Before the 2002 World Championships, the Chinese men's national basketball team has always been a team-oriented style of play.

Relying on active scrambling, active running, and breakthrough passing, although the Chinese team does not have particularly outstanding players, it can maintain its position as the hegemon of Asia.

In the world, the Chinese men's basketball team is also a strong team, with two victories in the two Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney.

Since the 2002 World Championships, everything has changed.

I don't know if it's the rise of Yao Ming or the withering of defenders, the flexible play style of the Chinese team that blossomed more at once disappeared without a trace.

has been "Xiao Kuailing" for many years, and with Yao Ming's internal strength, it should be the icing on the cake.

But the Chinese team did not become stronger, but the game scene became more and more ugly.

The fast-break tactic of "chasing the opponent's butt and beating" invented by Mr. Qian Chenghai, a famous men's basketball player, has become a magic weapon for foreigners to deal with the Chinese team.

The fight is not active, there is no flexible running, fear of confrontation, fear of pressing, which is inexplicable and useless in the eyes of the old-timers in the "Xiao Kuailing" era.

On the one hand, Yao Ming's strength has covered up the problems of the Chinese men's basketball team, because the record has not deteriorated, and there are so many sober experts who have spoken out several times, but they have not been taken seriously by those in power.

On the other hand, it inhibits the growth of other players.

In particular, the outside players, when they go on the court, are all passive play, develop the habit of "waiting, relying on, and demanding", and lose the creativity, flexibility and initiative of playing.

Therefore, in Lu Xiaofeng's memory, in the years when Yao Ming ruled the national team, it was always the defender who was scolded the most.

As soon as Yao Ming retired due to injury, the Chinese men's basketball team was finished, and he was like a wooden man on the court, and the men's basketball team's record repeatedly broke through the bottom line of the Chinese people.

Now, the men's basketball team has Lu Xiaofeng, and China has Lu Xiaofeng.

In Lu Xiaofeng's view, basketball is a team sport, not a one-person game.

Jordan can't play five, and O'Neal can't play five.

There are obviously five people on the field, and there are seven substitutes waiting off the field, so why play more with less?

Everyone is playing games, so why should you play alone, and I'm watching from the sidelines?

Since I didn't have to play on the field, did I train hard after the game, did I eat too much to support it?

Therefore, how to mobilize the enthusiasm of teammates and how to give full play to the abilities of teammates is not only the responsibility of the coach, but also the responsibility of the defenders.

Yao Ming has height, strength, and technique, but his physical strength and athleticism are a big problem;

Battle, height and speed don't have any advantages, but he has strength and experience;

Yi Jianlian is inexperienced, not strong enough, and not strong in skills, but he has outstanding athletic ability and young people have hard work;

Similarly, Mo Ke, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan, and Liu Wei all have their own advantages and disadvantages.

After practicing with them for a few months, Lu Xiaofeng had a score in his heart. 【】

Whether it's a basketball court or other team management, letting team members do what they like and do best is undoubtedly the key to the organization.

Lu Xiaofeng did the same.

His breakthrough allows Battle to attack directly under the basket.

His fast-break pass can make Yi Jianlian run up and dunk.

He can get the ball out of the shooters and shoot comfortably.

He can also convert the ball passed to him by his teammates into points and add an assist to the opponent.

His aggressive scrambling and supplemental defense can make up for the mistakes of his teammates.

He can give praise to teammates who play well and comfort teammates who make mistakes.

Undoubtedly, he is a better playmaker than Yao Ming, and he is more popular with his teammates than Yao Ming.

One warm-up game after another, all of this, head coach Harris, is in his eyes.

After the training in Dallas, USA, of course, Harris left Lu Xiaofeng on the list of expeditions to Athens.

In this regard, the teammates who train together, of course, will not have any objections.

Lu Xiaofeng's ability and contribution to the team are obvious to all, and everyone is happy to play with him.

After returning to China, as soon as he got off the plane, team leader Kuang Rubin announced the official list of the national team to the media:

Yao Ming, Battle , Yi Jianlian, Mo Ke, Du Feng, Chen Ke, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Zhang Jinsong, Lu Xiaofeng, Liu Wei, Guo Shiqiang.

The reporters, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, found the news point at once.

"May I ask what are the considerations for the selection of the two young players, Lu Xiaofeng and Yi Jianlian?"

"Fan Bin is the hero of the Asian Championships, why didn't he stay?"

"They are both 'National Youth Four Youths', why were Tang Zhengdong and Zhao Hongxiang not selected?"

"Are Lu Xiaofeng and Yi Jianlian the main force or substitutes?"

"Yao Ming, do you think, Liu Wei or Lu Xiaofeng, who has a better pass?"

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A lot of controversial issues were thrown in front of the national team.

Yao Ming didn't answer the question, but said:

"He's all in the NBA, of course he's in the national team!"

Domestic coaches and players have played Tai Chi:

"The list was set by Coach Harris."

Harris has become the target of public criticism, but Americans are not afraid of offending people, and it is directly the truth:

"The players are selected for tactical reasons, and in every position, we think the best candidates."

The media doesn't report such dry news, and the headlines are eye-catching:

"Harris said: Yi Jianlian is the best power forward in China!"

"Yao Ming praises Lu Xiaofeng as China's 'magician'!"

"The national team has an NBA-level guard!"

"Three NBA players lead the national team of 12."

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This is the quadrennial Olympic Games, the most important event in Chinese sports, and almost all the media are paying attention to the final list of the men's basketball team.

As a men's big ball event, the only Chinese men's basketball team to compete in the Athens Olympics, every player has become the object of deep digging by the media.

Lu Xiaofeng, who has never played in a professional league, although he was selected by the NBA, some basketball experts still stood up to question it.

"Lu Xiaofeng's experience is a problem, I am afraid that he will still reserve talents for the 08 Olympics, and Yi Jianlian is the same, just like Wang Zhizhi in 96 and Yao Ming in 2000."

This passage of the famous basketball commentator Meng Xiaoqi has become the consensus of experts.

But a series of warm-up games after returning to China made the experts change their tone.

Because of Lu Xiaofeng's organization and overall situation, and Yi Jianlian's explosive dunk, the two rounds of the Four Nations Tournament held by Beijing and Xin Jiang detonated bursts of exclamations from the audience.

Can the Chinese still play like this?

Now the experts are overwhelmingly supporting the two young players:

"Harris should let Lu Xiaofeng play the main force, and the cooperation between him and Yao Ming is worth looking forward to!"

"The limelight of young players has overshadowed Yao Ming, and we can enter the top four this year!"

"Lu Xiaofeng is the number one point guard in Chinese history, and the Chinese men's basketball team will make history!"

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The media is so undisciplined, one second they are still scolding you for shit, and the next second they can praise you to the sky, just like Sichuan Opera changing its face. (To be continued.) )。

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