On August 1, Xie Hou and Wang Zhizhi took the same flight to return to China from Indiana.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at the Capital Airport.

Since they did not suppress the news, many people knew that they were back. Superstars like Xie Hou would cause shocks wherever they went, but Wang Zhizhi rarely took away the latter's attention and became the focus of the capital airport.

The reporter asked Wang Zhizhi many questions, one of which was a key question: "Do you intend to play for the national team?"

Wang Zhizhi expressed his opinion: "As long as the country needs it, I have no choice."

Later, he answered some questions about why he returned to the team so late. He threw all the blame on him as agreed with Xie Hou in advance. Anyway, the greater his ability, the greater the responsibility. It is normal for superstars like Xie Hou to take the blame. Moreover, if he hadn't offered to stay in the United States for special training, Wang Zhizhi would have been back long ago. No matter how he looked at it, he had a certain "responsibility" for this matter.

When Xie Hou was interviewed, he said kindly: "I'm talking about it. If you interview anyone before interviewing me next time, no matter who he is, I will reject your interview."

Xie Hou was joking with a sarcastic joke, and all the domestic media reporters laughed out loud.

"There are still half a month left before the Japan World Championships. How do you integrate into the team?"

"When I was preparing for the Athens Olympics, I also joined the team at about the same time. I think integration is not a problem," said Xie Hou. "I can perfectly integrate into any system."

As long as you are strong enough, everything you say is right.

No reporters questioned Xie Hou, and they continued to ask questions.

Finally, I will inevitably ask about the goals of this World Championship.

Xie Hou could only reiterate: "As we all know, basketball is different from football, and countries attach much more importance to the Olympics than the World Championships. As the champions of the Olympics, we must of course aim at the World Championships as the goal. If we cannot win the championship, it will be a failure for the Olympic champion."

The reporter asked again: "You are the first non-US player in history to become the NBA champion and Olympic champion in the same year. Are you confident that you will be the first non-US player in history to be both the World Championships champion and the NBA champion?"

Hearing this question, Xie Hou remembered the formula that the media particularly liked to use to praise rookies.

Strictly limit data conditions. After the rookie flashes the data, a column of first person after xx will appear.

"This is one of my goals this year." Xie Hou responded briefly.

The reporter did not bother them for too long.

The interview outside the airport lasted less than 20 minutes before it disbanded.

Xie Hou and Wang Zhizhi must first take a bus to the General Administration of Sports to register, and then meet with the national team.

Moreover, Wang Zhizhi and relevant parties still have some problems that need to be solved.

At present, not only is he guilty, but he is also carrying some notorious "that person".

There are some things that need to be sat down and discussed in detail, make things clear, understand each other, reach an agreement, and then declare to the public that "we are fine."

Then, fans who know very little about the inside story can cheer for this.

On the way to the General Administration of Sports, Wang Zhizhi couldn't calm down. Although the matter was clear, he would still feel nervous when thinking about those old leaders.

Xie Hou was unable to communicate with the domestic accident, so he just took a few glances at the roadside.

According to the General Administration of Sports, Xie Hou met with Li Yuanhe, the leader of the Basketball Association who had spoken with him a lot in the past two years.

He told Xie Hou that he would leave the rest to him.

Xie Hou is not a person within the system, so it is enough to do this.

Xie Hou and Wang Zhizhi separated after reporting to the General Administration of Sports. One went to a hotel and the other left with Li Yuanhe. If things went well, Wang Zhizhi would go home and meet the two elders directly.

After the incident of the Forbidden Revenge, not only did he not contact him at home, but his family could not speak to him.

Seeing him walking away, Xie Hou decided to go back to the hotel to rest.

The news of his return to China had already spread throughout the capital. Soon after he arrived at the General Administration of Sports, the outside was filled with fans.

What embarrassingly made Xie Hou feel that the fans’ slogans were not neat enough.

Some call him Xie Hou in Chinese, while others call him Arthur in English.

Just say English abroad, but still speak English in the country?

He had to take the microphone and said, "Thank you for your support, but I hope you don't call me Arthur. That's my English name. I can understand."

The cry of Xie Hou swept around, and even the security personnel of the General Administration of Sports came to see what was going on.

In the next two days, TV interviews, commercial activities, advertising, endorsements...one set of them. If Xie Hou took on these jobs, he would not be able to conduct systematic training for half a month, and the national team's game would be in a mess.

He chose to refuse these good things that gave money to his pocket.

On August 2, Wang Zhizhi and Li Yuanwei, leaders of the Basketball Association, joined forces with the Bayi Team and the General Administration of Sports.

Wang Zhizhi made a profound self-examination and obtained the understanding of the leaders without surprise.

Against the background that the national team needed his efforts, and under the public opinion that Xie Hou kept saying "the national team needed Wang Zhizhi", this process of Wang Zhizhi admitting his mistake, and the other teams expressed their understanding, and reducing the problem was carried out very quickly.

