NBA villain

Chapter 512 The Gap

Although Yang Di has become famous in the NBA and has opened up another growth path for the Chinese men's basketball team, compared with most basketball players in the national team, his unique resume is particularly eye-catching.

In the Athens Olympic Games two years ago, there was a lot of controversy about whether Yang Di was selected for the national team. At that time, many people in the team were not convinced by Yang Di. Like many media, they also believed that Yang Di just happened to be selected by the Heat. It's just selected, in fact, his real strength is not strong.

It wasn't until Yang Di flourished in the NBA in the past two years, becoming an All-Star and even a top offensive and defensive player, that these basketball players realized the growing gap with Yang Di.

However, being famous is not as good as meeting him. Only after meeting him face to face did he realize what a fierce and domineering player he is. As soon as he met, he first had a subtle dispute with the head coach.

The 19-year-old Yi Jianlian seemed very mature. Under Yao Ming's introduction, he took the initiative to greet Yang Di.

"Senior." He smiled shyly. In terms of size, he was really much taller than Yang Di. He was a serious seven-foot man of 2 meters.

"Your height, in the NBA, is always lying about 2 meters." Yang Di smiled and said to Yi Jianlian, thinking of his teammate Tyson Chandler, who claims to be 16 meters tall, In fact, it is about the same height as Yi Jianlian, but the height sounds, one is the general height of a center forward, and the other is obviously a head taller.

Yi Jianlian was slightly taken aback, but did not understand what Yang Di said, Yang Di smiled and waved his hands.

Then Yao Ming introduced Wang Zhizhi. Yang Di and Wang Zhizhi met some times. The two are not very familiar, but at least they played in the same league, so they know each other. This time as teammates, there is a feeling of acquaintance. After looking at each other, they smiled, shook hands and hugged each other.

Then there are Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu and others.

The players are all gathered together, looking at Yang Di, there is always some envy, a little bit of jealousy, a little bit of doubt, and a little bit of hostility.

"Damn guy, too crazy."

On the sidelines, Jonas was very angry. If it was other players, he might have told him to leave long ago. After all, the final roster was finalized and it was up to him to draw it.

But Yang Di, that's the NBA championship, NBA double MVP, the training camp is mainly for running the lineup, if he dares to cross his name from the training camp players, it is estimated that his head coach can come to an end, Yang Di has already 100% confirmed that he will participate in this World Championships.

Unlike Yao Ming and others, he has an aura of invincibility, a truly privileged player.

After everyone got acquainted with each other, Yang Di didn't directly start the team training. He was with Yao Ming first, and then assistant coach Limas came over.

"Yang, I will be in charge of the training of your national team. I am Limas and I am from Lithuania."

Limas said with a smile on his face, which made Yang Di respectfully respond to him: "Okay, coach."

Yang Di didn't know that the assistant coach in front of him also had a lot of background. He was the first foreign coach in the history of the Shandong men's basketball team and the assistant coach of the world's top team Lithuania.When Limas was a coach in China, he once put forward his evaluation of the three major centers.

He believes that Wang Zhizhi ranks first, with comprehensive skills but weak body, Yao Ming has a height advantage but lacks training, Battelle is relatively weak, and his speed is slow. The main problem of the three centers is defense. It is not too early for them to enter the NBA. But the sooner you go, the better for Chinese basketball. If you continue to stay in China, you may achieve nothing.

What happened later was that he never predicted it was right. Yao Ming grew up rapidly. He was alone in the CBA and entered the NBA as the first Chinese No. [-] pick. Li gained a firm foothold, and later the two became All-Star players together, which was even more unexpected.

Now that he sees Yang Di, he is also happy to see Liexin. He feels that the Chinese men's basketball team now has Yang Di and Yao Ming, and they should at least be among the top five in the world.

Limas said: "Yang Di, I know that you have just returned to China and it will take some time to adjust your physical condition. Today, you will mainly do some physical recovery training."

"Um, I can do it, coach." Yang Di spread his hands and emphasized again, "I can directly participate in the team training, whether it is one-on-one, three-on-three, or five-on-five, I It will be all right."

Yang Di said seriously to Limas that his own body is the clearest, and he is not affected by jet lag at all, nor is he too tired.

"Huh?" Seeing that Yang Di emphasized this point again, Limas had no choice but to nod and said, "Well, anyway, you have already passed the physical examination, so let's start group training first."

"OK!"

Yang Di's clothes have also been changed, and he started jogging meticulously to warm up.

Other players have also entered the training, but from time to time everyone focused on Yang Di, who was running beside him, and wanted to see how strong the NBA's double MVP is.

Jogging, stretching, dribbling and running, short sprints for layups.

"OK OK!"

Limas clapped the tactical board in his hand, and the head coach Jonas also walked onto the field, followed by the translator.

Jonas said: "After 10 minutes, we will start a five-on-five full-court offensive and defensive training. This is the third training since this training camp. I hope everyone will take it seriously. Next is the grouping of players."

"Red team, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu..."

"Blue team, Yang Di, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue..."

After Yang Di finished all the training, he returned to the players' locker room.

The staff has sent over his training jersey and shorts, and he can't just play directly in a T-shirt.

Subsequently, Yang Di returned to the court.

Coincidentally, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and others also gathered together. The head coach Yonas led the red team of Yao Ming, and the blue team of Yang Di and others was led by Limas.

Limas is very excited to announce the starting lineup of the blue team: Yang Di, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Gong Songlin, Zhang Qingpeng.

"Yang Di, you are in position five."

Yang Di nodded. Although it felt strange, he hadn't held the center forward position for a long time when facing Yao Ming.

Zhang Qingpeng and Gong Songlin are backcourt partners, while Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian are forwards.

Limas said: "Our main thing is to play speed, the speed of the ball transfer, the speed of the fast break, well, if Yang Di grabs the rebound, we will all run up the field, the Warriors Have you all watched the game? Today is probably such a small ball tactic."

"Small ball tactics?"

Gong Songlin and Zhang Qingpeng looked at each other at the same time, with helplessness and anger in their eyes, don't they want to dribble?Then why do you need a guard? How about five centers go up and play?

(End of this chapter)