The day after Lin Yu entered the Beilun Training Center, he participated in the tactical training of the men's basketball team.
The role given to him by Yunus is that of the team's outside playmaker, with the task of holding and controlling the ball at the top of the arc, organizing and supporting, and playing singles on the outside.
In the NBA, Lin Yu's breakthrough was too poor, which resulted in his singles being underwhelming. But in FIBA, relying on his top mid-range and long-range shots and against a slightly lower defense, he still has a chance to perform in singles.
On the first day Lin Yu arrived on the team, Yunus had already decided on a main lineup. Lin Yu was the shooting guard, Liu Wei was the main point guard, small forward Zhu Fangyu, power forward Yi Jianlian, and center Tang Zhendong.
If Dayao arrives, the center position will be changed from Tang Zhendong to Dayao.
In terms of substitutes, Sun Yue is the point guard, shooting guard Wang Shipeng, small forward Li Nan, power forward Du Feng, and center Wang Zhizhi.
In the main substitute confrontation, Lin Yu faced a zone defense under FIBA rules, and his direct defender was Wang Shipeng, the first round of the tactical training match
Lin Yu holds the ball, a triple threat from outside the three-point line. Then with a tentative step, Wang Shipeng directly steps forward to challenge.
Obviously, Wang Shipeng took it for granted. If it were Lin Yu before, Lin Yu might not have the advantage if he fought physically.
But after gaining weight and strengthening strength training, his physical resistance has reached the average level of the NBA. He easily took the advantage against Wang Shipeng.
Of course, the advantage was not that big. Lin Yu just used his body to resist Wang Shipeng's defense, and then continued to resist the defense and took two steps toward the three-point line.
From the mid-range position, he raised his hand and made a mid-range shot.
Wang Shipeng stepped forward again, but his defense was average and failed to interfere with Lin Yu at all.
With a swish sound, the mid-range shot was successful.
Off the court, Yunus was immediately dissatisfied with the substitute team's defense in this round. He yelled at the court in English: "You underestimate Lin's singles. What about your zone defense? As soon as he breaks through, you should
The defense has shrunk!"
Then he kept chattering: "It's too slow, it's really too slow!"
After fighting for several rounds, Yunus discovered that Wang Shipeng couldn't guard against Lin Yu at all. The physical confrontation was fine, but he was slightly at a disadvantage.
The biggest problem is that Wang Shipeng's ability to defend against shots is so poor that every ball he interferes with is weak and weak.
In turn, Lin Yu did an excellent job defending Wang Shipeng. After six or seven offensive and defensive rounds in the training match, Wang Shipeng made 0 of 3 shots and was completely unable to break through Lin Yu's defense.
Yunus was both excited and worried. What was exciting was that he was satisfied with Lin Yu's personal abilities. In this World Championships, the combination of Lin Yu and Yao Ming, both inside and outside, is worth looking forward to.
What worries me is that the strength of other players in the men's basketball team, especially the outside players, is a bit inferior to Lin Yu and Yao Ming. When it comes to a real strong showdown, this may be a hidden danger.
Then, he adjusted his defense and replaced Sun Yue to defend Lin Yu.
Sun Yue's confrontation ability is much better than Wang Shipeng's, and compared to Lin Yu, he is not inferior at all.
But Lin Yu's long-distance shots are so accurate that he can always hit the ball when facing the defense, not to mention he has a good hand to pass the ball.
In this way, without Dayao, they still faced Wang Zhizhi's raging inside, and the main team, led by Lin Yu, quickly took the initiative on the court.
"Lin's long-distance shooting, organization and support, and defense are all so satisfying. With such an outside player in the Chinese team, it will no longer be a dream to secure eight and compete for four in this year's World Championships!"
Before the World Championships, the goal under the Basketball Agreement was to secure eight and compete for four.
In previous history, the men's basketball team failed in the quarter-finals after qualifying in the group stage. In other words, their result was the top 16.
After a tactical training match, Lin Yu quickly conquered his national team teammates.
