From February 1st to February 19th, the new Chinese men's basketball team will start training in Shanghai to prepare for the two World Cup window games on February 23rd and February 26th.

Although there is no pressure to qualify, but because this is the first game led by the new coach Djordjevic, it has attracted much attention.

　　Djordjevic is a famous European basketball star. He has won the European championship in his player career stage.

He has been coaching the Serbian team since 2013. Within 6 years, he led the team to win the runner-up in the 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympic Games and 2017 European Cup.

During the coaching period of the club, Djordjevic also made outstanding achievements. Under his guidance, many clubs won the league and even European championships.

　　Where will this Serb, who is well versed in the world of basketball, take the Chinese men's basketball team?

This seems to be a little clue from the national team list of "Joe Phase I".

　　The tallness of the defender is a very obvious feature.

Among the eight players including Wu Qian, Cheng Shuipeng, Zhao Jiwei, Guo Ailun, Hu Mingxuan, Zhao Rui, and Cui Xiaolong, only Wu Qian and Zhao Jiwei are less than 1.90 meters tall, but Wu Qian's shooting ability and Zhao Jiwei's organizational ability are the best in the back line. Excellent.

　　Rejuvenation of the front line is a necessary change. Therefore, the most young people are selected. The average age of the 7 players including Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo, Zhou Peng, Zhu Xuhang, Zhu Junlong, Zhu Mingzhen and Cui Yongxi is less than 25 years old.

Moreover, many of them are capable of attacking and defending multiple positions, and their athletic ability is very good.

　　"In the development trend of modern basketball, the importance of physical strength in the game has surpassed technical ability. My ultimate goal is to organize a strong whole, and each player must conduct the ball selflessly. What I like is The team's victory is not personal data." Djordjevic once talked about his coaching philosophy in an interview with the media before. If you think of the 2019 World Cup, the average height of the Serbian men's basketball team he led reached 2.06 meters. It should be an obvious answer that Chinese basketball has started the process of Europeanization again.

　　This is not the first time the Chinese men's basketball team has made such an attempt.

In 2008, under the leadership of Harris and Jonas, the Chinese men's basketball team successfully entered the quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympic Games, leaving one of the best memories of Chinese basketball for the Chinese.

But in 2013, Yannakis defeated Manila. The Greek coach, like Djordjevic, has a brilliant resume both in his player period and his coaching career.

It is also because of this that the outside world is not very optimistic about Djordjevic coaching the Chinese team this time. After all, the pressure and difficulties he faces are very great.

　　As we all know, the biggest task of this year's Chinese men's basketball team is to pass the World Cup directly to the Paris Olympics.

But there is indeed great uncertainty about whether it can become the best team in Asia in the World Cup. After all, one of the hosts of this World Cup is the Japanese men's basketball team.

It can be expected that they will have a very good grouping situation, and the blessing of two active NBA players, Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, will help the Japanese men's basketball team become more competitive.

　　Of course, for the Chinese men's basketball team and Djordjevic, they are actually at a crossroads of opportunity.

Compared with the old and less aggressive team under Yannakis, the Chinese men's basketball team is actually in a rising stage. The core lineup of Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, and Zhao Rui is still in the current stage. In the years of playing, Zhang Zhenlin, Hu Mingxuan, Hu Jinqiu and others have also accumulated more game experience. Coupled with the emergence of young talents such as Zeng Fanbo, it is not impossible for the Chinese men's basketball team to complete the World Cup and go straight to the Paris Olympics. completed tasks.

(China Youth Daily and China Youth Net reporter Yang Qi)

　　(Source: China Youth Daily, Edition 08, January 31, 2023)