After losing to Lebanon and missing the semifinals, the Asian Cup tour of the Chinese men's basketball team also officially ended. According to the original plan, the Chinese team will not fly back to China, but will go directly to Europe for training and preparing for the World Cup qualifiers that will start next month.
According to the latest news, the coaching staff of the national men's basketball team has made no small adjustment to the lineup of players who went to Europe to train this time, and 4 players will not go to Europe with the team, and they can pack their bags and return home after the Asian Cup. The four players are: Zhai Xiaochuan and Fan Ziming from Beijing Shougang, and Guo Allen and Gao Shiyan from the Liaoning men's basketball team.
Considering that the situation of the international epidemic is still very severe, and there is only about 1 month left before the start of the World Preliminary Tournament, unless there are special circumstances, these 4 players are likely not to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in this World Preliminary Tournament.
In fact, the other 4 players who left the team, except for Guo Allen, were temporarily called into the national team when there was a large number of players in the national team who could not participate. Therefore, it is not too surprising that these 3 players were eliminated from the national team.
On the contrary, Guo Allen, as today's "Asia's first point guard", was abandoned by coach Du Feng, which surprised many fans. Objectively speaking, Guo Allen's performance in the previous World Preliminary Round was not satisfactory, and it was criticized by many fans and domestic media, which may be the reason why coach Du Feng was dissatisfied with Guo Shao and eliminated him from the national team.
However, compared to Du Feng's 3 favorites - Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie, Guo Allen's strength is obviously higher, and his personal ability to hold the ball singles is unparalleled among the national team's defenders. It can be said that although There is still a certain gap between Guo Allen's ability and the real "Asia's first point guard" Araki, he is still the best defender player in the Current Chinese men's basketball team.
Therefore, this time Du Feng gave up Guo Allen, causing a lot of losses to the outside strength of the national men's basketball team. On the occasion of the World Preliminary Round, why did Du Feng give up Guo Allen? I believe that it is not the problem of Guo Shao's poor performance in the World Preliminary Round, the real reason behind it may be that after getting the disease, it caused the decline in Guo Allen's physical function.
As we all know, Guo Allen originally suffered from chronic pneumonia, and this disease can only be controlled and cannot be cured. Therefore, in almost every offseason of the CBA League, Guo Shao will go to Hainan for a vacation to recuperate.
After Guo Allen left the team, the originally strongest national men's basketball guard line became a bit stretched. Because Du Feng, whether in the World Preliminary Tournament or the Asian Cup, he likes to use the fast attack method of 3 defenders. Without Guo Allen, the national men's basketball team undoubtedly lacks one of the most stable outside scoring points.
Coupled with Hu Mingxuan's continuous decline in status, Xu Jie and Jiang Weize's height is too short, and they are very disadvantaged against the tall defender line of other national teams.
Of course, in the next World Preliminary Tournament, the national team will also continue to strengthen, it is reported that Zhang Zhenlin, who has ended the NBA Summer League, may not return to China directly from the United States to Europe to meet with the national men's basketball team.
As the best forward player in the CBA league today, Zhang Zhenlin has further improved his ability after receiving special training in the United States this summer, and his return has undoubtedly greatly improved the strength of the national team's 3 defenders. With this all-round small forward, Du Feng's tactical play can become more abundant, and may bring some surprises to fans in the World Preliminary Round.