On July 10, Beijing time, the NBA Summer League continued, and the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Spurs 67-89, and there was only 8-10 rotation for most of the game, which caused heated discussions among fans and the media, especially the local guards led by Wang Lanyan failed to get the opportunity to play.
After the game, a reporter asked Guo Shiqiang why he reused Gao Shiyan instead of Wang Lanyan's topic, and Guo Shiqiang gave his own considerations.
Guo Shiqiang said: "We also have to look at the performance of the players, they are training, the game, including the preparation before the game, if there is a player who is not ready for the game, we think that his performance is not ready for the game, we will definitely not give him a chance.
From personal ability to team position, in fact, Wang Lanyan and Gao Shiyan are almost completely overlapped, and even both of them are left-handed guard players, but Wang Lanyan's shooting ability is stronger, while Gao Shiyan is more defensive.
However, in the overall performance of this summer league, Gao Shiyan's defense is not expected to be outstanding, he faced a group of foreign aid level opponents, almost to the point of complete defeat, taking this game as an example, Gao Shiyan got 2 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists in 1 of 5, the standard Gao Shiyan-style play, the shooting rate is not good, but in the organization of the offense to meet the expectations of the coaching staff, plus Guo Shiqiang is familiar enough with Gao Shiyan's style of play, obviously ahead of Wang Lanyan in terms of team position.
Fans are more controversial about whether Gao Shiyan's age is part of the men's basketball team's future plan, Gao Shiyan in January 96 has reached the age of 28, if the goal is to the Olympics in 4 years, he will participate in the age group of 32, and his personal ability is not absolutely outstanding, Gao Shiyan's characteristics are far inferior to Zhao Rui, Zhao Jiwei and other veteran guards, and the age does not have the expected advantage, if it is by this standard, fans may be more willing to see Zhao Rui, Big-name players led by Zhao Jiwei returned to the national team to participate in the summer league.
Wang Lanyan is 98 years old, currently 26 years old, with better shooting ability, he has proven himself in the Australian series, and has the possibility of taking the lead, but he failed to get too many opportunities in the summer league, and even many defensive options did not meet Guo Shiqiang's requirements.
The reporter asked why Gao Shiyan was reused instead of Wang Lanyan, in fact, it was just a microcosm of this game, like Du Runwang, Zhu Mingzhen, Jiao Baiqiao and other more familiar players have got a lot of opportunities, while Cui Xiaolong, Zou Yang, Wang Lanyan did not get a chance.