On December 29, 2023, the Guangdong team officially announced the retirement of Yi Jianlian's No. 9 jersey after the game against Zhejiang Guangsha, and the era of the four centers of Chinese basketball (Wang Yao Bayi) came to an end. Yi Jianlian, as the youngest of them, has made outstanding contributions to Chinese basketball!Although it belongs to the camp of Liaoning fans, the author still has high respect for Yi Jianlian's tragic performance in the World Cup!
Although it is not the first time, the jersey retirement ceremony is still a novelty compared to the Chinese basketball world, and it must be solemn and decent. Therefore, all the big names in the Chinese basketball industry were present in this game. Naturally, this is indispensable for the dog of Chinese basketball - Chairman Yao Mingyao. Whether it is as a national team teammate who fought side by side in the past, or a trendsetter who has set off a Chinese element in the NBA, or an official leader who has high hopes for his subordinates, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian must be deeply affectionate. There is no doubt that Chairman Yao certainly hopes that the Guangdong team can bid farewell to Yi Jianlian with a beautiful victory.
However, as the game progressed, what was left for Chairman Yao was, in addition to embarrassment, embarrassment, or stepping on a horse - embarrassing!What, could it be said that Guangdong lost?No, they won, but it was weird, bureaucratic, controversial.
Some leaders obviously underestimated the spirit of competitive sportsmanship and overestimated the energy of the unspoken rules, believing that on this occasion of singing and dancing, it is natural for Guangdong to win to commend the heroes, and Zhejiang Guangsha will never smash the field. However, Guangsha doesn't think so, although Hu Jinqiu, the core of the inner line, is tired and diligent due to injury, they are unwilling to make wedding dresses for others. What does your Yi Jianlian's retirement ceremony have to do with me?Why should I cooperate with you unprincipledly?I just want to win you with dignity!
Zhejiang Guangsha is not an unknown division: In the quarterfinals of the playoffs last season, Guangsha eliminated Guangdong with a away victory, ruining the "Liaoyue hegemony" that was hyped from top to bottom;Immediately after the semi-finals, Guangsha and the champion Liaoning team fought five defeats, once forcing the Liaoning basketball team into a desperate situation!Although Guangsha has had ups and downs this season, the only two defeats of the leader Liao Basket are due to Guangsha. Guangsha has never been afraid of the traditional heroes in the alliance. Throughout the first half, Guangsha's momentum was like a rainbow, beating the Guangdong team dizzy. They led by as many as 18 points and led by 12 points at halftime. But at the beginning of the third quarter, the situation went wild in a direction that spiraled out of control.
7 minutes and 30 seconds before the end of the third quarter, Guangdong chased the difference to 9 points, Du Runwang missed three points from the outside, and Zhou Qi pointed the rebound to the hands of the teenager Zhang Haojia, who scored two more points under the basket. However, before Zhang Haojia got the ball, he dragged Sun Minghui, who had completely stuck the rebound position in front of him, and pushed him to the ground. It was a clear foul move. However, Yan Jun, a referee who is close at hand and has always been known for his "fairness and strictness" in the industry, did not say anything. After getting up, Sun Minghui first complained to Yan Jun, but to no avail, he pushed Zhang Haojia who passed by. Clashes ensued. The referee gave a technical offense and a violation of the body, each with 50 boards. But this incident laid the fuse for the controversial penalty that followed.
4 minutes and 34 seconds, at this time, Guangdong has chased only one point. Weems broke through on the side with the ball, and a seemingly ordinary foul behind Wang Qingming was added to the violation. If the previous penalty standard of Zhang Haojia's ball, coupled with the fact that there are still defenders in front of Weems who are not facing an empty basket, this ball can be understood as a tactical foul, and it is obviously too heavy to directly give the violation. The Canton bench has begun to agitate, and discontent has spread.
At 4 minutes and 14 seconds, Okafor cooperated with Sun Minghui in blocking and dismantling, but was whistled for an offensive foul. Strictly speaking, there is no big problem with blowing Okafor's foul on this ball, but considering the previous penalty scale, this undoubtedly completely ignited Guangsha's anger.
10 seconds later, Wang Qingming took the initiative to apply for a foul to form a dead ball, and Guangsha replaced him with a full bench with five up and five down. Coach Wang Bo sat on the stool and never got up to command, while the team owner Lou Ming pointed to the referee and questioned loudly. So, with more than a quarter to go, the game completely entered the "farce time". Guangdong's home stadium's carefully planned retirement ceremony for Yi Jianlian has become a chicken feather, which will also have a profound impact on the brand value of CBA. Chairman Yao, who witnessed the whole process, was pale, and he didn't know how he felt at the moment.
