Due to the little awkwardness just now, Chen Jie was in a good mood and suddenly lost all interest. He originally thought that he came to the national team to be the main force to help the team. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came to the team, the coach and the players came to each other.
Show off your power.
In the NBA, even as a rookie, Chen Jie has never been so angry all season, let alone now? No matter in China or the United States, Chen Jie is not prepared to be so angry. Anyone who messes with him will dare to go back.
Who are you afraid of?
Chen Jie went to the locker room, found a locker to put down his bag, and then changed into his training clothes when he was with the Bulls.
When he walked to the basketball court, Chen Jie did not interact with the other players to practice. He just shot the ball quietly. Chen Jie shot alone, and it was not easy for the other men's basketball players to join in the fun, so they continued to practice their own.
When Yunus came out of the office, he couldn't help but sneered when he saw Chen Jie and the other national team players looking so out of place. Sure enough, a player from the NBA is more arrogant than a big-name player from the CBA.
Much bigger, but no matter how strong a player is, he is only one person. Basketball is a game of five people. How big of a stir can you make by yourself?
With this thought, Yunus changed his training plan for today.
"Everyone, gather together!" Blowing the whistle, Yunus clapped his hands on the sidelines and said, "Hurry up and gather together!"
The national team players quickly ran in front of Yunus and stood in two rows according to their size. Only Chen Jie was standing outside the group.
Yunus frowned and said displeasedly: "Chen Jie, why don't you stand in the team?"
Chen Jie shrugged, pointed at the two neat rows of teams, and said, "I'm sorry. There's no room for me."
Yi Jianlian hurriedly waved and said: "Chen Jie, stand here with me."
Chen Jie then slowly walked over and stood next to Yi Jianlian.
After taking a deep look at Chen Jie, Yunus felt very unhappy. Yao Ming called him specifically last night and told him about Chen Jie. He also specifically explained that Chen Jie is a very good player. But Yunus
Si now saw that Chen Jie looked like a thorn in his side, so he decided to teach Chen Jie a lesson first.
Yunus glanced at the players and then said: "Today we have an impromptu internal match. Let me divide the teams now. The first team is Mok, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Liu Wei. The second team is Wang Zhelin. Han Dejun
, Zhou Peng, Sun Wei, Chen Jie, and others to be determined."
Listening to Yunus distributing the players, Chen Jie had no expression on his face, but he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
In this lineup, it is obvious that the first team has an absolute advantage, as all of them are starting players, and the players in the second team are not all players who will definitely enter the Olympic roster. People like Su Wei and Wang Zhelin are both
Players who are about to be waived.
Obviously, Yunus wants to use the Chinese team to teach himself a lesson and let him know that he will be the boss after joining the Chinese national team.
"But will this work?" Chen Jie murmured in a low voice.
"Okay, let's play!" Yunus waved his hand, and the players came on stage one after another.
Yunus and the assistant coach Li Nan next to him said, "Take a good look at Chen Jie's performance."
Li Nan nodded. He also knew that Chen Jie was the focus of this game.
There is no jumping ball at all in the training match. The first ball belongs to the first team. Liu Wei dribbled the ball past half-court and immediately shouted, making his teammates on the court run. As someone who played for the Kings,
As a player who has experienced the NBA, Liu Wei knows how deep the NBA is, and he also knows that since Chen Jie can make such a name in the NBA, he is definitely a player with real qualities.
So Liu Wei had no intention of confronting Chen Jie directly. Just after halftime, he handed the ball to Zhu Fangyu. After receiving the ball, Zhu Fangyu dropped the ball to Yi Jianlian inside. In fact, this action had always been given to Yao Ming.
But Yao Ming is not playing anymore, so the target of choice became Yi Jianlian. Fortunately, Yi Jianlian can also be used in a big way. After receiving the ball, he quickly turned around and shot a jumper.
After staying in Guangdong for so long, Yi Jianlian has already succeeded in getting into the position, and he is very confident in playing! This turn and fade shot is crisp and clean, especially with one of his outstretched legs raised high, he is really a bit independent of Norvis.
appearance.
Yi Jianlian's touch was very good, and the basketball entered the net obediently.
Han Dejun shrugged, seemingly helpless against Yi Jianlian's move. He turned around, picked up the basketball from the ground, and passed the ball to Chen Jie in the corner.
"You are Han Dejun." After receiving the basketball, Chen Jie did not rush to dribble the ball across the half court. Instead, he slowly ran to the half court with Han Dejun and chatted with him at the same time.
