Liu Wei joined the Xinjiang men's basketball team, which can be said to be the biggest offseason personnel change in the CBA so far, as the former head of the Chinese men's basketball coaching staff, everyone also wants to see what he has learned in the Chinese men's basketball team during this period of time, and whether he can play a role in the first team. However, before that, when he was publicly interviewed by local media in Xinjiang, Liu Wei's speech was brought to the rhythm by some media and self-media people, thinking that he was ridiculing the defending champion Liaoning men's basketball team.
At that time, when a reporter asked what kind of difference the Xinjiang men's basketball team led by Liu Wei would be and what kind of tactical style he wanted to have, Liu Wei emphasized that it should be in line with international standards, combined with modern basketball, and not just play well in China. It is useless in the international arena, and this sentence has been interpreted by many people as a satire of the Liaoning team. Because the Liaoning men's basketball team has just returned home in the AFC Champions League, with one win and two losses in the group stage. Of course, the reason is very simple, because they are sending substitutes. So everyone thinks that Liu Wei is not ridiculing the Liaoning team.
In fact, this does not exist at all, because Liu Wei said very clearly that he hopes to allow the players to play both domestic and foreign games, which has nothing to do with the team. Any professional coach, including fans who pay a little attention to the CBA, should know very well that the attitude of the Liaoning team towards the AFC Champions League is not very enthusiastic, so the level of these players sent does not represent the level of our CBA champions, which is the reason why the Liaoning team is out, and it does not mean that the players of the Liaoning team cannot play in this AFC Champions League, so Liu Wei's talk is actually aimed at the players, not a certain team.
But it is precisely because of his remarks that I am not very optimistic about Liu Wei's coaching in the Xinjiang team for at least the first season, why? Because Liu Wei is still a little ambitious now. Liu Wei is now the coach of a club and the coach of the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and he has no chance to play international games, so Liu Wei's first step is to let his players play well in domestic games first. In fact, although the Xinjiang men's basketball team reached the finals last season, they can actually feel that there is a gap between their level and the Liaoning team and the Guangdong team.
Liu Wei's current responsibility is not the head of the coaching staff of a national team, but the head coach of a club, first of all, we must consider how to lead your team to play well in the domestic game, and the platform of Xinjiang is not low, after all, it reached the finals last season, and the team has strong funds in the new season, and it will definitely be further strengthened, not to mention reaching the finals again, or even impacting the championship, if Liu Wei has no way to lead the Xinjiang men's basketball team to the semifinals in the new season, it will be a failed season.
Through Liu Wei's interview, I feel that she is still thinking about how to integrate with international standards, how to let her athletes play well in international competitions, and stay at the level of the national team. And Liu Wei also said that the players and platform levels in Xinjiang are very high, and they hope to hit the peak, that is to say, Liu Wei's morale is still very high, in fact, the Xinjiang men's basketball team wants to win the championship within two or three seasons, unless there are big changes in Liaoning and Guangdong, it is basically unlikely, he needs a growth cycle. I feel that Liu Wei has thrown the Xinjiang team into a level with teams like Liaoning and Guangdong, and to be honest, I am a little impetuous.