Chapter 396: Defeating Them Is a Matter of Course
"Zhao Dong, you are most familiar with them. Please analyze, what are our chances if we play against the American team?" Coach Jiang asked.
Liu Yumin and the other coaching staff looked at Zhao Dong, including Harris, wanting to hear his analysis.
Zhao Dong said: "In the inside, we won't suffer. Dayao can defeat any of their insides. On the forward line, we may suffer.
Although they don't have enough small forwards, several shooting guards are very capable of breaking through. If we can't defend on the outside, once we let them break in, the inside will be under a lot of pressure. "
At this point, he explained: "The current NBA league pays special attention to inside offense, and even offense under the basket. Have you seen this finals?"
After seeing everyone nodding, he said: "In the finals, the Knicks and Lakers focused on attacking at the basket, because the shooting rate there was the highest. This may be different from the past. In the past, mid-range shots accounted for the majority of the shots. Highest.
The reason why the mid-range shot is king is because after the outside line is broken through, there is no defense in the mid-range area. The attacker faces the weakest defense there, so the mid-range shot accounts for the most shots.
I don't know if this will affect the way the U.S. team plays in the Olympics, whether they will increase their attack around the basket, but we have to be careful.
Because once we reach the finals, if we face the United States team, Dayao and I will focus on the basket attack and close-range attack.
Once this happens, the US team will also strengthen the offense of these two positions to improve their offensive efficiency.
What I want to remind everyone is that when our offense and defense are mainly concentrated in these two positions, we must guard against their breakthroughs on the outside to prevent them from frequently attacking Dayao.
Of course, on the whole, I think that even if we can't guard them, they can't guard us, because neither I nor Dayao can guard them.
In addition, I can blow up all their perimeters at the first position, and I can blow up all their insides when I get in. Facing me, they can only do nothing. "
Zhao Dong had been very cautious in his previous words. Only this last sentence revealed the extreme self-confidence in his heart. The meaning of being strong enough to look down on the Dream Team 4 was instantly revealed, allowing everyone here to Feel it clearly.
This kind of infectious power instantly boosted everyone's self-confidence.
The call to win the gold just now may have been a bit weak, but now it seems that I have confidence.
Zhao Dong added: "If we want to decide the outcome now,
I can guarantee that as long as we protect the inside lines like Dayao, Yao, and Da, and prevent the American team from overly attacking them from the outside, we have every chance to defeat them. Our winning rate is at least 50%, and we are definitely not weaker than them.
Let me tell you the truth again, without humility, these twelve people are not qualified to be my opponents in the NBA. It is natural for us to win against them. "
This last sentence sounded domineering and extremely arrogant.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. They had never seen such a domineering and arrogant person in the domestic sports world, let alone the basketball world.
Only those who are most familiar with Zhao Dong, including Yao Da and Ba Hu Weidong, know that this is Zhao Dong's true face and that he is so crazy.
"The God of Efficiency, the No. 1 player in NBA history, the No. 1 player currently playing, and the God of Basketball who averaged 60+ points per game in the Finals, is indeed qualified to say this."
Harris's voice rose.
After reporting for the national team, Zhao Dong stayed at home with peace of mind, waiting for the birth of his sons.
Their family actually has a generational ranking. My father, Zhao Zhenguo, is the Zhen generation. His generation is Xing. His generation name is Zhao Xingdong and his nickname is Dongdong. His brother’s name is Zhao Xingcheng and his nickname is Dacheng. His household registration is The seniority name is on the ID card.
The next generation is named Rong, and the names Zhao Dong gave to his four sons are Ronghua, Rongxia, Rongfu, and Rongxing.
As the due date approaches, the Zhao family becomes busy.
The housekeeper, Ms. Able, and a group of foreign nannies, foreign doctors, and foreign nurses worked hard to take care of Lindsay 24 hours a day.
On the 10th, Ben called him and told him that he was traded to the Detroit Pistons by the Lakers.
After the call ended, Zhao Dong sighed: "You can't change your fate. I just don't know if there will be that Pistons team in this life. Rasheed Wallace is still with the Bulls."
On the morning of August 15th, Zhao Dong led people to pick up Mrs. Dorisa and Mr. John Houston from the airport. They were not arranged to stay in a hotel, but at home.
That afternoon, Lindsay was admitted to Union Medical College, whose obstetrics and gynecology department was the most famous in the country.
From that day on, everyone in the Zhao family took turns running to the hospital, and Zhao Dong stayed in Xiehe all day.
