Chapter 1285: Killing Dayao

Barkley shrugged and said, "Yi's defense is good, but James' impact is too great, and he still can't stop it. If Tiechui goes to defend Durant, then James will have a huge impact on Yao, so I think Tiechui is better at defending James than Durant."

Nodding, Van Gundy said, "Durant's scoring ability is worse than James. He won the scoring title last season, but in terms of lethality, Durant is far inferior to James. But I think Tiechui should stay under the basket, which is his strongest position and the position that contributes the most to the Chinese team. Of course, with this starting lineup, his position should be outside, so this lineup is a bit unreasonable."

"But it is reasonable for us." Kenny Smith smiled.

Barkley said, "Now the media pointed out that only by defeating the Chinese team led by Tiechui can the US team regain the glory and title of the Dream Team. This is also what Tiechui said after winning the Olympic championship at the Athens Olympics. If he doesn't defeat him, the US team is not qualified to be called the Dream Team because he doesn't recognize it. So now, what do you think is the chance of the US team?"

The other three began to think about this issue.

Jordan first said: "It depends on how the Chinese team plays. If Yao is always in the main lineup, it is actually beneficial to us."

Jordan Van Gundy said: "Yes, I think so too. If Yao is on the court, he can only be under the basket, and the hammer goes outside, so our outside line can fully attack the Chinese team's restricted area."

Kenny Smith continued: "What if they replace Yao?"

Jordan said: "Then the hammer will definitely return to the basket, which is very disadvantageous to the US team. We can only play outside, the hit rate will drop, and the Chinese team will have more rebounds. We can increase the strength of the inside line, remove one outside line, play the double tower tactics, and increase the control of rebounds. For example, Kevin Love is good at grabbing rebounds."

"Who to remove?" Barkley asked.

Jordan thought, yes, who to remove?

Remove Durant? When the US team's offense was driven to the outside by the hammer, his offensive power on the outside was indispensable.

Remove James? Even if the hammer is under the basket, causing him to be unable to show his powerful impact, his versatility is also indispensable to the US team.

Remove Kobe or Paul? Let’s not talk about the outside attacking ability of these two people. Even if they are allowed to enter the restricted area, can they fight against the Hammer?

Finally, he said: "Remove James. His long-range shooting is not as good as Durant, and he can’t rush in to hit the Hammer. With Paul, he doesn’t need him to organize the offense."

Barkley nodded and said: "Let’s see how Coach K will choose."

At this time, in the Chinese team’s locker room, the starting lineup of the US team was also obtained.

Deng Huade and Li Nan and other coaches discussed and scratched their heads because their starting lineup could not deal with the US team.

After discussing for a while, several people found Li Ba.

"Dayao?"

Li Ba shook his head at Dayao and let him speak.

Dayao smiled and said: "Then I will go down, you go to the basket to play."

"That’s it." Li Ba nodded.

Deng Huade and Li Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared with Li Ba and Yao Ming, their coaching experience is relatively shallow. Even the experience of Yi Jianlian, who has a dynasty in hand, makes them scratch their heads. When arranging the starting lineup for the finals, the pressure is very high and there are great concerns. It is not as easy as the group stage and the knockout stage.

But now Yao Ming has taken the initiative to propose it, so there is no problem.

Deng Huade looked at the other players. If Yao Ming goes down, either Yi Jianlian will play as a power forward and add a small forward, or Yi Jianlian will still play as a small forward and add a power forward.

He thought about it and looked at Zhu Fangyu.

Zhu Fangyu is one year younger than Li Ba, 29 years old, but his condition is not as good as Li Ba. Now he has declined, but he is still the most offensive and defensive small forward of the Chinese team. He is the general among the short men.

Zhu Fangyu was very excited when he was chosen.

This is the final of the three consecutive Olympic championships and the final of the five consecutive international competitions. Being able to serve as the main small forward is also a huge resume in his career.

Not long after, the two teams appeared.

"Boss!"

On the American team, Harden, Westbrook, Paul, Chandler, Love and others all ran to the Chinese bench when they saw Li Ba.

"Boss, when will Senbei Restaurant go public?" Harden asked with a smile after getting close to Li Ba.

"James, when are you going to shave your beard?" Li Ba asked curiously.

"I'm too lazy to shave. It's troublesome to shave every day." Harden said.

"The next round of expansion of Senbei Restaurant will be in one to two years, so it should seek to go public next year to obtain funds for expansion."

Li Ba explained.

"Wow, great!"

Now even Kobe and James and others came over.

"I will sell part of it after the listing. I need some cash. I want to invest in my technology company." Kobe shouted.

He invested 5 million US dollars. Apart from major shareholders like Li Ba, he is one of the largest shareholders. If it goes public, with the profitability of Senbei Restaurant, he should be able to make a lot. Ten times is his expectation.

"Come back, come back!"

Looking at half of the substitutes running away, Coach K was very troubled. They are opponents now, okay? Why are you guys gathering over to the Chinese team?

After shouting a few times, the American players went back.

"James, Russell, can you still invest in your restaurant?" Durant asked with some envy.

He felt that he was excluded from the mainstream of the league. This is not just a matter of making money. He has to integrate into the mainstream.

"Kevin, you missed the opportunity. Who told you that your agent is not Gao?" Westbrook smiled proudly.

"Let me tell you, Kevin, we also invested in the wine company of the Hammer boss and Gao. That will make a lot of money. Many Hollywood stars are shareholders. Kobe invested tens of millions of dollars, and I also invested 15 million." Harden said proudly.

Durant felt more and more lonely.

At the beginning of the game, Li Ba gave the jump ball to Dayao.

Now Dayao has become Lao Yao, a pure floor flow, and lost to Chandler.

Chandler has a knee injury and can't jump much. He has no strong confrontation ability. He serves as the center of the US team, which also symbolizes that the strength of the center players in the United States is already a world apart compared with the tyrannical era of the four major centers.

The US team pulled away, and Chandler faced off against Dayao at the basket.

At this time, Kobe ran without the ball, left Wang Shipeng behind, cut into the right wing, and then Paul passed the ball.

Kobe received the ball, rushed into the penalty area, and went towards Dayao.

"Beep!"

At the same time as the whistle sounded, Kobe made a successful layup and scored a two-plus-one opportunity on the first ball.