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SPORTS No Letup from Tough Taskmaster Li 20 | Friday, May 29, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY SPORTS SOCCER BASKETBALL Recording casts doubt on Jordan’s Isiah feud stance By MURRAY GREIG basketball to try his hand at pro [email protected] baseball, signing with the Chicago White Sox. For nearly 30 years, NBA legend The story goes that Jordan — Michael Jordan has denied he overpowered by the weight of his orchestrated Isiah Thomas’ exclu- fame and emotionally drained by sion from the US Dream Team at the murder of his father — pursued the 1992 Barcelona Olympics — and baseball as a new challenge and a he stuck to that story in the ESPN welcome distraction. documentary The Last Dance, “He respected the game,” current which aired worldwide over the last Cleveland Indians manager Terry two months. Francona, who managed Jordan But last week on his “Dream Team with the Double A Birmingham Bar- Tapes” podcast, US sportswriter ons, told ESPN. Jack McCallum released a 2011 “I love the guy. And I don’t love the audio interview with Jordan in guy just in the press. I love the guy. I which the NBA legend relates a pre- respect him. I appreciate how he Olympics conversation he had with handled everything.” Dream Team GM Rod Thorn. Francona went on to say he “Rod called me and I said, ‘Rod, I thought the then 31-year-old Jordan won’t play if Isiah Thomas is on the could have made it to the big leagues team,’” said Jordan. “He assured me. — not as a star, but at least as a He said, ‘You know what? (Coach) reserve outfielder. Chuck (Daly) doesn’t want Isiah. So Sports Illustrated didn’t agree, Team China head coach Li Tie on Wednesday concluded a 17­day training camp with his squad in Shanghai. China’s remaining World Isiah is not going to be part of the and famously begged Jordan to “bag Cup qualifiers have reportedly been penciled in for October or November. CAO ZICHEN / FOR CHINA DAILY team.’” it” in a cover story that would cost Jordan spent much of episode the iconic magazine future quotes four of The Last Dance detailing his when the player returned to the dislike for Thomas, a fellow Hall of NBA a year later. Famer who spent his career with the “SI completely missed the story,” Detroit Pistons. When the 1992 said David Falk, Jordan’s agent. No letup from tough taskmaster Li Dream Team was discussed, Jordan “Michael gave up everything he had again denied he was involved in earned as the king of basketball to Team China head coach living up to reputation as strict disciplinarian keeping Thomas off the team — play minor-league baseball and sub- allegedly because Thomas refused ject himself to criticism. He put to shake hands with the Bulls after everything on the line to compete, By SHI FUTIAN “The aim of the training camp is from Sao Paulo, staying with the Detroit lost to Chicago in the 1991 with nothing to gain. That is the [email protected] to adjust the national team to the national squad to conduct his NBA Eastern Conference finals. essence of sports. pace of World Cup qualifiers,” said rehab. “I know the criteria of selection “To this day, SI has never apolo- Team China head coach Li Tie is Li on Tuesday. I hope you can Better news for Li was the form for making the team,” Thomas said gized to Michael, and he’ll never talk refusing to cut his players any slack “Through the training camp, understand my of the other Brazil-born star in his on ESPN’s Get Up. “I fit all the crite- to them again.” despite international soccer’s ongo- we’ll hone our tactics. The coach- squad, Ai Kesen, with the former ria. And that’s a big hole in my Francona said that’s all part of ing indefinite suspension. ing team is also assessing the new- strictness. We have SIPG player finding the net in the resume. That’s the biggest hole in MJ’s competitive spirit. The national team’s latest train- comers through warm-up matches. the national duty on second half against Shenhua. my resume.” “If you told him no, he was going ing camp, a 17-day-long effort in But we’ve identified many prob- The arrival of the naturalized The Dream Team marked the to find a way to make it a yes,” he Shanghai, ended on Wednesday, lems and we will work hard to solve our shoulders, so we stars has upped the intensity by all halfway point of Jordan’s career. said. “That’s one of the keys to his with notoriously tough taskmaster these in the future.” have to make more accounts, with coach Li challeng- Two years later, he took a break from greatness.” Li pushing his 27-strong squad to Even with the camp