On August 6, Beijing time, after the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team embarked on a flight back to China. In this Olympic journey, the Chinese women's basketball team, which failed to enter the knockout stage, unfortunately stopped in the group stage with a score of 1 win and 2 losses, and finally ranked 9th. This result broke the hearts of countless fans and plunged Chinese basketball into the darkest moment in history. The 3x3 basketball project also failed to make a breakthrough, and Chinese basketball did not score anything in the Paris Olympics, creating the worst result in history. This bleak situation has triggered deep thinking about the future development of Chinese basketball.
In the footage filmed at the airport, the faces of head coach Zheng Wei and the players were full of frustration. Everyone bowed their heads and pushed their luggage, silent, as if they had not yet recovered from the blow of being out of the group stage. In this Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team is only one point away from reaching the quarterfinals, and in the third game against Puerto Rico, if the final attack can be successful, our path to qualification may be completely different. However, at this point, Zheng Wei's tactical choice was questioned, especially the decision to fail to adjust tactics in time at critical moments, which became the focus of heated discussions among fans.
Some fans believe that Zheng Wei's insistence on the World Cup runner-up squad has made the team fall into a situation of restlessness. Although team member Wu Tongtong returned from a serious injury and was not in good shape, he still got the opportunity to adjust in three games, while the post-00 star Yang Shuyu failed to get even a second of playing time. Such an arrangement of troops raises questions about Zheng Wei's coaching ability.
The biggest shortcoming of the Chinese women's basketball team in this Olympics is undoubtedly the guard line. Wang Siyu, Yang Liwei and Wu Tongtong's performances were unsatisfactory. Their performances at key moments exposed the team's lack of attacking ability and ball intelligence. Yang Liwei committed consecutive fouls in the first game and gave the victory to his opponent; Wang Siyu's fatal mistake at a critical moment laid the groundwork for the team's failure.
Zheng Wei failed to give full play to the advantages of Li Yueru and Han Xu, two high-point players, and the strong advantage on the inside failed to effectively translate into scoring, which made the team look powerless at both offensive and defensive ends. Such a tactical arrangement ultimately led to the Chinese women's basketball team's performance in this Olympic Games not meeting expectations.
The performance of Chinese basketball in this Olympic Games is undoubtedly disappointing to everyone. Yao Ming said when the men's basketball team missed the Olympics in the last session that the responsibility was on him. This time, Chinese basketball was wiped out, but Yao Ming chose to remain silent. Yao Ming has said that he can take responsibility in two ways: either resign immediately and go home, or summarize the reasons for the loss and formulate the next action plan. Yao Ming said that the biggest problem in Chinese basketball at present is not the coach, but the lack of competitiveness. He encouraged young players to challenge for high-level overseas leagues and improve their competitiveness. However, the level of domestic leagues is uneven, resulting in a performance gap with the international arena.
The defeat of the Olympic Games has exposed the problems of Chinese basketball in many aspects such as material selection, training, and tactics. How to reform the WCBA and improve the overall level of the league has become a topic that Chinese basketball must face. What is the way forward? Should Yao Ming give fans a clear answer? This is what fans are desperate to know.
Although the performance of Chinese basketball at the Paris Olympics was disappointing, it also sounded a wake-up call for us. In the future, what we need is not only a reflection on failure, but also a desire for success. The road to reform is full of challenges, but only by bravely facing it and summing up lessons can we go further in the next journey. It remains to be seen whether Yao Ming and the Chinese Basketball Association can lead Chinese basketball out of the trough and back to the top.
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