Chapter 324: Departure with a Crown
As the electronic sound of the final arena of the Palace Arena sounded, Addison threw his basketball into the air and raised his arms to the cheers of the Canadian fans and supporters. Andrew. Wiggins and Corey. Joseph and others rushed towards him with excitement on their faces, and the young players shouted and hugged each other to celebrate their first international victory.
The Argentine national team was very tenacious, making effective adjustments after being suppressed in the first quarter, and showing a lot of fighting spirit throughout the rest of the game. Even with the dominance of the Canadian team, they were unable to continue to widen the difference, and finally won the opponent with a 16-point lead of 93-77. The Argentine's stubborn chasing style made Coach Triano not dare to give the rotation too much playing time in the end, but let Addison lead the starting team to continue to ensure the suppression of both offensive and defensive ends on the court at the last moment.
Addison played 31 minutes in this game, scoring 28 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals on 12-of-19 shooting, with only one turnover in the whole game, and was a well-deserved key contributor to the Canadian team's victory. At the award ceremony after the game, he was named the best player in the finals, beating Luis Brown, who scored 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Scola and Andrew with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Wiggins was honored.
To tell the truth, Addison doesn't have much affection for Canada as a country, and he's just an outsider who has registered his Canadian citizenship to compete in international competitions, but it's still exciting to win an international championship trophy. Professional players like him are extremely hungry for honor, honor is the biggest motivation for them to fight on the field, and championship is the biggest temptation for them to give up their vacation time to represent the national team. So when Addison won the US Championship trophy on behalf of the whole team, his smile in front of the camera was sincere and happy.
With 9 wins and 1 loss in 10 games, the Canadian team won all the way in the U.S. Championships, with the fewest lead also winning by 16 points. This overwhelming strength has attracted the attention of all parties in FIBA, and in addition to the United States, Australia, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, etc., which have booked the 2016 Olympic men's basketball team, are also among them, and it seems that the competition for men's basketball in next year's Olympic Games will be very interesting.
After the finals, FIBA officially announced the best team of the US Championship and the MVP of the tournament in the finals stadium. Ayon (Mexico), Luis. Scola (Argentina), Andres. Nocioni (Argentina), Andrew. Wiggins (Canada) and Addison. Five players from Ann (Canada) were named to the All-America Championship Team. Interestingly, however, most people thought that Addison, who led the team to the US Championship and had a highlight performance in the final, would win the honor of MVP of the event, but no one expected that this award would be awarded to Louis. Scola. Although Scola, who averaged 21.9 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in the United States, is not lost to Addison in terms of statistics, it is rare to award MVP awards to players from non-championship teams even on the international stage, not to mention that Addison's average data per game is fully worthy of the honor of MVP. The debate on this topic continued for more than a week, and even involved the issue of racial discrimination at one point, so that FIBA officials had to come forward to explain and reassure fans who thought the award was unfair. In the end, even Addison and Louis. Scola also spoke up, which calmed down the argument that the momentum was already a little wrong.
The Canadians announced their disbandment after returning to Toronto after the US Championship schedule, and the time has come to mid-September, and they should either hurry up for the final break to relax or return to their respective teams for pre-season training.
"Consider what I've said, Add, while the weather in Minnesota is unpopular, there's no Pat there who always wants to control everything. Riley, there's no Dwyane who will always crush you in the locker room. Wade ...... Wiggins still didn't dispel the idea of persuading Addison before he disbanded, and the refreshing feeling of playing with a Chinese point guard made him a little, "It's just us, only young people!" Together, we can build the strongest young team in the league! ”
Addison neither answered nor refused, saying only that he would consider it. Speaking of the good weather and strong atmosphere of Miami's home stadium, Addison was nostalgic for him, and he didn't want to leave it if nothing unexpected happened; But this summer Pat. Riley & Dwyan. The farce between Wade, coupled with James. Ennis and the others were traded away without notice, and these things gave him a huge warning. A business league is a business league, not to mention that the person who is now sitting in the position of the general manager of the Heat is a typical businessman, a tiger wolf who wants to plan and control...... Even if Addison already has feelings for Miami, he must always keep himself in the driver's seat, otherwise a farce like Wade's will likely befall him in the future.
After the disbandment of Toronto, Addison did not return to San Francisco, but returned directly to Miami. The Heat's preseason training camp hasn't officially started yet, but many of their role players and rookies have already returned, and the sooner these players show their competitive form, the better their playing time will be for the new season. Addison also hopes that he can start preparing for the new season early, as he has just finished the US Championships and urgently needs to complete his physical recovery training under the guidance of his trainer.
