What Lu Yu is afraid of is not that these domestic players have no talent, but that they have no enterprising spirit.
This is why Lu Yu brought them to Chicago for training, so that they could see how the best basketball players in the world train and work hard to enter the NBA.
It also made Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu know that they might be able to live a good life in a small corner of the world, but being rich and small is not the life they should pursue.
Because only if they reach a higher level, the Chinese men's basketball team will not lose, lose, lose!
In Lu Yu's previous life, it only took fourteen years for the Chinese men's basketball team to fall from the top eight in the world to the top eight in Asia. In fourteen years, the CBA league became prosperous, and the players earned more than their predecessors. Endorsements and advertisements topped the list.
Salary contracts are also rising. Before the salary limit order was issued, some players even earned as much as NBA stars, but what about their level?
Scola has not entered the NBA this year, but Lu Yu's Scola in his previous life once played in the CBA.
When Scola was asked in an interview, do you think the Chinese men's basketball team has achieved such poor results because it is complacent with the status quo and lacks competition?
Scola's answer was very sharp, leaving no mercy for the men's basketball team.
Scola replied: "Because you always have so many job opportunities, they know they will always have a job. In the Chinese League CBA, they will limit the quota of foreign players, so for domestic players, there will be many job opportunities.
When this happens, no one is pushing you forward, so you may feel good and settle for the status quo!"
When some domestic media talk about CBA's foreign players, they believe that CBA's foreign players dominate the league. If a team wants to win, it must rely on strong foreign players to achieve good results. Foreign players get a lot of playing time on the court.
With shooting opportunities, members of the national team are often the third or fourth scorer in the team and do not get any training at all. This makes it difficult for them to grow better. If things go on like this, they will not get any training in the domestic league.
It is normal for you to perform poorly in international competitions.
Scola's view is exactly the opposite. He believes that the Chinese league does not occupy a large number of shooting opportunities for foreign players, but is not open enough. A team only allows two foreign players to join, so that there are a large number of Chinese players even if they are not strong.
You can also play games.
This will make Chinese players content with the status quo, get contracts and support their families without working too hard, and make them lose their fighting spirit.
Scola cited here the example of playing in the Spanish League when he was young. At that time, the Spanish League had just lifted its restrictions on foreign aid. Players from many countries suddenly poured into the Spanish League to make a living and occupied a large number of positions.
The team only has one or two Spanish players.
This made the domestic Spanish media and fans very angry at the time. They believed that if Spanish basketball continued like this, it would be over because Spanish players would not have the opportunity to practice.
But the end result was just the opposite, with Spanish basketball rising rapidly.
Because if Spanish players want to survive, they have to compete with these international players and must continue to improve in order to get jobs and support their families. As a result, instead of sinking Spanish basketball, Spain has become a basketball powerhouse.
I have to say that Scola's insights are indeed unique.
Only by competing with international players every day in the league and in the national team competition can we understand the opponents better and not be afraid of them. Excessive isolation will make players content with the status quo and not want to make progress. There are also reports of the big devil, Asia's No. 1
Titles such as "point guard" have proven to be just wishful thinking on our part, making us laughable.
Lu Yu exists in today's Chinese men's basketball team.
Therefore, many Chinese players have set their goal to join Lu Yu and enter the NBA. But when their dreams are shattered by reality and they return to reality, will they still be willing to leave that comfortable and closed environment to improve themselves?
If you can’t play in the NBA, can you play in the European League?
If we can’t play in the European league, can we play in the Australian league?
Even if you are playing in the CBA, do you dare to compete with countless foreign players?
Lu Yu didn't know that he was not one of those players and couldn't make decisions for others. He couldn't consider others from his own perspective. After all, he was a loser, but others were not.
If I were just an ordinary person, I probably wouldn't want to change Chinese basketball.
But Lu Yu knew that this was not something that could be accomplished overnight. From the bureaucracy to the grassroots level, there was a long road ahead. He could only start with a few talented players he knew in his previous life.
In addition to Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng, who had the opportunity to come but was blocked by the Basketball Association but did not come, there was another name among the Chinese men's basketball team that ranked among the top eight in the world that year, and that was Sun Yue.
Now Sun Yue is already in Aoshen and playing in the CBA, but I don’t know if the Aoshen team will leave the CBA this time. Lu Yu has asked Snoopy to pay attention to this team and the player Sun Yue.
