beast basketball

Update time: 20130102

It was Yao Ming's idea to communicate with them in English. Yao Ming was worried that Stephen would not pay attention to what he said. It would be a good intention of Yao Ming if he added his own translation in between. Although Stephen can speak Chinese without any problems, But I am used to expressing many things in English, so I did not refuse Yao Ming's proposal.

Regarding this situation, several people in the basketball management center looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say. According to the information they received, Stephen's Chinese was no different from that of ordinary Chinese. Logically, he should speak Chinese. This made it easier for everyone to communicate, but Stephen kept talking to them in English, and they couldn't do anything about it. After all, this is the United States, and people have been used to speaking English since they were young.

"On behalf of the Chinese Basketball Association, the Chinese Basketball Management Center, and all the basketball fans and friends, I would like to express my gratitude to Chinese basketball for welcoming such an outstanding athlete like Stephen, and at the same time warmly welcome Stephen to join the big family of Chinese basketball .”

Li Zhengwu spoke first, standing at different heights, and speaking in a different tone. As the executive vice chairman of the Basketball Association and the director of the Basketball Management Center, he can represent the Basketball Association and the Basketball Management Center, but other vice presidents The director can't represent it like this, because you don't have the qualifications. At the same time, if he is not the executive vice chairman of the Basketball Association, he can't fully represent the Basketball Association, unless he is entrusted by the chairman of the Basketball Association.

If a deputy director, he can only represent himself or the specific department he is in charge of, otherwise he will overstep his authority. Of course, Stephen does not understand this situation. He just dislikes the word "representative". Why do you represent it like this? Many, but also represent the vast number of fans and friends, people let you represent, but in Li Zhengwu's view, as the official director of Chinese basketball affairs, he can completely represent the fans.

This is the difference in philosophy between the two parties. Regardless of these small issues, Stephen did not refute the other party. No matter who he represents, as long as he does not represent himself, as for whoever others are willing to represent, it has nothing to do with him, so Stephen just nodded to express that he heard it, and didn't say anything else.

"Mr. Stephen..." Li Zhengwu wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Stephen unceremoniously: "You can just call me Stephen." This is Stephen's serious name, and calling Stephen here is just for By the way, it's so awkward to hear them call it, it's better to be called Shi Difei.

"That's a good name." After casually responding, Li Zhengwu continued to greet Stephen: "The Seattle Supersonics played very well this season. At the beginning, I thought it would be better for you to stay with the Spurs. I didn't expect you to come to the SuperSonics." After the Sonics, they played so well and the team has such a good record, do you have any plans for the playoffs, can we get there?"

Li Zhengwu is very concerned about this issue. Stephen has never played in the national team, neither the players nor the coaches know him very well. I am very worried about whether I can integrate into the team.

They can't help that all the players of the national team give up the league games and train together for a year and a half, so that they may be able to run in well. Like the traditional Chinese, they can't get rid of the "the strength of the collective is always greater than that of the individual". In theory, it is believed that any player, no matter how capable he is, cannot defeat the real collective.

This theory is correct to some extent, just like the famous saying "Genius comes from one percent inspiration and 90.00% perspiration. But that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more than That 90.00% sweat counts."

If you only look at the first half, it is also very correct. Without hard work, there is no success. No matter how inspired you are, if you don’t work hard enough to realize it, the inspiration can only be wasted. But without inspiration, it is 90.00% of ten times Jiu's sweat is also useless.

The two are actually indispensable. Just talking about the first half is tantamount to misinterpreting the original meaning of this sentence and magnifying the effect of the 90.00% nine sweat. The same is true for competitive competitions. Well, an individual cannot defeat a group, but a bunch of mediocre mediocrities can't compare to a talented player.

Their idea of ​​letting Stephen integrate into the team is actually to let Stephen be mediocre, lower the level of the game, and lower the quality of all games. In this way, he will naturally integrate into the team, but Stephen's role is also lost.

"Our goal is naturally the championship. As for whether we can win it, it depends on our luck. But we will do our best at any cost. Thank you Director Li for your concern." Although Yao Ming did not say this time, but before Stephen heard Yao Ming complain that he was often asked to play meaningless warm-up matches or Asian-level matches in China. In his opinion, this was a waste of his own energy and health. He was very distressed, but there was nothing he could do. Although Stephen didn't feel that playing games would waste any energy, he was also unwilling to play those low-level games, which was a waste of time.

