Chapter 831

However, after seeing this Group Stage draw, Tang Tian felt more excitement than anything else.

To reach the podium—or even the top step—they had to defeat every opponent.

Only a draw like this could achieve that. Only after fighting through blood and fire could they truly be tempered and grow.

If they relied on luck to reach the quarterfinals, like at the previous Olympics, they would basically stop there.

Only by breaking through in the Group Stage could they go farther in the matches that followed, perhaps even reach the podium.

Iron was tempered into steel. China Team needed to go through such a process now!

The men's basketball team was training in Ningbo. When Tang Tian arrived, he also met his national team teammates who were already in camp.

The national team had yet to make its final cuts, and sixteen players were currently attending training camp.

Other than Yi Jianlian and Guo Ailun, most of the remaining players had been selected according to Tang Tian's earlier requirements.

Keyramut, Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Peng, Liu Zhixuan, Wu Qian, Zhu Yanxi, Gu Quan, Xirelijang, Ren Junfei.

They had truly gathered up all of China's capable 3D Players.

Of the other five, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, and Zou Yuchen were rising stars.

The final two were Zhao Jiwei and Ding Yanyuhang.

These sixteen players, together with Tang Tian, made seventeen in total. After training together for a while, they would head to Europe for a European Training Camp before being cut down to twelve.

Besides the players, Yao Ming had also specially selected the Head Coach. Li Nan, who had retired not long ago, was basically a puppet coach who followed Tang Tian's instructions.

After joining the team, Tang Tian greeted Li Nan, then gave a speech in front of the players.