Chinese women s basketball team is training again! Does Gong Luming recall Li Meng? No one of the 4 power forwards can replace the female version of James

The Chinese women's basketball team plans to hold another training camp from August 18 to October 18, which means that in addition to the 12 players participating in the Asian Cup of Women's Basketball Team, other women's basketball players will return to the training camp. Can Li Meng, who is very concerned by the outside world, return to training? Previously, Li Meng missed the Asian Cup for the Women's Basketball Team. Gong Luming explained that Li Meng missed a lot of training due to injuries and caring for her family. There is no competition task for this training camp. If you consider it from the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, it is necessary to recall Li Meng.

There are actually no shortage of veterans in the strong teams of countries around the world. Even the powerful American women's basketball team has often recruited veterans such as Su Bird and Tao Lexi in the past few major competitions. In this Asian Cup for Women's Basketball Team, Japanese women's basketball center Rai Meng Doraemon is 34 years old and is still the starting center. Power forward Miyazawa Yuki averages 10.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, with a 50.0% three-point shooting percentage. She is currently 32 years old. Another famous Japanese women's basketball player, Maki Takada, is already 35 years old, and she is also the team's starter.

They are all older than Li Meng, who was born in 1995. Age is not a problem, the key is the player's status. Li Meng made great contributions in the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2023 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, and she was in poor form at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She was not in good shape last season in the WCBA League.

However, since Wang Siyu and Yang Liwei can both recover their form in the Asian Cup, Li Meng also has a chance to recover. Even if Li Meng can't return to her heyday, if she can recover to 80% of the level, it will be of great benefit to the Chinese women's basketball team. In the Asian Cup of Women's Basketball Team, Gong Luming brought four small forwards - Luo Xinqi, Zhang Ruoyun, and Jia Saiqi. However, no matter what their previous characteristics were, they were transformed into blue-collar forwards, with their functions as defense and shooting three-pointers. Their functions are too single, and they can even be said to be serious homogeneous, which has led to the lack of changes in the team on the offensive end.

The Chinese women's basketball team's offense either takes the defender to attack or feeds the ball to the inside players. The Chinese women's basketball team not only has problems with defense, but also has not been rich enough offense.

Li Meng is one of the most comprehensive small forwards in the Chinese women's basketball team. She has her own offensive system and has comprehensive offensive methods, and can break through and shoot. In addition, a very important point is that she has strong organizational skills and is better than many point guards in the league. This is also why she is called the female version of James and LeBron Dream by fans. Li Meng averaged 7.6 assists in the WCBA league in the 2022-23 season and 6.7 assists in the 2023-24 season.

Li Meng can definitely play another Olympic cycle. Since there is no competition task in this training camp, it is necessary to recall Li Meng to hone the lineup, and at the same time help Li Meng get back to his form. The Chinese women's basketball team will compete in the Women's Basketball World Cup next year, and will ultimately strive to achieve good results in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. If the Chinese women's basketball team wants to fight against the world's strong team, Li Meng really needs to recover.