All-round Athlete

Chapter 553 Award Presentation

The game time is in the afternoon in China, but it is early morning in the United States on the other side of the world. For the American people, early morning is obviously not the prime time to watch the game, not to mention that the opponent is the Chinese men's basketball team. In the eyes of the Americans, the result of this game is already doomed, and the US team will inevitably have a crushing advantage achieve the ultimate victory. It is precisely because of this that there are not many American audiences who can stay up late to watch the game.

But the game still has to be broadcast, and considering the existence of Dayao in the Chinese team, ESPN even invited the former Rockets coach Van Gundy to be a guest commentator.

Since Van Gundy was fired by the Houston Rockets last year, he has not continued his coaching career, but has been active in various arenas and served as a guest commentator. Van Gundy, who has a conservative coaching style, is a very talkative person. Coupled with his professionalism as a senior NBA coach, he has become a well-known guest commentator.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost the game, and even an American feels uncomfortable, and Van Gundy is the same, but as a commentary, I have to continue to say what should be said.

"Mr. Van Gundy, what do you think, why did our American men's basketball team lose to the Chinese men's basketball team in this game? You must know that we are obviously superior in strength. Our game time is in the afternoon in China, but on the other side of the world In the United States, it is early morning. For the American people, early morning is obviously not the prime time to watch the game, not to mention that the opponent is the Chinese men's basketball team. In the eyes of the Americans, the result of this game is already doomed, and the American team will inevitably They won the final victory with a crushing advantage. Because of this, there are not many American audiences who can stay up late to watch the game.

But the game still has to be broadcast, and considering the existence of Dayao in the Chinese team, ESPN even invited the former Rockets coach Van Gundy to be a guest commentator.

Since Van Gundy was fired by the Houston Rockets last year, he has not continued his coaching career, but has been active in various arenas as a guest commentator. Van Gundy, who has a conservative coaching style, is a very talkative person. Coupled with his professionalism as a senior NBA coach, he has become a well-known guest commentator.

The U.S. men's basketball team lost the game. Even an American feels uncomfortable, and Van Gundy is the same, but we have to continue to say what needs to be said.

"Mr. Van Gundy, what do you think, why did our American men's basketball team lose to the Chinese men's basketball team in this game? You must know that we are clearly superior in strength, and what are we not doing well enough? It is our tactics. Is there a problem?" The narrator asked.

For Van Gundy, this question is actually not easy to answer directly. He used to be a basketball coach. Coach, that's definitely not appropriate. But Van Gundy is also a very smart person. He didn't talk about Krzyzewski's tactical arrangements, but answered evasively:

"I think the only problem we have is underestimating the enemy! There is no problem with our tactical arrangement. With our strength, any tactic can win, but we lost. We didn't lose to the Chinese team, we lost to the Chinese team. Ourselves, we underestimate the enemy!"

I have to say that Van Gundy's speech was very artistic, and he found a good excuse. Obviously he lost to the Chinese team, but in Van Gundy's mouth, it became "lost to himself". Presumably many American audiences will feel better after hearing this.

Van Gundy went on to say: "In the first half, we obviously didn't take it seriously. The opponent is the host after all, and we have to take care of their face, otherwise we would have taken a 30-point lead in the first half! There will be nothing that happens after that.”

"In the second half of the game, Zhang Guan became the winning point of the Chinese team. Zhang Guan showed top personal ability in the game. I think his style of play may be very suitable for survival in the NBA. Another point I want to say is that Zhang Guan Guan's luck is really good, especially in the last lore, he actually made a shot! Zhang Guan is a player who can only break through but can't shoot, and even his free throw percentage is just over half. But he hit a three-pointer, obviously, this is a manifestation of luck." Van Gundy spread his hands, showing a helpless look: "With China's strength, even if we underestimate the enemy, we can We won this game. We could have won this game, but it was just a little bit of luck. So I think, rather than saying that we underestimated the enemy, it is better to say that the luck of the Chinese team is great!

