1+4 mistakes + the lowest positive and negative value! Two years ago, he was the second scorer of the men s basketball team, and he became the biggest drawback today

The reason why the Chinese men's basketball team's strength has declined sharply in recent years is undoubtedly the key. Even though Li Kaile was naturalized in the 2023 World Cup, the latter is not a player who is good at offense, with only 13 points per game, and Zhao Rui ranked second in the scoring list, who averaged 12.6 points per game in that World Cup.

Although Zhao Rui does have good scoring ability, he has suffered from injuries during his playing in Xinjiang in the past two seasons. He returned to the national team this summer, and Zhao Rui's condition has also declined to a certain extent. In the warm-up match between the Chinese men's basketball team defeating the Netherlands, Zhao Rui made 1 of 5 shots and 0 of 2 three-pointers in 11 minutes of playing time, scored only 3 points, and made 4 mistakes. The plus-negative value of -11 is the worst in the team.

Zhao Rui's poor performance also attracted fans' complaints: "There is no need to lead Zhao Rui, he is no longer on basketball, and now he has become a drag." But some rational fans still said: "I don't understand. Zhao Rui has not played a few games in a season (26 games), and has only played one game in the playoffs, and Guo Shiqiang also insists on leading him."

Zhao Rui, who is already 29 years old, has indeed declined to a certain extent compared to the 2023 World Cup. If the Chinese men's basketball team has to focus on the 27th World Cup and the 28th Los Angeles Olympics, Zhao Rui will be at least 30 years old and is a guard who relies on his body to play. Once Zhao Rui's physical function declines, his shooting is not very stable, it is actually relatively limited to his ability to provide the Chinese men's basketball team with limited help.

Originally, the Chinese men's basketball team could train Lin Wei, a potential guard with good scoring ability in the CBA, but he has not been favored by Guo Shiqiang in the past two years, which forced Guo Shiqiang to bring a "nervous knife" player like Cheng Shuipeng. However, instead of continuing to find some defenders with moderate abilities, if the Chinese men's basketball team really wants to appear on the next World Cup and Olympic stage, then naturalized players may really have to be put on the agenda.

Most local coaches actually attach great importance to the importance of the defensive end, but in international arenas, especially in the face of strong European and American teams, with the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, they are destined to be unable to limit the opponent's fierce offensive firepower. If the scoring cannot match the opponent's score, they will lose 3 or 40 points at a loss, that's indeed normal.

If the men's basketball team does not hurry up and naturalize a defender with explosive scoring ability, but continues to count on Zhao Rui, whose form has begun to decline, then the Chinese men's basketball team may not only continue to miss the 28-year Los Angeles Olympics, but also even the 27-year World Cup tickets.