Yao Ming was born in 1980. In 2002, he led the Shanghai Sharks to be invincible in the CBA, breaking the monopoly of the CBA in the military. In the same year, Yao Ming participated in the NBA draft and was selected by the Houston Rockets as the top pick until his retirement in 2011. During this period, he was selected as an All-Star eight times, competed with Jordan, and his best result was reaching the Western Conference semifinals. Yao Ming is the first person in the irrefutable history of Chinese basketball and the pride of Chinese basketball players.
After retiring, Yao Ming worked in some basketball-related jobs, but it didn't make much of a splash. It wasn't until 2017 that the gears of fate began to turn, and Yao Ming was elected president of the Basketball Association. For a basketball player, this is a major leap in life, and it is also an opportunity for Chinese professional basketball to bid farewell to "laymen guiding insiders". As soon as Yao Mingfu took office, he threw down a beautiful sentence: "If it is mentioned that there is still only one Yao Ming in Chinese basketball a few years later, it will be my dereliction of duty." However, Yao Ming underestimated the accumulation of Chinese basketball, although the league seems to be lively, but the national team's performance has not risen but fallen: the defeat of the 2019 World Cup has made the Chinese men's basketball team rarely disqualified from entering the 2020 Olympic Games;In the semifinals of the 2023 Asian Games, it was reversed by the Philippine second team with a large lead. In the management of the CBA league, Yao Ming has worked hard to keep up with the NBA and carried out many drastic reforms, such as introducing a draft system, reducing the number of foreign aid appearances, and separating the management of professional leagues. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Yao Ming is eager to promote the full commercialization of the league, after all, the NBA has proven that they are the most advanced basketball league in the world, and it is understandable that Chairman Yao has learned from it. But he ignores the local peculiarities of the Chinese league: first, the selection of fresh blood by each team has never been a college player who wanders between professional and semi-professional, and this draft system is like a chicken rib in China. Secondly, there are still a large number of teams in the league that maintain management methods within the system, such as the Liaoning team, whose semi-monopoly operation mechanism is contrary to the ideal business model in Chairman Yao's mind. At the championship celebrations of each team, it is obvious that Yao Ming prefers the Guangdong team that hands over the management of the team to the market, and is not interested in a team with a system like Liao Basket.
Of course, leaders have their own distinct political preferences, and Yao Ming's vision of breaking down institutional barriers and building a thorough business empire is a visionary. But these are just high-level positions, and the most important thing in the league is to ensure basic fairness and justice. Since Yao Ming came to power, the referee problem has not improved at all. As we all know, the current performance of the Chinese men's basketball team is average, and a very important reason is that it is difficult for players to adapt to the scale of blowing penalties in the international arena. The reason for this is that the various off-the-beaten-track home whistles in the league cover up too many irregular movements of the players, so that the players take this for granted. When you go to the international arena, how can you play your level without the referee pampering you?Since Yao Ming took office, he has been unable to effectively solve the problem of refereeing, and he is really to blame.
There may still be room and time for the referee problem to be resolved, but in recent seasons the tacit ball has begun to erode the foundation of the league, and it is urgent to put an end to such incidents. Among them, there was a jaw-dropping match-fixing incident in the playoffs between the Shanghai team and the Jiangsu team last season, which humiliated Chinese basketball. And the Basketball Association canceled the results of the two teams, but only punished the head coaches of the two teams!This low cost of making mistakes seems to encourage teams to do the same. I wonder what Yao Ming is thinking, and whether he knows that once the foundation of the league is no longer unbreakable, all the ideals in his heart will not be successfully realized!
Since Yao Ming became the president of the basketball association, he has endured far more infamy than he did when he was a player. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is about to lose the reputation that he has accumulated when he is about to lose the players. In fact, the problem of Chinese basketball is far from being solved by Yao Ming alone, but if you are in his position, you are obliged to accept the supervision and questioning of all parties. If Chairman Yao can put aside his posture and some prejudices, be pragmatic, and with his influence and insight, he will definitely be able to lead Chinese basketball out of the quagmire and regain its former glory!
In the context of the gradual decline of Chinese football, I sincerely hope that Chinese basketball can bring more happiness to the majority of fans!And all basketball practitioners should perform their duties, dedicate themselves to public service, and provide positive contributions to the development of Chinese basketball!
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