25 years is the turning point of the Chinese men s basketball team? Yang Hansen leads the overseas army and Guo Shiqiang leads the remnants of the team to return to the Asian Cup final

On August 16, in the semi-finals of the Men's Basketball Team, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team defeated New Zealand 98-84, returning to the final stage after 10 years.

After winning the championship in Changsha in 2015, Australia and New Zealand joined the Asia-Pacific region in 2017, completely changed the competitive environment of the Asian basketball world, and the Chinese men's basketball team never made it to the finals again. The last session was even more embarrassing that it only got the eighth place in Asia.

Is 2025 a turning point for the Chinese men's basketball team?

Since the recruitment of all the main lineups to revenge the Japanese men's basketball team at the beginning of the year, it seems that the clarion call of rise has been opened. The core leader of Yang Hansen, Zhou Qi, Zeng Fanbo and Zhao Rui defeated Japan 100-58 at home.

Subsequently, the Chinese Basketball Association sent out a signal to support more young players to go overseas:

Yang Hansen, Lin Wei, Zeng Fanbo, Yu Jiahao and others successively launched plans to study abroad.

Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the first round in this year's NBA Draft. He also became Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the third Chinese player to be selected in the first round.

Although Lin Wei has not decided where to play in the end, Nanjing Tongxi has already issued a clarification letter and will consider the development of overseas leagues in the future.

Zeng Fanbo won the Nets' contract and will meet with the Nets at the end of this month to prepare for this year's NBA preseason.

Yu Jiahao went to join the Spanish League Bilbao Basketball Club and started his European overseas study plan.

The main striker of the Chinese men's basketball team in this Asian Cup, Wang Junjie, played for the NCAA University of San Francisco, and Zhao Weilun, who was previously selected for the training team.

Going further down are the Xun Sinan brothers, Zhu Zheng and others. It is reported that Zhang Boyuan is also looking for a suitable school and is about to start his plan to study abroad.

There will be 7 main players absent in this Asian Cup, and it is quite difficult to reach the finals: Before the Asian Cup, the Chinese Basketball Association officially announced the topic of Yang Hansen's absence from the Asian Cup, which caused heated discussions from the outside world. Guo Shiqiang said: Obey the decision of the leaders of the Basketball Association, and every Chinese national team player absent from the game will be a loss to our Chinese men's basketball team.

Yang Hansen does not participate in the Asian Cup. There will definitely be losses in the combination of our overall personnel lineup, including the position of the inside staff. As much as possible, other players can share more in the Asian Cup.

Zhou Qi went to the United States to treat a back injury. Zeng Fanbo, Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Cui Yongxi and others who were injured were all absent. A total of seven main players of the Chinese men's basketball team missed the Asian Cup.

In this Asian Cup, Zhao Rui, Hu Jinqiu, Hu Mingxuan, Wang Junjie and Zhu Junlong were the absolute core systems. They once passed the qualifiers and won five consecutive victories to advance to the finals, which was already an over-complete task.