NBA villain

Chapter 514 Dinner
The 06 World Men's Basketball Championship was held in Japan, and the opening ceremony was held in Sapporo, Japan.

The Men's Basketball World Championship avoided the Football World Cup and followed the enthusiasm of summer sports, bringing exciting events to fans all over the world.

The Chinese men's basketball team has always been in closed training, and the training has lasted for nearly a month.

Subsequently, the men's basketball team flew directly to Sapporo, Japan.

Sapporo is a metropolitan city in the central area of ​​Hokkaido, Japan. It is a rare inland city in Japan and the fifth most populous city in Japan. It is also a famous tourist city in the world.

This year's Men's Basketball World Championships, a total of 24 national teams participated in the competition.

The competitions of each group will be held in Hamamatsu, Hiroshima, Saitama, Sapporo and Sendai in Japan respectively. In Group D where China is located, there are teams from five countries including the United States, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Italy and Senegal.

Yang Di still chose the customary No. 8 jersey in the national team. After discussion and decision by Jonas and other coaching staff, the final 12-man squad of the Chinese team is as follows.

Point guards: Liu Wei, Chen Jianghua, Zhang Qingpeng
Shooting guard: Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue

Small forward: Zhu Fangyu

Power forwards: Yang Di, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Du Feng

Center: Yao Ming, Zhang Songtao
Among them, many inside players can play both the fifth position and the fourth position. With Yang Di's excellent ball-handling ability, the coaching staff also intends to let him play small forward. After all, the Chinese team is relatively weak outside. .

The team leaders Gong Luming and Xue Yunfei arranged accommodation for everyone.

Then everyone was free to move around, to participate in the opening ceremony of this competition and the opening dinner prepared by the organizing committee for the players before the evening.

Yang Di also did not expect that he is also very popular in Japan. When he got off the plane, there were many fans waiting to pick him up.

When they arrived at the hotel where they stayed, there were still many people waiting for them to come out. During free activities, as soon as they went out, they were surrounded by everyone.

"I dont understand!"

In addition to Japanese male fans, there are also many female fans. Yang Di can't understand Japanese, so he can only greet them with a smile.

Like Yao Ming, he is also very popular. Both of them are yellow men who have played well in the NBA. In Asia, their influence is increasing day by day.

The dinner party, the whole team attended.

The Organizing Committee of the World Championships prepared the most sumptuous dinner in the local area, various dishes with Japanese style, the most popular teppanyaki, sushi, sashimi, ice cream, cheese, draft beer.

"Huh, draft beer?"

"Of course it's not for you guys." Assistant coach Ah's Jiang came over with a smile and said to Yang Di.

"These are all prepared for us. As teaching assistants and ordinary staff, there is no problem drinking a little beer or something."

"Okay, I don't think I'm used to the food here. I like our Chinese cuisine." After a month of training, Yang Di and everyone in the national team are also familiar with it a lot. After many people are familiar with it, they will know Yang Di doesn't have any celebrity airs, but is easy to talk about, just like a college student.

"Hey, your American friend is here." Ah's Jiang saw a group of strong men cutting through the waves, his eyes lit up, good guys, they are all top basketball players in the NBA.

"Yang!"

James pointed to Yang Di, and was the first to step forward, stepping in front of Wade.

With a warm smile on Yang Di's face, he stepped forward and gave James a big hug: "You are here too, LeBron."

Later, he embraced with Wade, Anthony, Paul, Bosh and others.

"And me too!"

The sound was like a bell, and Dwight Howard, who had been strong for a circle, also ran over, high-fived and hugged Yang Di, laughing and laughing, like a big boy.

"I've heard that Cameron has become the captain, and you guys are aggressive this time!" Yang Di really knew that this year's dream team spent a lot of time training. In the 02 World Championships, In the 04 Men's Athens Olympics, the United States has not won the championship in two consecutive World Series.

Anthony smiled, the captain of the US team is indeed something he should be proud of.

This year's dream team is basically very young players, about 22 or 23 years old. Assistant coach Jimmy is the coach of Syracuse University and his mentor in the university. Because of the relationship, he became one of the leaders without hesitation.

Wade seemed in a good mood, puffing out his big cheeks, showing the charming smile of the world's 50 most beautiful men.

"After the World Championships, we are going to return to the United States directly. The summer time is relatively short. Get ready, the new season will start immediately." James said with a smile.

"Isn't it still early? After the end of the World Championships on September 9, there is still one month before the new season begins."

"One month, I have to prepare in advance. If my figure is out of shape, the coach will be dissatisfied with me." James said jokingly.

"Will your figure be out of shape?" Yang Di gave him a strange look. He felt that James' figure was out of shape, unless he retired. He knew that James had always been very self-disciplined, and his daily intake of food was accurate to a certain amount. Oz, eat 7 meals a day, eat more meals and eat less, very hard.

"One game a day, our first game is against Puerto Rico, which team are you playing against?"

"It seems to be Italy." Yang Di touched his chin, it should be Italy.

"Italy, I heard that this year's No. [-] pick, Bargnani, will not participate in this World Championship?"

"Not participating?" Yang Di was taken aback. Could it be that Italy has despised the NBA to such an extent?Or did their basketball association also have some conflicts with Bagyani?
"It's because Bagyani is going to participate in the summer league and take a break to prepare for the new season." Chris Bosh saw Yang Di's expression of seeing a ghost and explained to him.

"Oh, that's it." Yang Di nodded. This is the case in Europe and the United States. Although national honor is also very important, what many players value is more about personal development. They have no absolute obligation to Participating in international competitions, especially in Europe, basketball is not paid much attention. Few people pay attention to the fact that there is a world championship similar to the World Cup held here.

They would rather watch a game of golf, or a bloody bullfight.

The ideas are different. Although Yang Di is not happy with some people in the decision-making circle, as long as the country calls, and he thinks it is more important for international competitions, he will definitely come back to participate in the competition.

That's why he reached a settlement with the Basketball Association.

After chatting for a while, other Chinese players also came over. Paul and Yi Jianlian greeted each other. Yao Ming and Sean Battier nodded. They are all new teammates in the new season. It is good to communicate with each other.

(End of this chapter)