Recently, the Chinese Basketball Association announced the list of China's basketball talent pool, including players and coaches, which is also the first preparation made by Chinese basketball for the Paris Olympic cycle.
In December last year, the Chinese Basketball Association newly established the National Team Construction Committee, whose core function is to formulate and implement national team construction standards and preparation plans for the Paris Olympic Games, with the core leaders being Yao Ming, Wang Fang and Hu Xuefeng. Nowadays, the release of China's basketball talent pool can be said to have played a great role in the national team construction committee. However, judging from the list of talent pools released, there is indeed a certain controversy.
In the five-person basketball list, led by Yi Jianlian, the leader of the Yao Ming era after the Chinese men's basketball team, Guo Allen, Zhou Qi, Zhao Jiwei, Sun Minghui, Wu Qian, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, Han Dejun and others are prominently listed, including Han Shuo, Zhang Fan, Zhong Cheng, who have rarely been officially selected for the national team before this; the list of the Chinese women's basketball team, including Li Yueru, Han Xu, Huang Sijing and other athletes who have performed well in the Tokyo Olympic Games, but it is worth noting that the 32-year-old Shao Ting was not selected to surprise the outside world. To a certain extent, it also shows that Shao Ting is not far from retirement.
In the list of coaches, du Feng, Li Chunjiang, Wang Fei, ADijiang, Yang Ming coefficient, which are familiar to everyone, are listed, including Zheng Wei, who is currently the interim head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, and Zhan Shuping, the mother of Liaoning men's basketball player Fu Hao, is also selected for the list. However, former Chinese men's basketball head coach Li Nan and former Chinese women's basketball head coach Xu Limin were not selected, which is enough to see that the current Chinese Basketball Association does not recognize the achievements of these two coaches in the previous team.
In fact, Xu Limin has made a certain contribution to the Chinese women's basketball team, but last year's Tokyo Olympic Games and women's basketball Asian Cup results are indeed not ideal. And Li Nan's coaching ability really does not dare to compliment, which is enough to see from the current record of the Jiangsu men's basketball team. In addition, Qiu Biao, the head coach of the CBA League Shenzhen men's basketball team, is a very good coach, and it is indeed a pity that he was not selected.
The next most controversial is the list of three-person basketball, among which the selection of Arslan, Yu Dehao, Zeng Fanri and others can be said to have been puzzled by many fans. Three-person basketball pays more attention to the individual skills of the athletes, but also has a strong confrontation ability and super physical fitness. The common disadvantage of the three players of Arslan, Yu Dehao and Zeng Fanri is that the technology is rough, and Arslan can be said to have no ability to resist at all; Yu Dehao's defense is obviously better than the attack, but the defensive end is also easy to get on, and the offensive end has repeatedly appeared in the situation of not scoring the basket; Zeng Fanri must know better, Du Feng often scolds him, the reason is that the playing is soft, and the defensive ability is very poor.
In summary, Arslan, Yu Dehao and Zeng Fanri are three people in the three-person basketball game, and there is really no advantage to speak of. Fortunately, the list of three-person basketball is a primary selection, waiting for further screening, if these three athletes are ranked among them, it is indeed debatable.
On the road of Chinese basketball preparing for the Paris Olympic cycle, it will certainly not be smooth sailing. In terms of five-person basketball at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, the Chinese men's basketball team did not qualify for the first time in 37 years, although the Chinese women's basketball team won all three games in the group stage to advance to the top 8, but it was a pity to enter the knockout round; in the field of three-person basketball, the Chinese men's basketball team failed to break through in the group stage, and the Chinese women's basketball team achieved the best results, winning a bronze medal.
The purpose of selecting the talent pool of Chinese basketball is to make a breakthrough in every event of the Paris Olympic Games, so the current Chinese basketball has a long way to go.