Bayi Men's Basketball Championship Edition jersey.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　China News Service Client Beijing, October 20 (Reporter Li He) "The Chinese Basketball Association received a letter from the Military Sports Training Center of the Training Management Department of the Central Military Commission on October 19. The letter stated that the Bayi Men’s and Women’s Basketball Team will not participate in the CBA in the future. Leagues and WCBA leagues. The Chinese Basketball Association has required relevant league management agencies to properly handle follow-up matters in accordance with regulations."

　　This short 84 words announced the curtain call of the Bayi team on the Chinese basketball professional stage.

The 25-year history of the Bayi Men’s Basketball League and the 18-year journey of the Bayi Women’s Basketball team have come to an end this autumn afternoon.

　　The Chinese Basketball Association also wrote in its announcement announcing the withdrawal of the Bayi Team: "Since the establishment of the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team, the Bayi Men’s and Women’s Basketball Team has repeatedly achieved good results in various large-scale competitions. Made an indelible contribution. The Chinese Basketball Association pays tribute to the Bayi men's and women's basketball teams."

Image source: Official website of China Basketball Association.

　　At the end of a period of history, as a bystander, there will always be thousands of emotions in my mind, not to mention this history is about the Bayi team that has created countless glorious moments in the professional league dynasty and Chinese basketball.

But when the time of farewell really came, no matter how complicated emotions were finally turned into two words: thanks and cherish.

　　Against the backdrop of the fiery reform of the league, Bayi's low-key departure seemed somewhat lonely.

But in fact, the Chinese Basketball Professional League can take one step to the present day and cannot do without the help of the military team.

　　Of the 12 teams in the first year of the China Basketball Professional League, 5 are military teams-in addition to Bayi, there are also the Air Force, Jinan Military Region Team, Shenyang Military Region Team, and Nanjing Military Region Team.

If you count the avant-garde teams that belong to the public security system, it can be said that the military team "supported" half of the league in the early days of the CBA.

　　At the same time, in the age when the professional league was hobbled and the competition environment was not yet perfect, it was also the Bayi men's basketball team that started the fan's reverie and pursuit of the Chinese Basketball League with six consecutive championships.

And "God of War" Liu Yudong, "Chinese Magician" Adijiang, "Cobra" Fan Bin, "Desperate Saburo" Zhang Jinsong, "Wind Chasing Boy" Wang Zhizhi... This series of names that still resound in Chinese basketball history has ignited a generation. The heroic dream of "A A" fans.

Former Bayi men's basketball players gathered.

　　Now I think back to the era of Bayi Men’s Basketball Team A-A—the sound and flags on the stands, the military salutes and bows of the Bayi team, and the Bayi fans known as the "Blue Devils". That's all about professional leagues. The prototype of a beautiful imagination.

　　Even if the military teams decline in the professional league in the future, they will be transformed into the foundation of the continuous development of the Chinese basketball professional league like a "whale falling".

　　Among the several military teams in the first year of CBA, the Jinan Army and the Shenyang Army were acquired by Qingdao Double Star and Zhejiang Guangsha in 2003 and 2005, thereby completing the transformation and appearing on the professional stage in a way that is more in line with the attributes of the CBA League; After the military region was dismantled, most of the players flowed into the Shaanxi men's basketball team. Later, Guangdong Hongyuan's main guard for the first three consecutive great achievements was also from the Guangzhou Military Region.

The Bayi Women's Basketball Team is still a strong team in the league.

Photo by Liu Zhankun

　　The women’s league WCBA is exactly the same. In the beginning of the league in 2002, the 12 teams included three military teams: Bayi, Shenbu and Air Force.

The Bayi women's basketball team not only won 5 consecutive championships at the beginning of the league, but the competitiveness of the girls continued until last season.

Even without foreign aid, the Bayi Women's Basketball Team is still a force that cannot be underestimated in the WCBA.

　　At the national team level, from Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yudong, and Li Nan in 1996, to Moko, Chen Ke, and Zhang Jinsong in 2004, to Wang Lei in 2008, every golden age of the Chinese men's basketball team is indispensable for the support of Bayi players; And Zheng Haixia, Miao Lijie, Sui Feifei, Chen Nan... these military-related names string together the history of the entire Chinese women's basketball team.

　　At the moment, Zou Yuchen and Guo Haowen have all had the experience of wearing national shirts, while Li Meng, Wang Xuemeng and Sun Mengran are still the main players of the Chinese women's basketball team.

The Bayi team is indispensable in every "golden age" of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Data map.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　Even if the Bayi men's and women's basketball teams withdrew from the future blueprint of the Chinese Basketball Professional League, you can still find the shadow of the military everywhere in the league.

　　In the CBA league, now Xinjiang coach Adijiang has played for Bayi for a long time, whether as a player or as a coach. His style of leading the team reveals a military atmosphere everywhere; Jiangsu Kendia’s new coach Li Nan does not need to say, "Little Li Feida "From head to toe, the brand of Bayi men's basketball is engraved; Shanxi coach Ding Wei is also a member of the "Avant-Garde Five Tigers" in the first year of CBA; and Tianjin coach Liu Tie was the trump card of the Air Force.

　　When both the Bayi men's and women's basketball teams withdrew, many players from the two teams will definitely return to the league, and the heroic and active players of the Bayi team are all the blood of the military team.

　　In fact, the Bayi men's and women's basketball team has never given up the forward pace, and the departure at this moment is just the retreat of their heroes after completing their historical mission.

Data map.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　In fact, before the start of the league, both CBA and WCBA have completed registration and arranged the schedule for the Bayi men's and women's basketball teams.

In the end, the two military teams chose to give up their positions and erase their "special roles" from the professional league map. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as the last time they sent for the professionalization of Chinese basketball. Assists.

　　On February 16, 2014, Wang Zhizhi, who completed the final battle of his career, once said to the 6,000 spectators at the scene: "Thank you for staying with me to the end and paying tribute to everyone who dreams of basketball."

　　This sentence, this time, was given to Da Zhi and also used to bid farewell to the Bayi men's and women's basketball team.

　　pay tribute.

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