After the preseason, Totoro also returned to Houston with the team from Las Vegas.

It's just the end of July, and this time is exactly how the Beijing Olympics are in full swing, Totoro turned on the TV in his spare time to watch the basketball broadcast of his compatriots, and then witnessed the Chinese team was first abused by the United States, and then narrowly defeated by Spain, and then lost to Greece, and finally relied on the assistance of the Angolan African brothers and the German chariot to enter the top 8, but was defeated by Lithuania in the rematch and finally really stayed in the eighth position.

Yao Ming's performance was as good as ever, but there were too few players who could help him.

The Chinese team's guard line is not mentioned, the scarcity of guard talents has always been a pain in Chinese basketball, but as the famous "China Mobile Great Wall", the Chinese inner line that was pinned on high hopes before the game was too poor except for the little giant, Dazhi's age was put there, and it was understandable that the performance was sluggish, but he entered the NBA last year and practiced for a year in the world's top basketball league. Yi Jianlian, who also ranked No.1 among Chinese players with an average of 31 minutes per game in the Olympics, but his performance was only 8.6 points per game and 7.4 rebounds.

Yao Ming only played 26 minutes, although as the core he has the most shots, but Yi Jianlian's average points per game did not even reach a fraction of Da Yao's, Yao Ming averaged 19 points per game, isn't this just a few tenths of a point higher than the United Arab Emirates?

That's a bit of a stretch.......

Some very rational fans in China didn't say anything, but more pseudo-fans pointed the finger at Green Arrow, but to be honest, Totoro himself is still a man who feels sorry for Yi Jianlian.

The UAE is low-key, he can say that he is the savior of Chinese basketball, but with the age of Da Yao, the best physical talent in recent years, the highest achievement of the Green Arrow has become the hope in the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese people, and the pressure of media reports that does not meet his strength is squeezed on him, coupled with his not excellent ball quotient and slightly introverted personality, it has caused the poor performance of the UAE for a period of time to be sprayed with blood. And then it's sprayed into an endless loop..........

In fact, Yi Jianlian's physical fitness is by no means bad, his height is not very disadvantaged, his medium-to-high bounce compared to black interior players, his pace in the NBA league is quite good, although his body is weak but he has a stable mid-range shot, his defensive awareness is poor but his offensive awareness of blocking and dismantling, blocking and dismantling are not bad, if it weren't for the media giving him too much attention and Chinese fans' high expectations for him, Totoro feels that Yi Jianlian will not become an All-Star. But in the NBA, it will definitely not be as bad as it was later, and being a water cooler in a championship team, a regular bench in a playoff team, and a starter in a weak team is more than enough.

However, not to mention the matter of the United Arab Emirates, because the Olympic journey of the Chinese men's basketball team ended dismally with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses, the fans of the Great Heavenly Dynasty have slowly focused on themselves, and recently the domestic media can always see reports about themselves in the summer league, and the agent Bu Jiayi also talked to him a few times, in addition to saying a few endorsement contracts, that is, the Chinese Basketball Association has the intention of naturalizing itself.

Regarding naturalizing himself, My Neighbor Totoro definitely does not object or resist in his heart.

He is not like other overseas Chinese, from childhood to adulthood by the Yankees to talk about how poor China is, how bad the Chinese are, as a college student who has lived in the Great Celestial Empire for more than 20 years, he does not say how patriotic he is, but as a countryman should have the consciousness of Totoro is still qualified.

It's just that the most critical issue in this matter is the Chinese Basketball Association, which is still in control of the fate of Chinese basketball.

What is the conduct of the domestic basketball association in 08, Totoro believes that he doesn't say much, and everyone understands in his heart that the leadership is a group of laymen who don't understand basketball, and they prefer money and political performance to basketball.

Let's take the fact that they are naturalizing themselves now, there has only been a possible rumor recently, but those officials don't seem to care much about themselves, because according to the new regulations of FIBA, even if he chooses to change to Chinese nationality now, it will take 3 years before he can fight for the country, and he will be 22 years old after 3 years, which is the golden period of young and strong and the best athletic talent, but after three years, the group of officials and masters will not necessarily be the executives of the Basketball Association.

What are you bringing in My Neighbor Totoro for now? Anyway, you can't be ruthless in three years! Who knows where I will be after three years? Isn't the current operation paving the way for those who come behind? Only fools make wedding dresses for others, and we are all greedy for each other, and no one should disturb anyone..........

And there is another thing that Totoro can't accept the most, that is, whether he is a player trained in the system or not, as long as he enters the Chinese national team and is still playing in the NBA, he will have to pay the basketball association how much tax he has to pay every year.

This tax is not a fixed small amount, but a fixed percentage, which means that he earns more and pays less, but no matter what, he always can't earn much for himself.........

His rookie contract is only $3 million a year, and people say that Texas doesn't have to pay taxes, but those are people who have never been to the United States and don't understand the local laws, Texas has no state taxes in other states, but other miscellaneous taxes such as federal taxes, insurance, real estate taxes, city taxes, consumption taxes, etc. are higher than those in other states, and then throw away the broker's fees, Totoro can actually only get about 40% of his salary on his books, which is almost $1.2 million a year. He said that he would never do this unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey.

He is not a miser, if the money he handed over to the Basketball Association can be used to cultivate Chinese basketball, Totoro said that he would pay a little bit, and he would praise his character, but everyone knows that the most likely destination of this money will be there, but the Great Celestial Empire can even donate money to save people, let alone the basketball field, those are all small things in comparison, okay.........