People say that the calm before the storm is the most terrifying.
But has anyone experienced the calm after the storm?
Bulls general manager Jerry Krause is going through this now. He never thought that one day he would change bosses, nor did he think that he had just offended the team's number one star before changing bosses.
He hasn't met the new boss yet, and he doesn't know if the new boss will have the same idea as the previous boss, but it can be seen from the other party's generous purchase of the Bulls that he is an owner who is not short of money.
Any boss who is not short of money will definitely keep Lu Yu.
But he just did the stupidest thing, offending Lu Yu from the inside out.
Originally, he still had his former boss as his backer.
But now Reinsdorf is directly selling the goods at a clearance sale, making his situation extremely embarrassing.
What worried him most was that the new boss didn't seem to see his thoughts.
The entire NBA was shaken by the Bulls' change of ownership, which was like a storm. However, after the storm, there was no news about the Bulls' new owner.
Neither offered to renew Lu Yu's contract, nor did he express his attitude.
Nor did he express any opinions on Krause's previous actions.
As if nothing happened.
No one knew that the reason why things were calm was simply because Lu Yu had already flown to Athens and had no time to deal with the matter.
On August 13, the Athens Olympic Games opened.
On August 1, the Chinese Olympic delegation flew to Athens in batches, with athletes from the men’s and women’s basketball teams and several other sports in the same cabin.
The head coach of the women's basketball team is Gong Luming. The goal of the women's basketball team this time is to secure six and compete for three, which is a little lower than the goal of the men's basketball team. The goal of the Chinese men's basketball team this time is to win a medal.
When the plane flew into the blue sky, Lu Yu and Yao Ming also chatted together. Near them were other members of the men's basketball team. The original men's basketball training roster was 14 people, but they were removed from the final roster.
The names of Chen Ke and Zhang Yunsong.
The twelve players of the Chinese men’s basketball team are:
Center: Yao Ming, Battelle, Moko
Forward: Wang Zhizhi, Du Feng, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan
Defenders: Zhang Jinsong, Guo Shiqiang, Liu Wei, Lu Yu.
After discussing with Lu Yu, Harris decided to let Lu Yu play the role of defender.
Mainly because the Chinese men's basketball team has good strength on both the forward and inside lines. Yao Ming is on the inside, and Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu are on the forward line. At least they have NBA-level players.
If Lu Yu plays small forward, he will directly increase the strength of the forward line.
But Harris can't do this. He knows that the back line is the weakest link of the Chinese men's basketball team, otherwise it may be difficult to pass the half.
Of course, Lu Yu's forward play is also one of the tactics of the Chinese men's basketball team this time.
Lu Yu's back hurt from flying. He was tired even when sitting and lying down. The main reason was that the flight took too long. The flight from the capital to Munich took a full eleven hours.
Mainly because Munich has a Schengen visa and you can enter directly.
The plane arrived at Munich Airport in Germany, where they would transfer to Athens. Lu Yu's impression of Munich was limited to Bayern, but he preferred watching the Premier League and La Liga than the Bundesliga.
Men's basketball players are waiting for their connecting flight at the airport.
"Lu Yu, look over there!" Zhu Fangyu slipped behind Lu Yu at some point and pointed at another team of athletes not far away wearing Chinese Olympic sportswear and whispered.
Lu Yu looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Look at that, the girl in the middle, isn't she pretty?" A rare blush appeared on Zhu Fangyu's face that couldn't even be filled with cream.
"You're from the gymnastics team, right?" Lu Yu hesitated, "What do you want to do?"
"I want her phone number."
"Then you go."
"If I dare to go, I'll come find you?"
"..." Lu Yu.
Lu Yu walked over helplessly, and the girl from the gymnastics team obviously saw him too.
"Hi, hello." Lu Yu said hello with a smile.
The girl from the gymnastics team also said hello with a blushing face: "Hello... you are that... Lu... Lu..."
"Lu Yu." Lu Yu announced his home address so that others would not be able to come out for a long time.
"Yes, yes, Lu Yu, wow, you are so tall!"
"Nonsense, how can someone not be good at basketball?"
"He looks quite handsome. He's more handsome than he looks on TV."
Lu Yu suddenly felt a little dizzy. He couldn't bear the chattering of such a group of girls, and he couldn't help but regret that he should not have come here for Zhu Fangyu.
"Um...I want to ask something..." Lu Yu quickly interrupted their conversation and said, "I have a teammate who I want to meet...well, this girl."
Lu Yu smiled at the girl Zhu Fangyu mentioned.
