Chapter 571 2006 World Championships

Sakuragi Hanadong was startled, and recalled the scene of Chinatown when he first came to Seattle a few years ago, and then compared it with the current situation...

The streets that were once shabby and dirty now look neat and orderly.

The faces that were once vigilant and timid have now become cheerful, sunny and confident.

The small businesses that were once depressed and only participated in by Longguo people have now become hot because of the arrival of many tourists.

And the decadent young people who used to hide in the cracks of the shabby buildings, smoking and looking at you with hostile and vigilant eyes, have now become passionate teenagers who hang basketball hoops in narrow alleys.

The Chinatown of that year, Sakuragi Hanadong is still fresh in my memory. It feels like a backward and decadent slum, full of poverty and decay.

But now...it is full of vitality and makes people feel refreshed.

All this is because of Lin Dong.

Because of Lin Dong, Seattleites and Seattle's Foboles have become much more friendly to the Dragon people in Chinatown, and are willing to deal with some of the Dragon people's disputes instead of ignoring them as they did before. After all, this is a city with "Lin Dong Day".

They are willing to understand Dragon culture and Dragon people, and they are willing to give this nation a little basic respect, which has greatly improved the security environment in Chinatown in recent years.

Because of Lin Dong, many Sonics fans who come to Seattle to travel want to visit Chinatown, want to see the customs and customs of the hometown of the basketball god, and want to see what the basketball god eats in his hometown. Although it is not very authentic, it has made this place one of the places that American fans and tourists must check in when they come to Seattle for tourism. This has brought considerable economic income to Seattle's Chinatown, allowing them to finally have the ability to repair the dilapidated buildings, expand the scale of operations, and make everything here look better.

Moreover, because of Lin Dong, many Dragon Country kids who were unable to attend good schools in Seattle or were treated differently in school and had serious inferiority complex no longer think that gangs, hawkers and playing badly are their only destinations, but have learned basketball or other skills.

Lin Dong's success undoubtedly gave them the confidence that the yellow race is not inferior to any other race in any aspect.

Respect from other countries, economic improvement, and more importantly, a kind of inspired national self-confidence, have made this seemingly vibrant Chinatown!

If you only think about yourself and what you want to get, you will never understand what the responsibility of a true leader is.

What is responsibility?

"Lin Dong..."

"Xiao Lin..."

The enthusiastic residents on the street are everywhere greeting Lin Dong.

This kind of respect is honor.

But the cheerful and sunny smile engraved on the faces of those who greeted him is the responsibility that Brother Gaoren said!

Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly shuddered, and he understood what Brother Gaoren wanted to tell him.

Frankly speaking, not only Sakuragi Hanamichi, but even Lin Dong himself, every time he comes to Chinatown, he feels a lot of emotion.

The feeling of changing a street and the living environment of a circle of people because of one's own efforts... This feeling is really wonderful, making people linger, and also making his thinking transcend the scope of simple basketball.

Is basketball just basketball?

For most beginners, basketball is a hobby.

For most professional players, basketball has become a kind of honor and dream.

However, for a basketball god who has really reached the peak of his career, basketball has long transcended its original limited sports category.

It represents a kind of prestige and a business card. At certain times, it can even change people's perception of a country and a nation.

It is more of a power and a belief. Most of the time, it can enrich people's spirits and even inspire people in trouble to overcome all difficulties!

At the same time, Einstein's theory of relativity is also applicable to this matter.

Lin Dong's success inspired this place, and in fact, the vitality here is also infecting Lin Dong, and the two always complement each other.

Since he was in high school in Japan, he has been looking forward to returning to China all the time. Since entering the NBA, he has been thinking about helping Longguo basketball open up a path to upward improvement.

These things seem to have nothing to do with me, as if they are just a personal patriotic obsession.

But in fact, it has always helped Lin Dong's vision and thinking become broader, helped Lin Dong's heart become bigger, and helped Lin Dong's confidence, confidence and ability to withstand pressure become more sufficient!

And this kind of belief and strength is the most important driving force that helped him successfully break through the last obstacle and enter the invincible fourth level. It is not just the credit of the system.

People say that only men who carry things will become stronger.

And when you carry a nation, that kind of extremely heavy but extremely powerful belief is likely to surpass basketball itself and allow you to reach a truly invincible, "God" realm!

