"Our best player is finally back!"
"Welcome Du En back to China!"
As soon as Du En got off the plane, he was met by a group of people from the basketball center who came to pick him up.
"Hello, director, hello all leaders."
Du En stepped forward to say hello, and then prepared to follow their arrangements and leave the Capital Airport.
However, before walking too far, I heard roaring cheers, including many fans wearing the Chicago Bulls No. 31 jersey.
To this end, Duen also specifically informed his entourage to take out his FMVP trophy and a miniature replica of the championship trophy from his bag, and then displayed them in public.
Fortunately, the Basketball Management Center was well prepared and had a lot of security guards arranged, so there wasn't any big trouble.
However, Du En also got in the car and left the airport quickly after being reminded by the basketball center.
After arriving at the hotel, it is inevitable that we will have a meal, have a few meetings, and talk about some things.
It was also because Du En was already successful and the basketball management center was looking for help from Du En, so everything went smoothly.
Although the Basketball Management Center really wanted Duen to participate in the World Championships warm-up match, in the end it had to accept Duen's conditions - only to play in the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup, and only in the first half.
The Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup is one of the highest-level official international basketball events held in China.
Nowadays, as Du En is the leading basketball player in China, he still needs to give him some face and control the situation.
However, the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup does not have much gold content. To Duan, it is almost like a wild ball.
However, other players participating in the game attach great importance to this. Considering that the referees of Stankovic's Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup are not like NBA referees, and Duan does not have the protection of a superstar whistle, the "intensity" of the game may be greater than that of the NBA.
There is no way Duane would risk injury and fully participate in this kind of game.
What's more, this year's Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup is just the last warm-up match before the start of the World Championships.
As Duen prepares for the World Championships, he can definitely find his form through training, and then practice in the group matches of the World Championships and go all out to help the men's basketball team strive for better results.
What's more, the hosting and development of any large-scale sports event contains a lot of commercial value, and there are quite large and many interest groups behind it.
Du En returned to China to play football to bring glory to his country, not to serve as a free spokesperson for certain interested parties.
Before returning to China, Du En sent someone to inquire about the news.
As early as last year, the Central Basketball Association lost 26 million in four years because it took over the CBA, forcing the Central Basketball Management Center to leave the burden of CBA to other companies to operate and manage it, in an attempt to revive the CBA and even make a certain profit.
Switzerland's Infront and China's NBA value the commercial value brought by the 2008 Olympics and intend to take over.
Because the former wanted to expand into the Chinese market, it offered a three-year, $15 million contract at a sky-high price.
One year's operating expenses are more than the losses in the previous years combined, so the Basketball Management Center has no reason not to agree.
In addition, the newly established China Infront also officially holds 51% of the shares. As long as China Infront can make a profit, it can make more money.
Accordingly, China Infront has also obtained the rights to host and operate various basketball events including the CBA, men's and women's basketball, and the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup.
It would have been a good start for China Infront to come to power. Infront funded the men's basketball team to go to Europe for training to cultivate and exercise the men's basketball team's abilities and improve its competitiveness in the World Championships.
However, the first batch of men's basketball training rosters was filled with a large number of old and slow CBA veterans. The two months of European training continued to fail miserably, and the men's basketball coach Yunus was so angry that he published a "Junas Nine Questions" discussion. Basketball coach's message.
If Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, and Du En had not returned to China one after another, the leaders of the Basketball Management Center would still be hiding from the media!
It was also because the European training sessions exposed the serious shortcomings of the CBA and the men's basketball team, and Infront put pressure on the basketball management in order to make profits, Du En, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi became the last life-saving jelly.
Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi had the confidence to say that they would not play European training games, or even the Sino-US competition before Stankovic's Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup.
As the boss of the Chicago Bulls, Dunn won the NBA championship and FMVP trophy, which gave him more confidence to make demands on the basketball team.
Therefore, even if Du En only agreed to play half the game and show his face a little bit, the basketball manager would not dare to say no.
And the situation like Chen Jianghua who was promoted to the men's basketball national team by Yunus without playing a single CBA game was also because the men's basketball team performed so poorly in European training and had to break and then stand up.
