Miami, United States.

The general manager's office of the Heat.

Due to the time difference, it's still an afternoon in Miami.

In the office, Pat Riley had just finished watching the Celestial Empire vs Greece match, and Pat Riley leaned back in the sofa chair with a far-sighted smile on his face.

"This Lin is really getting more and more superstar charm!"

For the Heat in the new season, Pat Riley is also becoming more and more confident.

At this time, someone knocked on the door and walked in, it was none other than Heat coach Stan Van Gundy.

"Mr. Riley, what are you looking for me?"

Pat Riley motioned for Big Van Gundy to sit down on the couch, then frowned and said:

"I'm going to trade Eddie Jones, what do you think?"

Stan Van Gundy was taken aback, he didn't expect Pat Riley to even trade Eddie Jones, knowing that this was the team's scoring champion of the Heat last season.

Eddie Jones, the No. 10 pick in the first round in 1994, has been the starting point guard with the Lakers since his rookie season, scoring 20.1 points in his peak season, allowing Bryant to play off the bench for two consecutive seasons.

A three-time All-Star and a four-time defensive lineup, Eddie Jones is absolutely top-notch on the front line, where defense is better than offense.

In fact, Pat Riley wants to trade Eddie Jones, and Stan Van Gundy can fully understand, after all, Wade needs to be corrected in the new season, and Jones and Wade's on-ball play is highly overlapping.

Although Eddie Jones was the Heat's regular season scoring leader last season, in the second half of the season, Wade began to rise quickly and overtake in corners.

By the time the Heat played two rounds of the playoffs, rookie Wade's scoring average soared to 18 points per game, while Eddie Jones dropped to 13.6 points.

This also shows that even Wade, who was in his rookie season, can play harder than Eddie Jones.

And Eddie Jones' contract for the new season is also the highest among the Heat team except for O'Neal, reaching more than 14 million US dollars.

"It's not impossible to trade Jones, but I don't know if I can get the right chips, after all, his current market can be said to be up and down!"

Pat Riley frowned and said: "Eddie is about to be 33 years old, while he is still at his peak and the transaction value is still there, trading as soon as possible is the most suitable choice!" ”

"It's best for a small forward to be replaced with a role player who is mainly defensive and can shoot three-pointers, such as Sean Battier of the Grizzlies, and I'm still very optimistic about this player!"

Stan Van Gundy nodded: "Well, Sean is indeed a good player, there is a lot of room for growth, he has been playing as a substitute for the Grizzlies for the past two seasons and has not been reused!" ”

"But Old Man Jerry West is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and if you want to get Sean Battier, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble!"

Pat Riley nodded and asked, "It's still a problem with the starting point guard, what are your plans?" ”

Stan Van Gundy has also been thinking about who should be the team's starting point guard in the new season, after all, Wade is the ball-handling core, and the point guard should find a role that can freely switch between with and without the ball, so that it is the most suitable.

At the same time, Lin Fei on the bench can also produce enough chemical reaction in the rotation connection section.

"There are only a few good point guards in the league now, and the others are mediocre!"

"A good point guard team will definitely not put it, we don't have enough chips, the second point guard is a lot, and if you don't choose well, you have to smash it in your hands!"

"The main thing is to be a starting point guard who can match Dwayne, which is even harder to find!"

Pat Riley was resolute: "Well, if it really doesn't work, renew Ralph Alston, try it first, the new season is not good to run in and then trade!" ”

"If you want me to say, the most suitable partner with Wade in the backcourt has to be Lin, as long as his defense can be improved a little more and he has basic dribbling ability, it will be perfect!"

Stan Van Gundy smiled: "That's right, Lin has shown good defensive strength in the backcourt at this Olympic Games, and there has been improvement!" ”

"The day after tomorrow, we will play the semifinals of the Celestial Empire, what are the chances of winning?"

Pat Riley is not optimistic about this year's Dream Six, he knows that the two losses in the group stage are not accidental, this dream team lineup is quite deformed, and there are too many internal problems.

"I feel that at most, although the overall strength of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team is weak, it has become more and more united along the way, but this group of players in the United States is fighting on their own, and they are scattered!"

……

With the men's basketball team of the Celestial Empire defeating the host Greece to reach the semifinals of the Olympic Games, the fans of the Celestial Empire are also rejoicing, eagerly looking forward to the semifinals and the battle of the United States Dream Six.

