Qiu Tian of the Beijing team and Zhu Mingzhen of the Guangzhou team are the only two mixed-race players in the CBA at present, but neither of them has been selected for the national team at the same time.
In a four-nation invitational tournament that ended on July 19, Beijing time, China's U18 national youth team defeated Germany 95-86, with two mixed-race players Feng Ao and Zhang Huafei performing well.
This Germany team is not a parallel product, but a youth team in the Bundesliga, and they have a certain quality in their own right, having won the Germany Youth League a few years ago.
Of course, this is only the first game of the national youth team led by Qu Shaobin, the most important thing is to run in the team, the opponent's strength is slightly worse It doesn't matter much, before the U17 national youth team also played the invitational tournament in China before going to the World Youth Championships, not to mention, the main task of the U18 national youth team this year is to play the Asian Youth Championships, and strive to qualify for next year's U19 World Youth Championships, so there is no need to go abroad to train.
More importantly, of course, it is necessary to let fans see the state of the national youth team and what level of personnel deployment has reached? Judging from the process of the game, the strength of this team is still good, especially the two mixed-race players Feng Ao and Zhang Huafei have made great progress.
Feng Ao is more than two meters tall, has been playing point guard before, and is now arranged by Qu Shaobin to occasionally play the No. 4 position, before many people expressed dissatisfaction with his stepfather always made some exaggerated remarks through social media, such as "Feng Ao will surpass Hachimura in the future", but in terms of performance on the court, Feng Ao has indeed improved a lot.
Feng Ao is not known for his speed, but a player who plays by rhythm, and he seems a little slow on the court, but against Germany, he scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, and also contributed a one-handed dunk.
Zhang Huafei has already shown some strength in the Japan Invitational Tournament at the beginning of this year, and unlike Feng Ao, he has a fast start and a certain projection ability, and will be a competent candidate for the second position of the national team in the future.
In addition, Feng Ao and Zhang Huafei showed excellent defensive ability against Germany, and the two can use their physical talents to cover their opponents.
It is worth mentioning that two mixed-race players were selected for the national team at the same time, which is the first time in the Chinese basketball world, Qiu Tian of the Beijing team and Zhu Mingzhen of the Guangzhou team are the only two mixed-race players in the CBA, but neither of them has been selected for the national team at the same time.