Seeing this block, Jordan, who was watching the game, shook his head and said to the old Colangelo beside him: "Old K can still play for at least five years. I can't see any signs of decline in his athletic quality. He even
He can dance even better than he did in previous years, this guy is really a monster!"
Old Colangelo smiled and nodded: "He is a man who creates miracles."
"We are in trouble this time, the lineup is too bad." Jordan shook his head.
Old Colangelo nodded. He knew very well that this time the American team barely qualified for the group stage and was not qualified to be called the Dream Sixth team. In the quarter-finals, they met the extremely powerful Chinese team.
There is almost no chance of reaching the semifinals. The Dream Six team should be the worst performing American men's basketball team in decades.
"As long as old K is not seriously injured, the next BJ Olympics will probably be dominated by the Chinese team, and the people around him can still play for many years." Jordan said helplessly.
"Bang!"
Just as the two were talking, there was a violent sound of the basket exploding on the court. Under Wang Tiejun's two-handed dunk, Duncan was thrown to the ground, and the transparent backboard shattered and the basket was torn off.
Come down.
"boom!"
The atmosphere in the stadium reached its peak, and the morale of the American team was beaten to the brink of collapse.
"Ahhhh..."
Dabao jumped up excitedly and danced on the sidelines.
Zhang Lijia laughed and said: "This group of stars were suppressed by the iron army in the NBA, and they met the same fate in the international arena. They are destined to be unable to turn around."
More than an hour later, the game ended at 94:69. The Chinese team defeated the American team and entered the semi-finals. The American team was eliminated and could only compete for fifth to eighth place.
In the whole game, Lao Wang had 8 blocks and two steals, Dayao had 3 blocks and a steal, and the two combined for 11 blocks. A large number of outsiders on the US team who were good at breaking through were protected by them.
Headache and bleeding.
In the second half of the night, the results of the other two quarter-finals also came out. Italy defeated Greece and Argentina defeated Lithuania. In addition to the previous Spanish and Chinese teams, the four men's basketball teams will face off tomorrow, the 27th.
Semifinals.
After the game, Zhang Lili said with a smile: "The four teams that entered the semi-finals are all from Group A. It seems that our media said that Group A is the group of death. They are really right."
Sun Zhenping laughed and said: "This time the American team didn't even make it into the top four, which is really unexpected!"
Zhang Lili said with a smile: "The American team can only qualify in last place in the relatively weak Group B. I think it is expected that it will not advance to the semi-finals."
"Haha..." Sun Zhenping laughed.
Zhang Lili continued: "The semifinals are tomorrow, with the women's basketball game during the day and the men's basketball game at night. However, the two semifinals of the men's basketball team are actually on the 28th, which is one o'clock and three o'clock in the morning. So the men's basketball team
Get some rest, this is a back-to-back game."
Sun Zhenping nodded and said: "The semi-finals are China versus Argentina, Spain versus Italy, and the winner will advance to the final.
The Chinese team has defeated these three teams in Group A, but we have to be careful in the finals."
Zhang Liji nodded and said: "We all know how strong the Chinese team is, so they probably didn't try their best in the group stage. This will definitely not happen in the finals."
At one o'clock in the morning on the 28th, the semi-final between Spain and Italy began. In the end, Spain defeated its opponent and reached the final.
At three o'clock, another semi-final begins.
Argentina's strength is still very strong, Ginobili has also grown up, and the European step has made his breakthrough unfavorable, but the strength of the Chinese team is still stronger, especially the inside line. The two super inside lines have joined forces.
It was at least two levels stronger, which is to say the least. In the end, the Chinese team successfully defeated Argentina and reached the final.
In the 2000 Olympics, the Chinese team also reached the finals, but lost to the Dream Team.
That American men's basketball team, O'Neal, David Robinson, Big Dream, Malone, Vin Baker, Garnett, Mourning, Carter, Alan Houston, Ray Allen, Payton, Kidd, were very strong inside and outside.
Dayao and the others haven't grown up yet, so they don't have much temper when they lose.