finished, Li ing everyone to play their way into its limits. reminded his players of their effort than others.” his first-XI plans. Team China’s postponed World national duties, writing on social Li Tie, Team China head coach “No matter if you are a natural- Cup qualifiers are reportedly pen- media on Thursday: “Thanks to all ized player or a homegrown player, ciled in for October or November, the members in the team for your the door of the national team is however that plan is liable to be joint efforts and thanks to all the of time to integrate Aloisio into his open to all who want to serve their pushed back too as the COVID-19 players. I hope you can understand plans. Another Brazil-born Ever- country,” Li said before the camp pandemic continues to sow uncer- my strictness. grande player, Alan, is also eligible kicked off. tainty around the world. “We have the national duty on for Team China and has been Li’s words appeared to have the At home, club soccer is still our shoulders, so we have to make tipped to earn a future call-up. desired effect, with defender Yu awaiting a kickoff date for its more effort than others. Hope we Aloisio, who now also goes by his Dabao admitting that, while the delayed season, giving Li plenty of can see each other soon!” Chinese name Luo Guofu, was naturalized contingent “get along opportunity to work with his char- Whenever international action granted citizenship this year and well with the domestic players”, ges, who have recently been joined does resume, Team China faces a joins Brazil-born Ai Kesen (aka Elk- competition for starting berths is by a third naturalized player, Bra- daunting task of trying to book a eson) and England-born Li Ke (aka now “fierce”. zil-born Aloisio of Guangzhou ticket to the 2022 World Cup finals Nico Yennaris) as the third natural- “For us, this is a brand new Evergrande. with four more first-round qualifi- ized player in the squad. national team, and every player is With the players starved of com- ers to play. However, after declaring himself trying his best from the beginning,” petitive action in recent months China is eight points adrift of eager to “deliver great performan- said Yu, of Beijing Guo’an. due to the pandemic, Li arranged Group A leader Syria and only leads ces” for his adopted country earlier “There are only 11 spots on the friendlies against local Chinese third-place Philippines on goal dif- this month, the 31-year-old Aloisio’s pitch, so everyone is fighting for a Super League squads Shanghai ference. The eight group winners first Team China training stint end- starting position. Each position, SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua, with and four best second-place finish- ed on a sour note after he injured there are two or three good players Team China running out 4-1 and ers will enter a second phase of himself 29 minutes into the friend- competing. 4-0 victors, respectively. Asian qualifying. ly against SIPG. “At each game, each player Despite the goal rush, strict disci- Whether or not the Asian Foot- According to reports, the leg should give his best performance to The career of Michael Jordan, pictured in action for the Chicago plinarian Li was keener to talk ball Confederation can meet its injury requires a month-long impress the head coach... now the Bulls against Craig Elho of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1992, is back in about the weaknesses he spotted reported October or November recovery period, with the forward, starting XI is still not determined. the sports conversation these days thanks to The Last Dance docu- during those games than the obvi- resumption target, soccer’s shut- who has played in China since 2014 The coach wants more chances for mentary. In particular, the series has rekindled interest in his long- ous plus points. down is affording coach Li plenty after arriving at Shandong Luneng everyone.” running feud with former NBA rival Isiah Thomas. AP Digest OLYMPICS TRACK AND FIELD Last year, Ge lowered the women’s BASKETBALL COMBAT SPORTS SOCCER Emergency response Chinese sprinter Ge 60m national record to 7.10 and set a LeBron outraged over UFC, boxing get green Messi looking forward team for 2022 venue targeting Tokyo final 100m PB of 11.04. death of unarmed man light for Vegas shows to ‘weird’ resumption The ski venue for the Beijing 2022 Chinese sprint- TENNIS LeBron James Mixed martial arts and boxing are Barcelona and Winter Olympics in Chongli, Hebei er Ge Manqi on took to social back in business in Nevada.
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