basketball purple front

Chapter 7
"Shi.t! What are you playing? Shit! It's all shit! With an advantage of more than 30 points, in a blink of an eye, let's see how much is left?" The head coach of the Australian team began to roar.

"You, Purchas, what are you doing? You're holding a basketball, not a potato!"

"And you, Sanguez, are you sleepwalking? Why can't you even handle a backup center? What about your rebounding? What about your defense? What about your strength? Forget it in Australia?"

"Coach, it's not that I don't work hard, but that Chinese kid..." Sangas wanted to defend himself, but was scolded by the head coach: "As the main center, you can't beat a backup center, you Is it still reasonable? Shi.t! If you continue to be like this in the next game, just stay on the bench obediently for me in the next World Youth Championship!"

"Yes, coach." Sangas was stunned for a moment, and could only nod helplessly in response.

"Okay, you all don't need to worry, we are still leading by 24 points now, as long as we defend one round and then play for another [-] seconds, then even if there is no point behind, the victory will belong to us." The head coach of Australia vented his anger, then calmed down again and said, "Next, Puchass will serve the baseline, and you, Jackson, will take control. Remember, you don't ask yourself to score, but please don't make mistakes. Make sure not to make mistakes!"

The head coach of the Australian team is relatively experienced. Although he has been flooded just now, the overall situation has not left Australia. He only needs to calm down, hold a ball, and then use the 24-second attack time limit to polish the time. Steadily receive victory.

Chinese team, bench.

"Zhao Jiwei, Heng Yifeng, Liu Delong, Liu Bo...and Zhou Qi, are ready to play." Li Qiuping hesitated a little, but still made up his mind.

Tang Qian listened, and immediately said: "Coach Li, why do you want to change? We are playing just right, and we can completely reverse the game in one go."

really……

Of course Li Qiuping knew that what he did was a little dishonest, but this Zhou Qi was the key training object assigned by his superiors. How could he let Zhou Qi sit on the bench at a critical moment.

Therefore, even though he knew it would be biased to do so, for himself and for Tang Qian, he couldn't take this risk.

These three words within the system represent too much in China.

Although basketball seems to be just basketball, in China, it can be endowed with some other meanings.

Furthermore, after Li Qiuping went to the NBA to practice for a period of time, he also became more and more aware of some so-called "institutional" problems.Although this system has played an irreplaceable role for a long period of time, but now, if sports continue to follow the old path, it will inevitably be a little outdated and some cannot keep up with the times.

Although athletes "inside the system" have made achievements, they can enjoy many benefits from the state, but if you don't make achievements, then I'm sorry, your future retirement benefits will be greatly reduced.Although this is also a means of stimulating competition, it is still too "harsh" and "cruel" for most athletes.

Then, and the most important point, athletes "inside the system" are not free.

It is easy to be "stuck".

For example, Li Qiuping heard that Guo Ailun, the last scoring champion of u17, had already entered the "institution". For the future of this star boy, he vaguely felt that it might not be a "so good" thing.

Looking back at Zhou Qi now, Li Qiuping feels that he is much smarter. Although he also grew up with the players in the system, he did not accept any establishment of the sports bureau, so the future path will be wider and wider. Wider.Of course, in fact, which is better or worse, we still have to use the facts to speak.

But Zhou Qi, no, to be precise, Zhou Qi's parents are quite far-sighted.

In addition to allowing him to attend a basketball school at his own expense, the agreement signed with the Liaoning Sports Bureau is also an agreement for the National Games. This will not delay Zhou Qi's growth and development, but also help him maintain a certain degree of independence. Li Qiuping had to nod secretly.

But Tang Qian is obviously much more "independent" than Zhou Qi.

If Zhou Qi is considered a "half-system, half-non-system" player, then Tang Qian is considered an out-and-out "outside the system" player.In these two situations, which one will be taken care of by the higher authorities, Li Qiuping can imagine with his ass.After all, there are not many people who know the details of Zhou Qi's matter. Many people even think that he is a purely "inside the system" player like Yao Yiwang, but Tang Qian is absolutely different.

Those "officials" above definitely don't like this kind of "purely outside the system" athletes.

Because first, there is no benefit to be gained from such "purely outside the system" athletes.

The second is that no matter whether the performance of this type of athletes is "good or bad", it has nothing to do with their political achievements.

