Chapter 160: Gong Luming
Speaking of Chinese basketball, in the hearts of Chinese fans, it is more brilliant, whether it is the 96 golden generation led by "God of War" Liu Yudong and "Chinese Jordan" Hu Weidong, or the Yao Ming era formed with Yao Ming as the core, the Chinese men's basketball team is the strongest team in Asia and the top eight teams in the world.
Especially compared with the extremely popular football, the achievements of basketball have been brought to the table, which makes every basketball fan proud from the bottom of their hearts.
But it is such a sport that fans are proud of, after entering the post-Yao Ming era, it has ushered in an unprecedented trough period, starting from the 2009 Asian Championship loss to Iran, not to mention the impact of the World Championship quarterfinals, the hegemony of the men's basketball team in Asia has become precarious, especially in 2013, the defeat of Manila finally only won the fifth place, which made the men's basketball team become the target of public criticism, and has even been self-deprecatingly called by fans to keep up with football results.
At this time, the head coach of the men's basketball team, who was originally fragrant, instantly became bread in the stinky gutter, and no one wanted to pick it up.
At this time, the former head coach of the national team Gong Luming stepped forward, although the on-the-spot command ability was lacking, but from the strategic layout, the selection of young and hard-working young players, under the leadership of Yi Jianlian and Guo Allen, like a phoenix nirvana, regained the Asian Championship and achieved a legend.
All this happened in Tang Shuai's two months of hard physical training.
In fact, when he was still playing in CUBA, Tang Shuai already knew about the men's basketball training camp, and like all other fans, watching the men's basketball team fail again and again, especially when Gong Jiajun also collapsed in Japan, he didn't have great hopes, but in the end, Gong Luming still turned the tide and brought back the long-lost championship trophy for basketball fans.
The middle-aged man in front of him is wearing a simple white shirt, still a handful of 28 points hairstyle of the last century, if you are not a basketball fan, it is estimated that you will not know such a middle-aged man with a public face, it is the Chinese men's basketball coach Gong Luming.
"Gong Gui." Tang Shuai said with a little excitement, seeing this person who created a legend, he still felt a little impatient excitement in his heart.
You must know that before accepting the new men's basketball team, Gong Luming led the men's basketball team and the women's basketball team to win the Asian championship, and led the men's basketball team to achieve the world's top eight results for the first time in 96 years.
Gong Luming was stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Shuai call him, and then he said with a smile: "Tang Shuai!" ”
"Director Gong, why did you come to the United States?" Tang Shuai then asked.
"Are you going to talk at this door all the time?" Nahura reminded at this time.
"Oh yes, come on, come on, come in and sit." Gong Luming immediately smiled and invited Tang Shuai and Nahula in.
When I entered the room, I saw that the TV was on, and the station in it was CCTV 1, although most Chinese TV stations in the United States could not be searched, but CCTV 1 was an exception.
On the table next to the bed was a cup of tea, pale green, and hot air was steaming from the mouth.
There was also a newspaper in English on the side of the teacup, and at a glance you could probably see that it was full of basketball-related news.
This is very consistent with the impression that Gong Luming usually gives people, long and old-fashioned, but his thinking is not backward.
After Gong Luming came in, he asked Tang Shuai and Nahula to sit down on the sofa, then walked to the bedside, took out a jar from the backpack next to the bed, took out some tea leaves and put them in the teapot, poured them after brewing, and then poured boiling water, took out two cups, poured two teas, brought them over and said: "This is the clear tea I brought with me, drink it and see the taste." ”
The Chinese are particular about serving tea to guests, and Gong Luming seems to maintain this habit.
"Gong Gui, you're welcome." Tang Shuai got up and turned out the tea, as soon as he smelled it, he felt the aroma was fragrant, which made people feel refreshed for a while, and then took a sip, and there was a faint sweetness in the mouth, which made people have an endless aftertaste.
"Good tea." Nahura took a sip and said with appreciation, although he is an American, tea does not distinguish between countries, and people feel the same.
Gong Luming heard Nahula's appreciation, his face was full of joy, and he said with a smile: "I thought you wouldn't be able to drink it, but unfortunately I don't have coffee here." ”
"It's really delicious." Tang Shuai echoed and said.
"Haha......" Gong Luming smiled even more happily, and he smiled and sat on the bed.
Drinking tea, the three of them chatted for a while, it turned out that Gong Luming went to the United States this time, on the one hand, it was a rare vacation after the men's basketball team won the championship, and on the other hand, it was also because the men's basketball team is now rushing out of Asia, and the next step is to think about how to play with international teams.
Of course, there is another small purpose, Gong Luming said without concealment: "Tang Shuai, because you were playing CUBA before, my understanding of you is really limited, but after watching a few of your preseason games and regular season games in the NBA, I think your ability is still fine, I hope you can participate in next year's training team." ”
When Tang Shuai saw Gong Luming, he had already guessed that it would have something to do with the national team, but Gong Luming's directness was still a little unexpected, and he didn't express his position immediately.
From a personal point of view, he very much hopes to play for the national team, after all, as a person who came out of school, his sense of national honor is much stronger than that of ordinary professional players, but the Rio Olympics are next year, if he agrees, it means that he will spend the first offseason after joining the NBA in the national team's training camp, and it also means that he will spend the entire offseason in fatigue, and the potential injury risk is very large, which has been proven in Yao Ming's body.
Gong Luming saw that Tang Shuai didn't speak, smiled and said: "You don't have any psychological burden, I'm not a bureaucrat, and I'm not so unreasonable, you should also see that when I formed the national team, I wanted those players who were willing to pay for the national team and had a strong sense of national honor, if the player was unwilling, I wouldn't pull him into the team." ”
"It's not that I don't want to, I'm just a little worried, it's the first offseason of my career, my original plan was to do individual training, of course it doesn't matter if this training is cancelled, I'm more worried about injuries, I've watched the national team training, and frankly, those ways are a bit ...... It's not very scientific, I'm afraid of high-intensity training, and then I barely rest, and it's 82 regular season games in the NBA, and I'm afraid of getting hurt. Tang Shuai knew that Gong Luming said so directly, so he didn't hide it, and said what he thought directly.
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