In mid-August, New York City has a humid temperate continental climate. In addition, New York is close to the sea and is already very cool due to the influence of the ocean.

But inside the Island Garden Arena, it was really hot, and the team's "pop" and "pop" sounds could be heard everywhere!

Since the Island Garden Arena is currently closed, people outside can only hear the sound but cannot see what is going on inside.

Why does the arena where the New York Hans play home make these sounds?

Logically speaking, the team's preseason games haven't started yet in August, so no one should be playing in the arena!

Who is that in the arena?

Here I must solemnly introduce to you the team that trains and plays in the Island Garden Arena.

It is in this arena that all the players of the "Golden Generation", who are absolutely number one in the history of China, train.

In the previous life, it was this team that created the history of men's basketball and reached the best result of reaching the quarterfinals of the World Championships.

Why the National Men's Basketball Team plays in the New York Han Chinese team's home arena is because New York is relatively close to the Canadian World Championships competition city, so the Basketball Association called Bruce to mention it.

The sensible Bruce immediately took the initiative to allocate all the training equipment in the arena and the staff team to the national men's basketball team.

Of course, the arena is also free to use.

Moreover, these are all private sponsorships from Bruce, and the national team does not need to spend any money this time.

You must know that this is the 1990s. Let’s not mention how expensive the NBA’s modern sports training equipment is. Let’s just say that the “staff headquarters” that Bruce has equipped for the national men’s basketball team is definitely quite luxurious.

Where is the luxury?

First, let me introduce to you that the chief of staff of the "Staff Headquarters" is Rick Carlisle.

This is definitely worthy of Chinese fans, right? A famous coach is in charge.

Considering that Comrade Rick Carlisle is still a rookie and has been working as an assistant coach on the team, he usually doesn't have much room to perform.

So Bruce wants to give Rick Carlisle a chance. Anyway, Paul Westphal is in charge during the regular season, and Rick Carlisle usually only has the right to make suggestions.

Since they all have the right to make suggestions, suggestions are not suggestions, so Comrade Rick Carlisle, congratulations on winning the prize.

When Rick Carlisle received Bruce's invitation, he was crazy with excitement. You must know that he is relatively unknown now. He can provide advice to a big country like China as the general staff, which is something that no one else would even think of.

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Plus head trainer Aaron Nelson and team doctor Thomas Carter.

Plus a range of sports equipment.

I was moved when I saw this configuration. It means that the configuration of the American men's basketball team can be compared to the national men's basketball team, and the configuration of other teams can disappear.

Of course, this is just Bruce's request that they only need to cooperate with the men's basketball team to participate in the World Championships. Let's forget about the Asian Games. Besides, the coaches also need time to rest, right?

If this configuration is really brought to the Asian Games, Bruce would still feel embarrassed. Those garbage teams in Asia are simply not enough to fill the gap between the current men's basketball team.

You still need to be accompanied by these famous coaches, you are not a child, you can fight alone!

So, brothers, I have used resources to do this for you all, so you have to live up to your expectations!

After talking about Bruce’s configuration, let’s talk about China’s configuration.

The head coach is Jiang Xingquan, the chief assistant is Gong Luming, the second assistant is Li Qiuping, and the team leader is Li Yuanwei.

This time, because the two intercontinental competitions are connected together, I have to take a little rest after playing in the World Championships before flying to Nagashima, Japan to play in the Asian Games.

So this time the men's basketball team brought 12 players to New York for training.

Sub-gift to the men’s basketball “golden generation” list.

Center: Shan Tao, Ji Minshang

Power forward: Gong Xiaobin, Liu Yudong, Wu Naiqun

Small forward: Sun Jun, Zheng Wu, Ding Wei

Shooting guard: Hu Weidong, Wu Qinglong

Point guard: Ah Dijiang, Li Xiaoyong

The competition is fierce!

This is by far the strongest lineup the national team can field.

Roughly speaking, Yao Ming and others are still young and will basically have the opportunity to play after 2000.

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However, with this lineup, it is safe to enter the quarterfinals.

The training camp is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

However, there were still discordant voices, and Mr. Jiang couldn't listen to the advice that Bruce arranged for him.

Looking at the foreign face who is even more immature than Gong Luming, Mr. Jiang also thinks that this little brat is here. You weren't even born when I was playing ball!

