At the same time that James posted, the contract signed by the two parties was also exposed for the first time.

James signed a three-year, $100 million contract with the Warriors for the third year of the contract with a player option, which means James will play for the Warriors for at least two years.

The reason why it's 3 years instead of 4 years is because the league has a 38-year-old clause, and if he jumps out of the third year of this contract, he can still sign a 4-year max contract with another team.

In other words, such a contract not only allows him to work with the Warriors more deeply than the Cavaliers, but also allows him to still hold the initiative of his destiny.

And when Dream Basketball was launched, it was the day of the league earthquake.

James may not be the successor to the league that Stern wanted him to be in the first place, but he is still one of the top five stars in the league, and now he is joining the team with the best record last season and a runner-up finish.

A season ago, there were fans who said they couldn't find a better team than the four-star Cavaliers, and now it's okay, you see it.

The four stars of the Cavaliers, Davis, Irving and Love have all led the team before, and they have a chance to replicate the success of the Boston Big Three back then, but the Celtics have historically succeeded in similar situations, because they will have run-in problems.

The Cavaliers' defeat proved that strength on paper does not equal team strength, and their run-in ultimately failed.

But the Warriors are different, the Warriors are a team that has been fully run-in, and now they are just adding a James, and their probability of success is greater than that of the Cavaliers, far better.

On social media, many fans of the western team scolded the street.

"It's so unfair, the Warriors look like a cosmic team right now, even the Bulls and Thunder are not their opponents, it's like a bug when playing a game."

"Before leaving Cleveland, LeBron was only criticized for his footwork, but he was still a dragon slayer and worthy of respect, but look at what he has done in the last few years, joining the Heat, forming the Cavaliers Big Four, and now joining the Warriors, he has been trying to take shortcuts!"

"Taking shortcuts is enough to be looked down upon, the point is that he has been taking shortcuts and never succeeded, and he is now a joke in the league."

"I'm a Warriors fan and I feel like management made a really stupid decision and LeBron isn't going to make us any better, and if you look at the teams he's been on in the past, he's destroying almost every team he's been to."

Then, the Cavaliers fans were scored twice and broke the defense again.

"When LeBron said to go home, I found the jersey buried in the ground and put it back on, but now, I decided to burn it completely, goodbye my youth, I hate LeBron! (from the little boy who dug up his jersey from the ground two years ago and posed for a photo)"

"My king, go chase your dreams, but I can't follow them anymore, a fan who has loved the king for 13 years."

"If you stay in Cleveland, I will love you even if you are crownless for the rest of your life, because you used to say that you did something wrong, but now, you make us look like a big joke, and from today on, I will go from being your most loyal fan to being the biggest black fan."

"You really, make me look down on you!"

Just before Xu Yong went to report to the national team, Foreman called him and said that the Bulls had signed Yi Jianlian back with a two-year, 6 million contract with a player option.

Yi Jianlian has been with the Mavericks for all these years and has been a member of the rotation, but with the arrival of Aldridge last season, he fell out of the rotation and did not get much playing time.

At the age of 29 this year (32 years old), although his physical fitness has declined, thanks to the adjustment of his playing style back then, he still has a place in the league as a spatial interior lineman.

With the league's salary cap skyrocketing, the Bulls were able to sign him back at that price, which was completely acceptable to management.

And Yi Jianlian is now completely playing at the No. 5 position, and signing him basically means that the Bulls will not keep Split.

When he arrived at the national team, Xu Yong saw Yi Jianlian, and the two met with a warm hug.

Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the Chicago Bulls of that year, that is also a good memory of Chinese fans and Bulls fans, now Yao Ming has become the chairman of the Basketball Association, slowly developing in the direction of the female Zhao Sun and Moon, Yi Jianlian is still working hard in the league, and fans will feel like a world away when they see this scene.

