In order to prepare for the fifth window of the World Cup qualifier and challenge Iran and Bahrain away, China launched a training list of 17 people men’s basketball and is currently training in Changlong, Guangdong. This list caused quite a stir online. To sum up, coach Du Feng has “three counts”:
First, so many players who play well in the league don’t need it. Why don’t young stars use it?
Second, none of the Liaoning team was selected. Why was the Guangdong gang reused “?
Third, the three defenders lost in the Asian Cup. Why didn’t they enrich the front line and only added veteran Zhou Peng?
Du Feng accepted an interview with Xinhua News Agency on October 29, which was regarded as an explanation of Internet public opinion, but it was not carried out in detail. Today, let me tell Du Feng in detail that you will surely feel how helpless he is.
Why not use young people
Du Feng mentioned in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that China has a talent pool men’s basketball. I just heard that this “talent pool” plays a key role in selecting people.
If Du Feng hadn’t mentioned that “China Basketball Association has also established a talent pool and a corresponding selection mechanism”, we might not know that the selection method of China’s men’s basketball has been changed. After Yao Ming became the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, there have been such exciting scenes many times: Yao, as the chairman of the Basketball Association, issued “invitation letters”, bright red envelopes and face stamping to the national team members, thank the team members for accepting the invitation to fight for the country without hesitation. This method emphasizes the personal wishes of the players, and you will be selected only if you are willing to join.
Recalling that year, Zhou Qi, Zhai Xiaochuan and Zeng Ling Xu posted the invitation letter they received on social media. They were so proud of being selected into the China men’s basketball training team.
No one will show the invitation letter, because China has no invitation letter men’s basketball.
The current basis is China’s men’s basketball talent pool, and the head coach must select a lineup from the talent pool. The talent pool was established by the Chinese Basketball Association in March this year at the request of the State General Administration of Sports. Key projects must establish a talent pool to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
I interviewed a staff member of the Basketball Association. He introduced to me the relevant requirements of the talent pool: establishing a talent pool can avoid those greeting and walking relationships. If basketball players cannot enter the talent pool, then why did the national team recruit you? Entering the talent pool, of course, there is no hesitation in the national Recruitment. Winning honor for the country is an honor to enter the talent pool.
I like to send invitation letters, which are more ceremonial, but I also like the way of recruiting, because China’s men’s basketball is in the the darkest hour, and it is incumbent on China to fight for the country.
However, when the talent pool was launched, it was still in progress last season, and as the head coach, Du Feng did not know it. According to regulations, the head coach can only pick people from the talent pool, with an exception of only two places at most, and must be reported to the State Sports General Administration for approval after picking.
This talent pool is now 51 people, and there are most players who used to be very powerful, now very powerful, and will be very powerful in the future, but many people are missing.
This list is actually the latest. On October 29, when Du Feng was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency, there were not so many. According to the report of Qianjiang Evening News on October 31, the list of talent pool updated by the official website of China Basketball Association has added the permission of defender, Lin Yi, striker Liu Ze I, Meng Zikai, Xing Zhiqiang, Zhao Zuozhou, zhu Yanxi, center Yu Jiahao and Li Muhao, added a total of 9 people. By November 1st, the talent pool had increased by Lu Wenbo and Zhu Mingzhen. At present, there are 51 people in the talent pool.
You see the phrase “the list will be displayed dynamically with the progress of the event”, which means that the talent pool will change randomly, and it is normal to increase or decrease.
But Du Feng was embarrassed. The fans said Lin Yan played so well, why didn’t you use it? Zhang Ning played so well, why not use it? In fact, when Du Feng was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency, Lin Wei was not in the talent pool. Two days later, his name was on the list. As for Zhang Ning, it has not been in the talent pool so far. Although Zeng fanbo only played 3 CBA games, he easily got 20 points in the 27 minutes of defeating Jilin team, and he was not in the library.
Now these players have no time to apply for visas, and some do not even have passports. “At that time, there were some old comrades like Han Shuo, West heat Lijiang, Feng Xin and Zhong Cheng in the list of 40 personnel in the talent pool,” Du Feng said, “they also performed well in the team at that time, however, the age structure of the national team is different, and we can’t use them all in the library, and we can’t use some young ones (not in the library). So what do you say?”
Why do we reuse Guangdong gang”
Liaoning team is the CBA defending champion. Why didn’t anyone be selected? Zhao Jiwei and Guo Allen are the main candidates for China’s men’s basketball defenders in the past 10 years. Zhang Zhenlin’s return to the United States made great contributions to winning the championship. Fu Hao participated in the third window competition.
From Du Feng’s interview with Xinhua News Agency, he can correspond one by one: “Leave for injury” is Zhang Zhenlin, who did not participate in the first stage of the Liaoning team; “Being physically and mentally exhausted in continuous combat for a long time” is Zhao Jiwei, who also published relevant content on Weibo recently; Guo Allen was suspended for 6 games by CBA punishment not long ago; As for Fu Hao, he played the first game against South Korea in the Asian Cup, and finally played 4 games. The team played the lowest time, with an average of less than 7 minutes.
