So I am the god of basketball?

Chapter 157 Olympic Games

Meng Lang's most urgent priority now is to improve his physical strength.

I felt like I was out for the season once, and that was enough!

He didn't want to sit on the bench and watch his teammates work hard on the court while he could do nothing but wave a towel.

Of course, he is very grateful for the season reimbursement, which allowed him to see clearly the faces of the people in Orlando.

However, when the system told him that what he gained was Olajuwon's post-playing ability, he had no regrets at that time. Just kidding, this is the back-up ability of "Big Dream". Even among the many SSS-level abilities, it can be regarded as one of the top abilities.

What more bikes do you want?

Thinking in his mind, Meng Lang clicked on the system's properties panel.

I saw above that his "back hitting" ability was directly improved to 99 points.

It's a pity that the chain reaction caused this time was not obvious. Only a few abilities showed a small increase.

This is normal. After so many enhancements to his ability cards, his physical talent and panel attributes on both offense and defense are already pretty good. The "post-up" ability is not like the systematic ability cards such as "ball feel" and "feel". It belongs to a separate aspect on the offensive end.

It is also the potential of "post-up" that has been developed to the greatest extent. This summer, Meng Lang's special training plan has almost a clear direction:

With a sigh, Meng Lang quickly hung up the phone. Jordan's curse words were already on his lips. Hearing the "beep beep beep" sound from the phone, he finally made his choice and slammed the phone directly on the table.

Last summer, they left each other's numbers.

Without Jordan's permission, Grover would not agree even if Meng Lang was half of his work.

Just when the phone was hung up, Jordan subconsciously touched his chest.

In fact, in this era, a skill that is necessary for any team to win the championship is "low singles".

Mainly because he could think of how this guy would arrange him after hanging up the phone if he rejected Meng Lang.

They were not from the same era.

Now he still has huge room for improvement. In his opinion, only Tim Grover can make him grow rapidly again. After all, this may be a man who knows his body better than he does.

First improve his strength in all aspects.

"Don't you have his phone number?" Jordan replied disdainfully.

"Thanks, Michael, but it seems that you are really old. I was really unlucky. I was injured last season, hey~"

Really are……

But this group of media insists on forcibly linking them together.

In this era, low-post scoring ability is equivalent to the 3-point shooting ability that the league must have if it wants to win the championship in n years.

This is the most important aspect of back-up play.

Maybe by then he would have retired with the "three consecutive championships".

Now everyone knows that Grover has an agreement with Jordan.

Because now he has a "sharp weapon" on the ball-holding end that can be used at critical moments!

Moreover, this is also the improvement he needs most after joining the Lakers.

This bitch!

"Of course I'm not looking for you, an old man. I just want to ask if you will still do the Breakfast Club this summer? If not, can you please send me Tim's phone number?"

In his opinion, Meng Lang moved to Los Angeles. The strength of the Lakers' team is far less than that of the Magic, and no one among them has even played in the Western Conference Finals. With a bunch of chicks as helpers, Jordan knew exactly what Meng Lang would go through.

He believes that from now on, Meng Lang will go back to the same path he did before.

The call was quickly connected, and Jordan was a little surprised and said: "You bitch would actually call me?"

Wanting to improve his abilities in this area, a slightly serious face with sharp eyes suddenly appeared in Meng Lang's mind:

Barkley relied on his big butt and strong lower limbs to develop a unique "post-up" technique, including Michael Jordan, who only had such a powerful "post-up singles" after his strength increased.

"I……"

And any "post-up" master has strong lower limbs and excellent core strength.

Jordan's personal trainer, Tim Grover.

Everyone comes here like this. Before he has his own "Pippen", it will be difficult for him to succeed. And he spent so many years waiting for Pippen. Who knows how many years it will take this guy to wait for Pippen that belongs to him?

Jordan was also very aware of Meng Lang's true intention. He cursed and said, "Damn it, if you want to contact me, just contact me. I won't stop him from helping you train!"

Meng Lang called Jordan directly.

