On the other side of the ocean, in London, England, the new Olympic Games are slowly unfolding.

North American fans are gradually shifting their attention from the free market to the group stage of the Olympic men's basketball team.

As for domestic fans, even more so.

Everyone also wants to see if Doon, who has just won another NBA championship and is in hot form, can lead the team to achieve good results in the absence of a main force such as Yao Ming in the men's basketball team.

Before the start of the game, Doon also felt that it should not be a problem to make it out of the group stage.

However, on July 29, after the first game of the group stage, Doon realized what the problem was.

As the gold medalist in the men's basketball event at the last Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team seems to be treated differently from other teams.

The referee's requirements for the men's basketball team seem to be more demanding, and even a big-name star like Doon can't take advantage of anything.

Even, Doon broke through with the ball, stopped to worship the Buddha, and was actually blown away.

The fans at the scene were cheering for Doon and complaining for Doon, but the referee insisted on going his own way, and even behaved a little high-minded and deliberately targeted.

It is precisely for this reason that the men's basketball team played a tough first game against Spain.

Even though Doon used mixed tactics and played the full fourth quarter to cut down 36 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, he still failed to lead the team to win.

Fortunately, the men's basketball team did not lose many points, 88-94, which was only 6 points.

And the Spanish team has been really strong over the years, so the men's basketball team has played like this without one Yao Ming, and it is okay to get by in terms of face.

Of course, losing the first game of the group stage is still a bit demoralizing.

And in order to ensure that we can qualify for the group stage, every subsequent group stage is particularly important.

On July 31, the men's basketball team played against the Russian team.

In this battle, Doon played harder, but fortunately, he felt good, scoring 46 points in the whole game, and his skills were astonishing.

The men's basketball team also relied on Doane's firepower, and finally won the first victory of the group stage with an advantage of 82-77,5 points.

I have to say that Doon's ability to lead the team was honed as early as the NBA.

Doon knows that his teammates in the men's basketball team still have some strength, at least the strength to break out of the group stage.

They're just a little nervous and a little timid about playing big games, and Doon has seen a lot of this.

As long as you get the ball at the beginning and play the score advantage, it will naturally be much easier to play next.

Of course, when the game reaches the second half, there will be unreasonable distribution of physical strength, or under strong confrontation, it will not be possible to maintain scoring efficiency.

At this time, it is necessary for Doon to save the scene with his personal strength.

Fortunately, the men's basketball team concentrates the essence of a country after all. And it's a day when everyone can eat dumplings and everyone has a good hand.

On August 2, in the third game of the men's basketball group stage, Doon didn't contribute much, and the men's basketball team relied on the play of Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu to win the game.

In this way, two wins are in hand!

As we all know, there are a total of six teams in Group A/B of the group stage, and the top four advance to the quarterfinals.

With two wins, the men's basketball team can at least qualify for the next knockout round with the fourth place in the group.

Of course, the men's basketball team didn't let it go. As the gold medalist of the last year, if the men's basketball team has a chance, it will definitely rush to the group stage record.

Even if the Spanish team wins all of them, the men's basketball team will have to fight for the second place in the group.

On August 4, the men's basketball team played against Brazil.

Normally, the men's basketball team has a better configuration, and it is advantageous to play the Brazilian team.

In the last game against the Australian team, the other players in the men's basketball team beat the water dogs and played too hard.

Playing the Brazilian team today, the physical strength is even worse, the second half is all soft-footed shrimp, and no one can stand up to share the pressure for Doon.

In this case, Doon can only fire on again and carry alone.

86-83, relying on Doon's 13 points in the fourth quarter, the men's basketball team won by 3 points and won the third win of the group stage.

However, in the final game of the group stage, the men's basketball team faced the host team, the United Kingdom.

Originally, the men's basketball team played the British team completely crushed, but the problem is that this is someone's home field.

Moreover, Great Britain have won just one game before and must win tonight if they are to progress to the knockout rounds.

Therefore, in this game, the men's basketball team became a sacrifice for the British team to advance to the knockout round.

After the game began, Doon was saddled with two fouls in just six minutes of the first quarter.

After restarting the game in the second quarter, he only played three minutes before getting his third foul.

