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The best team of the Chinese men s basketball team was released, and there was controversy over the list of three people, and the fans made reasonable requests!

7:45am, 3 August 2025【Basketball】

Recently, the famous domestic basketball media launched a list of "China Men's Basketball Team's Best Active Team". This list is divided into two sets of lineups. Among them, Yang Hansen became the "vote king" with an absolute advantage of 54,380 votes, and formed the first lineup with Zeng Fanbo, Zhao Rui, Zhou Qi and Zhao Jiwei. The second lineup consists of Guo Ailun, Hu Jinqiu, Li Kaier, Cui Yongxi and Hu Mingxuan. Although this list brings together many resounding names in today's Chinese basketball and the voting process seems lively, the result has not been unanimously recognized by the outside world. After reviewing this list, many rational fans and commentators made sharp criticisms, believing that this is more like a popularity competition than a selection based on the players' real strength. Among them, three players on the list have become the focus of controversy.

The first one to cause controversy was Zhao Jiwei, who was selected for the first team. To be fair, if the best team in the CBA League is selected, then Zhao Jiwei's selection is still convincing with his outstanding performance and championship honors in the league. However, when the limited scope of the selection is "the best team of the Chinese men's basketball team at the moment", his position seems less stable. Critics believe that Zhao Jiwei's performance in the international arena is a certain gap with his dominance in the domestic league. This time he was able to surpass many good players to enter the squad, which is more due to the qualifications he has accumulated over the years and the support of the strong fan base behind him. This kind of "working experience" selection is considered to be the first manifestation of the lack of professionalism on the list. Similarly, Guo Ailun, who was selected into the second team, has also been questioned. It is generally believed that Guo Ailun’s appearance on the list is more due to fans’ "feelings" of his peak period, rather than an objective evaluation of his current competitive level.

If the doubts about Zhao Jiwei and Guo Ailun are still at the level of state and performance, then the results of Li Kaier's selection can almost be said to have subverted people's basic logic of judging strength. As the only active NBA player on this list, Li Kaile was only ranked in the second team, and this result is ridiculous. Some fans commented in a very ironic tone: "A man who plays in the NBA has entered the second team of the Chinese men's basketball team, how powerful is the Chinese men's basketball team?" For example, the new star Zhao Weilun in Europe, as well as the defenders such as Sun Minghui, Xu Jie, and Lin Wei who performed well in the domestic league, are fully qualified to appear on the back line of this list. Among them, Xu Jie's excellent pick-and-roll handling ability and field control rhythm are even needed at the national team level.

"fan circle culture" has a profound impact on the selection in the field of sports. After comprehensively considering strength and lineup adaptability, the editor also has a more convincing first lineup list, namely, Yang Hansen and Hu Jinqiu are partnering with the inside, Li Kaier is in charge on the front line, and Zhao Rui and Hu Mingxuan, who are both offensive and defensive. Although this list is just a one-man statement, the principle of strength supremacy followed behind it may be better than a simple popularity voting to represent the true level of the Chinese men's basketball team at this stage. The strongest one is the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming in 2008! Dear fans, what do you think?

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