On August 12, Beijing time, the Tokyo Olympic Games have ended, and finally in the entire Olympic Games, the host Japan men's basketball team has suffered three consecutive fiascos.
Japan lost 11 points against Spain, 35 points against Slovenia, and 20 points against Argentina, adding up to a total of 66 points, which can be said to be an epic rout on the doorstep, and this must be the result of some opponents releasing water, otherwise the Japanese team will lose even worse.
But to be honest, if Japan loses like this, will it be better to change to the Chinese men's basketball team? Not necessarily, after all, this group not only has World Cup runner-up Argentina, but also World Cup champion Spain, and slovenia, the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, which is a very strong opponent. And to put it mildly, if China and Japan continue to maintain the current comparison, then Japan may be able to surpass Chinese basketball in the future.
After the Chinese men's basketball team ended this summer's journey, especially after the journey of the losing tournament, the Asian Cup game was postponed for a year, so the men's basketball team has been disbanded on the spot, and many players have already posted their new vacation dynamics and rest dynamics. It is also normal for almost no men's basketball player to devote himself to training for the first time after he has just left the national team and the national team has disbanded, but he has chosen to take a few days off temporarily, but you can see what the Japanese players are doing.
The Japanese men's basketball team lost to Argentina on August 1, when they lost by 20 points, Yuta Watanabe shot 7 of 14, 7 of 10 from two-point range, and 0 of 4 from three points to get 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, while Yamura 6 of 17 and 11 rebounds against Argentina, the NBA double forward can only be said to play very generally. Therefore, after losing the game at that time, Yuta Watanabe, who was very remorseful for his own performance, wept in despair on the sidelines and sat in the same place for a long time and did not want to leave, this scene is still very moving.
And the point is that Yuta Watanabe herself actually did not have a holiday at all, just after the loss was completely out, Watanabe Yuta did not rest at all, and on the 3rd day after the game, he had already embarked on a flight to the United States to continue to play in the summer league. And just today, the media has filmed Yuta Watanabe appearing on the side of the Raptors, talking cordially with the team's coaching staff, and it is still uncertain when to play.
It can only be said that Yuta Watanabe is really worth learning from Chinese players, and he is a continuous rotation. The Olympics have just ended, three consecutive games have been eliminated, refusing to play the Raptors' summer league even for a day's rest, the point is that Yuta Watanabe has actually received a guarantee contract from the Raptors last season, which is also to keep himself in the team.
Last season, he played 50 games at the Raptors, averaging 4.4 points, 3.2 rebounds per game, 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in a single game, all of which reached career highs and led the team to victory over the Magic team on 7-of-11 shooting. Later, he also gradually entered the rotation, almost every game was able to get a stable 15 minutes or more playing time, the most one game, he got 30 minutes of playing time and opportunities, against Leonard's Clippers. And he has also been wandering in the league, now 27 years old, got a guaranteed contract and did not hesitate to rotate, just to play a summer league, and some young people in the team even lost the draft to compete for positions.
If nothing else, Yuta Watanabe's spirit is something that no one Chinese player can do. He can obviously return to the Japanese domestic league for a high salary, but still stands on the sidelines of the summer league, and does not rest for a day, which is not to make people feel pitiful, but to feel respectable, as long as they can go to the top platform to compete, they will never return to China to make a lot of money for the elderly. If the Chinese men's basketball team can have a few more players with the spirit of Yuta Watanabe, it will not come to this step.
If Hachimura still has black blood, then Yuta Watanabe is a pure Japanese, but you see he can now establish himself in the NBA, why can't anyone in China do this? Obviously, there will be many people in China who are close to his physical talent, but there are probably only a few people who can make decisions like Yuta Watanabe. The 27-year-old took a guarantee contract last season, and now put down his body to compete with young people for a position, and after the Olympic Games, he almost did not rest for a day to play in the summer league, even if There are several such players in China, the rise of Chinese basketball will be faster.