This is the second time in history that the Chinese team has reached the Olympic men's basketball finals, facing Spain, which was defeated in the group stage, so it has a high chance of winning the championship. The whole country is looking forward to that moment.
At three o'clock in the morning on the 29th, at the Olympic Stadium, the men's basketball finals.
All senior leaders of the Chinese delegation were present, and athletes from multiple sports also came to cheer for the men's basketball team.
Inside the Olympic Stadium, there are five-star red flags flying everywhere.
At half past three, the game officially started.
After the jump ball, the Chinese team attacks.
Yao pulled up to the high post, and Lao Wang dropped down low on the left wing to get the ball. The moment he caught the ball, he turned around and slipped to the bottom. The pace was so fast that Gasol couldn't keep up.
"Bang!"
With a one-arm dunk, he scored the first goal.
After this goal, the Chinese team started a powerful inside attack.
Wang Tiejun and Yao Min joined forces and took turns attacking. You hit one, I hit another. The two super insiders completely blasted Spain's inside line.
On the outside, the main task of Liu Wei and Zhu Fangyu is to defend and prevent the opponent's long shots. On the offensive end, the main task is to transmit shells to the two inside lines.
Spain tried its best to resist, but the inside attack was suppressed, the rebounds were suppressed, and the occasional burst from the outside could not withstand the Chinese team's stable and efficient inside attack.
In the end, Wang scored 42 points and Yao scored 26 points. The two teamed up to score 68 points and 25 rebounds, leading the team to defeat the Spanish team and win the 2004 Athens Olympics men's basketball championship.
Lao Wang won the men's basketball MVP of this Olympic Games, averaging 36 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 4.8 blocks, 1.8 turnovers and 3.5 fouls per game.
At the moment the game ended, the whole country was in jubilation.
Wang Tiejun participated in three Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and finally realized his dream of gold medal. At this moment, he also had a feeling of completion. If the next Olympic Games were not held in his home, he would not want to participate in the Olympic Games again.
But for the next Olympics, he will be 35 years old and has already made up his mind. Yao was only 28 years old at that time and was in the prime of life.
In his peak period, he needs to take on big responsibilities and play support role by himself. It is time for young people to take over.
Then the national anthem was played and the national flag was raised. He excitedly put on his first gold medal.
At two o'clock in the morning on August 30, the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games will be held.
On the last day of August, Lao Wang boarded the plane back to China with the men's basketball team.
When we got home, my parents went to my eldest sister's place to see Nian Nian.
"Husband, I heard the news that Dabao said he would invest 200 million for Director Du. What do you think we should do?"
After arriving home, Fei Ge immediately complained to Dabao in front of him.
"Two hundred million? Can he take out twenty yuan from his pocket? There is never any leftover five yuan of pocket money every day. This little bastard is bragging better than him!" Lao Wang said angrily.
"His second aunt set up a trust fund for him. He doesn't have it in his pocket, but he has the fund. Didn't his second aunt teach him about investing last time? He chose Brother Cheng Long's movie, and his second aunt evaluated it for him.
, has already been earned.”
"The second sister manages the fund, so what are you worried about? My assets are still managed by the second sister." Lao Wang asked.
"Why don't you understand? He blew it out first, and the second sister didn't know it yet. This was not an investment, but a lie. This time, Director Du just told me that it doesn't matter, but I will make it a habit in the future.
What you say out loud doesn’t count, so isn’t that just cheating?”
Lao Wang thought for a while and said: "Then you and the second sister will evaluate it to see if Director Du's film can be cast. If it can be cast, then cast it..."
Brother Fei has a headache, have you misunderstood the point? But he also knows that his husband has not read much, so he patiently explained: "It's not the problem of this movie. I have already invested in this movie, and the funds are all in place. It's Dabao who is outside."
The issue of trying to pull off the tiger's skin is an issue of his education."
"Education? Okay, then I'll whip him and he'll be back later," Lao Wang said.
Fei Ge twitched the corner of his mouth, shook his head and said: "It's useless, we went to the United States, and no one took care of him. His second aunt was too busy and didn't have much time to take care of him. Husband, you have to take him with you.
