Chapter 971 Reinforcements Have Arrived

"Come back next season?" Nowitzki said after sitting down.

"Yes, you have another opponent." Li Ba smiled.

Nowitzki shook his head and laughed: "With your current lineup, you have to defend but not defend, and you have to attack but not attack. At most, you can only make the playoffs. If you want to be our opponent, you are not qualified." Nowitzki Key laughed.

"Let's trade." Li Ba said.

"Then you have to fire the general manager first," Novesco said with a smile.

Li Ba nodded and said, "Then fire him."

Once Nowitzki is stunned, can the general manager fire him at will?

"Hey Hammer."

"Boss."

At this time someone came over and shouted.

Li Ba looked up and saw the Gasol brothers.

After greeting the two of them, he smiled and said, "Come on, tell me, how do you plan to deal with me tomorrow?"

The two brothers laughed.

After breakfast, Li Ba and others left the canteen.

"Do you want to watch the diving competition this afternoon?" he asked Dayao.

"Aren't you going to train in the afternoon?" Dayao said.

"It's only been two hours. We finished training and just rushed to watch the diving. It starts at five o'clock in the afternoon." Li Ba said.

"Do you have a ticket?" Dayao asked.

"No." Li Ba said.

"You want to lose face? Do you still want to evade the fare?" Dayao said contemptuously.

"Look what you said, can I evade the fare? Let's go find the diving team and let them take us in." Li Ba said with a smile.

"Isn't this just fare evasion?" Dayao still said contemptuously.

"How about you go get the tickets?" Li Ba said dissatisfiedly.

"Then let's do as you say." Dayao said quickly.

Next, the two of them and the Arab League wandered into the diving team building. As soon as they entered, they were warmly welcomed.

Li Ba sighed: "As soon as we came to your side, Dayao and I felt deeply inferior."

"Why?" Guo Jingjin asked doubtfully.

"Our men's basketball team has worked hard for so many years and only got one Olympic gold medal. If you don't have as many gold medals, we will never be able to catch up in this life." Li Ba sighed.

"Haha..." Everyone in the diving team laughed.

Li Ba gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Compared with the scumbags of the American Men's Basketball Team, you are a well-deserved dream team."

After chatting for a while, they still wanted to prepare for war, so Li Ba and others left.

Of course, I won't ask anyone to take them in. That's a joke. Everyone who goes in needs either a ticket or an ID. They can't be brought in at all. The security is very tight.

The national team arranged a two-hour training session in the afternoon. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ba took the entire men's basketball team and asked for leave and left the Olympic Village.

They still got the tickets, and Li Yuanwei came forward to arrange it with the sports administration.

The men's basketball team defeated the United States, and now it was time to watch the diving competition. The Sports Federation immediately made arrangements and coordinated some reserved tickets.

Li Ba shamelessly asked for an extra one and asked the girl to watch the game together.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, Li Ba and the others left the Olympic Village. Yatou and Guoguo were already waiting outside, and Gao Yuanyuan and Wu Jiehui were also on the side.

"Dad, dad..."

Guoguo was learning to walk. When she saw Li Ba, her little face suddenly smiled, and she staggered towards him with her little arms open.

"Ouch, slow down!"

Li Ba was afraid that his precious daughter would fall, so he rushed up to hug her.

As soon as the little girl fell into his arms, she kissed Li Ba on the face. He kept shouting "Dad", which made Li Ba smile with joy.

He saw Gao Yuanyuan and Wu Jiehui together again, and asked doubtfully: "Are you two... together?"

"Everywhere first."

Gao Yuanyuan smiled openly.

"I'm chasing him hard." Wu Jiehui said with a smile.

"Then I wish you success." Li Ba smiled.

"Let's go, it's almost time." Gao Yuanyuan shouted.

"Do you have a ticket? I don't have many." Li Ba said quickly.

"Do I still need you to arrange tickets? Look what this is?"

Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at Li Ba, took out a name tag from her bag, and held it up proudly.

Li Ba took a look and said, OK, Xinhua Daily’s temporary interview pass. With this thing, which venue in the Olympics can’t I go to?

A group of people took a bus arranged by the Basketball Management Center and arrived at the Water Cube.

Their arrival made the audience here very happy and they kept shouting.

"Tie Hammer, Savor wants to ask you to meet and talk. What do you think?" Gao Yuanyuan asked after sitting down.

"After watching the diving competition, ask him to talk in the evening." Li Ba said.

An hour later, Shui Liang and Lin Yue won the championship. The five-star red flag was raised at the Water Cube and the national anthem was played.

The group left the Water Cube. After Li Ba asked Gao Yuanyuan to send Yatou and Guoguo home, he returned to the Olympic Village with his teammates.

Li Ba did not go in, but met Savor first at a coffee shop outside the Olympic Village.

"Iron Hammer, Gao said you are dissatisfied with Cole, what is your opinion?" Savor asked anxiously as the team's condition was very bad.

"Robert, judging from the current team lineup, his performance is much worse than Jerry's. Let's change him." Li Bada said.

Sarver nodded and said: "This is not a problem. I did choose the wrong person. Hammer, now the team has a problem. I hope your comeback can help the team get back on track."

Li Ba smiled and said: "The head coach's ability is not good either. Robert, there is really something wrong with your vision."

Sarver said awkwardly: "He was chosen by Cole, but it's also my problem. After all, I chose Cole."

Li Ba laughed.

The two chatted for about an hour. They are the only shareholders of the Suns. The conversation covered all aspects from team construction to team operations, team culture creation, etc.

After leaving, Sarver reminded: "Hammer, Jerry invited Frank and Ron to deal with you, and they will arrive tomorrow."

Li Ba was startled, smiled, and nodded.

At five o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Chinese team's second group match started against Spain.

The two Gasol brothers are indeed very strong. They happen to be one inside and one outside. The older Gasol can be pulled out while the younger Gasol sits under the basket.

But the Chinese team is also strong in the paint. Li Ba beat Gasol under the basket, and the United Arab Emirates defended Gasol, and the effect was also good.

Dayao, on the other hand, plays the organization center in the high post, which makes the Spanish team helpless.

However, the Spanish team is still very strong, with excellent outside three-point ability, which still caused some trouble for the Chinese team.

But in the end, with its strong internal dominance, the Chinese team smoothly defeated the Spanish team.

At noon on the 15th, a tactical meeting was being held at the hotel where the U.S. men’s basketball team was stationed. Everyone from Colangelo to the players participated.

Frank and Adams arrived yesterday, jet lagged for a day, and attended the meeting today. In fact, this meeting was held because of the two of them.

Under the huge pressure of domestic public opinion, Coach K agreed that the two of them should join his coaching staff.