After staying in the national team for a long time, Lin Yu discovered that the national team actually had factional disputes.
The current men's basketball national team is roughly divided into two factions, the Guangdong Clan headed by Du Feng, and the Bayi Clan headed roughly.
Factions sometimes affect a team's combat effectiveness, but in Lin Yu's case, the influence of factions can be completely ignored.
He has strength. In the fiba arena, he will be the second star of the Chinese men's basketball team and the absolute core of the outside line.
Therefore, neither the Yuedong Gang nor the Bayi Gang could take the initiative to provoke Lin Yu. If anyone dared to do so, it would not be Lin Yu who would get out.
Because on the basketball court, strength is the most important thing.
What do the leaders of the Basketball Association want? What they want is performance. Performance is equal to political performance, and the existence of Lin Yu means better performance.
After the Stankovic Cup ended, the men's basketball team went to Japan to participate in the 2006 Men's Basketball World Championship held in Japan.
In the first game, they will go to Sapporo, the fifth largest city in Japan, to face the Italian team, a strong enemy in the European basketball circle.
After the men's basketball team arrived in Sapporo, Jeff Schwartz also arrived at the same time. He contacted the local hospital in Sapporo and gave Lin Yu a final injury recovery check before the game.
The results were very good, and the doctor told Lin Yu that he could already participate in normal-paced competitions.
Despite hurrying and slowing down, Lin Yu still made it to the World Championships.
After receiving the permission to participate, Lin Yu was ready to play in the game against Italy. Before the game, he accepted an exclusive interview with Yangwu.
We haven’t seen each other for half a year, but Zhang Jianwei is already the person in charge of CCTV’s five NBA columns. Zhang Jianwei is also responsible for this exclusive interview.
We met at a hotel in Sapporo. Zhang Jianwei asked the cameraman behind him to turn off his camera, and the two talked about old times.
After the Arab League's "angry chop" joke and Durant's "trumpet" joke, Lin Yu put all his focus on the United States.
Although Zhang Jianwei has been paying attention to Lin Yu's games, the leaders of Central Five asked him to focus more on Dayao.
Therefore, in the past six months, although the two of them always met, they didn't have much time to communicate.
"Dayu, first tell me how you feel after joining the knights?"
Zhang Jianwei's question sounded like an interview, but the camera behind him was not turned on. Lin Yu replied with a smile: "How can I feel? It's just that I changed to a teammate who may be more suitable for me."
"Do you think you can make the All-Star team next season?"
"It shouldn't be a problem. I was very close to being an All-Star last season. If I make some progress next season, it shouldn't be a big problem."
"That would be great. We can see the Chinese Derby during the All-Star Weekend." Zhang Jianwei looked a little excited.
Lin Yu smiled, but he didn't think much about it.
Domestic media are always hyping up the Chinese Derby. What he wants to say is: "Chinese Derby? It's boring. I'm on the outside and Dayao is on the inside. They don't match each other at all. When will there be another star-level outside player in China?"
Go to the NBA and play against me, that's called a derby, that's interesting."
Zhang Jianwei smiled bitterly: "Another one? Are you kidding me? To be honest, with the way our country selects talents, it's God's will to get you an outside line. You might as well imagine another star-level inside line in the future.
, to confront Dayao, this is somewhat possible..."
Lin Yu silently complained: It is impossible for a star player to appear on the outside again, and it is also impossible for a star player on the inside. Whether it is him, who is hanging on the wall, or Dayao, a once-in-a-century prodigy based on his height, it is not that easy to appear.
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Although saying this is a bit boastful, it is a fact. In the time and space of the previous life, in the ten years after Dayao retired, there was no second Dayao in the men's basketball team.
Although everyone is waiting...
After the chat time, it’s time for the interview.
Zhang Jianwei's questions were very formulaic. The first question was related to the first game of the World Championships: "Do you have any different understanding of Italy as an opponent? What do you think the men's basketball team's chances of winning are?"
"If we play well, we can win, but Italy is not weak either. They have Andrea Bargnani, this year's NBA No. 1 pick, and many talented players playing in European leagues. I think the players are not the focus, the focus is
It's tactics and coordination, this is our weakness and the strength of European teams..."
"So, how do you think we should fight?"
"Play more cooperation, pass more passes, use more tactics, play less alone, and don't rely too much on Dayao. These are the points we need to pay attention to."
"How do you think the men's basketball team can go in this year's World Championships with one more member of your team?"
"Guarantee the top eight."
Lin Yu has no expectations for this World Championship. It's not that he underestimates the strength of the men's basketball team. In fact, in such a world-class competition, the top eight is already the ceiling for the men's basketball team.
From the perspective of tactical coordination, the men's basketball team has always been completely outperformed by European basketball.
Tactical literacy cannot be developed in a day. At least in this World Championship, the men's basketball team cannot compete with those European teams.
The day after the interview, the 2006 Men's Basketball World Championship kicked off.
The opening match was between the German team and the Japanese team. The Japanese team was at the bottom in terms of strength in this World Championship. They were completely beaten by Germany for the entire game. If the German team had not taken care of the face of the host country, the Japanese team would have faced
It could be a disastrous failure.
Several high-profile teams also played one by one. The United States defeated Puerto Rico, Greece defeated Qatar, Argentina defeated France, Spain defeated New Zealand, and Lithuania unexpectedly lost to Turkey.
Then there is the match between the Chinese team and the Italian team.
For Italy, they have always been a strong team in the European basketball circle, but there were no NBA players before, so they have always been underestimated.
And this summer, the emergence of Andre Bargnani suddenly gave them more confidence.
"Andre and Yao Ming are both No. 1 picks, so there should be no difference."
This is what Daniel Caballero, the Italian team's captain and outside core, said when comparing Andrea Bargnani and Yao Ming in an interview.
When a reporter asked: "In addition to Yao Ming, the Chinese team also has Lin Yu on the outside. How will you solve the threat posed by Lin Yu from China?"
Caballero's answer was: "The Chinese may put all their attention on Andre, but what they don't know is that we still have a secret weapon, and we will give them a surprise."
On the other side, Lin Yu heard about Caballero's interview and asked: "Surprise? What surprise?"
An American reporter who went to cover Italy told Lin Yu: "He said they have a shooter who can compete with you."
"Tai Biao's shooter?" Lin Yu glanced down at Italy's roster and soon saw a familiar name, Marco Belinelli.
Lin Yu smiled: "If it were him, Italy's surprise would probably turn into their own shock."