The list of the Chinese women's basketball team has already been announced, and a few days ago, the women's basketball team has also held a ceremony to compete in three Olympic games during the Chinese New Year, and strive to participate in the finals of next year's Paris Olympics. And today, the list of the second Chinese women's basketball team has also been announced. This so-called second team does not mean that all players who can't enter the first team can be selected for the second team, in fact, this is a Chinese women's basketball youth team, and it is also to be able to prepare for the next Olympic cycle and reserve some talents.
In the case of the women's basketball Olympics, there is no limit to the age of the participating players, so it is not necessary to select athletes of a specific age group to focus on training like a football game, but the Chinese women's basketball team is also to take precautions, so the formation of a second team can give these outstanding young athletes more opportunities to play in international competitions, and also cultivate the tacit understanding between them, and pull out some good seedlings.
However, in this list of the second team, it has also caused a lot of controversy. Like Liu Yutong, a young center who is now performing very well in the Shanxi women's basketball team, she is also under the age of 23, but she was not able to enter the second team list. Liu Yutong can't enter the list of the first team, this is relatively normal, because in terms of the inside line, the Chinese team is indeed not short of people, Han Xu and Li Yueru's ability is completely higher than Liu Yutong's level, and in the third center, it must also give priority to a blue-collar center, and Liu Yutong is more of an excellent offensive ability, defense is indeed a big hole, and the rebounding is relatively poor, playing so far, only 4.4 rebounds per game. With her size and height, she can't even grab 5 rebounds per game, so it's normal that she can't be selected for the first team.
Liu Yutong's progress in the Shanxi women's basketball team this season, including the deterrence on the offensive end, is still very obvious, she can score an average of 16.4 points per game, among domestic players, this score can be ranked in the top three, and even the same as Han Xu, is the current scoring champion of the Shanxi women's basketball team. And her ability to lead the team is also good, the core player of the Shanxi women's basketball team, Wu Tongtong, was absent for a long time this season and did not come back until the end of last year, but without her, the Shanxi women's basketball team was still able to maintain the top four rankings. Foreign aid Thomas and Liu Yutong on the inside line, these two people are great. So although Liu Yutong is still immature when it comes to entering the first team list, especially the loopholes on the defensive end are not qualified, it is no problem to play a second team.
But we didn't find Liu Yutong's name in the second team list, which is very unacceptable. Because Liu Yutong is talking about age now, by the next Los Angeles Olympics cycle, she is definitely a player worthy of trust in the center position of the women's basketball team. If you don't give her the opportunity to go to the second team to practice and play some more international competitions now, it is very difficult for her to grow rapidly.
Up to now, Liu Yutong has not even entered the youth teams at all levels, and the biggest international competition he played, that is, last year's Chengdu Universiade, but the level and gold content of this kind of competition. Truth be told, the value of the exercise that can be achieved is very limited.