Zhao Feiyang's tough response attracted a lot of scolding.
However, he still insisted on his opinion and did not make any further response. The national team also fell silent, and the two sides seemed to have begun to stalemate invisibly, both expecting the other side to bow first.
Amid such waiting, the national team ushered in its third warm-up match.
In this game, the national team faced the Kimchi National Men’s Basketball Team.
Before the game started, Xin Guotao, as the head of the Basketball Association, constantly encouraged the players to win the game.
Compared with strong opponents like the Australian men's basketball team, the level of the Kimchi men's basketball team is average in Asia. It is said to be a second- or third-rate team. In fact, the overall level of basketball in Asia is not strong. The so-called second- and third-rate teams are exiled to There is really nothing that can be done from outside.
Of course, they are still quite threatening to the Chinese men's basketball team.
After all, even if the Kimchi Nation men's basketball team is not strong, they still know how to use the rules. The Kimchi people have no competitive spirit in sports, so naturalized players are not a big problem for them.
If they couldn't get superstars like LeBron James, they might want to spend money to get all the league's signature stars.
This Kimchi Chinese men’s basketball team is also unusual in that it has naturalized two players who have played in European leagues.
Both players are also big men in the inside, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the Kimchi National Men's Basketball team's inside height.
Overall, the China Men's Basketball Team still has certain advantages.
After losing all the first two games, facing an opponent that has every chance of defeating them, going all out to kill them and win is undoubtedly the biggest expectation of the Chinese men's basketball team.
However, the higher the expectations, the higher the disappointment.
The Huaxia Men's Basketball Team almost kept suppressing the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team throughout the game. With the advantage of the back line, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team continued to play wave after wave of wonderful offenses. When the first half ended like this, not only did the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team For the men's basketball team, the fans on the sidelines also cheered, thinking that the team could finally win.
Even the head Xin Guotao was surprised and even planned to continue to ignore Zhao Feiyang.
However, in the second half, the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team launched a counterattack with the help of two naturalized inside players and barely caught up with the point difference in the final quarter.
Fortunately, Yi Jianlian's touch came and he continuously broke through to the inside and scored, which prevented the opponent from surpassing the score.
However, when there were 30 seconds left in the last quarter of the game, the naturalized player of the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team scored two plus one in the paint. After making a free throw, the opponent immediately tied the score.
At the final moment of serving, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team could have made another attack, or controlled the ball and dragged the game into overtime.
However, the final result was that the Chinese men's basketball team made a major mistake when serving. The Kimchi player stole this crucial serve and successfully scored a layup.
When the goal was scored, the fans in the audience went crazy. They couldn't believe what they saw in front of them, and they couldn't believe that the victory that should have been won was taken away by others.
The players of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team also looked depressed. They didn't know why they ended up like this at the last moment!
As the leader, Xin Guotao finally took the initiative to express his attitude after getting angry.
"Get ready...go ask Zhao Feiyang to come back!"
"The team really wouldn't be able to do without him..."
On the day after the China Men's Basketball Team lost to the Kimchi Nation Men's Basketball Team due to a serious mistake, Xin Guotao personally called Zhao Feiyang and formally invited him to join the national team.
"Feiyang, I'm sorry for what happened in the past... As the head of the Basketball Association, I actually have difficulties! All these big and small stalls are thrown at me, and the pressure I face is really not small... ..."
"I believe you can understand our hard work..."
Zhao Feiyang didn't believe Xin Guotao's words at all.
However, the other party realized that Zhao Feiyang would not let go of the national team, so he started talking about the national team, "Actually, I don't want you to play in the Stankovic Cup either! But the pressure on us from above is too great. Now we have lost three games. If we lose the last game, we will really be unable to play..."
"You must know how difficult it has been for Chinese basketball in the past two years... After Yao Ming retired, we lost a lot of games, especially the previous Asian Championships like that..."
"Even if you don't think about other things, you should think more about the honor of Chinese basketball! Do you really think that in the future, the Chinese men's basketball team will be ridiculed by the other side when they play in international competitions?"
Xin Guotao's series of remarks finally moved Zhao Feiyang.
It has to be said that he may not care about the people in the Basketball Association or the opinions of some domestic fans, but as a Chinese player, he has never forgotten his mission.
"good."
"I promise you."
"But I also have some requirements. If I join the national team, I will not live in the training base, but I can guarantee that I will not miss every day of training and every game..."
"this......"
Xin Guotao has some difficulties. The national team players all live in the training base. If Zhao Feiyang does something special, it will be somewhat difficult to handle.
However, considering Zhao Feiyang's value, Xin Guotao quickly agreed.
"It's not a big problem, I promise you!"
"Then when is the earliest time you can come to the national team to report? The next game starts in two days. This is the last warm-up match. If you lose again, it will be really over..."
"Don't worry! I'll be there tomorrow..."
After the national team played two warm-up matches in Yangcheng, the competition venue was also moved to Mingzhu City. It happened that Zhao Feiyang's place was not far from Mingzhu City. Therefore, Zhao Feiyang decided to set out immediately to help the national team reverse this situation. unfavorable situation.
When Jiang's father and his family learned that Zhao Feiyang was going to compete in Mingzhu City, they did not try to persuade him to stay, but asked Jiang Qiuyue to go with him.
The second elder was very open-minded and really thought that Zhao Feiyang and Jiang Qiuyue had already cooked the rice, so they decided on a time with Zhao Feiyang and planned to meet Zhao's parents and Zhao's mother to make an engagement for the two.
As Zhao Feiyang and Jiang Qiuyue were on their way to Pearl City, their agent David Stock also called again.
In the bidding war between several clubs, the Golden State Warriors have shown the greatest sincerity.
Although they ranked sixth in the Western Conference last season and were eliminated early in the first round of the playoffs, they are the only ones among various clubs that meet Zhao Feiyang's requirements.
Zhao Feiyang's request is also very simple, that is, the contract is only signed for two years, and he has a player option in the second year, which means that he has the initiative to decide whether to stay or not.
Other bidding teams such as the Rockets and Bulls did not agree to this request.
"David, help me make an appointment with someone from the Warriors and let's discuss the contract together soon."
"Zhao, the Warriors have sent people to China... They will arrive at Mingzhu City in half a day, and I am also on my way to China..."