In addition to Yi Jianlian, Xu Yong also met other people, Jeremy Lin, who just signed a big contract with the Nets, Guo Allen, who has established himself in Europe, Zhou Qi, who rotated with the Celtics, and Ding Yanyuhang, who plays in the NBA Development League.

In addition, veteran Sun Yue, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, Wang Zhelin, Zhao Jiwei and others who are in their playing years in the CBA.

Although the lineup is not much different from when it won the championship four years ago, counting Xu Yong, there is a great chance of reaching the semifinals.

The place where the national team trained this time was Sanya, Hainan, and Xu Yong's impression of this place came more from the Haitian feast, but after he really arrived, he found that the beautiful beach here was a very suitable place for training.

Except that you will be watched.

You know, there are a lot of people who go on vacation in the summer, so whenever the men's basketball team is training, there will be people watching from a distance, and there are even a lot of people taking pictures.

It's a bit of a dream team.

"Let's all follow Brother Xu!" But just like Allen Guo said, in fact, everyone knows what they are all about.

"It's all about playing well." Xu Yong reminded Guo Allen that in fact, Guo Allen's control talent belongs to the ceiling in China, and he is also qualified in the NBA, but his projection and passing are too poor, and this guy is a bit similar to Durant, too keen on the Internet.

Just when Xu Yong was training with the national team in Sanya, the Bulls had a new move, they had been negotiating an early contract extension at Adams, and at this time there was a result, Adams finally agreed to renew his contract for 4 years and 100 million, and the contract will be officially executed from next season.

This contract is bigger than Xu Yong's, but combined with his performance last season and the fact that money is not money this summer, it is a reasonable contract extension.

This is also after Rose's departure, the Bulls officially confirmed the core lineup of the Iron Triangle.

However, as Xu Yong previously thought, whether Jokic can transform into the No. 4 position next season will become crucial.

The Bulls didn't stop there, they hit two second-round picks right after that, sending Split to the Digital Guys.

The Digi-Mans are believing in the process, and they can still get draft picks after their expiring contracts, which is their favorite operation.

However, this kind of air change is not the norm for a championship-contending team, and it has been proven to be true.

Because it was clearly a payroll move, the Bulls signed Joe Johnson to a two-year, $22 million contract.

[Singles Joe] joined the Heat after being bought out by the Nets last season, and his efficiency was very high, with a shooting rate of 51.8% and a three-point shooting rate of 41.4%, although the efficiency inertia shrank in the playoffs, but this price is very appropriate.

Again, although he is 35 years old, he has not suffered any injuries in his career, and he is less risky than DeLong and the like.

And Johnson is a swingman at the front, the Bulls have no reliable substitute for Xu Yong last season, and the bench scoring ability is not enough, Xu Yong's consumption is very large.

It can be said that if Xu Yong hadn't let Butler play more in advance and make up for Butler's state, it would have been difficult for the Bulls to defend their title last season.

Johnson's addition can alleviate this very well, his current ability is not an All-Star, but he still has the strength to play as a starter, and it is even more overflowing to play as a substitute.

Even in certain games, the Bulls can let Butler play the No. 1 position and put him on the court, which will be difficult for the opponent to defend.

Counting Stephenson and Artest, who have completed contract extensions before, the strength of the team is still a lot stronger than last season after Rose's injury.

Point guards: Beverley, Stephenson, Dejounte Murray

Quarterbacks: Butler, Holiday

Xiao Qian: Xu Yong, Joe Johnson, Artest

Omae: Anderson, West, Dior

Centers: Adams, Jokic, Yi Jianlian

And this roster is not super luxury tax this year, after trading Rose's contract, the team can still maintain the strength of the team, if the Bulls can still play well this year, Foreman has a good chance of winning another best general manager award.

However, the Bulls' continuous operations at this stage did not become the focus of attention, because this section of social media was swept by a piece of news.

Durant decided to withdraw from the Rio Olympics in order to concentrate on preparing for the new season, and his place will be replaced by Westbrook.

