At the end of the game, the players from both sides shook hands in a friendly manner. For the players of the national team, it is rare for them to communicate with the big-name NBA stars, so naturally they can't wait to talk for two more games.
Krzyzewski took a deep breath and said to D'Antoni: "To my surprise, Zhang Guan did not play. Before the game, I was worried that Zhang Guan would cause us a lot of trouble. It seems that my Worry is unnecessary."
"Yes, out of the twelve members of the Chinese team, eleven have had the opportunity to play. Only Zhang Guan did not play. I always feel that it was a little too deliberate. Maybe the Chinese team is deliberately retaining something. Isn't it? Knowing they couldn't beat us, they deliberately didn't let Zhang Guan play to avoid revealing the tactics." D'Antoni said with a frown.
"What, you still have hope for Zhang Guan? During the game, I have been thinking about this question, why Yunus didn't send Zhang Guan on the field. I finally figured it out just now." Krzyzewski said. .
"Why?" D'Antoni asked immediately.
"That's because Zhang Guan simply can't reach the level of playing." Krzyzewski continued: "We only considered Zhang Guan's physical talent before, but ignored a very critical issue, which is time and training. The time it takes for a basketball player. It takes us six to seven years or even longer to train a basketball player. Zhang Guan is only 22 years old this year. If he wants to become a basketball player, he must at least He can only start training non-stop when he is sixteen years old, but he appeared on the track and field before he was eighteen years old. It is impossible to have extra time to participate in basketball training, so I think Zhang Guan may not have that strength now. Being able to play.”
"How is this possible? Does he have to be a mascot all the time?" D'Antoni shook his head: "If he has no strength, how did he enter the Chinese men's basketball team?"
Krzyzewski shrugged: "I don't know about that. China has its own national conditions, and there are many things that we can't explain clearly."
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The men's basketball team lost to the United States, which was expected by the fans. However, all eleven members of the men's basketball team got the opportunity to play, except Zhang Guan, who did not play, but many fans started talking and quarreling.
Before the game, many fans expected Zhang Guan to go on the field and kill everyone. However, Zhang Guan sat on the bench for the entire game, which disappointed these fans and caused various doubts.
Some people were questioning Yunus's formation, and even asked why Zhang Guan didn't play when the other 11 people had the chance to play. But more people are questioning Zhang Guan, thinking that he is simply not up to the level of a professional basketball player, so that's why he didn't play.
This kind of doubt was first fermented on the Internet.
"I thought Zhang Guan would be able to exert his strength in this game and defeat the American team. But in the end, he didn't play at all. I was really disappointed!"
"The other eleven people got the opportunity to play, but Zhang Guan didn't. Why? I have long said that Zhang Guan's joining the men's basketball team was a hype. He can't play basketball at all! If he really If you can play basketball, why didn't you get a chance to play in the final garbage time?"
"I was also blind. I was so optimistic about Zhang Guan before. I thought that if he could be selected by the NBA, he must be capable. I didn't expect that he was a parallel import. I was really wrong before."
"Zhang Guan should participate in track and field competitions and play basketball! I don't have the ability to do so, why are you pretending to be a wolf? We have so many outstanding athletes in the CBA, why do we have to choose Zhang Guan to join the men's basketball team?"
"Some people said a few days ago that Zhang Guan paid his way into the men's basketball team through the back door. I still don't believe it. But after yesterday's game against the US team, I believe it."
"According to rumors, Yunus was very dissatisfied with Zhang Guan being selected for the men's basketball team, but he had no choice due to pressure from above, so he simply didn't arrange for Zhang Guan to play!"
All kinds of rumors are flooding the Internet, and there is almost no information that is beneficial to Zhang Guan. However, Zhang Guan turned a deaf ear to this and began to prepare for the second round of tennis.
The second round of the tennis match is at 10:30 in the morning on August 12. At this time, Zhang Guan has had a day's rest and is full of energy. However, Zhang Guan still plans to fight quickly. He wants to prepare for the afternoon men's match. The basketball game preserves physical strength.
Zhang Guan's opponent in the second round is named Carreri, a 32-year-old veteran from Argentina who has been playing professional tennis for thirteen years. The previous world ranking only reached 29th.
Carreri does not have the kind of tennis talent like Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic, and he is no longer young. Facing Zhang Guan playing at home, he has no chance of winning.
The entire stadium was filled with cheers for Zhang Guan. The game had not yet started. Carreri was overwhelmed by the momentum of the scene and even his serve became weak. Zhang Guan did not give his opponent the slightest chance. In the end, Won the victory with a score of 6-1, 6-2 and successfully advanced to the third round.
After lunch, Zhang Guan rushed to the meeting place of the men's basketball team again, because at 16:45 in the afternoon, the men's basketball team will face the Spanish national team, its second opponent in the group stage.
The Spanish national team is currently second only to the United States in strength. They won the championship in the 2006 Men's Basketball World Championship and climbed to the top of the world rankings. Today, two years later, the Spanish national team's lineup has been strengthened compared to two years ago.
But there is one thing that is very disadvantageous to the Spanish team, that is, they have just changed coaches. Hernandez, the meritorious coach who led the Spanish team to win the World Championship, was dismissed in June. The new head coach was named Reneses. Although he was also a famous coach in Europe, after all, he only led more than one coach. Yue's team didn't have enough integration with the players.
"The Spanish team also has several NBA players, not to mention Pau Gasol, but also Calderon and Fernandez. After all, Calderon is also a starter in the NBA, and he can also play close to 10+9 in the NBA. Statistics, he is a very good point guard. Although Fernandez has been playing as a substitute in the NBA, his style of play is more powerful in international competitions. There is also Marc Gasol, the future pillar of the Grizzlies; golden boy Rubio Also in this Spanish team, these two people can only be regarded as potential stocks of the Spanish team now. Orgio Rodriguez, a role player in the NBA, and George Garbajosa, this person has also played Let's go to the NBA! There are Navarro, Reyes, Jiminez, Lopez... The Spanish team is also considered to be strong. This game is not easy to play."
Zhang Guan put down the Spanish team's player list and carefully recalled the match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Spanish team.
"I remember this game. In the last minute, the national team was still in the lead, but in the end the score was equalized and it entered overtime. Entering overtime is definitely detrimental to the national team, in this case , just let me stop the game at the last minute of the regular season!"
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