The men's basketball team at the Olympics has been divided long before the start of the World Championships.

Unlike the World Championships, there are only 12 teams participating in the Olympic Games, divided into two groups: A and B.

Group A: Germany, New Zealand, Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro, Puerto Rico, Greece;

Group B: Australia, Lithuania, China, United States, Angola, Spain.

The men's basketball team is very "lucky" to be in the same group as the United States team.

And, even more fortunately, the opponent of the men's basketball team's opening game was the United States team.

Although Kobe, Maddy, O'Neal and others will not go to Athens because of the explosion, the U.S. team sent a lineup with Iverson and Duncan as the core, and the strength on paper is still the strongest.

In other words, the main theme of the World Series is the World Basketball Challenge Dream Team.

Defeating the United States is still the goal of the national teams.

And the goal of the U.S. team in this Olympics is also very clear, to regain the world championship and prove that the defeat on their home two years ago was just an "accident".

The Chinese team won against them in the World Championships, and winning in the opening game was also their first goal.

It is foreseeable that this game will definitely be the focus of the first day of the men's basketball game.

Two years ago, the FIBA scoring mechanism of the World Championships was popular among fans, and after tasting the sweetness, this time FIBA also concocted the same method.

The highest-rated team is still the United States.

The total score of this "Dream Six Team" is as high as 93 points!

Although it is not the main team, take a look at the 12-man squad of the American team:

Duncan, Iverson, Stoudemire, Marbury, Boozer, Marion, Odom, Richard Jefferson, James, Anthony, Wade, Okafor.

If this is an NBA team, run in a proper dynasty lineup.

In the 12-man roster, the highest rating is Duncan, with a score of 95.

This is a bit lower than Duncan's rating in 2K, and the main reason is the difference between fib and NBAa games.

The presence of three seconds of defense makes it difficult for Duncan to get comfortable low-post singles, which can greatly reduce his impact on the offensive end.

Iverson's rating is 90, and like Duncan, the presence of three seconds of defense will make him a much less dangerous breakthrough.

Marbury 89 points.

Although he is far less famous in the NBA than Iverson and Duncan, he is good at projection, and he will be very good in FIBA games.

A few other newcomers who are quite interesting.

Anthony has a rating of 85 points, just won the championship with the Pistons, and is the team's first scorer, and is also good at shooting.

If it weren't for the fact that he was too young, he would definitely have a higher rating.

And it's worth mentioning that the head coach of this Dream Six team is Rab Brown, who is Anthony's head coach in the NBA.

It is foreseeable that after the change of history, Anthony will get more opportunities to play on this American team.

James' rating is 84.

Anthony silently praised the FIBA staff.

The lowest-rated rookie Okafor also scored 81 points.

It can also be seen from the rating that the quality of the Dream Six team is much better than that of the Dream Five team.

In second place is...... China!

The Chinese team got an overall rating of 86 points!

When a team has Sun Hao and Yao Ming, even if the other players are weak, they will still become the favorite team.

Not to mention that there are more than just these two people on this team.

In the score given by FIBA, Sun Hao reached 96 points! 1 point more than Duncan! The highest in the competition!

Sun Hao's style of play is far more useful in FIBA than in the NBA, and it is completely reasonable for FIBA to give such a rating.

Yao Ming's rating also exceeded 90 for the first time, reaching 91 points!

The face of the league's second center.

In addition to this, there are several other players on the Chinese team who are on the radar.

Wang Zhizhi's rating is 80, Yi Jianlian is 79, Battle is 76, and Hu Weidong is 75.

With such strength on paper, it is no wonder that FIBA would put the Chinese team in such a high position.

In third place is Argentina with an overall rating of 84 points.

The highest-rated Ginobili reached 88 points.

Although the Spurs lost the Western Conference semifinals last season, Ginobili performed bravely, and his average points per game were second only to Duncan.

He entered the league a year earlier than in history, and he also stepped into his peak earlier.

In addition, Prigioni, Delfino, Nocioni, Scola, Oberto and others all have ratings above 75.

And this team has already shown their tacit understanding and teamwork at the World Championships.

After winning the silver medal at the World Championships, they have only one goal in the Olympics this time, the championship!

The hosts, Greece, are in fourth place with an overall score of 82 points.

The 22-year-old Spanonollis, who was drafted in the second round by the Mavericks this year, has a rating of 80.

Of course, the hosts' home advantage cannot be ignored, which is why they are rated higher than other European teams.