You're giving me advice at this young age, and you don't have long hair!

In line with the principle that I am the master of my team, Mr. Jiang would not listen at all, and still went his own way in arranging his own tactical ideas.

The chief assistant coach Gong Luming next to him can only hold back his anger. The former is his old partner of Big Brother, and the latter is the consultant specially invited by Bruce for the men's basketball team. The most important thing is that he does have this ability.

Gong Luming had nothing to say, he could only act as a firefighter on both sides.

Rick Carlisle and the others were also a little angry. They were already taking a comfortable vacation, but they were notified by their boss to come over to help the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team improve its strength. This was nothing.

But you can’t mistake our good intentions for donkey liver and lungs!

Suddenly everyone was unbalanced!

Seeing that the contradiction between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, other senior officials of the Basketball Association have also noticed it, and some have also reported the situation.

You said that Comrade Xiao Liu has done this to be patriotic, but you are too old to give me any face. You think he is a famous coach of the national team, and you are so proud that you are afraid that the world will not change without you.

After Bruce received the call from Rick Carlisle, he didn't say anything, just to comfort everyone for the time being.

You don't know how to praise, you are shameless, your old style of fighting is about to become outdated.

Indeed, if the current technical and tactical style of play arranged by the Chinese head coach continues to dominate the Asian arena for a few years, there will be no problem at all. But if you encounter strong European and American teams, then you are just waiting to be abused!

Bruce was so angry that he directly called the office of the Basketball Management Center.

It was clearly stated that Mr. Jiang should be "dismissed from get out of class" immediately.

This is not bad, Mr. Jiang is also a well-known coach in the country. If get out of class suddenly ends, who will lead the national team!

Bruce knows that this matter is troublesome. After all, winning a meritorious coach cannot be justified to the outside world.

However, for the sake of the performance of the national team, Bruce patiently discussed a compromise plan with the director of the Basketball Management Center.

Gong Luming temporarily took over the head coaching position, and Rick Carlisle was promoted to the position of chief assistant coach. Although Gong Luming was apparently in charge, in fact, the team's overall play style had been secretly handed over to Rick Carlisle.

It’s not that I think Gong Luming is bad, it’s just that the current coaching philosophy of domestic coaches is still relatively backward. After all, they are not as rich as those coaches in the United States.

This is why Bruce asked for several Chinese coaches to be gold-plated.

Learn more advanced concepts so that you can fight for your country in the future.

This is also the best outcome. As for Mr. Jiang's final destination, the Basketball Management Center issued an order and arranged for him to return to China and become the director of the Provincial Sports Commission.

The hot-tempered Mr. Chiang finally left New York.

Now the national men's basketball team can finally boldly let go, and the team is much more active than before.

Next stop, target-Toronto, let’s go!

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In the 1994 World Championships in Canada, a total of 16 teams participated. They were divided into 4 groups in the group stage, and the top 2 teams from each group of 4 were able to advance to the final 8 knockout rounds.

The Chinese team was unfortunately placed in the "Group of Death" with the strongest opponents in this World Championship. The teams in the same group included Meng Er, Spain and Brazil.

There are no strict performance requirements for the men's basketball world championships, because they gave up hope as early as the grouping!

The main reason is that the opponents in the group stage are too strong.

Not to mention the dream of this group, it is definitely the strongest. Basically all the teams in the group gave up the confrontation.

It's really too strong and I can't resist it at all.

Although the members of the Dream Team this time are basically new faces, the Dream Team, led by Reggie Miller and Shaquille O'Neal, is exciting enough.

Of course, the New York Hans and Seattle SuperSonics also have several players selected for this dream list.

Winning glory for the country is what Bruce has always advocated. No matter which country's players are in the team, as long as the national team needs them, Bruce will open the door to facilitate them.

The premise is that for official intercontinental competitions, friendly matches, commercial matches and the like, Bruce will not let him go.

The Spanish team is also a traditional strong team in Europe, and there are many star players in the team.

The South American champion Brazil team is not weak either, and is similar in strength to the Chinese team.

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Because of this, the outside world is not optimistic about this World Championship. Even the fans in the country feel that they may lose all four games this time.

But what I never expected was that this men’s basketball team was so “awesome”.
To be continued...