After Australia and New Zealand announced their withdrawal from the Asian Games and did not participate in the Asian Games, another NBA player decided not to participate in the Asian Games. According to the famous basketball expert Wang Jian, Watanabe yu is unlikely to play in this year's Asian Cup and Asian Games, in order to win a better NBA contract, he is about to give up playing for the Japanese team. And once Yuta Watanabe does not play, then the Chinese team will win the Asian Games championship will be just around the corner.
For the Chinese men's basketball team, their two major events this summer are the Asian Cup and the Asian Games, which are played in June and September, respectively, and for the Chinese team, they have a lot of time to prepare. However, if you want to win the Asian Cup, which is full of strong opponents, it is still a big problem.
On the contrary, the Asian Games, the Chinese team playing at home can be described as the dominant, first Australia and New Zealand have announced their withdrawal from the Asian Games, and then, it is Yuta Watanabe who decided to withdraw from the Asian Games. It is reported that after a short vacation in China this summer, he quickly returned to the United States to train and work hard for the next NBA contract. Moreover, the Asian Games final will be in late September, clashing with the NBA pre-season, and Yuta Watanabe is even less likely to play for Japan.
As we all know, Yuta Watanabe is the core of the Japanese team's front line, and he repeatedly played well at last year's Olympic Games. If he did not play for the Japanese team, then in the Asian scope, the Chinese team will have another big rival. In the Asian Cup and the Asian Games, the chances of the Chinese team rushing to the championship will be greater.
At the 2018 Asian Games, under the leadership of Zhou Qi, the Chinese team finally defeated all opponents and marched all the way to win the Asian Games championship. This time, Australia and New Zealand are all absent, Iran and South Korea are aging, and Japan's NBA players have withdrawn. The Chinese team defending the Asian championship should not be a problem.