Go south, go north...... Such a trip could not help but remind Addison of the march route of the great man on the Long March during the Chinese Revolution, but he made a more thorough journey, going south to Taipei and then north to the capital. The capital city was the last leg of his trip in China, and in a sense the most important.

In July, the Chinese men's basketball team has been assembled in the capital city to prepare for the 2015 Asian Championships, due to the previous national team's poor performance in Asian competitions, and there was a big defeat to Chinese Taiwan and South Korea, so the Basketball Association deliberately emphasized the importance of this Asian Championships. The men's basketball team has gathered the most powerful players in China to enter the national team this time, the purpose is to be humiliated in the Asian Championships at home and re-establish the prestige of Asia's first-class basketball country.

The most important event of Addison's business trip was to be invited to participate in a one-day Chinese men's basketball training camp in cooperation with the NIKE organizers and the Chinese Basketball Association. Although Addison has Canadian citizenship and is committed to joining the Canadian national team, the inviter still hopes that he can use this one-day training camp to let the players of this year's Chinese men's basketball team feel the lethality and confrontation of the NBA level as soon as possible. This event was made possible by the mediation of former NBA star Yao Ming, who has already worked for the basketball association, in order to prepare the men's basketball players as soon as possible. After all, the average age of the members of this national team is low, and there are not many players who have actually experienced international competitions.

"I heard that you had dinner with that young lady and her mother the night before, how did you feel?" Because of the training camp, Addison and his team got up early, and Sam was a little tired. Bernie teased in the nanny car, "Don't look at me with such ambiguous eyes, the 'feeling' I mean is a very normal feeling, and there is absolutely no transgressive thinking in it...... Your own filthy inner soul do not defile my simple questions. ”

Addison squinted his eyes and sneered, this guy actually dared to accuse himself of having a dirty soul? He still remembers Sam during the All-Star Weekend. Bernie's distorted expression when he caught a glimpse of Lin Mikiko's appearance, if he didn't know that the other party was already a wife, I'm afraid this agent would have launched an offensive directly.

"I don't feel anything, her mother invited me to dinner just to ask me to take care of Lin Xiaoxiao more...... Strange to say, it seems that the words from Lin Xiaoxiao to her mother give me the feeling that she can be admitted to the University of Miami 100%, and now the top 50 universities in the United States can give international competitors so much confidence? I remember two years ago, if it weren't for my status as an athletic student and a recommendation from California's Division I League, it would have been difficult for me to get a full athletic scholarship to Duke University. ”

Sam. Bernie pursed his lips with a look of understanding and sarcasm: "Don't let your mind stay at the time when the threshold of American institutions of higher learning is on par with the Temple of Archimedes, Ivy League schools are not so difficult to find, especially for families with strong financial resources. The world knows that the Southeast Coast of the United States is far less resourceful than the California region, and these schools are lowering their admission requirements, especially for students applying for undergraduate degrees. In terms of Lin's family background, as long as her TOEFL score can reach the passing line, the SAT score can not be taken too seriously. ”

Addison's slender fingers clasped together and gently pressed against the tip of his nose, and after hearing the words, he was stunned for a few seconds and then said softly: "Could it be that this is the so-called transaction between the chaebol and the academic lord?" Shouldn't I be glad that I'm just a bystander to this deal, not a victim? ”

The agent smiled disapprovingly, and replied casually while taking out his mobile phone to browse the web: "What you have to do now is not to think about this aspect of things, and it is better to think about how to face those Chinese players after a while." Those people are not the amateurs you have met these days, and as members of the national team, they have some strength. And I don't think every single one of them will be kind to you, and a Chinese person of other nationality is not very popular here. ”

Addison vs. Sam. Bernie didn't worry much about what he was talking about, and from the moment he accepted the invitation, he knew that he wasn't here to play the role of a goodwill ambassador today, but to give those national team players a taste of NBA-level rivalry as an opponent. He doesn't care what the players will do towards him, everything on the pitch speaks for itself, and the opponent should know that when he invites him.

In fact, this event is not a commercial itinerary - no fans are allowed to watch it, and no media are allowed to enter the training base, in fact, it is a strictly closed training session. Addison still liked the atmosphere, and after playing for so many days, it was time to get back into the game, and he took the opportunity to regain his sense of competition.