Han Dejun was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"I used to watch your games in CBA. After a while, you try your best to squeeze inside and I will pass the ball to you." Chen Jie smiled at Han Dejun and said.
Han Dejun was stunned again and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He originally thought that Chen Jie was a cold person and couldn't communicate with others, but he didn't expect that Chen Jie would take the initiative to talk to him now.
As for Chen Jie passing the ball to him, Han Dejun didn't pay much attention to it. In the men's basketball team, Yi Jianlian's defense was also top-notch. Under Yi Jianlian's guard, it was difficult for Han Dejun to score. Even if Chen Jie passed the ball to
In his hands, it was also difficult for him to put the basketball into the basket under Yi Jianlian's defense.
When Liu Wei saw Chen Jie turning his head and chatting with Han Dejun, he was a little angry. Although it was a training match, don't be so contemptuous. I'm right in front of you and you don't even look at me. You think I don't know how to steal.
?
Thinking about it, Liu Wei suddenly pounced on Chen Jie. Liu Wei, who is over 1.8 meters tall, has a short wingspan. In the CBA, Liu Wei's steals once became a headache for all point guards in the league.
But when it comes to Chen Jie, these suddenly become inapplicable.
Facing Liu Wei's steal, Chen Jie calmly dribbled the ball behind his back, accelerated at the same time, and instantly passed Liu Wei and rushed inside.
"Quickly cover the defense! Don't let him rush into the inside!" Yunus's eyelids jumped and he shouted from the sidelines. From Chen Jie's breakthrough, Yunus saw the typical American player's style of play. Using speed and explosive power
Breaking into the paint, forcing a layup or causing a foul. This move is also what other countries in the international league are most afraid of the US team. Most of the players on the US team have the ability to attack the basket alone, and they are extremely lethal. But Yuna
Si never thought that Chen Jie, as a Chinese player, could have such impact.
As an NBA player, Yi Jianlian's defensive awareness is definitely a level higher than others. When he saw Chen Jie speeding into the inside, he already started to move his steps to defend Chen Jie.
After Chen Jie got close to Yi Jianlian, he quickly put his body close to Yi Jianlian. At the same time, he exerted force with his hands. Yi Jianlian's body did not move and he spun around with Chen Jie. In this way, as long as Chen Jie took off for a layup, Yi Jianlian could immediately block Chen Jie.
But when he turned to look at Chen Jie, he found that Chen Jie's hand was empty. Is there any trace of basketball there?
"Boom!" At this moment, the basket made a loud noise, and Yi Jianlian looked along the sound. He saw Han Dejun hanging on the basket with a cheerful expression on his face.
"What a fast pass." Yunus was shocked. He had also watched Chen Jie's NBA games, but watching the game live was completely different from watching it on TV. It was at this moment that Yunus truly
After understanding how strong Chen Jie's passing skills are. Although it is only one ball, Yunus evaluated it from the passing speed, accuracy and timing, and found that any point guard in the CBA,
Neither of them could pass a pass like Chen Jie's. Maybe they could achieve the same effect as Chen Jie just now, but they couldn't pass a pass like Chen Jie's.
Yunus finally understood why Chen Jie could often assist in double figures in a place like the NBA.
Liu Wei ran over to receive the serve and just received the pass from Yi Jianlian. He immediately saw Yi Jianlian shouting to be careful. Looking back, he found that Chen Jie, who had been retreating just now, had come back behind him and was shooting at the basketball in his hand.
Come.
Liu Wei sneered in his heart and thought to himself, things have changed. If no one warned me, I might have been intercepted by you, but now that I know what you are doing, it will be no longer possible. Because Chen Jie used a behind-the-back dribble before.
After losing Liu Wei, Liu Wei suddenly wanted to use the same method to defeat Chen Jie.
With this idea in mind, Liu Wei did not protect the ball immediately. Instead, he waited until Chen Jie was about to approach him and then passed the basketball behind his back.
Then, Liu Wei found that the ball in his hand was gone. "Oh! Did I dribble the ball away?" Liu Wei subconsciously glanced back, only to find that there was nothing behind him except for a soy sauce Yi Jianlian.
When he turned around, he found that he could only see Chen Jie's back.
"Boom!" Less than 3 seconds later, the first team's basket was once again ravaged by the second team.
This steal was too quick, Liu Wei thought angrily. Seeing Chen Jie return to him after dunking with a calm face, Liu Wei suddenly became even more angry, "What does this mean? You still want to steal me?"