"
"Then take him to the United States. I'll whip you once a day, and filial sons will emerge from the stick. If you smoke too much, no matter how bad you are, you won't get any worse."
"Ah..." Dabao just got off the plane and sneezed several times.
"You have a cold?" Sissi asked quickly.
"No."
Dabao wiped his nose, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "Sister, I have no money, please give me some money to spend."
"What do you want to buy?"
"No, you give me a few thousand yuan, and we can reimburse my mother later together."
"That won't work. My godmother won't allow me to give you money, and I need a voucher to pay the bills."
"Sister, you have changed now."
"What do you, my kid, need so much money for?"
"Just tell me whether you want to give it or not?"
"It's impossible for thousands of people. My godmother would scold me if she knew it. I can't lie to her."
"That's a few hundred."
"I still have five hundred RMB here. I'll give you fifty."
Sissi took a twenty-dollar note from her bag and handed it to Dabao.
Dabao was confused. Didn't he say fifty? Did I hear it wrong?
"don't want?"
Sissi stretched out her hand to take it back, but Dabao quickly put it into his pocket and muttered: "Twenty is twenty."
An hour later, Dabao returned home, and the house immediately became lively.
"Dabao, you little bastard, I heard that people outside now call you Mr. Wang? The little demon king of Fengshen Street has thousands of subordinates, and he invests 200 million in people with just one mouthful. Come on, come on, let me see it.
Your majesty."
While scolding, Lao Wang looked around for something to see if something fit his hand. He saw a rolling pin placed on the coffee table and was about to go over to get it. Zhou Zhou quickly took the feather duster on the sofa and handed it over.
"Dad, this works great."
"Zhou Zhou is so good!"
Lao Wang took the feather duster, held down Dabao who was still in a dazed state, and started spanking him.
"Ouch, Dad, be gentle, Dad, where did I go wrong again? Ouch, hiss!"
"Godmother?"
Sissi turned pale with fright.
"Don't worry about him." Fei Ge shook his head.
"Old man, what's wrong with Dabao?"
Erya's voice sounded at this time.
"Second aunt, save me quickly. My father punished me without teaching me. I am unjust!" Hearing the sound, Dabao quickly raised his throat and shouted.
When Lao Wang saw the second sister coming, he also threw down the feather duster and said: "Second sister is here, this kid is disobedient, I will deal with him."
"I'm disobedient. You hit me if you don't tell me. It's your fault." Dabao said unconvincedly, rubbing his buttocks.
"Brother Fei, tell the second sister." Lao Wang said.
Fei Ge explained.
Dabao yelled: "I didn't do anything outside, Mom, don't let them say anything, I just played...and the one who invested 200 million, didn't you also invest? I heard you said he took the photo
The movie has made money, and he is a great director, why can’t I invest in it? Er Gu, please comment. You taught me that investing in talents is the best investment behavior. Director Du can make profitable movies, why can’t I invest in him?
?”
"Dabao, you go upstairs first." Erya said.
"Second aunt, please educate my father and mother. I feel it is safer for me to be your son." Dabao said as he went upstairs.
"You bastard!" Lao Wang cursed angrily.
After Dabao went upstairs, Erya motioned to Lao Wang to sit down and said: "Old man, Dabao has a temperament like you and likes to play. There are many children who love to play with him. There are many children surrounding him.
Some good people gave him the nickname of the Little Devil of Fengshen Street, but if you live here every day, have you ever heard of how many bastard things he has done? Just be naughty once in a while."
Lao Wang and Brother Fei looked at each other, and it seemed that this was what the second sister said.
Brother Fei thought for a while and said: "Second sister, Dabao is so small, so he has to open his mouth to invest 200 million?"
Erya shook his head and said: "You also know that I am teaching him investment. Do you know why he is so young, so I will teach him investment?"
Lao Wang and the two shook their heads.
Erya said again: "Old man, I helped you manage the club in the United States, and I have met many wealthy families. These families attach great importance to the training of heirs, because if the heirs are not useful, no matter how big the family business is, it will fail, so
We have an old saying that wealth lasts only three generations, and this is what it means.
