Chapter 1299 1298. Let's Beat up Your Brother Together After He Recovers From His Injury, Okay? (7/10, Monthly Ticket Requested)

Chapter 1299 1298. Let's beat up your brother together after he recovers, okay? (710 for monthly tickets)

Before lunch, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi came back. They held a small core player meeting with Gasol, the team doctor, the Lakers boss and his daughter, and another player No. 24 who was hiding in the corner of the hospital and waiting for Liu Mang to leave before entering the ward.

Gasol was injured after he had passed the physical examination and officially joined the Lakers. The Lakers can no longer return him. Yao Ming renewed his contract with a maximum salary, and it was the "super maximum salary" of this era using the Ace clause. Kobe + Yao Ming + Gasol + Odom, the Lakers' salary has reached 60 million US dollars, and they can only move forward, not backward.

And the Lakers do not plan to return him. Gasol's injury is not an injury that can endanger his career, at least not at the moment. He can recover in six to eight weeks at the earliest. He will not be able to catch up with the preseason and training camp. He may be able to officially return before December.

Liu Mang listened to Yao Ming's brief talk, saying that the Lakers wanted to negotiate with the Spanish national team and the Chinese national team about the use of Gasol and Yao Ming.

Liu Mang did not have much doubt that the Spanish men's basketball team would let Gasol rest, but the Chinese Basketball Association...

It would be good if Yao Ming did not play in the weird competitions like the Stankovic Cup and some weird competitions.

Yao Ming himself did not want to give up playing in the Asian Championships and Asian Games, which was related to his future. He was different from Liu Mang. His goal was not only to become a great basketball player, but also had different goals.

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"Sister Lian, I forgot to bring money, you pay." Liu Mang took a big popcorn bucket and asked Yi Jianlian to pay.

"Brother Bajie, I'm still in college." Yi Jianlian continued to look for a new team.

"…"

Zhu Fangyu speechlessly let Yi Jianlian take his huge popcorn bucket first, and took out his wallet. These two who were in the United States, why are they so stingy?

Liu Mang originally wanted to show off his wealth. He just received the final payment for most of the endorsement fees for last season in July, but... he only bought a 500 yen popcorn, and Zhu Fangyu asked for a 2,000 yen one, which cost dozens of yuan. Liu Mang decisively said that he didn't bring his wallet.

In the afternoon, the Chinese team conducted training against the Spanish team. The training volume was not large, mainly a few targeted tactical cooperation. The game will be played tomorrow, and it is important to maintain physical fitness now.

There is one good thing about the Blue Association. The worse the record, the more they like to toss, but when the record is good, they dare not intervene easily except to show off their official power. After all, they really don't understand basketball very well.

After dinner, Liu Mang and Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian, two young and energetic teammates, came to the Saitama Super Arena to watch the game between the US team and the Greek team.

When they arrived at the stadium, they found that the International Basketball Federation had placed the trophy of this World Championship champion, the Naismith Cup, in the Saitama Super Arena.

"Boss, why did they move the trophy here so early?" Yi Jianlian asked curiously.

"Maybe they want to stimulate the two teams that didn't make it to the finals." Liu Mang said uncertainly.

However, the Naismith Cup placed in the exhibition hall made Liu Mang, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian very excited, especially the latter two. Before Liu Mang joined the national team, they never thought that they would be so close to this trophy, just one game away!

Liu Mang only brought two bodyguards to watch the game, which unexpectedly made the two important role players more motivated.

...

In the game between the Greek team and the American team, the American team was defeated again...

It's really unbeatable!

The American team couldn't get into the inside line. The American team made 9 mid-range shots and 8 three-pointers in the whole game. The scoring under the basket was basically based on two centers who could jump to make up and counterattack.

But the Greek team counterattacked more, getting 13 steals in a single game, and the American team made crazy mistakes.

The American team had a lead, leading by 7 points at the beginning, but lost by 16 points at most.

The U.S. team played one-on-one, missed shots, or got intercepted. They only made 27 of 69 shots. If it weren't for Wade's mid-range shot and Battier and Bosh's three-pointer, the U.S. team would have been finished long ago...

In the end, the U.S. team lost to Greece 71 to 79, 8 points, and missed the medal.

From the 2002 Indianapolis World Championships, to the 2004 Athens Olympics, to the 2006 Japan World Championships, the U.S. team failed to enter the top three in three consecutive world championships, continuing to create history!

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"Mark, why are your eyes a little red?"

"Did your brother hit you again?"

"How old are you? Fight back! By the way, you can't fight back when he's injured, so remember, beat him to death when he recovers..."

Listening to Liu Mang's words, Gasol was stunned, and his previous ambitions were shattered.

A day of preparation time passed quickly, and the time for the final between the Chinese team and the Spanish team came.

Today, his brother specially postponed his trip to Germany with the Lakers for one day and came to the scene to cheer for him.

Gasol is most concerned about his younger brother. Others are actually fine, but he is particularly worried that his younger brother will not perform well and affect the performance of the national team, and then be scolded by domestic fans.

When Gasol heard his elder brother's encouragement in the locker room, tears came to his eyes and he vowed to perform well. His eyes were red because he cried and because he thought of the media's statement that "China would fail if it lost to Spain without Gasol". Gasol and his teammates wanted to slap the reporters in the face.

But Gasol chatted with Liu Mang before the game. After a while, his head started to buzz. He suddenly recalled the time when he was bullied by his brother when he was a child...

What kind of brotherly love is there? He was full of resentment.

Liu Mang deliberately found Gasol before the game to tease his sister-in-law, and he succeeded!

Seeing Liu Mang running over to stir up trouble and leave, Gasol's emotions were messed up...

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After the national anthems of the two teams were played, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, and the starting lineups of the Chinese and Spanish teams came to the court.

The Chinese team sent out Liu Mang, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming as the starting lineup.

Today, the starting lineup of the Chinese team is a little different.

Gasol, who is still playing in Barcelona, ​​is talented, but he is still too young!

"Marc Gasol, international competition ability rating 85, offense 78, defense 86, passing 81, three-pointer 68, mid-range shot 79, layup 84, speed 79, strength 90..."

The future is the future. Gasol is not necessarily stronger than Wang Zhizhi now. He is not the bear king who can stand alone in the inside of the world basketball after Gasol gets old.

Except for defense and passing, Wang Zhizhi is difficult to compare with the talented Gasol. Wang Zhizhi has more tricks on the offensive end, so he was put on the bench and can take over when Yao Ming is resting.