On the 6th, the basketball event of the Hangzhou Asian Games ended. In this competition, the Chinese team won a total of 2 gold and 1 bronze in basketball, namely: gold medal in three-a-side women's basketball, gold medal in five-a-side women's basketball and bronze medal in five-a-side men's basketball.
In the bronze medal match of the five-a-side men's basketball team in the afternoon, the Chinese men's basketball team finally completed the reversal 101:73 after trailing Chinese Taipei at halftime and won the third place.
Accompanied by the music of "True Heroes", all members of the Chinese men's basketball team walked around the court to thank the fans. Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association, who led the team as the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, high-fived the players one by one on the sidelines.
According to the post-match press conference process of the Hangzhou Asian Games, team leaders do not need to attend. But on the 6th, Yao Ming appeared at the post-game press conference of the Chinese men's basketball team, "The last game delayed everyone's time, so I hope to communicate with you." ”
Previously, after the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Philippines team in the semifinals, the host announced that the team's post-game press conference was canceled. However, the launch resumed after that.
At that time, Yao Ming appeared at the end of the press conference to apologize, saying that there was a problem with the team's communication.
This time again, Yao Ming responded to many outside concerns.
"There will be pain in Chinese basketball and the derailment of the world."
From the men's basketball World Cup to the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team has not performed satisfactorily in two major events, and has exposed the gap between it and the world's best teams. Speaking of this, Yao Ming said that Chinese basketball is experiencing the pain of a gap with world basketball. When comparing his old rival Japanese team, Yao Ming said frankly that what Japanese basketball can do, Chinese basketball needs to learn from their experience.
In the face of the ever-changing world basketball situation, Yao Ming pointed out that the Chinese men's basketball team needs to improve after thinking and summarizing. "[World basketball] is almost a transformation from 'cold weapons' to 'hot weapons', and if we don't recognize this, we will be dragged further behind." But how to change from 'cold weapons' to 'hot weapons' still has to be rethought and summarized. ”
Looking ahead, Yao Ming firmly believes that there will be new leaders in the Chinese men's basketball team. "There will be leaders in any team, it's just how far they can take us. I believe that we will have new team leaders in the future. ”
Then he added: "At this Asian Games, I think our captain Zhao Jiwei has done a very good job, including Zhao Rui, Hu Jinqiu, these veteran players (also did a good job). ”
According to previous reports, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Jorgejevic, formed a new Chinese men's basketball team after inspecting the performance of players in the league. Yao is confident about the future of the CBA league, "because we already have a lot of people who see what the world, at least part of the world, is like and will help us make the league better." ”
Due to the failure to meet expectations, the Chinese men's basketball team has been questioned by the outside world for a period of time. When asked if he would pay attention to the criticism on the Internet, Yao Ming responded that it was "impossible not to follow" and also knew that netizens called him "226" (Yao Ming is 2.26 meters tall).
"You need to hear something, and you need to go back and think about what is useful and constructive, and you need to look at it objectively." Yao Ming said.
The Asian Games journey of the Chinese men's basketball team is over. After the award ceremony, Yao Ming organized the Chinese men's basketball team to take a group photo on the bottom line of the court, and behind them was the champion Philippine team who was taking photos in the center of the court.
I hope that the Chinese men's basketball team will not let this scene repeat itself.