Qin Yue returned to Oakland after finishing the World Championship on September 4th of that year.

In order to make use of time to improve himself, Qin Yue had to cancel a series of commercial activities following the end of the World Championship.

Regarding this, various sponsors expressed their understanding to Qin Yue—because NBA had already decided to hold two preseason games between Supersonic and Warriors in China, these sponsors were not worried about the absence of opportunities for domestic fans to interact with Qin Yue.

Moreover, after Qin Yue led the Chinese Men's Basketball Team to an unprecedented bronze medal in the World Championship, domestic fans could visibly feel Qin Yue's fatigue.

Why is Qin Yue tired—because the overly excellent forward and guard lines of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team determined that Qin Yue must play the role of the team's ball-handling core on the offensive end, and then turn around and desperately help them with defensive positioning.

It is well-known that Qin Yue is a heavy four-position player with a height of 211 cm and soon to increase muscle mass to 124 kg.

In the NBA, even if he occasionally uses eye contact for defense, it is Artest and Brown who help him take the fall. When has he ever suffered such grievances in a game?

Although Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue, and Liu Wei will all be insurmountable mountains for future generations, at this point in the international arena, which European team's forward and guard lines do not treat them as easy targets?

Wang Zhizhi, who has formally reconciled with the Basketball Association and returned to the national team, and Yi Jianlian, who is confirmed to participate in the NBA draft next year, are past and future NBA players. However, once Yao Ming gets into foul trouble on the court...the interior defense of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team can only rely on Qin Yue.

As for the reason?

Qin Yue does not look down on Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, but in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Gasol Brothers will demonstrate with their unrestricted inside attack after Yao Ming is off the court the true defensive intimidatory power of Yao Ming under FIBA rules.

During the World Championship, almost every night, Qin Yue had to be responsible for ball-handling, executing tough solutions, breaking zone defenses, filling gaps at the forward positions, and taking the blame for teammates on the interior.

It's hard to imagine how he managed to endure this journey.

So much so that after narrowly defeating Argentina 88 to 84 in the bronze medal match, even Yao Ming couldn't help but sigh: "No one knows how much Lao Qin sacrificed for our breakthrough in this year's World Championship."

Qin Yue could only use the word "burn out" to describe his performance in this year's World Championship.

Five group matches, three knockout games, and one third-place battle, he contributed an average of 34 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals per game for the men's basketball team.

Under the FIBA schedule where each game has only 40 minutes, his powerful jump shot became a headache-inducing offensive method for every opponent.

With his full exertion on both offense and defense, he could not do more on the court.

Despite a FIBA game having only 40 minutes, on the World Championship stage, which team isn't fighting desperately and increasing the game intensity with their lives?

The completely burned-out Qin Yue couldn't transform into Michael Jordan and The Dream - Olajuwon on both ends of the floor.

However, Qin Yue did have some gains in this World Championship.

Besides satisfying most domestic fans' appetites on the court, off the court, Qin Yue also experienced the different charms of exotic places as he had hoped.

The only blemish was that after playing in the World Championship, when his form was almost turning to ashes, he was questioned by "Qin Hei" on the emerging domestic platform, Mou Pu!

Qin Yue couldn't understand this, but after seeing a post titled "If LeBron were swapped with Qin Yue, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team would definitely have a chance to win the championship," Qin Yue suddenly felt relieved.

At that time, Qin Yue quickly typed on the keyboard and responded below the post: "Just asking if you don't understand, what was the rank of the James-led United States Men's Basketball Team in this World Championship?"

What rank?

Due to schedule changes, in the quarter-finals, the Greek Men's Basketball Team sent the United States Men's Basketball Team home early with a score of 105 to 99.

Although historically, the United States Men's Basketball Team has been defeated by the Greek Men's Basketball Team in the semi-finals, this particular "06 Dream Team" secured only a fifth-place finish through the ranking games, leaving countless American fans devastated.

American fans could not understand why Spanoulis from Greece's lineup exploded against the United States Men's Basketball Team, which was acknowledged pre-tournament to have the world's strongest backcourt.

Even more difficult to understand...why the golden generation led by James was helpless against the zone defenses employed by various teams on the court.

Unfortunately, influenced by Qin Yue, who treated breaking the zone defense like drinking water during the finals, American fans clearly underestimated the power of zone defenses under FIBA rules.

Moreover, this Greek Men's Basketball Team, which sent them home, was not a team of nobodies.

In fact, as champions of the 2005 EuroBasket, the Greek Men's Basketball Team's passing and cutting under the FIBA format could only be described as seamless and fluid.

Additionally, Duke coach Mike Shashevsky, still not understanding the true essence of FIBA, overestimated the impact of the United States Men's Basketball Team's forward and guard lineup under FIBA rules.

That's right, this seemingly luxurious "06 Dream Team" was essentially a pseudo-strong team under FIBA rules.

Before figuring out who the true backbone of the United States Men's Basketball Team was, and before the emergence of an offensive weapon that could dominate under FIBA rules like Qin Yue, American Basketball had already proven through the failures of the '02, '04, and '06 tournaments that they had long lost their dominance in world basketball.

Thus, as Qin Yue responded one by one, using truth to smack those "Qin Hei" on Mou Pu in the face...

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.