On the Internet of major sports forums and Olympic special forums, the voices of fans are also endless, and the popularity of the semi-finals Celestial Empire VS United States is very high.

At least on the domestic side, the focus of this semi-final has long since surpassed the attention of this year's NBA Finals.

"The dream six of the United States is not so terrible, otherwise how could they lose two games in a row in the group stage, although our chances of winning are not great, but there is definitely a chance!"

"After the defeat of Greece, I feel that the entire men's basketball team of the Celestial Empire has been sublimated, at least this momentum of unity is much better than the top six of the rice dream of the United States!"

"Being able to reach the semi-finals is already a super-level performance, and it's basically useless to eliminate Mi Guo and enter the finals, you must know that Mi Guo is just pretending to be dead in the group stage, didn't he win Xibanya in the knockout round?"

"I watched the knockout match with Xibanya, there is no tactics at all in the United States, it is completely Iverson's performance alone, and Duncan also restricts Gasol's play on the inside!"

"Dream Six has Iverson and Marbury here, this is too much of a test of our men's basketball team's guard defense, only Lin Fei can defend a point, how can this be enough?"

"FIBA didn't defend for three seconds, there were Da Yao and the roughly twin towers sitting in the restricted area, Iverson and Marbury don't want to burst in, if you want to shoot, you can let them go, and you can only admit to being shot!"

"Don't forget who the coach of the Mi national team is, Philip Saunders is the head coach of the Timberwolves, he knows how to use Lin Fei the most, and naturally knows how to defend him!"

"No matter how strong his country is, if you don't say much, you just do it, and defeat the wolf of US imperialist capital!"

With the enthusiastic anticipation of the fans, the time finally came to August 27.

The competition at the Yadian Olympics has also entered the final three days of the final stage.

This day is a very important match day for fans and sports fans of the Celestial Empire.

Not only will the Celestial Empire men's basketball team face the United States Dream Six in the semifinals, but Liu Xiang will also participate in the final of the 110-meter hurdles, striving to break through the Celestial Empire's men's track and field Olympic medal 0.

At seven o'clock in the evening local time, it was still the Olympic Stadium, and the men's basketball team and the United States game started immediately.

At this time, on the basketball court, the players of the United States and the Celestial Empire were warming up.

Compared with the highly uniform head shape and skin color of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team,

The players of the team are full of flamboyant personalities, with a variety of tattoos on their shoulders and arms, and their hairstyles are also distinctive.

Even though this is the dream team with the dimmer star of the United States team after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics allowed NBA players to participate,

But there are still NBA superstars like Iverson and Duncan in the Dream Six, and there is an endless stream of European fans in the stands, and to put it bluntly, they are here to watch this group of stars in the United States play.

Although the game is a battle of life and death, the players on the side of the men's basketball team in the Celestial Empire still inevitably cast their adoring eyes on the stars on the side of the United States.

In particular, several CBA players, Zhu Fangyu, UAE and Liu Wei, are still waiting for Iverson, Marbury and Duncan to sign autographs and take photos after the game.

Zhu Fangyu's idol in the NBA is Kobe, but he also likes Allen Iverson, after all, Iverson single-handedly went ahead with the OK combination in the 01 Finals, which is enough to make him famous all over the world.

Liu Wei prefers Marbury to Iverson, and he believes that Marbury's strength is not inferior to Iverson, but his luck is worse.

Watching NBA games on weekdays, Liu Wei also watches Marbury's games more than Iverson.

The UAE's idol is Michael Jordan, but he's more of a learning from Tim Duncan to be a qualified power forward.

"Lin Fei, who is your idol in the NBA?"

was asked by Zhu Fangyu, and he really stumped Lin Fei, who was shooting, he wanted to say that his idol was Nowitzki, and it was estimated that Zhu Fangyu didn't believe it very much.

After all, Nowitzki has not won a single dry honor in the NBA at this stage, and he has not won MVP or championship.

But if his idol is Curry, it would be even more ridiculous.

"Iverson and Kobe, these two guys are my idols!"

Zhu Fangyu said excitedly: "Lin, Marbury plays point guard, Iverson is the starting point guard tonight, just against you, you can use your three-point shot to pay tribute to your idol!" ”

Lin Fei glanced at Iverson, who still had a ditch on the opposite court, and said with a smile: "That's right, the best way to pay tribute to idols is:"

"Blow him up!"