The fifth-ranked Lithuanian men's basketball team has an overall rating of 82 points.

The team's highest-rated Kreza and Songgaira are both only 80.

However, no one dares to underestimate this European giant, and Lithuania is strong in their team basketball.

In sixth place is Germany, with Nowitzki with a rating of 92 points.

In seventh place, Pau Gasol has a rating of 89 points.

In eighth place is Serbia and Montenegro with a rating of 84 points.

The Yugoslav Federation finally dissolved in 2003, and the World Championships finally became SAARC's last swan song.

SAARC disintegrated and was replaced by Serbia and Montenegro.

However, due to the turbulent situation, the strength of this Serbian and Montenegro team is much weaker than that of the original Yugoslav Union.

Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and Angola ranked 9~12 respectively.

As before, the grading system will bring a big wave of saliva, whose rating is high and whose rating is low.

In this kind of discussion from the outside world, the popularity of the men's basketball team has risen suddenly.

It was also at this time that the NBA's free agency market was coming to an end.

The Lakers have also completed their reinforcement operations one after another.

Oku is the Lakers' first choice, and he is also interested in joining the Lakers.

But Oku was a restricted free agent, and the Pistons ultimately opted to match the contract offered by the Lakers.

After that, the Jazz made another 6-year, 50 million contract offer, which finally brought Oku back to Utah.

The situation of Turkglou is also somewhat peculiar.

After a year at Spurs, the Turk has little idea of joining a championship-contending team directly.

In the end, he chose the Magic team, which was weaker but had more opportunities.

With a six-year, $38 million contract, he's ready to grow with Arenas and Howard.

After Kupchak and Sun Hao continued to communicate, the Lakers finally used Plan C.

They used a two-year mid-level exception (the second year was a player option) to sign veteran Juwan Howard, who had partnered with Sun Hao in the past.

Juwan Howard was still able to contribute 17+7 stats to the Magic last season, but the Magic were at the bottom of the East last season, and the stats were not very convincing.

And at the age of 31, he no longer has the potential, and it is impossible to be the core of the team again.

In the end, he chose to take a pay cut to join the Lakers, ready to fight for a championship ring.

And Sun Hao's existence also makes his joining more logical.

In addition, Kupchak also managed to sign Malone, Horry and Joan Barry with a veteran base salary.

Just like Sun Hao thought, Ma Long has a contradiction with Kobe, Kobe is gone, he is naturally willing to come back.

For him, leaving Utah is already a compromise, and it is not his style to move to other teams, and if he really wants to continue to pursue his championship dream, staying with the Lakers is the only option.

Horry's side is interesting.

Popovich repeatedly kept the veteran, but Horry seemed to be more optimistic about the Lakers and returned to the Lakers after smelling it.

In addition to this, the Lakers also had a windfall.

This harvest has a lot to do with Sun Hao.

In the previous slam dunk contest, Chris Anderson was unfortunately out of the preliminaries.

At that time, Anderson was depressed after being eliminated, and Sun Hao's comfort allowed him to regain his strength.

This summer, when he became a completely free agent, he went directly to Los Angeles to find Sun Hao!

There is always such a type of person in this world, who is relatively simple-minded.

I help you, you help me; You're good to me, I'm good to you.

In addition, Divac, Steve Smith, and Raul Lopez have also signed with the Lakers with a base salary.

The Lakers' roster for the new season is also gradually emerging.

Point guards: Sun Hao, Raul López;

Shooting guards: Finley, Steve Smith;

Small forwards: Ariza, Horry;

Power forwards: Juwan Howard, Karl Malone, Brian Cook;

Centre-forwards: O'Neal, Chris Anderson, Divac;

Only a little more reinforcement of the back line is needed, and this squad will be enough for the new season.

Of course, compared with the main competitors such as the Mavericks, Pistons, and Wizards, such a lineup is slightly "shabby".

But what kind of strength can be played will only be known in the new season.

In addition to the Lakers, there are several other big deals for the league landscape.

In an effort to ease salary pressure, the Mavericks sent Lafrentz and a second-round pick to the Wizards in exchange for some non-guaranteed contracts.

Leitner's contract expires, and he is older, and his strength has declined greatly.

The addition of Lafrentz has increased the team's salary pressure, but it has also made the Wizards' strength in the new season even better.

In addition, the Wizards also used the mid-class exception to sign the veteran Mutombo to solve the problem of Yao Ming's substitution.

