Chapter 208: National Team

"I have decided to join the Chinese men's national basketball team and represent China in the 2024 Paris Olympics!"

Shortly after the championship parade, Meng Xiaohao announced the news on social networks, and subsequently, the official website of the Chinese men's basketball team Weibo also confirmed the news.

Meng Xiaohao finally represented the national team and went to the Olympic Games.

Since Meng Xiaohao entered the North American League, he has always wanted to represent his country in international competitions, but he has not been able to do so.

In the 2019 China Men's Basketball World Cup, Meng Xiaohao did not enter the North American League, did not play much, and his state was not very stable, so he did not enter the national team squad.

In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, although Meng Xiaohao made a big name in the North American league, he himself also showed his desire to join the national team, but the national team did not call Meng Xiaohao into the national team because Meng Xiaohao's first season was not stable.

During the 2023 Philippine Men's Basketball World Cup, Meng Xiaohao also missed the World Cup because he was injured in the finals last season and was recuperating from his injury.

This time, Meng Xiaohao will definitely not miss it.

Now Meng Xiaohao is healthy, in very good shape, and he is also the current sweetheart of the North American League, he has just won the championship and the MVP of the finals, and the national team has no reason not to call him to the team.

A few years ago, many sunspots hacked Meng Xiaohao because he did not have the honor of the national team and did not enter the national team, saying that he was not patriotic.

Meng Xiaohao went to Paris with the team this time, which also made those people shut up.

The Chinese team's performance in international competitions in recent years has not been very good, and in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team only entered the round of 16 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

In the 2023 season of the Philippine Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team entered the quarterfinals, but in the quarterfinals, it met the United States team and was helplessly eliminated.

Now, Meng Xiaohao's announcement to join the national team is very good news for the whole country.

"What will Meng Xiaohao achieve after joining the national team?"

This is a question that many media and experts are discussing, what will Meng Xiaohao bring to the national team after joining the national team?

Now the configuration of the Chinese national team is also very good, counting Meng Xiaohao, the Chinese team already has three players who have played some famous names in the international basketball world.

One of them is Li Mulin, although he is still only a midstream player in the North American league, but he is very active in the international arena.

He participated in the qualifiers for the men's basketball team for the 2024 Olympic Games, and Li Mulin also shined in the qualifiers, scoring 37 points when he beat his old rival Jordan, setting a record for the highest single score in the Olympic qualifiers in the history of the Chinese team.

Similarly, in the Chinese team, along with Li Mulin, is a small forward named Wang Shengqiang, who has a good relationship with Meng Xiaohao, and has been very good until now......

He is Meng Xiaohao's high school classmate, the Ah Qiang who is in the same class as Meng Xiaohao.

In the 2021 Men's Basketball Asian Cup, Ah Qiang led the Chinese national team to a big win in the Asian Cup and led the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup.

That year, Meng Xiaohao did not participate in the Asian Cup, because of the loss in the playoffs that year, he practiced hard in his training camp and did not participate in the Asian Cup.

Ah Qiang's university was at Zhejiang University, which is also a famous basketball school, and Ah Qiang received enough attention there.

In his first year of college, he led Zhejiang University to the semifinals of the Chinese University League, although he lost in the semifinals, many people saw the talent of Ah Qiang.

In his sophomore year, Cuong was even better, and he even played a dominant game that his peers couldn't play, leading the team to win the college league.

In the 2020-2021 draft of the Chinese Men's Professional Basketball League, Ah Qiang was elected the champion without any suspense and was included in the Liaoning Cheetah team.

In his first season alone, Cuong showed great talent, leading the team to the playoffs and reaching the second round in the north, where he lost but a rising star in the Chinese men's professional basketball league.

Recently, there have even been a lot of media rumors that some teams in the North American League have begun to contact Ah Qiang and want him to play in the North American League, although I don't know if it's true or not, but it's enough for people to discuss.

Now with the addition of Meng Xiaohao, he and Ah Qiang and Li Mulin form the new trident of the Chinese team, which has become a non-negligible existence in the international basketball world.

Many people with a heart have found that the three current stars of the Chinese team are all graduates of Zhifei Middle School.

As soon as this news came out, it also caused an uproar.

Now, Zhifei Middle School has a pivotal position in the Chinese basketball world, although Zhifei Middle School is famous, and now only Meng Xiaohao, Li Mulin and Wang Shengqiang are famous, but this is enough.

Zhifei Middle School is now not just a school, they have also set up a training institution, an institution specializing in basketball training, called "Zhifei Basketball Training Institution".

With the fame of Meng Xiaohao, Li Mulin and Wang Shengqiang, this institution also has a very large system.

Now, "Zhifei Basketball Training Institution" has become one of the most powerful basketball training institutions in addition to the national youth team, and it is even at the same level as many clubs.

Although the "Zhifei Basketball Training Institution" is now thriving, only Meng Xiaohao, Li Mulin and Wang Shengqiang are really cultivated by Zhifei Middle School.

But these three have now become the trident of the national team.

There was a time when it was rumored in the media that Li Mulin and Wang Shengqiang were competing for the position of the leader of the national team, and now that Meng Xiaohao is here, the topic of "who is the boss" disappeared in an instant.

In fact, there is no need to think about it, as long as Meng Xiaohao comes, Meng Xiaohao is the boss, and no one else is qualified.

As the player who has won the championship and FMVP in the world's most powerful basketball league, Meng Xiaohao doesn't even have to compete for the position of boss.

In terms of qualifications and achievements, Ah Qiang and Li Mulin are a big step behind him.

Meng Xiaohao's joining of the national team has given the Chinese team the ability to compete for this Olympic Games, and they can even play with world-class teams such as Spain, Germany, France and even the United States.

Now, people are looking to see what kind of performance this trident of the national team can play.

They are the leaders of the new generation of Chinese basketball and the hope of the current Chinese men's basketball team.

They have a good chance to go down in the history of world basketball, and they have a good chance of creating new glories!

Everything will be revealed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!