14 players went to the Asian Cup! The men s basketball team exposed two shortcomings, Guo Shiqiang s third helper, and the number of guards is large

After the warm-up match ended on the evening of July 29, the Chinese men's basketball team is about to go to the Asian Cup. Except for Liu Lijia, all 14 other members will go with the team. Of course, there are only 12 players who can participate in the Asian Cup in the end. You will not know how to choose until the start of the game. Even if you cannot enter the roster, you will gain a lot. There are still many national team competitions in the future, and these are reserve resources.

The training camp began in June, Guo Shiqiang recruited 23 players, but many of them were absent due to injuries, such as Zhou Qi, Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo, and Yang Hansen and Zhao Weilun needed to play overseas and did not come back. There were only four players who were really eliminated, including Liu Jinyu, Xu Xin, Liu Lijia, and Wang Haoran.

The remaining men's basketball team members who can go to the Asian Cup include Hu Jinqiu, Yu Jiahao, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Liao Sanning, Gao Shiyan, Cheng Shuipeng, Zhu Junlong, Lei Meng, Zhao Jiayi, Wang Junjie, Li Xiangbo, Xu Jie and Zhang Ning. It has to be said that this lineup is far from the strongest team in the hearts of fans, but Guo Shiqiang has no choice. He only has these cards in his hand, and the tasks given by the Basketball Association are not that heavy. The focus of the future is still on the World Cup and Olympic places.

Fortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team performed well in the warm-up match recently, winning consecutive games and accumulating a lot of confidence. But two shortcomings have also been exposed, which are likely to be restricted in the Asian Cup.

First, the men's basketball guard has a poor ability to dominate the ball. This time, Guo Shiqiang brought a large number of outside players to play in the Asian Cup. There were 7 pure defenders. However, not many of them have stable organizational skills here, including Zhao Rui and Hu Mingxuan, who have good personal offensive abilities, but the teammates who play the ball too slowly, and the tactical execution is easy to keep up with the pace.

From the league, Hu Mingxuan, Cheng Shuipeng and others are all inclined to the second position and are not players with particularly excellent offenses in themselves, and their operational control capabilities need to be strengthened. Liao Sanning and Gao Shiyan, who can be the No. 1 position, also have some shortcomings. The former is prone to falling into personal offensive mode, while the latter is not stable enough in the shooting. Xu Jie is better at passing the ball in this team, but his height disadvantage is the surprise under most coaches and cannot be the core.

Judging from these warm-up matches, if the opponent strengthens double-teaming in the backcourt, the Chinese defender's operational control and promotion mistakes will make too many mistakes. In the fiercely competitive Asian Cup, the opponent will not give such a relaxed environment. Our players focus on avoiding mistakes, passing creativity will be further reduced, and the forward and inside will be difficult to play.

The second shortcoming is the lack of experience in the number four position. The national team's lack of power forwards has been going on for several years. Later, Joeljevic reused Fu Hao and Du Runwang, but the results were not very good. It was not until Zeng Fanbo's rise that he solved this problem. But Zeng Fanbo could not come this time, and Zhang Zhenlin also withdrew due to injury, while Guo Shiqiang did not consider Fu Hao and Du Runwang from the beginning. The current situation is that there are only two power forwards in the national team, Wang Junjie and Li Xiangbo. The former has no professional league experience. Fortunately, his personal abilities are good and he has performed well in recent warm-up matches. However, it is difficult to predict whether there will be any tension and abnormality in the official Asian Cup.

Li Xiangbo is also very thin, not young, but only one year of CBA experience, and has never played in the national team competition, so the warm-up match is not eye-catching. As for Zhao Jiayi, he was originally inclined to the third position, but he was not outstanding in height and was not strong enough in the confrontation.

Overall, this national team lacks three key players, Zhou Qi, Zeng Fanbo, and Zhao Jiwei. It would be fine if the Asian Cup is smooth, but if there is a lack of people who can break the deadlock when encountering adversity.