As China's top basketball event, the CBA has a large number of fans in China, but in recent years, due to some unfair blows on the field and the occurrence of frequent elbow and foot-stepping incidents, many fans have now lost confidence in the CBA, and many fans have even turned to watch the NBA. Not long ago, NBA celebrity, former CBA player, and Chinese Basketball Association President Yao Ming's teammate Maddy also revealed the differences between the CBA and the NBA in an interview.
Maddy said there is a big gap in player talent between the CBA and the NBA, and the way and rules of play are also different. Maddy also highlighted the NBA's game strong wins. And the CBA often has some unfair judgments on the field, and the referee eventually becomes the one who controls the game. Maddy put forward this point, the majority of fans are indeed very much in agreement. The level of refereeing in the CBA is indeed relatively low, and even some referees are more amateur. It should be known that NBA referees must undergo rigorous training and screening before they can become full-time judges in the NBA. Many of the CBA's referees are not full-time referees, and some referees are temporarily drawn from various places. No one dares to challenge the authority of the referee in NBA games, and even the biggest stars dare not scold and point at the referee in person. In CBA games, the professionalism of referees is often questioned by players, so it is often staged that players anger the referee.
In addition, Maddy also pointed out that the players in the CBA play harder, and the game is very intense, even more intense than the NBA. As an NBA star, Maddy was one of the top two superstars in the NBA at his peak, and he came to the CBA at the end of his career, so Maddy's words are still relatively reliable. Jeremy Lin has also played in the NBA and CBA, and he has also said that playing in the CBA is more tiring than playing in the NBA. After the NBA entered the small-ball era, the rules encouraged offense more, so the overall confrontation was not as strong as before. The CBA is now very fierce, mainly in the players' movements are very large. In the semi-finals that ended not long ago, Zhou Peng and Zhao Yanhao had concussions, Hu Jinqiu's spleen ruptured, and many people in the Shanghai team were injured, which shocked many foreign fans.
Finally, Maddy also said that Chinese fans are very loyal. In the United States, when the players that fans like get old, they immediately like new players, and in China, there are still many fans who support Maddy. This is believed to be the same as Marbury, who was very unpopular in the NBA and was once regarded as a cancer by fans. He later joined the CBA and led the Beijing team to win several championships, which was deeply loved by the players. Even after Marbury retired, he still has a lot of fans, and has also won the title of honorary citizen of Beijing, and even received a green card in China.
Maddy's interview can be described as a sharp point out the two major drawbacks in the current CBA. If the CBA wants to go abroad and attract the attention of more fans, it really needs to rectify some large-scale actions on the field, and also conduct a more rigorous assessment of the referee. I hope Yao Ming can see this interview with former teammate Maddy, and then quickly introduce some policies!