Chapter 252 Men, sometimes you can become friends by playing a game
In Lu Yu's previous life, the Chinese men's basketball team was supposed to arrive in Auckland for training in August, but now it's a month earlier.
One of the reasons for this is that the three main players, Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, are all in the United States. Unlike in the previous life, only Wang Zhizhi has not returned. This year's Chinese men's basketball team has three main players who have not returned. Lu Yu has just finished playing in the finals, and Wang Zhizhi is training in Dallas.
, Yao Ming just became the number one pick in the draft.
It just so happened that the training venue scheduled for this time was in Auckland, and Yao Ming had to deal with house issues there in the past few days.
The men's basketball team comes to practice at this time. Firstly, it can take care of the schedules of the three main players. Secondly, it can just catch up with the summer league. Through Lu Yu's communication with the NBA, the men's basketball team has several warm-up games with summer league teams.
This was a treatment that Lu Yu would never have imagined in his previous life.
You must know that Wang Zhizhi, Lu Yu's previous life, was tortured miserably in 2002.
It was August 22 of that year. The Chinese men's basketball team went to Oakland, USA, to prepare for a warm-up match with the American team to prepare for the Indiana World Championships at the end of August that year.
Wang Zhizhi happened to be in Auckland at this time.
When he heard the news, he asked someone to contact Xin Lancheng in advance, hoping to return to the team here and participate in the World Championships with the Chinese team. Xin Lancheng agreed to let him go, but he did not agree to return to the team.
In this way, Wang Zhizhi went to the Oakland Arena alone, hoping to join the Chinese men's basketball team.
However, when he arrived at the arena, no one dared to communicate with him, and no one came up to say hello.
He walked into the locker room and found Yao Ming.
Yao Ming was very excited. He didn't know much about the dispute between Wang Zhizhi and the Chinese Basketball Association, but he very much hoped to play side by side with Wang Zhizhi. After all, Wang Zhizhi was his long-standing goal and even his idol.
Wang Zhizhi took the initiative to pat Yao Ming and said with a smile: "Yao, the number one pick, is awesome."
Yao Ming smiled, not knowing what to say for a moment.
His teammates had already entered the court. Wang Zhizhi urged Yao Ming, "Go quickly. Let's talk after practice."
Wang Zhizhi finally left the locker room and stood on the sidelines, looking at the Chinese men's basketball team that he was once very familiar with, with mixed feelings in his heart. Since when did he become more and more unfamiliar with this team?
Among them, it still feels so far away.
At this time, Kuang Lubin came to Da Zhi and once again hoped that he could go back. Wang Zhizhi was willing to join the national team, but he only wanted to play in the World Championships in the United States and was unwilling to return to China after playing.
In this way, Da Zhi lost his last chance to return to China and completely broke with the Chinese men's basketball team.
Of course I won't take him with me to the World Championships again.
Four days later, the Chinese Basketball Association issued an official statement disclosing the news of Wang Zhizhi's departure from the team, saying that he "centered on his personal wishes and preferences and ignored the country and collective that trained him."
The incident is completely irreversible.
At the World Championships that year, the Chinese men's basketball team suffered a complete defeat and only won one game.
Coupled with the defeat at the Busan Asian Games in October.
After returning to China, the Chinese Basketball Association fired Wang Zhizhi.
Wang Zhizhi, who is far away in the United States, said with emotion in an interview: "Maybe there is something wrong with the way I handle the problem, but I really love my motherland. But now, this feeling is no longer mutual."
Fortunately, things are different this year. Lu Yu's strength and timely flattery prevented the Basketball Association from using him to establish his power. In the end, after many rounds of negotiations, the two sides actually formed a mutually beneficial situation.
There will be no more dismal World Championships this year.
As for the Busan Asian Games... Lu Yu can't guarantee it, because in his plan, none of them will participate in the Busan Asian Games this year.
Whether they can play well depends on the performance of several young players in the men's basketball team.
Lu Yu suddenly thought that he was not much older than Zhu Fangyu and the others, so he felt as if he was much older.
When I got home, there was a pile of materials on the table.
There is a fax sent by Snoopy, and he needs to sign it back.
There are also several quotations for Yao Ming's sneaker endorsement contract. It is estimated that Zhang Mingji will also send one to Yao Ming. It is ultimately up to Yao Ming to make the decision.
During the few days he was away from Chicago, Charlize helped organize the documents.
After finishing his work, Lu Yu stretched and looked at the night outside the window.
It was only 2002, and it was really boring. I couldn’t even check TikTok at night, and chatting only meant making phone calls. It was annoying to have to clear my inbox every time before sending a text message.
He glanced at his system panel.
