In fact, Tang Qian had already expected this day, because Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian had such "exclusive" treatment before.
Then why didn't they come to find me before?
This again involves the Chinese people's "face" issue. Except for Yao and Yi, Wang Basun's NBA trip did not have such "exclusive" treatment. The reason is very simple. They played too badly in the NBA. Maybe Wang Basun has something else.
Factors, but Ba and Sun are really a matter of strength. So before this, the Chaoting Sports Channel has been in a wait-and-see mode.
It wasn't until Tang Qian won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award last month that Chao.ting Sports Station made up its mind and sent people across the ocean to interview the Zijin No. 29 rookie.
"Of course." Tang Qian nodded and quickly agreed.
"Tang Qian, do you feel comfortable in the NBA?"
"Well, it's okay. I've become more and more accustomed to the rhythm of the NBA."
"Then let me ask Tang Qian, what do you think of the Lakers?"
"Great team, I'm proud to play for the Lakers."
"Is Kobe Bryant very strict with you?"
"He is very strict with every teammate. You can ask Sun Yue about this."
"Okay, Tang Qian, how do you feel about the current status of the team? Are you satisfied?"
"As a rookie, I'm very satisfied. Kobe also started from the bench, right?"
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Faced with the reporter's "bargain", Tang Qian responded fluently. He has been in the NBA for nearly two months, so he handles the camera much more calmly and naturally than before.
"Then let me ask, the London Olympics are about to be held. Will you join the national team?"
This question made Tang Qian silent for two seconds. He thought for a moment before opening his mouth to answer: "I don't know. I have not received an invitation notice from the national team."
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Domestically, this interview video caused "an uproar".
Major basketball posts and forums are seeing a buzzing trend of "traffic".
"Why hasn't Tang Qian received the invitation notice from the national team? The London Olympics is about to start. What are the people above thinking?" As soon as someone saw the news, they complained in forums and forums.
"Logically speaking, shouldn't it be? The Chinese team is currently short of a center forward. If Tang Qian comes back, he can take over from Yao Ming, right? Why is there no invitation news yet?"
"Strongly requesting Tang Qian to join the national team! Strongly requesting Tang Qian to join the national team!!!"
"By the way, let's just go and leave a message on the Weibo of the Basketball Association and the Basketball Association. This will be more useful!!!" Someone put forward a "constructive" opinion.
"Okay, okay, count me in, let's leave a message right now!!!" Many netizens agreed.
After a while, thousands of messages appeared on the official Weibo of the basketball administrators and the basketball association. It was obvious that most people still hope that the national team can strengthen its lineup.
In the evening, Tang Qian received a transoceanic call from Li Qiuping in Los Angeles: "Xiao Tang, as the Olympics are approaching, the pressure from above is getting tighter and tighter. Have you considered it yet?"
"Coach Li, you actually know what I mean personally. I am very willing to play for the country. As long as the basketball directors and the Basketball Association resume my parents' jobs and prevent me from signing that shitty internal contract with Lao Shizi, I can do it right away.
Fill out the application form and publicly declare his intention to join the national team." In fact, after seeing that his parents were safe and sound, Tang Qian was not so angry. After all, he is Chinese, and Yanhuang blood flows in his body, so he joined the national team and joined China.
Men's basketball team, he is actually very happy in his heart.
After hearing Tang Qian's attitude, Li Qiuping was obviously relieved. He said to Tang Qian on the phone: "I understand, I understand, Xiao Tang, this is all necessary. Athletes should have no worries when they serve the country.
I will help you convey this meaning and then contact the above."
"Xiao Tang, you don't know, the strength of this Chinese team...sigh!" Li Qiuping is from the older generation. He sincerely hopes that China's basketball can be among the best in the world, but this time the Chinese men's basketball team
Basketball, to be honest, the situation is not optimistic. Since Yao Ming retired, the Chinese men's basketball team has entered a "trough period". The 16th place in the 2010 World Championship was just the beginning. In the 2011 Asian Championship, it narrowly defeated Jordan by one point. In the 2012 Olympic Games, it was 5
They lost all the games. In the 2013 Asian Championships, they lost consecutive games to South Korea and Iran, and were only ranked fifth. This all shows that the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has declined seriously, and even the top three in Asia have been eliminated.
It was torn off by force.
This period can be called the "dark period" of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Tang Qian has a clearer understanding of what will happen in the next few years than Li Qiuping, so he knows what the latter is worried about!