Xu Yong was surprised when he saw this, because Durant's character is very real, he has been fighting for his country throughout his career, and there is no one in the competition he has participated in that the dream team has not won the championship, including the 2020 (actually held in 2021) Olympics that Xu Yong knows, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he helped the dream team win the championship single-handedly.

You have to know that this kind of summer competition is a lot of physical drain, and you can even think that this consumption has contributed to his subsequent major injury to some extent.

But fans reacted strongly to the news on social media.

When Xu Yong finished training, he also paid attention to the recent hot news.

"Why did you announce your withdrawal half a month before the start of the Olympics? And the reason is so nonsense! ”

"That's right, occupying a place, but retreating, is it because I am afraid of Xu and the Chinese team?"

"Don't call Durant in the future, he doesn't deserve to be on the national team at all!"

"I think the basketball association will think you're a big smart guy when they hear you, and they know who can really help them win." From the comment of "KBfnas".

"So who didn't even make the initial squad?" Comment from "Loyal fans of the King".

"I feel like KD chose to quit because of the Warriors, so you should really ask that guy why he joined the Warriors." Here comes the comment of "Lakers number one fan".

"I think so, too, the way the Warriors form a team is purely disgusting, and then you still let KD go to the Olympics to consume? Why didn't LeBron go? From the comment of "Kobe Bryant's Loyal Life".

Looking at these comments, Xu Yong only felt real and funny.

Durant's practice of quitting the national team half a month before the game is very child's play, and ordinary people can't do it, but you don't think it's impossible to happen to Durant.

And there is nothing wrong with the reason given by Durant, why should James go to a super team like the Warriors, and he can still be chic everywhere in the summer, and he will be a cow and die to win the championship?

You must know that the squad of the dream team of this year's Rio Olympics is much weaker than that of London, and his consumption is inevitable.

Together, all the peaches and benefits are picked by James, and he Durant is going to be a cow and a horse?

So it makes perfect sense for Durant to have this kind of thought, and he wasn't sure if James would really go to the Warriors, so he didn't quit, but now that he knows, he feels disgusted, so he quit temporarily.

Even, Xu Yong could guess that he should have talked to Westbrook before quitting and asked the latter to temporarily replace him.

It's really a little real, and it's a little childish.

However, this is definitely good news for the Chinese team, because Durant is right on social media, Durant can really help the American team win.

Without Durant, now without Kobe, and without even Howard and Chandler to guard the interior of the American team, the strength of the Dream Team will drop dramatically.

Previously, their goal was to finish second in the semi-finals, but now it seems that they can raise that goal a little higher.

Half a month later, in August, Xu Yong went to Brazil with the national team.

After arriving in Rio de Janeiro, his first feeling was that it was very dirty and the environment was very poor, especially because there was a lot of garbage floating on the banks of the port river, and it was summer, and he could smell a clear musty smell when passing by.

Even the Dream Team, which has always liked to live on yachts, chose to stay in a local hotel this year.

As a developing country, Brazil has experienced an economic crisis in recent years, and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy, which is completely incomparable with the original Olympic bid.

However, the harsh environment has not dampened the enthusiasm of Brazilians, after all, the economic problems are at the national level, but the enthusiasm of the people for the Olympics is very high.

In particular, Brazilian football is strong, and billboards such as Ronaldo and Neymar can be seen on the streets from time to time.

South America is the paradise of football, and Brazil is the land of football.

In contrast, the level of Brazilian basketball is worse today, and they, like Argentina next door, have ushered in a golden generation of Barbosa, Nene and Vallejo with the globalization of basketball, but unfortunately they have not made any achievements.

Of course, Brazilian basketball has had its fair share of glory, but it goes back to time again, when they won bronze medals at the Olympics in 1948, 1960 and 1964.

And when it comes to the Brazilian men's basketball team, it is inevitable to mention the legendary man Oscar. Schmidt.