Chicago.
The Bulls' training facility has now been requisitioned by Lu Yu's training camp.
Anyway, the Bulls didn't have a training plan in the summer. When Lu Yu and Klaus applied, Klaus hesitated for a while and then told Lu Yu the theory of how the team needed to be run. Lu Yu didn't hesitate and just paid.
Venue costs.
The team's star player borrows the team's training facility, and it is logically his duty to collect rent without extinguishing the friendship. It's just that Klaus, the general manager, doesn't even want to keep the friendship. Lu Yu seems to be worried about renewing his contract next year.
What a good hunch.
It seems that we need to make plans early.
If any other Bulls players want to practice more, Lu Yu welcomes them to come over as free teachers at any time.
Of course, the several training teachers we negotiated with during the season must not be let go.
For example, Allen Iverson and Kobe McGrady are two resentful brothers.
The training camp is divided into two parts, one is for high school students aged fifteen or sixteen, and the other is for senior players who are about to enter the NCAA or are already playing in the NCAA.
The fifteen or sixteen-year-old high school players were doing stretching exercises while chatting and getting to know each other.
"Hey, bro, I saw you, you were the one from Charlotte Christian High School...the one..."
"Steph Curry, you can call me Steph."
"Hi, Stephen, you can call me Russell. I'm from Long Beach, California. I go to Luzinger High School. Are you also from this training camp?"
"Russell, I've heard of you. Of course, Gentleman Lu is my idol."
"What a coincidence, my idol is also Lu."
"Then please take care of me during this training camp."
"Don't be so polite. By the way, do you know that left-handed guy over there?"
"I don't know him, but his vote is pretty accurate."
"He is not accurate. There was a little guy just now who was more accurate. I will introduce you to him later. He is here. That guy, I heard he was admitted under special conditions. He is only thirteen years old. Hey, Clay, this
side!"
Several unfamiliar high school players quickly became mingled with each other, and their laughter and laughter could be heard from time to time in the gym.
On the other side of the court are players from China.
"Brother Zhu, long time no see." A tall and thin man greeted Zhu Fangyu.
"Hey, isn't this this year's best newcomer Yi Li? Why did he become the second best this year and prepare to come over for extra training?" Zhu Fangyu's mouth was still so broken.
Yi Li is the most outstanding young player of the Jiangsu team, and the two of them can be regarded as old acquaintances when they meet.
Jiangsu put Yi Li on the training camp roster because of Hu Weidong and Lu Yushu's relationship. In addition, Yi Li was not a nationally renowned player, so the Basketball Association did not stop him.
Yi Jianlian and Yi Li also said hello.
Although they have never met, Yi Jianlian is well-known, and Yi Li has long admired this famous name. Yi Jianlian has watched Yi Li's playing videos, and Yi Li likes them quite a lot, especially because Yi Li plays very selflessly and efficiently, and
It is naturally very comfortable to partner with such players in the training camp.
However, his shortcoming is also obvious, he is too thin.
Although Yi Li has good jumping ability, his thin body seriously limits Yi Li's ability to fight.
"Have you noticed that there is a high school student over there?" Yi Li whispered.
"where?"
"Among those high school students in the United States, the one shooting the ball over there is a Chinese player."
Wang Shipeng followed his gaze and looked over, frowning slightly: "I know him, Xu Yong from Wu'ai High School in Hudu."
"He, I didn't expect him to come too. He's only 15, right?" Zhu Fangyu suddenly realized.
"Xiao Xu, come here, come here."
He waved directly to Xu Yong and shouted, after all, in a foreign country, such a child still needs their seniors to take care of him.
The entire arena is now clearly divided. Chinese players are in one half of the court, and American players are in the other half. There is a wave of fourteen or fifteen-year-olds, and another wave of eighteen or nineteen-year-olds, each forming their own small team.
The eighteen or nineteen-year-old players were led by a small bald defender and a fat defender. Of course, there was a big man with a silly smile next to them.
They are Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Dwight Howard.
At this time, the door to the arena was pushed open again, and everyone looked over.
Walking in front was a player covered in tattoos, chewing gum in his mouth and looking unruly. The other player was tall, thin and had extremely long arms, carrying a schoolbag behind his back.
"I know the guy with the tattoo."
