Chapter 8 Concerns from the United States
Compared to the last game against the United States, Zhang Tian’s performance on the shooting end was even more daunting than in the last game against the Egyptian team. Xu Jicheng was very pleased in the commentary seat.
'Compared with Hu Weidong, who also came to participate in the World Youth Championship eight years ago, Xiao Zhang has surpassed the former at that time on the offensive end. After all, Lao Hu was not the core in the World Youth Championship in 1991, Liang Da was the core."
Su Junyang held up his glasses, and the lenses began to reveal a different light. "How likely do you think is Xiao Zhang's idea of personal participation in the NBA draft?" As a basketball writer, the former knows what kind of news is enough to have a burst of points and is attractive enough.
Xu Jicheng drank a sip of water. He knew about this news, and the domestic basketball circle had already spread. The clubs were thinking about how to wait for the World Youth Championship to grab Zhang Tian after the end of the World Youth Championship. As a result, the latter directly announced that they would qualify for the group stage and participate in the draft. This made countless clubs piss off.
"You have to ask Xiao Zhang this question. After all, the decision lies with him, and he is not a player from the youth training of the Basketball Association, so he will not be able to do anything to participate in the draft." Although Xu Jicheng had another idea in his mind.
Su Junyang stopped talking, and the second half of the game began soon. In the first half, Zhang Tian really destroyed the Egyptian team's defense alone. His shooting reminded people of a great name - Dracen Petrovic. Although the latter did not catch up with the World Youth Championship in 1987 due to his age and missed the opportunity to play against Ma Jian, the number one power forward of the universe, in the Barcelona Olympics five years later, the opponent still used his superb shooting skills to make all fans remember him, even if he lost to the Dream Team in the final.
There are not many people who use shooting to play this dominance in international competitions. Although many people say that shooting is the most technical move and the most boring move is completely incomparable to the viewing ability of any fancy breakthrough dunk, but in general, the final game is achieved by shooting.
Just like Zhang Tian in this game, as long as he is on the court, the Egyptian team must use one or even two people to defend, which gives other Chinese players a lot of opportunities, especially Liu Wei. When Abdulbari also wants to assist in defense of Zhang Tian, he turned on his scoring mode, and the Egyptian team's point guard who is less than six feet tall can naturally not stop him.
The Egyptian team defended Zhang Tian's offensive, but let other Chinese players drive, which makes their head coach feel like they have demolished the east wall and repaired the west wall.
In addition to fans, there are also many scouts from the United States. Some of them are NCAA scouts, some of them are NBA scouts, and they have produced many good talents in the history of U19. Not to mention those in the United States, such as Sabonis, who played so-called in the Soviet team in the 1983 World Youth Championship, Nash, the head of the Canadian team in the 1991 World Youth Championship, and Kukochi, the core of Yugoslavia's championship in 1987, are all the best among them. In the eyes of those scouts, Zhang Tian is undoubtedly the next one.
After all, international players who can score 30 in the match against the United States can count one hand, and even lead the team to win, which is even more surprising.
"The Chinese team's No. 7 has no professional experience at all, so it's better for him to go to NCAA to experience it." On one side of the audience, a middle-aged man wearing a black windbreaker spoke. The guy's name is Bob Pierce, the future head coach of Beijing Shougang, and is currently a scout for the Miami Heat.
In this World Youth Championship, Riley sent him to Europe in the hope of getting some good seedlings, because in this year's draft, those who are more valuable for training are popular drafts, and they can't get them with the Heat's pick. So since that's the case, it's better to go outside and see what good seedlings are.
Zhang Tian faced Bobby Simmons and his players who were killing all over the world in the first game and scored 34 points. It was indeed beyond his expectations. He sent the video of the game to Pat Riley, who asked him to stare at the Chinese team to watch.
After Bob Pierce received Riley's instructions, he wanted to have a close contact with Zhang Tian these days, but he had never succeeded. However, he encountered several potential competitors in the audience tonight.
The game on the court is basically over. With less than two minutes left, the Chinese team has already led by 82:70, and Zhang Tian's data at this time has become 27 points. He only took three shots in the second half. Because of the targeted defense of the Egyptian team and the outstanding performance of other teammates, the former did not grab the ball and attack.
"Well, yes, and that guy's confrontation is very average. I guess he can't even play for ten minutes in the NBA." A middle-aged man next door in casual clothes also became sarcastic. The opponent's name is Robert Babcock, the Raptors executive who sent Carter to the Nets in his previous life. At this time, he was a Pacers' scout. And the opponent happened to be interested in Zhang Tian. Although Zhang Tian has various shortcomings, the opponent's advantages are also outstanding, such as shooting and defense. With a little training, he can definitely become a good defensive sharp knife type player.
Bob Pierce did not continue to beep with Robert Babcock. The game was over and he was going to join the opponent before Zhang Tian left the stadium.
The latter's idea was the same, but the speed of the two middle-aged men was not as fast as the reporters. Although Xu Jicheng and Su Junyang couldn't squeeze through, their faces were full of smiles.
"We have already won two games now, and we are basically qualifying in the group. Even if we lose to Greece in the last game of the group stage, we will qualify stably. We just need to play in a playoff with the US team for the first place."
Xu Jicheng and the other two have just received news that in the focus dialogue between the United States and Greece before the Chinese team, relying on the 70 points scored by Matt Carroll and Bobby Simmons, the former defeated the defending champion, and the Mythical Legion's record of one win and one loss also forced them to the edge of the cliff. If they lose to the Chinese team in the next game, they will become the first defending champion to be eliminated in the group stage in U19 history.
As for the Egyptian team, who finally broke through from Africa, they became an experienced baby. Unless they win the United States in the next game, they would not have caused any storm.
Although Zhang Tian did not score 30 in the second game, his stable performance still gave fans hope. Because of his outstanding performance, CCTV is ready to broadcast the next knockout round. Zhang Heli, Sun Zhengping and others are also rushing to Europe. As for the preparations for the National Olympic Team, how can the national youth team have higher explosive points than the national youth team's history creation?
Chapter completed!