"Del, I think we lack a power forward or small forward who can hit the basket in the main lineup."

"I also know that it's not that my vision is too high, but it's difficult to find such a striker in the CBA."

"What do you think of Yi?"

"He has too little experience, and we are worried that he will not know what to do when he plays."

"well……"

Liu Mang and Silver Fox Harris sighed at the same time.

Just like what Harris said, Yi Jianlian has not played in the past four games. When playing against Argentina, when Yao Ming was pulled out by Scola and Yao Ming was flanked inside, Yi Jianlian went up and could not defend him.

You can't attack even if you stay there.

Lack of awareness and panic are Yi Jianlian's problems. In four games, he scored a total of six points and two rebounds.

Liu Mang is very satisfied with Harris' coaching. Harris is used to coaching in the NBA. When Liu Mang and Yao Ming are around, he is more willing to use their advantages to defeat Spain, which is still young.

It's just that on the Chinese team, except for Liu Mang, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi, the others are veterans like Li Nan and Guo Shiqiang, or they can only do simple tasks, such as throwing open three-pointers, and their defense is okay.

, but when it comes to scoring in a confrontation, not many can do it.

"By the way, Del, what do you think of Mo?" Liu Mang thought of Mo Ke.

"Mo? You can give it a try..." Harris almost forgot about Moco.

The Chinese team has Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Battelle who can play center, and there is Du Feng at the power forward position. It would be good to give Yi Jianlian a few minutes to experience the World Series. Yi Jianlian has potential, but Moko has no potential.

, Moko, who has been in the youth team at the age of 13, has mature skills and limited talent, but his style of play is not that of a role player, but a core style of play that requires holding the ball and attacking hard, but he is not very outstanding in international competitions.

Let Yi Jianlian play because Yi Jianlian seems to be the future of the national team, but Moko is not.

But Moko's impact is still very good.

"Let Mo try it!" Harris thought that the next opponent was Serbia and Montenegro, which is strong inside and needs more inside damage. Except for Yao Ming, the Chinese team has almost no way to cause damage in the inside.

Although Divac, Peja and others are missing, Serbia and Montenegro are still a team with several NBA players and a large number of top European players, mainly three frontcourt lineups!

"Dell, will you still coach in the next Olympics?" Liu Mang suddenly asked.

"I don't know, if I don't make it to the finals this time, I probably should go back to college to coach." Harris said with a smile, but he was very open-minded. The head coach of the Chinese team is not good at eating.

"I hope it's you. Compared to other coaches, I think you are more suitable for us..."

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Two days passed quickly, and on August 23, the match day between the Chinese team and the Serbian and Montenegrin teams arrived.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the players of the Chinese team and the Serbian and Montenegrin teams had entered the Spartak Stadium to start the final preparation time.

How courageous is Harris? Being able to put Ace Jones and Nick Van Exel on the bench and let the little blacksmith shoot at critical moments shows how courageous he is.

Today's Chinese team's lineup is Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Mo Ke, and Yao Ming.

On the Serbian side, the lineup, the first name scared Liu Mang.

Popovich!

But it’s called Sechenko Popovich, a 1.91 meter point guard from CSKA Moscow, and the other four are the water cooler keeper of the Timberwolves last season, pitcher Igor Rakochevich; now

Nets forward Vladimir Radmanovic was drafted by the Nets in 2002 and has already announced that he will enter the NBA. Nenad Kostic, a super insider prospect, and Raptors super rookie Darko-

Milicic.

Soon, the game started, Yao Ming and Milicic came to the center circle to jump the ball.

As "the hope of Asian centers" and "the hope of European centers", Yao Ming and Milicic are only one year away from entering the NBA. Their performances in their rookie seasons are often compared.

But I don’t know, Yao Ming was really good in his rookie year. He made the playoffs with Francis, and Milicic had more helpers, but the Raptors were at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

Of course, age may be a very important factor, but can Milicic be selected for the best team under the age of 24? It's really hard to say.

It was about to jump the ball. Milicic saw Yao Ming and was full of fighting spirit. His agent said that Yao Ming is his strong opponent in the future development. He also knows how powerful Yao Ming is, so he is very motivated for this game, and

, just like the Chinese team, if they lose this game, they will be eliminated!

Just when the ball was about to jump, Milicic saw Liu Mang coming over.

Seeing Liu Mang's malicious eyes, Milicic's heart suddenly jumped. What he fears most about the Chinese team is not Yao Ming, but Liu Mang!

"What is he going to do!" Milicic was very nervous.

Liu Mang walked up to Misilic, raised his head and said, "Kid, go back and drive the tractor. Your land hasn't been planted yet."

Yao Ming saw Liu Mang coming over and said something like this. It was inexplicable. Milicic was a No. 4 pick, with a salary of more than 3 million U.S. dollars a year, and a bright future. He would be paid tens of millions in the future. What a waste of time.

ah!

However, when Yao Ming turned to look at Milicic, he found that Milicic was distracted and was mumbling words that Yao Ming could not understand. It was not English.