[Host: Lu Yu]
[Water breathing method: 90%]
[Thunder Breathing Technique: 87%]
[Fire Breathing Method: 75%]
[Wind breathing method: 64%]
[Rock breathing method: 13%]
After a round of confrontation in the finals, the breathing method has been greatly improved, except for the water breathing method, which has increased to 90% and then stopped. It seems that in order to reach 100%, other conditions are needed.
The growth of Rock Breathing Technique is still slow, and Lu Yu also guessed that it is most likely related to the position he played.
The confrontation when playing shooting guard defense is more about improving the defensive toughness of the Water Breathing Technique, while the improvement of the Rock Breathing Technique relies more on physical combat when defending the inside.
"I can play small forward next season."
Lu Yu secretly thought that if he played a small forward, the confrontation would definitely be better than that of a shooting guard. Moreover, if he played a small forward, would a power forward still be far behind?
Come inside sooner or later to stir up trouble and rain!
While he was still thinking about it, the doorbell rang, and when he opened it, he saw Charlize Theron in lace pajamas.
The voluptuous curves and the crimson cheeks.
It doesn't look like a good thing at first glance.
"What's wrong, you're still up so late?"
Lu Yu returned to the living room and sat on the sofa, pouring himself a glass of water. Who wouldn't be thirsty after seeing such a scene?
"There are mice in my house and I dare not sleep alone." Charlize rolled her eyes at Lu Yu charmingly.
"Then I'll help you catch mice." Lu Yu stood up.
Charlize stamped her feet angrily: "I don't need you to catch mice, I need you... to sleep with me."
Lu Yu sighed, why is this woman thinking about such dirty things all day long? Is there no true friendship between men and women?
Just when they were about to show off their skills in the living room, the doorbell rang again.
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment.
Then he walked to the door and looked through the peephole, and he was even more stunned. The person standing outside the door was Anne Hathaway.
It’s over, the dog is gone.
Now you've done your best to commit suicide.
Charlize suddenly looked a little uncomfortable. After tidying up a little, he signaled to Lu Yu to open the door.
The door opens.
Annie walked in. She originally wanted to give Lu Yu a surprise, but when she entered the door and saw Charlize inside, she quickly said: "Sister Charlize, are you there too?"
"Well, my faucet is broken. I asked Lu Lai to borrow a wrench... Lu, have you found the wrench?" Charlize said with a blush on her face.
"I'll get the wrench for you right now." Lu Yu found the tool box and took out the wrench.
Anne said considerately: "Lu Yu, Sister Charlize doesn't know how to repair faucets. You go and help her fix it. I just came back and took a shower first. I'll see you later."
After saying that, she went upstairs.
After entering the room, she closed the door and stared blankly at the lights in the room.
She's just introverted, but that doesn't mean she's stupid. Charlize was wearing lace pajamas. If there was nothing going on between her and Lu Yu, she wouldn't believe it to her death.
But so what?
Do you want to expose them in person?
After taking a bath, Annie walked to the living room downstairs and saw Lu Yu sitting on the sofa: "Has the faucet been repaired?"
Lu Yu smiled: "It's fixed."
For some reason, when the two met again this time, they always felt full of estrangement.
There was silence in the room for a moment.
"land……"
"Annie..."
They both spoke at the same time.
"You speak first."
"You speak first."
They both spoke at the same time.
Annie coughed lightly: "You'd better say it first..."
Lu Yu nodded: "I'm going to Auckland for training in a few days. During this time, you and Charlize will take care of each other. If you have anything to do, wait until I get back."
Annie said oh.
Lu Yu asked: "Okay, just tell me."
Annie shook her head: "I suddenly forgot what to say."
The night was still quiet. In Lu Yu's room, Annie seemed to have broken her usual introversion this time and actually dared to ride on Lu Yu and gallop forward.
Lu Yu could feel the changes in Annie, but he couldn't say anything.
If Annie doesn't want to stay with him, maybe when he comes back from Auckland, Charlize will be the only one left here.
Of course, which man doesn’t want to enjoy the blessings of being together?
What's more, it's not just the two of them that Lu Yu wants to enjoy, it's simply hell-level difficulty...
Lu Yudu felt a little disgusted with himself, it was simply——
Scumbag!
…
When Lu Yu came to the training hall and met Battelle for the first time, Lu Yu felt strange. It seemed that Battelle was not as enthusiastic as he imagined.
On the contrary, I am more enthusiastic about Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.
There is no conflict between your position and his, right?
Later, I thought about it and wondered if I had been treating myself too much during this period. Firstly, Battelle was not familiar with me, and secondly, after the other party arrived in the NBA, the two of them had little interaction, so why should he be so enthusiastic about me?