However, if you are rich for three generations, you will become an aristocratic family, and if you are rich for five generations, you will become a wealthy family. This shows that the cultivation of heirs is extremely important."
"Second sister, are you training Dabao now?" Fei Ge somewhat understood.
Erya said: "Our family business is quite big now. Not counting the high-tech investments I made for Laoer, it is just the K-Times Club, K-Times Trading Company, construction company, Fengshen Street, and several others.
Company, which company doesn’t have tens of billions of assets? These assets will all be inherited by Dabaolai in the future. He is the third generation boss of our family. If we don’t start cultivating him now, when will we wait?”
Lao Wang and his wife looked at each other.
Erya said again: "Dabao's character is not bad. I am the same as you, the king of children. What does this mean? It means that he has natural leadership ability. This is very important for an heir. The other abilities of the heir are not important.
, but you must have leadership skills, be able to employ people, know how to employ people, and how to invest in talents is the key. The best investment is to invest in talents.
He asked Director Du to invest 200 million, what was Director Du's attitude?"
Brother Fei said: "Director Du didn't say anything. He said that Cheng Long had accepted Dabao's investment. If he has a good book in the future, he can do it. I listened to his tone, which is to test my attitude.
Second sister, I’m just worried that Dabao will act recklessly outside. He has an overbearing and domineering personality, just like his father."
Erya smiled, looked at Lao Wang and said, "Old man, do you want Dabao to be obedient like a little pug, or do you want him to become a wolf?"
"Of course it's a wolf. Wolves eat meat everywhere, and dogs eat shit." Lao Wang said immediately.
"Then don't suppress him too much. Just grasp the general direction and guide him correctly. Any good leader has a strong personality. Just don't let Dabao go astray. You want him to grow into a big tree, not
Let him grow into a potted plant. I have to call his class teacher twice a week to understand everything about him at school. I also send someone to understand his affairs in Fengshen Street. I think the little guy is doing well now. Don't listen to the wind.
Yu, Dabao didn’t do any bad things, so what does it matter about his domineering personality?”
…
"Do I want face or a championship? Maybe Jason's bad mouth is right, I am no longer qualified to ask for face."
After watching the Olympics, seeing the strong performance of the Chinese team, and seeing the strong performance of Old K, Payton's thoughts that had been extinguished came back from the bottom of his heart.
In the Olympics, the Chinese team led by Old K defeated the US men's basketball team. Duncan was unable to support the US team's inside line under Old K, which made him realize that maybe in the new season, the Trail Blazers will repeat the fate of last season.
Of course, he also knew that the Suns had lost a lot of strength. Only Old K was left among the five main players, and the head coach was gone. This was one of the reasons for his hesitation.
What he was thinking about was that if he shamelessly ran to the Suns, but the Suns were defeated by the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, and the Trail Blazers won the championship instead, then he would become a big joke.
However, judging from the current transactions, the Suns' new lineup is not very bad. With the addition of old K, no one has the guts to say how the Suns will improve in the new season.
The current media's evaluation of the Suns is not very low. The main reason is that with Old K around, his team's performance will not be too bad.
But, what if he goes to the Suns now to serve as a substitute for White Chocolate?
Amid this indecision, Gary Payton stayed, took no action, and watched the time slip away.
…
Lao Wang rested at home until early October and began to prepare to return to the United States.
The second baby is four months old, and this time he and Fei Ge are going to the United States.
Zhou is four years old and is in kindergarten. The little girl doesn't want to leave her parents and wants to go to the United States with them.
As for Dabao, he was taken away by his second aunt.
Lao Wang has decided that if he can win the championship in the next two seasons and complete the dynasty, he will basically have no challenge in this sport, and at the age of 33, he will choose to retire.
Of course, if the goal is not achieved in the next two years, then we will continue to play. As long as the state does not decline too much and the lineup is okay, the dynasty will not have no chance.
