The biggest thing in the sports world in the past two days is the World Cup, Argentina and Messi won the championship as they wished, and last night's World Cup final was even more ups and downs, and the people who watched it had increased blood pressure, and they couldn't calm down for a long time, and I didn't fall asleep until nine o'clock in the morning, and I watched the video all night.

Actually, I'm not a football fan, I used to watch football very little, there are two main reasons: one is that there are too few domestic football venues, I played more basketball and played less football when I was a child, and I didn't develop a love for football. When I was in elementary school, I played football for a while, and it was actually very, very fun, but I didn't insist on playing because of the limitations of the venue and partners; One reason is that the broadcast time of football games is not friendly enough, always in the early morning, compared to the NBA's live broadcast time is much friendlier, in the morning and noon, you can watch lunch after school, and you can cultivate an interest in watching basketball.

Of course, there are some other reasons, such as the sluggishness of Chinese football, the influence of Yao Ming's entry into the NBA, the difference between the two sports, and so on. However, although the hobby is biased, it cannot be denied the great charm of football, especially after watching the whole World Cup, the ball game with national honors is really full of charm. As a bystander, you can also feel the passion of fighting for the glory of the country, and the pain of regret after defeat. Football is a wartime of peacetime. Although it is said that sports should be kept away from politics, but staying away from politics does not mean staying away from the feelings of family and country, and seeing the scene of the whole country celebrating after Argentina won the championship, you know how significant it is.

From this point of view, it must be admitted that basketball has fallen far behind, and has even been pulled further and further. In the 1972 Olympic Games, when the Soviet Union defeated the U.S. men's basketball team, basketball could still be used as a battlefield for two major ideological struggles. In 1988, when the Soviet Union took out the United States again, the Americans could not sit still, and in 1992 they allowed professional players to participate in the Olympics, and the Dream Team came into being, which became the biggest highlight of the 1992 Olympics. There is also China's outstanding performance in the 2008 Olympic Games, the men's basketball team's outstanding performance, defeating Germany, Spain, and the 2015 men's basketball team's Changsha reversal of South Korea.

But it's a pity that this kind of blood is getting farther and farther away from Chinese fans on the basketball and football fields, so that Chinese fans can only place their emotions on foreign stars, teams, and countries. I wrote my first basketball novel, The Golden Age of Basketball, when the men's basketball team lost to Manila in 2013, and 10 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and my views on basketball and sports have changed a lot. I know in my heart that writing a novel will definitely not save basketball or football, it can only bring readers a little fun, a little sustenance, and that's it. And in the past ten years, I have watched the men's basketball team degenerate step by step, and it is about to be disgusted by everyone like the national football team, and I know that this is not a one-person generation that can reverse the change, and I am really helpless. The only thing that is gratifying is that there are more and more children playing basketball around, and the training is becoming more and more professional, and the children's skills are much stronger than when we were young, and the physical fitness of young people is getting better and better, and there are more and more people who love basketball, which is definitely a good thing for the development of Chinese basketball.

Speaking of the huge repercussions caused by Messi's victory, the widening gap between basketball and football is that basketball is becoming more and more entertaining, and the taste of commercialization is too strong, which can be seen clearly from the development trend of the NBA. I'm not the kind of person who is kind of old and thin, and I have always been receptive to the development of new things, new players, and new technologies, but the decline in competitiveness caused by the over-commercialization of the NBA and the decline in the degree of conversation are indisputable. Even if player salaries rise again and again, and player statistics continue to swell, the NBA feels less beautiful than it used to be. Maybe it's a sentimental bonus, but it's true that it's been a long time since I've sat in front of the TV and watched a live game seriously.

Of course, as a commercial company, the NBA is his first priority to generate more revenue for shareholders, and his series of commercialization initiatives are no problem. This is different from the football league, the football club is responsible for the members of the club, and the number of football leagues is large, the large, medium and small clubs are pyramidal, and the ecology is generally very benign. The NBA is just one of the many professional leagues in North America, and it has to compete with other sports for fans, compete for the market, and be responsible for the majority shareholder, which is completely different from football in terms of overall operating logic. Therefore, the NBA is out of touch with FIBA in terms of rules, it has its own set of rules logic, and in accordance with the will of the capital, by modifying the rules to attract more fans, the so-called generation version of a generation of gods, from this point of view the NBA is a super-large GAME, a super-large reality show, not a war.

I wrote this novel based on this understanding, and there will be some more detailed descriptions of the operation of NBA teams, extending the vision from the court outward to farther places, rather than staying on the court fighting, which is only a small part of the iceberg of this game. I may also write about Chinese basketball, some parts that few people have written in the past, but of course it is only possible, because 404 will beckon me at any time. I didn't write this to change anything, the novel can't save the basketball, and it's nice to have fun. Of course, if it can trigger some thoughts and ideas from readers, it will naturally fall well.

I don't congratulate Messi on winning the championship either, he can't see it anyway. I would like to quote the words of He Shishi to comment on this game, "Why we love football so much, because he not only shows the inspirational struggle stories of the players, but also entrusts the heroic dreams of our ordinary people's ordinary lives." Whether the team you support tonight wins or loses, I hope that tonight's insights can help you bravely face the real life after opening the door tomorrow morning, which is the real charm of this sport! "In fact, not only football, basketball, but also any sport you love, can become the spiritual support of ordinary people's ordinary life, become a moment in the dark years of shining in the night sky, and then you can not walk into that good night so gently, roaring, roaring even if the fire of life is about to be extinguished.

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(ps: I want Sanjiang PK this week, and I decide whether I can go to Sanjiang next week, and then I want to put it on the shelves.) I hope readers will read more, the editor said that it is a bit dangerous, wipe the edges, and work harder. There will be more after it is put on the shelves, the promise of men. ）