This summer, Li Wei has been busy and fulfilling.

In the morning, he usually spends his time in the team's training gym, learning from the likes of Chuck Daley and Jeff Nick, learning their tactical system, practicing at noon, and continuing to practice or study in the afternoon and evening, depending on the situation.

Occasionally, he would go shopping, watch movies, or watch a WNBA game with Xia Cuirong and Xie Siqi.

Thanks to the help of the regulator, Li Wei's exercise results are very remarkable, don't look at the fact that he is still short, but his muscles are all up. On the court at home, he can easily play Xia with his back to him, but Dinah pushes him down hard every round.

Li Wei felt that his strength and speed level had reached the level of an ordinary adult man, and every time Dinah pushed him down, it was a foul and he couldn't count.

However, compared with those adult men who exercise regularly, Li Wei is still a little behind. For example, several male bodyguards in the family often rely on physical advantages to abuse him when they play, and he has nothing to do.

Compared with real NBA players, Li Wei is even more dish. Steve Nash, who has always been known for his physical weakness, can run him all the way to the basket from beyond the three-point line like a tank, and he can only watch people go to the basket.

"Coach, you play for fun, don't be serious with us!" Bruce Bowen grinned.

Li Wei glanced at him: "Don't talk nonsense, practice your bottom corner for three points, I will blow you up one day sooner or later!" ”

In terms of physical fitness, Li Wei is not in a hurry, after all, he is still young, and he can reach the level of ordinary people now, which is already very gratifying.

In terms of basketball skills, since the cerebellum has healed, he is gradually able to make some technical moves that he couldn't do in his previous life!

For example, Iverson's butterflies wear fancy outstanding!

This trick, Li Wei in his previous life practiced for decades, but he could only shoot on the spot, and now he can finally use it in actual combat!

Whew!

The ball shuttles between Li Wei's hands!

Whenever he used this trick, Xia Cuirong couldn't prevent it at all, and could only be passed by one step!

And every time Dinah sees Li Wei use this trick, she will not hesitate to grab Li Wei's shorts - I can't catch your ball, can't I catch your people?

"Don't bring this, you're a foul!" Li Weidao.

Dinah raised her eyebrows: "Anyway, you can't pass me!" ”

When playing with the male bodyguards at home, Li Wei's fancy skills are often successful, but these guys' physical fitness is too good, even if they are passed, they can rush over from behind and give Li Wei a big hat.

As for the team's training ground, Li Wei got rid of Bowen, and later found out that this kid was releasing water, so he scolded him severely, and he never succeeded since.

In terms of shooting, Li Wei found that he had become more accurate, and it was getting more and more accurate!

In the previous life, every vote must be iron, and this life is finally approved, which feels not ordinarily good!

However, Li Wei's range can only reach the free throw line, no longer - his shooting arc is too high, and the requirements for strength are also high, once the distance becomes farther, the hand strength is not enough, and the shooting gesture can only be deformed if it is strong.

After studying with the team's trainers, Li Wei decided not to practice long-range shooting first, so as not to affect the picturesque shooting movements he had built up over the years.

Anyway, as he grows older, his strength will definitely become more and more sufficient, and it is enough to have a picturesque Zhongtou at this stage!

Whew!

One by one, the basketballs fly into the hoop!

We are also a new generation of CIC Pretty Boys!

Summer turned to autumn, and in September, the Asian Men's Basketball Championship was held in Saudi Arabia.

Now the Chinese men's basketball team is called the golden generation by many fans in later generations. In the 94 World Championships, they reached the top eight in the world, and in the 96 Olympic Games, they entered the top eight in the world, and the eighth place is also the best Olympic record of the Chinese men's basketball team to date.

Many people say that the Chinese men's basketball team in 96 is the strongest in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, stronger than in 08, because we have a home court advantage in the top eight in 08 and take advantage of the whistle, otherwise it is impossible to beat Germany.

Is that really the case?

Let's look back at the men's basketball team in 96 to reach the top eight.

At the Atlanta '96 Olympics, the 12 basketball teams were divided into two groups of six teams each, and played a round-robin game against each other, with the top four qualifying. In other words, after the group qualifys, it will be the top eight in the world.

The Chinese men's basketball team is in a very strong group, including the world champion United States team that year.

In the face of the U.S. team, the men's basketball players dared to fight and fully showed their style, but they were a little unlucky, and finally lost 70-133 and only lost by 63 points.

Another tough rival of the men's basketball team in the group stage is Lithuania. How strong Lithuania is, I believe everyone knows that the men's basketball players continued to carry forward their style, dared to fight, fought until the last second, and finally lost 61 points with a score of 55:116.

In addition, there is also a team in the group that is Croatia, which is also a world powerhouse. The men's basketball team once again carried forward its style, dared to fight, and achieved very good results, but unfortunately Croatia was too lucky to win the game.

The score of this game was 78:109 and we lost by only 31 points.

Seeing this, I believe many friends have questions - although the golden generation of men's basketball dares to fight and has enviable results, but it is unlucky, every time it is a small loss, a regret loss, and only a loss, how can it get the top eight in the world?

Don't worry, everyone, the Olympic Games is a world event, and it is impossible for not only European and American strong teams, but also African brothers to show their faces at the conference. The African brother in that Olympics was none other than China's old friend Angola!

In the face of the difficult brothers from Africa, oh no, it is the champion of Africa, Angola, the men's basketball team must not be careless, they give full play to their advantages, dare to fight, and finally win 70:67!

In addition, there is another tragedy in this Olympics, that is, Argentina, which has two main players missing. In the face of Argentina, whose main force was injured, the men's basketball team was not careless, and finally won 87-77!

With three losses and two wins, the men's basketball team successfully qualified as the fourth place in the group and broke into the top eight in the world.

