Chapter 831

But after Tang Tian saw such a grouping, he felt more excited.

If you want to be on the podium or even the highest podium, it means you have to beat all your opponents.

Only such a group can achieve this, and only after the bloody battle can they really exercise and grow.

If you get to the quarterfinals by luck, like the last Olympic Games, you will basically stop at the quarterfinals.

On the contrary, only by breaking through the tight encirclement in the group stage can we go further in the following competitions and even reach the podium.

Iron is quenched into steel, the Chinese team needs to go through such a process now!

The men's basketball team was training in Ningbo. When Tang Tian arrived, he also saw his teammates from the national team who were training.

The national team has not completed the final layoffs, and now there are 16 people participating in the training camp.

Except for Yi Jianlian and Guo Ailun, most of the rest were selected according to Tang Tian's previous requirements.

Ke Lanbaike, Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Peng, Liu Zhixuan, Wu Qian, Zhu Yanxi, Gu Quan, Xirelijiang, Ren Junfei.

This really brings in all the 3D players that China can play now.

Except for these 11 people, the remaining 5 people, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, and Zou Yuchen are the stars of hope.

The last two people are Zhao Jiwei and Ding Yanyuhang.

These 16 people plus Tang Tian have a total of 17 people. After a period of training, they will participate in European training, and eventually reduce to 12 people.

Besides the players, the head coach was also specially selected by Yao Ming. Li Nan, who had just retired, was basically a puppet coach, following Tang Tian's words.

After Tang Tian arrived at the team, he greeted Li Nan, and then gave a speech in front of the team members.

"Four years ago, I played for the fans in the London Olympics. Four years later, I still fight for the fans, because I know that there are hundreds of millions of fans behind us, and they will wait in front of the TV. This time I don't want to let them down again. , each of you is the same."

The content of Tang Tian's speech was not much, but the emotion was very strong.

His sense of national honor is stronger than that of everyone present, not to mention that he promised Yao Ming that the No. 13 jersey will appear on the podium.

Tang Tian is the boss of the NBA championship team and the most powerful basketball player in the world.

Everyone present could hear what he said, and even became very excited because of it.

Just like Yao Ming at the beginning, the team has a point that is strong against any national team, and he will make people feel at ease.

And what he said was enough to make people excited.

After a brief meeting, Tang Tian took the lead and the whole team started training.

Except for the full-court confrontation, the rest of the training content has been reduced to only three parts, defense, three-pointers, and pick-and-rolls.

The play style of this men's basketball team has been determined before the selection of players, with one star shooting all over the place.

Tang Tian is that star, and the rest are shooters.

Open three-pointers, off-ball three-pointers, pick-and-roll three-pointers, counter-attack three-pointers...

The main thing everyone else has to do is throw the ball into the hoop from the three-point line.

Of course, there is also defense.

After Yao Ming came to power, the national team quickly completed the replacement, while the red and blue teams allowed these young players to grow rapidly.

Even in training, they are also full of fighting spirit. Although such a team lacks experience, its combat effectiveness is not necessarily weak.

After Tang Tian watched the training for a few days, he became more confident in the goal he set at the beginning.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. For these national team teammates, when it comes to the Olympics, they can do it with one word.

In the next month or so, the men's basketball team completed the training and training one after another, and completed the roster selection one week before the start of the Olympic Games.

The final 12-man roster of the men's basketball team was also released.

Point guard: Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei

Shooting guards: Ding Yanyuhang, Wu Qian

Small forwards: Tang Tian, ​​Kelan Baike, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan

Power Forward: Yi Jianlian

Center: Zhou Qi, Zou Yuchen, Wang Zhelin

This lineup has a lot of forwards, especially small forwards, which means that one big and four small forwards will be used in many games.

After confirming the list, the men's basketball team got on the plane to Brazil that day.

Yao Ming was also on the plane. As the chairman of the Basketball Association, he also served as the team leader this time.

From the composition of the team, it can be seen that in this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team really gave everything to fight for it!

Fans also have unprecedented expectations.

Because of Tang Tian, ​​this is the strongest team in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The best record of the men's basketball team in the previous Olympic Games was the quarterfinals, and it was the eighth place. This time they really look forward to a breakthrough!

Brazil has experienced economic turmoil in the past two years, and the economy, environment, and security are not good.

The most intuitive point is that many national teams that arrived early have sent out Olympic selfies one after another.

The beds that the athletes sleep in are all human-sized, and many of them can't sleep at all.

Especially for basketball players, they are the tallest on average on the Olympic team.

Yao Ming also knew this, and had already arranged a local hotel for the men's basketball team before departure, and all the expenses were paid out of his own pocket.

From this point, it can be seen that although Yao Ming cannot play, he still regards himself as a member of this team!

There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it also attracted a burst of ridicule from local Brazilian media and even foreign media.

The conditions are poor, because all the national teams are poor, but there are only two countries that move the entire team to live outside.

In addition to the Chinese team, the rest is the US team.

The American team is all stars worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. Their accommodation conditions are definitely different from those in other countries, or even other projects in the United States.

Basically, every year during the Olympic Games, they will live in a bakery outside.

It has also become a custom.

But now, the Chinese team and the US team are operating the same way, and they can't help but make them complain.

The U.S. team has that strength, but the Chinese team, except for Tang Tian, ​​is a group of unknown people, and the Chinese men's basketball team has had poor performance over the years.

There is no harm without comparison. While comparing the two teams, the fans really ridiculed.

People are stupid and have a lot of money, they really take themselves seriously, and they will become a spectacle of the Olympics... There are endless words like this.

It can be foreseen that if the Chinese men's basketball team fails to make a breakthrough in this year's Olympics, it will really become a big laughing stock.

However, the mentality of the men's basketball players is very stable, because Tang Tian is very stable.

Tang Tian is the kind of person who dares to tattoo the championship trophy on his arm before the start of the playoffs.

Now the foreign media's view made him even more excited.

Just like winning the championship at the beginning, the breakthrough of the men's basketball team in the Olympics is what he must do.

As long as it is done, these teasing words will be the best foil.

A week passed quickly. On August 7th, under the attention of the whole world, the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games officially kicked off in Rio.

Tang Tian made his debut as the flag bearer of the Chinese team, which drew loud cheers from the scene.

His popularity is now global.

Tang Tian also waved his hand to signal to the fans, which drew even louder cheers in response.

The Rio Olympics have begun!