The Chinese men's basketball team has won the eighth place in the Olympic Games three times, the first time in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the second time in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and the third time in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The 2008 Olympic Games were held on the doorstep of the family and are the closest to today, and most fans are impressed by the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympic Games. At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team was divided into the death group, the opponents were the United States, Spain, Andra and Germany, in addition to Andra's weak strength, the other three teams have a number of NBA players, the strength is very strong, the Chinese team did not grasp the victory over these teams, it is almost impossible to qualify.
However, the Chinese men's basketball team was not frightened, the first game faced the full NBA of the United States team, the Chinese team also played a wonderful performance, the score was not pulled at the beginning, the more to the back of the more talented, the Chinese team could not keep up with the opponent, and finally defeated the American team with a 31-point difference, but this is already the smallest point difference that the Chinese team lost to the United States team.
In the second game against the Spanish team led by the Gasol brothers, the Chinese team worked hard, throwing the game into extra time without being optimistic about the outside world, although they finally lost the game, but their efforts fans saw. In the third match, the Chinese team took Angola lightly to win the first game of the group stage, and they must beat Germany in the next game to reach the quarterfinals.
But this is not easy to talk about, the German team at that time had two NBA players, Nowitzki has become the NBA's regular season MVP winner in 2007, very strong, Carman was the Starting Center of the Clippers, these two NBA players plus other players, making the German team a competitive team.
At that time, not many people were optimistic that the Chinese team could beat the German team to qualify, but at the beginning of the game, the Chinese team took the lead and maintained the lead for a long time, and then Nowitzki entered the personal scoring mode, using the super personal ability to close the score, but sun Yue and Yi Jianlian cooperated behind the counterattack, the point difference was widened to 3 points, helping the Chinese team defeat the German team to advance to the quarterfinals.
After the Chinese team met the Spanish team again, and finally stopped in the quarterfinals, although there are regrets, but it is very powerful to achieve such results at the doorstep, which can make the audience and the audience in front of the TV set excited, and the fighting spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team has also touched many people.
The players at that time were No. 4 Chen Jianghua, No. 5 Liu Wei, No. 6 Zhang Qingpeng, No. 7 Wang Shipeng, No. 8 Zhu Fangyu, No. 9 Sun Yue, No. 10 Li Nan, No. 11 Yi Jianlian, No. 12 Wang Lei, No. 13 Yao Ming, No. 14 Wang Zhizhi, and No. 15 Du Feng.
At that time, Sun Yue was only 23 years old, and he could only be regarded as a little brother in front of a group of senior players, but he had many highlight moments in the game, contributing to both offensive and defensive ends, explaining what is called "the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", but because he was young and vigorous, he once quarreled with head coach Yunas, and then was reprimanded by Yao Ming.
Sun Yue was named to the First Team of the Year in the American Basketball League in 2007, becoming the first Chinese player to be selected for the first team of the Foreign Basketball League. On June 29, 2007, he was selected by the Lakers with the fortieth pick, becoming the fifth Chinese player to be selected by an NBA team.
Therefore, he was a little bloated during the men's basketball training camp, because he quarreled with the head coach Yunas during training, and slammed the door. As the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yao Ming did not want to see problems within the team, he stood on the side of Yunus who understood what had happened, and at the same time he also hoped to thwart Sun Yue's sharpness and make him not so inflated, so he shouted at Sun Yue: "If you dare to go out of this door, I guarantee that you will not be able to play the Olympic Games", hearing the big brother's words, Sun Yue also had to obediently come back.
At that time, Yao Ming was already one of the best centers in the NBA, averaging 20+10 data per game for several consecutive seasons, and was selected for the Best Team and the All-Star Team many times, his words Sun Yue did not dare not listen, it turned out that Yao Ming's reprimand was right, and then Sun Yue no longer swelled, listening to Yunus's arrangement to train well, which made him play a good performance in the Olympic Games.
The Lakers did not sign Sun Yue immediately after selecting Sun Yue, they do not know whether this player can survive in the NBA, but Sun Yue's performance in the Olympic Games impressed the Lakers, the Lakers sent Sun Yue a contract, Sun Yue officially became an NBA player, and in 2009 with the Lakers to win the NBA championship, and later he won the CBA championship, becoming the only player to win the NBA and CBA championships.
If Sun Yue did not listen to Yao Ming's words at that time and walked out of the door with a hot head, then Yao Ming might really make him unable to compete in the Olympic Games, then Sun Yue would not be able to impress the Lakers with his performance, and he would lose the opportunity to become an NBA player, and he would not have the opportunity to win the NBA championship. Therefore, it is still necessary to listen to the old players, who have experienced many things, have a lot of experience, and it should be an honor to be able to get their guidance.