Participated in 5 Olympic Games, won 3 scoring titles, set the highest Olympic scoring record of 55 points in a single game against Spain in 1988, and averaged 42.3 points per game in 8 games.

If Xu Yong knows that history, James, who won the GOAT by virtue of the NBA's all-time scoring title, then Schmidt is the GOAT in the Olympic arena.

And the biggest difference between him and James is that he is really not brushing points.

When he was at his peak, in the semifinals of the World Championships, he was able to score 43 points against the dream team with Admiral Robinson and Danny Manning, and the Brazilian team only lost by 4 points in the end.

A year later, in the men's basketball final of the Pan American Games, facing the same opponent and even the same team members, the United States team, in the United States, when he was behind by 20 points at halftime, he scored 35 points in the second half, scored 46 points in the whole game, and led the team to a final 5-point victory over the United States team.

This shows that like Sabonis, it is not that they are incapable of playing in the NBA, but because in the context of modern rules (in 1989, when the NBA was not yet globalized, players who played in the NBA could not represent the national team in the World Series), they were unwilling to give up the opportunity to play for their country.

On August 4, the 31st Summer Olympics opened in Rio.

The Maracanã Stadium, which can accommodate nearly 80,000 people, is full of enthusiasm.

Unfortunately, as athletes, they could not feel the atmosphere of the scene like the spectators, and they could only watch the whole process through the TV broadcast screen while waiting for admission in the stadium.

When Gisele Bundchen began his 100-meter-long model show along the stadium stage, cheers from athletes rang out not only from the outside, but also from inside the tunnel.

Bündchen is arguably the most well-known model in Brazil and the world, and she is also the fastest-earning female model in the world, earning $44 million last year alone.

In comparison, even if the NBA salary cap skyrockets this year, the maximum salary is only more than 30 million.

However, Bundchen is 36 years old this year, and announced her retirement last year, if it weren't for the fact that she would not perform on stage again at this year's Olympics, this is also the last dance of her modeling career.

The combination of these factors makes everyone so excited to see this scene.

Even across the screen, Xu Yong can appreciate the beauty of Bundchen at this time, the combination of that kind of figure and face, a real angel in the world.

If it weren't for the age gap, Xu Yong wouldn't mind having a relationship with the other party.

Speaking of which, Bündchen has only talked about two boyfriends, one is "Little Plum" Leonardo DiCaprio, and the other is the GOAT Tom Brady of rugby, who is also her current husband.

After the opening ceremony, it was immediately followed by the entry of the players, Xu Yong was at the front of the Chinese team at this time, he was the flag bearer of the Chinese team's Olympic opening ceremony this year, which was also the first time in his life.

When the host read "China", Xu Yong walked out of the passage with the national flag in his hand, the spotlight hit him, and the entire Maracanã stadium was in a boil.

Just like in the BJ Olympics back then, people could really feel Kobe's popularity, and only in the Rio Olympics can everyone really feel Xu Yong's popularity now.

Even the staff at the scene kept the camera on Xu Yong, followed by continuous and enduring cheers, which were not weaker than when Bundchen appeared.

Yes, in this football country, Xu Yong's influence as a basketball player is so huge.

"Maybe the NBA is inseparable from Xu at this moment." At the TNT show, which was broadcasting the opening ceremony, Barkley couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the people beside him were not only his partners O'Neill and Kenny Smith, but even the guest "Magic" Johnson nodded in approval.

Jordan took the NBA to the height of the world, and Xu Yong took it to another new level.

There are many differences between them, from skin colour to personality, but what they all have in common is that they are all unique and great players.

The Olympics are divided into two groups, and the Chinese team was placed in one group by the host Brazil team this year.

Don't feel like it's an honor, because the Chinese team is the defending champion of the last Olympics, and they are the same team as the United States.

The reason why the Brazilian team chose the Chinese team instead of the United States team in the group is that they feel that they have a better chance to play the Chinese team.

