Chapter 913 The Powerful Chinese Team and the Rise of Xiao Chen!

Although the current head coach of the U.S. team has been suppressed by the Chinese team for the past two decades, the position of the head coach of the U.S. team has become a consumable.

But to be honest, for these legendary head coaches in the United States, the attraction of the head coach position of the US team is still very huge.

After all, they are already successful in the NBA or NCAA in the United States. Although NBA champions are shameless in saying that they are world champions, NBA head coaches are not so shameless in saying that they are world champion coaches.

Therefore, if you want to become a real world champion head coach, you must lead the US team to win the World Championships and Olympic Games, especially the Olympic Games.

Although the American team has not won the world championship for so many years, the World Championships or World Cup championship has a much higher gold content, but for the Americans, the Olympic championship is more important.

It’s just that if you want to be the head coach of the US team, you definitely can’t just coach the Olympics now, you still have to compete in the World Championships.

The World Championships (World Cup) is the biggest test for the head coach of the US team.

After all, in the Olympics, the head coach of the U.S. team can choose anyone he wants.

But at the World Championships, the selection atmosphere for the head coach of the US team will be much less.

Even if Kerr is one of the top five legendary head coaches in NBA history, when he selects people, he can't choose just anyone.

For this World Cup, Cole actually selected most of the Warriors players.

Center: thick eyebrows, Mitchell Robinson

Power forward: Marvin Bagley, John Collins, Chris Wood

Small forward: Jaylen Brown, Michael Porter Jr.

Shooting Guard: Klay, Devin Booker, Beal

Point guard: Morant, Alexander

Yes, for this U.S. team, Cole is looking for current and former Warriors players.

Among them, Clay and Nongmei are the captains of the team.

To be honest, although Cole's selection has been highly controversial, from another aspect, it is actually understandable.

Because the World Cup has limited appeal to NBA superstars, Cole can only choose among ordinary All-Stars.

But there is obviously a problem with the tacit understanding between these ordinary All-Stars and superstars.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to just draft some Warriors players.

What's more, there are really many Warriors players now, and there are many in various positions. This is another way of thinking for Cole.

Therefore, although American public opinion has been controversial after Cole's selection, many people are mocking this year's American team as the Golden State Warriors.

But for Chen Xiao, this year's US team is probably one of the strongest in recent years.

After all, for a basketball game, the strength of the players, the tacit understanding of the team, and the team's chemical reaction are indispensable.

Yes, this American team is indeed just like the Warriors.

But these players all have very strong abilities, and they are basically B+ level players or above.

Their strength has definitely arrived.

When their strength has reached, they all come from the system of the Warriors and Cole, and their playing tacit understanding must be the best. In addition, they are both Cole's former disciples in the Warriors. Their recognition of Cole will be a big deal for them. The recognition of the team's style of play is definitely the highest.

Therefore, in this case, the strength of this American team cannot be underestimated.

In this World Cup, the United States team is likely to be one of the biggest opponents of the Chinese team.

Of course, it is just one of the biggest opponents.

Let's put it this way, given the current strength of the Chinese team, before the start of the World Cup, everyone believed that this year's championship would definitely be the Chinese team.

Even the betting company's odds are extremely low. Let's put it this way, according to the betting company's odds, the Chinese team's odds of winning the World Cup are lower than Manchester City's odds of winning the Premier League title.

After all, everyone is not blind. Although the Chinese team has retired, it is still strong and even stronger.

The current three leading players of the Chinese team (not counting Chen Xiao), Xiao Chen, was the most popular college player in the United States last year and the hottest No. 1 pick in this year's draft. He has outstanding strength and has proven that he is FIBA ​​under the rules of FIBA. One of the strongest outside players.

Gao Bo, the head post of the Chinese team, was a second-team center in the NBA last season. His performance in both the regular season and the playoffs was outstanding. He is one of the strongest post players in the NBA and a player who has proven himself in FIBA. He is even now FIBA's number one insider.