As for Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, they have known each other since Wang Zhizhi was in the CBA. They have fought against each other for many years. Before Yao Ming went to the United States to participate in the draft, he and Battelle trained together, so naturally they are no strangers to each other.
The most critical point is that they are all players from China, but they themselves seem a bit different.
Fortunately, Yi Jianlian came over and gave Lu Yu a big hug.
Followed closely by Zhu Fangyu.
Wang Shipeng.
Du Feng.
And Hu Weidong!
Hu Weidong did not expect that he had asked Wang Zhizhi to take care of Lu Yu after he went to the United States. As a result, not only did Wang Zhizhi fail to take care of Lu Yu, but Lu Yu took care of him instead.
No one else had seen Lu Yu. At most, they had seen him on TV during NBA live broadcasts, and they couldn't help but be a little curious.
Wang Fei came over and chatted with the three of them for a while, and arranged for staff to help them arrange food and accommodation and receive training supplies.
It was Lu Yu's first time to participate in a training camp, so he followed Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming and followed suit to receive the training supplies. In fact, they were the Chinese team's training uniforms and jackets, all sponsored by Anta, with jersey numbers.
Teammates also knew that Lu Yu would definitely choose No. 10, so they all reserved it for him.
Wang Fei asked the players training on the field to stop and called the three of them over. Lu Yu stood behind Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, but everyone's eyes fell on him.
"First of all, we would like to congratulate Dayao for becoming the No. 1 pick in the NBA and welcome the No. 1 pick back to the team!"
After Wang Fei finished speaking, the team members applauded in welcome.
"Also, there are two new members today. Of course Da Zhi is not a newcomer, but Lu Yu joins the training team for the first time. Let us applaud Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi to join!"
The team members applauded to express their welcome, especially Liu Yudong, who was the eldest brother of the team. He didn't know each other just now and it was inconvenient to come over to say hello. After Wang Fei finished the introduction, he walked over and gave Lu Yu a hug regardless of the sweat on his training clothes.
He just had surgery this year and is still in the recovery period. It will be too difficult for him to lead the team to the World Championships.
Fortunately, Lu Yu came.
Then he hugged Wang Zhizhi again. As Wang Zhizhi's big brother in the Bayi team, Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi did not participate in the training camp some time ago. Some media spoke unflatteringly. If Lu Yu hadn't been so excited about playing in the finals, they wouldn't have been there.
Knowing whether they can still participate in the training camp, can Liu Yudong not worry?
There are many old acquaintances of Wang Zhizhi in the team. They have played away for a year, and it feels great to be able to come home.
Liu Yudong, Li Nan, and Chen Ke are all his old teammates in the Bayi team.
Hu Weidong and Zhang Cheng are Nangang's opponents.
Liu Wei is a defender for the Sharks.
Guo Shiqiang is from the Hunter Team. Oh, he should change his name to Panpan now.
Gong Xiaobin now also has a club, called Golden Kingston Club. In their time, it was normal for no club to play league games for the local area.
As for Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng are young newcomers who have emerged from Hongyuan in the past two years.
There is an outlier in the team, and that is Yi Jianlian.
Yi Jianlian is different from others in that he is the youngest on the team and the only player with no professional league experience. He is now playing at NCAA Gonzaga University.
He followed Lu Yu's path.
Lu Yu's success has indeed made many people see the possibility of advancing from the NCAA to the NBA.
But at this stage, more outstanding players are still accustomed to following the institutional route step by step. After all, Yi Jianlian is in the minority, and Yi Jianlian's physical fitness... Hongyuan team regretted letting him go.
The reminiscence among the team members lasted for a few minutes and then was paused at Wang Fei's shout. The three of them also put on their training clothes and prepared to warm up.
With the addition of the three of them, some adjustments may be made to the training squad.
Wang Fei decided to play a training game, firstly to see how far Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi have grown in the NBA, and secondly, to help Lu Yu integrate into the group faster.
Men, sometimes we can become friends just by playing a game of ball.
Suddenly, Lu Yu looked at the sun outside and said, "How about we go outside and play in the outfield?"
The team members were all stunned.
Only Yi Jianlian rolled his eyes. He had already experienced Lu Yu's perversion. Not to mention the sun outside, it was also raining. You haven't experienced this yet.
Just listen to Lu Yu explain to everyone seriously: "When I was training in the NBA, I often trained outdoors. The coaches here in the United States often said, "The team respects the sun when playing, and sweating is respect for basketball.
If you want to play well, you must respect basketball enough."
Wang Fei glanced at Wang Zhizhi in surprise, never heard that this kind of training method exists in the United States?
Yi Jianlian bowed his head deeply.
Fool, you continue to lie.
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That’s all for today. Don’t worry, Annie won’t leave~
