In the past year or so, the Chinese men's basketball team, under the leadership of head coach Djordjevic, can be said to have continuously refreshed the bottom line of the Chinese men's basketball team's losses on the way to losing, for example, the 2023 World Cup lost all three group games. For example, they lost to an Asian team for the first time in qualifying. For example, in the 2025 Asian Cup qualifiers, it lost to the Japanese men's basketball team for the first time in 88. It can be said that the current Chinese men's basketball team seems to have reached the point where there is no way to lose, which is very embarrassing.
Seeing the Chinese men's basketball team perform like this, many fans also felt very sad and disappointed. So, how can the Chinese men's basketball team improve its strength in a short period of time and become the top team in Asia again? There are also many experts who have made suggestions on this issue, and some basketball experts believe that naturalizing a player with outstanding strength and strong scoring ability will be the best way to quickly improve the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team.
In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team has naturalized an NBA player before, yes, he is Li Kaier, who is related to China, however, judging from Li Kaier's performance, he does not seem to be able to improve the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, because he is an organizational forward player, not a player with strong scoring ability, and on the offensive end, the help to the Chinese men's basketball team does not seem to have much effect. Obviously, Li Kaier is not the ideal player for the Chinese men's basketball team.
It is worth mentioning that there is a player who seems to be very suitable for the Chinese men's basketball team, yes, he is the foreign aid David James of the Tianjin team, 28-year-old David James this year, is in the year of playing, the height has reached 2.03 meters, his biggest feature is that the offensive means are very rich, the scoring can be very prominent, of course, his rebounding level is also very high. He is a player who can attack and defend.
This season, David James played 52 games for Tianjin, averaging 26.5 points, 13 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Interestingly, in the game with the Guangdong team, he scored 63 points and 21 rebounds at one time, and 51 points and 15 rebounds at one time, and also scored 56 points and 12 rebounds in the game with the Guangsha team.
It can be said that if David James can join the Chinese men's basketball team, then the overall level of the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely be upgraded to a higher level, so that the overall strength of the team will continue to maintain the first-class level in Asia. So, is David James willing to become a member of the Chinese men's basketball team? Regarding this issue, when David James was interviewed by reporters recently, he also talked about his views.
He said that he loves China very much, and he loves Tianjin very much, loves the Chinese fans here, loves the culture here, and now regards Tianjin as his second hometown. Here, the teammates of the Tianjin team are also very good to themselves, and Coach Zhang Qingpeng is also very good to himself, everyone is like a family and loves this family very much. To be honest, I really have this idea about becoming a Chinese men's basketball player, if I can really play for the Chinese men's basketball team, then it will be a very cool thing, so I am not a foreign aid. Unfortunately, no one has talked to me about such a thing yet.
According to David James, he likes to play in Tianjin very much, he likes to live in China very much, and at the same time, he also hopes to become a member of the Chinese men's basketball team and play for the Chinese men's basketball team. At the same time, David James also said that he wants to settle in China, learn Chinese, and be a part of the place, which is obviously going to be a wonderful thing.
Previously, David James's wife also came to Tianjin with him and gave birth to their children in Tianjin. This also speaks volumes about David James' love of living in China.
Previously, Yao Ming had said that naturalized foreign aid needs to have a sense of identity with the Chinese men's basketball team, Chinese basketball, Chinese culture, and help the team. There's no doubt that David James seems to be up to the mark. Therefore, seeing what David James said, some fans expressed the hope that Yao Ming would make a quick move and naturalize David James, which would be a very wonderful thing. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say?