Updated: 2013-03-28

Just through a few simple games one-on-one, Stephen successfully controlled the entire team. No one would think that Stephen's ability was not enough to lead himself. He became the number one figure in the national team for the first time to join the national team. Stephen was also a pioneer in the national sports team with very serious seniority.

You should know that even Yao Ming participated in the national team for two consecutive times. In addition, Wang Zhizhi withdrew, he took over this position and left it to Stephen after a few years. However, Yao Ming had no grudges at all. Instead, after the training, he held Stephen's shoulder and chatted very happily.

There are two major factions in the national team now. Stephen conquered one faction and the other faction took the initiative to make friends with him. The other scattered players naturally would not touch this bad luck and provoked Stephen, who was at the peak of his life, so Stephen's authority was immediately established.

The coaching staff usually don't care about this kind of fight between players, especially in the national team model, so that the coach will not spend all his time interfering in the affairs of players. However, for the club, other factors must be considered.

While integrating into the team, Stephen began to gradually participate in the team's tactical training. In fact, it took less than three days to play well. After all, Yunas gave him such a great degree of tactical freedom, and did not use tactics to limit him. Instead, he let the tactics serve him. Stephen was naturally in such a habitual environment.

Stephen played the position of a small forward in the national team, and Zhu Fangyu was naturally the one who replaced him. However, Zhu Fangyu is no longer dissatisfied with this result. Stephen has clearly proved his ability with his strength.

Stephen still holds the national team's offensive organization and unlimited fire power just like in the team. Liu Wei is just responsible for dribbling for half of the game at this time, and then handed the ball to Stephen and let Stephen play.

This is the way forwards play. Stephen is naturally familiar with this style of play. However, after two training games, Yunas found that this effect was not very good. Stephen's cooperation with the inside was not a problem. No matter how Yao Ming or Yi Jianlian runs, he can easily receive Stephen's pass and then score. Especially Yi Jianlian, his shooting ability is a bit insufficient in the high-level confrontation in the league, but in the game of insufficient confrontation, he is particularly outstanding. His range is from the basket to outside the three-point line, which makes Stephen think of Dirknowski.

If confrontation is not considered, Yijianlian is a replica of Dirk Nowitzki, but Nowitzki is still in his growth stage when he enters the league. The Mavericks provide him with a very good growth environment. With the blessing of old Nelson and the help of Michael Finley and Steve Nash, Nowitzki does not need to bear such a lot of pressure and eventually becomes a superstar.

Unfortunately, Yi Jianlian does not have such a growth environment. The owner and general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks attach great importance to him and the Chinese market behind him, but the head coach is not interested in this, and his teammates are even more disgusted with him, which makes Yi Jianlian unable to integrate into the team.

Without Nowitzki's treatment, nor as high as Yao Ming's emotional intelligence, and the rumors of age did hurt him. The United States is a country that attaches great importance to integrity. Regardless of whether his age is true or false, at least a seed of doubt has been planted.

Stephen didn't know his specific age, but Stephen knew that if he was really in his early twenties, he still had enough room for growth, but if this age was fake, he really didn't have much potential to tap.

However, for this national team today, his athletic ability and rushing ability are still very useful. With Yao Ming as a strong attack in the inside, his disadvantages are less obvious. He cannot support a team's inside line, but there is still no problem in supporting Yao Ming.

However, even if there is Yi Jianlian, the three-point shooting ability of this lineup is still insufficient. Especially Yi Jianlian is an inside player and cannot always float on the outside, and among the remaining two outside players, they cannot be satisfied.

Liu Wei is a very comprehensive player. As a point guard, he has no obvious technical shortcomings. This is why he is not outstanding in the national team, but no one can make a regret. It is not entirely due to Yao Ming's relationship, but he is not a qualified three-pointer pitcher.

His three-pointers are not accurate at the right time, and another reason is that he is used to having the ball in his hand and is not good at running without the ball. He is asked to be a fixed-point pitcher. His three-pointer ability is not qualified, but it is impossible to replace him because sometimes he needs to be used to control the rhythm and free Stephen.

Wang Shipeng did a good job of running without the ball, and his ability to shoot immediately after receiving the ball is also excellent, but his ability to make a fixed-point three-pointer is not very good. The ideal configuration should be one who is good at running without the ball and the other who is good at fixed-point three-pointer. Such a combination, coupled with Stephen, is an ideal outside combination.

Yunas thought of letting Stephen play the point guard and then paired with Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu, so that there is everything. However, after experimenting, it was found that the effect was not very good. Stephen's current dribbling skills will naturally have no problem dribbling through the half-court, let alone in international competitions. However, if Stephen encounters double teams in dribbling, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu do not have the ability to handle the back dribbling.

Yunas tried to put Sun Yue, who was over two meters tall but played in the point guard, into the lineup, but Sun Yue's shooting was not very good, and it was even less stable than Liu Weilai. Yunas could only sigh that he could not have both fish and bear's paws, and if he wanted this, he had to give up that.

The problem of Stephen's inability to adapt to international basketball that Yunas was initially worried was not serious. Although Stephen had excellent physical fitness, Stephen was more willing to use technology to solve problems, rather than relying on his body, whether on the offensive or defensive end.

After Stephen arrived, he also brought a habit, that is, after the training, the players organized a three-point long-range shooting competition. In each training, Stephen gave 100 dollars in cash, while the other players participated were 100 yuan. Then the game was held, and the champion had the right to take the money away.

Although no one is less than one or two thousand as a professional athlete, young people are all aggressive, and the tradition in China is that no matter big or small, they have good three-pointers, so basically everyone participates every time.

With Stephen slightly putting some water on, the first winner was Wang Zhizhi, who had been out of the battle formation for a long time. This surprised Stephen. He didn't expect that so many participants would be won by a wounded person. However, after this competition, Stephen also found that even if he tried his best, he might not be able to win the first place.

On the one hand, without confrontation, everyone's hit rate can basically be guaranteed, and Stephen's advantage is not easy to play; on the other hand, the three-point line of international basketball is a little closer to the basket than Stephen's habitual league standards, and at this position, the two forty-five-degree angles are fine, and Stephen is a little uncomfortable with the top of the arc and bottom corners.

After discovering this problem, Stephen began to strengthen training and improve himself. Now for Stephen, what he was worried about is that he could not find his own shortcomings. If he found the shortcomings, Stephen could correct them, but if he did not have any shortcomings, he could not correct them.

Seeing that players like Stephen are working so hard, other players are naturally unwilling to be the last one. In addition, Yao Ming, the training crazily, has fueled the fire, and the team's training atmosphere has become even higher. Now the worry becomes the coaching team. High training intensity is easy to be injured, so they can only work harder to improve their logistics support capabilities.

Before Stephen knew it, he was quietly changing the team. Before Stephen came, everyone's most thought was to get seventh or eighth place in the Olympics, because the goal proposed by the country was to maintain eighth and compete for seventh. However, as soon as Stephen came, everyone involuntarily improved their goals. Stephen was so strong that he could solve the offensive and defensive problems of the outside and the inside. He had to get four or five places. Maybe he could win a medal even if he worked hard. In this way, the attitude and enthusiasm of training also increased.
Chapter completed!