As a basketball fan, I can’t accept that the Chinese team was bloodbathed for 40 points in a foreign competition venue!
Training for PLG and T1?
In the Asian qualifying match for the World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, following losing to the Chinese team in the last game, the Chinese team today (7/3) faced the Japanese team, the host country of next year’s World Cup, and scored only 27 points in the first half and even more in the third quarter. Only single digits, and finally swallowed the losing streak 49:89. Watching the lively ending of PLG, Taiwan athletes going abroad to compete but being beaten as underdogs, the Chinese team is so embarrassingly competitive, how do the fans feel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBq3G1BbbA8
It is reported that the team sent by the Chinese team this time is the youth army, and there were many confirmed cases before the trip, which may not be the best state, but the opponent Japan also sent the second army, the same as the second army, such a difference in strength, I do not understand Taiwan now From the coaches to players of the three leagues from PLG, T1 to SBL, and the fans on the island, how do you feel?
After all, going abroad will cost a lot of manpower and money. Even though the southern hemisphere is now in the early winter, it is not the peak tourist season, and many consumptions are much cheaper, but the whole team flying to Melbourne for round-trip air tickets, food and accommodation, etc. are all considerable expenses. From the perspective of training, such a shocking education may be good.
However, since PLG and other leagues have already hit the market and box office, and can provide high salaries to players, these youth players will face the temptation of their own professional basketball team in the future. Of course, they will give up the glory of representing the country and devote themselves to the professional stage. When the Basketball Association and PLG and other leagues have not yet selected the national players for training, coordination and consensus, will the players who represent Taiwan in the World Cup qualifiers this time continue to accept the national call-up in the future? Of course there will be Big question mark.
Let the author boldly predict that the training experience of young players going abroad is likely to become an advance training for the domestic professional basketball team. Under capitalism and the free market, what can a statist basketball association on the other side do? Ling People are curious.
League stars such as PLG should have the courage to play for the country
Relatively speaking, I expect professional basketball directors and players to take the initiative to play for the country in major events (relevant call-up issues). Men’s basketball team may become the “Seven Sixers” team if the draft is not smooth)。
Of course, we understand that there are limits to the development of athletes’ lives and careers, but Stephen Curry, the FMVP who just won the NBA championship, is rumored to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is a balance between Curry’s personal career and international tasks. In the past, the United States also had a history of not playing professional basketball players, which led to the dream team not being a dream team. After all, playing in international competitions is regarding saving face, and no one wants to lose face in international competitions.
To put it aside, Taiwan needless to say on the world stage, even in Asia and even East Asian countries, Taiwan’s basketball development level has fallen behind a lot. Even more cruelly, if we refuse or cannot send the best players and coaches to compete with the best in other countries, it will be an ostrich mentality, and no matter how lively or lucrative professional basketball is, it will only exist on the island. leisure and entertainment business. Basketball-related leaders with a long-term vision should have the courage to send good players to compete with other countries.
NBA players from all over the world can represent their countries in the competition. Of course, there is no reason for Taiwan players to refuse to participate in the competition. The relevant people should work together, from the professional basketball season, the dates of international competitions, to the care and welfare of players, etc., talk regarding it multilaterally, and let people willing to serve the country. Contributing players and coaches are guaranteed.
In any case, basketball does talk regarding genes, especially the sports conditions of white people and black people, it is difficult to catch up within a few years. This is also the reality that China, Japan and South Korea are also born with insufficient conditions and can only work hard the day following tomorrow, but we should not give up. .
In the end, I would like to appeal that basketball is a popular mainstream sport in Taiwan. We should have sent the strongest Taiwanese Chinese team to play abroad and let others watch us. Even if the conditions are not good, that kind of fighting spirit and unwillingness to admit defeat is also a kind of internal and external cultural representation and recognition.
The above is my humble opinion, or if there is something inappropriate, please leave a message for criticism and advice.