Liu Wei obviously didn't have enough courage: "I'm playing against Marbury tonight, Nima, I hope I won't be robbed by him too many times!" ”

Li Nan directly punched Liu Wei in the chest, and said coldly: "Don't raise the morale of others to destroy our own prestige, if he steals you, you will turn around and directly knock him down for me!" ”

The momentum of Xiao Li's flying knife is still there, and the iron-blooded spirit of the soldier is not allowed to increase the prestige of the US imperialists.

Roughly his body was also full of fighting spirit, and he nodded and agreed:

"The male brother is right, when you get to the game, don't engage in any idolatry, even if it's Jordan on the other side, you have to show your courage to show your sword!"

Da Yao stared coldly at the "little bully" Amare Stoudemire on the opposite court.

Knowing that tonight's Stoudemire is the starter, Da Yao's fighting spirit is a little more.

Both Stoudemire and Da Yao were rookies in 2002, Da Yao was the top pick and Stoudemire was the No. 9 pick in the first round.

At the beginning, Stoudemire publicly ridiculed Da Yao in front of the media for not being worthy of being the champion, and he was the best candidate for the champion.

After the 02-03 season, Stoudemire also won the Best Rookie Award as he wished, leaving Da Yao behind.

But in terms of the average data of the two that year, "Little Overlord" was 13.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, while Da Yao was 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks.

The data of the two people is completely equal, and Da Yao's hit rate is higher.

So he was robbed of the Best Rookie Award, and Da Yao was not reconciled.

Coupled with the harassy ridicule in front of the media on weekdays, as well as the various targets in the Suns and Rockets games,

Da Yao secretly made up his mind that in tonight's life-and-death battle between the United States and the Celestial Empire, he must make Stoudemire a defeated general.

"Tim Duncan, I can't say I can beat him, but this Standudemire, I'm going to beat him tonight!"

On the other hand, in the warm-up half of the United States team, the friendly exchanges between the players were much less, and they seemed to be divided into several different camps.

As teammates in the same Suns, Marion and Stoudemire are naturally close, but the two are actually fighting for more power in the team.

Steve Nash has come to the team for the new season, and the two have become a camp, but let's see how many brushes this 30-year-old can have.

Marbury and Iverson are both in the 96 golden generation, and naturally they have a good relationship.

Legend has it that when he first entered the league, Marbury was dissatisfied with Iverson, believing that he was more worthy of the top pick, and the two often went toe-to-toe in the game.

But in 2001, as Marbury encountered a gangster dilemma in a bar, Iverson made a phone call to settle the difficulties for Marbury, and the two became good friends off the court.

The three rookies, James, Wade and Anthony, have apparently become a small camp on their own, and they don't have much to say to the veteran players.

Deng Dudun is even more low-key, not talking nonsense with the players directly, but chatting with Philip Saunders on his own, which obviously has the intention of joining the assistant coaching team.

Boozer signed with the Jazz for the Cavaliers because of his reversal, and now he has nothing to say to James, and the two had a lot of conflicts on the ball last season.

As for the new star Emeka Okafor, she has been completely reduced to a water cooler administrator, who has only played less than 10 minutes in the previous six games of the United States team, grabbed 2 rebounds and had zero other statistics.

is such a loose dream of the United States, and it can still win the bronze medal in the original world, which is actually very powerful, and it really relies on its personal strength to play a piece of the sky indiscriminately.

Lin Fei also had a friendly exchange with Philip Saunders on the sidelines before the game began.

After all, he was his mentor at the Timberwolves last season, and Lin Fei still has a lot of respect for Philip Saunders, although there is no way to work together again in the new season.

Philip Saunders also affirmed Lin Fei's good results in this Olympic Games, and congratulated him on his better development in the new season with the Heat.

The time soon came to eight o'clock, and at the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The starting five Tigers on the side of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team are:

Point Guard (PG): Liu Wei,

Scoring Guard (SG): Lin Fei,

Small Forward (SF): Zhu Fangyu,

Power Forward (PF): Roughly,

Center (C): Da Yao.