"It's okay, Coach Li, if I join the national team, I will definitely help the Chinese men's basketball team qualify!" Tang Qian remembered that the Chinese team was divided into Group B at the London Olympics, and the situation in Group B was better than Group A.
Not to mention the US team, Argentina, Lithuania and other strong teams will not meet in the group stage. Therefore, there is no game that is guaranteed to be lost.
"Well, Xiao Tang, if you join the men's basketball team, your chances of qualifying will be even better! I will help you contact the superiors and the national team as soon as possible!" Tang Qian's words obviously cheered up the middle-aged man. It can be seen that
, he truly loves Chinese basketball.
"Okay, I'll leave the domestic affairs to you, Coach Li." Tang Qian said into the phone.
"No problem, Xiao Tang, it's getting late. Let's talk next time." Li Qiuping said: "I hope that by the next time we call, you will already be a member of the Chinese men's basketball team."
However, neither Tang Qian nor Li Qiuping expected that a sudden and major change was secretly brewing in the country.
After a day's rest, the Lakers faced their next opponent, the Houston Rockets.
Although this game was played at the Staples Center, the Lakers players felt cold to the touch, as if they had just gone to the North Pole. Except for Kobe, who made 8 of 20 shots and scored 28 points on 11 free throws, the rest of the team felt cold.
All the players scored sluggishly. Anzhu, who showed his prowess in the last game, was in poor condition in this game. 19 points and 7 rebounds were the data he handed over. Under his defense, Luis Scola scored 30
Marcus Camby scored 18 points and also had 14 rebounds. The Spaniard only shot 8 times due to the issue of shooting rights, but his performance was still better than that of An Zhu and won the championship.
15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Goran Dragic broke out again, completely overwhelming his opponent Ramon Sessions with 26 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, completely destroying his opponent.
As for Tang Qian, he took advantage of a loophole. Since the Rockets' big man Dalembert was still recovering from injury, they had to use Patrick Patterson to top up. After all, Marcus Camby is old.
It was too high to last for more than 35 minutes, so the temporary inside line formed by him and Scola was easily suppressed by Tang Qian. In 19 minutes, he had 2 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks. This was the "report card" handed over by the Lakers on the 29th.
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But the Lakers still lost 107-112.
At the post-game press conference, Kobe Bryant got furious and scolded the entire team for being lackluster and like zombies. There was a reason why he was so angry. The Lakers currently have 35 wins and 21 losses, falling to the Western Conference once again.
How can the arrogant Black Mamba stand the fourth position?
Please, what is Kobe Bryant’s goal for this season? Scoring champion? MVP? All-NBA team? NO~ None!
This man has only one goal in his heart, and that is to win the championship!
Won the 17th Larry O'Brien Cup in Lakers history!
Won his sixth championship ring!
17 Larry O'Brien Cups means that the Lakers' number of championships in team history is equal to that of the Boston Celtics; six championship rings means that the number of championships in the Lakers' history is equal to that of Michael Jordan.
These two honors are what the Black Mamba desires most today.
But the Lakers' mentality this season made him feel a little bad.
He has won five championships, so he knows very well what kind of temperament a winning team should have, but the current "Purple and Gold Army" is really far behind. Far inferior to this season's "Green Jersey Army"
So eager for the O'Brien Cup!
The atmosphere of the Los Angeles Lakers is a bit subtle.
On April 7th, it was another back-to-back game. The Lakers moved to Phoenix. Fatigue and pressure were gradually eroding this "senior" team. Before the game, Kobe Bryant and Ci Shiping both suffered from influenza.
According to the diagnosis of the team doctor, it is best for them not to play in this game.
As a result, the Lakers' main players were reduced to two out of five, and their combat ability was greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the Suns' Marcin Gortat also missed the game due to a cold and fever. Otherwise, this game would be almost incomparable.
But it turns out that the Lakers still "overthought". They thought that without Gortat, the Suns would be just like themselves, and their strength would be greatly reduced. But they forgot that in Phoenix, there was a man named Steve Nash.
people.
As an excellent No. 1, what is your greatest ability?
It is to improve the abilities of teammates.
It's to raise the team's lower limit.
Among them, Steve Nash is definitely the best.
Under the control of the "Son of the Wind", the Phoenix Suns are missing Marcin Tatet, Shannon Brown, who has stepped in, and Michael Reid, who has not been a big brother for many years. Through Nash's connection, today
There was an amazing energy burst out in the evening. Lakers abandoned player Shannon Brown made 4 of 8 three-pointers and gave his old club a slap in the face with 24 points. Although Michael Reed is in his last season, he
He also scored 23 points and hit 4 three-pointers, which fully showed his true qualities as a "sharp shooter". In addition to the two of them breaking out in double figures, 7 members of the Suns team scored in double figures, and the Phoenix scored 125 points.
