Chapter 439: Please
After winning the championship, Ye Feng's small life was very comfortable, although he did not go on vacation, but staying in Los Angeles to accompany his family, playing games every day, bubble gym, or sweating on the court, and occasionally accompanying his girlfriend, it is also a good offseason choice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, Ye Feng has been waiting for a call, a call from the Chinese Basketball Association. This year is 2012, the 30th Summer Olympics will be held in London, England, although the Chinese men's basketball team has avoided the powerful United States, but it is still in Group B with Spain, Brazil, Australia, Russia and the host United Kingdom.
Last year, officials from the Chinese Basketball Association came to the door hoping that Ye Feng could return to Chinese nationality and represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Championships, but at that time, Ye Feng injured his ankle in the finals, and he himself was unwilling to participate in the Asian Championships, so the matter was over.
However, he deliberately changed his nationality so that he could serve his country one day. Although he knew a lot about his father's exclusion from the national team back then, and once refused to play in the World Series for his motherland, he was finally persuaded by Ye Ning.
As a former national player, Ye Ning is still concerned about the current situation of Chinese basketball while paying attention to his son. In his opinion, Yao Ming's retirement last year was a huge loss for Chinese basketball, which also meant the end of an era for the Chinese men's basketball team, and at such a juncture, it was almost certain that without a strong player as a leader, the Chinese men's basketball team would definitely not go far in the Olympic arena.
This year, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team is Deng Huade, an American, who has served as an assistant scout and manager of the New Jersey Nets, an assistant coach of the Charlotte Hornets, an assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and an assistant coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His father, Dunward Sr., was even more impressive, having helped Indiana University win the championship undefeated in the 1976 NCAA as an assistant coach. In 1992, the elder Dunward also served as an assistant coach of the dream team, leading Jordan, Johnson and other NBA superstars to win the gold medal in the men's basketball team at the Barcelona Olympics.
Although Ye Feng is Chinese, he grew up in the atmosphere of American basketball, and it is not impossible to treat him as an American player, and Deng Huade is also quite familiar with American basketball, Ye Ning believes that his son should be able to get more opportunities under him.
For Ye Feng, although his father's analysis played a certain role, the biggest impact on him was a private meeting, which was last summer, at the Yao restaurant in Houston, and the person who asked him to eat was naturally Yao Ming, who had officially announced his retirement at that time.
That time, Yao Ming, who has never drunk a drip, drank a lot, and chatted with Ye Feng a lot of things when he was half drunk and half awake.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the center is the only position in the Chinese men's basketball team that can be compared with the strong ones. It can be said that without Yao Ming, it would be an impossible task for the other players of the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve the quarterfinals of two consecutive Olympic Games, and there is no doubt that Yao Ming is the guarantee of the Chinese men's basketball team's record.
But Yao Ming's strength has also made the Chinese men's basketball team suffer from dependence, they have to recall Yao Ming all the way to no matter how big or small the game is, the Asian Championships and Asian Games or something, and any warm-up games such as the Stankovic Cup have to let Yao Ming play, which looks angry and ridiculous.
Many people believe that the reason why Yao Ming reluctantly chose to retire at the golden age of 31 seems to be because of injury, in the final analysis, he has participated in too many games, and his body, especially his injured foot, has not been well rested, which has made him continue to be injured and finally had to choose to retire. If Yao Ming could be given more time to rest and recover, it would be impossible for such the greatest player in the history of Chinese basketball to retire at the peak of his career.
Until today, a year later, Ye Feng still remembers that Yao Ming said a long and touching sentence at that time, which was also the fundamental reason that prompted him to make up his mind to return to Chinese nationality and join the Chinese men's basketball team to compete in the World Series.
"To be honest, playing in the Chinese men's basketball team is tiring, and even more tiring if you're a star playing in the NBA. To save face, they will endlessly recall you and make you take the team to various tournaments, as if the rest of the whole team wouldn't play without you......"
"Although I sometimes complain in my heart, I actually hope that Chinese basketball can become better, after all, that is my roots. I'm different from you, you have the imprint of American basketball, even your dad has been working hard in Europe most of the time, but I'm different, I grew up in the atmosphere of Chinese basketball, and when I didn't enter the NBA before, wearing the national team jersey and competing in the World Series was my greatest wish. ”
"That's why I won't hesitate to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in all kinds of competitions again and again, in fact, I just want to make the national team's record look better, arouse the interest of those talented children in basketball, and then enter the world of basketball, so that Chinese basketball has more fresh blood, which is enough."
"But I didn't expect my body to be too fragile, I thought about retiring from the big injury in 2009, but I came back in the end, but unfortunately this time I really couldn't continue...... Now you are the only Chinese who is still playing in the NBA, I know that you are still an American citizen, but it doesn't matter, as long as you say that you want to return to Chinese nationality, those people in the Basketball Association will definitely help you do it as soon as possible...... You're one of the most talented youngsters I've ever met, not even one of them, and you've won championships and FMVPs in your third season of your career, so I want you to promise me one thing......"
Ye Feng's eyes flashed Yao Ming's somewhat vicissitudes of life, but at that moment, Yao Ming's eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and there was even a hint of madness.
"Please help me...... Put the Chinese men's basketball team ...... Take to the top of the world! ”