Not long ago, the Chicago Sky team of the WNBA officially announced that they got the signing rights of Chinese player Li Yueru from the Los Angeles Sparks through a trade, and have signed a rookie contract with her, and as soon as the news came out, Li Yueru also expressed her gratitude on her social media. I thought she would become another Chinese player to fight in the WNBA, but recently there was bad news. A few days ago, according to the basketball media person demigod and half-Carter revealed, the Chinese Basketball Association did not agree with Li Yueru going to the United States this year to participate in the WNBA tournament.
Although Li Yueru herself expressed her willingness to return to China in advance to participate in the national team training and participate in the national team's competitions, the Basketball Association made it clear that she would not agree to her going to the United States, and according to relevant regulations, the foreign-related exchange contracts signed by athletes and overseas clubs should be approved by the Chinese Basketball Association. As soon as this news came out, it also caused a heated discussion among fans, and everyone unanimously expressed absolute resistance to the Basketball Association, "Why the tragedy of the second Wang Zhizhi" and "In 2022, this kind of thing can still happen".
This time the Basketball Association refused Li Yueru to go to the WNBA to chase his dream, it is indeed a lament, just like the fans said, so many years, or so closed and not atmospheric, a player does not even have the right to change jobs, the Basketball Association's approach is really debatable. It is true that the Chinese women's basketball team has indeed made significant progress in recent years, but if the players have the opportunity to go to a high-end stage where they can get exercise, they should indeed be encouraged, rather than continuing the previous "closed door". Not only the Chinese women's basketball team, the men's basketball team has almost appeared such a tragedy in recent years, this season to the NBA development league to play in the Beijing Shougang youth training player Zeng Fanbo, almost because the club was blocked, and could not go to the United States, it is undeniable to play in China, Zeng Fanbo may get more opportunities, but if you can get a chance to go overseas to experience, broaden your horizons, why not?
Also for Li Yueru, this time can not go to the WNBA to play, it is really a pity, as the hottest player in today's Chinese women's basketball team, Li Yueru's dominance is beyond doubt, in the recent women's basketball World Cup qualifiers, She averaged 16.7 points and 8 rebounds per game, helped the Chinese women's basketball team win all three games to advance to the World Cup main game, and was selected for the best team list of the tournament, and returned to the domestic WCBA, Li Yueru also helped the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team defeat the Sichuan women's basketball team in the just-concluded 21-22 season, successfully won the WCBA championship, and in the previous season, she also helped the team win the first championship in team history.
It can be said that Li Yueru has played invincible hands on the domestic stage, and there is such an opportunity to improve himself in front of him, but he has to be denied by the Basketball Association, which is really too regrettable. At the beginning, if Wang Zhizhi was not the Chinese Basketball Association obstructing from it, his achievements in the NBA were not to say that he was on par with Yao Ming, at least sitting on a main rotation of the NBA team, there should not be too much of a problem, and this time, It seems that Li Yueru is really going to become the "next Wang Zhizhi". If the Basketball Association continues to build behind closed doors, the Chinese basketball world will really lose many players who have the opportunity to continue to improve themselves.
(Luo Treasurer)