In the United States, early in the morning, when Phil Jackson woke up, he subconsciously looked at his phone, but saw a text message from Lakers general manager Kupchak.

"The Chinese team defeated the Greek team 103-97, and we have picked up the treasure." The more Phil Jackson finished reading this text message, the more inexplicable he felt.

"The Chinese team defeated the Greek team? It's incredible. This is also an upset in the Olympics! Found a treasure? Could it be that Sun Yue who was selected last year played well? He thought about it for a moment and called Kupchak back.

After a while, Kupchek's voice rang on the phone.

"Hi Phil, I knew you were going to call me. You must have received a text message from me! Kupchak began.

"I got your text message, what the hell happened?" Phil Jackson asked.

"The Chinese team defeated the Greek team 103-97, I just watched the first half video of the game, I don't think you would have imagined, we have picked up a treasure this time!" Kupchak paused and continued: "Zhang Guan scored 23 points, but that's not the key, the key is defense, Zhang Guan limited the two point guards of the Greek team very well. ”

"Oh?" Phil Jackson was suddenly interested. At the level of Papalucas and Diamantidis, some weak teams in the NBA may have the strength to play as starters, and they can limit these two point guards, which shows that Zhang Guan is extraordinary in defense.

The weakest point of today's Lakers team is undoubtedly the point guard, the 34-year-old Fisher has changed from a "small fish" to an "old fish", although Fisher has become more experienced, but both speed and physical confrontation have declined, the most direct embodiment is the defense, often by some excellent guards to burst.

It's not that the Lakers don't want to strengthen their point guard, but they have never found the right person. In fact, for the Lakers, they don't need to find a top point guard, with Kobe Bryant, the Lakers don't need to control the ball to score, they just need to find a strong defensive person to help Kobe take on the defensive pressure.

On the other side of the phone, Kupchak continued: "From what I've observed, Zhang's defense is definitely top-notch in the NBA. He was a track and field athlete, he was physically gifted better than a basketball player, and he was fast enough, and the key was that he was very capable of confrontation. And he doesn't play like an Asian player at all, but like a black player in our native America. ”

Kubchak talked for a long time, in short, to explain to Phil Jackson that this time the Lakers picked Zhang Guan with the 58th pick in the second round, which was a treasure.

"Alright, my old friend, I see what you mean." Phil Jackson finally interrupted Kupchak, and then he continued: "You must want to sign Zhang Guan!" ”

"Yes. But you're the manager and I've got to respect your opinion. Kupchak continued: "However, Zhang Guan did not participate in our tryout, he was absent from the previous NBA Summer League, and because of the Olympics, it is estimated that he is unlikely to participate in the preseason, and we may only know about him in this Olympic game." ”

"I see." Phil Jackson thought for a moment and then said: "We can try to give him a 1+1 contract first, the big deal is to give him full security in the first year and a team option in the second year. In this way, we can sign him first, and if he can adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game and my tactical system, then we will keep him; If he can't adapt, then cut him, and we may lose some signing fees, but the advertising effect brought by Zhang Guan will also make up for some losses. ”

Phil Jackson abruptly accentuated his tone and continued: "I can accept him, but I can't promise you that there will be a place for him on my team. Even if he is Zhang Guan, the most famous athlete in the world, if he can't fit into my team, then he can only be a water cooler administrator! ”

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At this time, on the other side of the world, Zhang Guan had already rushed to the Bird's Nest to participate in the rematch of the men's 200-meter sprint.

The audience at the scene had been waiting for a long time, but due to the impact of Liu Feiren's withdrawal from the 110-meter hurdles in the morning, many spectators couldn't help but worry about Zhang Guan. Liu Feiren only participated in one 110-meter hurdles event and retired due to injury, while Zhang Guan participated in three major events and 10 small events, and the audience was worried that Zhang Guan's health would be unbearable, and even like Liu Feiren, he would retire due to injury.

The semi-final of the 200-meter dash was divided into four groups, with a total of 32 runners participating. The rules for promotion are still that the top three players in each group can advance directly, and the top four players will also be promoted.

According to the pre-race professional predictions, as long as you can run within 20.45 seconds, you may enter the next round of semifinals, but if you want to get a place more consistently, you must run under 20.40 seconds. This result is not difficult for the world's 200m athletes.

Usain Bolt was in the first group, along with defending American champion Sean Crawford. The two favourites are in a group, and their strength is obviously better than the other options, and there is no suspense about their appearance. The other spot in this group was won by Kim Collins.

In the second group, American Dix and Jamaica Williams took the stage, and everyone thought that these two players would compete for the first place, but they were unexpectedly stolen by Zimbabwe's Dez Gay. Dezgay was unknown before, but he rose to the top of the group in the race, and at the same time, the rematch time of 20.23 seconds also surpassed Usain Bolt to become the first in the rematch.

It is worth mentioning that Japan's Shinji Takahira also appeared in this group and was eliminated without surprise.

The third group belongs to the soy sauce group, and there are no very famous players. In the fourth group, Zhang Guan made his final appearance, along with American 200m star Wallace Spearman and Jamaican Marvin Anderson.

Spearman is a full-time 200m athlete who played against Zhang Guan at the 2006 Athletics World Cup. Anderson of the Jamaican team is unfamiliar to Zhang Guan, but considering that he is from the sprinting powerhouse Jamaica, Zhang Guan also pays a little more attention to him.

However, Anderson was very unlucky, he twisted his foot at the beginning of the race, had to withdraw from the race, and the ranking of this group became no suspense, Zhang Guan managed to win the group with a time of 20.17 seconds to advance, Spearman won the group, and the third group was lucky to be won by a Norwegian.

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"The 200-meter dash is finally over!" Saladino looked at the long jump sand pit in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he lost to Zhang Guan two years ago, and then a hint of determination appeared on Salandino's face.

"Zhang Guan, I lost to you in the Athletics World Cup two years ago, and I will never lose to you in this Olympic Games! I will defeat you at your doorstep! Saladino looked up, listening carefully to the cheers around him.

"The audience is still very enthusiastic! Cheer on now! Wait a while, and when I defeat Zhang Guan and win the championship, I'm afraid you won't be in the mood to cheer! (To be continued.) )