, toughly defended his home court dignity. This eclipsed Gasol's 30 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists from the Lakers. Tang Qian took advantage of the Suns' lack of people inside to swipe at Robin Lopez's head.
He had 14 rebounds, but the number of blocks was a bit low, with only 1 recorded. Because firstly, Robin Lopez took very few shots, and secondly, the Suns were shooting outside the paint tonight, so give him
There are not many opportunities to block shots.
The Lakers lost 105-125, with a huge score difference of 20 points, losing two consecutive games.
At this time, all kinds of negative comments about the Los Angeles Lakers have become rampant again. ESPN even broadcast an analysis program on Channel 3 called "Los Angeles Lakers, another second round tour?"
It once again used the "big data" theory to bombard the entire Lakers team, such as the aging of core players, such as internal discord, such as bad transactions, such as the decline in bench strength, etc. Anyway, in their eyes, the Los Angeles Lakers are a
The "pathetic second-rate team" is already in decline.
In this program, Tang Qian was also mentioned. Several analysts sneered at Lakers No. 29. They talked about the "luck theory", the "picking up omissions theory", the "bullying of the weak and fear of the strong" theory, and the "yellow race physical fitness" theory.
"On" and so on, there are not many nice things to say. After this program was broadcast, several women immediately became "angry".
The first to bear the brunt was Tang Mu. Under the guidance of Johns, he went to Los Angeles TV station to set up a "language translation" business. This business, as the name suggests, is to add one line of subtitles to your TV screen. There are eight languages available in the world.
, Chinese is also included. Although the price is a bit expensive, in order to understand "American TV", Tang's mother gritted her teeth and paid for three months.
Of course, this money was given to her by Tang Qian. Tang Qian applied for two sub-cards for his bank card, one for Tang's father and one for Tang's mother.
So, here is the scene below.
"What kind of bullshit theory is this?" Tang's mother said angrily at the TV screen: "What does it mean to enter the NBA with good luck? What does it mean to only bully marginalized people? What does the upper limit mean to be low? What does the locker room disharmony factor mean? Old
Tang, please tell me, what is this???"
Tang's father was not as excited as Tang's mother, but his face was a little ugly and he said: "It seems that the little potential American is under a lot of pressure."
"Also, what is a fight? My son has been good at both morals and academics since he was a child, and he never fights, okay?" After Mrs. Tang finished speaking, she asked Johns who was "standing guard" at the side: "Big man, what do you mean?
Tell me, is this true?"
Johns said seriously as always: "Mrs. Tang, this thing is true. There is indeed a fight within the team."
Although Johns' Chinese proficiency is good, when it comes to speaking Chinese, he is inexplicably a bit lame, with some indelible European and American accents.
"Big man? What do you mean?" Mother Tang found Johns' name difficult to pronounce, so she kept using "big man" instead of him.
"Mrs. Perm, I will show you a video and you will understand." Johns connected his mobile phone to the TV in the lobby, then entered the video webpage, searched for a popular video, and said: "Mrs. Perm, Mr. Perm, please watch TV.
Screen."
Johns pressed the play button, and a video that was "popular" in Los Angeles appeared on the TV screen.
About ten minutes later, the video ended, but Mother Tang's answer made Johns a little stunned and said: "Isn't it just a fight? Is it worth such a fuss? I think the big black guy is better than our little Qian.
He is much stronger, so he must have provoked me first. My Xiao Qian passively fought back, which can only be regarded as self-protection and self-defense." After saying that, Tang Mu also added with "unfinished meaning" and said: "Use the strong to bully the weak.
I can't even beat him, that big black guy has really grown so big in vain..."
This...it seems that I still need to study more on Chinese thinking!!!
Johns said silently to himself.
At the same time, in a mansion in Los Angeles, Sofia and Sestin were also very dissatisfied with the ESPN program. The two sisters complained one after another: "This ESPN executive must have been burned and beaten, otherwise why would he
Why are you targeting perms everywhere? There is also the 'locker room disharmony factor', which is simply ridiculous. Have they ever seen perms fight? When perms are powerful, let alone Andrew Bynum, they are three, four, five, six.
Seven or eight are not enough to beat you up, right, Sophia?"
Sofia blinked her eyes and agreed with her sister for once, saying: "Well, yes, that's what it is like."
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