"Larry, what are you laughing at? The American team lost, the American team lost to Yugoslavia, and you are still laughing? "On September 6, 2002, in the quarterfinals of the men's basketball world championship held in Indianapolis, the Dream Five team representing the United States unexpectedly lost 78-81 to the Yugoslav team and was blocked out of the final four. It's just that when the game ended, looking at the old Reggie Miller with a slanted face, and Jermaine O'Neal, who looked stupid and innocent, Larry Bird on the sidelines suddenly laughed.

"Isn't it a joy that the Dream Team lost, so Reggie has to wait until four years to win the World Championships?" Seeing Reggie Miller and Jermaine O'Neal walking straight towards the stand where Meng Xu and the others were sitting, Larry Bird immediately straightened his clothes and stood up, ready to comfort Reggie Miller and Jermaine O'Neal.

"Maybe!" After Larry Bird, Meng Xu also stood up, the meaning of Larry Bird's words, Meng Xu also heard it, after winning the championship last season, Reggie Miller's career can be said to be very successful, and he will be 38 years old in a few months, so Larry Bird is also a little worried, and suddenly one day when he woke up, Reggie Miller announced his retirement, but when the Dream Team lost today's game, with Reggie Miller's strong character, he must be unwilling to stop there, maybe the Dream Six Team, Even the Dream Seven team will still see Reggie Miller.

"Hey, hey, Meng, don't come to comfort me, Jermaine and I also played in the game, unlike you, who can only watch your national team lose one game after another in the stands and on the TV." At the moment when Meng Xu stretched out his arm and wanted to comfort Reggie Miller, Reggie Miller suddenly grimaced and sarcastically sneered at Meng Xu.

"I'll go, you guy." After hearing Reggie Miller's words, Meng Xu's raised arm hung in the air for a long time: "I was still thinking just now, if I want some blood at night, please go to the new century to have a play, so as to comfort your injured hearts, now it seems that forget it, it should be me who should be comforted." In the laughter of his teammates around him, Meng Xu sat on the chair again.

Because on the issue of Wang Zhizhi, Meng Xu has been unwilling to compromise, so in this year's Busan Asian Games, not only Wang Zhizhi was absent, but Meng Xu was also absent, in the absence of Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong were injured, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the host South Korean team in the final of the Busan Asian Games. But this is just the beginning, at the Indiana Men's Basketball World Championships at the end of August, the Chinese Basketball Association once again reiterated that the national team permanently expelled Wang Zhizhi, and Meng Xu will also miss the World Championships due to physical reasons. However, as the third runner-up in the Sydney Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team finally handed over a record of 1 win and 7 losses, ranking 12th in this World Championships. Although he did not participate in the World Championships, but every game of the Chinese men's basketball team, Meng Xu will go to the scene to watch, cheer for them, the first game of the group stage against the German team, Meng Xu also pulled Wang Zhizhi who was far away in San Antonio, it is said that after the two people waved the national flag together and sent it back to China, the leaders of the Basketball Association were very unhappy.

"Meng, I was just joking with you, what did you just say? Evening New Century? No problem, I'll be on time, and you guys, don't be late. As soon as he heard Meng Xu say that he would invite guests to a nightclub at night, Reggie Miller immediately recovered his appearance as a nightclub Lei, left Larry Bird, and squeezed directly to Meng Xu's side, while hugging Meng Xu's shoulders, he squeezed his eyebrows at the teammates around him, signaling them that it was time to fight local tyrants again. Although Meng Xu's salary in the new season is only 9.2 million, and he can only rank third in the Pacers, due to a large number of endorsement contracts, Meng Xu's income is more than the other 14 people of the Pacers combined.

"Oh, what a coincidence, I have something to do at night." Meng Xu took out the mobile phone in his pocket, and the address of the number shown on it was the hotel where the Huaguo national team stayed, and Coach Jiang Quan of the Huaguo national team used this number to call Meng Xu several times.

After losing the 11-12th qualifying match with Angola yesterday, the Chinese national team will return to China in recent days, after the national team arrived in Indiana, Meng Xu took the initiative to contact them, wanting to do their best to make the friendship of the landlord, perhaps to prepare for the World Championships, or to avoid suspicion, Meng Xu's several invitations were rejected by Coach Jiang Quan.

After receiving the invitation of Coach Jiang Quan, Meng Xu immediately left the Banker's Life Arena and drove to the hotel where the national team stayed.

"Dazhi? When did you arrive? The moment the door of Jiang Quan's room opened, Meng Xu saw a familiar figure from the gap, it turned out that Jiang Quan not only called him, but also found Wang Zhizhi.

"I just got off the plane." Like the Pacers, the Mavericks' preparations for the new season have also begun, as an important rotation interior for the Mavericks, after watching the first game of the national team, Wang Zhizhi returned directly to Dallas. Wang Zhizhi's current situation in the Mavericks is obviously not very good, originally the Mavericks had Nowitzki and Bradley two main inside, this summer Cuban spent a lot of money to sign Reeve Lafrentz, so Wang Zhizhi's playing time will inevitably be further compressed, and this year is Wang Zhizhi's contract year, so Dazhi is now more desperate than before, fortunately, after Duncan's guidance for two consecutive summers, compared with when he first entered the league, Wang Zhizhi has made great progress, In 26 minutes of playing time last season, Dazhi averaged 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game, and even if his contract expires and enters the free market, he can get a good contract.

"Is there anything important that Director Jiang brought us both here?" After hugging Wang Zhizhi, Meng Xu sat directly on the sofa on the side.

"Well, it's Dazhi's business, and now there has been a turnaround." Jiang Quan nodded to Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi, then took out a fax from the drawer and handed it to Meng Xu: "Originally, yesterday, I sent a letter of resignation to the Basketball Association, the Asian Games lost to South Korea, and the World Championships played like this, I really have no face to continue coaching, but there has been no response from China, this is a fax from China in the early hours of this morning, Director Lan was transferred, and the candidate to replace him has not yet been decided, but as long as Director Lan leaves, there will definitely be room for you and Dazhi to turn around." ”

After Jiang Quan finished speaking, Meng Xu and Wang Zhizhi glanced at each other, and then neither spoke, Meng Xu was waiting for Wang Zhizhi to speak, and Wang Zhizhi was also waiting for Meng Xu to speak. For Meng Xu, Wang Zhizhi is the protagonist of this matter, and since he has decided to advance and retreat with him, it depends on his intentions first. As for Wang Zhizhi, he is in the United States, just Meng Xu, a friend, since he entered the NBA, Meng Xu not only often called himself to share some game experience, but also invited a big name like Duncan to guide him in the summer, and in this matter of the national team, he has also been standing out for himself, so Wang Zhizhi now, first of all, he has to ask Meng Xu's opinion.

"Well, you wait for me to tell you. After returning to China, as long as I wait for the new director to take office, I will immediately go to him. ”