Legendary star

Chapter 182 National Team

After finishing the McDonald's summer training camp, Meng Xu and He Hui boarded the flight back to China, accompanied by some staff from Nike, as well as a full-time trainer and nutritionist arranged by the Spurs Club for Meng Xu, from now on At the beginning, Meng Xu's summer weight gain plan is about to be officially implemented.

On the second day after the training camp ended, Meng Xu received a fax from China and a phone call from Jiang Quan, the head coach of the current Huaguo Men's Basketball Team. The Huaguo player, after careful consideration, the Huaguo Basketball Association decided to recruit Meng Xu to the national team to participate in the Olympic Games held in Sydney in September this year. Since he had to go home to visit his relatives, he also participated in Nike's promotional tour. Therefore, Meng Xu also promised to report to the national team in early August at the latest.

After reaching the quarter-finals in the last Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team also tried their best to go further in this Olympics, but the main players who participated in the last Olympics are now retired, and some are injured Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong, the two pillars of the Huaguo men's basketball team, are still injured. It is still uncertain how they will recover when the Olympics begin, and some young players, such as Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Guo Shiqiang, etc., are lacking in competition. Experience, so this time in the Sydney Olympics, the Huaguo men's basketball team has not yet set off, and the whole country is already wailing.Therefore, under such circumstances, Jiang Quan, the head coach of the Huaguo men's basketball team, decided to call Meng Xu into the national team against all odds.

The first thing Meng Xu did when he got home was to buy all kinds of gifts, and followed his father to visit all the relatives and friends' houses one by one, enjoying the feeling of returning home with a good clothes.By the way, I also went to He Hui's home. Meng Xu was able to study in Wake Forest because of He Hui's father. Because of only one daughter, Meng Xu's father and Meng Xu's father were He Hui's father when they were young. He didn't treat Meng Xu as an outsider.

Father Meng, who had been scolding Meng Xu for his incompetence before, kept praising Meng Xu for his success after he returned home this time.It turned out that Father Meng, who used to be a backup guard for the provincial basketball team, had a lifelong wish to enter the national team, but after retiring due to injury, Father Meng buried this wish in his heart, and after Meng Xu was called up by the national team , It can be regarded as fulfilling Father Meng's wish in a disguised form.

Less than three days after Meng Xu returned home, Nike's Asian promotional tour had already begun. For almost the entire month of July, Meng Xu was in China, Japan, South Korea, and a few major cities in Southeast Asia. Going back and forth in the city, although Meng Xu’s trip to Southeast Asia was a bit embarrassing due to the small audience for basketball and the low popularity in Southeast Asia. It was better in Southeast Asia, but it was limited, and some extremely anti-HUA guys protested at Meng Xu's promotional activities, so Meng Xu's original displeasure with these two countries directly escalated into disgust.

However, when the promotional tour was carried out in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Meng Xu regained his confidence. The enthusiasm of Huaguo fans for Meng Xu made Meng Xu dumbfounded. Huaguo fans are much more crazy than American fans.Under the arrangement of Nike, Meng Xu would present his autographed jerseys to some lucky fans in person every time he went. Thousands of jerseys are like a drop in the bucket.As the first Chinese to enter the NBA, these fans really regarded Meng Xu as Jordan.

After a whole month of touring promotion, in early August 2000, Meng Xu officially went to the national team to report.In order to prepare for this year's Sydney Olympics, the Huaguo men's basketball team has already started training in June. However, after a series of warm-up matches, the results are a bit embarrassing. With Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong absent due to injuries, The Huaguo men's basketball team can be said to have been defeated repeatedly, and those young players are still unable to provoke the Huaguo men's basketball team.And this month, the Huaguo men's basketball team will also set off for Seoul to play a warm-up match with the South Korean men's basketball team.

After going through the formalities of joining the team, coach Jiang Quan took Meng Xu directly into the training ground of the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team, clapped his hands, called all the players together, and began to introduce him to the players on the training ground. own new teammates.

"This is Meng Xu, your new teammate. Starting today, he will join us and go to Sydney with us to win glory for the country." After Jiang Quan finished speaking, under his leadership, there was also a rare memory on the court. Scattered applause.

These players are not those fans. Many people still have some doubts about Meng Xu's ability. After all, participating in the Olympics is not a joke. The data of 8 points and 6 rebounds is not so convincing, and many players on the training ground don't know much about the true level of the NBA.

"Hi everyone, my name is Meng Xu. Nice to meet you." When he first joined the team, Meng Xu's attitude was still very low. Many players in this national team are players he has been familiar with since he was a child.

After introducing each other, coach Jiang Quan left Meng Xu on the court to let Meng Xu and them get to know each other. As soon as Jiang Quan left, Liu Yudong, Hu Weidong, the two big men of the team, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and other young players The players surrounded Meng Xu.As Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong, who once wanted to enter the NBA but failed, and even Wang Zhizhi, who was selected by the Mavericks last season but was unable to make the trip due to various reasons, they still have a general understanding of the level of the NBA.As the best defensive player in the NBA last season, and Meng Xu, who shined in this year's playoffs, even if he returns to China, he will definitely be able to call the wind and rain when he returns to the CBA.

"I call you Xiaomeng, you don't mind." The first person to shake hands with Meng Xu was Liu Yudong. As the best power forward in China, Liu Yudong watched many videos of Meng Xu's games and recruited him into the national team. , Liu Yudong first suggested it to coach Jiang Quan.

"No, no." After some pleasantries, several people who were already acquainted sat down and chatted together. The two veterans, Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong, were thinking back to the past and regretting that they failed to enter the NBA at their peak. It's a pity, but Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming are looking forward to the future, especially Wang Zhizhi, who is already eager to enter the NBA.

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