui and Ci Deng who were full of affection with strange eyes.

But what is embarrassing is that the boss of the three young masters left quietly now, but no one spoke to him.

Curry did not participate in the Olympics this year, Klay Thompson is not Durant's teammate, he has already left the Warriors, and because the Warriors can't wait to get McCollum, they sent him away before the end of the season. Those who have resentment towards the Warriors will naturally not give Durant a good face.

In Thompson's view, the Warriors can clear the salary space to sign Durant by sending him away. Without the 1000 million or so salary space he vacated, the Warriors would have no way to get Durant immediately. , You have to find a way to get rid of a big contract of the team, such as Bogut's tens of millions of contracts. Then maybe Durant will go to the Lakers. The Lakers did not renew their contracts at the time, and Kobe cut his salary again. With more than 1000 million yuan, Durant can be signed directly.

"...We are athletes of the same event, and we live next to each other. Didn't we meet Nash yesterday? The Canadian team lives in Building 105." Westbrook slapped the former boy on the head, too It was embarrassing, especially after Liu Ren reacted like that, he felt even more embarrassing.

Chatting and chatting, I have already walked downstairs. The two buildings are back to back. Due to the Chinese team's team regulations, Liu Ren can't participate in the entertainment activities of the US team. It's a pity, but it's okay. There is a chance to make another appointment after the game, and one-third of the US team is Lakers players, it doesn't exist, what a big deal.

(End of this chapter)