As the origin and revival of the Olympic Games, the words Athens and the Olympics are always exciting when put together.

The slogan of the Athens Olympics is "Elcomehome", which expresses the joy and pride of Greece as the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

The origins of the ancient Olympic Games are like a beautiful epic in Athens, and the exact origins are no longer known. However, the remaining ancient Olympia stadium still shows the love of human beings for sports since ancient times.

The ancient Greek Olympics were banned in 394 and dormant for more than 1,000 years before they were gradually discovered. The Renaissance of the 15th century led many Europeans to re-celebrate the Olympic spirit. Matteo Palmiria of Italy proposed in 1450 to promote the spirit of peace and friendship of the Olympic Games; The German Kuzius, who had spent years excavating the ancient Greek village of Olympia, read out the report of the expedition in Berlin in January 1852 and recommended the resumption of the Olympic Games.

The French educator Pierre de Coubertin, known as the "father of the modern Olympic Games", first publicly proposed the resumption of the Olympic Games in 1892, and it was not a simple inheritance, but an extension of the Games, which had previously been limited to Greeks, to the world.

Despite some opposition to Coubertin's ideas, thanks to his unremitting efforts, on June 16, 1894, 20 countries were finally represented by representatives of the first "International Conference on the Reconstruction of the International Olympic Games" at the University of Paris, France. It was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would be held in Athens, the capital of Greece, in 1896. The Greeks showed great enthusiasm for the Games, with 80,000 spectators attending the Opening Ceremony, a figure that was not surpassed until the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Since then, the Olympic Games have become a world sports event.

The Olympics became a global gathering, even though the two subsequent world wars and the Cold War put the Games in an awkward position. But in the end, the Olympics survived and flourished.

As the coach of the Argentine men's basketball team, Hu Qingniu was invited to watch the opening ceremony, and coincidentally, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team - "Silver Fox" Harris happened to be sitting on the side.

The Olympic Games are a major opportunity for China to show a new image, and in order to achieve breakthrough results, the Basketball Association has hired a foreign coach, the famous NBA coach Del Harris on February 20 this year.

Del Harris is an NBA veteran coach who has coached the Rockets, Bucks and Lakers with an overall NBA regular season record of 554-457 and a winning percentage of 54.8%. The playoff record is 38-48. During his tenure with the Lakers, he single-handedly cultivated the "OK" combination of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, and coached Olajuwon to become a super center in the NBA during his time with the Rockets. In the 1994-1995 season, he was named NBA Coach of the Year for leading the Lakers' record to rapid improvement.

In addition to Harris, who is known for coaching centers, there is also a foreign coach on the coaching staff, Lithuanian coach Younas, who is the coach of the Chinese men's basketball team in the 08 Olympic Games in history. In fact, the matter of choosing a foreign coach to coach the Chinese men's basketball team has begun after the defeat of the 2002 Busan Asian Games, and now it is a common trend in China to learn from the excellent experience of foreign countries, not only limited to basketball, but even not limited to the sports circle.

Hu Qingniu looked ahead, most of the coaching groups in Argentina are local coaches, and Hu Qingniu doesn't understand the language with them, so there is nothing to say at all.

Suddenly, Hu Qingniu felt his elbow being touched.

"Hello, Doctor Coach, I've admired the name for a long time."

Hu Qingniu turned his head and saw that he was a silver-haired, but radiant old man, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, which at first glance looked somewhat similar to Zen master Phil Jackson.

"Who are you?"

It's not that Hu Qingniu doesn't know anything, he knows every head coach in the NBA, but "Silver Fox" Harris has been demoted to assistant coach of the Mavericks for many years, and BA coaching is a very stressful job, and it is very common to lose your job if you are not careful. Like "Silver Fox" Harris, he can be regarded as famous and won the best head coach, but he still failed to return to the position of head coach due to fate.

"Silver Fox" Harris doesn't care, he really isn't a big man in the NBA, at least he has never reached the current heights of this young Chinese head coach. In the industry, strength is respected, Hu Qingniu has won the championship, won the best head coach, and 99% of the world's basketball head coaches will never get these achievements in their lifetime.

Holding out his hand, Harris smiled kindly.

"Let me introduce, I'm Harris, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team."

Hu Qingniu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stretched out his hands, the coaches were all wearing suits, otherwise he would still recognize the Olympic costumes of the Chinese national team.

"Hello Coach Harris, I'm sorry, I entered the league much late, and although I've always heard of the name of 'Silver Fox', I haven't met you once."

Harris laughed.

"It's okay, I'm old, and the current alliance belongs to you young people. I heard that Coach Brown invited you to the Dream Team, but you turned it down, and this matter is famous in coaching circles. Are you Chinese, are you interested in coaching the Chinese team in the future? ”

Hu Qingniu was shocked again, is it okay to be so direct as soon as he came up. The Lithuanian coach Younas, who was next to Harris, pricked up his ears, Harris is already old, but he surrendered himself to coach the Chinese team, in order to be the coach of the Chinese team in the 08 Olympic Games. He came to China from Lithuania, nothing else, the Chinese give a lot of money, and this year he and Harris were paid $1.5 million each, which is higher than the coach of the American team, Larry Brown.

And I heard that the men's basketball coach in 08 was paid more, Younas has long regarded this position as a bag, and recently he also asked Harris to recommend him to the Basketball Association to take over after stepping down, he doesn't want this piece of fat to be picked up by others.

Hu Qingniu haha for a while, did not answer this question positively, now the domestic situation is unclear, what he needs is absolute control of the team, if he can't even decide the player list after coming back, then this position is not interesting. Hu Qingniu is not one of those "foreign handsome", he is not coming back for a high salary, he wants to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to make a breakthrough in the world, but the premise is that he is not just a puppet with money.

After chatting for a long time, two old acquaintances came.

Larry Brown and Popovich came straight for Hu. In the basketball world, Larry Brown is the hottest coach right now, and the Pistons' championship has given him too many bonuses.

As soon as he came over, he received the attention of many coaches, and he still walked straight to Hu Qingniu. Hu Qingniu sat in a group of old men, very conspicuous.

"I didn't expect to meet again, I was really surprised that you would become the head coach of the Argentine team, so I am very optimistic that the Argentine team can win a medal."

Larry Brown just said that Argentina can win a medal, not a gold medal, and the gold medal is of course the American Dream Team, which is invincible at the Olympics.

After all, people praised him, although the praise did not meet Hu Qingniu's expectations, but Hu Qingniu still said euphemistically.

"I've been preparing for a long time and hopefully we'll be in a group and have another interesting game."

The first month is over, thank you all for your support.