As the World Preliminary Tournament is getting closer and closer, there has been more discussion about the national team roster in recent days, and on November 14, the first stage of the CBA just ended, Du Feng immediately announced the 16-man training list, and also wanted to seize the time to run into the lineup and determine the final candidate. This time the time is tight and the task is heavy, and the scope of Du Feng's selection is relatively small, which is a good opportunity to play for the country, but on the 19th, a reporter broke the news that Qi Lin could not keep up with the national team training because of a foot injury, and regrettably quit.
In this training list, there are not many people in the position of small forward, only Zhou Peng, Abudu Shalamu, Zhang Zhenlin, Qi Lin 4 people, because many of them can take into account the position of the fourth position of the big forward, so the probability of Qi Lin being selected is still very large, after all, he is flexible and has a better grasp of the empty projection.
Of course, Qi Lin's performance this season has indeed declined significantly, after Zhou Qi left, the Xinjiang team system has not been established, and the external space after the lack of internal support is also obviously insufficient, belonging to Qi Lin's shooting opportunities are relatively poor, last season his three-point shooting rate was 43%, and now only 32.8%. Of course, because the national team has Zhou Qi, it can replicate the previous Xinjiang style of play, and Du Feng with Qi Lin is still worth trying.
However, it is embarrassing that although he was concerned as a talented teenager, Qi Lin's development in the national team was not smooth, and this was the second time he had withdrawn due to injury. In the 27-person training camp in May, Qi Lin also left because of injuries and could not persist. It is said that again and again, can not be three again, Du Feng has been released pigeons continuously, I don't know how much patience he will have.
In contrast, Zhang Zhenlin, another person known as the "Shuanglin" group, has been improving, and after last season's great success, this year he began to try new playing styles in Liaoning, adding ball holding and individual singles, which is very rare to be able to practice in actual combat. In addition, in the summer national team, although Zhang Zhenlin exposed many problems, he accumulated experience and showed talent after all, at least his cooperation with Du Feng has a deep foundation.
The disadvantage to Qilin is that the current third position of the national team is a veteran and stable, the Mesozoic generation is strong, and the younger generation is also catching up. Even in terms of combat strength, Zhou Peng shows no signs of recession at all, and Qi Lin's Xinjiang teammate Abdul Salam is also recovering better and better, and his all-rounder role is the wealth of the national team. It is worth mentioning that the two post-00s young players may become the most powerful contenders for the third position, namely Zeng Fanbo and Guo Haowen, who are not even worse than the talents of Zhang Zhenlin and Qi Lin.
Zeng Fanbo, born in 2003, has been regarded as one of the top stars of Chinese basketball in the future, and this year he has gone to the United States without hesitation, and has a good performance in the development league, which will impact the NBA next year. No matter where he plays in the future, healthy Zeng Fanbo can basically lock in the identity of the national player, and it is basically certain that he will be stronger than Qi Lin.
As for Guo Haowen, who was born in 2000, his positioning was originally a guard, and he has proved his ability after entering the CBA early, and he has completely released himself after joining Shanghai this year, currently averaging 17.9 points and 2.7 assists in 22.4 minutes per game. Because Guo Haowen is 200cm tall and can swing in the second and third positions, there is no problem in playing small forwards, and his sharp breakthrough ability opponents are basically difficult to defend. What is even more frightening is that Guo Haowen has worked hard to improve his three-point shooting star, and now it has reached 43%, with the ability to combine inside and outside, there is basically no suspense in entering the national team in the future, and it will also squeeze Qi Lin's space.
In addition to the veterans, only from the perspective of the new star competition, Qi Lin's competitive advantage with Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo and Guo Haowen is not large, and he has now withdrawn twice due to injury and missed the card slot opportunity, which is indeed a pity.