Xiehe decided to have a caesarean section because they were quadruplets and they were quite big, so it would be difficult to deliver them naturally.
At three o'clock in the morning on the 20th, Lindsay was pushed into the delivery room, and Zhao Dong accompanied her in.
It took a total of twenty minutes from preparation to anesthesia and then to the first fetus being taken out.
"Wow!"
The fat nurse grabbed the baby's ankle with one hand, lifted it up, and slapped it on the baby. The little guy immediately started crying and vomited some amniotic fluid.
According to ancient Chinese tradition, a child must cry after birth, because there is amniotic fluid in the baby's lungs and respiratory tract, and the amniotic fluid can be vomited out through the process of crying. This amniotic fluid must be vomited out, otherwise the child's physical condition will deteriorate when he grows up. Not good, easy to get sick.
Zhao Dong looked at the little baby who was held upside down in the nurse's hands. He probably weighed about three pounds and was crying loudly and loudly.
As the first one was born, the other three were quickly brought out. The sounds of spankings and cries came one after another in the delivery room, which was quite lively.
At four o'clock, Lindsay was wheeled out of the delivery room.
The four little guys were about the same weight. Since it was a caesarean section, they were seated according to their weight.
The eldest, Ronghua, weighed three and a half kilograms and became the eldest, the second, Rongxia, weighed three kilograms and two taels, the third, Rong, weighed three kilograms and one tael, and the fourth, the youngest, weighed only two kilograms and eighty taels, stayed with the last one and became Lindsay and Zhao Dong's Old son.
The four boys had just come out. They were not very heavy, a little wrinkled, and could not tell how handsome they were.
The old man and the old lady looked at their four great-grandsons and smiled so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.
While Li Meizhu was busy making chicken soup for Lindsay, she took time to look at her grandchildren from time to time, and the smile never stopped on her face.
Mother and son were safe, and Mrs. Dorisa, who regarded Lindsay as her own, was filled with joy.
Lindsay was worried at first because the four babies were too small, but she soon stopped worrying because the four boys inherited the strong genes of their father Zhao Dong and had amazingly good physiques. They only gave birth to less than one baby in the delivery room. When they were young, they all opened their eyes one after another, looking at the world curiously, and they were in very good spirits.
The four boys also have black eyes and black hair. They look somewhat mixed-race, but their Chinese blood is stronger.
This should be caused by Zhao Dong's strong bloodline. After all, through systematic improvement, his physique has developed into a hexagonal warrior.
Moreover, Lindsay herself is of Chinese ancestry, and her four children have a higher proportion of Chinese ancestry.
At the end of August, when Zhao Dong began to resume training, Lindsay was also discharged from the hospital.
However, the four little guys are still living in the hospital and have not been brought home yet. Their weight has increased very quickly and they are obviously larger than when they were born. Moreover, all four of them are very healthy and have no minor problems.
It wasn't until September 6th that Zhao Dong took his four sons home, and they were taken care of by Ms. Able's group of specialized doctors, nurses, and nannies.
On September 7, Ringo Wells called and said that the two major boxing organizations were urging him to have a mandatory title defense and asked him what to do.
After careful consideration, he decided to give up both gold belts.
In fact, he is not very interested in boxing, not as much as football. If he has that time, he might as well spend more time with Lindsay and his children.
On September 8th, Wells represented Zhao Dong in New York and officially announced that he would give up two world titles.
This decision, of course, disappointed the two world boxing organizations and also disappointed countless boxing fans.
The most disappointing thing is Holyfield. He still wants to challenge Zhao Dong and regain two gold belts.
On September 10th, the Chinese Olympic delegation began preparations to leave for Sydney.
This time, the Chinese men's basketball team is divided into Group A with the United States, New Zealand, France, Lithuania, and Italy. Group B is Russia, Angola, Canada, Australia, Spain, and Yugoslavia.
The draw was pretty good, it was considered a good draw, and with the strength of the Chinese team, the whole team, and the whole team, there was no worry at all about making it out of the group stage and into the quarterfinals.
But in fact, in the previous life, this time it seemed that Group A was the winning group, but it was actually the group of death.
In the final, the United States narrowly defeated France to win the championship. In the semifinals, the United States seemed to only beat Lithuania by a few points.
Of course, the strength of the Chinese team in this generation is far greater than that in the previous generation, and the issue of qualifying is not considered.
On the morning of the 11th, the Chinese men's basketball team held a press conference before the expedition in the press hall of Dongcheng Base.
