super heavy artillery

Chapter 718
The 2019 International Men's Basketball World Cup is a very important moment for Datianchao.This is a landmark sports event at an important historical intersection, and hosting this event well is an inevitable requirement for accelerating the construction of a sports power.

But just doing it well will certainly not be able to meet the inner expectations of the majority of fans.As the host, everyone hopes that the national team can achieve a good result.Of course.Everyone also knows that the men's basketball team is still a little worse than the strong teams such as the United States, Spain, and China.Even if he is in Australia in Asia, once the opponent attacks with all his strength, it will be difficult for the men's basketball team to match him.However, the Chinese men's basketball team did enter this World Cup as the Asian hegemon.

Before the game, neither Yao Ming, the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, nor Li Nan, the head coach of the national team, made a clear statement.In their words, the group will qualify first.But everyone still has a standard in their hearts. Even though the men's basketball team has just experienced a period of cold wave, this standard has never changed.

In everyone's mind, getting out of the group is just the most basic task, and it can't even be regarded as a goal.Whether it is the current World Cup or the previous World Championships, including every Olympic Games, everyone's expectation for the men's basketball team is at least the top eight.This is what the men's basketball team has done, and it has never been able to make a further breakthrough.But at the beginning of each international competition, everyone still expects the male basketball players to stand on the podium.

However, for the upcoming World Cup, everyone did not put too much pressure on the men's basketball team.Being able to advance to the top eight is considered a success.At least it can be shown that after Yao Ming and Yao Ming's generation of players have retired, the Chinese men's basketball team has finally returned to its peak level after nearly a decade of downturn.Although they beat Australia to win the Asian Cup in Lebanon two years ago, they didn't really think they were back on top of Asia.After all, the players sent by the opponent are all little-known guys.

Looking at the 32 participating teams, there are really strong teams like clouds.

The US team is still the most likely team to win the championship.Although Harden, Davis, Irving, Paul George and others withdrew one after another, there are still star players such as Kemba Walker, Mitchell, and Tatum.Kemba Walker is a well-rounded point guard.He has played in the NBA for many years and has excellent scoring ability. He was selected to the All-Star team three times and was also selected as the All-Star starter last season. His ability is quite good.As a small forward of the younger generation, Tatum's strength really cannot be underestimated.With Hayward injured in his rookie season, as the Celtics' starting small forward, he averaged 3 points per game in the regular season and 13.9 points per game in the playoffs.Mitchell is a guy who can be called Kobe's heir, and his personal ability is beyond doubt.Therefore, although many stars of the US team have withdrawn from the national team this year, the strength of the current players is quite powerful, and it is difficult for teams from other countries to compete with them.

In addition to the United States, Spain and Serbia are the two teams most likely to win the championship.

The Spanish team has many NBA players. The combination of inside and outside lines composed of Gasol Jr. and golden boy Rubio is strong. At the same time, there are Calderon, Navarro, Fernandez, Rodriguez and other players to help out. The overall strength cannot be underestimated. watch for.At the same time, the Spanish team has the experience of defeating the US team in the Olympics, so they will pose a great threat to the US team.

Serbia is even more of a threat to the United States than Spain.They are not only one of the traditional world basketball powerhouses, but also in the Rio Olympics three years ago, Serbia left a deep impression on the world basketball fans.They almost overturned the American Dream Team in the group stage, but unfortunately lost by 3 points.In the knockout stage, he defeated the powerful players from all walks of life, reached the final and competed with the US team for the championship, and won a silver medal.Although they lost both games, the American Dream Team at that time was not comparable to this year's American team.This is not the first time Serbia has fallen at the feet of the US team in the final step of winning the championship.In the World Cup in Spain five years ago, they also lost to the United States in the final and won a silver medal.Now, the opportunity once again appeared in front of Serbia, I believe they will not experience the taste of losing to the US team again.

In addition to these three teams, France, Greece, Australia, etc. should not be underestimated.

Despite the loss of Tony Parker, France remains one of the medal contenders.Five years ago, the host Spain failed to advance to the semi-finals of the Men's Basketball World Cup, but was blocked by the French.Although the team has encountered injury problems, the French team led by Gobert and Batum will be a formidable team after strengthening their defense.

Greece is a veteran European team. Although the performance of the competition in recent years has not been outstanding, the Greek team now has the NBA's new MVP Antetokounmpo.The Bucks were able to have an incredible performance last season. It was the team that built a "one-star four-shot" lineup around "Antetokounmpo".This talented, offensive and defensive player, and extremely hard-working leader of the Greek team is also going to do something big.He said before the game that the achievements of representing Greece in the World Cup are more important than the honor of the NBA.

Although Australia lost the championship in the Asian Cup two years ago, their strength is still No. [-] in Asia.Ben Simmons leads, and has Mills, Ingles, Bolden, Baines and many other masters, the strength is strong.

"America, don't think it's safe!"

This is what Kobe said in the promotional video. This is a recognition of the international basketball world and a warning to the American men's basketball team.The international competition is very different from the NBA, and many rules and referees' penalty scales are very different.Whether these young people of the US team can adapt to the international arena as soon as possible determines how far they can go.

Of course, there is no host in the discussion about the ownership of the championship.

Although the Chinese men's basketball team has come out of the trough and completed the reconstruction.But in the eyes of most people, this team still cannot rank among the top teams in the world.Even now, the Chinese men's basketball team has a newly promoted FMVP.It is difficult for a team to undergo earth-shaking changes based on one person's ability alone.Without an organizer like Westbrook, whether An Luo can display his combat effectiveness like the Thunder is still unknown.Furthermore, apart from An Luo and Yi Jianlian, this Chinese men's basketball team really doesn't have any players who can do it.Compared with those strong teams with NBA players, it is indeed a bit shabby.

From this point of view, it is not surprising that the Chinese men's basketball team as the host is not favored by others.

(End of this chapter)