Hasn't the Chinese men's basketball team always wanted a guard who could also support himself in international competitions?
It's not ready-made, and people can't wait to join us, even if they have to go through naturalization.
This person is Zhu Zheng, a 16-year-old Chinese teenager, whose father is Chinese and whose mother is Jamaican, and one-half of his Chinese blood is much higher than one-eighth of Li Kaier.
Previously, Zhu Zheng and his family have publicly expressed their willingness to fight for the Chinese men's basketball team many times, and they have embroidered the Chinese flag on their uniforms.
The Chinese Basketball Association naturally noticed and began to understand Zhu Zheng's situation, but so far there should be no substantial progress between the two sides.
The current attitude of the Chinese Basketball Association is understandable, and it definitely wants to naturalize an NBA-level guard, and Zhu Zheng's future development is still unknown, so he can't make a decision easily.
However, this guy already has the strength to impact the NBA, and he received an offer from the University of Alabama, which had defeated the Chinese men's basketball team, early on, etc.
In his most recent game, he scored 27 points, including hitting seven three-pointers and scoring 14 points in one minute.
If the Chinese men's basketball team decides to naturalize Zhu Zheng, then the latter will be the last real naturalization of all the players that can be seen so far.
There may be an old brother who sprayed, and Pacers guard Isaiah Wang also has one-eighth Chinese ancestry?
Then the Chinese men's basketball team's choice to naturalize Isaiah Wang is already a serious NBA player, isn't it much stronger than a potential stock like Zhu Zheng?
Having said that, there has always been controversy about whether Isaiah Wang is of Chinese ancestry, unlike Li Kaier and Zhu Zheng, who both have information proving that they are 100% Chinese.
Besides, Isaiah Wang, it is unknown how we identify with us, if he plays for the Chinese men's basketball team only out of profit, it will be unacceptable to many people.
In short, this guy is still not a perfect naturalization object, and he still needs to be further verified.
Besides, the Chinese men's basketball team will not have any serious international competitions to play in the next two or three years, and there is no need to rush the matter of naturalization, it is better to seize the time to train local young players first.
According to well-known media sources, Qiao Shuai has come to China again, and according to the original plan, a short-term mini-training camp will be held during the May Day period, mainly recruiting young players who have finished their tasks this season, such as Yang Hansen, Lin Wei and Zeng Fanbo.
After the end of the season, the Chinese men's basketball team will conduct official training, first go to Australia to practice and play two warm-up games with the Australian men's basketball team, and then compete in the NBA Summer League after five years.
Don't look at the fact that the Chinese men's basketball team has no Olympic tasks this year, but the quality of the warm-up games is higher than that of any team preparing for the Paris Olympics.
It is worth mentioning that this summer's training and various games of the Chinese men's basketball team are all led by Qiao Shuai, whose contract expires in August, and the NBA summer league is generally conducted and ended in July.
It seems that the Chinese Basketball Association intends to make the best use of Qiao Shuai, squeezing out his last trace of value before the contract expires, and it may also be the last assessment of him.
If there are any big surprises in the process of leading the Chinese men's basketball team to compete with the Australian men's basketball team and play in the NBA Summer League, Qiao Shuai may be able to get a contract extension.
Finally, I have to say that the Chinese Basketball Association's attitude towards foreign coaches is really tolerant, and it has given it one opportunity after another.