The Warriors lost Nash in the summer, but they turned around and welcomed Byron Davis, the Hornets' leading guard from last season.

The Warriors will continue to be competitive next season.

Quentin Richardson signed with the Suns for 6 years and 45 million, counting the previous Nash, the Suns team in history has appeared.

Perhaps only Sun Hao knows that Nash is going to complete Nirvana and be reborn in Phoenix.

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The landscape of the league is constantly changing, but with the official opening of the Olympic Games, the eyes of fans are turning to Athens.

This is the return of the Olympic Games to their hometown after 108 years.

The spirit of Olympia is strongest in the birthplace.

And for the Olympic Organising Committee, this time the process of the torch relay can be dispensed with.

The men's basketball game kicked off the second day.

A total of four matches were scheduled for the day.

The battle between China and the United States was scheduled to start at 7:30 local time, a steady golden hour.

The competition took place in the Olympic Indoor Pavilion in Athens.

The gymnastics/basketball arena was built specifically for the Olympics and can accommodate 19,000 people at the same time, making it an NBA-level arena.

Although terrorist activities are rampant, Greece, as the birthplace of the Olympic Games, has spared no effort in investing in the Olympic Games.

However, after the two games during the day, the attendance rate of the stadium was not very ideal, and there were thousands of vacant seats, which was very obvious in the live broadcast footage.

People are afraid of death, and although Greece invests heavily in security, it is no joke if a terrorist comes to the audience.

It also made FIBA worry about the evening's game.

However, when it was really night, the scene at the scene made the Olympic Organizing Committee breathe a sigh of relief.

The stadium was packed, even the aisles were packed, and the enthusiasm of the fans was much stronger than during the day.

There are two main reasons for this kind of scene.

One is that Greece has a Mediterranean climate, which is relatively dry and hot in summer, and fans do not have a high desire to go out during the day.

But in the evening, when the temperature drops, there will naturally be more people active.

The second is, Sun Hao!

Yes, it's not Duncan or Iverson, it's Sun Hao!

There were a large number of fans holding up Sun Hao's KT board at the scene.

Perhaps over the past few years, some people have forgotten what Sun Hao had achieved on the road to Europe.

But the fans here will not forget!

The youngest European emperor in the history of Europe!

And on the land of Greece, the big battle between Real Madrid and Greece Panathinaikos seems like yesterday!

Now that Sun Hao has returned to Europe after many years, and then to Greece, the expectations of fans can be imagined.

During the pre-match warm-up, players from both teams entered the field one after another.

"Is Sun the king here?"

Marbury looked at the scene in front of him, stunned, and couldn't help but turn to Iverson and ask.

This kind of scenario...... It's a bit of an exaggeration.

Of course, the current Marbury has not yet become the future political commissar of Ma, and he has never been to China.

If he had seen the enthusiasm of the Chinese fans, he might have felt that this was nothing in front of him.

Iverson didn't speak, and his expression didn't change much, but his eyes unconsciously looked at Sun Hao on the other side of the court.

Jordan's handpicked top five quarterbacks, FMVP, a one-on-one exchange for Kobe Bryant plus a bunch of draft picks......

In 2000, he and OK had a great battle in the finals, but only four years later, he had been left far behind by Sun Hao.

He was unwilling.

This time in the Olympics, he wants to tell the fans and the world again that the person standing in the spotlight should be him, just like four years ago!

The scene quickly entered the opening ceremony.

In the beginning, the reaction of the fans was mediocre.

Even when Iverson and Duncan played, the reaction of the fans could only be described as enthusiasm at best.

After all, the network at this time is not so developed, and basketball in Europe has its own system, and the NBA's ratings here are far inferior to the Champions League.

So fans' enthusiasm for NBA supergiants is actually not that high.

However, when Sun Hao was introduced to the Chinese team, the reaction on the scene startled the players on both sides of the field.

The host's deliberate pauses, elongated tones, and the reaction of the fans in the audience.

Many fans stood up, thumped their chests, and then waved their fists with both hands in a dull but neat roar of battle.

Except that there are no fireworks, it is exactly the same as when it was in the Champions League!

Feeling the rhythm and roar that made people's blood roll, Sun Hao also became extremely excited.

It was his first time in four years that he had stepped onto the European stage.

It's like Napoleon, who left France, and set foot in his homeland again.

He, the Chinese Napoleon, the 18-year-old Emperor of Europe, is back! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)