Lin Wei, Liu Lijia, Li Hongquan, Wang Haoran, Zhao Weilun, these 5 post-00s players, are currently the best young players in the national team. This national team training camp recruited a large number of newcomers. Originally, fans and media people thought that after Qiao Shuai left, the Chinese men's basketball team learned from the pain and finally chose to adjust its thinking, no longer reusing the original national players, but to comprehensively cultivate the new generation.
But in the second warm-up game, the media began to be disappointed. Guo Shiqiang instructed the reuse of 28-year-old Gao Shiyan, Zhu Mingzhen, and 27-year-old He Xining. These players are clearly not up to the standards of young players. Seeing the reuse of these young players and letting a few new stars sit on the cold bench, Shanghai media person Xue Sijia was very dissatisfied.
After the game, he directly pointed out this problem on social platforms, believing that there is a big problem in the employment of the men's basketball team. He pointed out that there are players whose age does not meet the standards of a young player, and that they have been given opportunities before to confirm that their performance is not up to standard. Why choose to continue wasting time on them in this situation.
Xue Sijia's complaint is not unreasonable, he should be referring to Gao Shiyan, Zhu Mingzhen, He Xining, these players who are close to 30 years old, and the national team has indeed given them a chance before. In this game, He Xining scored 0 points, Zhu Mingzhen scored 0 of 5 points, and Gao Shiyan stagnated as soon as he controlled the ball, and their performance was not good. Du Runwang and Cheng Shuaipeng also played poorly.
These players who have been given opportunities before, but can't play, really shouldn't continue to reuse them. There are 21 players in the squad, and there is a lot of young talent, and they are the players who are more worthy of playing time. Zhao Weilun, Lin Wei, and Wang Lanyan, these outstanding young defenders, were all pressed on the bench.
In the first game against the Macau Black Bears, Wang Lanyan and Lin Wei both swallowed duck eggs. But you can't deny them a chance just because they didn't play well in a game. They are still young and should be allowed to have some ups and downs and slowly find confidence on the pitch.
Now the 21-man squad, Yang Hansen, Yu Jiahao, Jiao Boqiao, and Liao Sanning, Lin Wei, Wang Lanyan, and Zhao Weilun on the guard line, they actually represent the future of the men's basketball team. When the team is in a slump, you should be brave and try to give them more opportunities to practice. The warm-up game is still conservatively using the original players, and letting the new stars sit on the cold bench, which is not very reasonable.
When the main force is assembled, these players around 30 years old who are now reused will definitely not be able to compete for the spot. In this case, it is a waste of resources to get them on the field to play and make mistakes constantly. Now is the time to concentrate resources to cultivate these talented new stars of the post-00s!