Liu Wei, who understood Chen Jie's stealing ability, made a very clear choice this time. Like many Chinese players who encountered a full-court press when playing international games, Liu Wei immediately stood up after receiving the pass.
Protect the basketball to the side to avoid Chen Jie's steal.
"There's nothing you can do about it." Thinking about his own height and then looking at Chen Jie, Liu Wei was secretly proud. Height cannot be replaced by technology. Even if it can be compensated, it cannot be completely concealed. With a height like Chen Jie's
, when facing Liu Wei's back, he couldn't reach the ball at all. Liu Wei's thought lasted less than a second, and a huge force suddenly surged from behind him. Liu Wei was shocked and quickly stabilized.
Body, at this moment, his hands were empty, and the basketball he had been holding on to was gone.
Stealing Liu Wei's basketball from the baseline, Chen Jie raised his hand and dunked without any pause.
Yi Jianlian had just sent the ball to Liu Wei, but before he could move, he saw Chen Jie break Liu Wei's basketball. Seeing Chen Jie's layup, Yi Jianlian immediately went up to block the shot.
At this time, Chen Jie was still in a state of instant explosion. Regarding Yi Jianlian's block, Chen Jie directly chose to crush it with strong force.
Yi Jianlian collided with Chen Jie in the air, and was immediately knocked out of a gap by Chen Jie. Following the gap, Chen Jie held the ball with one hand and dunked the basketball into the basket. When the ball was scored, other players were still
In the half court or the second team's backcourt, they didn't even participate in the offense.
"Be careful, Chen Jie is very good at stealing." Yi Jianlian picked up the basketball and said to Liu Wei.
Liu Wei nodded.
Chen Jie secretly smiled. Instead, he did not hide it. He stood beside Liu Wei openly, with an expression like "I want to steal you."
Liu Wei suddenly got angry. Good guy, one steal is not enough? Are you standing here and want to steal me? I, Liu Wei, am so easy to bully?
Yi Jianlian was a little hesitant when he saw this. Chen Jie was beside Liu Wei, and Yi Jianlian didn't even want to pass the ball to Liu Wei. However, at this time, other players including the shooting guard were in the frontcourt. Only Liu Wei and Chen Jie were in the backcourt.
, Liu Wei stuck Chen Jie behind him and said confidently: "Give me the ball!"
Liu Wei simply didn't believe that Chen Jie could cut himself off in this situation?
As soon as Yi Jianlian passed the ball to Liu Wei, Chen Jie immediately rushed forward, pressing his body tightly against Liu Wei's body, and kept pushing his hands towards the basketball in Liu Wei's hand.
For a moment, Liu Wei could not move even an inch, and could only hold the basketball tightly in his arms with both hands to ensure that the basketball would not be snatched away by Chen Jie.
Yunus' expression on the sidelines changed immediately when he saw this scene. Although he thought of the gap between Chen Jie and Liu Wei, he actually didn't expect that the gap between Chen Jie and Liu Wei was so big. He didn't even expect that,
Under Chen Jie's defense, Liu Wei couldn't even dribble.
Seeing that Liu Wei was in difficulty, Yi Jianlian quickly went up to block Liu Wei, but he was shocked to find that Liu Wei, who was already close to Chen Jie, could not even dribble and move. Yi Jianlian stood aside in vain to block, but Liu Wei
Wei was unable to move even one step.
"Timeout." Liu Wei held the basketball in his arms and reluctantly made a pause gesture. Chen Jie's almost suffocating defense made Liu Wei feel very stressed. Now he did not dare to face Chen Jie boldly.
The whole audience was pressed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yunus quickly asked another national team's main point guard Sun Yue to also play, and partnered with Liu Wei to form a backcourt combination of two point guards.
This combination is a special arrangement he made to deal with Europe. Most European countries are accustomed to using a tactic when dealing with the Chinese men's basketball team, which is the full-court press. The point guards of the men's basketball team are facing the full-court press.
When playing, it always seemed a bit difficult, so Yunus simply let Liu Wei and Sun Yue stay on the court at the same time. Although the offensive firepower in the backcourt would be reduced, China has never been a team that relies on the outside.
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Now Sun Yue and Liu Wei were on the court. As the server, Yi Jianlian also breathed a sigh of relief. Not to mention Liu Wei himself, Chen Jie's full-court press made even Yi Jianlian nervous.
But when Yi Jianlian picked up the basketball and stood on the sideline to serve, he was shocked to find that Chen Jie was still standing next to Liu Wei.
