In yesterday's men's Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Japanese men's basketball team 73-76 away, which was also the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Japan in FIBA Asian and above competitions since the 1936 Olympic Games in 88 years. After the game, many voices from the outside world said that coach Djordjevic may have entered the countdown to the end of class.
Yesterday's final 6 of the Japanese men's basketball teamIn 6 seconds, the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind by three points, and after the baseline ball was released, Zhu Junlong, who received the ball, failed to find his teammates who were in the vacant position, and in a hurry, he could only dribble through the half court and barely shoot three points. Obviously, the last tactic did not run out, Cheng Shuaipeng and Xu Jie on the left were locked, and only Zhu Junlong, who was a transition, could complete the finish, and Lady Luck was not on our side, and a loss was inevitable.
After the game, coach Djordjevic reflected on the goal and said, "We were trying to make a quick pass to find a three-point opportunity, and the players didn't understand and execute the tactics well." However, just after the last victory over Mongolia, Qiao Shuai just said that the team's victory is the credit of the players, and if the loss is his own problem, it is a huge contrast with the "dumping" after this game. And when asked if this was his last game to lead the Chinese men's basketball team, Qiao Shuai looked quite dissatisfied and immediately responded, "I don't want to answer, it's so disrespectful, I'm in this position now, and it's very disrespectful for you to say that." Obviously, Qiao Shuai at this time has nothing to do with the word "decent".
Recalling that when he took office, he said that he would lead the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve good results in the 2023 World Cup and strive to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. A group of industry insiders said that for today's Chinese men's basketball team, this goal is not realistic, but it still has the greatest expectations, and the fans also report the greatest tolerance. But the reality is such a contrast, at the Hangzhou Asian Games at the doorstep, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Philippines and only won a bronze medal, only 1 win and 4 losses in the World Cup, ranking 29th among 32 teams, not only lost the qualification for the Paris Olympics, but also directly missed the Olympic qualifying round, step by step to refresh the bottom line of the Chinese men's basketball team's results.
It is reported that the contract of Chinese men's basketball coach Djordjevic and the Chinese Basketball Association will expire in August this year, and the next window of the Asian Cup qualifiers will not open until November, so the outside world is speculating that this may be the last game of Djordjevic's Chinese men's basketball team.
As for the next coach, although there is no clear candidate, according to the relevant ** people, the Basketball Association has a basic idea, first of all, it will continue to use foreign coaches, in addition to requiring him to have NBA coaching experience, not too old, and willing to accept new things (not too stubborn, willing to communicate with the Chinese team).
For the last request, it seems to indicate the problems that the Chinese Basketball Association has encountered in Djordjevic. Many well-known ** people said that Qiao Shuai's communication with the Chinese coach was extremely disjointed, and the latter repeatedly suggested that Qiao Shuai should coach in combination with the actual situation of the Chinese team, but Qiao Shuai was quite stubborn. Some people even said that during the Men's Basketball World Cup, even Li Kaier, who has no language barrier, Qiao Shuai rarely communicates with him, saying that since Li Kaier reported to Europe, he and Djordjevic basically did not talk, and Li Kaier was not scheduled to start in the second game of the World Cup against South Sudan, and the latter just learned 2 minutes before the game.
The outside world has said that under the current circumstances, the next time the Chinese men's basketball team reassembles, the players will most likely not see Djordjevic again. As for the discussion of the new coach, it will not be put on the table yet, and a netizen asked ChatGPT about ChatGPT according to the requirements for the new coach in the report, but the four candidates given are obviously not practical.