The starting five Tigers on the side of the United States team are:

Point Guard (PG): Stephen Marbury,

Shooting Guard (SG): Allen Iverson,

Small Forward (SF): Sean Marion,

Power Forward (PF): Amare Stoudemire,

Center (C): Tim Duncan.

In the previous games, Philip Saunders has always played Richard Jefferson as a small forward and Sean Marion as a power forward.

But Jefferson's performance was not good, and his personal condition was average, so tonight against the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, Philip Saunders took the initiative to change the formation, allowing Marion and Xiaobawang to partner in the front.

At just 2.01 metres tall, Marion is strong, has great jump, incredible speed, and has a long arm span that makes him tough defensively.

On the court, Marion can play as a power forward and small forward, and on the defensive end, he can go from 1 to 5, and has only played 5 seasons in the league before being selected as an All-Star twice in a row.

The Suns also offered Marion a six-year, $79 million contract early.

On the bench on the sidelines of the United States team,

The three brothers, James, Wade and Anthony, were chatting and laughing while biting their fingernails, while Okafor was playing with the towel in his hand.

Philip Saunders deliberately put Stoudemire and Da Yao on the middle circle to jump the ball, and this time Stoudemire used his better bounce speed and reflexes to pick up the basketball ahead of Da Yao.

"Smack!"

Marbury received the ball and advanced, and the scene was thunderous, and the United States team took the lead in attacking at the beginning.

Facing Liu Wei, who was a little nervous near the three-point line in the frontcourt, Marbury took a decisive right-footed attack step after a three-point threat, and Liu Wei subconsciously took a step back.

Marbury took advantage of the situation and hurriedly crossed the step, followed by a sudden stop crotch dribble and retreated, the change in rhythm was quite skillful, and he instantly opened a distance of three meters with Liu Wei and made a shooting threat posture.

Liu Wei was afraid that Marbury would make a big move, so he naturally hurriedly pounced forward again,

Marbury took advantage of the situation to make an attack to the right and shook it, levitating the ball with his right hand, allowing Liu Wei to subconsciously move sideways to block the right side.

"Whoosh!"

At this time, Marbury suddenly changed direction with a cross step, and he passed Liu Wei in an instant when he took the left side, seeing that the defense did not come up at the first time, and Da Yao was guarding the penalty area.

Marbury stepped into a sharp stop and jumped out of the middle of his hand decisively.

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

The moment the basketball hollowed into the net, Liu Wei also lost his center of gravity and was directly shaken to the ground.

Marbury, who was returning to the defense, smiled and spread his hands and made an apologetic gesture to Liu Wei, who fell to the ground.

"OMG guy, at your level, do you deserve to play in the Olympics?"

Celestial Empire (0) :(2) Rice Country.

Lin Fei frowned, his eyes were sharp, Marbury's breakthrough just now was completely playing Liu Wei as a monkey, with his strength, there was no need for such complicated movements to score.

It seems that this is obviously intentional, and the opening game will give the Celestial Empire men's basketball team a dismount.

After the last two victories and training, Lin Fei finally improved his defensive attributes to 70 points.

But can this 70-point defensive attribute prevent Marbury's breakthrough just now?

Obviously impossible, Lin Fei is self-aware.

If Marbury can't prevent it, wouldn't it be more troublesome to face Iverson?

In the attack of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, Liu Wei's ball to the low-post Da Yao made another mistake and was directly stealed by Stoudemire.

"Smack!"

Stoudemire's pass was very fast, and Marbury hurriedly played a fast break.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei chased Iverson and quickly retreated, and clearly saw the Chinese character "loyalty" tattooed on his neck, while Marbury threw off Liu Wei in the middle and killed the penalty area, and threw the ball high to the tempered rebound above his head without an empty basket.

"Bang!"

The basketball flew over the head of Liu Wei, who was chasing the defense, and Marion, who followed up quickly on the left side, caught the ball and jumped up, flew over most of the penalty area, and delivered a powerful and heavy dunk.

"Boom!"

The scene was thunderous, and most European fans were cheering for the United States Dream Six.

Del Harris, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned, the gap in point guard was too big.

This time it was Liu Wei who was injured again, Marion rushed over with a diagonal stab against Liu Wei's face when he jumped up just now, and his knee just scratched Liu Wei's nose.

Liu Wei covered his nose for a violent sour feeling, and nosebleeds immediately oozed out of his fingers.

(End of chapter)