Chapter 1 The End of the Beginning

Tang Tian's opening also came to an end here, and then switched to the Nets' locker room.

Yi Jianlian's season has ended, and he is packing his luggage to return to China.

Like summer vacation in student days, the end of the NBA season is a summer vacation for players.

After a busy season, pack up and prepare for the long offseason.

Next to Yi Jianlian is his old partner Jeremy Lin.

Both of them performed well in the past season, and they can also relax in the next offseason.

"I will go to China to do events, and we will have dinner together then."

Jeremy Lin has been to China a lot in the past few years. In addition, he has been communicating with Yi Jianlian, and his Chinese expression ability is clear. He is already half a China hand.

"That depends on the time. I have to play in the next World Cup."

Yi Jianlian said with a smile.

"You want to play in the World Cup? Well, I personally suggest you don't play. The playoffs are so intense, it's easy to get injured if you play in the World Cup again."

Jeremy Lin, as a teammate and friend, made a suggestion to Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian smiled and said nothing.

"But yeah, this may be your last World Cup."

Jeremy Lin is familiar with Yi Jianlian and knows what his expression means.

Yi Jianlian nodded.

At this moment, he turned to a box in the closet, which was carefully decorated.

It wouldn't have appeared here originally, but in order to bring good luck to the Nets, he temporarily took it and put it in the closet.

"What is it?"

Jeremy Lin saw that Yi Jianlian didn't move and curiously leaned over.

Yi Jianlian didn't speak, opened the box, and a burst of golden light shone.

It was the gold medal of the Chinese team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

"Woah, it's it, can I take a look?"

Jeremy Lin's eyes were full of envy.

For athletes, gold medals and championship rings are things that represent the highest honor.

Yi Jianlian carefully handed the gold medal to Jeremy Lin, and Jeremy Lin also carefully took it with both hands.

Stroking it, his eyes were full of envy.

For him, this medal is more out of reach than the NBA championship.

He finally reluctantly returned the gold medal to Yi Jianlian.

"Good luck."

He sent his blessings.

Yi Jianlian nodded, his eyes always on the medal.

For veterans of his age, the strength of the Chinese team in recent years is his last chance to pursue glory.

The picture switched and returned to Shen Zijie's line.

This time it was already May, and there were only 3 months left before the start of the World Cup, and the national team had already started training.

He performed well in the just-concluded warm-up match, contributing 17 points and 7 rebounds to help the team win, and also won the recognition of head coach Li Chunjiang.

Just as he was wiping his sweat, he noticed that Li Chunjiang and assistant coach Yannis were passing by the locker room door in a hurry, as if something big had happened.

He curiously turned his head and chatted with Hu Jinqiu next to him, who was a disciple of Li Chunjiang.

But Li Chunjiang shook his head, obviously not knowing what happened.

Not long after, Yannis came to the locker room and called away Shen Zijie, Wang Zhelin, Zhang Zhenlin, and Hu Jinqiu, all of whom were inside players.

They looked at each other, obviously not knowing what happened.

They didn't know until they arrived at the coach's office and Li Chunjiang told them.

It turned out that Zhou Qi was confirmed to miss the World Cup due to a knee injury.

In other words, the burden and pressure on the inside suddenly fell on them.

"I don't want to put too much pressure on you, but at this time, as a member of the Chinese men's basketball national team, you must be able to step up."

Li Chunjiang deserves to be a head coach with strict military management, and he directly cut to the chase.

Shen Zijie nodded vigorously first.

Although he is young and has never participated in the national team before, he is a tough player at heart.

Zhou Qi's inability to play is a loss to the Chinese men's basketball team, but it is also an opportunity for him.

The picture then switches to Tang Tian's line.

It was a press conference where Tang Tian announced his retirement from the NBA.

The scene was crowded with reporters.

"So will you play in the upcoming Men's Basketball World Cup?"

This is also the question the reporter asked after the camera turned over.

"Of course, I'm just temporarily retiring from the NBA."

History is restored here.

"But wouldn't that be strange? You said you need time to be with your family, but now you spend time playing in the World Cup?"

The reporter's next question here is what was added to the movie.

"This is our family's decision. My wife supports me to represent the national team, which is very important to me."

Tang Tian's answer was very serious.

The camera switched to Olsen in the corner of the press conference, who smiled and nodded at Tang Tian.

In the face of family, her country ranked second.

The picture then cuts to Yi Jianlian again.

The latter sat on the sidelines, and the team doctor was massaging his feet.

Jeremy Lin's words came true. He suffered a foot injury shortly after returning to China and returned to the United States for treatment.

"Yi, I object to you playing in the next World Cup, and I suggest you have surgery, otherwise you will have a high risk of aggravating your foot injury."

The team doctor said to Yi Jianlian in a pessimistic tone with the examination results.

"No, conservative treatment, I can't miss the World Cup."

Yi Jianlian's attitude was very firm.

"That's really not a good decision. Yao, your former teammate in the national team, retired early because he insisted on playing games!"

The team doctor tried to persuade him earnestly. He was also doing it for Yi Jianlian's sake. This kind of injury-carrying approach is really undesirable.

"John, I've made a decision. You know Yao is my old brother, and my thoughts are the same as his. I'm willing to take this risk."

Yi Jianlian said very decisively.

"I really don't understand what you Chinese people are thinking."

The team doctor was stunned, sighed and shook his head.

He could only wish Yi Jianlian good luck.

The picture then switches to the warm-up match between China and Japan.

Shen Zijie, Yi Jianlian, and Tang Tian three lines converged for the first time.

Shen Zijie worked hard to defend on the court, Yi Jianlian broke through and intercepted and then flew to dunk, and Tang Tian clapped for them even though he didn't play.

The entire Wuhan Sports Center was boiling.

The Chinese team madly slaughtered the Japanese team, the host of next year's Olympic Games.

What followed was the post-match report.

"After the Olympic champion, the world champion is the next goal of the Chinese team."

"We have four NBA players, we have Tang Tian, we will be the champions."

"At the World Cup at home, we look forward to witnessing the moment of glory."

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Overwhelming reports, accompanied by one victory after another in the Chinese team's warm-up matches.

Slaughtering Japan, blood abuse in France, defeating Canada, one victory after another.

Everything is developing in a good direction, everything indicates that the Chinese team is likely to lift the world championship at home, and everything is unstoppable.