Because of Zhao Dong, the Chinese men's basketball team is the focus of attention in the world's sports world. Many media attended the press conference, which was packed into the hall that can accommodate three to four hundred people, half of which were foreign media.
Because in addition to Zhao Dong, there are four NBA players in the team, and the world sports media's goal for the Chinese men's basketball team is to be in the top three.
"Feilong, what is your goal for the Chinese men's basketball team?"
The first person to ask the question was CCTV reporter Yang Yi, who is also an old acquaintance of Zhao Dong and others.
"Whether it's the national team or the NBA, my goal is only to be No. 1, and I will be the same this time." Zhao Dong said with his head held high.
"gold medal?"
The whole hall buzzed instantly, and the discussion was very loud.
"Will it put too much pressure on myself?" Yang Yi asked again and again.
Zhao Dong looked at the teammates on the left and right and smiled: "I think they have enough pressure-bearing ability, and we will definitely be able to achieve our goal."
"Feilong, do you think the biggest obstacle for the Chinese team is the American Dream Team?" The second reporter who asked the question was a reporter from the New York Times.
"Whether this U.S. team is qualified to be called the dream team still needs to be tested by me." Without answering the reporter's question, Zhao Dong smiled and answered the question.
But his answer made the reporters even happier. There was something to be said for it.
"Do you doubt the strength of the Dream Team? But the Chinese men's basketball team's previous warm-up match results were mediocre." The New York Times reporter immediately asked.
"You also said it was a warm-up match. None of our main players played. What does that mean?" Zhao Dong said nonchalantly.
In the few warm-up games, none of them who played in the NBA participated, and they were doing recovery training in Beijing. Liu Yudong and other veterans didn't play much, so their average results really mean nothing.
"Feilong, can you comment on the strength of the American team?" the reporter asked again.
"I don't know how the American team can beat us." Zhao Dong's words made everyone stunned.
So crazy, that was the only reaction in their minds.
Liu Yumin and Director Jiang also didn't adapt to Zhao Dong's style, so they lowered their heads and smiled bitterly.
Zhao Dong's remarks at the press conference quickly spread to all parts of the world, and of course also reached the ears of the American team.
At this time, the U.S. men's basketball team was also preparing to go to Sydney. When they learned about Zhao Dong's words from the media, most people didn't have an extreme reaction, but there were also angry people, such as Garnett and Mourning.
"Guys, we need to let Feilong know that we are the dream team." Garnett said angrily.
"That guy is too crazy, we can't lose to the Chinese team." Mourning said angrily.
Although big-name star Gary Payton was not as angry as the two, he was still very unhappy and said: "That kid Feilong is really too crazy, even crazier than Jordan. We have to teach him a lesson."
But no one agreed with them. Alan Houston and Vince Carter, as well as Zhao Dong's future Trail Blazers teammate Steve Smith, remained silent and did not express any opinions.
As for the others, they had no qualifications to speak in front of Zhao Dong. At this time, just like Alan Houston and the other three, they all remained silent.
For example, Kidd, who is more senior than Zhao Dong, and Hardaway, who is a little bitch, have been turned into scum by Zhao Dong in the Bulls and Heat in the past few seasons. How can they have the confidence? He also didn't express an opinion.
When Garnett and the other three saw the looks of their teammates, they immediately shrank. Even the hot-tempered Mourning sighed helplessly.
Without him, everyone here would have been defeated by Zhao Dong. They watched with their own eyes as Zhao Dong spent four seasons to become the god of efficiency and the number one player in history. None of the basketball players in the world, including the Chinese team, are as good as them. I know Zhao Dong because Zhao Dong stepped on them time and time again and became the god of basketball.
In fact, these people are Zhao Dong's stepping stones and are really not worthy of being his opponents.
Several times throughout the league, there is only one person who is qualified to be Zhao Dong's opponent. So far, O'Neal is the only one who can compete with Zhao Dong in terms of efficiency.
But even such a powerful super center was swept by Zhao Dong in the finals.
On the 12th, after saying goodbye to his family, Zhao Dong boarded the plane with the men's basketball team.
On the evening of the 15th, the opening ceremony of the 27th Summer Olympics began at the Homebush Bay Olympic Stadium in Sydney.
Zhao Dong participated in the opening ceremony as the flag bearer of the Chinese team's opening ceremony.
The men's basketball schedule starts on the 17th. The Chinese team's first group match will be against the United States.
This game is also a men's basketball group match that the world is paying attention to. Who wins and who loses? According to media analysis, it is also a 50-50 decision.
The game started at eight o'clock in the evening. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the head of the delegation, Yuan, came with a group of leaders to cheer up the men's basketball team.
