The Chinese men's basketball team went to the Asian preliminaries: the 14-year-old genius was selected to replace Zhou Qi
After a short week of intensive training, the Chinese men's basketball team set a list of 14 players, Zhao Jiayi from Qingdao and Qi Lin from Xinjiang were unselected, and Qi Lin was unable to participate in training due to a knee injury and withdrew. Among the 14 players selected in the end, led by Zhao Jiwei, 18-year-old Yang Hansen, Wang Ruize and Liao Sanning were all selected for the first time in the official squad of the Chinese men's basketball team.
It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, will personally lead the Chinese men's basketball team to the Asian preliminaries, and will play the role of team leader.
Among the specific candidates, they are: Zhao Jiwei, Fu Hao, Abdusalam, Cheng Shuaipeng, Yu Jiahao, Hu Jinqiu, Zhu Junlong, Hu Mingxuan, Du Runwang, Xu Jie, Liao Sanning, Yang Hansen, Wang Ruize, Cui Yongxi.
The largest number of people from the same team in the CBA in this list is the Guangdong team, with a total of 3 people shortlisted, namely Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie and Du Runwang, of which Xu Jie was selected for the national team again after 1 year, in the past, he was only selected for the national team when Du Feng was the coach, and now Qiao Shuai also recognizes Xu Jie's ability.
Due to injuries, the Chinese Basketball Association made a lot of adjustments when finalizing the new men's basketball list, such as the main inside partners of the national team in the past 10 years, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin were not included in the squad, and were replaced by 20-year-old Yu Jiahao and 18-year-old Yang Hansen, which means that the Chinese men's basketball team is replacing the old with the new.
The 18-year-old Yang Hansen is currently the focus of the Chinese men's basketball team, this talented inside can contribute 15.6 points, 11.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in the CBA for the first time this season, becoming the core of Qingdao's interior line, and one of the best local players in the entire CBA, predicted by many American media organizations to be selected in the 2024 NBA draft, predicted to be at the end of the first round to the beginning of the second round.
For Yang Hansen, this selection of the national team to participate in the Asian preliminaries, is his first time to represent the first national team to play, will usher in a test, when the two opponents are Mongolia and Japan, of which the Japanese team's naturalized inside Hawkinson is not bad, in the 2023 Basketball World Cup to help the Japanese team defeat the European powerhouse Finland, Yang Hansen can play in the face of Hawkinson will be highly anticipated, will also directly affect his draft market.
The Chinese men's basketball team has confirmed that it will not participate in the Paris Olympics, and the next World Series needs to wait until the 2027 World Cup, that is, to enter the preparation cycle for the 2028 Olympic Games as early as possible.