The fourth game of the 2022-2023 CBA Finals has not yet started, but the sweep of the defending champion Liaoning team by the big dark horse Zhejiang team is already an inevitable ending. With the injury of Wu Qian, the absolute core of the Zhejiang team, and the return of Liaoning team star Guo Allen, the victory or defeat of the finals is completely out of suspense. And Chinese men's basketball coach Jordjevic Kao's inspection mission for this season's CBA league has also been successfully completed. Although the national team has ended a short-term training camp, Qiao Shuai still took time to observe the CBA finals. However, the finals were not as intense as expected, and many fans thought that even the Shenzhen team, Guangdong team, Guangsha team and Beijing Shougang team to play the finals may be more suitable than the Zhejiang team.
After the end of this season's CBA league, the preparation of the Chinese men's basketball team for this summer's World Cup has become the biggest focus of the outside world. Although the major stars in the finals have played well, only one player can really make the men's national basketball team starter. Judging from the data of the final and the MVP list, Zhao Jiwei, the main defender of the Liaoning team, may be the best choice. And Cheng Shuaipeng, who is a single-core hard Liaoning team on the Zhejiang team, seems to be worth paying attention to, as well as veteran Li Xiaoxu and others who dream of returning to the peak. However, it seems that only Liaoning's first striker, Zhang Zhenlin, has a chance to become Qiao Shuai's favorite national team starter.
From the position of the striker, once Choi Yongxi is in the second position, then Zhang Zhenlin's biggest competitors in the third position are only Zhu Junlong and Zeng Fanbo. Even if the national team head coach Jordjevic intends to use the twin towers lineup of Hu Jinqiu + Zhou Qi, the competition for the fourth position will not affect Zhang Zhenlin's selection. On the one hand, Zeng Fanbo's competition experience and immediate combat power are not as good as Zhang Zhenlin, and he can basically only play rotation. On the other hand, Zhu Junlong's experience in international competitions and against European and American players is not as good as Zhang Zhenlin. Coupled with Zhang Zhenlin's stunning performance in the finals, I have to say that the starter of the third position of the forward line is Zhang Zhenlin.
On the guard line, although Zhao Jiwei and Cheng Shuaipeng have played the brightest output of their careers, and Wu Qian and Guo Allen are likely to be squeezed out. However, both places in the starting guard line seem to be difficult to win by Zhao Jiwei and Cheng Shuaipeng. The first is the No. 2 position, where Jordjevic has basically confirmed that Choi Yong-hee will be placed in the No. 2 position, and this potential rising star is very worthy of cultivation. In the past national team matches, Choi Yongxi was basically an unshakable presence in the second position. In the No. 1 position, although Zhao Jiwei has played a strong dominance in the previous World Preliminary Round and this season's finals, Sun Minghui's explosion is undoubtedly more satisfying.
Along the way this season, Sun Minghui, the core defender of the Guangxia team, single-core fought Guangdong three young black and white dwarf to enter the semifinals, and fought against Liaoning team's dual-core Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei without falling behind, and later in the regular season, he exploded the combination of Zhejiang team's backcourt double-gun Cheng Shuapeng and Wu Qian. Therefore, Zhao Jiwei's No. 1 starter may be replaced by Sun Minghui. The only player who can beat Zhao Jiwei to enter the starting line of the Chinese men's basketball national team in this finals may be Zhang Zhenlin.