Van Gundy's remarks obviously have a great market in the United States. The American team lost to themselves, not to the Chinese team; the Chinese team won not because of strength, but because of good luck. Let the American self-esteem that was hit stand upright again.

And Van Gundy let out a sigh of relief. He was born in a coaching family. His father and brother are both basketball coaches. He has been a coach since 1985. The assistant coach of the old Nelson and others, and served as the head coach for more than 10 years, once led the New York Knicks to the NBA Finals. With his resume and vocational teaching experience, how could he believe in "losing to himself" or "the opponent is lucky"? Even he himself didn't believe what he said just now, that is, he was fooling ordinary people in the United States. Because he has to say that, sitting in the position of guest commentator, of course he has to find a reasonable explanation for the loss of the American men's basketball team, and this explanation must be able to make the American audience sound happy.

To make the American audience happy, Van Gundy obviously did it, and he did it very well. He can boast people in different ways, which is also one of the reasons why he is so popular in the basketball commentary world. However, the self-confidence that the American audience had just regained was dispelled again because of the following awards ceremony.

Because their president is awarding USA Basketball.

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Looking at the row of neatly placed silver medals, President Xiao Bu felt his face was burning.

I am the President of the United States, the most powerful person in the world, and yet I can only award silver medals!

Standing opposite is our American men's basketball team. The most basketball country in the world has sent a team composed of the strongest players, but they can only win the silver medal!

The first made President Xiaobu feel ashamed, and the second also made President Xiaobu feel ashamed. What's even worse is that these two are now added together. The humiliation this brought to President Xiaobu was obviously one plus one greater than two.

At this time, President Xiaobu was very regretful. He felt that why he had nothing to do to bring up the award for the American men's basketball team. Isn't this embarrassing himself?

President Xiao Bu really didn't want to come as the award presenter, but he had already said his words, if he didn't come, it would be even more embarrassing. After all, his status is there. If it was placed in a feudal society, his words would be equivalent to imperial edicts, and what he said would be nothing but jokes. If he repented, he would definitely come to the door .

Although it is not a feudal society now, but as President Xiaobu, the basis for his words is that you have no jokes, and he said this in front of that comrade and the chairman of FIBA. If you go back on it, it will be even more embarrassing.

Anyway, it's embarrassing, so just bite the bullet!

President Xiaobu is also a person who has seen the world through the storm. After eight years of being the president, he has not learned anything else. He must have a thick skin. Besides, it's just a little embarrassing now. Thinking about when I was thrown my shoes back then, it was much more embarrassing than today.

"Yes, I have worse times!" President Xiaobu kept comforting himself. He picked up the silver medal and hung it around Kobe's neck.

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"Look, that's President Xiaobu! Is he going to present an award?" an American audience who was still in front of the TV said in amazement.

"Oh my god, our president came to the stage to present the award in person, and he only awarded the silver medal! Then who will present the gold medal? Who else has a higher status than our president?" This is the voice of another American audience in front of the TV .

"Could it be that the president of the United Nations awards the gold medal? Huh! What is the president of the United Nations? How can it compare with our president's status!" The American audience told the truth. Compared with President Xiaobu, who launched two wars, the chairman of the United Nations looks so pale and weak.

But now, this president, who is better than the president of the United Nations, can only award the second place with a silver medal!

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podium.

This is not the first time for Kobe to meet President Bryant. There is a tradition in the NBA that the team that wins the NBA championship will be received by the president, so Kobe has also met President Bryant many times. Besides him, Wade also met President Xiaobu once.

But this time, Kobe was not as elated as he was when he was interviewed at the White House, because he only won a silver medal.

President Xiaobu presented the silver medals to the players with a half-hearted smile, and he couldn't wait to leave. Then the comrade happily awarded the gold medals to the players of the national team. The joyful celebratory sound at the scene made President Xiao Bu feel even more embarrassed.

"This damn award ceremony, this damn Olympic Games!" President Xiao Bu kept cursing in his heart.

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