What Milicic was mumbling was in Serbian and Croatian, which probably meant: "It's been a long time since I've been home to see my mother. I haven't been here for more than a year. She must be very tired from farming. I told her that Darko has already

I made a lot of money..."

"???" Yao Ming's outlook is a bit broken. What does Liu Mang mean by that sentence? Why does the No. 4 pick suddenly act like he's crazy?

As a simple Eastern European big man, Milicic is also 19 years old after all. Liu Mang just borrowed Milicic. When he was playing in the Timberwolves, Garnett mocked Milicic in training and made Milicic cry.

That's all.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The only difference is that when Garnett said similar words, his tone was sarcastic, wanting to attack Milicic or to stimulate Milicic's motivation, and

At that time, Milicic had already locked up as a parallel importer, was getting older, and felt humiliated.

Now, Misicic was selected to the All-Rookie Team in his rookie year and was very high-spirited. When he heard Liu Mang's words, he thought of his mother from the former Soviet Union who inherited the hard-working nature of the older generation of the former Soviet Union.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. Milicic was a little slow to react. He saw Yao Ming's poor bounce to win the jump ball from his head. Milicic only reacted and was hit by that hateful ball again.

The guy was cheated!

Why did you catch me alone?

Milicic thought about the first time he played against Liu Mang and was dunked, and he quickly returned to defense in grief and anger.

Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, gesturing for everyone to move away, and Yao Ming went to the low post.

Popovich's defense spread out and stuck to Liu Mang, trying to put pressure on him. As an Eastern European player, Popovich's style of play is very tough.

Seeing that the Serbian and Montenegrin teams seemed to be shrinking, Liu Mang knew that he wanted to flank him, so he protected the ball and waited for his teammates to get into position.

Moko and Zhu Fangyu went to the bottom corners on both sides. Li Nan was ready to respond and catch the ball for a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle. The space was not completely opened. Yao Ming was sandwiched under the basket by Kostic and Milicic. Moko was free.

Actively reaching the mid-range, Liu Mang immediately passed the ball when Moko cut in.

After Moko received the ball, Kostic immediately turned around to defend Moko, but Moko had already charged!

Kostic underestimated Moko and pounced directly to stop Moko, but Kostic himself is only a 21-year-old young insider weighing 100 kilograms, and he will not be able to average 16 points per game for a strong team in the NBA playoffs in the future.

The one who was separated was knocked away by the charging Moko, who weighed 112 kilograms!

Milicic has a good sense of defense and came to cover the defense. Moko is worthy of being the successor of Wang Zhizhi of the Bayi team. His offense with the ball is quite comprehensive. He immediately passed the ball inside to Yao Ming, and Yao Ming dunked like a gorilla with both hands, fiercely.

Smash the ball into the basket!

First-class explosive power, strong impact with the ball, and many offensive options at the basket are Moko's characteristics. Sometimes he can be used well and the effect is very good. Although his upper limit is far lower than that of Yi Jianlian, and there is a gap between him and Wang Zhizhi, but he can be used reasonably.

The ability really works wonders!

The Chinese team started with a fierce inside cooperation!

The offense and defense transitioned, Serbia and Montenegro attacked, and Popovich advanced with the ball.

To guard against Popovich, just because of his name, Liu Mang was very motivated and started to defend Popovich directly in the half.

Popovich didn't expect Liu Mang to be so active, sticking his butt out to protect the ball and moving forward bit by bit.

Popovich finally crossed the center line and came to the outside of the three-point line. What he saw was that four other people from the Chinese team took the initiative to fight hand-to-hand with four of his teammates!

You're playing very hard! You're working so hard just at the beginning? What are you going to do?

Moko finally got a chance to play. He received two orders. One was to rush to the basket on the offensive end, and the other was to fight Milicic on the defensive end. He did whatever it took to make Milicic uncomfortable.

Except for Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu, who were very accurate in three-pointers when they played the relatively "gorgeous" Spain in the first game, they were more accurate in the subsequent games against weak New Zealand. When they played against Italy and Argentina, they were both made to shoot poorly due to fierce physical confrontation.

, playing against Eastern European teams now is probably not much better, so the task given to them by the coaching staff is to open up as much space as possible on the offensive end, and make decisive shots when they have the opportunity to score or not, but on the defensive end, it is better than

The other party is more vicious!

Even Yao Ming spared no effort to suppress Krstic under the basket, and Krstic was forced to exit the three-second zone. Yao Ming, because he did not defend for three seconds, was very accustomed to the FIBA ​​style of play after all.

He joined the national team at the age of 10.

Kostic is different from many European insiders. Although he is white, he is an American-style black insider, a hard-line insider who works in the three-second zone. That is why the Nets value him so much and spent 1 million euros.

He bought out his contract with Victory Moscow for a huge sum of money just to bring him to the NBA next season.

However, what Yao Ming is not afraid of the most is the black American insiders in this era!

Duncan and Yao Ming are both worthy. Rookie Yao Ming beat Duncan at his peak once, let alone Kostic?

This is when the game begins! Are you going to fight so hard?
To be continued...