The Basketball Association has successively released two new stars to overseas, and is it worth giving up the Asian Cup?

Recently, two decisions of the Chinese Basketball Association have attracted widespread attention and discussion. The first is to approve Li Yueru to continue to stay with the WNBA Flying Wings without participating in the upcoming Shenzhen Women's Basketball Asian Cup. Secondly, the Basketball Association also allowed Yang Hansen to go to the United States to join the Portland Trail Blazers for summer training, which means he will miss the Asian Cup held by Saudi Arabia. These decisions have aroused many people's doubts: Is this choice right or wrong to give up intercontinental events for the sake of the players' overseas "more learning" and give up the opportunity to win glory for the country?

From another perspective, these decisions actually have thoughtful strategic considerations behind them. For Li Yueru, she has just joined the WNBA Flying Wings and is in a critical period of adapting to the new environment and demonstrating her strength. If she returns to China to participate in the Asian Cup at this time, her position in the team may be threatened and may even lose the opportunity to stay in the team. Therefore, this choice is actually protecting Li Yueru's career and ensuring that she has a longer-term future.

Similarly, for Yang Hansen, it is rare to get the NBA Trail Blazers' summer training opportunities. NBA training is not only a training for physical confrontation, but more importantly, a comprehensive improvement of tactical concepts and competitive level. The experience gained from training in the NBA for a month may far exceed the gains of participating in ten Asian Cup games. After all, the Asian Cup is still different from top events such as the Olympics and the World Cup.

Although some people are worried that without Li Yueru, the women's basketball team will lose their advantage when facing the Japanese team, we must look at this issue objectively. Even if Li Yueru participates in the competition, the chances of winning may not be very favorable when facing the extremely strong Australian team. For the men's basketball team, the situation is more obvious. The competitive level and influence of the Asian Cup are really deficient compared with world-class competitions such as the Olympics and the World Cup. Therefore, it is obviously not wise to delay players from accessing higher-level training for such events.

All of this reminds people of Yao Ming's career. As a core player of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yao Ming participated in almost all important events. The long-term high-load sports led to excessive overdraft in his body, which ultimately forced him to end his career early. At that time, the Basketball Association's approach may be to focus on "how many games can you win in front of you", and ignore the long-term health and development of the players. However, the Chinese Basketball Association is now clearly beginning to realize that in order to truly improve the overall strength of Chinese basketball, players must have the opportunity to access higher-level platforms to cultivate more comprehensive basketball talents.

These two decisions have sparked heated discussions on the Internet. Supporters believe that only when the players themselves become stronger can the overall strength of the national team be improved. If the players are always reluctant to let them miss these short-term game opportunities, the Chinese team's performance on the international stage may be more difficult in the future. Some voices also questioned this, believing that the Asian Cup is an important event, and giving up participating makes people feel a bit inappropriate, and lacks the spirit of fighting and winning glory for the country. Some people think that it is too early to draw a conclusion now. After all, if Li Yueru shines in the WNBA and Yang Hansen can get an NBA contract, the current choice will be proved to be correct.

Regardless of their position, this move by the Basketball Association at least shows that they no longer only focus on the current victory or defeat, but begin to plan the future of Chinese basketball from a longer-term perspective. In the future, if the rules for player recruitment can be further refined and clear which events must be participated and which can be arranged flexibly, this will help provide players with more overseas development opportunities, and at the same time ensure the stability and competitiveness of the national team.

The most fundamental thing is that what Chinese basketball lacks at present is not just the winner of the Asian Cup, but the players who can hold their feet on the world stage. I hope Li Yueru can achieve greater success in the WNBA, and I hope Yang Hansen can show his potential in the NBA summer training. When they return to the country with new progress, perhaps Chinese basketball will usher in a real breakthrough.

These decisions reflect the strategic changes of the Chinese Basketball Association. In the past, we may have paid too much attention to short-term achievements and ignored the improvement of players' personal abilities and the long-term development of overall basketball level. Nowadays, the Basketball Association pays more attention to cultivating the personal strength of players and creating more opportunities for them to go to the world's top stadium.

Of course, this transformation also brings risks and uncertainty. Giving up some intercontinental events may affect the national team's record and even cause controversy. But in the long run, cultivating more high-level players and providing them with opportunities for further study abroad will ultimately win greater international competitiveness for Chinese basketball. Although such efforts may not be immediate for the time being, they are undoubtedly worth it.

Therefore, we should give the Chinese Basketball Association more understanding and support, and believe that their decisions will lay a solid foundation for the future development of Chinese basketball. At the same time, we should also encourage more young players to go abroad, challenge higher-level basketball platforms, and promote the improvement of the overall strength of Chinese basketball through continuous learning and progress.

The rise of Chinese basketball is not only the responsibility of players and coaches, but also the common mission of every basketball enthusiast. Let us cheer for Chinese basketball together and look forward to it creating more brilliant results in the international arena. Only by investing more energy in the cultivation of youth basketball and providing children with better training conditions and opportunities can we continuously provide power for future Chinese basketball. Through in-depth exchanges and cooperation with the international basketball community and learning advanced training concepts and tactics, we can continuously improve the overall level of Chinese basketball.