Chapter 224: Troops to Manila!
After the Bulls won the championship, the whole team participated in many celebrations. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info was indeed fresh at the beginning, but after a lot of activities, Sun Xiaotian was also a little tired.
For Sun Xiaotian, there are two most important things this summer. One is the rehabilitation of his own foot injury, and the other is to prepare for the Asian Championships of the national team.
Sun Xiaotian's foot was severely sprained in the finals, although after later examination, the foot injury was benign and no major problem. But Sun's team didn't dare to be sloppy at all, including the management of the Bulls, who were also worried about Sun's injury, because they already had a lesson from the past. So they formulated a strict rehabilitation plan for Sun Xiaotian, and the doctor's advice to Sun Xiaotian was to rest completely in the summer, but Sun Xiaotian felt that his foot injury was not a big problem, so he repeatedly insisted on playing for the country, and the Bulls could only back down, but they still sent a three-person medical team to follow Sun Xiaotian and respond to emergencies at any time.
The Asian Championships will not start until August, and with the approval of the Basketball Association, Sun Xiaotian has a month's rest and can postpone reporting to the national team until mid-July.
Sun Xiaotian was very surprised at first by the change in the attitude of the national team. Because Sun Xiaotian heard a lot of negative remarks about Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming serving the country, he was worried at first, but now it seems that it is nothing.
In fact, many experts say that he doesn't have to care about the national team, because Sun Xiaotian is different from Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi. Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were products of the planned system, and they were cultivated by the state and should serve the state as a matter of course. And Sun Xiaotian didn't know about it in China before he became famous, and he didn't receive training through any sports school or the like, so he had almost no intersection with the Basketball Association.
But as the successor of socialism, the sun used to be seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and serving the country became a lingering dream in his mind. Even in the evil capitalist United States, players are regarded as a sacred mission to serve their country.
A month's time is precious for Sun Xiaotian. She finally had time alone with Selina as they enjoyed the soft Caribbean breeze, the colours of the Great Barrier Reef and the Nordic sun. Such a time relieved Sun Xiaotian's fatigue for a season, and the company of his girlfriend also made Sun Xiaotian temporarily forget the tension on the field, and it was wonderful to return to ordinary life.
Not only that, Sun Xiaotian's foot injury also recovered quickly. After the one-month holiday, Sun Xiaotian also met with the national team in Kunming as scheduled.
The Chinese team has been selected to have 14 players in the current team, and two will be eliminated in the end. The current list is Guo Allen, Liu Xiaoyu, Chen Jianghua, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Li Xiaoxu, Yi Jianlian, Sun Xiaotian, Wang Zhelin, Wang Zhizhi, Zhou Peng, Zhang Bo, Yi Li.
Although Sun Xiaotian has not yet trained with the team, it is no surprise that he will lock in a spot to travel to Manila.
In the end, Zhang Bo Yili missed the 12-man squad. Because the Chinese team's front line is too congested, Zhu Fangyu, Zhou Peng, Sun Yue, and Sun Xiaotian can all play, while Zhang Bo and Yi Li are injured to varying degrees, especially Yi Li has always had a shoulder injury, and after experiencing the glory of the 2011 Asian Championships, he has not been able to find his form.
Although Sun Xiaotian was selected as he wished, the prospects of his own national team are not optimistic.
Long before Sun Xiaotian reconciled with the team, Chinese men's basketball coach Jannarski expressed his views on how to use Sun Xiaotian. He believes that Sun's lack of experience in international competitions and his habit of playing in the NBA may make him uncomfortable with international basketball games, and Jannarski said that Sun Xiaotian may not be in the starting lineup for the first game against South Korea.
Although this is just a preliminary decision by Yannasky, it exploded on the Internet, and netizens from all walks of life have said things about this matter.
"A finals MVP actually sits on the bench, the Chinese team is so luxurious!"
"This decision ruined Jannasky's position"
"Coach Thibodeau! People are bullying your son of the sun! ”
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One of Greece's greatest stars and one of the 50 biggest players in the history of the Champions League. Jannarski has not only a resume as a player, but also a great coaching experience. In the summer of 2004, he coached the Greek national team to the 2005 European Championships, becoming the only player and coach to win both the European Championships. What really made him famous in international basketball was the 2006 World Championships in Japan, where Giannakis led the team to eliminate the American "Dream Seven" team to reach the final.
Jannaski laughed at the comments on the Internet, saying that he would not care about those statements, that he had his own coaching style, and that he would also take responsibility for what he said.
Sure enough, in the team's first joint practice, Sun Xiaotian appeared on the stage wearing a substitute jersey. In a post-match interview, Sun Xiaotian expressed his views on online remarks.
"I respect Yang Shuai very much, as a player and coach, he has achieved brilliant achievements, after the first joint practice, I really feel the difference between the rules of the NBA and the international arena, which really bothers me, it is quite awkward to play, I think Yang Shuai's decision is right, but I will adjust my mentality as soon as possible, adapt as soon as possible, my goal is still to start......"
This year's men's Asian Basketball Championship was held in Manila, Philippines from August 1 to 11, and the Chinese team's group stage opponents were Iran, South Korea, and Malaysia. Iran is known as the biggest favorite in this Asian Championships, South Korea has always been a strong opponent for China, and the difficulties faced by the Chinese team are difficult.
In the week before flying to Manila, the Chinese team played two more warm-up matches. In the first round of the warm-up match against New Zealand, Sun Xiaotian came off the bench and sleepwalked throughout the game, scoring only 5 points. This game initially showed Sun Xiaotian's discomfort in the international arena.
However, in the second leg of the match between the two sides, Sun Xiaotian showed strong adaptability to the game, he still came off the bench, but scored 13 points and 6 assists in the whole game, ranking first in the team. After the game, Jannaski was overjoyed.
"He surprised me!"
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At the end, the Chinese team sent troops to Manila.
The first opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage is the South Korean team, as the old opponent of the Chinese team, the South Korean team has always been a threat to the Chinese team. The Chinese team lost to Deng Huade in the last semi-final, and the South Korean players expressed their dissatisfaction after the game, believing that the Chinese team enjoyed too much home whistle and won the disgraceful victory.
Two years later, the two sides met again, and despite the group stage, every member of the South Korean team was full of confidence to get off to a good start.
Sun Xiaotian is also gearing up and wants to do a big job.
Although the strength of the South Korean team is good, the absolute strength of the Chinese team is above that of South Korea.
But the first game was over.
China lost 59-63 to South Korea!! (To be continued.) )