In the summer of recent years, before the end of the league national team training, the Basketball Association will always issue invitations to some people, and Tao Hanlin can also receive calls from the Basketball Association every year, but he always says on the phone: "Spare me, let me rest." ”
Therefore, in recent years, Tao Hanlin has not been seen in the national training team, and his most recent selection for the national training team is also in 2018. Tao Hanlin is not unwilling to go to the national team, what a great honor to fight for the country, but he does not want to be a sparring partner, since the age of 22 he can be selected for the training team every year, but the result is the same as the last time to be cut, no wonder Tao Hanlin does not want to go to the national training team, because the final result is still no chance to become a real national player to represent the national team to play the world series.
When he joined the training team in 2018, Tao Hanlin said: "This road goes back and forth and has gone countless times. The fifth trip to the national team is about to start again, and maybe this year it will be... But it's good to try hard and leave no regrets. ”
After the first phase of the CBA this year, the national team has the task of the 2023 Basketball World Cup Asia Pacific Qualifiers, and the national team head coach Du Feng will definitely call him, but this time is different. In the case that Zhou Qi went to the NBL, Wang Zhelin was still looking for a state, and Yi Jianlian was still recovering, the hope that could best support the inner line of the Chinese men's basketball team was Tao Hanlin.
In the league, Tao Hanlin played the best season of his career, averaging 23.6 points, 14.3 rebounds per game and 42.3 minutes per game. Rebounding and playing time rank first in the CBA, and the top 5 points in the league. Tao Hanlin, who is over 30 years old, is no longer suitable for being a "small shark", and should go to the small characters or change it to "big shark" to reflect Tao Hanlin's current state.
Tao Hanlin, who has been standing for many years, has matured and has taken responsibility. In the words of former head coach Gong Xiaobin: "Tao Hanlin has a temper and does not have high requirements for himself, and he feels that how to play is not as good as Zhou Qi and Wang Zhe, who want these people, and his goal is to play well in Shandong." But after Xu Changsuo took charge, he became the absolute main force of the team, the king of the league, and his performance also made him a legitimate candidate for the national team center.
According to Tao Hanlin's performance this year, he was selected for the national team without a doubt, considering the situation of domestic centers, Han Dejun is older, Yu Jiahao is young, Wang Zhelin is not in the best state, Zhou Qiyuan is in Australia, playing Japan Tao Hanlin's height is not a loss, his style of play is particularly grammed these tall opponents.
Therefore, after the end of the first stage, Du Feng definitely invited Tao Hanlin to enter the national team, but this time he absolutely could not let Tao Hanlin play soy sauce and be a sparring partner as before, his state was just right, Du Feng had to give him enough trust, so that Tao Hanlin had the opportunity to represent the national team for the first time in the world competition, fulfilling his real dream of national hand.