And this is why I chose to leave the Supersonics and go to Mobista.

It is not only for Mobis to win the championship, nor is it just for a so-called NBA springboard.

It is to let basketball influence more people, let the world know their hometown, and bring this belief to the Dragon people all over the world.

Make them more confident, make them more cohesive, and make them stronger no matter what they face!

It is these beliefs that make you what you are.

And maintaining this belief is the responsibility of ‘God’!

He smiled and turned to look at Sakuragi.

Just looking at Sakuragi's expression, Lin Dong knew that he didn't need to say anything more.

This guy is the most savvy person I have ever seen. In addition to attacking independently...

Lin Dong patted his shoulder lightly: "Come on, brother!"

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On August 16, the 15th Basketball World Cup officially opened in Hamamatsu, Hiroshima, Saitama, Sapporo and Sendai, Japan.

Judging from the previous record of the 2004 Olympics, where Dragon Kingdom finished second, both domestic and global basketball circles regard Dragon Kingdom as a strong team in this World Championships.

Countless teams have made targeted tactical arrangements for the Dragon Country team in the 2004 Olympics, but what surprised them all was that Lin Dong did not participate...

After all, they are not players trained by the domestic system, and they are protected by Lao Li. This makes the contract between Lin Dong and the Basketball Association extremely free, and more importantly, it is the result of discussions between him and Lao Li. One old and one young are not only digging a hole for domestic clubs and players, but also paving a way for the future of Dragon Country basketball!

Since winning the Olympic runner-up title, the Dragon State men's basketball team has been a bit too good in the past two years.

Whether it is within the Basketball Association or fans across the country, many CBA players, and even members of the national team, they have begun to regard the Longguo Men's Basketball Team as a world-class team.

For leaders and fans who don't understand football, the results are there.

Even for players who know the game, they have Lin Dong.

So much so that even outstanding players like Zhu Fangyu, who clearly had the opportunity to go to La Liga or even the NBA for trial training, coveted the comfort of the country and chose to stay put in Guangdong Hongyuan. They even heard that they wanted to get involved in the nightclub industry...a typical example of not doing their job properly. , even Lin Dong tried to persuade him several times, but he always laughed and laughed.

On the one hand, it is the blind expectations and arrogance of the country, and on the other hand, it is the blind dependence and laziness of the players. In the eyes of Lin Dong and Lao Li, this is actually a very dangerous moment for the Longguo men's basketball team.

If this kind of thinking is allowed to flourish, I am afraid that the overall Dragon Country basketball will not make any progress during the 2008 Olympics.

Relying on Lin Dong and Dayao alone, there is a high probability that they will still lose against the all-super giants of the United States. After all, when the manpower is finally exhausted, no matter how strong Lin Dong is, he will not be able to perform against those NBA super giants. Pick three.

The Dragon Country men's basketball team needs a defeat to make them recognize their own strength and to make them realize their shame and become brave again.

Although this World Championships is also equivalent to a ticket competition for the 2008 Olympics, fortunately the 2008 Olympics are held at their doorstep. The Dragon Kingdom automatically has the entry ticket, so there is no need to grab this ticket.

This was a game destined to be lost. In order not to affect Lin Dong's reputation in the country, Lao Li chose to resist the responsibility of not letting Lin Dong return to the team. He only said that it was because Lin Dong joined La Liga. Due to communication issues between the Basketball Association and La Liga on contract procedures, Lin Dong was unable to return to the team on time, so he was passed over vaguely.

And God seemed to be very kind. Under the leadership of Dayao, the Dragon Kingdom's group luck was not very good. It was grouped with Spain, Australia, and Lithuania. It was definitely a veritable group of death.

Although Dayao is already a top-notch insider in the NBA, he still doesn’t have much experience in leading a team to face strong opponents alone. Coupled with the collective push of other Dragon Kingdom players, even Yi Jianlian was pinned down by Lin Dong in Mobius. It was not put back, and it was almost a second-team lineup, so it was useless even with Dayao and a rough twin-tower combination.

After all, the teams in this World Championship are really too strong...

They lost all 3 games in the group stage, were at the bottom of the standings, and failed to reach the top 16.