"What does this mean?" Except for Chen Jie, no one in the second team chose to press the whole court. In other words, there was only one player in the backcourt, Chen Jie, while the first team in the backcourt had Liu Wei.
, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian, in this case, if Chen Jie chooses to press the whole court, it will undoubtedly be a waste of energy.
Although he was surprised, Yi Jianlian still passed the ball to Sun Yue who was far away from Chen Jie.
Sun Yue caught the ball and was about to move forward, but Chen Jie immediately moved in front of Sun Yue like a ghost. "Do you still want to kill me?" Sun Yue thought, and passed the ball directly back to Liu Wei. At the same time,
After serving the ball from the baseline, Yi Jianlian immediately came up to cover Liu Wei. For a moment, three people joined forces to block Chen Jie's full-court press.
"Can this stop me?" Chen Jie roared in his heart, and suddenly activated the instantaneous burst again. His speed suddenly increased to a higher level, and he passed Yi Jianlian in an instant, and rushed straight towards Liu Wei.
Liu Wei received the basketball and saw Yi Jianlian blocking Chen Jie. He thought that Chen Jie could not catch up with him, so he ran quickly, intending to use this time to rush to the half court to organize the offense, but he had just started.
Immediately I saw a light yellow figure suddenly rushing towards me from the side.
"Oops!" Liu Wei was shocked. He didn't expect Chen Jie to get past Yi Jianlian in the pick-and-roll so quickly. He quickly tried to protect the basketball, but it was too late. Chen Jie suddenly pounced forward and used both hands to hit Liu Wei just hard.
The basketball was slapped on the ground and held tightly in his arms before it could rebound.
As he threw his whole body to steal the basketball, Chen Jie lost his balance and fell hard to the ground, but he didn't care and just hugged the basketball in his arms.
Everyone in the audience was silent again, and Liu Wei even forgot to go up and snatch the basketball back. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind. "Is this guy invincible?"
The three people's screen passes couldn't stop Chen Jie from stealing under the pressure of the whole court. Chen Jie was just one person.
Holding the basketball and slowly getting up from the ground, Chen Jie glanced at the stunned expressions of the players around him, including the coach, assistant coach, and others. Chen Jie couldn't help but laugh.
This is the effect you want!
For a moment, the players on the court didn't know what to do. Yi Jianlian and the other three stared blankly at Chen Jie holding the ball and getting up, and then shot the ball on the spot. For a moment, no one reacted and stepped forward.
Supplementary defense.
"Okay! Stop fighting!" Yunus looked at the three people who were a little confused and became very angry. After saying something about free training angrily, he said to Chen Jie: "Chen Jie
, come to my office."
Chen Jie shrugged, smiled at Yi Jianlian and others, and then followed Yunus away.
"Who is he? He is so arrogant. Do you really think he is invincible?" At this time, Yang Ming, who was not able to play next to him, said angrily.
Hearing this, Sun Yue and others immediately glared at the man. Liu Wei, who had a bad temper, said directly to the man: "He is arrogant? So what if he is arrogant? I have the ability to be arrogant. If you have the ability, come up and steal me."
Try one?"
The man opened his mouth to refute, but in the end he said nothing. Liu Wei had already established a reputation in China, and he was just a rising star, so it was better not to confront him.
"Chen Jie came to the national team to help us compete in the World Championships and Olympic Games. I know why you hate him. It's just because you think he took away one of your qualifying rights. But don't forget, even if Chen Jie doesn't join the national team, none of you will
There are also many people who will be kicked out of the national team. If he is one more, it will just mean that one more of you will be kicked out." Liu Wei sneered, ignoring these people who had changed their faces, and said to himself: "I want to
If you want to enter the national team, rely on your own strength and don't keep doing these useless things, otherwise we will give you a toy on what qualifications are!"
Chen Jie, who followed Yunus into the office, sat quietly on the sofa.
"Would you like to drink tea?" Yunus asked, and then said to himself: "The tea in China is really good. I used to love drinking coffee, but after I came to China, I realized that tea is much better than coffee.
Yes, and very healthy." As he said that, he took out a tea box from a cabinet, and then slowly brewed tea.
Chen Jie smiled lightly and said: "Of course, it is a purely natural product after all, and of course it is much better than coffee made from industrially processed cocoa beans."
It is worth mentioning that Yunus does not speak Chinese, so the two of them talk in English. However, for Chen Jie, there is no problem in communicating in English. After all, he was an English major in his previous life and is still in the United States in this life.
