NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 64 Olympic Finals, Declaration!

The pre-match interviews finally ended and the players and coaches began to head to the court.

The reporters in the audience now had time to quickly contact the company and compile the breaking news they had just recorded into news and send it out.

As soon as he got off the stage, Lao K felt a little more relaxed.

"Hey, these media just like to ask about his situation. I'm not his babysitter, asking questions all the time."

Kobe stretched his muscles and turned his head to look at Old K. Thinking of this matter, he also felt a little irritated.

"Yeah, but it's hard to say this time. He got injured all of a sudden. Our lineup is so strong, it's normal for James not to want to play with an injury."

"almost."

Durant interjected,
"He lost the finals for the second time and was defeated by Lin Chuan in the finals. Fans all over the United States were laughing at him. I heard that some fans of the Miami Heat even rushed to his home to burn his jerseys. There were also graffiti and paint. He even got a triple-double against Brazil in the Olympics, but was scolded again. His mentality must have been unbalanced a long time ago."

"No."

Kobe shrugged.

"Watching the playoffs this year, I thought he would transform after he passed the Celtics, but you guys just pushed him down."

"In the final, he was defeated 1:3 by the first team in history. It's good that he can hold on until now."

"But I didn't expect the groin injury. The team doctor showed me the report yesterday and it was indeed an injury. I didn't expect that such an iron man would have such a problem at the last minute."

Old K nodded.
"I really didn't expect that. He could have dunked even during a timeout. It just didn't add any extra points. I didn't expect that he would stop it and end up hurting himself."

"Oh, by the way, I don't know if you are aware of this, but before the finals, Nike said that they would give James a super big contract, the largest amount in history, but according to the current situation, it seems unlikely."

Durant continued,

“Even James’ shoes are on sale in many shoe stores.”

"Haha, then you will feel comfortable."

Kobe showed his two rows of white teeth and laughed at him.
"Your contract with Nike expired this year, and his commercial value has dropped. You have become the top player, and you just won the championship this year. You are a celebrity in Nike's eyes. Your new contract must be very big. Sometimes I really envy you young people for catching up with the good times. We didn't have such big contracts back then."

Durant smiled and pointed to the basketball shoes on his feet, a pair of pure gold and red Nike shoes.
"The KD4 'Gold Medal' colorway was originally released in advance to celebrate our gold medal win and to warm up for the upcoming KD4 series. But after I won the championship, they urgently recalled the sneakers, saying they needed to modify them again and add some technology to make them fit my current status."

"Tsk tsk, you've earned it all."

Kobe Bryant punched Durant lightly, and the two men, who were almost 60 years old in total, started quarreling as if they had not grown up, which left K speechless.

The final is about to begin, and the two of them are still so relaxed. It seems that they feel that even if one of the superstars is removed, they will still be sure to win.

But it doesn’t matter. They have a lot of people in their team, so one less person won’t be a big deal.

Lao K also doesn't think it will fail.

A few of them walked into the locker room. Everyone else had already changed into their jerseys and were waiting for the three of them to come back and head to the player tunnel together.

There was only one person who seemed out of place. He was wearing a well-fitting suit, tie, and sunglasses, and he sat in a chair and was reluctant to get up.
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In the locker room, everyone changed their clothes and lined up with Lin Chuan and Yi Jianlian to walk towards the player tunnel.

The one closest to the court.

Outside the tunnel and inside the stadium, the voices of the fans rushed into everyone's ears and hearts like a tsunami.

Suddenly, the pressure and tension that everyone had suppressed with great difficulty reappeared.

On the other side, the US team has taken the lead and the cheers from the stadium have passed through the long player tunnel and reached their ears.

"Kobe!"

"Durant!"

"Anthony!"

"Hey Paul!"

They could tell which player was running out of the field from the shouts of the fans. The sound had already made the steel ceiling in the passage rumble, like a train running past on the railway.

"Huh...huh..."

Heavy breathing.

It has been a historic journey to this point, carrying the expectations of fans across the country. To reach the final stage and compete with the US team will decide who will win the gold medal.

Several emotions intertwined together, making it difficult for everyone to describe what the complex emotions are at the moment.

Yi Jianlian looked at everyone. He was usually silent and spoke solemnly to them.

"This year is our first Olympics after Yao Ming retired."

"Before the Olympics, no one was optimistic about us. There were even many people saying that we would lose five consecutive group matches and finish in 12th place."

"No one thought we could make it."

"Fortunately, Lin Chuan joined us, allowing us to achieve unprecedented results in this session."

Having said that, Lin Chuan stole a glance at Yi Jianlian and his face turned a little red.

In such an inspiring occasion, suddenly mentioning his name made him a little shy.

Yi Jianlian didn't notice Lin Chuan's abnormality and continued speaking in his low but reassuring tone.

"Now, we are even standing on the stage of the finals, competing with the United States team for the gold medal that Chinese fans have been waiting for for so long."

"Everyone, for ourselves, for the seniors of the men's basketball team, for our Chinese fans, and for everyone in China."

"Let's go out on the court and beat the United States!"

There was some nervousness in his tone, but at this moment, this speech was like a stabilizing force, which made everyone's nervousness dissipate a lot.

Although he has always been taciturn in the team, Lin Chuan, the strongest player in the team, often speaks on his behalf as the boss.

But every member of the Chinese team knows that Yi Jianlian is the spiritual leader of the team and the boss of the locker room.

At this critical moment, he stood up, returned from injury, gave a speech, and raised everyone's willpower to the highest peak.

Before the game, he did the best he could.

"Win glory for our country! Win the gold medal!"

"Take the gold medal!"

Lin Chuan roared, raising everyone's morale to the highest level.

"rush!"

Lin Chuan led everyone to run towards the court.

When everyone entered the stadium, the cheers of the fans, which had been faint just now, suddenly became clear and deafening.

Above the stadium and in the stands, there are patches of red jerseys.

"Chinese team! Come on!"

"Chinese team! Come on!"

Lin Chuan looked up and saw a fan holding the Chinese flag and cheering heart-wrenchingly to everyone.

Looking further, this is not a minority at all.

"We must win this game and do justice to everyone."

Lin Chuan muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)