He is still confident about winning the championship in the next two seasons. The main source of confidence is that at the center position, as O'Neal declines from the peak, he himself can still remain above the peak. There is no player in the league up and down.
can pose a sufficient threat to him.
Apart from O'Neal, Dayao is now the strongest, but Dayao's defense is far inferior to him, his speed is not as good, and his physical fitness is not as good as him. That is to say, he is stronger on the offensive end. Although the two have not played seriously, I feel that I can deal with that
Boy, it’s better to pinch the snail with three fingers, you’ll be sure of it.
On October 15th, Lao Wang and Fei Ge flew to the United States with their two children and two nannies.
After spending three days in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, having a party and attending two parties, the family arrived in Phoenix on the 19th.
On the morning of the 20th, Lao Wang came to the team headquarters.
The preseason has started, and the players are not here, but the management is. Half of the coaching staff is at the headquarters, and the other half is playing preseason games with the team.
Head coach Jeff Van Gundy was also there. When they arrived at the headquarters, the three of them chatted in Colangelo Jr.'s office.
Colangelo Jr. first put the lineup list in front of him and said with a melancholy expression: "Old K, these are the people. We were fooled by D'Antoni and the Knicks this time. Except for you, all the main players were poached by them.
Well, not only does the lineup for the new season mean rebuilding, but the techniques and tactics of last season have to be completely redone."
Lao Wang took the list, turned to look at Xiao Fan, and asked: "Jeff, you should have studied our lineup, what are your thoughts?"
Xiao Fan immediately had forehead wrinkles on his forehead. It was his first time as a head coach, and he was a team that was equivalent to rebuilding. He was facing the old K, and his season goal was to defend the championship. He was under great pressure.
Lao Wang didn't push him. While Xiao Fan was thinking about what to say, he looked at the list first.
Center: Wang Tiejun (5), Anderson Varejao (4th and 5th positions), Steven Hunter (5)
Forward: Kenyon Martin (4), Kurt Thomas (4), Zhu Fangyu (3), Trevor Ariza (3)
Defenders: Jason Williams (1), Josh Howard (2,3), Jamal Crawford (2), Jim Jackson (2,3), Smush Parker (1
)
Colangelo Jr. said at this time: "In terms of interior substitutes, Varejao is our late first-round pick. He is a Brazilian and has average talent. I plan to make him your first substitute. Hunter is not old, but he is
A fringe guy, signed with a minimum salary, to be your second substitute."
Lao Wang nodded and suddenly said with emotion: "Starting from Kidd's group, I can't seem to keep young people with potential and strength around me. Their talents are generally just right, so as not to run away after being beaten."
"hehe!"
Colangelo Jr. smiled bitterly and then said: "On the front line, Kenyon Martin plays the main power forward, Thomas plays the first substitute. Zhu Fangyu plays the main small forward, and Josh Howard plays the first position at the third and second positions.
Substitute.
Shooting guard, Jamal Crawford plays the main second position, and Jim Jackson can be the second substitute at the second and third positions.
Jim Jackson is 34 years old and has serious injuries. He was signed with a minimum salary this time and can only play as a substitute, not as the main force.
At the point guard position, White Chocolate serves as the main force, while Smushparker is a marginal player. He is a little bit worse than the first substitute."
At this time, Xiao Fan said: "Crawford is a genius. If he plays the main shooting guard, I'm afraid our outside offense will not be very stable."
When he said this, he was looking at Lao Wang, because he knew very well that in this team, if Lao K said how to play, Colangelo Jr. would not object.
Lao Wang nodded and said: "I do hope that the outside line will be more stable, and the nerve knife will be more suitable for the bench lineup to grab points. Let him play as the sixth man."
Xiao Fan glanced at Colangelo, and as expected he had no objection. He immediately said: "Then we will use White Chocolate, Josh Howard, Zhu Fangyu, Kenyon Martin, and Old K as the main lineup."
Lao Wang looked at the lineup list and nodded as he had no better choice.
After seeing Colangelo Jr. nodding in agreement, Xiao Fan added: "The substitute lineup is mainly composed of four people: Varejao, Kurt Thomas, Jim Jackson, and Jamal Crawford, plus the five main players.