The men's basketball team has already announced its goal of gold medal and has put the greatest pressure on its shoulders. Captain Yuan is not afraid to add pressure to the men's basketball team. As soon as they met, he said directly: "If you want to win the gold medal, you must win." Team USA, try to get off to a good start tonight.”
"Don't worry, Director Yuan, what we are doing is the American team." Zhao Dong took the lead in shouting.
"Okay, what you need is this belief that I am invincible." Commander Yuan nodded heavily.
At half past six, the Chinese men's basketball team arrived at the arena.
Just in time, after getting off the car in the underground parking lot, I happened to meet the American team, who had just arrived.
"Boss."
As soon as Alan Houston saw Zhao Dong, he immediately ran over.
Following him were Vince Carter and Steve Smith of the Trail Blazers.
Although Vince Carter has never played with Zhao Dong, he is the spokesperson for Feilong Sports' top sneakers. When he sees Zhao Dong, he will definitely come over to say hello. This is his boss.
"Boss, I'm Steve Smith, I play for the Trail Blazers."
Steve Smith is also unambiguous. He is older than Zhao Dong, but in terms of status, this old man is also willing to shout.
He was also worried that Zhao Dong would not be impressed by him, so he introduced himself.
Zhao Dong patted Alan Houston and Vince Carter on the shoulders and said to Smith: "Hi, Steve."
"Flying dragon."
At this time, Ray Allen and Raheem also came over. They were Zhao Dong's rookies in the same year. Their relationship was not good or bad, and they could chat together.
Ray Allen is more familiar with Zhao Dong. He is this year's All-Star substitute and he and Zhao Dong are also teammates.
Dayao and others also greeted the familiar US team players. Dayao was also familiar with Alan Houston and gave them a hug.
After saying hello, Zhao Dong said in a joking tone: "In this Olympics, your goal should be a silver medal, right?"
These words made Mourning, Garnett, and Payton very angry, while Vince Carter and the others laughed bitterly.
Garnett said unhappily: "Feilong, don't be too crazy. It's hard to say whether we will win or lose."
Mourning said angrily: "Feilong, it's not that easy to defeat us."
Zhao Dong glanced at Mourning. This guy only had a few happy days left. Maybe the iron kidneys wouldn't be able to hold on until the Olympics were over.
Anyway, in my last life, I was diagnosed after winning the Olympics and had a kidney transplant. I don't know for sure in this life. If I meet the Chinese team, the competition will be more intense and the physical load will increase. It is possible that the disease will attack earlier.
"Alonzo, you are not even qualified to be my opponent now. I could beat you even in my rookie season. What do you think now?"
He said disdainfully.
Mourning was almost furious. How did you defeat me in your rookie season? You beat me off and on the court, how shameless!
His face was red with anger, but he calmed down. He felt that if he continued to argue with this bastard, he might have to use violence again, and he couldn't bear it now.
"Dayao, I leave Garnett to you on the offensive end. Beat him up for me."
After Mourning was quiet, Zhao Dong glanced at Garnett, who was dancing the most happily, and then said to Dayao.
"Just him? I'll guard him to death!" Garnett glanced at Yao with disdain.
"Kevin, you have never guarded me in two games this season." Yao glanced at Garnett and said calmly.
He's not afraid of Garnett. It's not like he's never been beaten before. Garnett can't guard him at all.
Garnett snorted, and then Zhao Dong said something that made him vomit blood: "Dayao, when you meet the Timberwolves in the regular season, you and Marbury will beat him to death."
The Timberwolves were reduced to a weak team, while the Nets that Marbury joined suddenly became four championship-level teams, which he couldn't stand.
Finally, there was Gary Payton. Zhao Dong said to him: "Glove, you SuperSonics will never have a chance to win the championship. You'd better make plans early. Why don't you come and hug my thigh? Learn from Barkley."
"I'm not Barkley," Payton said angrily.
"Don't be like David Robinson. That idiot chose the Lakers. He is destined to miss the championship in his life." Zhao Dong chuckled.
Although Payton was unhappy, he had no intention of arguing with Zhao Dong.
Since Rain Man Kemp was traded after his fall, the Sonics have been in trouble. He and Vin Baker, who has also fallen, have failed to carry this team. He really has no hope of winning the championship in the Sonics.
This time with Duncan leaving, the Spurs collapsed, but Zhao Dong came to the West again, and the SuperSonics were even more hopeless.
"let's go."
After damaging the morale of the American team, Zhao Dong left with his teammates satisfied.