The National Youth Team has applied for two warm-up matches with the NCAA this time.
They are the Florida Gators and Gonzaga Bulldogs, but the game time is scheduled after the regular schedule of the two teams. In order to get to know their opponents first, the head coach of the National Youth Team Wang Fei arranged for the players to come to O'Connell, the home arena of the Florida Gators.
Nair Center to watch this game.
Wang Fei resigned as the head coach of the national team last year and has been studying with the Dallas Mavericks some time ago.
It wasn't until the Basketball Association issued an invitation this summer that he returned to China to serve as the head coach of the National Youth Team. The reason why he is not the head coach of the national team is mainly because since his resignation, the head coach of the national team has been Jiang Xingquan.
Wang Fei is capable, but also very arrogant.
He got along very well with Gong Xiaobin, but he did not deal with Jiang Xingquan. It could be said that he ignored Jiang Xingquan. He believed that Jiang Xingquan's methods were too backward, and Wang Fei himself was a representative of the new trend.
He has studied abroad, and not only can he speak fluent English, but he can also understand the tactics of world basketball. Even Yao Ming admires this. Yao Ming has mentioned Wang Fei more than once on many occasions and praised his advanced tactical thinking.
Of course, this is something.
The basketball atmosphere in Florida is crazy, especially the Florida Gators games, where almost every game is packed, not to mention that the media has been warming up the news about Gonzaga's "The Gentleman is Coming" for a long time in advance.
An hour before the game, the O'Connell Center was already besieged.
The fans were queuing up to check in, and the members of the National Youth Team also entered from the auditorium in a low-key manner. However, Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng did not notice that when the head coach Wang Fei saw the posters of the players from both sides, he was slightly surprised with his calm expression.
mood swings.
"Lu Yu..."
Wang Fei pursed his lips.
Underneath his deep eyes, no one knew what he was thinking.
The players of the Gonzaga Bulldogs have already entered the locker room from the tunnel and are preparing for the game.
Mark Foyou repeated the tactics to the players, then checked the time on his wrist watch. When the staff urged the players to come on the field, he waved his hand and the players walked into the stadium from the locker room.
As soon as they entered the stadium, everyone was shocked by the huge sound waves. You can imagine how enthusiastic the atmosphere was.
As far as the eye can see, the entire field is dominated by the white home jerseys of the Florida Gators. Occasionally, there are a few scattered figures wearing gray jerseys who look so small and thin in the sea of white.
"Lu, isn't this arena too crazy?" Blake Stepp said loudly to Lu Yu.
"It's okay." Lu Yu nodded lightly.
When I was boxing in the past, the audience in the boxing ring was even crazier than this.
Blake looked at Lu Yu with admiration. He couldn't understand why Lu Yu was so calm when they were both freshmen.
In fact, Lu Yu was a little surprised because he saw a neat row of red sportswear in the audience.
Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Hu Xuefeng, Liu Wei...
The national youth team in this friendly match?
The referee blew the whistle, players from both sides stood on the court, and the game was about to begin.
courtside,
Zhu Fangyu asked Wang Shipeng who was sitting aside: "The number 10 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs has the letters LU written on the back. Isn't he Chinese?"
Wang Shipeng glanced at him: "Just say this in front of me, and don't let coach Wang Fei hear it."
"What's wrong?" Zhu Fangyu didn't know why.
Wang Shipeng lowered his voice and said: "Didn't you read the information sent by coach Wang Fei? One of the opponents these two days is the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The No. 10 player's name is Lu Yu. He is Chinese and serves as a shooting guard. His height is
193, but judging from the field, it should be more than that."
Wang Shipeng felt that Lu Yu and himself should be about the same height.
"He is also a shooting guard? Which one of you is better?" Zhu Fangyu asked curiously.
Wang Shipeng shook his head: "I don't know either, but his statistics are very good. He currently averages 28.5 points, 7.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.9 steals per game. He ranks first in the West Coast League in scoring and steals, and third in assists.
"
"Then you're screwed. I feel like coach Wang Fei may have come to the United States for this friendly match just to test him out. If he joins the national youth team, your starting position may be up for grabs," Zhu Fangyu said jokingly.
Wang Shipeng didn't care. The National Youth Team didn't even qualify for the World Youth Championship this year. It would be of no use if they didn't start the game. The reason why coach Wang Fei brought them to the United States to play friendly matches was mainly to train young players and to prepare for the competition.
He will return to the national team as the head coach next year to pave the way and bring out some appearance.
When Wang Fei first obtained the information, he suspected that Lu Yu was the little Lu Yu in his memory.
He and Lu Chaoyang were teammates on the national team, and Lu Yu was only two or three years old at that time.
Moreover, Gonzaga is in Spokane, so the city is right. The only problem is that old-fashioned Lu Chaoyang. When he was drinking after retiring, he said that he would never let his son touch basketball in the future.
People of their generation really love basketball.
But it was hard to be beaten by basketball. The level of medical care in that era was poor, and some injuries did not require surgery. It took two or three months to get up and become a good man again.
The one who gets up is a hero, the one who cannot get up is a hero...
Mu Tiezhu, who was two years earlier than them, was not too prosperous at that time. He was 2.20 meters tall and had a burly figure. As long as Mu Tiezhu stood in the penalty area, no one could touch him. Those who defended him would sometimes even catch the ball.
Can't be seen anywhere.
During the more than ten years that Mu Tiezhu was with the Bayi team, the Bayi team defeated all the unbeatable teams in the country. Even in the competition with the Korean and Japanese national teams, they could win by three to forty points.
I'm not recuperating in BJ right now.
Aging joints, varicose veins, lumbar disc herniation, and was diagnosed with premature heart beats a few years ago.
Mu Tiezhu had a glorious past, and many occupational diseases were slowly discovered after he retired. There were also many unknown players who fell directly on the court and never came back.
Athletes have been training hard for many years, but because of injuries, they are not happy with who they are.
Wang Fei knew Lu Chaoyang, so when he saw Lu Yu's name, he was still not sure. It wasn't until he saw the poster outside the O'Connell Center that he finally confirmed that Lu Yu was the one crying in the training hall.
little doll.
He decided to take a good look at Lu Yu's performance today.
Brett Nelson, the No. 7 shooting guard of the Florida Gators, is a player with a height of 194 centimeters. He is the team's second scorer and is also a player expected to compete for the NCAA's Best Newcomer Award at the University of Florida this year. The coach assigned him today
His task is to guard No. 10 Lu Yu of the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Brett Nelson hates No. 10 on the opposite side, because the media always likes to compare himself with the other side. Both are strong contenders for the Best Rookie Award, but Nelson's every data is less than Lu Yu.
Nearly half.
Yes, every item.
Brett Nelson averaged 15.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game.
This is very embarrassing.
"I'm going to teach him a lesson and let him know who is the best rookie!" Nelson announced in the locker room.
Although captain Udonis Haslem and Matt Bonner advised him not to cause trouble, on the court, Nelson would still use his elbow to open the way every time he attacked. Anyone who is not blind can see it.
His actions are highly likely to attack someone.
Because it was the home court of the Florida Gators, the referee did not blow the whistle.
The entire audience was all Gators fans, and they applauded Brett Nelson's actions, and there were even boos in the audience.
Lu Yu's face was expressionless. Teammates who were familiar with Lu Yu knew that Lu Yu was angry.
Yes, Lu Yu likes confrontation, but that doesn't mean he likes...dirty!