Moreover, the Chinese team is also the first opponent of the Brazilian team in the group stage, and it is scheduled for the golden match in the evening.

The Brazilian team can be said to have made full preparations this time.

Although the final result proved that their preparation did not work in the end.

Because it is a home-grown game, basically all the Brazilian team can play this time is here, Barbossa, Nene and Raul Neto, as well as Vallejo, who played for the Bulls last season, and Split, who has just been traded.

In terms of strength, the Brazilian team is definitely at the level of the quarterfinals, plus a little host advantage, and the top four are marginal teams.

Therefore, the whole game was more intense, and it was played until the last quarter, Xu Yong scored 20 points in a single quarter in a 10-minute game, and finally helped the Chinese team win the game.

At the end of the game, Xu Yong scored 46 points.

A slightly exaggerated, but reasonable score.

The exaggeration is because Xu Yong's debut data is only 9 points away from Schmidt's record of 55 points.

It is reasonable because Yao Ming retired and Yi Jianlian's ability declined, and the Chinese team is basically counting on Xu Yongduo now.

And Xu Yong, who has officially entered the peak, is a person who can score 69 points and 72 points in a single game in the NBA playoffs.

Although the FIBA game is not an NBA game, and the rules are very different, because of the technical characteristics of the game, Xu Yong is just the player who can switch perfectly like Durant.

Xu Yong's performance lasted for the entire group stage, and he led the Chinese team to win the group stage with an average of 39 points per game.

If it weren't for the ease of playing African Brothers, Xu Yong only scored 20 points early from the game, and his average score per game in the group would definitely exceed 40.

With such a performance, fans basically feel two things when they see it.

First, Schmidt's dusty history, which has never been touched, is beginning to loosen up a bit.

Second, they saw a hypothesis that many people had put forward back then: what it would be like to play for Jordan for other national basketball teams.

And just when everyone thought that Xu Yong's performance in the group stage was crazy enough, when it came to the knockout round, they knew that it was just the beginning.

In the first game of the knockout round, when facing Serbia, which was fourth in another group, Xu Yong surprised everyone with a performance of 51 in a single game.

The game was also very intense, and the two sides fought until the last moment, and Xu Yong used a difficult kill at the last moment to help the Chinese team get through the danger.

After this game, there was a voice from the outside world, they felt that the strength of the Chinese team was much weaker than four years ago, and even Serbia, which was fourth in the group, had to work so hard.

However, in fact, the strength of this Serbian team is completely underestimated.

Although Jokic has not yet joined the Serbian national team at this time, in the history that Xu Yong experienced in his previous life, Serbia was the runner-up in this year's Olympic Games.

With this kind of doubt, the men's basketball team successfully reached the semifinals, and their opponent was the old rival, the Australian team that created a famous scene by the [Yellow Miracle] Bogut at the London Olympics.

This can be said to be a discord.

As a result, in this game, the Chinese team played more easily, because Australia frantically attacked Xu Yong throughout the game, and the rest of the Chinese team completely opened.

So although he only scored the lowest score of 34 points since this year's Olympics, he handed out 11 assists to allow China to beat Australia by double digits to advance to the final.

Yi Jianlian made 3 three-pointers from the outside and scored the second-highest 17 points of the Chinese team, Jeremy Lin had 16 points and 6 assists, Zhou Qi also had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks, plus Ding Yanyuhang's 12 points, the Chinese team can be said to be in full bloom.

This also lets the outside world know that although most of Xu Yong's teammates are indeed CBA, when you despise them, you have to pay for it.

In the final, the Chinese team met the American team again.

This American team, that is, the Dream 12 team, although there is no Durant, there are Irving, Anthony, George, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson, Green, Cousins, Jordan Jr. and others, it can be said that it has gathered all the stars of the new generation, and completely crushed the Chinese team in terms of talent.

Especially the Chinese team did not have Yao Ming this time, and there was no advantage in the inner line.

The only one they can rely on is Xu Yong.

