With He Tianju and Ding Yanyuhang plagued by injuries, the Chinese men's basketball team now needs to let veteran Zhou Peng be the pioneer. In this World Cup qualifier, head coach Du Feng selected Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei, Zhang Zhenlin, Abdu Shalamu and Qi Lin, five forward players, but Qi Lin withdrew from the Chinese men's basketball training team early because of his foot injury, while Du Feng could only lead the other four forwards to participate in the match against Japan.
In the first match against Japan, Ren Junfei did not enter the big list, and head coach Du Feng chose Zhou Peng, Abdul Salam and Zhang Zhenlin. As the homegrown scoring champion in the first stage of the league, Abdul Salam played with his eyes, but he struggled very hard in the World Cup qualifiers, so Du Feng was also very dissatisfied. Abdul Salam, who was seriously injured before, has found the offensive state, but his performance on the defensive end has not been satisfactory, so he was abandoned by head coach Li Nan in the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup.
Born in 1999, Zhang Zhenlin has made the most appearances this year, and he often works at height with excellent physical fitness, but he does not get injured as often as Zeng Fanbo. Now Zhang Zhenlin's mother, Wang Fang, has become the executive director of the national team construction committee, and Zhang Zhenlin has also become a substitute forward player for the Chinese men's basketball team with his own strength. In the game, Zhang Zhenlin still needs to find the feeling, the focus is that his defensive ability needs to continue to improve, and this is the strength that the national team's forward line must have, which is the key reason why Zhou Peng can sit firmly in the main force of the front line.
On the defensive end, perhaps Zhu Mingzhen, a second-year player of the Guangzhou Dragon and Lions, can be compared with Zhou Peng in the future. Zhu Mingzhen was also selected for the Chinese men's basketball team in the offseason, but this time he was not called into the national training team by Du Feng. Compared with Abdul Salam and Zhang Zhenlin, Zhu Mingzhen's defensive ability is outstanding, and if he enters the national team partners Zhao Rui, Guo Allen, Hu Jinqiu and Zhou Qi to become the starter, he must be more focused on the defensive end. In the future, Zhu Mingzhen may become the successor of the Chinese men's basketball team, after all, his defense has been very stable.