The way out of the reform of the Chinese men's basketball team is that naturalized players may become the key!
Since Yao Ming's retirement, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has begun to decline, but it can still maintain a certain advantage in Asia, but after the 2023 World Cup and Asian Games, China's position in Asia has begun to waver, and the Chinese basketball team has been defeated by big competitors such as the Philippines and Japan in Asia, and the dominance of the Chinese men's basketball team in Asia has also disappeared because of the loss!From this point, we can see that there is an obvious flaw in China's backline, that is, their team, their formation and passing are a mess, and China's defenders, in the past few years, have been a weakness, but in recent years, their talent has become worse and worse, especially with the decline of interior strength and the retirement of the "Great Wall", the problem has become more and more serious.
Zhao Rui may be one of them, Guo Allen's age is not young, I can foresee that he will slowly fade out of the national team, Zhao Jiwei's performance in the national team has been criticized, Sun Minghui's performance in the national team is also very good, but he has not proved himself in the national team, Zhao Rui's potential is not great, Hu Mingxuan, Cheng Shuaipeng, He Xining, are all relatively tired, Lin Wei and others, it is also possible, however, they all know that he is likely to become a cold-blooded assassin, not a savior. In addition, Zhao Weilun is also considered the future of the Chinese men's basketball team, but Zhao Weilun is not the savior of the national team, although he can be regarded as the number one person among young players, but his physical fitness is too poor, it is difficult to catch up with Zhao Rui and Guo Allen, so China's guard line cannot be counted on him to save.
The Chinese men's basketball team is not without naturalized players, and the Chinese men's basketball team does not need Lee Kaier, but there are many more naturalized players in Asian countries than in Chinese teams, so Chinese players are basically controlled by them. Bonus, since the Chinese Basketball Association has set a precedent for naturalized players, then we should work hard in this area, instead of standing still, just like Saiya Wang wanted to naturalize at the beginning, as long as there are naturalized players, there must be Chinese blood, it would be too fake, because there are many naturalized players, all of them are aiming to make money, even if you have Chinese blood, you don't want to have a sense of belonging.
In the past, in the NBA, except for Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, there were few naturalized players, but now, many countries have begun to naturalize, not only in Asia, but even some teams in Europe have begun to try to change their nationality and make themselves stronger. Therefore, we must not take chances, especially when we have already embarked on the path of naturalization, and we will sigh and miss the opportunity.