Fans all over the world have witnessed the strength of the Dragon Country during the World Olympics. Except for the United States, almost all other teams have missed the Dragon Country. This has also made countless domestic fans quite optimistic about this World Championships, even if Lin Dong was unable to participate due to various reasons, but after all, we have NBA superstar Yao Ming, who averaged 11.6 points per game in La Liga, and we still have the main lineup from the last Olympics, but...

To be honest, in a competition of this level, Lin Dong is probably the only one in the country who can completely see through the pros and cons of every team and every player.

Lao Jiang is still a little behind, let alone compared with Lin Dong's vision, even compared with the Dragon Kingdom coach Yunus in the 2008 Olympics in another world, he is still far behind.

At least Yunus in another world could see the problem on the defensive end in 2008. Although he overcorrected and committed the 'Spain Defeat' that made all basketball fans in the Dragon Country unhappy, but to be honest, Lin Dong felt that from a purely tactical perspective, Yunus's arrangements at that time were actually correct, and his general views and evaluations were also correct.

With the lead in the fourth quarter and Spain already anxious and accelerating the pace of attack, holding on to a slow-paced positional battle may lack some courage, but it is definitely the safest tactical choice. After seeing Yao's weakness at that time, Yunus quickly replaced him on the court again and dared to take action. His vision and courage were at least one level higher than that of Lao Jiang. He lost only because of luck and on the court. The uncertainty was due to the overall physical strength of the Dragon Kingdom, so the mistake was due to the out-of-context criticisms made by netizens.

In this World Championships, because Dazhi had very good data in Mobis last season, and the national team lacked a No. 3 position, Jiang had too much trust in Dazhi, so that Dazhi frequently became a loophole for other teams to attack on the defensive end, and did not play the double tower power that should have when partnering with Dayao.

Although Dayao is already a super giant, he is limited by his technical characteristics and needs someone to assist or guide him to play the maximum combat power.

With Dayao as the core, the team's tactical changes are almost non-existent, and it can only play positional warfare and attract the opponent's defensive circle to shoot 3 points from the outside.

Although Dayao's dominance under the basket is now enough to be called the top three in the world, the slow pace of positional warfare around Dayao makes it impossible to play the run-and-gun at the Olympics.

In Lin Dong's eyes, the level of Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and others is no different from last year, and they are still standing still.

Under such circumstances, when everyone treated the Dragon Team as the United States and treated them as a formidable enemy, they had almost no chance from beginning to end in the three games.

In the first game against Lithuania, they lost 79:101, a full 22 points.

In the second game against Australia, they lost 84:92, which seemed to be a small loss, but they were suppressed by Australia from beginning to end, and they almost had no chance to breathe.

As for the final game against Spain... this Spain was not the world's second team that was careless against the Dragon Team in the 2008 Olympics.

Whether it was Marc Gasol or Gasol, they were both opponents that Lin Dong had abused since the World Youth Championship. They also lost to the Dragon Team by a large score in the 2004 Olympics. Now they are facing each other again, and they are quite serious and cautious.

The double-team tactics of the Gasols against Yao Ming were quite successful. They even learned a supersonic space ball style from the outside, and used their highly mobile personal abilities to block the three-pointers of Zhu Fangyu and others.

Yao Ming could only barely evenly match the opponent in the interior, but the team's 3-point shooting rate was suppressed to less than 25% in the exterior.

The overall defensive strength is hard to describe. Spain made various shots from outside and inside. 64:105. The Dragon National Men's Basketball Team completely exposed its true level in the absence of Lin Dong. It was also the first time since the Lin Dong era that it lost more than 40 points in an international competition!

The domestic people who were full of expectations naturally scolded this. It was originally thought that even if Lin Dong was not there, Dragon National, which had Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu and other strong players, could at least grab the top eight. Unexpectedly, it could not even qualify for the group stage.

While bearing the scolding, Lao Li was secretly laughing in his heart.

Because of these three losses, he got two most important things.

First, it alerted the domestic basketball community.

Look, look at what level we are! How dare we shout about defeating the American Dream Team and easily taking advantage of all European teams?

Those lazy national team members who think that Lin Dong is enough, don’t they feel ashamed? Don’t they want to catch up?

Without Lin Dong, your level is nothing, and you are not worthy of the cheers of today’s fans!

Using a failure to inspire their blood and fighting spirit, that is the most important thing.

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