I really just want to strike

In the eyes of the senior officials of the Chinese Olympic delegation, letting Su Feng be the Olympic flag bearer is indeed what everyone expects.

Unfortunately......

Su Feng himself didn't think so.

"No, no, no, in my opinion, Yao Ming is the most suitable candidate for this year's flag bearer!" In the internal meeting of the men's basketball team, Su Feng said against all opinions.

And this time, although Xiao Yao on the side kept saying no, his expression that could be used as an emoji had already betrayed him.

He said with embarrassment on his face, "Brother Feng, you are the flag bearer, that's what everyone is looking forward to. I can't spoil the interest of Chinese sports fans."

only......

After Su Feng kept giving reasons why Yao Ming was more suitable to be the standard bearer than him...

Everyone was soon limp by Su Feng.

"That's fine. Anyway, as long as you can keep the qualification of the standard bearer in the men's basketball team, then anyone will do." Zhang Bin, the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, said after some careful consideration.

And even though, the senior officials of the Chinese Olympic delegation haven't figured out why the men's basketball team chose Yao Ming to be the flag bearer in the end...

However, as the new No. [-] pick in the NBA, it seems that there is nothing wrong with Yao Ming being the standard bearer.

However......

How did young Yao know that not only would Su Feng give up the flag bearer position to him this year, but four years later, he would also give up the flag bearer position to Yao Ming.

As for the reason?

what an international joke...

Even if you have been the flag bearer a hundred times, will you have the honor of being the flag bearer in front of your own house in 2008?

Su Feng knew very well that now that he had given up the flag bearer to Xiao Yao, he would not leave Xiao Yao with too many regrets in this life.

Because at that time, Xiao Yao would also feel from the bottom of his heart that the standard bearer should be given to Su Feng.

It seems that Su Feng is losing money now, but after this wave of retreating, he actually took advantage of it.

……

On the 9th, before the start of the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team played the last warm-up match with the US men's basketball team in Sydney.

Because the two teams were assigned to the same group in the Olympics, this game is also regarded by many fans as a foreplay of whether Chinese basketball can challenge the hegemony of American basketball.

It's just that, even if this dream four team is not as star-studded as the previous three teams, their overall strength is still a level higher than that of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Just like Su Feng remembered, this American Dream Team [-] was led by the legendary coach Tomjanovich.

In addition, in terms of the lineup, in addition to Kidd, Carter, Payton, Garnett, and Ray Allen, they also have players like Tim Hardaway, Mourning, Houston, Steve Smith, Vin Baker, and Sheriff Arren. Abdul Rahim and other well-known stars.

Therefore, the lineup of the Dream Four team is not enough, it is only compared with their predecessors.

Looking around the world, this dream team is still the only one.

Moreover, Tang Shuai is not a FIBA ​​fool like Larry Brown.

This point can be seen from Tang Shuai's personnel selection.

After Kobe rejected the Dream Four team call-up, Tang Shuai decisively recruited Houston from the Knicks, and he and Ray Allen formed the two heavy guns on the outside of the Dream Four team.

In this way, the American team can not only easily crack the opponent's zone defense on the court, but also increases the threat of players who are good at breaking through.

Coupled with the fact that Tang Shuai clearly focused on defense as the main purpose of the dream four team, Carter had the opportunity to hit the classic dunk in the game against the French team by stealing and counterattacking.

Of course, this American men's basketball team is not without weaknesses.

And the weakness lies precisely in their inside line, which was once the envy of the whole world.

As we all know, in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, in order to show off their muscles to the world, the US men's basketball team recruited the three strongest centers in the NBA at that time except Ewing.

Coupled with Barkley and Malone, the Dream Team 96 in [-], in terms of internal strength, is simply terrifying to the point of despair.

However, after 2000, this situation changed greatly.