As for Zhou Qi, although he did not perform well in the New Orleans Hornets and has never made the playoffs in his career, his statistics in the NBA are still very good. He even averaged 20+10+ per game last season. Comprehensive data of 2.5 blocks.

At the same time, Zhou Qi is also a player who has proven himself in FIBA ​​early. He has already started to emerge in FIBA ​​competitions in 2016.

It can be said that these three people have all matured now.

At the same time, they are also surrounded by a new generation of young Chinese players who have grown up over the years, as well as players from the older generation such as Ding Yanyuhang and the eldest nephew.

Coupled with the fact that Chen Xiao is swarming below, let's put it this way, this Chinese team really cannot find an opponent in the World Cup.

Of course, if it were the Olympics, the United States team would go all out and still pose a threat to the Chinese team. But now, there is definitely no team that can pose a threat to the Chinese team.

Therefore, many people say that this World Cup is a one-man show for the Chinese team.

In this World Cup, the Chinese team is in Group D with Argentina, Slovenia, and Serbia.

This group can be said to be the biggest group of death in this World Cup.

After all, there are three hosts this time. Japan, South Korea and the Philippines have all divided themselves into good groups.

In this case, other teams, especially the strong teams, would be very miserable.

Therefore, after the grouping of this year's World Cup was announced, many media in Europe and the United States complained that the grouping of this World Cup was too dark.

However, Chinese media are not among them.

It can only be said that Chinese basketball is indeed very confident now. Not only the players, but also the media are very confident.

For the Chinese media, in the current world of Chinese basketball, other teams are in the death group with the Chinese team, and other teams are also dead.

On August 26, 2022, the Chinese team’s first game in the group stage was against Argentina.

The current Argentina team no longer has Ginobili, Chen Xiao’s good friend that everyone is very familiar with. The leader of the current Argentina team is the 40-year-old Delfino.

Their head coach is Timberwolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni.

Judging from Argentina's lineup, it seems that this team is very good. In fact, this team is not good at all. This team is currently ranked seventh in the world and third in the entire Americas. Two, second only to Team USA.

At the same time, in the last US Championship, Argentina defeated the United States in the semi-finals and the host Brazil in the final to win the championship.

Although the current leader of this team is Delfino, the strongest players on this team are former Nuggets player Facundo Campazzo and former Thunder player Gabriel Deck. Gabriel Decker was the MVP of the US Championship.

Therefore, although Argentina no longer has NBA star players in its team, it has always been a team-based team. Under FIBA's rules, its combat strength is really strong.

In this match against the Chinese team, the Chinese team's outside players actually had a very difficult time.

Because in addition to the ancestral team, Argentina also has the ancestral black-hearted defense.

Although Xiao Chen can be considered a veteran in the FIBA ​​arena, let's put it this way, no matter you are a veteran or a newcomer, it is always very uncomfortable to face Argentina's style of play.

And in addition to the outside players, the Chinese team's two big inside players did not have it so easy.

Argentina's inside line is still traditionally short.

The two centers on this team are even only 2.06 meters tall, and they can still shoot.

In this case, although Zhou Qi and Gao Bo, as big insiders, can be pulled out, the fight is actually not that easy.

Moreover, Argentina's defense is also very uncomfortable. They are short, fast, able to shrink, and can also go wide quickly.

If the offensive level of the Chinese team players is not enough and they cannot take advantage of their height in the face of super strong defensive intensity, then the Chinese team may even lose this game.

However, although Xiao Chen, Zhou Qi and Gao Bo did not feel so comfortable in this game.

But the three-man offense was indeed very decisive and tough.

Especially Xiao Chen, who was targeted by Argentina in this game.

After the game, Xiao Chen's body was covered with cyan marks from being pinched.

What I saw was really shocking to the assistant coach of the Chinese team and the head coach of the Nets, Jason Kidd.

NBA head coaches have had a tradition of being assistant coaches of the Chinese team since 20 years ago.

Because Chen Xiao and Xiao Chen are both Nets players, Kidd, as the Nets head coach, applied to work with the Chinese team as an assistant coach.

