Chapter 64 The Turkish Basketball World Championship is coming
The opening of the World Cup in South Africa did not make Griffin fluctuate much, because Griffin was not a football lover, even in his previous life, he was at most a pseudo-fan who knew a few names and then took the opportunity to stay up late. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Griffin still knew the results of the World Cup in South Africa, and he also considered whether to try to find a few spinach companies to make a good profit, but after careful consideration, he decided not to do this, after all, this is not a game, and it is not an NPC that manages the company.
But it's still okay to make a small bet, and maybe by the way, you can also give yourself a reputation similar to "Griffin the Octopus".
The United Arab Emirates is also preparing to return to China on this day, and the joint training with Griffin has achieved remarkable results, they are all big men, and there is no need to say much about gratitude, but Griffin and Yi Jianlian have become real brothers.
In addition to the Football World Cup in 2010, the World Basketball Championship, commonly known as the Basketball World Cup, will also be played in Turkey in August, and China will also participate in this event, so Yi Jianlian will return to China for training and other matters.
An international event at this level of the tournament is somewhat frustrating, but the U.S. team will naturally not give up such a hand-to-hand world champion, so the selection of the U.S. international team has also begun to be put on the agenda.
To be honest, Griffin is not interested in playing for his country, especially for the United States, and he has no sense of honor at all, but American fans on the Internet are very optimistic about Griffin's entry into the squad, and the call is also very high, but no one knows the result, Griffin just waited quietly.
In the end, the Lakers won the victory, and Kobe Bryant performed well in the series to win the MVP of the 2010 NBA Finals, adding to his historical status.
"God rewards hard work!" Griffin turned off the live broadcast of the awards ceremony and threw himself into training, Kobe's championship made Griffin very motivated, and the early bird gets the worm, and this principle is equally applicable in any field.
Now Griffin's training has basically entered the second stage, in addition to starting to set up interference items on the shot, Griffin's various training sessions have begun to enter the general anti-strong interference stage, which is also formulated for Griffin's style of play, Griffin's every offense will be accompanied by a lot of physical contact, so Griffin needs to adapt to this contact and still be able to score consistently, which is very important to Griffin.
Training days are always boring, but it's also days like these that make people stronger.
"Today's training is over, it's been nearly half a year since I took over your shooting training, to be honest I'm a little ashamed of my salary, your learning talent is very strong, and your progress is faster than I thought, well, it's a lot faster, but I hope you still don't be complacent, only by mastering more skills can you become stronger!"
So when the World Cup in South Africa was in full swing, Blake Griffin quietly devoted himself to training, and some more advanced shooting actions began to be added to Griffin's training plan.
At this time, the NBA ushered in another grand event, the 2010 NBA Draft is close at hand, various trials and secret operational contacts, the NBA is surging for a while, Griffin occasionally sees a few news, and it is inevitable to recall his youthful past.
Although Kentucky failed to enter the finals, Kentucky's core guard John **** should have locked the top position, this young player's physical fitness is quite explosive, which is immediately reminiscent of the Bulls, and the overall situation and passing skills shown on the court make all NBA teams salivate.
The other is Evan Turner, known as Maddy, who has won almost all of his personal accolades in the Ohio State, and his technical all-round awareness makes people look forward to his future.
Other rookies such as Wesley Johnson and Favors have good prospects, but this kind of draft is the biggest gamble for team management, and physical fitness is an attractive condition, but the NBA has never been short of beasts, and unless you can be a beast like Griffin James, it's easy to miss the expected value.
So Griffin is very concerned about Cousins, another popular rookie in Kentucky, and his cousin's name will also be famous in later generations, and this insider personality with skills and body but poor running and jumping ability is also very hot, if nothing goes wrong, Cousins will also become an inside beast.
There are other strong rookies like Paul George and Gordon Hayward, and the future development is even better than the previous rookies, so Griffin believes that the draft is a gamble, and the rookie's efforts later are more important.
Not long after the Lakers won the championship, the NBA draft was held in Madison Square, Griffin watched the live broadcast on TV, and saw the embarrassed wall smiling on the stage to take over the Washington Wizards' team hat, Griffin couldn't help but gloat in his heart, "Let's be happy now, it won't be long before I know that the NBA champion is not so good." ”
At the same time, Griffin also followed the progress of the World Cup in South Africa, and leaked it on Twitter without incident, and it didn't take long for people to find out about this football-savvy emperor, and Griffin suddenly became a representative of everyone who understands football very well.
