However, after Tang Tian saw such a grouping, he felt more excited.

To be on the podium or even the top podium, that means you have to beat all your opponents.

Only such a grouping can do this, and after the bloody fight, it can really play a role in exercising and growing.

If you rely on luck to reach the quarter-finals, as you did in the last Olympics, you're basically going to end up in the quarter-finals.

On the contrary, in the group stage, he can go further in the later competitions and even walk on the podium.

Iron is quenched into steel, and the Chinese team needs to go through such a process now!

The men's basketball team was training in Ningbo, and when Tang Tian arrived, he also met his teammates from the national team who were training.

The national team has not yet completed the final cuts, and now 16 people are participating in the training camp.

Except for Yi Jianlian and Guo Allen, most of the rest of the people were selected according to Tang Tian's previous requirements.

Kelan Baike, Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Peng, Liu Zhixuan, Wu Qian, Zhu Yanxi, Gu Quan, Xi Relijiang, Ren Junfei.

This is really bringing in all the 3D players that China can play now.

In addition to these 11 people, the remaining 5 people, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin and Zou Yuchen are the stars of hope.

The last two people are Zhao Jiwei and Ding Yanyuhang.

These 16 people, plus Tang Tian, a total of 17 people, will participate in European training after a period of intensive training, and will eventually be reduced to 12 people.

In addition to the players, the head coach was also specially selected by Yao Ming, and Li Nan, who retired not long ago, is basically a puppet coach, listening to Tang Tian's words.

After Tang Tian arrived at the team, he said hello to Li Nan, and then delivered a speech in front of the players.

"Four years ago I played for the fans in London and four years later I'm still fighting for the fans because I know there are hundreds of millions of fans behind us and they're going to be in front of the TV, and I don't want to disappoint them again, every one of you is the same."

The content of Tang Tian's speech was not much, but his feelings were very strong.

His sense of national pride was stronger than everyone in the room, not to mention that he had promised Yao Ming to put the number 13 jersey on the podium.

Tang Tian is the boss of the NBA championship team and the best basketball player in the world.

Everyone present listened to his words, and even became very excited because of it.

Just like Yao Ming at the beginning, the team has a point that is strong against any national team, and he will feel reassuring when he stands.

And what he said, it was enough to make people excited.

After a simple meeting, Tang Tian took the lead himself, and the whole team began to train.

Except for the full-court matchup, the rest of the training content was all reduced, with only three parts, defense, three-pointers, and pick-and-roll.

The style of play of this men's basketball team has been determined before the selection of personnel, and it is full of stars.

Tang Tian is that star, and the rest are shooters.

Three points in the open position, three points in the running position without the ball, three points in the block, three points on the counterattack......

The main thing everyone else does is throw the ball from the three-point line into the basket.

And, of course, defending well.

After Yao Ming came to power, the national team quickly completed the renewal, and the red and blue team allowed these young players to grow rapidly.

Even in training, they are also highly motivated, and such a team, although lacking in experience, is not necessarily weak in combat.

After watching a few days of training, Tang Tian was also more confident in the goal he had set.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and for these national team teammates, when it comes to the Olympics, one word is done.

In the next nearly a month, the men's basketball team completed training and training one after another, and completed the selection of the roster a week before the start of the Olympic Games.

The final 12-man roster for the men's basketball team was also released.

Point guards: Allen Guo, Jiwei Zhao

Scoring guards: Ding Yanyuhang, Wu Qian

Small forwards: Tang Tian, Kelan Baike, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan

Power forward: Yi Jianlian

Center: Zhou Qi, Zou Yuchen, Wang Zhelin

This lineup has a lot of forwards, especially small forwards, which means that many games will use one big and four small.

After the roster was confirmed, the men's basketball team boarded a plane to Brazil that day.

Yao Ming was also on the plane, and as the president of the Basketball Association, he also served as the team's leader.

It can be seen from the composition of the team that in this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team really gave everything to fight hard!

Fans are also looking forward to it like never before.

Because of Tang Tian, this is the strongest team in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The men's basketball team's previous best record in the Olympics was the quarterfinals, and it was eighth, and this time they are really looking forward to a breakthrough!

Brazil's economy has been in turmoil in the past two years, and the economy, environment, and law and order are not good.

The most intuitive point is that many national teams that arrived early have sent out Olympic selfies one after another.

The beds for athletes are all normal human size, and many people can't sleep at all.

Especially for basketball players, they have the highest average height of the Olympic team.

Yao Ming also knew this, and had arranged a local hotel for the men's basketball team before he set off, and all the expenses were paid for by him personally.

From this point, it can be seen that although Yao Ming can't play, he also regards himself as a member of this team!

There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it has also attracted a burst of ridicule from the local media in Brazil and even foreign media.

The conditions are poor, all the national teams are poor, but there are only two countries that move the whole team to live outside.

In addition to the Chinese team, the rest is the American team.

The U.S. team is all stars worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and their accommodation conditions are certainly different from other countries, or even other sports in the United States.

Basically, every year at the Olympics, they stay in a loaf hotel.

It has also become a common practice.

But now, the Chinese team operates the same as the American team, and they can't help but complain.

The U.S. team has that strength, but the Chinese team, except for Tang Tian, is a group of nobodies, and the Chinese men's basketball team has had poor results over the years.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and the fans are really ridiculous while comparing the two teams.

People are stupid and have a lot of money, and if they really take themselves seriously, it will become a spectacle of the Olympic Games...... The list goes on and on.

It is foreseeable that if the Chinese men's basketball team fails to make a breakthrough in this year's Olympic Games, it will really become a big laughing stock.

However, the players of the men's basketball team are very stable, because Tang Tian is very stable.

Tang Tian is the kind of person who dares to tattoo the championship trophy on his arm before the playoffs begin.

Now this view of the foreign media has made him even more excited.

Just like when he wanted to win the championship, the breakthrough of the men's basketball team in the Olympics is something he must do.

As long as it is done, then these ridiculous words are the best foil.

The week passed quickly, and on August 7, the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games officially kicked off in Rio with global attention.

Tang Tian appeared as the flag bearer of the Chinese team, which attracted a burst of earth-shattering cheers from the scene.

His popularity right now is global.

Tang Tian also waved to the fans, attracting even greater cheers in response.

The Rio Olympics are open!