Should Yang Hansen play in the Asian Cup? Yang Yi hit the nail on the head, and fans called out to the Basketball Association, don’t learn from Wang Zhizhi

Recently, 20-year-old Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers with the No. 16 pick in the first round in the NBA draft, becoming a major event in Chinese basketball that has been recorded in history. The upcoming Asian Cup in August has become a problem that Yang Hansen needs to choose! Yang Hansen said in an interview: "If the national team needs it, he will return to China to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup." However, this statement has aroused heated discussion among fans, and many fans shouted to Yang Hansen and the Chinese Basketball Association in the comment area: Don't come back! The famous basketball commentator Yang Yi also expressed his views, which was a sharp hit.

Yang Yi made it clear in a recent live broadcast that he did not want Yang Hansen to return to China to play the Asian Cup in August. From Yang Yi's point of view, first of all, Yang Hansen has just finished his CBA season, and has been running around in trial training, and his body is in a serious overdraft state, and he urgently needs a long period of rest to restore his physical fitness. Secondly, August is a golden period for Yang Hansen, who is about to start his NBA career. During this period, he will conduct systematic training, improve physical fitness, polish his skills, and integrate into the NBA's game rhythm and tactical system, rather than spending his energy on the Asian Cup.

In addition, the Trail Blazers' preseason training camp began in October. If you play continuously, the risk of Yang Hansen's injury will be greatly increased. This is not a good thing for him who has just entered the NBA and has not yet gained a foothold. Furthermore, the current Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team has nothing to do with the qualifications of the Olympics. In terms of the importance of the game, there seems to be no need to let Yang Hansen take the risk of participating in the competition.

In fact, Yang Yi's view is quite pertinent. After being selected by the NBA, he said he was willing to play for his country, which is really touching. This shows that Yang Hansen has a country in his heart and has a strong sense of responsibility. But then again, if you really want to return to China to play the Asian Cup, the editor’s personal true thoughts really don’t want Yang Hansen to come back.

Think about Yao Ming playing in the NBA back then, and he had to return to China to participate in various games during the offseason, such as the Stankovic Cup and the Asian Championships. He had one game after another, and his body could not withstand the injury at all, and he had to retire early. After Yi Jianlian was selected by the NBA in 2006, he still returned to China to play in the Doha Asian Games. Although he won the championship, it still had an impact on his development in the NBA. Including Wang Zhizhi back then, these lessons have been profound. After waiting for so many years, I finally waited for a Yang Hansen, which carried the fans' expectations for the new hope of the Chinese men's basketball team. We must not follow in the footsteps and repeat the same mistakes!

As mentioned in Yang Yi's view, the Asian Cup is now a useless competition because it does not matter whether it is qualified for the World Cup or the Olympic qualification. In such a game, Yang Hansen does not need to play, especially when Zhou Qi and Hu Jinqiu both participated in the national team training camp and there was no problem with going with the team, it was enough to face opponents in the same group of Saudi Arabia, India and Jordan.

However, there are two points that increase the possibility of Yang Hansen playing in the Asian Cup. First of all, the Chinese men's basketball team has retracted the "invitation system" against national players and has become the "recruitment system" of the past. If you are injured or need to go out for competition, you must first arrive at the national team and then ask for leave in order to reasonably absent. This move caused great controversy at the time, and it was precisely for this reason that the men's basketball team rarely held two training camps last year.

The second reason is that this is the first international competition that Guo Shiqiang led the Chinese men's basketball team to play. The previous Asian Cup qualifiers were just low-end games in the window period. When it came to the main match of the Asian Cup, Guo Shiqiang naturally hoped to send the strongest lineup to play. In addition, the men's basketball team is not doing well now, so the results are even more needed to prove his coaching ability.

Yang Hansen, as the No. 16 pick in the first round, started his career very high, but now, the competition in the Trail Blazers is very fierce, and there are already five centers in the team. If you miss Yang Hansen's key offseason preparation, it is very likely that he will be marginalized in the new season because he did not adapt to the intensity of the NBA in advance. For the new coach Guo Shiqiang, the Asian Cup is indeed his first major test for coaching the national team, and the desire to form the strongest lineup is understandable. But letting Yang Hansen come back to play such a game will only make the gains less than the loss, and will be criticized by Guangdong fans! Instead of spending energy in the Asian Cup, it is better to use this period of time to conduct systematic training to make up for your shortcomings.

I hope the Basketball Association and the national team will not only consider the current interests and not only focus on the current game results. Give athletes room for self-development and decision-making, and don’t let short-term profits destroy future stars.