The British referee on the scene blatantly did not allow Doon to play, and Doon had to sit down on the field first.

Even so, the men's basketball team still had some advantages in the first half.

However, in the second half, the referee not only played with Dhorn, but also with the mentality of other people.

Doon left the court with five fouls after only 4 minutes of play in the fourth quarter, and Yi Jianlian was also whistled for a fifth foul with 2 minutes left before the end of the game.

The men's basketball team finally lost to the host team 73-84.

After the game, the men's basketball team will definitely appeal to FIBA.

However, the referees for the men's and women's basketball events in the Olympic Games are all sent by FIBA.

The FIBA headquarters is in Europe, and the referees are mainly white, so there is no need to say whose interests FIBA will protect.

The men's basketball team's appeal was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no response was heard until the end of this Olympic Games.

In this way, the men's basketball team advanced to the knockout round with 3 wins and 2 losses, and the third place in the group.

The next opponent is the Argentine team in Group A, which is second only to the Dream Ten team and has 4 wins and 1 loss.

Although Argentina's golden generation has been declining, it is just old and not dead.

On the men's basketball side, two days ago, the British team wanted to win 5 against 8 and win 5 against 8, but they still lost.

is also because he played too hard in the last game, and he has not fully recovered yet, and now there is no helper by Doon's side.

Even if Doon scored 40 points in the game, it would not be possible to avoid the men's basketball team from reaching the quarterfinals.

Fortunately, this is not unacceptable to the domestic audience.

On the one hand, the referee in the last game was too dark, and the domestic audience did not recognize the penalty of this game.

On the other hand, Yao Ming's injury retirement is indeed a huge loss for the men's basketball team.

As for other CBA players, they are obsessed with past achievements, do not want to forge ahead, and their strength does not advance but retreats, which was seen as early as the World Championships two years ago.

It is precisely because of this that domestic fans' expectations for the men's basketball team are not so high, and there will not be too much gap because the men's basketball team stops in the quarterfinals.

Moreover, this Olympic Games, not only the men's basketball team, but also other sports have many problems, which will be affected by various subjective factors, resulting in a decline in performance.

Most of the Chinese people still have the same hatred, and they scold the referee more than the CBA, and even the foreign coach scolds more than the player.

As the best player in the men's basketball team, Doon has the NBA honor to protect his body, so he didn't do anything, and he still received heroic treatment after returning home.

For this reason, Doon is also willing to rest in China for a while.

After all, I've been busy all year long, and last summer I took rookies to open summer leagues and training camps, and I was busy all day long!

In other words, when Doon was at home and self-cultivation, John Paxson, the general manager of the Bulls, was not idle.

This summer, John Paxson was the busiest.

Just like an employee of a large factory, if he doesn't do something out, he is easy to be misunderstood by his boss and has been fishing.

John Paxson tried to trade Milicic and Evans back in July.

But so far, the two have not been sold, but they have signed back a Ray Allen, making the Bulls' roster more bloated next season, which is definitely not good.

Thinking that Doon had already finished the Olympics, he would definitely be back for training camp in September.

John Paxson had to step up his efforts and trade Milicic and Evans as soon as possible.

John Paxson tried to trade the Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies weren't interested in trading Pau Gasol.

In the end, John Paxson had to use some means to reach out to LaMarcus Aldridge's agent and tell them to move them, so that he could complete the deal with the Trail Blazers.

Aldridge still has some feelings for the Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers management has really dragged his feet in recent years, slowly exhausting his patience.

The age-old problem - Pioneer Veterinarian is the problem that must be solved!

Roy is hurt, and so is Oden! Aldridge worries every day whether he will be the next person who will be injured and collapsed.

Looking at the players who have been traded in recent years, Andre Miller, Gerard Wallace, and Marcus Camby, they are either injured, or they are old, their form is declining, and the playoffs are not useful at all.

Aldridge is in the Trail Blazers, and there is no hope of winning the championship at all.

Seeing that there is a young team like the Thunder rising in the West, Aldridge learned that the Bulls wanted him, and after thinking about it, he decided to choose a good bird.

James has done even MVP like this, and there is no reason why he Aldridge can't do it.

