China News Service, January 19th. On the 19th, the Chinese Basketball Team announced the training list of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team for the sixth window of the World Preliminaries.
Yao Ming served as the team leader, and 18 athletes included Wu Qian, Cheng Shuipeng, Zhao Jiwei, Guo Ailun, Zhang Zhenlin, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, Zeng Fanbo, Wang Zhelin, Zhou Peng, Zhu Xuhang, Hu Jinqiu, Zhu Junlong, Zhu Mingzhen, Jiao Boqiao, Cui Yongxi, Cui Xiaolong , Zhou Qi.
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In response to the national team training camp, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Djordjevic, answered some questions of concern to the outside world.
Regarding the criteria for selecting players this time, Djordjevic said that the first consideration is the 3 Hs: "Healthy, I mean health is more about the mind; Hungry is eager, and the desire must be displayed on both offensive and defensive ends; Humble is humble , the necessary qualities of a national team player. In addition, I will also pay attention to the degree of selflessness, defensive quality, defensive quality includes personal defensive quality and the ability to comprehend the overall defensive rules of the future national team, physical strength, athletic talent , as well as considerations for future national team building.”
In addition to the familiar players, there are also some new faces in this list.
Djordjevic mentioned that he hopes that through this recruitment, the talented young players in China will strengthen their understanding, based on the past international competitions and trends, what kind of quality is the national team's priority, and then let them Continue to grow with this awareness.
He said: "The focus of my training this time and the goal I want to achieve is to establish our communication tacit understanding as soon as possible, so as to transform my personal basketball concept into our collective basketball concept, and establish a connection between the team's internal personnel. , Establish internal codes of conduct, and make these connections and codes the basis for positive results. Teamwork as soon as possible, tacit understanding among the coaching staff as soon as possible, constant exchange of ideas and enhanced communication between coaches and other team members.”
Regarding the goal of this competition, Djordjevic said, "I hope that the players can maximize the opportunity of this competition to establish and accept the concept of "the overall goal of the team is higher than individual goals". The highest quality of professional players is displayed, combined with the undoubted pride in the motherland in everyone's heart, and turned into a criterion of unity and cooperation to meet challenges every day, there is no other way." (End)