China.
National team training conference.
The World Cup in Spain is coming soon, and the Basketball Association has already made preparations to recruit a group of players into the squad.
This is just the first round of trials, there will be another round to come.
Once they pass two rounds of trials, the remaining players can be officially selected for the 12-man roster for the Men's Basketball World Cup.
In order to gain enough attention and support for the training camp, the Basketball Association also specially recruited more than 50 players into the roster, all of whom are leaders in the domestic league.
The momentum was great, and the press conference was naturally more lively than before. As the spokesperson, Xin Guotao certainly played an important role, constantly answering various questions under the media interviews.
Everything looks normal.
Until a reporter was called by Xin Guotao.
"Have you followed Zhao Feiyang's performance in the NBA Finals recently? For Chinese basketball, such a player should be an irreplaceable core, so will Zhao Feiyang join the national team to participate in this World Cup in Spain? "
As soon as the reporter finished speaking, all eyes turned to Xin Guotao.
There is no doubt that journalists are more interested in this matter than other issues.
After all, since Zhao Feiyang entered the NBA, whether he can return to the national team has always been a matter of great concern to fans.
The strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has dropped significantly since Yao Ming retired, especially the disastrous defeat in the previous Asian Championships. This is undoubtedly a huge impact on Chinese basketball.
Yao Ming's departure has also allowed more fans to see clearly the current situation of Chinese basketball.
It’s not that Chinese basketball is really that strong! It was Yao Ming who raised this team to a level that did not belong to it.
Not only that, since his retirement, some of the veterans who participated in the 2008 Olympics have also retired one after another. However, in the process, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team failed to cultivate more new generation players to take over, resulting in a situation of lack of succession.
What's particularly important is that no one can take over the banner from Yao Ming and support the Chinese men's basketball team at this time.
Yi Jianlian is not good, and neither is Sun Yue. They have tried hard, but judging from the disastrous defeat in the Asian Championships, they really cannot be as strong as Yao Ming.
Without Zhao Feiyang, the Spanish World Cup would be no different for the Chinese Men's Basketball Team. Everyone knows that with the current strength of the Men's Basketball Team, it is probably just to play in the group stage, and then be eliminated and then come back.
This is not surprising!
But because of Zhao Feiyang's existence, fans can see a little hope.
If Zhao Feiyang, an NBA player, can join the national team, then maybe the national team will have a chance to break through the second round.
Unless they encounter a "death group", otherwise, the national team is not totally without a chance.
At this time, the team does not lack players with NBA strength like Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. What they lack mainly is a leader who can bring the team together.
"I think this question is a very good one, and I believe everyone should be very concerned about this issue..."
Xin Guotao spoke slowly.
"Everyone has seen Feiyang's performance, which can be said to be quite outstanding... I also watched the recent game, not just me, but all the leaders of the Basketball Association also watched it... "
"After Dayao retired, we have been worried about the future of Chinese basketball... Of course, there are many talented players in the national team, but this is not enough..."
"Now Feiyang's appearance gives us hope..."
Xin Guotao's words attracted everyone's attention and made the journalists present nod their heads.
From what he said, there really wasn't any problem.
However, at the end of this paragraph, Xin Guotao responded directly to whether Zhao Feiyang could participate. Zhao Feiyang had said before that he would not give a definite reply until after the finals.
But now, Xin Guotao seems to be in charge of all this.
"I had a phone call with Feiyang before. We talked a lot and also talked about the national team... He promised me that he would definitely participate in the World Cup..."
"Feiyang is a great young man. He said that as long as the national team needs him, he will appear at any time... I am proud of his answer..."
"The domestic league has cultivated excellent players like him. Of course he will not forget this... If he refuses, wouldn't he become an ungrateful person? This will never happen... .So you don’t have to guess anymore, Feiyang will definitely come!”
As soon as Xin Guotao said these words, the audience burst into applause.
The reporters who got the exact news were very excited and quickly issued a press release after the interview.
It didn’t take long for the news about this incident to hit the front page of China Sports Edition, and countless self-media forwarded or commented on this series of news.
This news was also highlighted on major forums, and even CCTV Sports specifically mentioned the fact that Zhao Feiyang would return to China to participate in the competition during prime news time.
But when everyone knew about this, Zhao Feiyang, the protagonist of the story, was still kept in the dark.
Until a friend in China forwarded the news of the interview to him.
"Holy shit!"
"what's the situation?"
Zhao Feiyang looked at Xin Guotao's speech on the news video and was a little confused for a moment.
He remembered clearly that when he talked to Xin Guotao on the phone, he said that specific decisions would be made after the finals. Before that, he had not made any promises to Xin Guotao or the national team.
Although there is a high probability that Zhao Feiyang will join when the national team invites him, this kind of random fabrication without consultation still makes Zhao Feiyang feel that he is not respected by Xin Guotao.
It is your duty to play for the national team, but players are also human beings and need to be respected. They are not robots, let alone slaves who are called around.
A situation like "If you don't do it, others will do it" does not exist in this level of competition in this field.
If you change the person, you really can’t do it!
After thinking for a long time and considering that he would have to contact the national team in the future, Zhao Feiyang did not immediately issue a rebuttal, but chose to wait.
He believed that since Xin Guotao dared to say this with confidence, he would definitely call him to communicate with him.
More importantly, there is a saying that "it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain." Wang Zhizhi even voluntarily quit the national team in order not to get involved in those bad things. There is no need for him to stand up and be the thorn. Son.
Today, I am not the role player I was when I played in the CBA. As long as I stand up and say a word on these matters, countless eyes will be cast on me immediately.
Before things can get any further, G6 of the Finals arrives as scheduled, and the critical moment for the Miami Heat to decide the outcome has finally arrived!