Besides, the Bulls came up with two All-Star players, which is not a disadvantage to the Trail Blazers.

When Aldridge took the initiative to find the Trail Blazers management for a showdown, the Trail Blazers management knew that they couldn't keep Aldridge, so they happily chose to release him.

It's just that he was a little greedy and asked for an extra second-round pick from the Bulls.

All-Star swaps, one for two is already very rebellious, the Trail Blazers are not popular enough, and they need one more second round, and there is no one left.

However, the Bulls' rebuild is over, and the draft pick for the next three years is not that important, even if it is given to a first-round pick.

John Paxson also wanted to keep his job, so he accepted the plan offered by the Trailblazers on the principle that loss is a blessing.

In other words, after the completion of this transaction, it also caused a lot of shock inside and outside the alliance.

Aldridge is an honest player who plays quietly, usually not well-known, and can enter the All-Star Game as a Western All-Star substitute, and many fans even think he is a data brush.

Because there is really nothing eye-catching, not to mention that the style of play is still soft and even more unpopular.

But the problem is that the Bulls take the meritorious player Milicic, as well as the rising Evans, plus a second-round pick and a three-for-one with the Trail Blazers, which is a bit too exaggerated.

The Bulls can trade for Howard!

The Bulls have won so many championships over the years, it is impossible for the management not to understand the ball, right?

However, this transaction is indeed a bit nonsensical.

As a result, some team executives even applied to the league for an investigation.

They felt that there must be something wrong with the Bulls' trade with the Trail Blazers.

If the Bulls and the Trail Blazers have a situation similar to the Yin-Yang Contract in private, then the League may be able to step in and punish the Bulls harshly to prevent the Bulls from building a new dynasty that is very likely to be built soon.

Originally, the outside media was just discussing whether Aldridge was worth the price of one for three, and whether the Bulls could defend the championship next season after getting Aldridge.

At this time, I suddenly heard that some team executives reported to the league that the Trail Blazers and Bulls were doing things in private, so naturally they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so they immediately added fuel and vinegar and reported the gossip.

Regardless of whether he is true or not, whether it is human blood steamed buns or not, in short, eat a wave of traffic first.

And the domestic media, when they heard the wind and grass in North America, also followed the load, and even further used their imagination to add some explanations.

It is also because of the movement of the domestic media that some reporters took the initiative to come to the door, and Doon, who was on vacation, was immediately dumbfounded when he heard such news.

Upon hearing such rumors, Doon certainly couldn't remain indifferent.

After taking the initiative to call to find out the situation, Doon still had some doubts in his heart, worried that John Paxson had messed things up and was found out about taking kickbacks in private, and now he is still trying to hide it from him.

So, Doon ended his vacation early and flew to Chicago to find out what was going on.

By the time Doon arrived in Chicago, the league executives had almost done the job of investigating the matter.

The results of the investigation showed that John Paxson was indeed a bit stupid, and the Trail Blazers stepped on shit luck and made a big wave of luck.

It is also because of the big trouble this time that John Paxson has become more famous in the circle.

In the past, everyone thought that the general manager of the team did not have an honest person, but now they find that there really is.

For a while, many team executives, as well as some star agents, teamed up to blow up John Paxson's phone.

It's a pity that the Bulls have completed the reinforcement work this summer, and the lineup for the new season has been decided.

Point guards: Curry, Bradley.

Quarterbacks: Harden, Ray Allen, Middleton.

Small forwards: Doon, George, Car, Butler, Crowder.

Power forwards: Aldridge, Ibaka, Vucevic, Green.

Centre-forward: Hassan Whiteside.

Of course, the regular season hasn't started yet, and the roster isn't necessarily set in stone.

Now this list has filled the list of fifteen people, and the first- and second-year rookies account for a large part of it.

The Bulls will definitely be running for the record in the new season, and it will take some time to run in the lineup just at the beginning of the season, and it will be even less energetic to take care of the rookies.

In order to win the championship, the Bulls need to free up a few spots for veterans in the free agency who want to mix championship rings and still have gas in the tank.

Therefore, Middleton, Crowder and Green can only play in the Development League for one season. (End of chapter)