Yi Li suddenly said: "I played against him at the Adidas training camp. His name is Beasley."
"Where's the other one?" Xu Yong asked.
"The other one... I don't know." There are so many young players in the United States that Yi Li can hardly name them. Only Beasley can remember them after playing against him.
As soon as Beasley entered the arena, the door of the arena behind him was pushed open again.
As the door was pushed open, Lu Yu's voice floated in along the crack of the door: "Why do you come here if you have nothing to do today? You don't know how to play. This is a basketball training camp, not a movie set for you."
Lu Yu walked in.
A lazy voice came from behind him: "I'm the spokesperson, can't I come and take a look?"
Then everyone saw Scarlett Johansson's enchanting figure appearing at the entrance of the arena, and Beasley clearly heard the brother carrying a schoolbag next to him making a swallowing sound...
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For Lu Yu, the following days were spent in training camp.
Under his intentional arrangement, the players from China and the local players from the United States almost formed two camps. From the beginning, the Chinese players were pressed to the ground by the American players and rubbed against each other. After a month, the two sides were able to fight back and forth.
, this is already a great improvement for Chinese players.
Especially Xu Yong's performance.
This made Lu Yu even more depressed. When he asked Xu Yong to come over, he hesitated in his heart. After all, his injuries could not be reversed, even if he committed suicide.
But he finally recruited Xu Yong into the training camp.
After all, it is true that Xu Yong likes basketball. It allows him to play more basketball during the time he can, and it can also make his short basketball career more exciting.
Even a little bit.
As for Lu Yu himself, he has become a hot commodity on both sides, because many American high school students, especially many backcourt players, regard Lu Yu as their idol.
For example, Westbrook has been a fan of Lu Yu since Lu Yu was with the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Every time I see Lu Yu coming, he bombs the basket as if he has taken medicine.
Lu Yu also taught him a lot of things, but there was only one shot. No matter how Lu Yu taught him, he couldn't change his zombie jumper posture. Lu Yu was also helpless.
The difference from Westbrook is Durant.
In Lu Yu's eyes, his interest in Lu Yu was completely for Scarlett. This bathwater boy has never changed his mind!
Chris Paul and Deron Williams will participate in the draft soon. They told Lu Yu that they really want to go to the Bulls so that they can win the championship with Lu Yu.
Howard also wants to talk to Lu Yu.
But when Lu Yu thought about the indescribable things he had done to men, he thought you should forget it.
In fact, the Bulls have no chance of selecting these three. No matter when they participate in the draft, their picks will not be too low.
The Bulls, haha, in the next few years, it is estimated that there will not be too high a draft pick.
After the training camp, Lu Yu became bored again. The days without games were really boring. During this period, several girlfriends seemed to have agreed that each of them would only accompany Lu Yu for a week, and then go back to their respective places.
at work.
The only person who has occupied Lu Yu for a long time is the shameless Stewart, but she is just a child, and Lu Yu really has no other thoughts about her.
At the end of August, Anta boss Ding Shizhong called to ask Lu Yu. The trip to China arranged by Anta for him was coming soon and he didn't know how his schedule was going.
Of course Lu Yu is fine. He is worried about having nothing to do. It just so happens that after his trip to China in early September, he can go to Harbin to see how the Chinese men's basketball team's second team is doing in the Asian Championships.
But, this trip to China...who should I take with me?
During this time, I spent time with Anne, Jessica, Scarlett and Charlize. Who seemed to have been missed?
Monica?
Lu Yu didn't know why the shadow of Ball Flower suddenly appeared in Lu Yu's mind. The two of them had never met each other since that romantic relationship. Monica was divorced. Lu Yu knew about it. Monica often came to see Lu Yu.
Lu Yu also knew about the competition, but Lu Yu was still not used to walking on the path that others had taken.
But during this period of time, Monica's perseverance also moved him. After all, this woman is the dream lover of countless "fans".
Lu Yu came to his senses, picked up the phone and dialed Monica's number: "I'm going to China for an event soon. Do you have time to go to China with me?"
"Ah? Going to China?"
Monica Bellucci on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "I'll arrange my work, it should be fine. I haven't been to China yet, so I'm very curious."
After hanging up the phone, Monica Bellucci felt her heart pounding. It was like the first time she fell in love. If she traveled to China with Lu Yu, would the two of them stay in one room or rent two?