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"Welcome, welcome! Please take time out of your trip to accept our invitation! Thank you very much! The iconic tall body and unique deep voice of the person who greeted Addison were very conspicuous, not only in China, but also in the international basketball world, "So I should call you Addison now?" Or should I call you Enron? ”

Addison showed a heartfelt smile and shook hands with the 'big man' in front of him, who could be called a 'big man' in every aspect: "You can call it anything, Brother Yao, it's my honor to meet you!" And it's good for me as well, because the Canadian national team is about to start training, so I'm taking this opportunity to find my form. ”

Yao Ming nodded knowingly, but his smiling expression was vaguely complicated. He had a hunch that failing to recruit Addison into the Chinese national team might be one of the most helpless regrets of his life. Although the backcourt configuration of the national team in the past two years has improved compared with before, and young people like Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei are very good guards, there is still a huge gap compared with supernovas like Addison who have been among the best teams in the NBA.

This national team training camp has two retired excellent insiders Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi as coaches and consultants, who are responsible for guiding the young players in the team to encounter problems in all aspects. At present, the Chinese men's basketball team still has a few very good inside seedlings, and they urgently need the guidance of a legend like Yao Ming.

and Sam. As Bernie expected, these national team players were lukewarm towards Addison's arrival, and after he introduced himself, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, who had become the leader of the national team, took the lead in applauding, and the applause of others rang out. Gong Luming, the head coach of this year's national team, looked at the Chinese point guard with great interest, as a meritorious coach who led the national team to a breakthrough result of eighth place in the Olympic Games, he knows very well what a good point guard means to a team. Otherwise, he would not have promoted Zhao Jiwei, who had never been selected for the national team before, because he believed that Guo Allen's style was more inclined towards an offensive guard than an organizational point guard. The Chinese men's basketball team has never had an all-round point guard like the 'smiling assassin' Thomas, so he is very interested in Addison.

The biggest feature of this coaching staff is that there is no habit of speaking clichés and official words, from the head coach to the assistant coach to the consultant are all extremely pragmatic people, so they did not be too polite to Addison. After a brief acquaintance, I immediately got to the point, first carried out a series of warm-up activities, then about half an hour of shooting training, and then immediately entered the group confrontation stage. This is the most important thing in today's training camp, and the coaching staff has emphasized in advance that today's group confrontation should be treated with the mentality of the game, otherwise they are likely to be torn from the three-point line all the way to the basket by a point guard of Addison's level.

The Chinese national team has been training in batches for the Asian Championships since February, and the players who remain are basically members of the official squad. When grouping, Addison found that most of his group were relatively young players, with Zhao Tailong and Zhao Jiwei on the guard, Ding Yanyuhang and Zhai Xiaochuan on the front line, and Zhou Qi and Li Muhao on the inside...... He is basically not familiar with these players, but he has only seen Zhou Qi's information in ESPN's mock draft file. But it doesn't matter, he often does things to get acquainted with his teammates while playing, and he is quite experienced in this.

The opponent's starting choice is Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhelin to partner on the inside, Li Gen and Zhou Peng on the front line, and Guo Allen as the point guard. In terms of the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, this is a set of impactful lineups, with an average height and both breakthrough and projection capabilities. Addison's side is Zhao Tailong as his backcourt partner, Ding Yanyuhang as the small forward, and Zhou Qi and Li Muhao form the inside line.

During the kick-off, Addison clapped his palms and shouted two cheers. Although his teammates all responded to him with a smile, he could clearly sense the unnaturalness of these people, and it was clear that they were not used to and did not know what to do with Addison. The Chinese point guard himself doesn't care, these behaviors are just his habits.

There was no jump ball in the team's game, and the opportunity to attack first was directly given to Addison's side, and he took Ding Yanyuhang's free throw and slowly led it through the half. Guo Allen, who was opposite in front of him, lowered his center of gravity, his defensive posture looked imposing, and his expression on his face was also very serious. It can be seen that the point guard, who has made a name for himself in Asia, is eager to prove something, or find something, against Addison.

However, Addison didn't care about that, he was confident enough that the opponent couldn't interfere with his dribble at all, but his brow frowned after watching his teammates' position.

These players don't run at all...... Except for Ding Yanyuhang, who moved to the 60° angle area from time to time after the bottom corner, the other players all stayed in place after they were in position, watching Addison match Guo Allen at the top of the arc. This made Addison speechless and a little annoyed, he is used to cooperating with his teammates at the NBA level, and players who don't have a sense of running on the court can't even get the qualification to play in the top league, because this is the most basic awareness in a team game!

Thinking of this, Addison didn't have a trace of reserve or hesitation, and directly opened his throat and shouted to his teammates:

"Run! I can't see you running! I can't see your flanks, your cuts and off-ball screens! How can you play a game without running?! ”