And on the side of the American team, the head coach, the old fritter K in the Olympic arena, also knows this.

So at the beginning of this final, Lao K, like the Australian team, carried out a crazy pinching attack on Xu Yong.

But unlike the Australian team, the talent of the American players is terrifying in a game that is smaller than the NBA, FIBA.

Why was the Dream Eight team terrifying? That's because of this trick.

Although this year's U.S. team does not have Wade's thief, they have George and Butler, and the pressure that these two can give from the outside is very high.

Especially Butler, as Xu Yong's Pippen, he can be said to be very familiar with Xu Yong's style of play.

In the entire first half, Xu Yong only made 13 shots and scored 16 points, which can be said to be a huge gap from the game before him.

And the rest of the Chinese team is also limited in what the rest of the Chinese team can do under the intensity of the American team's defensive rotation.

So by the end of the half, the Chinese team was already 20 points behind the American team.

Almost no one thinks that the Chinese team still has a chance, even the players of the Chinese team.

And this time at halftime, Xu Yong didn't pour any chicken soup into his teammates.

But at the beginning of the second half, Xu Yong showed a completely different way of playing than in the first half, he began to frequently shoot in the bag, and then used various skills to send the ball into the basket.

That sounds crazy, let alone in front of the fans.

'I don't know how to express it, but I would say that when we came back in the second half, it seemed like our flanking was ineffective. When the game was over, Lao K said helplessly at the press conference.

Throughout the second half, Xu Yong used an almost crazy way to score frequently in the pinching of the American team.

19 points in the third quarter and 23 points in the fourth quarter!

In the entire second half, Xu Yong scored 42 points!

The strong aura he showed on the offensive end made George cringe when defending him, and even Butler could only look at the ball and sigh.

And in the two rounds that decided the outcome of the game, Xu Yong first directly blocked Anthony's stunner by helping the defense, and then returned to the offensive end, he hit the three-pointer of the game on the outside against George's defense.

When the ball was thrown, the commentator at the scene stood up and walked to the side and knelt down directly.

58 points in a single game!

Xu Yong used a way to break Schmidt's record of 55 points in a single game, the highest single-game score in the Olympics, and helped the Chinese men's basketball team unbelievably complete the Olympic title defense in Rio.

When the final whistle blew in the game, Xu Yong walked to the bench and sat down surrounded by his teammates, and under the exhaustion and excitement, he couldn't control his emotions and his eyes were red.

Before this, or before this summer, he wouldn't have thought that he would be able to lead the team to the top without Yao Ming.

Because he has played in the NBA for many years, he is well aware of the strength of the Dream Team.

But Durant's unexpected exit, coupled with the NBA's [vertical jump rule] killing the homegrown center, ultimately created this incredible result.

At this moment, someone patted Xu Yong's shoulder from behind.

No one would dare to do that at this time, except one person.

When Xu Yong turned around and saw the female Zhao Sun and Moon who had also red eyes, he got up and gave the other party a big bear hug.

They had once again reached the highest place in the world, and although their roles were different at this time, the excitement was interconnected.

When the competition was over, Xu Yong was thrilled when he wore the golden medal that represented the highest honor of the Olympic Games.

And after wearing the medal, the other members of the Chinese team collectively held hands and made a "bow" gesture to Xu Yong on the stage.

There was applause and cheers from the audience, and no one felt that this scene was anything unusual.

Because Xu Yong averaged 42.4 points per game in addition to 58 points per game, he used an Olympic Games to break Schmidt's record cleanly.

After the award ceremony, Xu Yong was interviewed by Zhang Weiping on the sidelines.

When he saw the same red eyes and asked Xu Yong how he felt about the last lore ball, Xu Yong originally wanted to say thank Xiao Hua.

But when you think about it, it doesn't seem right, because the [Vertical Takeoff Rule] is a product of Stern's era.

So at the end, he could only smile into the camera and say, "Thank you, James." ”

(End of chapter)