Like the original Bulls, Rockets, and later Spurs and Lakers...

Meng Lang's "sword" hurt him too much.

"..." Meng Lang was rarely choked into silence because he did have Grover's phone number. He didn't call Jordan to help him contact Grover. Instead, he changed his mind and asked for his opinion, asking him to agree to Grover training with him.

Whether they are a team that focuses on the outside or a team that focuses on the inside, they have strong low-post scoring capabilities.

His physical transformation last summer was inseparable from the top trainer's training plan. If it hadn't been for him, Meng Lang knew very well that his potential would not have been developed so quickly.

He didn't want to have a verbal war with Meng Lang, nor did he want to hear him add insult to injury and say seriously, "Michael is afraid that if I train with Tim again, he won't be able to beat me at all," so Jordan agreed.

Since the 90s, every team that has won the championship has had enough threatening low-post capabilities.

However, in Meng Lang's view, this substitute was a qualitative change.

Therefore, he is not worried that Meng Lang becoming stronger will affect his defense of the title.

In fact, he has plans to continue opening "The Breakfast Club" this summer. But during the test in preparation for this, he and Tim Grover always felt that given his current age and his physical condition, rest would be a better preparation!

He is already... 33 years old!

At this age, his physical fitness is no longer enough to sustain him for another season after a summer of hard training.

What he needs now is adequate rest.

Meng Lang was aware of this matter very keenly.

Thinking about his age, Jordan felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Coming back again, Jordan's appetite can't be satisfied just by winning a championship.

He wants to win another "three consecutive championships"!

Winning three consecutive championships after two years is something that has never happened in the history of this league. Jordan aspired to be this person. Meng Lang hung up the phone and contacted Grover directly. The latter got Jordan's permission and readily accepted Meng Lang's invitation and came to Los Angeles. Meng Lang soon became more certain that asking Grover to train him this summer was the right thing to do. Because this guy has Meng Lang's physical reaction data on the court in the past season, which he obtained through video analysis, and may be somewhat inaccurate. But the general data must be very detailed.

At least Grover could quickly formulate Meng Lang's training plan based on this data and the test on Meng Lang.

During this period, people from Huaxia Lanxi came to Meng Lang.

It’s not about this year’s Olympics.

They had approached Meng Lang about this matter as early as November last year.

Meng Lang's nationality has never been changed.

His "new father and new mother" were originally going to handle this for him, and were even going through the process. But at this time, his "new mother" suddenly became pregnant, and the whole family's focus turned to that guy. went.

As a result, this matter has been delayed.

Thinking about it now, since his "new mother" became pregnant, she had already made up her mind to send him back. That's why I haven't been in a hurry.

Of course, Meng Lang would have forgotten this kind of thing if he didn't deliberately think about it.

In his current world, there are no "new parents" at all, let alone his biological parents in his hometown. But his nationality allows him to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in international events. But as a result, he encountered another injury and he was reimbursed for the season.

Although it is a pity that he missed the Olympic roster this time.

This was Meng Lang's insistence. He was afraid that his recovery would not be as good as expected, and he had never trained with the national team members, so there was no tacit understanding between them. If his performance is not good and affects the chemical reaction of the entire team, there may be a situation where 1 plus 1 is less than 2.

More importantly, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team has performed very well this time, reaching the top 8.

In this case, Meng Lang had no reason to insist on playing.

After all, with his current ability, going to the China Men's Basketball Team would only replace Hu Weidong's role and become a more outstanding shooter. But the Chinese men's basketball team does not have a ball-handler like Hardaway, so he will inevitably have to catch the ball more. This Chinese men's basketball team does not have Yao Ming, and even Wang Zhizhi is just a fledgling boy...

Meng Lang wanted to achieve a stunning effect in his first appearance in the national team, so he has not yet adjusted his condition and finally decided to put on the national team jersey later.

However, even so, he still has an important responsibility in this national team:

Team advisor!

The Chinese Men's Basketball Team specially participated in this year's NBA Summer League for the Olympic Games held in Atlanta, USA. It was also in this summer league that the famous violent scene of Hu Weidong versus Biao Kobe and hating Kobe was born.