"Your teammate? It can't be you, right?"
"It must be him but he is embarrassed to say it. Hu Mei, come here quickly. Lu... Lu Yu, her name is Hu Mei, she is the beauty of our gymnastics team."
Hu Mei smiled slightly.
Lu Yu smiled and said helplessly: "He is really my teammate. If you don't believe me, I will call him...Zhu..."
Just as he was about to call out Zhu Fangyu's name, he looked back and saw not even a single figure in sight.
"Look, there are no teammates at all, it's just him."
"Look, the handsome guy is blushing."
Lu Yu was speechless, but obviously it was not appropriate to run away directly at this time. The key was that there were so many people around and he couldn't escape, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Your name is Hu Mei? Can you give me your contact information? I
The teammate I’m talking about is called Zhu Fangyu, you can get to know each other later.”
Hu Mei smiled: "Zhu Fangyu, right? Then I'll tell you the number and you can remember it."
Lu Yu wrote down the number and turned to leave.
To be honest, the beauties on the gymnastics team are all pretty.
But for Lu Yu, who often eats meat, he generally has no interest in vegetarian dishes.
The plane finally arrived, and the Olympic delegation got on the plane bound for Athens. Zhu Fangyu held her cell phone and chatted happily all the way.
Lu Yu thought for a while and finally remembered who Hu Mei was. Hu Mei turned out to be Zhu Fangyu's... um, ex-wife.
He couldn't remember such gossip at all. If he remembered who Hu Mei was at first, he wouldn't ask for the phone number at all... But that was a matter between husband and wife, and Lu Yu didn't bother.
have a finger in the pie.
After arriving in Athens, the group got on the bus arranged by the organizing committee and arrived at the Olympic Village. Under the hazy night, the quiet Athens was even more mysterious.
Since the delegation was generally very tired after a day of flying, they immediately went back to their rooms to sleep after being welcomed by the athletes who had arrived earlier.
Lu Yu and Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu lived in the same room.
Yi Jianlian doesn't talk much, unlike Zhu Fangyu who talks endlessly. During this period of training, Lu Yu can see that Yi Jianlian has made great progress, especially in terms of confrontation, and he can actually fight with Wang Zhizhi 50-50.
Of course, Wang Zhizhi also withdrew his strength.
You must know that Wang Zhizhi today is not the introverted player Lu Yu was in his previous life. He has already gained confidence. After the season, he has entrusted Snoopy to help him test the free market.
After the three of them took a shower, they lay on the bed unable to fall asleep. Zhu Fangyu got up, sat on Lu Yu's bedside and asked, "Brother Lu, is the basketball atmosphere in the United States good?"
Lu Yu has a very high position in the minds of young Chinese players, especially in Zhu Fangyu's heart, he is simply his idol and goal.
Just like Yi Jianlian worshiped Lu Yu back then.
"The basketball atmosphere in the United States must be very good. I will take you to a training match if I have the opportunity." Lu Yu said with a smile.
"Really?" Zhu Fangyu asked.
Yi Jianlian coughed lightly: "Brother Yu, I advise you to think about it again."
Yi Jianlian knew that Lu Yu's training volume was really hard for most people to handle.
"..." Lu Yu.
Zhu Fangyu didn't hear what Yi Jianlian meant. He glanced sideways at Yi Jianlian and said: "Why, you think I can't get into the NBA after you get into it? I still insist on Lu Yu taking me to practice. Sooner or later, I will get into the NBA to show this kid like you."
…”
"You will definitely make it." Lu Yu said with a smile: "Actually, your physical fitness is very good. As long as you train hard, you will definitely have a chance to play in the NBA, especially in international competitions like the Olympic Games. If you play well, there will naturally be scouts looking for you.
you."
Zhu Fangyu became more energetic and said quickly: "Will there really be scouts looking for me?"
"If a scout comes to me, what should I tell him?"
"Is the scout a foreigner? What should I do if I don't know English?"
"I……"
Lu Yu felt that he was talking too much: "If you didn't talk so much, I think you would."
"What do you mean? Do I talk a lot? It's definitely not much, right? Ah Lian, what do you mean by looking at me like this? Don't taint my innocence. How can I be such a quiet and handsome guy in your mouth?
You’re a chatterbox now… Hey, don’t leave…”
Yi Jianlian and Lu Yu just pretended to leave. The three of them made a fuss for a while and went to bed to get ready for sleep.
The moonlight outside the window was dim and scattered on the ground in silvery white.