After all, although Kidd knew the old Chen Xiao very well, he was not that familiar with the current Chen Xiao or Xiao Chen.

Seeing the terrifying mark on Xiao Chen now, and thinking about Xiao Chen's 9-for-20, 12-for-12 free throws, and 34 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, Kidd was very excited.

To be honest, facing Argentina's style of play in this game, even ordinary NBA All-Stars or even superstars may not play so well.

However, as the target of a major attack, under such a huge defensive intensity, Xiao Chen can still play his own game style toughly.

Kidd was greatly shocked by Xiao Chen's performance in this game.

This kind of character and fighting spirit is definitely what he and the Nets need.

In this game where the Chinese team defeated Argentina 95-84, Xiao Chen was definitely a major contributor.

When Chen Xiao did not play, Xiao Chen could still cause huge damage under the care of Argentina, which played a very large role in containing other players of the Chinese team.

Although Xiao Chen's athletic ability is not that strong, coupled with his height and weight, his breakthrough and tearing ability is not that strong, and he does not have as good a breakthrough rhythm as Dongcic, but Xiao Chen's advantage is that his technique is extremely solid. The little stone Buddha is no joke.

In this game, they clearly knew that Argentina's style of play was very dark, and they were still willing to go to the mid-range position for a one-on-one post-up. It was really painful for Argentina to beat them.

In this game, Xiao Chen can be said to have demonstrated his characteristics to the fullest. He has solid skills, extremely high football intelligence, and excellent vision. It can be said that he single-handedly destroyed Argentina's defensive system.

Therefore, after the game, Argentina head coach Pablo Prigioni was full of praise for Xiao Chen.

As the top pick in this year's draft, Xiao Chen's performance naturally attracted great attention from the American media.

Xiao Chen's performance against Argentina was immediately reported to the United States. Although American netizens are very familiar with Xiao Chen, they were still shocked to see Xiao Chen's performance against Argentina.

"He didn't even make a single mistake in this game!"

"He didn't make a single mistake in this game!"

This is amazing. When Xiao Chen was in the NCAA, many experts liked to count Xiao Chen's selection mistakes in a game. Because he played too reasonably like Duncan, these people liked to criticize the unreasonable mistakes in his game. to zoom in.

When he was in the NCAA before, Xiao Chen actually had some unreasonable and willful turns in every game.

Although Xiao Chen plays the ball very correctly, he is still a young man after all.

But now, it is obvious that in this FIBA ​​game, people feel that Xiao Chen's control over the game has become stronger.

Faced with the huge pressure of being the No. 1 pick, Xiao Chen did not suffer from the huge pressure and became more calm and collected.

This is so damn scary.

Xiao Chen's ability to withstand pressure is indeed quite terrifying.

After all, ordinary people, under the pressure of life like him, would collapse long ago if they were not able to withstand pressure.

In this game between the Chinese team and Argentina, there is no doubt that most of the focus of public opinion is on Xiao Chen. After all, he is the number one pick in this year's new NBA draft.

Although Gao Bo is already a superstar and Zhou Qi is already an All-Star, the focus of the No. 1 pick at that time must be at the super-super level.

And for such a super rookie, the focus level has to go up a level.

And if his performance can continue to be outstanding, the focus on him will be even greater.

So for Xiao Chen, if he wants high exposure, this is a good start, but obviously, Xiao Chen is not a player who cares about this.

Of course, he is not a player who can be affected by this.

So at the post-match press conference between China and Argentina, Chen Xiao said with a smile when being interviewed by an American reporter: "I will not have any special arrangements for him. He is already a very mature player and he does not need to I have some special protection for him."

Yes, what Chen Xiao means is that if you want to chase him, then go for it.

Then, the most popular player in this Men's Basketball World Cup was born.

Xiao Xiaochen, who was originally very popular in the United States, has begun to spread around the world.

Especially in Japan and South Korea.

Japanese girls like cool and handsome boys like Xiao Chen.

As for Korea, it's very simple. In their opinion, Xiao Chen has Korean ancestry...

In short, Xiao Chen began the rise of his career.