On the third day of returning to China, the Basketball Association held a press conference to indicate that Wang Zhizhi would return to the national team.

Bayi expressed his support for Wang Zhizhi's NBA career. If he wants to return to CBA in the future, Bayi team will also welcome him with both hands.

On the basis that Wang Zhizhi has admitted his mistake, the General Administration of Sports will not blame the past for the soap opera that has been deemed to be verbal in the past few years.

In this way, starting from the summer of 2005, the "Save the Soldier Wang Zhizhi" plan, which Xie Hou personally participated, ended successfully.

On August 3, Xie Hou, who was accepted by the national team again, flew to Shanghai to meet with the national team and will participate in the first Stankovic Cup.

The Stankovic Cup is a prize-style invitational tournament initiated by China. Since it was the first, the organizers were very angry and invited five genuine national teams, including Canada, Germany, Australia, Iran and Angola.

The path of Angora in Iran is not worth mentioning.

Steve Nash, the son of the Canadian side, and Nowitzki, Germany. Although Australia is not as starry as the future, its strength is overall. The difference between the main and substitutes is not big. They are good at confrontation and fierce style, and have always been one of the most unfamiliar opponents that the Chinese team is not good at coping with.

Canada and Germany are interesting.

Nash and Nowitzki, these two men are quite close to Xie Hou.

One was snatched by Xie Hou and the other was snatched by Xie Hou. They all remembered those things just a few days after the season ended.

In terms of the national team, because the Silver Fox Harris led the national team to win the Olympic championship in 2004, he received a large sum of money from the Basketball Association to renew his contract.

In Harris' eyes, the potential of the Chinese team is more than that.

Xie Hou and Yao Zhu are both young, and the other main players are in their prime. The Chinese team at the 2004 Athens Olympics is not even the peak of this team.

Continuing to serve as the head coach of the Chinese team, there is great potential in the future. In addition, the Basketball Association has a lot of money to renew the contract, Harris naturally worked hard to go deep into the masses. Not only did he care about Xie Hou and others' games in the United States, but he also always paid attention to the CBA league. Even the Chinese National Youth Team is within his inspection scope.

This national team, the 18-year-old Guangdong teenager, is known as the yellow-skinned black man, to be included in the national team roster. But he is not the youngest person in the national team.

The 17-year-old young player from the Guangdong team, another teenager who is considered to be a rare talented defender in China, is also in the national training team.

Including Yao Yun, the non-complete national team has been training for several months.

The addition of Xie Hou and Wang Zhizhi enriched the team's immediate combat power, raised the upper limit, and locked in two starting positions.

Thank you, on the first day of Wang joining the team, Harris asked them to play against the other three main players.

The starting guards are Liu Buwei and Wang Qi, Xie Hou plays as a small forward, and Wang Zhizhi and Yao Zhun play the double towers in the inside.

What is surprising is that Wang Zhizhi played a lot of games in the Pacers for a year and lost weight. His figure was no longer the bloated type he had a few years ago. Although his agility and lightness of his body could not be an orthodox power forward, there was no problem playing a guest appearance as a power forward.

The outside line composed of Liu Buwei, Wang Qi and Xie Hou made the Chinese team not afraid of the frontcourt press.

Xie Hou can respond at any time, and Liu Buwei doesn't have to worry about passing the ball to the forward who can't hold the ball. Although Wang Qi's dribble is so ugly that Xie Hou wants to hand him a knife to break it on his own, but the ugly dribble is just not lost.

In the first battle of the new national team, Xie Hou showed comprehensiveness in the team competition, and Wang Zhizhi's offensive skills were eye-catching.

In addition, Chen Jianghua's speed and Yi's athletic ability are indeed amazing.

Another thing is Sun Yue from Beijing Ao Shen, who is 203 cm tall and can also serve as a number.

Xie Hou looked at him as if he was looking at his own shadow.

In Xie Hou's opinion, these three people can use NBA materials without any surprises.

Especially Yi and Sun Yue, who can play the two-meter swinger with the number three position, the 213 cm level is a high-level athletic ability and impeccable physical condition.

Given that Chen Jianghua is only 17 years old, Xie Hou is cautious about his development.

His talent is indeed stronger than Liu Buwei and others, including speed, running and jumping, ball sense, explosive power... Liu Buwei said that he had never had such a defender in China before, and he was also a black man with yellow skin.

After a day of training, the atmosphere in the gym is not lacking in vitality.

Xie Hou mobilized his teammates' emotions every minute and every second, and Wang Zhizhi still needed to integrate.

When he played for the national team last time, he was the leader of the 1996 Golden Generation, and he was all his predecessor. In 2002, he lost to the Asian Games in Busan, and the Basketball Association was determined to change his blood.

Nowadays, the people in the national team are all new faces. Young people, with their shy personality, it will take some time to integrate into and adapt to new roles.
Chapter completed!