End of June 2006, capital.

In the U18 training venue of the national youth men's basketball team, the intra-team group competition is underway.

On the court, these future hopefuls of the Chinese men's basketball team were divided into two groups for a red-and-white confrontation.

On the red team's side, Chen Jianghua led the way and fought with last year's starters.

On the white team's side, Chen Mu led the way, surrounded by players on the bench.

From the perspective of strength, Chen Jianghua's red team is obviously better, whether it is game experience or technical and tactical level, it is higher than the white team.

But the white team has Chen Mu, a rebounding monster, but he is also on par with the red team.

"Smack!"

Another rebound was taken off, Chen Mu turned around and saw his teammate's running route the moment he turned around, and sent a long throw, and the backcourt player quickly rushed forward and scored a layup.

"Not bad, not bad, really good!"

On the sidelines, the team's offensive assistant coach Lao Hu nodded frequently.

At present, Chen Mu, although his ball holding skills are still very good, his defense is also half of the colander. But against an Under-18 opponent, it was enough to dominate the game.

You must know that for young players, most of them prefer to attack with the frame, and their offensive arsenal is not perfect, and it is difficult to practice complete back-to-back offensive skills.

Coupled with the tactical arrangement of Coach Liu, the team focuses on fast and agile small balls, and interior players only need to be able to pick up rebounds, send long passes, hit open shots, and open up space for outside breakthroughs.

In terms of these points, at the level of domestic U18, no insider can do better than Chen Mu.

"Coach Liu, the tactical arrangement is very successful, the players are full of tacit understanding, this competition, we have a great hope of winning the championship!"

Looking at the juniors around him, Lao Hu opened his mouth and praised: "I am worthy of being the leader of the younger generation, and it seems that I need to learn more from you as an old stubborn person!" ”

"Hu Gui praised, I don't dare to be."

Director Liu's face still has that frowning expression, as if he will never be satisfied with the team's performance.

"I have a question, though."

After some polite words, Lao Hu frowned slightly and said: "From the beginning of the training camp to the present, every time the team is in a group confrontation, you always let Chen Mu cooperate with the substitute players. What does this mean ......? ”

"Heh, Lao Hu, you are also an old-timer, this is not an ordinary coach's 'trick'."

Director Liu said with a smile: "Let the ace players fight with the substitute players, stimulate the fighting spirit of the ace players and win**, and also motivate other main players to improve together, killing two birds with one stone." ”

"That's true, but ......"

What Coach Liu meant, Lao Hu naturally understood very well, this strategy is indeed very common. For example, in Chen Mu's 76ers team, when the team trains, most of the substitutes are led by Iverson against other main players.

But Lao Hu always felt that there seemed to be something inconsistent in this matter, and it was unspeakably strange.

"But even if you use this strategy, you won't use this trick for two months, right? Chen Mu is the inside ace of our team, and it is like playing 20+10 in the training match, and it is really good not to let him cooperate with other starters for a long time? ”

Lao Hu's question is also the question that arises in Chen Jianghua's heart.

Time back to two months ago, after the end of the wheel heads-up match, Coach Liu gradually changed his opinion of Chen Mu, and it seemed that he was conquered by Chen Mu's ball skills and talent, and he wanted to set up various tactics for him alone.

However, Chen Jianghua, as a point guard, has also cooperated with Coach Liu in the club for more than two years, and he is also very puzzled by Coach Liu's arrangement.

"Chen Mu, you have to be more careful, don't take care of everything as soon as you play, do everything yourself."

Afterwards, Chen Jianghua specially found Chen Mu and taught this little brother face-to-face.

"You're really strong, a cut above all of us, and there's no one in the team who can compete with you. So in the course of the game, especially when your teammates don't give you the help, you have that kind of thought, 'you all get out of the way and give me the ball, I'll take you home', and that's normal. ”

The national point guard, who has encountered such a situation on the field many times, understands Chen Mu's thoughts very well, and analyzes: "But have you ever thought about what other teammates will think about in the long run?" ”

"Uh......" Chen Mu didn't quite understand what Chen Jianghua meant, and asked tentatively: "Watch it with Xunbo?" ”

"They will feel that you are the heart of the team, you are incredible, and all the balls are handed over to you, and they are relieved."

Chen Jianghua ignored the "nonsense" that Chen Mu would make from time to time at this time, and continued: "That's right, this is a kind of trust, and it is the greatest praise for the team's ace. But it also brings with it a new problem, which is that there is a hidden sense of alienation between you and the other players. ”

"I don't understand, can you explain a little bit about it?" Chen Mu asked.

"Imagine if you and Jordan were teammates and go to an NCAA-caliber game. On the court, all the balls are handed over to him, you can watch the play from the sidelines, you don't have to do anything, you can win the game lying down, what do you think in your heart? Chen Jianghua asked with an analogy.

"Well, it will...... There will be some slackness. Chen Mu thought for a while and said: "Anyway, it's the same with me or not, the ball is all in his hands, I don't have to work too hard, just act on the court." ”

"That's right, that's human nature."

