Chapter 984 Defending Olympic Champion!

On the court, the Chinese team attacked, with Li Ba at the top of the arc and Dayao taking position under the basket.

Even if Dayao's physical strength was exhausted, Bosh had no power to compete. Prince had to lose the Arab League and go in to double-team Dayao.

Ah Lian rushed to the left wing, approached the penalty area, received Li Ba's pass, and made a steady shot.

68:79, China's lead reached double digits.

Team USA attacks.

Kobe stopped passing the ball and rushed outside the three-point line on the right wing. With one step left, he made a pull-up jump shot.

Whoops, the ball still hit.

71:79, the United States is 8 points behind with 12 seconds left.

Li Ba was holding the ball in the backcourt, and no one from the American team came forward to press him. He slowly walked across the center line, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and stood in front of the center line waiting for the time to end.

At this time, all the Chinese people in Wukesong Stadium stood up.

At the last moment, Yu Jia quickly read: "The Hammers played 40 minutes, made 10 of 12 shots, 6 of 9 free throws, scored 26 points, 21 rebounds, 12 assists, 8 steals, 9 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

He overwhelmed the NBA stars, led the men's basketball team to defeat the United States team, and won our most important gold medal. This is a great victory. Congratulations to the men's basketball team and all the Chinese people who love basketball..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhh..."

When time ran out, the entire venue was filled with joy. Tens of thousands of hands were waving passionately, countless red flags were flying, and the huge five-star red flag moved slowly in the auditorium and began to pass around the venue.

Many five-star red flags were handed down from the audience. Li Ba and others each put on one and celebrated the victory with all the fans.

On the rostrum, Li Yuanwei, the basketball center, said to Director Yuan of the General Sports Administration: "Director Yuan, I can finally give you the order."

The two shook hands, and Director Yuan said: "It's a pity that you are retiring soon, otherwise I really hope you can work for another term."

Twenty minutes later, the awards ceremony began.

The five-star red flag was raised to the highest level, the national anthem was played, and everyone stood up to pay tribute.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost again. The U.S. has such a strong basketball strength and such a strong lineup and only won a silver medal, which caused an uproar across the United States.

It was midnight in the United States, and before dawn, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett and other insiders were harassed by the media. The phones kept ringing, and everyone was forced to turn off their mobile phones and unplug their landline phones.

Many media have also begun to criticize Li Ba and Dayao on their respective online platforms. Li Ba, in particular, has been criticized the most, and all the black spots in the past have been exposed.

The reason is that Li Ba led his team to defeat the American team.

Of course, there are also many European and American media who come out to defend Li Ba. These are mainly done by Adidas and some of Li Ba's international sponsorship deals.

In the evening, the grand closing ceremony began.

Chenglong led dozens of celebrities to perform a chorus.

With the end of the closing ceremony, Li Ba's journey to the Beijing Olympics has also come to an end.

In the following time, he canceled all celebrations, including the celebration schedule in Hong Kong City.

I didn't go back to my hometown again. My hometown was not quiet and I wasted a lot of time. I planned to stay in Beijing for a few days and then go to the United States.

Zhou Yuehe and Li Dacheng were bound by their little granddaughter. They stayed wherever Guoguo was, leaving their hometown behind.

The official training camp for next season will begin in October, and the regular season will begin at the end of October, with one month left in between.

This month, the Suns have been busy changing general managers, changing coaches, and making trades. Sarver is extremely busy.

He didn't wait for the Olympics to end. After talking to Li Ba that day, he returned to the United States the next day and announced that Steve Kerr had been fired.

Regarding the choice of head coach, he contacted Frank, but the latter refused.

Frank knows that the Suns' lineup is so bad that even if the Hammers come back, they won't be able to bring them back, so he doesn't plan to come back.

Sarver can only confirm the candidate for the general manager first, and then let the general manager find the head coach.

He approached David Griffin (later Cavaliers general manager) in the public relations department and asked him to take over as general manager.

Griffin holds a degree in political science from the University of Arizona. He became an intern with the Suns in 1993 and has been working with the team since then. He is very capable and has been working with the team for 15 years. He readily agreed to take up the post. He became the general manager of the Suns.

His first goal was to find a head coach for the team, and first he found Mike Brown.

Popovich is a disciple of Larry Brown, and Mike Brown is an assistant to Larry Brown. They came from the same school and are the most suitable defensive coaches for the Suns. Now that Mike Brown is the head coach of the Cavaliers, he wants to recruit him. come over.

In fact, it would be better to find Larry Brown first, because Larry Brown has no work now, but Griffin took into account the Suns' tradition of cultivating rookies, and Larry Brown just didn't trust rookies very much, so he found Mike Brown first.

But alas, Mike Brown simply rejected him.

Griffin is a little confused. Frank doesn't want to do it, and neither does Mike Brown. You know the Hammers have come back, don't they want to coach the No. 1 defender in history?

In fact, he was wrong. The reason why Frank quit is very simple. The lineup will definitely be poor next season. If the record cannot be improved, Sarver, who wanted to fire him before, might take advantage of him, so he might as well quit and go directly. The next one, he has no shortage of next ones anyway.

Griffin then found a second target, Larry Brown, who was idle at home.

"Why?"

Griffin was very confused, and he was directly rejected by Larry Brown.

"Mr. Griffin, haven't you paid attention to the current public opinion?"

Larry Brown actually wanted to go to the Suns to coach the strongest defender, but it has only been a week since the Olympic men's basketball finals, and he no longer has that idea.

"public opinion?"

Griffin ended the call and hurriedly browsed the web.

He spent an hour and confirmed one thing. The iron hammer, the absolute core of the team and ready to come back, was targeted by most media in the United States. The reason was that the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the American men's basketball team to win the championship (in reality, Argentina defeated If the United States wins the championship, Ginobili will not be liked by the American media).

"Are we being targeted again?" After hearing Griffin's report, Sarver was confused.

He can imagine that there must be someone among them who is adding fuel to the fire. Not only the head coach selection, but also player transactions will be targeted.

Putting aside his worries, Sarver called Stern.

"I'm sorry, Robert, I'm under a lot of pressure right now, and I can't help you. I suggest letting time let these things go in the past. There will always be new hot topics in the media," Stern said.

Sarver was speechless. Could it be that the team is going to fail this season? Can the Hammers allow it?

On the other end, Larry Brown called Popovich.

"Greg, the Suns really approached me, and I have rejected it," he said.

"Larry, the Suns are abandoned and hated by the media and fans, so don't go into that mess." Popovich laughed.

"Mike Brown also called just now and said that the Suns had approached him. This is really a joke." Larry Brown said in a cold tone.

In fact, his rejection of the Suns was not just due to public opinion, but the Suns approached him after they were rejected by Mike Brown. He first looked for the apprentice and then the master. If the apprentice refuses, can the master agree?

David Griffin then approached a few head coaches but was turned down.

When he was having a headache, a job call came over, and the position was the head coach.