In this way, it is clear at a glance who should be "blue-eyed" and who should be "white-eyed".

Li Qiuping shook his head. Regarding this kind of thing, he has no way to change it all at once, but judging from the recent situation in recent years, Chinese sports are slowly showing a tendency to "change". Maybe the speed is not fast, but it is always better than Stand still.

"Little Tang, you guys did a great job, and even overfulfilled the task. In the rest of the time, just sit down and watch your teammates' performance." Li Qiuping smiled at Tang Qian and said.

"Why..." Tang Qian wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Li Qiuping: "Are you the coach or am I the coach? I said a substitution, didn't you hear?"

The corner of Tang Qian's mouth twitched slightly, and then sat down on the bench without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xu Ziyang, who had cooperated well with Tang Qian just now, walked to his side, sat down and said, "Tang Qian, you don't need to be so angry. After all, we are substitutes for this game, not the main starter. So it's over." It's time for me to rest for my own business, do you understand?"

"Is this professional basketball?" Tang Qian asked suddenly.

Xu Ziyang was stunned, unable to answer him for a long time.

One minute and 26 seconds passed quickly. After the Chinese National Youth Team made a new substitution, they were unable to score another point. Jackson of the Australian team scored three goals in a row, completely ruining the game.

beep beep~~~
The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, then Tang Qian stood up, turned and left the field without looking back.

Tang Qian's move was naturally noticed by the head coach Li Qiuping. He sighed in his heart. Although he knew that the action just now was a bit hurtful, but for the future of this big boy, he had to do this. Do.

If you want to play well in China, you should not make too many enemies.

At 09:30 in the evening, the Chinese National Youth Team stayed at the hotel.

Tang Qian, who was extremely depressed, suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it!"

Tang Qian's voice was a little impatient.

"Xiao Tang, it's me, I'm Coach Li Qiuping."

A gentle voice said from outside the door.

Coach Lee?
Tang Qian immediately got up from the bed and opened the door. Looking at the middle-aged man, he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Why, Xiao Tang, why don't you invite me in?" Li Qiuping smiled warmly.

"Oh, okay, come in then." Tang Qian was stunned for a moment, then opened the door completely and let Li Qiuping walk in.

"Xiao Tang, what do you think of today's incident?" Li Qiuping didn't beat around the bush, and straight to the point.

"I don't think so, since it's your coach's opinion, I can only obey." Tang Qian said incredulously.

"You must think that I'm a confused coach who can't see the situation on the field clearly, right?" Li Qiuping said.

Tang Qian was silent and did not speak.

"Oh, Xiao Tang, I admit that I underestimated you, but you may not understand some rules of domestic basketball." Li Qiuping said slowly.

"Rules? What do you mean?" Tang Qian asked in a muffled voice.

"All walks of life have their rules, whether they are explicit rules or hidden rules, and Chinese basketball is no exception." Li Qiuping continued: "For example, today, do you know why I replaced you?"

Tang Qian shook his head.

"It's because of the rules." Li Qiuping said, "Maybe you don't know that in our domestic basketball circle, there is something called seniority."

"Qualifications? Please tell Coach Li clearly." Tang Qian said.

"Little Tang, let me tell you a story." Li Qiuping lit a cigarette and said, "You don't mind?"

"Well, it's okay." Tang Qian waved his hand.

Li Qiuping took a puff of cigarette and said, "Xiao Tang, Yao Ming, you know."

Tang Qian nodded. In China, as long as people who pay attention to basketball, almost no one is not familiar with these two words.

"What do you think of Yao Ming?"

"Yao Ming." Tang Qian thought for a moment, and said, "China's most powerful player in the past ten years, a first-class center in the NBA, and his basketball achievements, as far as he is concerned, should be No. 1 in the country."

"Well, how do you think you compare with Yao Ming?" Li Qiuping said.

"I'm not as good as him now." Tang Qian replied honestly.

"Not as good as him now?" Li Qiuping took a deep look at Tang Qian and said, "Young man, you are quite ambitious."

"Basketball is a competitive sport. Since it is a competitive sport, the achievements of the predecessors should be used to surpass." Tang Qian replied.

"It makes sense." Li Qiuping didn't object, he smiled slightly and said, "It's not bad for young people to be a bit aggressive."

