Wen: Yang Zhen, reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Net
From February 1st to February 19th, the new China men’s basketball will launch intensive training in Shanghai to prepare for the two World Cup window matches on February 23rd and February 26th. Although there is no pressure to qualify, it has attracted much attention because it is the first lead game of the new coach Joe Evich.
Qiao erjievich is a famous basketball player in Europe. He has won the European Championship in his career. He began to coach the Serbian team in 2013. Within 6 years, he led the team to win the runner-up of the 2014 World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2017 European Cup. During the coaching period of the club, jordevich was also outstanding in merit. Under his training, many clubs won the Champions of the league and even European events.
Where will this Serbian who is well versed in the way of world basketball take China’s men’s basketball? This seems to show some clues from the national team list of “Qiao Phase I.
The height of the guard is a very obvious feature. Among the seven people, Wu Qian, Cheng Shuai, Zhao Jiwei, Guo Allen, Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Rui and Cui Xiaolong, only Wu Qian and Zhao Jiwei are less than 1.90 meters tall, however, Wu Qian’s projection ability and Zhao Jiwei’s organizational ability are the best in the rear guard line.
The rejuvenation of the front line is a change that must be made. Therefore, the young people selected are also the most, Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng fanbo, Zhou Peng, Zhu Xuhang, Zhu Junlong, Zhu Mingzhen, the average age of the seven people in Cui Yongxi is less than 25 years old. Moreover, many of them are capable of attacking and defending in multiple positions and have excellent athletic ability.
“In the development trend of modern basketball, the importance of physical strength in the competition has exceeded the technical ability. My ultimate goal is to organize a strong whole. Every player should conduct the ball selflessly. What I think is team victory rather than personal data.” Qiao erjievich talked about his coaching philosophy in an interview with the media before. If he was associated with the 2019 World Cup, the average height of the Serbian men’s basketball he led reached 2.06 meters, it should be an obvious answer for Chinese basketball to start the process of Europeanization again.
This is not the first time that China has made such an attempt men’s basketball. In 2008, under the leadership of Harris and Yunus, the Chinese men’s basketball successfully entered the top eight of the Beijing Olympic Games, leaving one of the best memories about Chinese basketball. However, in 2013, janakis was defeated in Manila. The Greek boss, like jordevich, had a brilliant resume no matter in the player period or his coaching career. It is also because of this that the outside world is not very optimistic about teaching the Chinese team in this time. After all, the pressure and difficulties he faces are very great.
As we all know, the biggest task of China’s men’s basketball this year is to pass through the World Cup to the Paris Olympic Games. However, whether it can become the best team in Asia in the World Cup is indeed uncertain. After all, one of the hosts of this World Cup is Japan men’s basketball. It can be predicted that they will have a very good grouping situation, and the blessing of two active NBA players, eight villages, and Watanabe, will help Japan men’s basketball to be more competitive.
Of course, for China’s men’s basketball and Qiao erjievic, it is also at a crossroads of opportunities. Compared with the old and enterprising team under yanakis, China’s men’s basketball is actually in a rising stage. The core lineup of Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei and Zhao Rui, still in the year of playing, Zhang Zhenlin, Hu Mingxuan, Hu Jinqiu and others also accumulated more experience in the game, coupled with the emergence of younger Zeng fanbo and other new players, it is not an impossible task for China to complete the direct connection to the Paris Olympics in the World Cup men’s basketball.