Before lunch, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi came back. They had a small core meeting with Gasol, the team doctor, the Lakers owner and his daughter, and another player No. 24 who was hiding in the corner of the hospital waiting for Liu Mang to leave before entering the ward.

Players meeting.

Gasol was injured only after he had passed the physical examination and officially joined the Lakers. The Lakers had no choice but to return the goods. Yao Ming renewed his contract with a maximum salary, and it was a "super maximum salary" in this era with the Ice Clause. Kobe and Yao Ming

Gasol Odom, the Lakers' salary has reached 60 million US dollars, and they can only move forward, not backward.

Moreover, the Lakers do not plan to return the goods. Gasol's injury is not a career-threatening injury, at least not yet. He can recover within six to eight weeks at the earliest. He will not be able to keep up with the preseason and training camp. It may be possible before December.

Can officially come back.

Liu Mang heard Yao Ming briefly say that the Lakers wanted to negotiate with the Spanish national team and the Chinese national team about the use of Gasol and Yao Ming.

Liu Mang doesn't have much doubt that the Spanish men's basketball team will let Gasol rest, but the Chinese Basketball Association...

It would be good if Yao Ming doesn't play in weird games like the Stankovic Cup or some weird games that are either there or not.

Yao Ming himself doesn't really want to give up playing in the Asian Championships and Asian Games. This is about his future. Unlike Liu Mang, his goal is not just to become a great basketball player, but also has different goals.

…

"Lian Mei, I forgot to bring money, you pay." Liu Mang held a big popcorn bucket and asked Yi Jianlian to pay.

"Brother Bajie, I'm still in college." Yi Jianlian continued to look for a new home.

"..."

Zhu Fangyu speechlessly let Yi Jianlian take his huge popcorn bucket first, and took out his wallet. How could these two people in the United States be so stingy?

Liu Mang originally wanted to show off his prowess. He just received the balance of most of last season's endorsement fees in July, but... he just bought a 500 yen popcorn, and Zhu Fangyu asked for 2,000 yen.

Yes, it’s dozens of dollars more. Liu Mang decisively stated that he didn’t bring a wallet.

In the afternoon, the Chinese team conducted training against the Spanish team. The amount of training was not large, and it was mainly a few targeted tactical coordination. There will be a game tomorrow, and it is important to maintain physical fitness now.

One thing about the Blue Association is good. The worse the record is, the more they like to mess with it. But if the record is good, they don't dare to interfere easily except to show off their authority. After all, they really don't know much about basketball.

After dinner, Liu Mang, Zhu Fangyu, and Yi Jianlian, two young and energetic teammates, went to the Saitama Super Arena to watch the game between the American team and the Greek team.

When I arrived at the arena, I discovered that FIBA ​​had placed the Naismith Cup, the trophy for this world championship, at the Saitama Super Arena.

"Boss, why did they move the trophy here so early?" Yi Jianlian asked strangely.

"Maybe he wanted to stimulate the two teams that didn't make it to the finals," Liu Mang said uncertainly.

However, the Naismith Cup placed in the exhibition hall made Liu Mang, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian very excited, especially the latter two. Before Liu Mang joined the national team, they never thought that they would be so far away from this trophy.

Very close, just one game away!

Liu Mang just brought two bodyguards to watch the game, which surprisingly made the two important role players more motivated.

…

In the match between the Greek team and the American team, the American team was killed again...

It’s really hard to beat!

The U.S. team couldn't get inside. The U.S. team made 9 mid-range shots and 8 three-pointers in the game. The score at the basket basically relied on two jumping centers to tip-in and counterattack.

But the Greek team counterattacked more, getting 13 steals in a single game, and the American team made crazy mistakes.

The American team had a lead, leading by 7 points at the beginning, but lost by 16 points at most.

The U.S. team's style of play is one-on-one, taking shots or being intercepted. They only made 27 of 69 shots in the game. If it weren't for Wade's mid-range shot and Battier and Bosh's three-pointer, the U.S. would have been defeated.

The team is finished a long time ago...

In the end, the U.S. team lost to Greece by 8 points, 71 to 79, and missed the medal.

From the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis, to the 2004 Athens Olympics, to the 2006 World Championships in Japan, the U.S. team failed to finish in the top three in three consecutive world championships, continuing to make history!

…

…

"Mark, why are your eyes a little red?"

"Your brother hit you again?"

"How old are you? Fight back! By the way, you can't fight back when he's injured, so remember, beat him to death when he's healed..."

Listening to Liu Mang's words, Gasol was stunned for a moment, his previous ambition and pride were shattered into pieces.

The day's preparation time passed quickly, and it was time for the final between the Chinese team and the Spanish team.

Today, his brother deliberately postponed his trip to Germany for a day with the Lakers and came to the scene to cheer him on.

What Gasol misses the most is his younger brother. Everyone else is actually doing fine. He is particularly worried that his younger brother's poor performance will affect the performance of the national team, and then he will be scolded by domestic fans.

When Gasol heard his elder brother's encouragement in the locker room, he burst into tears and vowed to perform well. His eyes were red partly because he was crying, but also because he thought that the media actually wrote "If the Chinese team loses to

Such arguments as "Gasol's Spain is a failure" made Gasol and his teammates want to slap those reporters in the face.

But Gasol was chatting with Liu Mang before the game. After chatting for a while, his head started to buzz, and he suddenly recalled the time when he was bullied by his brother when he was a child...

There is no deep brotherly love, but it is full of resentment.

Liu Mang deliberately found Gasol before the game and wanted to tease his sister-in-law, but he succeeded!

Looking at Liu Mang who came to stir things up and then left, Gasol's emotions were messed up...

…

After the national anthems of the two teams were played, it was almost 7 o'clock in the evening, and the lineups of the Chinese team and the Spanish team came to the field.

The Chinese team sent out a lineup of Liu Mang, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming.

The Chinese team's lineup is a little different today.

Gasol, who is still playing in Barcelona, ​​is certainly talented, but he is still too young!

"Marc Gasol, international ability evaluation is 85, offense 78, defense 86, passing 81, three-pointer 68, mid-range shot 79, layup 84, speed 79, strength 90..."

The future is the future, and Gasol is not necessarily stronger than Wang Zhizhi now. He is not yet the bear king who can stand alone among the insiders in the world of basketball when Gasol gets older.
Chapter completed!