Chapter 8 Splendid

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After a few days of rest, the remaining 37 players gathered once again in Bloomington for a four-day mini training camp.

This training camp would conduct the third selection, reducing the number to around 20 people, retaining the most elite part.

From those 20, the selection may no longer be about capability, but the coach's needs for team assembly, or factors such as the players' characters and their relationships with the coach, among other things.

The intensity of the mini training camp decreased slightly over the four days, while the precision was further enhanced.

Because the Olympics used FIBA rules, at that time FIBA had stronger physical contact and higher shooting demands, due to the wider trapezoidal three-second area making it more difficult for interior players to initiate low-post attacks than in the NCAA (which has a narrower three-second area than the NBA).