"Then let me tell you a story, a story about Yao Ming." Li Qiuping puffed out a smoke ring and said, "You know the Athens Olympics in [-]. At that time, Yao Ming was already in the NBA. After two years, in terms of technology and ability, it is only natural that he should be the leader of the Chinese team, right?"

Tang Qian nodded.

"But I can tell you that the Chinese men's basketball team back then was actually not peaceful inside."

Li Qiuping frowned, seemed to be recalling, and seemed to be thinking: "That year in the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Spain in the group stage. Logically speaking, the strength of the Chinese team is not as good as Spain. If they lose, they will lose." I lost, but some people don't think so."

"Is that person Yao Ming?" Tang Qian guessed.

Li Qiuping did not answer directly, but continued to preach: "Actually, before the Chinese men's basketball team set off that year, there were already signs of discord. That's why Gong Luming made a public request before the game, asking the players They put national honor first in everything, and put aside personal grievances for the time being. I remember that after the disastrous defeat to Spain, Yao Ming threw the towel angrily, and at the same time publicly bombarded some players for being uncles in the national team. There was an uproar."

Regarding this incident, Tang Qian also vaguely remembered some, but he was still young at that time, so he didn't think deeply about the twists and turns.

"At that time, everyone in the team knew that the person Yao Ming was accusing was Battelle." (For this matter, if you are interested, you can read Li Yuanwei's book "Li Yuanwei's Road to Basketball".)
"Why?" Tang Qian asked.

"Why?" Li Qiuping smiled mockingly, and said, "To clarify this issue, we need to talk about it for another two years."

"In 22, the ideal banner of the Chinese men's basketball team was actually Wang Zhizhi, but because of Wang Zhizhi's non-return, the basketball management and the Basketball Association decided to let Yao Ming, who was only [-] years old, become the new banner of the Chinese men's basketball team. But the above It's easy to talk about it, but it's very difficult to actually implement it. Because Yao Ming back then hadn't been honed in the NBA, so both his qualifications and ability are far different from later." Li Qiuping flicked the cigarette ash, slowly Slowly said: "In that year, the Chinese men's basketball team was actually dominated by the [-] golden generation. Although Yao Ming gradually grew up and even overthrew the Bayi Dynasty in the CBA, it was still not enough to deter everyone. "

"Little Tang, can you imagine that a person who averaged 32 points, 70.00 rebounds, and [-] blocks per game in the CBA still doesn't get the respect of the whole team? Yao Ming has a shooting percentage of [-]% and [-], and with the addition of the CBA championship, there are still people who are not willing to accept such a result." Li Qiuping seemed a little annoyed.

Tang Qian didn't open his mouth, because he knew that the middle-aged man in front of him was the famous mentor of Yao Ming, so he could understand why he was a little excited about Yao Ming.

"In order to cope with this situation, the higher authorities gradually began to change the Chinese men's basketball team, but no matter how they change, they can't remove all the 'meritorious veterans' in one go. This problem lies with Butler. Butler Both Wang Zhizhi and Wang Zhizhi played in the NBA back then, and since Wang Zhizhi didn't come back, Bateer thought it was his turn, so he felt a little unhappy about Yao Ming's succession."

"However, he has no way to change the above policy, so in order to show his 'demeanor' as a veteran, Bateer often plays in the Spurs' championship T-shirt during the training of the Chinese men's basketball team." Li Qiuping couldn't help but say Mentioning it, he said, "This will plant a seed for the future conflict between Yao and Ba."

"Let's go back to [-]. At that time, in order to prepare for the Athens Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team had already started to promote the youth policy, so Bateer's national team seat was actually not very stable. As far as I know, At that time, the higher-ups were really anxious for a long time about whether to go to Bateer or Tang Zhengdong. After all, it is impossible to bring two people with similar playing styles.”

"Tang Zhengdong was the CBA's new mvp that year, and Bateer was the senior veteran of the national brand. However, after some consideration, the final candidate was the latter with rich experience in the international arena."

"In this way, the problem comes."

Li Qiuping took a strong puff of the cigarette in his hand and said: "At that time, Yao Ming had already experienced in the NBA, and even had a faint tendency to become the boss of the Rockets. Logically speaking, Batter should be sensible and cooperate obediently. But things didn’t happen. Although Bateer didn’t say anything, his behavior was obsequious. Little Tang, you should have watched the Olympic Games that year, right?”

