Conflict

Before long, national team head coach Guo Shiqiang walked in with the rest of the assistant coaches.

An assistant coach immediately called for assembly, and the national team players promptly lined up in two rows.

Coach Guo swept his gaze over the players and said, "Stand properly! It's the first day of training camp. I won't hear any excuses. Starting today, there are no big names here—only players who want to make the twelve-man roster!"

As soon as he said that, Yao Ming frowned. What was Guo Shiqiang talking about?

Coach Guo continued, "Even if you don't understand my tactics, you execute them first. Discuss them after the game. Questioning them on the court is not allowed! No one stands above the tactics. Making ten hero shots is no better than executing one team play properly."

This time, it wasn't just Yao Ming whose brow furrowed. Big Wang, Yi Jianlian, and Sun Yue frowned as well.

They had experienced the highest level of basketball in the world, and they knew perfectly well that superstars absolutely stood above tactics.

After all, tactics existed to serve superstars. Every play and every movement on the court was meant to get the ball into the basket.

Not to run a whole bunch of plays only for the ball to never find its way into the hoop.

At the same time, quite a few national team players who were enjoying the spectacle turned to look at Su Yi. Coach Guo's words had clearly been aimed at him, a superstar.

Su Yi, however, barely reacted.

After all, in his previous life, he had already heard idiotic remarks from domestic head coaches: "We don't need players like Curry, who just shoot whenever they get the ball!"

Su Yi did not take it to heart and simply followed