After a harrowing game, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Philippines 75-96, an incredible result. This match not only disqualified the Chinese men's basketball team from going directly to the 2024 Paris Olympics, but also prevented them from participating in next year's Olympic Games, which is undoubtedly the darkest day in history for the Chinese men's basketball team. To make matters worse, their performance even surpassed the 2019 World Cup.
Li Kyle, the naturalized player who joined the Chinese men's basketball team with confidence, once boasted of leading the team to the Olympics, but after five games, Li Kyle faces the future of traveling to the United States to prepare for NBA games and will not be able to participate in the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games in September. His next chance to play for China is still unknown.
However, after the World Cup tour of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yang Jian and Du Feng finally expressed their dissatisfaction and jointly issued criticism of the work performance of men's basketball coach Jordjevic. Du Feng said: "For this team, I have deep feelings, it has been very difficult in recent years, we have overcome various difficulties to qualify for the World Cup, but I believe that this performance is not the real strength of the Chinese men's basketball team." Later, Yang Jian cried and said: "I feel aggrieved for our athletes, just these few words, there is nothing else to say." ”
As for whether Serbian coach Jordjevic will be sacked, the answer is clear. In the interview, Jordjevic said that his contract with the Chinese Basketball Association will continue until the end of the Asian Games, so if the basketball association does not fire him, he himself will not voluntarily resign. Jordjevic is a well-known international coach who led Serbia to World Cup runner-up and Olympic runner-up, but coaching the Chinese men's basketball team has set the worst record in history. What exactly is the problem? This requires in-depth reflection and investigation.