At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yao Ming and Li Liang held a press briefing in the reception hall of the Oriental Grand Hyatt Hotel to introduce Li Liang's joining the Chinese national team to major media.

This can be regarded as the biggest news in the Chinese sports world before the Olympic Games.

Although basketball is only a sport and will certainly not win a medal, as a group sport with great influence, it has always received a lot of attention.

The so-called "three balls" in China have always been highly anticipated.

It's a pity that in the past two years, except for the women's volleyball team, the three major balls have been getting worse.

This year's men's basketball team competed in the Olympic Games, and the selected squads were all young people, and the official claim was to "train young people".

Truth be told, this statement has always been self-deception.

The Olympics are held every four years, and the most important basketball event is used to train young people, so why do you usually go?

This is equivalent to taking the college entrance examination, saying that it is to exercise yourself and for the next college entrance examination.

Then why can't you do well in the exam this time?

The problem of lack of talent for collective projects in China can be said to be quite serious.

The elites cultivated by the old national system have gradually faded away, but the young people cultivated by the new market-oriented system have not been able to take over the banner.

Like Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and Wang Zhizhi, they are all top players trained by the old system, and they have bloomed their last glory in the 08 Olympic Games.

After this group of people retired, Chinese basketball entered a "dilemma with Chinese characteristics".

Because China is a late-developing country in modern civilization, from a backward agricultural country to a modern country, it can be said that from top to bottom, all aspects are learning from the advanced countries of Europe and the United States, while crossing the river by feeling the stones, and the sports industry is no exception.

Don't mention football, it's troublesome.

Basketball once dominated Asia, relying on the national system.

Many people think that the national system is backward, but in fact, the national system is also learning from the advanced systems of foreign countries, that is, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

In the basketball world, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union represent the world's first-class level, and they have beaten the United States in the Olympics.

The reason why the national system needs to be changed is not because it is backward, but because the entire social environment and system have changed, the underlying foundation has changed, and of course the superstructure such as sports culture must also change.

The aspirations of the Chinese have always been ambitious, and as a big country, we should learn the best.

Therefore, football learns from Western Europe, and basketball naturally benchmarks against the United States, the world's number one basketball power.

However, China really can't learn from the economic foundation, campus sports culture, and various supporting systems of the United States.

So in the end, it became the four dissimilarities with Chinese characteristics.

On the one hand, the national system, the influence of local sports bureaus is still there, and each region is independent, and the youth training system is still an important blood supply mechanism, which is very similar to European clubs.

On the one hand, the commercial league imitating the United States has become the most important base for talent training and training, imitating the United States in all aspects such as tactics, competition system, and business model.

As a result, youth training has been affected by the social environment, and it is no longer possible to screen the most elite as in the past.

Like the Bayi team back then, why was it so strong, it was because of the troops from all over the country, layer after layer of upward screening, bringing together the most elite players, can it not be strong?

China is so big, with more than a billion people, and it is open to picking talents, can it still pick out a genius who is suitable for playing?

The problem is that under the market system, it can't be opened up, and the foundation of youth training has been affected.

And China's commercial league is quite a bit of an East-style model, like the NBA, with all-stars, playoffs, and so-called "drafts" that are not worthy of the name.

China simply does not have a deep campus basketball culture and foundation.

It's basically a copycat version of the NBA, but the viewing and competition are greatly reduced.

For the sake of results, the team is centered on foreign aid and treats local players as sappers.

To this end, the Basketball Association has also formulated various rules to limit the playing time of foreign aid, and also distinguishes between "European and American foreign aid" and "Asian foreign aid".

In order to force each team to train local players, it was introduced in a certain season, and the playoff team can select two players from the team that did not enter the playoffs to join the team (mainly members of the national team), which violates the rules of the market and makes nonsense.

Another example is that because the national team is not good at breaking tight pressing for a short period of time, and has been repeatedly disgraced by the opponent's pressing defense, it is stipulated that the team will use full-court pressing tactics in at least one quarter of a game in a certain season.

This is no longer against the rules of the market, it is against the law of basketball development at all.

This kind of commercial league, semi-commercial and non-commercial, many times relies on the owner's basketball interest and the fans' basketball enthusiasm to support, and it cannot form a big climate.

In terms of technology and tactics, it lags behind the world's advanced trend, and it is rare to see any development and innovation in technology and tactics, and it stays at the display of foreign aid's personal ability and the struggle of will and quality.

If we want to solve these problems, to be honest, it is unlikely to be effective without 20 to 30 years of development.

It's not a matter of two people, it's not a question of players, it's a question of "potential".

If the power is in me, everything will be fine, and if the power is not in me, then there will be no power to return to the sky.

If it is up to one person to change the potential, or eliminate the influence of the potential, unless this person is open.

Yao Ming can only be regarded as half open, leading Chinese basketball to the glory of the first decade of the 21st century.

Now, here comes the real open-mindedness.

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In the conference hall of the Grand Hyatt Oriental Hotel, it was already crowded with reporters from all walks of life.

The table was full of microphones, and the cameras were already in place.

Li Liang has long been accustomed to this kind of formation, after all, he has seen a bigger one in the United States.

Remember a few days ago, after the finals of this year, Li Liang was interviewed after the fourth game, and the situation can be said to be unprecedented.

After all, he has completed a real personal quadruple (Kerr's thigh-hugging doesn't count), making these four years a complete Bruce Lee era.

Following Yao Ming to take a seat in the interview seat, Li Liang took a sip of water, and there was already a clatter below.

Li Liang took the microphone and said directly to the audience: "You can ask any questions, and I will try my best to answer." Of course, I hope that your questions can be more professional, don't ask fake questions and let me follow the empty words, I can ask specific points, and I will answer specific points. ”

Western journalist Li Liang has seen a lot, and in general, although American reporters have a bad mouth and often make things difficult, their level is indeed very high.

You don't ask anything, "You won by strength, right?" "What's the weather like today?" "Did you do your best just now?" This kind of brainless and boring question.

Li Liang is also afraid to answer such questions, so his opening remarks are straightforward, a reminder to reporters who are used to making long speeches and empty words.

"May I ask Mr. Gan, do you have any psychological goals when you return to China to represent the Chinese team in the Olympic Games this time?"

The first reporter's question was quite professional, and the question asked was what everyone wanted to know.

Because Li Liang has always liked to set up flags, everyone wants to hear what promises he will make in the national team this time.

"If you have a goal, first of all, you must go further than the Beijing Olympics and strive to break through the top eight Asian ceiling. If I can win a medal, I will definitely go all out for it. There is a more important goal, hoping to set some good standards and bring some good habits to Chinese basketball. ”

Li Liang's words were a bit big, it was his style, but when these words came out of his mouth, everyone felt that it was no problem.

The second reporter asked, "What challenges do you think will be facing you to participate in the Olympics?" Compared to playing in the NBA. ”

This question is also quite decent.

"There is still a big difference between the FIBA rules and the NBA rules, and I need to get used to it. Some players in the NBA will indeed have symptoms of adaptation to FIBA, not that if they play well in the NBA, they will be invincible in the Olympic Games. Of course, I personally think that with my style of play, it won't be too much of a problem. Maybe FIBA's three-point line needs to be adjusted in the future. ”

Unlike Yao Ming's Yao's humor, Li Liang's answer was always Gan's arrogance, but he deserved it.

After answering this question, Li Liang reminded, "Don't ask these questions that give me a chance to brag, ask details, details, you need to improve your knowledge level, you know?" ”