"I heard that playing in the United States is very physical, and there are often fights..." Zhu Fangyu continued chatting with Lu Yu in a low voice.
Lu Yu was a little sleepy and said in a daze: "Just fight, who is afraid of who... I'm sleepy, sleep, sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow..."
Yi Jianlian smiled. He has a calm personality and doesn't like to talk. He only wants to chat more when he is with Lu Yu. Domestic coaches usually tell players to learn restraint when encountering conflicts on the court, but when he met Lu Yu
After a lot of practice, I discovered that actually playing in the United States requires a bit of hard work.
It makes sense when you think about it. Lu Yu often had conflicts with opponents in the NBA. He was simply not the same type as domestic players.
Zhu Fangyu didn't fall asleep either. He thought to himself, since Lu Yu said this, it must be right!
But this night is destined to be a sleepless night.
There are a lot of mosquitoes in Athens, there is no hot water for bathing, and the rooms look like small hotels in the underground tunnels of domestic train stations.
How to sleep?
Even the Olympic Village in Athens now looks like an unfinished construction site. Sand and cement are piled everywhere in the venue, and some roads are not even paved with asphalt.
The dormitory where the Chinese delegation lived did not even have time to install a bathroom door for bathing. For Harris, who is accustomed to living in the United States, this place is simply a refugee camp.
I heard that the Greek Olympic Organizing Committee was forced to have no choice but to hire a group of workers from China to meet the construction deadline.
On August 9, all members of the Chinese delegation arrived and held a flag-raising ceremony. Compared with the judo and track and field delegations that came later, the men's basketball team was obviously used to the embarrassment of the Athens Olympic Village.
The Olympic Village basically serves Western food, which has enough calories and the beef and mutton are OK, but many of the foods are indeed not to the taste of Chinese athletes.
Chinese athletes are not squeamish, but if they eat incorrectly, their appetite will definitely decrease, which will inevitably affect the quality of training and competition.
To be honest, I'm really not criticizing my host. He put a lot of effort into it...forget it, it took a lot of effort to make it look like this.
However, not eating well will definitely affect the performance of athletes, especially in weightlifting, which relies on strength. We cannot allow athletes to come to the Olympic Village for two weeks only to find out that they are hungry and thin.
, went directly to lightweight.
This is a scam!
The men's basketball team immediately told the weightlifting team and judo team about the method they had recently figured out.
When they were in China, Lu Yu and the others thought about the issue of food. Eating is both a small and a big thing, and nothing should be done carelessly. Therefore, they brought a lot of food from China in advance, including instant noodles, pickled mustard, canned meat, etc. Of course, these packaged frozen foods were not enough.
In order to make up for the physical energy they consumed, some food was no longer fresh after being shipped long distances, so they had to buy some locally as a supplement.
You definitely can’t buy locally prepared food because you’re not used to it, so you can only buy some raw materials. When buying things, you should strive to be cheap and good. For example, chicken is rich in nutrients, Chinese people love it, and it’s cheap. You can buy it and cook it a little.
The house is filled with fragrance, which not only replenishes calories but also satisfies cravings.
This is the experience gained by the Chinese men's basketball team these days.
Many people in the Chinese delegation are masters of cooking, and they can cook several exquisite and delicious assorted side dishes as if they were out of their pockets. When the Chinese delegation prepared their own meals, many foreign athletes were "salivating" when they saw it, and some even tried to imitate the situation.
Following suit, the "Chinese food craze" has become a unique landscape in the Olympic Village.
Originally, other delegations were already envious of the Chinese delegation.
Unexpectedly, within two days, a bus drove into the Olympic Village. After the people in the bus got off, they started to set up tents and took out boxes and boxes of items from the bus.
Many people are curious what is going on?
Lu Yu was confused until Snoopy trotted up to Lu Yu and reported loudly: "My sister-in-law said she was worried that you wouldn't be able to eat well, so she specially transferred chefs from Lu Ji Restaurant and even flew over a truckload of ingredients. In the future, China
If the delegation wants to eat, they can come to us at any time and we will provide it for everyone free of charge!”
Yuan Weimin, the head of the Chinese delegation, even came to the men's basketball team to thank Lu Yu for this matter.
Lu Yu didn't care, this food didn't cost much, but he was very confused about one question, which sister-in-law was Snoopy talking about?
Jessica?
Late at night, Snoopy came to Lu Yu's room, and Lu Yu realized that it was not Jessica, but Anne Hathaway.
When Snoopy left, he suddenly asked: "By the way, Lu, Jessica asked me to ask you, when do you plan to fire Klaus?"