Knowing this, Meng Lang took his photographer with him to the summer league with the team, and perfectly recorded this scene.

However, we still have to admit that Kobe is really awesome.

Although Hu Weidong scored 30 points on his head, Hu Weidong was already 26 years old at this time, and Kobe was only 18 years old. A high school student did not fall behind against a top player in a professional league.

This is really an exaggeration.

Of course, Hu Weidong can also be regarded as a god.

This guy not only faced off against Kobe Bryant, he also dunked on Pippen in the warm-up match with the "Dream Team". The most incredible thing is that despite his 800-degree myopia, he also has good accuracy from beyond the three-point line.

I don’t know how all this was invested.

Do you really just "feel like you can get in"?

On July 7, the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team’s training in the NBA Summer League had just ended, and the Atlanta Olympics had officially begun. Meng Lang completed his work as a consultant, returned to Los Angeles, and officially began his special training.

The Chinese Men's Basketball Team arrived in Atlanta before the stipulated time to compete in the upcoming Men's Basketball Olympics.

Meng Lang watched the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team.

This can be regarded as the beginning of a glorious era for the Chinese men's basketball team.

From 1996 to 2008, there were a total of 4 Olympic Games, of which the Chinese men's basketball team reached the top 3 three times.

The most regrettable time should be in 08.

Not only was it the Olympics at home, but the other point was that the men's basketball coach at the time, Yunus, thought he could deal with Lithuania and strategically gave up the last game of the group stage.

The result was a heartbreaking meal.

If the Chinese Men's Basketball Team were to play as the top 8 in the game against Greece, would there be a different result if Lithuania was missed... No one knows!

However, the regret at that time, from the perspective of those who came after, was not a regret. It was already the pinnacle performance of the Chinese men's basketball team. Since 08, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team has been called "a weasel laying waste to mice, and every litter is worse than the next." The competitive level is almost as good as that of the China Men's Football Team.

So much so that the popularity of Village BA directly surpassed the CBA League.

Isn't this a kind of irony...

The atmosphere has been lifted, but the reserves of the reserve army are still not on track. Perhaps it is time to discover at this time that the Chinese men's basketball team cannot rise, perhaps not just because of the atmosphere.

There are deeper reasons.

Meng Lang came to this era when the Chinese Men's Basketball Team started. Even if he was not a Chinese national, he would definitely want to "acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan." This time, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team would not be just the top eight!

This is another goal he wants to achieve in addition to his various goals in the NBA.

The first game of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team faced the Angola team.

This can be regarded as the "good brother" of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team. Giving up his head is not a matter of once or twice. In this game, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team finally won 70-67 by 3 points and got a good start. This win is actually very crucial, because the Chinese men’s basketball team was placed in the “Group of Death” this time. Except for Angola, the other three teams in this group are all “world championship” level teams:

The "Dream Team" of the United States, Lithuania and Croatia are among them.

If the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team wants to advance, it can only fight against the remaining two opponents.

So in the second game against Croatia, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team directly chose to give up.

They rested most of their main players to conserve their energy for the next game against Argentina.

最终华夏男篮赌赢了，以87：77的比分战胜了的阿根廷队，以2胜3负的战绩成功杀入了“8强赛”。

In terms of paper strength, this year's China Men's Basketball Team does not have absolute strength in the top 8, but through some strategic abandonment, they concentrated their main energy and successfully bit off two "water ghosts" and successfully entered the top 8. .

This kind of wisdom was rare in the later Chinese men's basketball team.

The Chinese men's basketball team in 19 couldn't even serve the ball.

International basketball is getting better and better as it plays, but the Chinese men's basketball team is getting more and more confused.

Thinking of this, Meng Lang felt lucky that he had traveled through time so early. This means that he may pursue higher results in the international arena. If he really has a teammate like "Yaweiwei" after 2010, unless he has the ability to greatly surpass the top NBA stars, otherwise he really can't lead him.

(End of this chapter)