"Well, I've seen it." Tang Qian nodded.

"In that case, you should remember some of Yao Ming's 'extreme' remarks at the press conference that year, right?"

"Well, even though I was young at that time, I saw a little bit through the newspaper." Tang Qian thought for a while, and said, "It seems that after losing, Yao Ming said that some people regard themselves as a star player, right? "

"That's right." Li Qiuping took a breath and said, "At the press conference that day, Yao Ming even announced that he would quit the national team."

"Withdraw from the national team?" Tang Qian raised his head and asked.

"Everyone thought that the person Yao Ming was referring to was either Chen Ke or Zhu Fangyu. In fact, they were all wrong. The person Yao Ming was referring to was none other than the veteran player of the team, Bateer."

"Why?"

Li Qiuping's eyes flickered twice, and he said slowly: "Because some people don't work hard, when there is competition, they behave hard and seriously. Once they are firmly seated in the national team, they immediately change their attitude. .”

"Following the bombardment of Yao Ming afterwards, Bateer was not idle, and immediately said in the team that basketball is a team sport, played by five people, and not by you Yao Ming alone, you Yao Ming said this Let’s talk about that, you play like that yourself. Not only that, but he also united with several old players and started to put pressure on Yao Ming.”

Speaking of this, Li Qiuping snuffed out the remaining cigarettes, and said in a deep and authentic voice: "In the end, you should also have some impressions. Yao Ming finally publicly admitted that he was 'too anxious, too impatient, and not calm enough'. Through Yao Ming's During this 'review', the turmoil in the team that was raging at that time died down, and gradually fell silent."

"Little Tang, think about it. Yao Ming, who started out with the absolute core back then, has to suffer, and still has to 'take care of the overall situation'. If you go too far, how will the result be better?"

"Even if Bartel never made it to the national team again, it was because of Yao Ming's strength."

"Some people in our country know how to weigh the pros and cons. Only when they truly feel that your value is irreplaceable can you let go of your hands and feet, and you can untie the shackles." Li Qiuping said with a slightly excited voice .

"Little Tang, I hope you can digest what I said to you tonight."

"Well, Coach Li, I will." Tang Qian also gradually understood what the other party meant, and seriously agreed.

"Okay, Xiao Tang, there is still a match tomorrow, so I won't bother you any longer. You should rest yourself." Li Qiuping got up and said.

"Yeah." Tang Qian nodded slowly.

After watching Li Qiuping leave the room, Tang Qian lay on the extra-large bed. For the first time, for the first time, he began to seriously think about what is a career, what is basketball, and what is professional basketball.

Ugh……

basketball……

I used to think it was too simple...

Li Qiuping, after leaving Tang Qian's room, he took out his mobile phone and dialed:
"Hey, Jianguo, you are right, this kid is a talent."

"I have a decision in my mind."

"No, no, no, I can't tell you now, let's talk about it after the World Youth Championship is over."

Li Qiuping hung up the phone, looked in the direction of Tang Qian's room, and said nothing for a long time.

PS:

When Xiaozi wrote this chapter, her heart was a little heavy. Xiaozi didn't know how much everyone paid attention to domestic basketball, but there was one person I had to mention, and that was Li Yuanwei.At least in the era of Yao Ming, this man made Chinese basketball take off to a certain extent.But since he stepped down, the performance of domestic basketball has plummeted, and the development of the cba league has also suffered a certain degree of stagnation. Although the "North Star Project" may not be as perfect as he said, Xiao Zi always thinks that it is a very good direction to develop Chinese basketball mainly through the CBA League.After all, a country's basketball level needs a high-quality and high-intensity basketball league to support it. For example, the NBA in the United States, and the basketball league in Europe, for example, only rely on a national team to support it. Xiaozi's humble opinion is really "" It’s hard to support a single tree” ah.

The above are Xiaozi’s humble opinion after watching basketball for so many years. As a basketball lover, Xiaozi sincerely hopes that Chinese basketball can one day become a holy place for basketball like the NBA, that’s all.

In addition, if you are interested, you can read Li Yuanwei's autobiography. After all, liking the NBA is liking the NBA. The self-improvement of the Chinese Basketball League is believed to be the deepest long-cherished wish of everyone who loves basketball.

Thank you, Xiao Zi, and go on to write the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)