The main rotation is nine players.
By the way, Ariza, the second-round pick acquired through trade from the Knicks, can be given some playing time to see if he has any value in developing him, and if not, then give up."
Colangelo Jr. asked: "Jeff, do you have any tactical ideas now? There is no time, the preseason is already underway, we can only start from the regular season to polish the new tactical system, you have to come up with it as soon as possible
My own tactics."
Xiao Fan took the tactical list from Lao Wang, frowned and started scratching his head.
Lao Wang felt very sorry for Xiao Fan. He had only been with the Suns for one year. At the beginning of his second year, he no longer had much hair on his head and was about to evolve into a bald donkey.
At this time, Xiao Fan said: "I am not going to change the basic offensive tactics. With old K here, there is no need to change. In the new season, we will still play traditional center tactics, focusing on positional warfare, switching between offense and defense and playing defensive counterattacks."
Lao Wang said: "This is the best choice. The overall speed of our main lineup is not as good as last season. In principle, we should slow down appropriately.
But in fact, there are still me, Zhu Fangyu, and Josh Howard. The tactics of last season can still be used. When switching between offense and defense, we can still play like last season. We can play fast breaks when we have the opportunity, and stabilize when we don’t have the opportunity."
Colangelo Jr. said disdainfully: "D'Antoni just wants to beat his running and gun game and abandon defense. I really don't understand what he thinks. We were able to win the championship last season because of the defense. Didn't he
Didn’t you see it?”
From this sentence, it can be seen that he is actually very concerned about D'Antoni leaving the Suns and poaching Stoudemire and other three major players.
Xiao Fan said: "Actually, based on what I know about Mike, he has already won the championship and has qualifications, so now he hopes to realize his pursuits and ideals, so he chose to leave the Suns."
Colangelo Jr. shook his head and said: "Before K came back last season, his running and gun record was pretty good. It probably gave him confidence."
A strange look flashed across Lao Wang's face. Is D'Antoni preparing to use the Knicks as a guinea pig?
Colangelo Jr. said at this time: "Old K, Jeff, if we meet the Knicks in the new season, beat them hard, home and away, they are a bunch of traitors!"
Lao Wang and Xiao Fan laughed at the same time and nodded.
Lao Wang suddenly said thoughtfully: "In fact, the style of the league has been changing in the past few years. The three-pointers are increasing. The rise of the four major shooting guards after Jordan has continued to shift the style of the league to the outside.
As far as I know, many insiders have started shooting three-pointers, and most outside players have strengthened their three-point shooting training, so I think small ball tactics are likely to develop."
Colangelo Jr. smiled and said: "Yao is an example. His three-pointers are very troublesome. As a big center, he can also play fast breaks.
Old K, it seems that you have seen this very early. In this Olympics, his three-pointers are no worse than those of European players."
"Of course." Lao Wang said proudly.
Xiao Fan continued the small ball topic just now and said: "The outside play style is more gorgeous than the inside line, and it is very popular with fans. This is one reason. In addition, there are too few good centers, and there are a lot of good outside players, and they emerge in endlessly.
This is also a reason.”
Colangelo Jr. laughed and said: "If you say that, there will probably be a change, and there will be fewer and fewer good centers in the future.
The entire league is a business. If small ball becomes popular and the market needs players suitable for small ball style, then this will definitely affect the supply side.
From high school leagues to the NCAA, what will be provided to the NBA will only be more and more rookies who are suitable for small ball tactics, because traditional insiders cannot adapt to the new style and will be eliminated on the supply side."
Xiao Fan said with a smile: "It's not that they are eliminated, but that the supply side will make changes according to market needs and train those children into players suitable for small ball style."
"The market decides everything." Lao Wang said.
"Yes, in the United States, basketball has long formed a complete supply chain. Whatever type of players the end market needs, the supply chain will provide them." Colangelo Jr. said.
The new season will start on November 2, and on October 23, after the preseason, the Suns will return to Phoenix.
On the 24th, the league’s official training camp for the new season begins.