However, Griffin's prediction is a prediction, and he also gambles a little, but he really didn't go to the spinach company to make a big profit or anything, and every time he thinks of something like this, there is always a sense of crisis lingering, and Griffin doesn't want to play with fire.
After entering July, Griffin's leisure vacation finally ended, whether Griffin wanted to or not, he was finally selected by the United States national team to participate in the 2010 Turkish Basketball World Championships, the so-called Basketball World Cup followed by the Football World Cup, but this attention is a little unbearable, which is one of the reasons why the Basketball World Championship is becoming more and more chicken.
At the same time, the grouping is also freshly released, and the rest of the country is not looking at it for the time being, the United States is placed in Group B, with Brazil, Croatia, Slovenia, Iran and Tunisia.
China is divided into Group C, in a group with the host Turkey, and there are also strong opponents such as Russia and Puerto Rico, which is a big challenge for China, and whether Liu Wei, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian can play is also the focus of domestic fans.
The list of the U.S. team has also been officially made public, with center Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love, big forward Blake Griffin, Lamar Odom, small forward Kevin Durant, Iguodala, Rudy Gay, Granger and other good players, the guard line has Chauncy Billups pressing, and the young ones also have Derrick Rose, Westbrook, Curry, and Gordon.
This lineup is obviously the feeling of a non-dream team, most of them are potential new stars, plus one or two famous stars with belts, not like the 08 Dream Eight team's devastating feeling, but for the current American team, the international competition is not very challenging, especially this Turkish Challenge There are many small national teams that have not heard much about it, so the atmosphere in the American team is very relaxed.
Even on the day of the media open day, several stars who were in good spirits played heads-up games in the team, and under the unique heads-up rules, that is, they could only dribble twice at the beginning of the three-threat, and the stars had a lot of fun, which also had a lot of fun in the team.
"Hey rookie, what's the point of just looking at it, do you want to have a few with me?"
Griffin was in the mood for a fight, and was suddenly asked to fight by Odom, and although he was not interested, he readily agreed on the principle that he could not be cowardly.
Seeing that the heads-up of the forward group began, the stars of the guard group slowly stopped and gathered here to watch the excitement.
"I'll bet $1,000 on Lamar to win, does anyone follow!" Rudy Gay opened the entertainment game, but it didn't seem like he was bullish on Griffin.
"1000, Lamar." Cool sound from Kevin Durant.
"I'm with 2000, Griffin." The first to support Griffin was not Gordon, but Derrick Rose.
After a bet, Griffin and Lamar were not much different, Lamar walked up to the court with a grin, and scolded at the sidelines, "Hey, guys who secretly pressed Blake, you guys will definitely have heartache tonight!" ”
There was a sudden coaxing on the sidelines, and Griffin himself laughed, this kind of heads-up, the point stops.
Lamar gave the ball to Griffin, who was unceremonious, taking possession of the ball first. Facing Lamar, Odom grinned and didn't move, so Griffin threw the ball straight away.
Chauncey, who was quietly standing behind him, accurately judged the outcome of the ball.
Changing Odom to attack, Odom is a little uncomfortable under such rules, Griffin firmly stuck Odom's left and raised one hand high, which is a defensive action specially trained this year, which is more suitable for players like Griffin who react quickly.
Odom suddenly had some pressure, forced a sudden turn and a reluctant back, Griffin attacked again, Odom's face was a little solemn this time, and Griffin's progress speed surprised him a little.
Griffin quickly raised a shooting feint after taking the ball, Odom moved his center of gravity slightly, Griffin saw the opportunity to start directly, Odom was half a step late, but Griffin put the ball into the basket with a confrontation as easily as if there was an empty space.
"Damn it, it's so faceless! Blake: Can't you save me some face in front of the media? ”
Odom's words made the people on the sidelines laugh, no one will take this kind of game seriously, meaning two balls is okay, Griffin can be regarded as responding to the challenge, and Odom has no real fall.
"It's worthy of being the champion, and I feel like I'm improving again...."Stephen Curry, who was playing basketball behind the crowd, looked at Griffin and Odom with a grin.