Du Feng said: “The name is single, and many people who do not know it begin to say that I am cronyism. In fact, when we were isolated in Chengdu, the FIBA asked Iran and Bahrain to submit a large list of 24 people to apply for visas and all procedures. At that time, I didn’t know about Autumn harvest leg fracture, and I also reported him. Zhang Zhenlin also reported it, Zeng fanbo also reported it, and Guo Haowen also reported it. Including Li Tianrong, I saw that the league was playing well last season, and I also reported it. Finally, it was all injuries. What do you think I can do?”
In Du Feng’s view, the team members should be willing to play for you when they go to the battle of father and son soldiers. He said: “It is said that I use the Guangdong team. At least I can ask them to top up at the critical moment. The ability is large and small, but there will be no problem with the attitude.”
Why do you still use three defenders
When I went to Iran and Bahrain this time, China’s men’s basketball was not only tight, but also the defender was seriously short of people. Because the two old national names in Liaoning could not play, Sun Minghui was injured in the final league. When I went to Guangdong for training, I had to check the injury first. Therefore, Guangdong defenders will still be the main ones if there is no accident. The third defender was the most criticized in Du Feng’s lineup, and the Asian Cup was not well played.
Du Feng had no choice but to use the three defenders. First of all, it was because of the extensive infection in Australia FIFA World Cup qualification and Indonesia Asian Cup. So far, many people still disdain this and thought that the team members had a fever and made a fuss at that time, in fact, that kind of game has completely surpassed the category of basketball. Du Feng deliberately avoided the word “new Crown”. He said:
“You see, women’s basketball this time, fortunately, it was after the semi-finals that I found someone who had caught a cold. Fortunately, it was the end of the game. They all said that the reaction was quite big. Then think about it, Gu Quan was still burning before, and then it was the turn of the King, Ren Junwei. Dawei told me that as long as you need it, I will go. Zhao Rui and Sun Minghui were burning, including Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan. They all said nothing. I also called other players and asked them if they could play. They all said no, but they really couldn’t. To be honest, we also had a fever there, and our legs were soft, floating. It’s not easy for you to stand on the court and finish the match.
“In Europe, Zhu Junlong, Gu Quan and Xiaolu (Lu Wenbo) were left. Zhu Junlong and Lu Wen BODU stopped fighting during the Asian Cup. I have no one in the front line. What should I do? There are only a few defenders left. Can’t I use two centers to fight on it?
“In addition, due to that situation, I can only play on it for a while and transfer people for a while. I am afraid that they will fight with illness. In case of injury, the career of athletes is very important, right? I will have a high-front line this year. When I was in Japan, I had Gao Feng line, Zhou Peng, autumn harvest, King and Zhou Qi. How did I play at that time? It took only a few days to practice.”
Du Feng mentioned that the game in Japan was the first window of FIFA World Cup qualification. China won the Japanese team 16 points in the first game of men’s basketball and 33 points in the second game. At that time, there were Hu Jinqiu, Zhou Peng and Zhang Zhenlin in the team, if we go to Australia and Indonesia again, the situation will be completely different. Du Feng said, “Zhou Peng fell into a concussion in the league when you read the newspaper. Qi Lin’s feet have not been able to work all the time. After a bad knee recovery, he took two days off for three days, the knee joint will still have an impact this year. We have to go abroad for two and a half months, and the doctor has no machine. I am really afraid that something will happen then and I cannot afford this responsibility.”
No one is willing to use three defenders all the time. Those big strikers can’t fight. Du Feng should persuade Zhou Peng anyway. He told Zhou Peng, “your consciousness is high. Now the team is particularly difficult, playing away again, not playing at home. You have experience. People who haven’t played in this kind of international game will be hairy.” Zhou Peng said nothing and agreed.
Soldiers fight for the country, don’t fall down
There is no smooth way to go to West Asia, especially for Iran, because they lost to Kazakhstan and only ranked fourth in points. Hadadi, who was playing CBA, had just finished the first phase and returned to Iran to prepare for the war the next day.
Under such difficult conditions, the Chinese men’s basketball team members still have to face the huge pressure of the domestic public opinion environment, which really makes people sigh. Once upon a time, it was a great honor to be elected to China’s men’s basketball, but now it is no longer so attractive; Once upon a time, the club would say hello and go through the back door to let its players enter the national team, but now the club also feels wronged. It has been injured in the battle for the country, the league performance has been affected, and it has to be attacked by Internet violence when going home. Why? It is better not to go.
Three years after the new championship, do you think these basketball players have played the ball happily? Has anyone understood that they run the risk of playing with fever when they go out to play, and it is two and a half months away from home? Du Feng said: “If the game is not played well, the fans scold the players. The players are actually very uncomfortable and wronged. Complain to me. I can only say that I will report the situation with the relevant leaders.”
In fact, these players are very simple. The Front staff are tight and the staff are seriously reduced. A phone call will set foot on the journey of thousands of miles without hesitation. You cheered for the journey of home for thousands of miles in the cinema, but no one thought of Fan Ziming who supported men’s basketball. The journey of home for thousands of miles was full of hardships, and then appeared in the league with a depressed state and encountered ridicule.
If this continues, fewer and fewer players will be willing to fight for the country. The players in this expedition are all good, but it is not easy to say how long their hearts can support. So let me say here:
Extraordinary period,
Keyboard mercy,
Soldiers fought for their country,
Don’t drop the stone again.
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