NBA peak

Chapter 441 Death Team
Four years ago, Ge Feng was still on the bench in the NCAA and the Raptors.

When Ge Feng told the media that he was going to lead the team to the NBA championship, everyone laughed at him.

But four years later, he became the first player to win three consecutive NBA championships and win FMVP after Kobe and O'Neal.

He made the impossible possible.

He is capable of trying now.

This trip to the Olympics is destined to be an extraordinary start for Ge Feng and the Chinese team.

Because this time, Chinese people think for the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team may be the best team in the world...

one.

When I came to Tokyo, Japan, the training of the national team members had already begun.

Both Li Nan and Yi Jianlian are looking forward to Ge Feng's return to the team.

For the current Chinese men's basketball team, Ge Feng is their anchor.

Because Ge Feng is playing overseas, he rarely has the opportunity to train with the players of the Chinese team.

Before Ge Feng officially joined the training camp, the grouping of the Olympic men's basketball team had already been determined.

A total of 12 teams were divided into two groups, A and B.

The Chinese team is divided into Group A.

In addition to China, the other five teams in Group A are the United States, France, Serbia, Japan and Australia.

If the difficulty of the Men's Basketball World Cup is S-level, then the difficulty of the Olympic Games is SSS-level.

The World Cup has expanded from the original 16 teams to 32 teams, but the Olympic rules have not changed, still 12 teams.

Needless to say, the US team is definitely the best basketball dream team in the world.

France is the team with the deepest DNA in the NBA. In terms of strength on paper alone, they are definitely the strongest outside of the current US team and Spain.

In last year's World Cup, France eliminated the mighty US team, which made the US men's basketball team end the round of 16.

At its peak, France had Parker, De Colo, Batum, Diaw, and Gobert in the starting lineup. It was a super strong team at the NBA championship level.

Moreover, the players of the French men's basketball team have a very strong sense of national honor. They will all play in any competition, and this time the Tokyo Olympics is no exception.

Serbia has always been a strong team in Europe, a world-class team, and their goal has always been to beat the US national team.

It is worth mentioning that this year, Mr. Jokicyo, who has made a big splash in the West and eliminated Leonard, who is the most popular for the championship, is one of Serbia.

His inside partner is the starting insider from the Pelicans, Boban Marjanovic.

At the small forward position, Champions League MVP and Timberwolves forward Belica is also a hot superstar.

The frontcourt combination of these three people is the standard configuration of the world's top teams.

Although Serbia's two outsiders are not as big as the United States, Spain and France, they are not bad at all.

"King of Europe" Teodosic, and Bogdan Bogdanovic, the most promising striker and swingman in Europe.

One is the strongest point guard in Europe with the most experience, and the other is a young and capable swingman. Serbia's backcourt is definitely not bad, and the average altitude is quite high, so guards can use it on the front court.

The three teams of the United States, France, and Serbia are stronger than the other.

Chinese fans think this is the most exciting?
Actually not.

There is another team in Group A, which should not be underestimated either.

They are one of the most physical confrontation teams in the world - the Australian team.

Ben Simmons is Australia's signature player, but don't think that Ben Simmons is Australia's strongest player.

Actually not, Australia's Ingles, Adel, Baynes, Bolden, Dravid, Mills, and Bogut are all well-known NBA stars.

Finally, in Group A, there is also a host team, Japan, which has home court advantage. It can be said that China has truly fallen into the death group this time.

After the grouping was confirmed, the Chinese fans wailed for a while, thinking that it would be a dream for the Chinese men's basketball team to return to the top 8 in this Olympic Games.

However, Ge Feng was very happy that the Chinese team fell into the death group this time.

Because the group of death indicates that the Chinese team will fight against the most powerful teams such as the United States from the very beginning of the game.

Ge Feng regards defeating the US team as a mission. If he can meet the US team in the Olympics earlier, he can get familiar with the US team's style of play earlier.

If you want to reach the highest podium in the world, you must beat all your opponents.

And the best way to defeat all opponents is to start from the beginning, starting from the difficulty of hell.

Abusing food can't be a big deal, but black eight, maybe it can be black to the end in one go.

Only the Group of Death can do that.

After the bloody battle, Chinese players will forget their fear, their infamy, and everything that has nothing to do with basketball.

At that time, even if the Chinese men's basketball team faces the Super American team led by James, Durant, Curry, Harden, and Davis, they will still be able to fight their opponents.

Who said Team USA couldn't be beaten?

Even in 08, the most powerful Dream Eight team in history led by peak Paul, Kobe, Wade, James, Warcraft, and Anthony, the Chinese team played against the US team until the second half before being extended by the US team.

Put forward such a hypothesis:
If the fans and players all over China at that time were not satisfied with maintaining a [-]-[-] split with the Dream Eight team, would the ending be different?
If we had made up our minds to overthrow the US team from the very beginning, would we have fought the US team until the last minute in the Olympic finals like Spain?
None of this is easy to say.

After all, in the 08 BJ Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming only reached the peak of halftime before being defeated.

The Chinese men's basketball team was training in Tokyo, Japan. Ge Feng came to the place where the players were training and saw the faces of the Chinese players, all of them were full of energy.

"That's right, that's it. Take your energy and think about it carefully. What is this land you are in now? You can lose for the rest of your life, but this year is the only time you can't lose! If you fall down on this land, I will tell you clearly that after you die, your descendants will be ashamed of you!"

As soon as he entered, Ge Feng heard the national team coach Li Nan lecturing the players.

At this time, the national team has not yet completed the final layoffs, and there are now a total of 16 players participating in the training camp.

Except for Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, and Guo Ailun, who are immovable players in positions 1, 4, and 5, it is hard to say who can stay in the end for the remaining 13 players.

All 12 players who participated in the World Cup last year were present. Besides these 12 players, Ding Yan Yuhang and Zhou Peng, who were absent due to injuries, and Sun Minghui, who was replaced by Ge Feng at the last moment of last year, were all in the team training camp.

If Zhou Peng and Ding Yanyuhang can participate in this year's Olympics, it will be a big boost to the Chinese team.

(End of this chapter)