Although the presence of Garnett allows the U.S. men's basketball team to crazily expand to oppress opponents defensively, but in actual games, once the opponent has a big center with enough tonnage, it will create a big center for the U.S. men's basketball team on the inside. huge threat.

In this warm-up match against the US men's basketball team, Xiao Yao, Bateer and Wang Zhizhi all performed well in the game, which is the best proof.

Unfortunately, in the end, because only Su Feng had the physical ability to play with the stars of the American team, the Chinese men's basketball team still lost to the American men's basketball team by 10 points.

but......

Compared with the US team who lost dozens of points at every turn, in the eyes of Chinese fans, this Chinese men's basketball team has undergone a qualitative change in its overall strength.

And after this friendly match...

On September 9th, accompanied by the Australian female sprinters lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony...  

The four-year Olympic Games have begun.

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Chapter 4 Leap of the Century!

On the 16th, in Sydney, Australia, at 4:[-] pm local time, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in their first opponent in Group A of the men's basketball competition at the Olympic Games...

——French men's basketball team.

It was the same as in Su Feng's memory.

Because the host Australian men's basketball team wants to ensure that they can achieve good results in this Olympic Games...

Therefore, after taking advantage of the host team's unique signing advantage, the top few teams that are most popular to win the Olympic men's basketball competition...  

At the draw ceremony, they were all arranged "clearly" by Australia.

In Su Feng's original time and space, although the Chinese men's basketball team who were assigned to the death group failed to qualify for the Olympics, judging from the overall performance of the Chinese men's basketball team at that time, they were competing with European and American powerhouses. In the game, in Su Feng's eyes, the best performance in the group stage in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

ha?

Can it be considered the best in history if it fails to qualify for the group?

uh...

Why can't it be counted?

You know, in the basketball competition of this Olympic Games, four of the top five teams in the final ranking are from the group of the Chinese men's basketball team.

And Italy, which won No.5 in the end, had never played the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage.

As for the French men's basketball team, which finally competed with the US men's basketball team for the gold medal, in the group match with the Chinese men's basketball team, they were beaten by the Chinese men's basketball team whose physical fitness had not declined for half a game.

In addition, Lithuania, which almost killed the American men's basketball team in this Olympic Games, also showed its strength to pass the Chinese men's basketball team smoothly. Therefore, in the original historical track, after watching this Chinese men's basketball team After the performance of the basketball team, Stern will have great expectations that more Chinese stars will join the NBA in the future.

In terms of overall strength, the biggest feature of the Chinese men's basketball team during the golden generation is that the stars in each position have their own special skills.

Take Guo Ailun's uncle Guo Shiqiang as an example.

Although Guo Shiqiang was full of slots in the coaching era, but in the player era, Guo Shiqiang's backcourt was one-stop, which was a pleasing landscape for the Chinese men's basketball team at that time.

And most importantly...

Guo Shiqiang's dragon is really breaking through with his brain.

In the Sydney Olympics, in the match against the original French team, Guo Shiqiang played a half-court alley-oop with Xiao Yao, and played a classic big fast break with Wang Zhizhi.

It's a pity that once young Chinese fans naively thought that such a classic picture would be seen more often in the future.

However, as they get older, they will find that such cooperation will become a swan song along with their memories.

Closer to home.

In the arena, as the luxury battleship with the second most NBA stars in this Olympics, compared with Su Feng's previous life, public opinion before the game generally believed that the Chinese men's basketball team could pass the match against the French men's basketball team smoothly.

After all, the French men's basketball team is the last team in the European zone to qualify.

And if Su Feng hadn't watched the Sydney Olympics in his previous life, then he might have believed in the evil of these media.

In fact, although the French men's basketball team finally won the runner-up with a certain amount of luck, they are indeed a team with a distinctive style and a strong overall combat effectiveness.

Unlike the French team that gradually became NBA-like in the future, the French men's basketball team during this period was mostly white players. During the game, they were very good at using pick-and-rolls to cut without the ball.