"It's a good thing to have ambitious goals. I hope you can succeed." Li Chengwu was very dissatisfied with this answer, but he had no choice. If he really wanted to reach the finals, it would be June and the Olympic Games would begin in August. What else can he do to warm up, and he feels that Stephen has never played an international game, at least he has to adapt to the rules and penalties of FIBA ​​games, but he can't let the players give up the game here, and he still At any cost, what if they get injured? After learning that Stephen was going to become a Chinese citizen, they suddenly raised their basketball goals in the Olympics a lot, and even wanted to achieve a breakthrough of zero medals.

"I don't think it's very likely. Although your results are good now, the Supersonics are a team that has just completed the transition from old to new. The current record does not mean that they can maintain their current results after the regular season. I don’t think you guys think so highly, it’s good to be able to enter the playoffs.” Shang Tianli said beside him, he is in charge of the national team, if Stephen can’t enter the national team in time, then the early formation of the national team will not be possible. What's the point? Even the league has given way for the Olympics. Could it be that other players have gathered and waited for Stephen.

And he is really not optimistic about this Supersonic team, that is, there is no tall insider, and the team does not have any good tactics. With Stephen's ability alone, he can play the entire season and still want to reach the finals?It would be nice to finish the first round.

Stephen snorted and didn't speak. In his opinion, it is meaningless to argue about something that hasn't happened. You won't know until the game is played. Although he didn't even think about the current record, he has already played. He lost his confidence, but he really regarded the finals as his team's goal this season.

Stephen didn't respond, instead he snorted. Unexpectedly, he annoyed Wei Zhiming who was sitting next to him, so he said to Stephen in an old-fashioned way: "Young man, don't think we are attacking you, you really lack foundation , and the game is more difficult to play at the end, the competition is more intense, and you have no experience in the playoffs, you may be able to reach the second round if you meet a weak team, but you will die in the first round if you meet a strong team."

If they want to play with Stephen, they think they are a hundred of themselves, and they are not Stephen's opponents, but when it comes to their understanding of the basketball game, they think it is far better than Stephen, although they may not really understand basketball, but If you haven't eaten pork, can you still see pigs running? The more you watch, the more you will understand.

"Oh, it seems that both of you think that our team is destined for the first round. If we can reach the second round or go further, what are you two going to do?" Stephen also felt that the championship, There was indeed little hope for the finals, but Stephen really wasn't mentally prepared to go home after the first round, so he put on a stern face and said to the two of them, his tone as cold as an iceberg.

"You don't understand any manners when you talk to the leader. After joining the national team, you have to keep in mind that you are just an ordinary player. Don't have any sense of privilege. The national team is not your team. You let yourself go, without discipline you can’t get anywhere, and we will never be soft when we attack those players who don’t abide by discipline.” Stephen felt that his attitude was not very good, and he didn’t say anything too much, and he didn’t think of Liu who was next to him. Zhi Hai suddenly yelled at Stephen loudly.

"Not good." As soon as Yao Ming heard Liu Zhihai's words, he knew that Stephen would definitely not be able to bear it. Based on his understanding of Stephen, he would definitely get angry directly. Just as he was about to stand up to smooth things over, Stephen had already stepped forward: "Who said I'm going to join the national team, I just changed my nationality, who do you think you are, what qualifications do you have to demand me with discipline, get out, don't appear in front of me again, I'm not in the mood to see you again."

"This is the end of today's meeting. I am very grateful for everyone's visit. I was spoiled by a mad dog, so I will not keep everyone. Goodbye." After Stephen finished speaking, he turned his head and left, Yao Ming He yelled twice and there was no response, so he had to chase after him, leaving a bunch of fat guys sitting there with pale faces, not knowing how to deal with it, especially Liu Zhihai, whose heart was beating like thousands of drums Similarly, he just wanted to help the leader out once, but he didn't expect such serious consequences. It would be a lie if he said he wasn't afraid. How high is the expectation of this Olympic Games, and how important is Stephen's role in it.