The big reason is because he didn't give face to the Football Basketball Association.
Of course, there is also something about Wang Fei.
In April 2002, Wang Zhizhi, who had just played a full season in the NBA, was naturally selected for the Chinese national team preparing for the 2002 World Championships.
At that time, Wang Zhizhi's contract with the Mavericks had expired, so he proposed to the Basketball Association that he wanted to stay in the United States and participate in the NBA Summer League to seek a contract and return to the team in July.
In fact, the Basketball Management Center acquiesced at that time.
When the national team was training at that time, a reporter named Jiang Weide asked when interviewing the national team coach Wang Fei: "Why hasn't Wang Zhizhi come back yet? Is this allowed by the Basketball Association?"
However, the Basketball Management Center only acquiesced and did not have any written materials.
So Wang Fei replied: "Wang Zhizhi didn't come back because he didn't get the consent of the Basketball Association."
Maybe it's because the two of them didn't communicate well.
If it were Lu Yu who had given Wang Fei a vaccination in advance like he did today, he could have made up a lot of reasons.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. In that era when it was not very open,
Domestic media rushed to report Wang Zhizhi's failure to return from his trip to the United States, and some even used the word "defection."
You know, Battelle was also playing in the NBA at the time, and did not participate in the summer league that year. Instead, he returned directly to China to participate in the training camp of the national team.
At that time, Yao Ming had already been selected by the Rockets as the No. 1 pick, and a group of young players born in the 1980s had attracted the attention of American teams and were very likely to participate in the NBA draft in 2003.
It is impossible for the Basketball Association to admit that it acquiesced in Wang Zhizhi's behavior, so the Basketball Association never stood up and spoke out, and the situation began to get out of control.
In August 2002, the Chinese men's basketball team arrived in Auckland to prepare for the World Championships.
Wang Zhizhi drove five hours to the Chinese national team's base and hoped to return to train with the team, but was rejected.
In October 2002, the Basketball Association announced Wang Zhizhi's expulsion from the national team during the Busan Asian Games.
Of course, Wang Zhizhi's expulsion was also affected by the Chinese men's basketball team's defeat at the World Championships and the Busan Asian Games.
These two charges are simply groundless.
The Chinese men's basketball team lost to Busan even though Yao Ming dominated the field. We can only blame the Chinese men's basketball team for poor performance or bad luck. Guan Wang Zhizhi is responsible?
If there was Wang Zhizhi in Busan, the Chinese men's basketball team would naturally not be defeated.
However, you didn't even allow Wang Zhizhi to participate in the World Championships before the Busan Asian Games, so how can you expect Wang Zhizhi to participate in the Busan Asian Games?
The Chinese men's basketball team lost first at the World Championships and then at the Asian Games. The blame cannot be placed on Wang Zhizhi.
The decision to expel Wang Zhizhi from the national team was actually made after the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Busan.
The purpose was to vent his anger on Wang Zhizhi because of the defeat in the World Championships and the Asian Games, and use Wang Zhizhi as a scapegoat.
Of course, there is also the contribution of Wang Zhizhi’s idiot manager.
Wang Zhizhi, who said a thousand words and was not good at communicating, and the Basketball Association, who was obsessed with saving face, ultimately contributed to this tragedy that affected the fate of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Lu Yu must fight for this privilege.
First, for my own sake, I cannot play for the national team every offseason. Even if my body is strong enough, those low-level games are meaningless.
Even the breathing method may not have any improvement effect at all.
The second is to pave the way for those who come after him. If he has crossed the river in front of him, and the players behind him can follow his example, he may be able to keep Wang Zhizhi and even extend Yao Ming's career.
Including those players affected by Wang Zhizhi's ban, they will not lose the opportunity to enter the NBA.
For example, Xue Yuyang, Mo Ke, Tang Zhengdong...
The premise is to save enough face for the Basketball Association.
If the Basketball Association had not blocked CCTV's broadcast this time, Lu Yu might have participated in this year's Asian Championships. After all, he was quite interested in the game against Lebanon.
But now, he doesn't plan to go. He wants to leave a little hope for himself and the Chinese men's basketball team in the future.
A phone ringing interrupted Lu Yu's thoughts.
It's an unfamiliar number.
Lu Yu motioned to Wang Fei to answer the phone.
"Hello, Lu, I am Jerry Krause, the general manager of the Bulls. I am happy to inform you that we have obtained your signing rights from the Clippers through a trade. We will become colleagues soon."
Klaus finally decided to trade for Lu Yu, for no other reason than to see Jordan deflated.
Lu Yu refused Jordan's trial training, which made him feel so happy.
What's more, Bill Cartwright brought a lot of videos of Lu Yu's college games to prove that Lu Yu would be an outstanding player.
Another point is that the coach is responsible for winning. To a large extent, he needs to listen to the opinions of the coaching staff when selecting players, but he is still the general manager of the team and he has to consider whether the team can make money.
Although league teams are still unsure whether they can occupy the huge Chinese market through Lu Yu, Krause is willing to give it a try.
So Krause gave up on letting the Clippers select Tyson Chandler and directly asked the other team to select Lu Yu first, and then used his fourth pick to select Chandler.
"Thank you, manager, I can't wait to integrate into the team and play with the seniors." Lu Yu said with a smile.
Klaus said: "By the way, you will rush to Salt Lake City on July 19th to participate in this year's Rocky Mountain Summer League. We hope you will play to your standards and prove your strength."
"I will definitely compete on time and give my best."
The two chatted for a while, and Lu Yu asked for the phone number of head coach Tim Floyd. Although he couldn't meet immediately during this period, he wanted to take the time to chat with the head coach.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yu smiled at Wang Fei and said: "The general manager of the Bulls called me and informed me that I will be playing in the summer league. I'm afraid it won't be long before I go to Chicago to report."
"I wish you success in Chicago!" Wang Fei raised the coffee cup in his hand.
Only if Lu Yu succeeds in the NBA this year, and when Lu Yu makes choices in the future, the Basketball Association will shut up.
The more successful Lu Yu is, the tighter the Basketball Association keeps its mouth shut.
Lu Yu smiled: "If it doesn't succeed, will you stop me?"
"..."
Su Qun, who was sitting aside, smiled, not expecting Lu Yu to be humorous at this time.
Because of Lu Yu's humor, the atmosphere that was a bit depressing just now became as relaxed as seeing sunshine in the fog.
Su Qun knew that his trip was not in vain.
Although he could not report on many conversations between Lu Yu and Wang Fei, the only one he could report was perhaps the news that Lu Yu was injured and would not be able to join the national team this year.
But he knew that this was just the starting point for Lu Yu's struggle against the domestic system.
And what he wants to do is to be the recorder of this struggle!
Lu Yu didn't think so much. He wanted to fight, but his situation was much better than that of Yao Ming. Firstly, he was not a player who came out of the system. Secondly, there was no lesson learned from Wang Zhizhi, so he was not like Yao Ming.
That would scare the monkeys, and they would be forced to run back every summer.
Since there are always people who have to stand up and resist.
Then just be the first one.
…
The next day, the Chicago Daily News devoted an entire page to reporting the news that Lu Yu had joined the Chicago Bulls.
"The Gentleman of the Windy City—Lu Yu"—Chicago Daily News.
At the same time, the domestic "Sports Weekly" also followed up and reported this incident, and wrote this sentence in an inconspicuous line at the end of the article.
"Lu Yu's wrist injury has not completely improved. Even if he is ready to return, he will not be able to return to the national team in the short term."
When Lu Yu received a call from Wang Zhizhi and listened to him reading this newspaper, he thought about the Su Qun of ten thousand alpacas running past.