The Heat's personnel changes today are neither big nor small. Except for James. Ennis and Taylor. Johnson was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Hollis. Jefferson and Josh. Outside Richardson; Daniel, who previously signed a 1+1 contract with the Heat. Granger also opted to jump out of his contract in the summer, wanting to sign a three-year long-term contract with the team, but was rejected by Heat management, and Granger immediately became a free agent. Perhaps in order to fill the vacancy of the departure of the team's experienced veterans, the Heat signed Amare with the veteran's base salary one after another. Stoudemire and Gerald. Green's two free agents did a good job of filling the gap on the team's front line.
Although Stoudemire is no longer the 'little bully' of Phoenix due to injury and age, he still has excellent offensive skills and experience on the court, and can play the two positions of power forward/center, and can be a good substitute for Whiteside and Bosh; Gerrard. Green will continue to bolster the Heat's rotation on the front line, and despite the player's somewhat personality issues and perennial league wandering, his quality and experience are exactly what the Heat need right now.
"Welcome back, Addison! To be honest, you're back in training camp later than I expected, so shouldn't all the youngsters be uncontrollably enthusiastic about the new season? "Gary. Payton actually returned to training camp two days before Addison, and although the old guy was only Addison's personal trainer, he had access to the Heat's training gym at will. Pat. Riley and Spoelstra wish Payton could mentor the youngsters on the team in their spare time.
"My passion is real and far stronger than you think, man." The Chinese point guard who walked into the court smiled and hugged Payton, "It's just that I've grown to the level of Shenhua introverted, which is a level that you can't experience......"
"Have you been addicted to any RPG games lately...... 'Shenhua's degree of restraint'? Do you think you're a character from the Cthulhu Mythos? ”
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The Heat's training hall is now mostly full of rotation players and rookies, and big names like Xiang Bosh and Wade won't be back until the end of September. As a result, Addison is currently the highest-ranking player in the camp, and he basically does not participate in training camps, but plays in Rutgers and Gary. Under Payton's guidance, he focused on physical recovery and only participated with other players during intra-team games.
Such excellent training conditions did not make most of the players in the camp jealous or complaining, and Addison's strong performance in the playoffs last season has established himself on the team, and his influence is now second only to the team's soul Dwyane. Wade has even been ranked in the ranks of Chris. Above the Bosh. As for those new players to the team, Hollis. Jefferson and Josh. Richardson's two low-pick rookies didn't dare to complain about Addison, and they couldn't wait to have more contact with the team's organizational core; Amare. Stoudemire's experience of being injured and wandering in the past two years has smoothed out his former edges, and he still needs Addison to pass more balls to him in the new season to get statistics, so naturally he will not have a bad relationship with Chinese point guards.
But not everyone will calmly accept Addison's unique position, at least Addison will always catch a vague glimmer of sight at himself from time to time when he is training alone. He knew it was Gerald. Green has seen that the Heat's newly signed guard swingman doesn't seem to be very fond of Addison since he returned to training camp, and Addison doesn't know whether this perverse guy looks down on his strength or is dissatisfied with his training treatment.
During the training camp for the intra-team competition, Gerard. Green was placed in the same group as Addison, and the Chinese point guard was expecting this wing with good offensive ability to cooperate with him, but he didn't expect the other party to show serious rejection of him. As a teammate, Gerard . As long as Green receives the basketball, he will never pass to Addison again, either attacking with the ball himself or passing to the inside, but everyone knows that Addison is the core of the team's organization, so the ball will be redistributed to Addison after it comes to the inside. On a couple of occasions, Addison's side had a terrible offensive tandem, and several players felt extremely awkward about the atmosphere.
Addison's expression froze, he didn't care what his teammates thought of him off the court, even if they spoke badly to each other in private, it was just an off-field problem, but he would never allow his teammates to disrupt the team's offensive and defensive system on the court. Any behavior that hinders the team's victory on the pitch is not tolerated, and this is Addison's creed as a bigot, so he will not tolerate Gerrard. Green's speechless behavior.
The young Chinese took the initiative to stop the intra-team game, and he walked to Gerard with a calm face. In front of Green, he looked directly at the other party's stubborn and provocative face: "I don't know what you think of me, and I don't care about this." But if you continue to attack like this, regardless of the team's cooperation, I will make you regret being on this field......"