Although Americans are very indifferent to the word love, Jonathan's excitement is entirely due to his pride in Lamar. But with that in mind, Lamar couldn't refuse, and he could imagine that if he refused to compete, those journalists would raise the issue to the level of unpatriotism.

"What's wrong? Lamar, aren't you happy?" Jonathan saw that Lamar didn't respond for a long time, and asked with some confusion: "This is the Olympics! Don't you want to go?"

Before Lamar could speak, Vanessa rushed to say: "Lamar is still hesitating about this matter, he has been to Australia four years ago, and he has won the championship, and this time he doesn't know whether to go or not!"

"Why not?"

Jonathan shouted, drawing his aunt and Krees, who were downstairs, over. After they understood the cause and effect of this incident, they also fell silent. What Lamar said is also very reasonable, the preseason, the regular season and the playoffs have exhausted Lamar's physical energy, and the Olympics will definitely make Lamar more tired, BA is Lamar's first choice, and it is completely incomparable to winning glory for the country.

"Lamar, I still don't think you should miss this opportunity. After all, the Olympics are only held once every four years, which is really rare, and besides, you should add a little thing to your honor book. "My aunt always thinks of Lamar.

"Yes, Lamar, I'm so old I haven't been to Europe. We're going to Greece as a family this summer, and it's said that the sea of love is beautiful!" Chrees was excited, but in the eyes of the troublemaker, play was the most important thing.

"Lamar, promise Larry Brown. Vanessa said softly: "It's not for anyone, it's not for the honor of any country, if you want to become the world's No. 1 basketball player, you must comprehensively surpass Michael Jordan, you must know that Michael Jordan retired with more than 6 championship rings!"

Vanessa's words made Lamar a little more moved, and just as he was at the battle between heaven and man, Krees ran up again, shouting as he ran, "Lamar, turn on the TV, there's that ugly ghost you hate the most!"

Nasty ugly ghosts?

Lamar quickly thought of Elton Brand, who was always an old man's face, and quickly turned on the TV. At Krees's instructions, I dialed the channel, and I saw Brand talking to the reporter.

"I know I'm on the Larry Brown squad, and of course I'm very willing to play for the Dream Seven and show the NBA in Greece, but for me to agree to join this team, you have to promise me one thing. ”

"Lamar Odom, yes! I'm not going to agree to compete with this guy, only one of us can go to Greece to compete, me or that bastard!"

Looking at Elton Brand's arrogant appearance on TV, Lamar's family gritted their teeth with hatred, and their original good mood was ruined by this James.

"Lamar, I command you to go to Greece. This is not a question of patriotism or not, but the honor of the Odom family. ”

"You, you must go! And that ugly ghost must not go!" The aunt seemed to be really hot, and she couldn't help but burst into foul language, even though she had never sweared.

Vanessa looked at Lamar, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Are you just looking at him so proudly?"

Being stimulated by his family did not make Lamar's head hot, but calmed down Lamar's originally somewhat excited emotions. After thinking about it for a long time, Lamar finally made up his mind: "No, my dear, uncle and aunt, I think this time I am destined to miss the American team!"

"Why?" the whole family looked at Lamar in confusion, hoping that Lamar could give a reasonable explanation.

"I know what you're thinking, and you want me to be on Team USA and prove to the fans all over the world that I'm better than those idiots, right?"

"Yes, you're the best in our eyes!"

"In the philosophy of the Chinese, there is a saying: There is no harm without comparison! Even if I join the Dream Seven team, what if I win the championship? The seriousness of American fans and even world fans is a matter of course, because the strength of the American team is recognized by the world!" said here Lamar sold the pass a little, until the family showed a dissatisfied look before he spoke: "If I didn't participate, maybe I would have suffered a lot of doubts before the game, but what if the American team loses in the end?"

"How is that possible?" the whole family looked hell, clearly not believing Lamar's analysis.

"This time the Dream Seven team will definitely lose!You don't understand, but look at the list of candidates announced on TV, as far as I know, Kobe, Shaq, Garnett and other superstars have all refused!"