Although in the next game, they were still unlucky, losing to Yugoslavia 61-128, losing by only 67 points, and then losing to Greece 75-115, this time with a smaller margin of only 40 points. However, this time, the Chinese men's basketball team stood up, they are the top eight in the world, and they stand at the top of the world basketball!

Well, no more spring and autumn brushwork. Although many fans say that the Golden Generation lost by a big score in 96, it is actually a strategic abandonment, not that their level is low. But we also have to admit that if we want to say that the strongest generation of the Chinese men's basketball team is still the 04-08 generation. The generation of 96 is really a bit miserable in the face of strong teams.

If you just look at the strength of the rankings, the strongest men's basketball team is probably the one on the other side of the strait in '59, it is said that they have won the fourth place, and it is unknown how much water there is.

Of course, even if we have a gap with the world's top basketball powers in '96, the top eight in the world are still the top eight in the world. Every member of the golden generation who has achieved such dazzling achievements is worthy of our respect and admiration. This team is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, ever.

In this year's Asian Championships, the golden generation is once again on the road, and Li Wei, as a fan, certainly can't miss the opportunity to watch them play.

At home, everyone is full of confidence in this competition. After all, we have always been the dominant player in Asia, and we have won five consecutive Asian championships before. Now the strongest team in history is on the road, and it is still handy to win 6 consecutive championships?

However, the unexpected happened.

In the semifinals, the Golden Generation lost to South Korea 72-86, only winning the third place, and at the same time losing the qualification to participate in the 98 Athens Men's Basketball World Championships in Greece!

"Alas, what a frustration!" Li Wei saw the men's basketball team lose on TV and sighed softly.

Why Xeon's golden generation lost to South Korea is a matter of debate on the Internet in the aftermath. Some people say that the men's basketball team in the Asian Championships is incomplete, Shan Tao, Dabus and other main internal players did not come, Dazhi, Li Xiaoyong and others were also injured.

Shan Tao, who is frequently mentioned by everyone, is indeed a great player, he was the No. 1 center forward in Asia back then, and the mantra "ouch slot" is even more famous.

Shan Tao's masterpiece is the 94 World Championships, where the center of the Chinese and American teams jumped the ball. Before Shan Tao could jump, the ball had been hooked by the big shark O'Neal. He immediately roared angrily, "Ouch", the loser does not lose, O'Neill was so frightened that his hand shook, and the ball actually went to the hands of the Chinese team!

But when Shan Tao was 96 years old, he didn't play much because of injuries, and he only played for 2 minutes and scored 0 points and 0 boards, so the team had him without him, which was not much different from the lineup a year ago.

Some people also said that the failure of the golden generation was due to the unprecedented results, and the whole team was filled with an atmosphere of pride and contempt for the enemy, and did not take the Korean team seriously. If that's the case, it's disappointing.

The third theory is that this Asian Championship was played in Saudi Arabia, and we are not used to the diet of desert countries, so it affected the performance. This is to review why the Korean team can get used to it, but we can't get used to it. Superiors can consider pulling out more funds to let everyone travel around the world and get used to food.

In short, this time the men's basketball team lost, losing in their own backyard in Asia, which made people a little angry. We still have a long way to go to become a basketball powerhouse.

After cleaning up his mood, Li Wei began to study tactics, practice mid-range shots, and practice dribbling, just like any other day this summer.

At the end of September, just before the start of the new season, Li Wei watched Kevin Garnett train.

Garnett made 100 shots from beyond the three-point line and scored 78 goals, which is a good result, but not the best.

The shooting percentage in training and the shooting percentage in the game are two different things, and reliable outside shooters have more than 80% hits in training, and the top ones can even reach 90%. But when it comes to competition, most people can't be as accurate as they are in training.

Li Wei didn't expect Garnett to be as accurate as Nowitzki and Nash, as long as he was reliable. In the game, you can shoot in the open space, and standing outside the three-point line can attract the opponent's defense, and that's enough.

"Kevin, you're the heart of the team from now on, remember my words, and surpass Larry Bird!" Li Weidao.

Ganeji nodded and said in a deep voice: "Coach, don't worry, I will definitely do it!" ”

The Knicks and Garnett signed a contract equal to their previous salary, $128 million over six years. However, this contract is paid backwards, which means that the salary is the highest in the first year, and then it is less and less.

In previous lives, the luxury tax was levied from the 02-03 season. If this life were the same as the previous life, then most of Garnett's salary would be paid before the luxury tax was paid, and the Knicks could save more than 20 million.

Second, after the introduction of the cap salary policy, players who have been in the league for 7-9 years can receive the maximum salary in the new season is 30% of the cap, or 105% of the previous season's salary. Lowering Garnett's salary for the final year by backlashing his salary, and when the salary cap system comes in, he can save a lot of money on the next contract extension.

Garnett, of course, could not foresee the rules that would emerge in the future, and it was a good thing for him to get a high salary first, so the two parties happily signed a contract.

As soon as the Knicks signed a contract extension with Garnett, the media was in an uproar - Garnett is also worth 100 million yuan?

Or is it 128 million in six years, the first price in history?

You must know that Juwan Howard, the first player to sign a contract of 100 million yuan, can score 22.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in his sophomore year, and his potential is amazing. Subsequently, the Lakers' big shark O'Neal, the Heat's Alonzo Mourning, and the Cavaliers' Rainman Sean Kemp, who went through a lot of hard work this summer, are also the leaders of the league!

Garnett only averages 17 points per game, which is not at the same level as the above, and the average salary is actually higher than those Mr. 100 million yuan?

This money is getting less and less money!

When the major bosses of the alliance heard the news, they panicked.

Garnett has exceeded 100 million, how to sign the contracts of other players next year? Can this broken team still play?