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For the first time in history! There are 3 mixed-race players in the Chinese men s basketball team! How are their performance?

8:28am, 1 July 2025【Basketball】

U19 Men's Basketball World Cup kicks off in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Chinese team's lineup is: defenders: Zhu Zheng, Yang Yi, Feng Ao and Hou Mengze; forwards: Zhang Boyuan, Chen Jiazheng, Cui Xinquan and Zhang Huafei; insides: Xun Sifeng, Xun Sinan, Wang Hongze and Liu Li. Unfortunately, Li Yuezhou missed this game due to injury. It is necessary to talk about the competition system first. The 16 teams are divided into 4 groups (A–D). Each group of 4 teams plays a single-round group match. All teams advance to the top 16 knockout round (8th final). In other words, the team will not be eliminated in the group stage. The winner of the

1/8 finals enters the quarterfinals (such as A1 vs B4) until the champion and third place are decided; the team loses participates in qualifying matches such as 5-8, 9-16, 13-16, etc. based on the results of the competition.

This competition system ensures that each team plays at least 7 games, that is, 3 group matches + 4 eliminations/qualifying matches.

This year's group:

Group A: Argentina, Mali, Serbia, New Zealand; Group B: China, Slovenia, Germany, Canada

Group C: Jordan, Switzerland, Israel, Dominican; Group D: Cameroon, the United States, Australia, France

In the first game last night, the Chinese U19 men's basketball team 72-80 Canada, missed a 15-point reversal. We once caught up to only 2 points in the last quarter...

In terms of scores, although there are regrets, it is acceptable.

From the process,... I can only say that the difference in physical ability is too big.

rebounded 41-63, losing 22 wildly.

Canada made 3 of 27 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of only 11.11%, but it snatched 63 rebounds, including 27 frontcourt rebounds, and scored 27 points on the second offense.

Lost 20 rebounds in the frontcourt, it is almost impossible to win.

was about to overtake, but the opponent kept grabbing the frontcourt rebounds.

In addition to the physical fitness factor, what we should reflect on is our players’ habits of positioning, which is really bad... Grabbing rebounds is not just a matter of centers.

Everyone will find that there are already 3 mixed-race players in this 12-man roster of the Chinese men's basketball team, which should be the best in history! Zhu Zheng, Feng Ao on the back line and forward player Zhang Huafei.

How are they doing? The latter two have few opportunities.

Feng Ao, a high defender, has a good sense of handling balls and defense, but offense...

Don't consider surpassing Hachimura, surpassing yourself first.

Zhang Huafei is defined as a 3D player, but he has few opportunities. Let's take a look.

The latest and most outstanding player is Zhu Zheng.

13 scored 6 points, 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 interruptions. Whether he is present or not, the team is completely different. Don't forget, he is only 17 years old, but he has a very mature look at the team.

What you can feel is that he and his teammates have different understandings of the game.

For Chinese basketball, this guy is a "high-end product".

So what are the shortcomings or shortcomings? Of course there is!

Our mixed-race players have really not good physical abilities, especially explosions. In addition, Zhu Zheng is not tall enough and many balls cannot end.

However, he was already eye-catching.

If last night's performance can be continued, if the national team does not bring Zhu Zheng in the next Asian Cup, don't blame the fans for scolding...

As a continuation of yesterday's topic, let's talk about the issue of domestic defenders.

Repeat my personal opinion again: If a defender has speed and can occasionally pass a few good balls, but he is very short and cannot solve the problem, he does not have enough stable three-pointers, has no mid-range score, and cannot use the throws in a mature manner, then on the international stage, there is no use at all...

This is really not a problem of height discrimination, and there is no need to refute it with an example like Yuki Kawamura. There is only one player in Asia.

Especially the defenders we train ourselves, handling the ball is too difficult and others are better at defending.

The person has a simple attack, and the short guard can't even see the way, so he can't get the ball.

The national team can basically give up training, and there is no need to waste resources. (Especially we already have shorter defenders Xu Jie, Zhu Zheng and Zhao Weilun.)

This is definitely not a game theory, but has been verified by a large number of games.

What players like this should consider is not whether they can enter the future adult national team and take us to the World Cup and Olympics, but whether they can play steadily in the CBA led by foreign players.

Don't forget that Xu Jie's fame battle, the finals of Xinjiang rely on defense + three-pointers.

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