The 35 -year -old Chinese basketball star Yi Jianlian announced his retirement late at night on Tuesday (August 29), ending a 21 -year career.Countless Chinese fans recalled the glorious moment of "the United States", while talking about the bad performance of the Chinese men's basketball team on the World Cup, lamenting that no one was successor.
Yi Jianlian joined the NBA in the United States through the draft in 2007 and has been around for multiple teams. He has performed well.In the Chinese CBA arena, he is even more "killing the Quartet". He won the championship seven times, or the CBA historical rebound king and two pairs of kings.
During the national team's career, Yi Jianlian participated in the four Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, he also served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation.After Yao Ming retired, Yi Jianlian led the Chinese men's basketball team, which has gradually declined with strength for many years.As he bid farewell to the field, the "Yao Yi Times" finally ended, and the 12th players of the Chinese men's basketball team in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which were called "08 Golden Generation", have all retired.
The peak of the Chinese men's basketball team was compared with today's trough, and the big gap made many fans unacceptable.In the Basketball World Cup group match held in Manila, Philippines, the Chinese team lost three games. The bottom of the group was eliminated, and the three games added 80 points to the three games, which can be described as defeated.During the game, the star Zhou Qi had a free throw of "three non -stains" and Wang Zhelin's empty basket was not scored. The naturalized player Li Kai, who was highly hoped, did not have the ability to turn the tide.
Yao Ming also has Yi Jianlian. After Yi Jianlian, it has "no general in Shu". This is the reality of the Chinese men's basketball team, but the root cause of the problem is not individual, but systemic.
The decline in the quality of basketball talents, first of all, China's youth training system can not keep up with the changes in the world trend.China has a long -term tradition of "separation of physical education", unlike the United States, Japan and other countries that organically combine sports training and ordinary education.The media person Yang Yi pointed out that the more the economy develops, the more sound of the parents' cognition, the less children go to the professional sports school, and the level and intensity of college basketball are generally unable to keep up.In addition, the development trend of basketball has become higher and higher for player technology and shooting capabilities, but China's material selection standards are still rigid.Kawamura Kawamura, who has shined in this World Cup, is only 1.72 meters tall. If he was born in China, in the words of fans, "even the provincial team can't enter."
The Chinese Professional Basketball League is also chaotic.At the beginning of the CBA season this year, the contract disputes between Xinjiang Guanghui Club and Zhou Qi were full of contract disputes. The Xinjiang men's basketball team pointed to the Chinese Basketball Association directly and criticized its "management office."The confusion and contradiction between administrative management and business operations are the diseases of professional sports in China, and basketball has not been completely avoided.By the playoffs, the two teams in Jiangsu and Shanghai played public fake balls, making the image of the CBA worse in the hearts of fans.
On the issues of players "going out" and "introduction", the Chinese men's basketball team seems to be in the back of the men's football. Few local players who go abroad to high -level leagues have become less and less.The dependence of players is getting deeper and deeper.Betain is not indispensable, but it still needs to start with youth training and league to enhance the ability of local players.Basketball, a highly professional group item, is very different from the personal projects of the Chinese and American mixed -race ski athletes Gu Ailing. There is no shortcut to go. It must be honestly actually actually act in accordance with the laws of sports and market laws.
Yi Jianlian's retirement and the defeat of the Chinese men's basketball team have made many fans feel pessimistic about the prospects, and even asserted that "Chinese basketball has never seen Chinese football."What you want to see is that compared with football, the mass foundation of Chinese basketball is still good. Many people engaged in basketball. The "village BA" from the bottom up and spontaneous growth from the people is all over the country.There is no shortage of seedlings and soil. What is lacking is the system environment that allows talents to grow, which is more to be completed by top -down changes.Otherwise, Yi Jianlian will become a peak of hardships in the future. This is his personal glory, but it is also the sorrow of Chinese basketball.
