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The public opinion outside the court did not seem to affect the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, at least it did not interfere with the decision of the Basketball Association's management.

After the team finished the second warm-up match, the third warm-up match and the fourth warm-up match followed.

The two participating teams are the Singapore men's basketball team and the Mongolian men's basketball team.

The strength of the two teams is not too strong, so there is almost no suspense about the result of the game.

When playing against the Singapore team, the Huaxia men's basketball team took three quarters to win the opponent, and also scored an 11-point difference. If it were not for the consideration that the "friendship" with the opponent would be affected if the point difference was too large, the Huaxia men's basketball team might win more. a little.

The same is true for the Mongolian men's basketball team.

The opponent's defense is very good, and the physical fitness is also good, but the offensive performance is really not interesting, and the level of technical sophistication is not as good as that of the young players of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team.

In the first half, the gap between the two sides was not that big, but after the start of the second half, the Mongolian men's basketball team was directly stunned by a wave of fast breaks from the Huaxia men's basketball team.

The 9-0 spurt played by the team led by Zhao Feiyang immediately turned the situation of the two teams into a one-sided situation.

In the end, the Huaxia men's basketball team successfully won 16 points and won their fourth warm-up match.

Although the latter two teams both won, these two games did not receive much support from the outside world.

Especially when Zhao Feiyang played only 13 minutes in the two games combined, it made the fans think that such an opponent would not have a strong training effect.

Not only the fans thought this way, after the fourth warm-up match, Zhao Feiyang even found time in private to call Yao Ming himself.

"Hey! Brother Yao, it's me!"

"Feiyang, what happened?"

"The Asian Games have only started in half a month... These warm-up matches are really worthless. I think the help for young players is limited..."

Zhao Feiyang did not express it euphemistically, but directly expressed his true thoughts to Yao Ming.

Compared with those so-called leaders who don't understand basketball, Zhao Feiyang firmly believes that Yao Ming, as the former pinnacle of Chinese basketball, must understand the meaning of what he said better.

Hearing Zhao Feiyang's words, Yao Ming couldn't help but sigh on the other end of the phone.

"Feiyang, thank you very much for being able to say these words bluntly...Actually, I have considered what you said..."

"From the team's point of view, it should have been done from the beginning, but from my point of view, these things are not easy... I just took over the position, the pressure is really high... ..."

"I used to think that sitting in this position can make the Huaxia Men's Basketball team better and change a lot of things, but then I found out...there is too much resistance, and everything you do may destroy someone's life. Benefit......"

"Once you plan to do this, they will jump out and use various reasons to stop you..."

Regarding Yao Ming's words, Zhao Feiyang on the other end of the phone could only sigh.

From the "Wang Zhizhi incident" at the beginning, many problems have been seen. As a player, there are some things that are helpless, and there is a feeling of being coerced to move forward.

"However..." Yao Ming changed the subject, "It's true that it's not a problem to continue playing like this... The young players of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team don't have so many opportunities to practice on weekdays. If you miss such an opportunity , that would be such a pity..."

"How about this! Isn't the national team just on vacation for a few days recently? I'll be in charge of contacting strong foreign teams to come over... For the next few warm-up matches, we will try our best to invite strong teams to come and play... .”

"It's just public opinion..."

Zhao Feiyang also understood Yao Ming's words.

The loss to the Chinese Taipei team has caused the Huaxia men's basketball team to be controversial. The basketball team as a whole does not matter, but Yao Ming has just taken over the top position of the basketball team, and many fans will blame him for all the problems.

If you find a strong European team, the Huaxia men's basketball team will definitely lose. Although they can get better training, it will definitely cause a lot of criticism.

"Brother Yao, don't worry! I am the leader of the national team! If there is any problem, I will handle it!"

"For Huaxia basketball, I don't care about my personal reputation..."

"You can't do these things alone... The team is a whole, and we need all of us to work hard, so that Huaxia basketball can become better..."

On the third day after Zhao Feiyang finished the phone call with Yao Ming, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team issued an official announcement, saying that in order to better train the players, the Huaxia Basketball Association will invite some foreign strong teams to Huaxia to participate in the warm-up match .

As soon as this news came out, it undoubtedly aroused a strong public reaction.

As the chairman of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming personally stood up for media interviews.

"Please give this team a little more time, our youngsters need games and time to grow..."

"We can make the scene look better and maintain a decent situation, but that's not good for China Basketball..."

After Yao Ming stood up and expressed his opinion, Zhao Feiyang also posted a post on his personal social media expressing his agreement with Yao Ming's point of view.

For a while, outside fans had different opinions on this.

"You should play against a strong team. Anyway, it's a warm-up match. If you lose, you lose. What's the point of picking those weak teams?"

"That's right. I'm not afraid of losing, but I'm afraid of losing all the time...Bring together these young players now, maybe in the next few years we can make a set for the Olympics." Strong lineup..."

"You can only become stronger by playing against strong teams. What's the point of bullying weak teams?"

Those who support it agree that the plan is feasible.

Those who do not support it have other views.

"Is there a big difference between playing a strong team and playing a weak team? The most important thing is to change the current style... The fundamental problems of Huaxia basketball cannot be solved, and then there will be other situations in the future... "

"If you play against a weak team, you can still find confidence. If you play against a strong team, you may be tortured to death by the opponent... I don't know if these young people in the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team can maintain enough confidence after playing against a few strong teams... ...."

"It's a pity that we only have one Zhao Feiyang. If we have Zhao Feiyang in five different positions, then the Huaxia men's basketball team can reach the top four even in the World Cup..."

Amidst the controversy, the Huaxia men's basketball team ushered in their next warm-up match opponent.

The efficiency of the Basketball Association is still very high, especially under the personal help of Yao Ming, they quickly found the European strong team Croatia.

The opponent ranked 21st in Fiba last year and 13th in Europe.

Of course, this time the opponent came not with the first-team lineup, but the second-team lineup.Even so, the opponent's strength is definitely first-class in Asia, and the threat to the Huaxia men's basketball team is also huge.