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The defender is still a long-term problem! The Chinese men s basketball team is just one double-sports guard away from the world s strong team? Try this person

12:22am, 9 September 2025【Basketball】

Looking back over the years, most of the Chinese players who can enter the NBA are inside, while the forward line is second. On the back line, the most serious NBA internal plot, if the Chinese men's basketball team is not counted as Sun Yue, who is 2 meters tall, he has never contributed a defender player. The lack of world-class guards is also very obvious in this summer's Men's Basketball Asian Cup and U16 Men's Basketball Asian Cup.

In the previous Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team, although Zhao Rui and Hu Mingxuan occasionally had excellent works, they could not maintain a relatively stable state. In the Asian Cup of U16 Men's Basketball Team, no good defender used breakthroughs to tear the defense and organized the team. This is also a major reason why the National Youth League collapsed in the second half against Australia in the final. In this U16 Asian Cup final, the Chinese team sent a total of 10 assists in the whole game. Chen Yuxiu, as the starting point guard, scored 9 points and 5 assists, but only made 3 goals in 11 shots and 0 of 3 three-pointers.

After the entire U16 Asian Cup, the Chinese team basically relied on Zhang Yi, Zhao Jie and Chen Yuxiu to carry the banner of backcourt organization. As the team's main controller, Chen Yuxiu can score 6.8 points and 6.7 assists, but his shooting percentage is only 40%.

The guard players like Chen Yuxiu are actually a bit like Zhao Jiwei, the main point guard of the Chinese men's basketball team. Although they are mainly organizational, their ability to attack is indeed average. If they really encounter some strong European and American teams, they will be easily restricted when they suffer losses in the confrontation. If the Chinese men's basketball team can have a real double-season guard who can attack and pass, and with the forward and inside lineup that have already taken the world-class prototype, there will be a chance to truly let the Chinese team gradually return to the forefront of the world. Although this U16 men's basketball team may not be able to find a guard who will become the main lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future, in the adult team, Guo Shiqiang can indeed try Zhao Weilun, who has been growing up with the European youth training system since childhood. Although he is only over 1.8 meters tall, Zhao Weilun is able to do both offense and organization. Unfortunately, he has never been given the opportunity to play for the genuine national team of the Chinese men's basketball team. If Guo Shiqiang can also give Zhao Weilun the trust in Wang Junjie, the problem of the Chinese men's basketball back line may be solved.

Nowadays, world basketball has a world-class forward and inside line, but a guard who can sort out the offense and can take over the offense at critical moments is also indispensable. If the Chinese team has a double-athletic guard like Zhao Weilun this time, not to mention defeating Australia in the final, there will be at least a chance to stalemate with them until the last moment. I also hope that the defeats of the Asian Cup and U16 Asian Cup in the finals of this men's basketball team will make domestic coaches realize the importance of excellent defenders.