Chen Jianghua's eyes were like knives, and he said to Chen Muxun: "On the field court, I don't know how many times I have encountered such a situation. I played very well, I played passionately, and I won game after game, but my teammates were very slack and didn't seem to have any energy. ”

Over time, this superficial trust will eventually become a kind of mustard. When the team wins, it is you who praises, and when the team loses, it is you who scold, from beginning to end, this team is your team. For the other players, they don't have anything to do with them at all. ”

"In the long run, trust becomes dependence, dependence creates slackness, slackness makes these players know each other, and even forms small teams that exclude you."

Speaking of this, Chen Jianghua let out a sigh of relief, as if he remembered some bad memories, and muttered for a while before continuing: "In the end, the team fell apart, and everyone fought on their own. ”

After saying these words, Chen Jianghua patted Chen Mu's arm, turned around and left Chen Mu's dormitory.

"Isn't it a good thing that you're too strong......?"

That night, Chen Mu had insomnia.

Back to the training ground.

At the end of the group confrontation, Chen Mu did his best to win the data of the hegemony level under the basket again, but the other players of the white team did not perform well and seemed to have no fighting spirit, and the red team won.

"Guided by Liu, guided by Hu."

At the end of the game, Chen Mu came to the two coaches out of breath and said: "This stage of training is over, and the team called me, saying that they want to talk to me about contract renewal, so I may have to take a period of leave." This is my holiday application, and as soon as the contract is finalized, I will definitely return to the team as soon as possible! ”

Lao Hu didn't have much say on this issue, so he looked back at Liu.

Director Liu didn't say much, just waved his hand slightly and said, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes, thank you, Coach!"

Chen Mu nodded excitedly, then said goodbye to his teammates one by one and left the court.

Looking at the back of Chen Mu leaving, the members of the white team had no energy, greeted Director Liu, and left the training ground in twos and threes.

On the side of the red team, except for Chen Jianghua, the rest of the main players have mixed emotions, and they seem to be somewhat dissatisfied with Chen Mu's ability to enjoy such privileges, but there is no way to refute them.

After all, Chen Mu is the absolute core of this team, and it depends on him to win the championship.

Coach Liu on the side also didn't say a word, and waited until Chen Mu walked away before he stood up, clapped his hands to attract the attention of the players, and said: "Come, be energetic, and then let's practice offensive and defensive tactical running." ”

Watching Coach Liu put forward tactical requirements to the players, Lao Hu leaned back on the back of the chair thoughtfully, and seemed to have some thoughts on his lips, but he couldn't say it.

He believes that a professional coach like Director Liu should not be prejudiced against Chen Mu, and when the game starts, he will continue to focus on the team's victory and reuse Chen Mu.

But looking closely at the tactics arranged by Director Liu for the players, I always feel that something is wrong, the strong and weak sides are a small range of double cooperation, counting, there is always one person on the court who is isolated from the system, I don't know what to do.

"I hope I'm overthinking."

Lao Hu let out a sigh of relief, got up and walked to the sidelines, and threw himself into the process of tactical arrangement.

A day later, Philadelphia.

After stepping off the plane, Chen Mu reached out and rubbed his temples that were a little swollen and painful, stretched his body, and walked out.

After taking his luggage and coming to the exit, Chen Mu saw the team staff who came to pick him up from afar, said hello briefly, and prepared to drive directly to the team headquarters.

In the process of leaving the airport, several local fans recognized Chen Mu and excitedly took photos with Chen Mu.

In Philadelphia, Chen Mu also has his own small fan group.

"Chen, next season, you're not leaving, are you??"

One fan was very concerned about the future of the team and said, "I heard that they are going to trade AI, you must stay, you can't leave the 76ers alone!" ”

"I'll do my best."

Chen Mu nodded, didn't say much, said goodbye to the fans, and left quickly.

An hour later, the Philadelphia 76ers team headquarters.

"Hey, my big star!"

As soon as he got out of the car, Chen Mu heard a familiar voice, and when he looked up, it was his agent Duffy.

"Mr. Duffy, long time no see."

"It's been a long time, you seem to be stronger again! Ha ha! ”

Duffy still looked familiar, patted Chen Mu on the back as soon as he came up, and walked to Billikin's office with a smile and a smile.

"Chen, listen up."

Coming to the door of Billikin's office, Duffy stopped and said to Chen Muzhengse: "During this time, many teams have been in contact with me, and they want to ask for your offer, but I haven't given a clear number yet, and I want to wait for you to come back and talk about it in detail." ”

"You're a restricted free agent right now, and the 76ers can theoretically match any offer, so how much money you can get depends on today's 'first game'!"

"Listen, the bottom line of our psychological price is 8 million in the first year, and there is no cap. Although you may need a lot of money right now, I suggest that we don't sign too long contracts all at once, and that we should try to fight for more initiative like LeBron. ”

"2+2, the minimum cannot exceed 3+1, after the plus sign is the player option, this is our goal!"

After speaking, Duffy stretched out his hand and patted Chen Mu's clothes, and continued as if he was going to battle: "Don't talk too much, just wait to see my performance......!" ”

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