It was early August, and the men's basketball team left the training center in Beilun and headed to the capital.
When we arrived in the capital, there were still six or seven days before the opening of the Olympic Games.
During these six or seven days, the men's basketball team basically stopped their training, because after entering the capital, almost everyone had a lot of extra matters off the court.
For example, almost everyone in the men's basketball team has a bunch of interviews to answer, and high-profile star players like Lin Yu may be called to the square of the Olympic Village for interviews at any time.
For another example, they have to make time to participate in the rehearsal of the opening ceremony.
Speaking of the opening ceremony, we have to mention the flag bearer of the opening ceremony.
Although Lin Yu has already overtaken Dayao in the basketball field. Whether it is in terms of NBA star status or domestic popularity, Lin Yu is higher than Dayao, but the Olympic standard bearer still chose Dayao.
The reason is naturally that Dayao is too tall. If we choose the flag bearer, he is the most suitable candidate.
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In the area where the men's basketball team is staying in the Olympic Village, reporters from CCTV entered with cameras and first interviewed Liu Wei, the captain of the men's basketball team.
After a few questions, Liu Wei took the reporter to Lin Yu's room.
After hearing the knock on the door, Lin Yu opened the door and saw his old acquaintance at a glance.
"Old Zhang!"
"Long time no see, Dayu."
Lao Zhang stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Lin Yu. It looked like the two of them had known each other for a long time.
Liu Wei was a little surprised, and Lin Yu immediately explained: "Lao Zhang and I are old acquaintances."
The reporter leading the team is naturally Zhang Jianwei. The first exclusive interview Lin Yu received from a domestic reporter in his NBA career was Zhang Jianwei's interview.
After that interview, the two established a cooperative relationship, but this cooperative relationship soon ended when Zhang Jianwei returned to China.
After that, Lin Yu went to the Knights, and the two had basically no contact.
See you again this time. Zhang Jianwei is an Olympic reporter from CCTV. Naturally, he found Lin Yu for an exclusive interview about Lin Yu’s plans and goals for this local Olympics.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhang Jianwei quickly got to the point.
"There are not many questions. There are only five in total. This is the template."
Zhang Jianwei handed the question template to Lin Yu. Lin Yu quickly saw five more formal questions. By the way, he noticed that the target of these five questions was not specified.
He immediately understood: "Everyone has these five questions?"
"Yes, we will edit and put everyone's answers into a collection, which will be broadcast on CCTV's Olympic special program the day after tomorrow."
Lin Yu nodded: "Okay, let's get started."
Liu Wei said hello and left first.
Zhang Jianwei signaled the cameraman behind him to turn on the camera, and the recording began.
"The first question is, what is the goal of the men's basketball team for this Capital Olympics?"
"Guarantee six and fight for four."
In the last World Championships, the men's basketball team created the best result in history and finished sixth. This time, the goal set by the leaders of the Basketball Association is naturally to go further.
Keep six and fight for four, with Lin Yu here, this is already a feasible goal.
And then, the second question is: "What about your personal goals? Will they be different?"
Zhang Jianwei also motioned to Lin Yu to be more detailed.
Lin Yu did not hesitate: "Let's get the medal. I think the most important thing about the Olympics is the medal. It's not easy to participate in an Olympics, and it's even more difficult to participate in a local Olympics. So, I think it would be perfect if I could get a medal.
If you can't get the card, you may have some regrets."
"What are your evaluations of the opponents in the Capital Olympics, such as who is the strongest and who is a noteworthy opponent..."
"As for our opponents this time, because it is the Olympics, everyone is doing their best, and the strongest one is naturally the US team. This time Kobe is here, LeBron, Melo and others are also here. It can be said that every position
They are all NBA superstars, and they are terrifyingly strong."
"The opponents worth noting are those from the same group."
The grouping of the men's basketball team is relatively poor, it can be said to be the group of death, so being able to break out of the group and finish eighth in the previous life is already an excellent result.
In this time and space, with Lin Yu, the men's basketball team has nothing to fear even if it faces a team of death.
"Besides the United States, the most noteworthy thing is Spain. They have several NBA stars such as Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon and Jorge Garbajosa, as well as Rudy Fernandez, Marc...
Gasol, two young people who will enter the NBA this year, as well as super rookies like Ricky Rubio and European stars like Juan Navarro."
"Then we have Germany, they have Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman, and Greece, they have a bunch of great players in Europe and the best team basketball..."
There are a total of six teams in Group B, including five teams except the Chinese men's basketball team. Lin Yu directly mentioned four of them.
The United States and Spain are so powerful that they almost 100% occupy the top two spots in the Olympic men's basketball competition. Greece's strength outweighs its reputation. In the previous life, the Chinese team was able to enter the top eight only by defeating Germany in a key battle.
In comparison, the starlight of Group A is a bit dim.
Argentina, Lithuania, Croatia, Australia, Russia and Iran are not as obviously prominent as the United States, but they have a balance of power.
In fact, in Lin Yu's view, if the men's basketball team without Lin Yu was placed in Group A, the risk would be the same as Group B.
Without Lin Yu, the men's basketball team still couldn't beat Argentina and Lithuania, Australia with Andrew Bogut and Patrick Mills, Russia with Andrei Kirilenko, and strong European teams.
Croatia, which defeated Spain in the game, can't say whether the men's basketball team will win or lose.
But now that the men's basketball team has such a monster like Lin Yu, if it is placed in Group A, it may indeed be a better choice.
After all, the ranking in the group stage is also very important, as it is related to the matchup in the knockout rounds.
The top four in the group advance, and if they rank fourth, they have to face the top player in the other group.
All I can say is that the two groups have advantages and disadvantages for each other.
"Tell me about the most dangerous player in this Olympic men's basketball competition."
"The most dangerous player, do you mean the opponent?" Seeing Zhang Jianwei nodding, Lin Yu continued: "Let's talk about Group B. The most dangerous player in Spain is definitely Pau Gasol, but with Yao here, there should be no problem
Not big, even if I can't restrain him, Brother Yao can still fight with him."
"The most dangerous person in Germany is definitely Dirk, but similarly, we also have ways to limit him."
"As for Greece, Spanoulis is very strong, but they are stronger as a whole."
"As for the United States, there's not much to say, they are strong in all positions."
The reason why Lin Yu never thought about winning the championship is because of the existence of the United States. Unless the men's basketball team can follow the example of Spain and Argentina and have a bunch of strong players with NBA rotation ability or close to NBA rotation ability, otherwise he will not be considered a champion.
No matter how powerful one person is, it is impossible to defeat this American dream team.
The last question was a bit casual. Zhang Jianwei asked Lin Yu his views on other Olympic events.
Lin Yu searched through the memories of his past life and mentioned diving, gymnastics and table tennis.
"The U.S. men's basketball team is a dream team, and our diving, gymnastics and table tennis are also dream teams. I am more concerned about the events in which we can win gold medals."