"I'm only 24 years old this year, and I'll be 28 in four years! I can afford to wait, I'm going to be a savior after the loss of the American team, and I will try to turn the tide!"

After saying that, Lamar grabbed the phone without even thinking about it and pressed the call back button directly. After a waiting tone, the phone answered.

"Hello Larry Brown, I'm sorry! I can't seem to be on this year's Dream Seven team, and I don't want to be in an unpleasant atmosphere in the team. Maybe Elton Brand is a better fit for you, and since he's on your shortlist, I don't need to go to Greece with you! ”

In the end, Lamar almost yelled, he was really enraged, he couldn't figure out where that guy from Bland got his confidence no matter what, did he really think he was Jordan and he was Isaiah Thomas?

Without waiting for Larry Brown to reply, Lamar hung up the phone, looked at his family, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Although I can't play the Olympics, we can go to Greece, Europe, and the sea of love together this summer!"

There was a burst of cheers in Lamar's luxurious estate, but Larry Brown on the other side of the phone was inexplicable and confused. Didn't you just politely refuse? Why do you want to refuse for a while? Although I don't want this prickly head that doesn't fit my tactics, I don't seem to have said anything drastic to irritate this guy, right?

No! Elton Brand, Lamar seems to be talking about this guy on the phone, is this guy to blame? After thinking about it, Larry Brown began to look for answers, and then began to fall silent with a grim face. Looking at Larry Brown's grinning appearance, you know that the old coach was also stimulated by Elton Brand's brainless behavior.

Originally, in Larry Brown's plan, Elton Brand and Tim Duncan, two of the league's best interior players, would be the interior starting partners of the Dream Seven.

After all, in the case of Shaq O'Neal, Kevin Garnett and other super insiders are not allowed to participate in the Olympics, Larry Brown can only be short and tall. As for Lamar Odom, to be honest, Larry Brown doesn't like it, if it weren't for the pressure from the basketball association and fans, he wouldn't have put Lamar in the training camp, not only because Lamar had accused himself in front of the media, but also because Lamar didn't fit his tactical philosophy, Lamar likes to play offense instead of defense, while Larry Brown thinks that defense wins everything.

If I had to choose between Elton Brand and Lamar, I believe 99.99% of people would choose Lamar, but Larry Brown is one of those 10,000 people. Compared to the unruly and self-righteous Lamar, Larry Brown prefers the obedient Elton Brand.

Everyone knows that although Brand is excellent, he is still a notch behind Lamar. To put it more clearly, Brand is only a general at best, while Lamar is a well-deserved handsome talent. If you choose between a charging general and a strategizing handsome, it really couldn't be easier. But Larry Brown is so stubborn!

Although Larry Brown didn't like Brand's big mouth very much, and didn't think that it was a wise choice for Brand to publicly provoke Lamar in the media, Larry Brown finally drew a cross on Lamar's name with a pen!

Larry Brown made the news public almost immediately after making his decision.

Although he has nothing to do with Lamar, Larry Brown still knows very well that Lamar doesn't play cards according to common sense in everything he does, and once Lamar temporarily regrets something, then he has to change his proud defensive tactics for this guy. This dream team is not his ideal team!

At the same time as announcing that Lamar would withdraw from the selection of the Dream Seven team, Larry Brown also made adjustments to the previously announced 40-man squad, Lamar Odom, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Shaq O'Neal, Kevin Garnett and other stars who were destined not to play for the national team were unexpectedly crossed out, and suddenly the original 40-man squad became the final list of only 12 people.

When asked by reporters why he gave up Lamar, Larry Brown had a rare smile on his serious face, which made the reporters present shudder.

"It's easy to see why Lamar was excluded! Lamar called last night and turned me down!"

"As for the reasons for this, I don't think it's up to me to answer that question. As you should know, it has been said in the media that he will not play with Lamar. I think something must have happened between Lamar and Elton Brand that caused Lamar to give up! Lamar couldn't go to Greece together, which is a shame for me. Of course, if they can give up this senseless personal grudge and focus on the overall situation, the dream team will be even stronger!"