"Brother Yu, you are so strong."
"As expected of an NBA-level player, he is so strong. Just for this shot, there are not many people present who can compare with Brother Yu." Wang Shipeng gave a thumbs up.
Lin Yu smiled: "Shooting is something you learn through practice. The most important thing in the NBA now is shooting. A role player who doesn't shoot won't even have a chance to improve his statistics."
Chen Jianghua in the corner glanced at the basket, casually made a shooting motion, and then shook his hand. He always felt that his shooting posture was not as standard as Lin Yu's.
In the past two days, he heard Lin Yu talk about the importance of shooting many times, and now he is still a player who relies on speed. Although he has great potential, some people think that he will have a chance to go to the NBA in the future.
Only Chen Jianghua himself knows that he is still far away from the NBA because his style of play is too unique.
"Does shooting come from practice?"
After entering the Beilun training center, Lin Yu also started to be lazy. He canceled the extra training in the early morning and only left the extra training in the evening.
In addition, he was injured and did not have a personal training team nearby. Even in the extra training in the evening, he just shot and paddled.
The men's basketball players didn't work as hard as Lin Yu expected. At least after dinner, he didn't see any other teammates coming over for extra practice.
When he was sweating profusely from practice and decided to end the extra practice early, someone finally appeared on the sidelines.
Lin Yu wiped his sweat, sat on the sidelines, and then looked up at the extra teammate, who was Chen Jianghua.
Chen Jianghua appeared on the court, picked up a basketball, and started shooting. He kept adjusting his posture from the three-point line to the mid-range, but his shooting rate was not high.
Lin Yu was not in a hurry to leave, and watched with interest as 17-year-old Chen Jianghua kept shooting, shooting, and shooting again.
"If he can develop his mid-range shooting within one or two seasons and join the NBA at the age of 19, the possibility of being selected in the second round is still very high."
Lin Yu was making what he thought was a guess, but he was not optimistic that Chen Jianghua could practice shooting within one or two seasons.
If it were so easy to practice, Chen Jianghua would not become Xiang Zhongyong in the future.
He watched for a while and decided not to interfere, and quickly left quietly.
Time soon came to mid-August, and the training team headed north to the capital to begin their journey to the Stankovic Cup.
Lin Yu was with the team throughout the whole process, but did not appear once.
In the first game of the Stankovic Cup, the men's basketball team faced Germany. Yao performed well in this game, but the men's basketball team was a piece of shit from the outside.
On the German side, the inside combination of Nowitzki and Chris Kaman performed better, and the German team won without any doubt.
Then two days later, the Chinese team lost another game against Nene Hilario and Andre Varejao. This year's Stankovic Cup started with two consecutive losses and was at the bottom of Group A.
Domestic fans began to worry about the state of the men's basketball team, but Lin Yu did not play from beginning to end, which gave them some hope.
In the final battle, the Chinese team, which was at the bottom of Group A, fought against the Australian team, which was at the bottom of Group B. After a hard-fought battle, the Chinese team finally won a difficult victory with a difference of 2 points.
In the end, among the six participating teams in the Stankovic Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team ranked fifth.
Such results made the goal of securing eight and competing for four in the World Championships a joke.
"I know Lin Yu hasn't fought yet, but without Lin Yu, we can't even beat Germany and Brazil. How can we beat Argentina, Spain, the United States, Lithuania and Greece?"
"Go and fight over there."
"Let's wait for Lao You's adjustment. I believe that when Dayu comes back, he can form a 1+1 greater than 2 effect with Dayao..."
Compared with the pessimism of the fans, Yunus doesn't have so many ideas. After Dayao returned to the team, he tried the combination of Lin Yu and Dayao, and the effect was great. 1+1 can definitely be greater than 2, so for the World Championships
Sai, Yunus still maintains confidence.
He told Basketball Association Chairman Li Yuanwei: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete for the top four, but the top eight will definitely be no problem!"
After the Stankovic Cup, Yunus also determined the final roster to participate in the World Championships