Stayed for three years.
After all, Yunus was not a professional tea maker. He simply put the tea leaves in the cup, rinsed it with boiling water and placed it in front of Chen Jie. Fortunately, Chen Jie was not a particular person either.
After getting up and signaling to Yunus, he took a sip.
"Good tea!" Although Yunus doesn't know how to make tea, Chen Jie doesn't know how to taste tea either.
But the two of them still praised it almost at the same time.
The two people looked at each other and laughed in unison.
"To be honest, Chen Jie, I am not particularly excited about your arrival. On the contrary, I am still a little worried." After drinking tea, as an American, Yunus is not an ink-stained person.
Go directly to the topic.
Chen Jie raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't understand why Yunus was worried.
"I have heard about everything you have done before!" Yunus continued: "There is no doubt about your strength. Any player who can make a name for himself in the NBA will never be a weakling. What's more, you won the title in your rookie season.
Won the championship, scoring champion, mvp and other honors! But basketball is not a one-person game. Players like Iverson and Tracy McGrady, no matter how strong they are, cannot win the championship with their own performance. If you want to win the championship,
The most important thing for a championship is the cooperation of your teammates. And I am not sure whether you can cooperate with this group of Chinese players."
Chen Jie didn't speak, just listened to Yunus' words quietly.
"I have been really uncomfortable this year." Yunus shook his head and said with a sad face: "Without Yao Ming, other Chinese players have been unable to perform well. I know that the Chinese team is really bad in international competitions.
It’s difficult to go further, and even qualifying for the group stage is difficult. But at least the Chinese team’s offense and defense now have their own system. Even if they face the strong basketball teams in Europe, they still have the ability to fight.”
"What I fear most is that after you come to the team, you will have various conflicts with the current group of players, resulting in a lack of tacit understanding with them. As the strongest player in China, you will definitely be the core of the team.
Playing basketball, but if everyone on the team has conflicts with you and cannot cooperate wholeheartedly, how far can you lead the team?" Yunus continued: "I am very scared. When you come to the team, not only will you
Instead of making the team stronger, it destroyed the current chemical reaction of the national team and caused the team to become even worse. Then my journey as the head coach of the Chinese national team should have come to an end."
Yunus kept talking, but at the same time he was still observing Chen Jie's expression carefully. He wanted to see something from Chen Jie's expression, but he was disappointed. Chen Jie's expression did not change since he started listening to himself speak.
However, it seemed as if what Yunus said had nothing to do with him.
Helpless, Yunus could only continue: "So, Chen Jie, I hope you can be a little more restrained in the national team. After all, this is not an American NBA team. You are not the boss recognized by everyone. Even if you want to convince everyone,
You also need a slow process, otherwise it will only make everyone hate you and think you are a blind and arrogant guy, do you understand?"
Chen Jie suddenly laughed. His expression had not changed since Yunus started talking, but when Yunus asked him this, he suddenly laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Yunus was confused.
"Do you know why I want to join the national team?" Chen Jie put away his smile, looked directly at Yunus, and asked instead of answering Yunus' question.
"Ah?" Yunus was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
For prestige? Chen Jie’s magical performance in the NBA has already made him famous beyond Tracy McGrady and even Kobe Bryant! For money? What is a world championship and an Olympics worth? Even if he wins the championship, the bonus will only be a few hundred
Wan, Chen Jie's current annual income in the United States is hundreds of millions, and it is still in US dollars. He will not come back just for this small amount of money.
"For honor?" Yunus thought about it and asked a little hesitantly. To be honest, he actually didn't believe this at all. In an American value system where interests are paramount, honor is really nothing special compared to money.
is valuable, but as the head coach of the Chinese national team, Yunas is confident that he knows these Chinese people very well, and in the minds of most Chinese people, glory far outweighs money.
"That's right, I didn't expect you to know." Chen Jie looked at Yunus in surprise, not expecting that he could actually guess it.
"I am the head coach of the Chinese national team!" Yunus said.
"Okay, you guessed it right, I am just for the honor." Chen Jie said this, his eyes suddenly became a little fanatical, "Yunas, the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the world is only the top eight! It is only the top eight.
Do you understand? Many people are still complacent about this. And I joined this team not for the top eight! Yunus, I returned to China to join the Chinese men’s basketball team to create history. What I want is to be home in three years’ time.
At the Olympic Games at the door, I want to get medals, even gold medals! Do you understand?" (To be continued...)