And like Antoine Rigodo, the number one outside star in their team, who is 198 cm tall and weighs 102 kg, is a lingering shadow of the older generation of Chinese fans.

right......

You read that right, this guy is the point guard of the French men's basketball team on the court.

But judging from his body shape, his muscle lines are not as obvious as Su Feng's.

Therefore, in the future, the starting point guard of the Chinese men's basketball team will be occupied by Liu Wei for a long time, which is actually a helpless move of the Chinese men's basketball team.

because......

Most of the top European teams don't have a small guard at all.

Don't look at the French men's basketball team that created the most famous scene in this Olympic Games, but don't brag about it. In the game against them, the American men's basketball team didn't play as easily as Carter's dunk.

Because the players in each position have excellent confrontation ability, and under the FIBA ​​rules, the game rhythm is generally slow. Therefore, in this Olympic Games, the French men's basketball team, which gave full play to its own characteristics, was able to laugh all the way. In the end, I got a precious silver medal.

Before the game, after studying the French team with men's basketball coach Zhang Bin, Su Feng gave Zhang Bin a suggestion to use double centers in this game.

Because the starting center of this French team, that is, the buddy Frederick Weiss who was dunked by Carter has a height of 218 cm. In addition, his partner Jim Bilba is also taller than 210 cm.

Therefore, once the Chinese men's basketball team cannot gain an advantage in height, it will easily fall into a passive position in this game.

As for Su Feng's suggestion, Zhang Bin asked back with a puzzled expression, "Can't we control the slow with the fast?"

Su Feng: "..."

Say something.

Su Feng felt that he was right.

because......

After Davis, now Zhang Bin has also shown the potential to become a generation of famous coaches in the future.

Good idea, use the fast to beat the slow.

But it's not realistic.

Because, the speed of this French team is not slow.

Moreover, who said that the men's basketball team can't play fast when they play double centers?

What an international joke, Xiao Yao at this moment, the moving speed and defensive coverage area, in the words of Su Junyang in the future, Yao Ming in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, his defensive coverage area basically covered the entire three-point line within.

Moreover, in this life, under his own advice, not only did Xiao Yao's core strength become stronger, but his upper body strength was also better than his own memory.

In addition, now he still has the ability to move far beyond the height of 226 cm...

It is no exaggeration to say that Su Feng feels that Barkley will kiss Smith's ass next season.

In addition, although Wang Zhizhi has been in charge of drinking fountains in the NBA all year round, in the international arena, he is the Chinese men's basketball team's big killer against such European and American meat shields.

In Su Feng's previous life, in this match against the French team, the French team was tortured terribly by Wang Zhizhi.

From Su Feng's point of view, the failure of the men's basketball team to win the French team in the previous life has nothing to do with Jiang Xingquan's tactics at that time.

It is purely because the Chinese men's basketball team does not play enough high-level games, which leads to the team's lack of stamina.

Therefore, in terms of tactics, Su Feng believes that the Chinese men's basketball team does not need to modify the tactics guided by Jiang.

As for physical fitness?

Then it depends on the family background of the French team, whether it is as thick as the US team.

On the court, when the two teams were entering the field, Su Feng's appearance instantly detonated the entire arena.

After the entrance ceremony, the big screen on the scene also showed the starting lineup of the Chinese and French teams tonight.

Chinese team: Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Su Feng, Hu Weidong, Guo Shiqiang.

France: Weiss, Bilba, Yann Bonato, Stephen Risache, Rigodo.

Different from playing NBA games, Su Feng wears the No. [-] jersey in the international arena.

On the court, after the players of the two teams were ready, CCTV, the famous commentator of swimming, track and field, gymnastics, football, table tennis, tennis, badminton, and basketball, Han Qiaosheng also started his show operation.

Unfortunately......

That is to say, Su Feng couldn't hear Director Han's explanation.

Otherwise, this is simply full of childhood shadows.

However, Director Han's explanation is not useless.