In general, starting in 2006, the men's basketball team ushered in a real new atmosphere.
If Duen had played for the men's basketball team two years earlier, he might have become someone else's puppet. No matter how hard he worked, he would still have to bear the infamy and move forward.
But things are different now. Du En is not playing for the men's basketball team, and has become the undisputed leader of the men's basketball team without making any achievements.
At least that's the case in the basketball center.
And with the promised rights, Du En can join the men's basketball team and show off his talents in the next World Championships.
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"Duen, why don't you wear No. 13! This number means more to you!"
On August 2, the men's basketball team returned to China from Spain. Du En, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi also officially joined the men's basketball team and began training with everyone.
Before the training camp officially started, Yao Ming came to discuss with Du En the jersey number he would use in the next game.
According to FIBA's rules, participating player numbers are limited to numbers 4 to 15. In the men's basketball team, number 13 has always belonged to Yao Ming.
For Yao Ming, winning and bringing glory to the country is more important than anything else.
Now that he finally has a helper like Du En, as long as he can achieve results, he can do anything.
Just like Tracy McGrady joining the Rockets, Yao Ming was willing to give up his position as the boss for the sake of the team and to achieve results.
"I'm not a center, why should I wear No. 13?
You have always worn size 13, just keep wearing it!
I am an outside player, so I will definitely wear the outside number.
No one wears number 10, right? Just give it to me on the 10th. "
Duen still has a certain understanding of FIBA's number rules.
Numbers 4 to 15 are basically ranked according to height from childhood to adulthood.
Usually 4 to 8 are guards, 9 to 13 are forwards, and 14 and 15 are centers.
As the saying goes, you don’t have enough skills to make it work.
If the men's basketball skills are not up to par, and the basic skills of the guards and forwards are not good, then the entire team can only rely on height to make up for the shortcomings on both offense and defense.
CBA players' basic skills are not good enough, and the competition intensity is not strong enough. When the big game comes, it is easy for the players to be seriously lacking in physical strength in the second half.
Therefore, the original team with two centers became four centers.
At the same time, due to the lack of qualified guards, especially point guards who can control the ball and connect the team, the men's basketball team has to equip a few more ball handlers.
People like Liu Wei, although they are constantly being eliminated by the fans, but looking at the men's basketball team for 20 or 30 years, Liu Wei has become the ceiling.
Yunus also felt that Liu Wei was not good enough, so he urgently promoted Chen Jianghua and Zhang Qingpeng, hoping to upgrade them to meet the unexpected needs in 2008.
As for a team, the number of point guards and centers increases, which reduces the number and playing time of wing players.
In today's men's basketball team, Duen is truly a small forward. Duen's significance to the men's basketball team is self-evident.
The No. 10 jersey should have been worn by small forwards. Of course, no one would have any objection to Du En saying he wanted to wear No. 10.
Originally, the arrangement made by Blue Shoes was that if Du En did not come back, they would bring in an extra insider to serve as Yao Ming's substitute. It was basically a choice between Tang Zhengdong and Zhang Songtao.
Now that Du En is back and willing to compete in the World Championships, there will be no problem.
Du En can have whatever number he wants, and he can have whatever teammates he wants.
The Chicago Bulls can win the championship with Duane, and the men's basketball team can win medals with Duane. It shouldn't be a big problem, right?
With all the men's basketball players present, Du En, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi joining in the training camp, the men's basketball team soon ushered in a new round of changes.
However, after all, the three of Doon have just participated in the training camp, and they have also said that they will not play any warm-up games other than the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup.
Therefore, in the recent warm-up matches, the men's basketball team also lost miserably.
Especially in the Sino-US match on August 7, the Dream Team was beaten 119 to 73, beating them by a full 46 points.
Of course, domestic fans still have strong opinions on the fact that Du En, Yao Ming and others are watching the game off the court and not playing.
However, on August 11, the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup officially started, and the three of Du En finally appeared on the stage, and public opinion instantly reversed... (End of this chapter)
