Chapter 308: The First Battle of the Olympic Games
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Obviously, Shangguan Yu's EQ and ball quotient are very high, and when he saw the team boss coming, Shangguan Yu took the initiative to say hello and lowered his profile to chat with Yi Jianlian.
I didn't put on a high-minded posture just because I was an NBA player.
In fact, there are still a lot of NBA-level players in the team, including Yi Jianlian, who retired from the NBA before, and Wang Zhelin and Zhou Qi, who were selected by the Rockets and Grizzlies in this year's draft, and in the second round, but whether the two can enter the league is another matter.
However, no matter who it is, Shangguan Yu behaves very kindly, and he has a good relationship with the players in the team after a morning of hard work. Even during training, he also fought with Guo Allen and others, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Even Gong Gui didn't expect that Shangguan Yu would integrate into the team so quickly.
In the subsequent training in the team, it was even more surprising to Director Gong, although he had never practiced with his teammates once before, but Shangguan Yu accepted his tactics very quickly, basically in one or two rounds, or one or two explanations, he could master seven or eight out of ten.
Needless to say, the team's chemistry was just half an hour of training, and he played several beautiful air catches with his teammates.
will be a person, have high emotional intelligence, put a low posture, and show enough strength in the game, then it will definitely be good in the team.
After a day of training, Shangguan Yu was recognized by his teammates and coach.
It can be said that before Shangguan Yu's arrival, Director Gong didn't have much expectations for this Olympics, but now it's different.
Shangguan Yu's strength is even higher than when he was in the NBA.
His training this month has obviously been extraordinary, but the weaknesses on the offensive side are still obvious. The offensive ability with the ball is too weak, and there is no good way to encounter the bag, but these are not problems, with Yi Jianlian sitting on the inside, Zhao Jiwei and Guo Allen take the ball, and Shangguan Yu only needs to score.
However, Shangguan Yu, as the team's hidden big killer, did not play in the next warm-up game.
It's not good news for the fans.
"What? It's almost time to go to Rio, Shangguan Yu hasn't played yet, can he really do it? ”
"Don't expect so much, wasn't Yao Ming strong before? Isn't it still difficult to support alone, can Shangguan Yu be more powerful than him? ”
"In the league, that's good, but with the help of his teammates, most of Shangguan Yu's positions are vacant, and in the international arena, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to make a difference."
"Don't know what to decorate? The national team's games are not taken into account, such a player, what else to look forward to. ”
Some fans expressed doubts about Shangguan Yu's strength.
He had a good season in the NBA, but it was all under the leadership of his teammates, with Thomas, then he would definitely have a lot of open shots, but on the international stage, the three-point line is short, so it is not so simple for him to run out of the open position.
As the only NBA player in the Chinese men's basketball team, he must be the opponent and the focus of the defense.
There are some people who are not optimistic about Shangguan Yu, after all, so far, he has not played a convincing game in the national team competition.
In fact, even the leaders of the basketball management center are skeptical about Shangguan Yu's strength.
However, the list has been reported, and the time is approaching little by little, and it is the end of July in a blink of an eye, and it is too late to replace people.
After training with the team for more than a month, Shangguan Yu was fully able to adapt to his role in the team.
In the midst of those fans' doubts, Shangguan Yu went to Rio with the team on July 31.
The Rio Olympics were the most failed Olympics in years. A series of scandals such as substandard competition venues, police strikes, rioter demonstrations, and Zika virus rampant have cast a huge shadow on this year's Olympic Games.
By the end of June, the stadium had not yet been built. Not to mention the other facilities, it must be miserable.
For athletes, the most concerned is undoubtedly the situation in the Olympic Village, the competition venue is a little worse, then you can still endure it, but if the living environment is poor, it can't be tolerated, after all, this is a place where you have to stay for at least half a month, or even a month.
Before I came, I knew that the environment in Rio would be very difficult, but I didn't expect that it would be so difficult.
Hearing that the Australian delegation refused to stay was even more worrying.
On the plane, there was a constant discussion about the situation in the Olympic Village.
The first batch of Chinese troops to live in the Olympic Village sent back a lot of photos, proving that the environment is really bad.
When Shangguan Yu and others came to the Olympic Village, they found that it was indeed very poor.
For basketball players, it is a great test, as a 210CM long man, when he opened the door and saw the bed, Shangguan Yu was completely dumbfounded, lying on it, and his feet were still outside.
Shangguan Yu was arranged to share a room with Zhao Jiwei, and seeing such an environment, he couldn't help but complain: "This is not much different from those small hotels around the university, how can people sleep?" ”
Shangguan Yu just smiled: "If you come, you will be safe, we are not a dream team, it's good if we don't sleep on the streets, let's just sleep." ”
The U.S. men's and women's basketball team, the most proud team in this Olympic Games, is not here to compete, but more like a tourist.
Due to the difficult accommodation conditions in the Olympic Village, the U.S. men's basketball team will not be staying in the Olympic Village during the Games, and they have chartered an ultra-luxury yacht in the harbor of Rio.
The Silver Cloud is one of the world's top cruise ships, with both nobility and privacy, and is a sea palace for nobles and wealthy people. Each room costs $13,000 per week, which is only affordable for the U.S. men's basketball team.
Rich and capricious, as the highest-paid league in the world, American men's basketball players are rich local tyrants.
The environment is a little worse, but it doesn't affect Shangguan Yu's mood, he doesn't want to be a member of the tour team, he came here for a purpose.
After coming over, I followed the team, adapted to the venue and environment here, and waited for the start of the men's basketball game.
The opening game of the Olympic men's basketball team will be held on August 7, Beijing time.
However, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was scheduled to be held on the 5th, and before the start of the first game, Shangguanyu had to follow the Chinese Olympic team to participate in the entrance ceremony.
After arriving in Rio, Shangguan Yu prepared wholeheartedly and rarely appeared in people's sight, and at this moment, he also met with many outstanding domestic athletes and greeted each other.
In the next two days, Shangguan Yu was adjusting his state.
At 6 o'clock in the morning on August 7, Beijing time, China ushered in the first game of the Olympic Games, and the opponent was the dream team of the United States men's basketball team.