Yao Ming retired. The career of a generation of superstars is over. The loyal fans of Yao Ming, China men's basketball team and Rockets will never see Yao Ming's heroic posture on the court again. As far as basketball in China is concerned, Yao Ming will never have a chance to put on the national team shirt and fight for his country. Judging from the idea of "I hope Yao will play the 20 12 London Olympic Games" expressed by basketball center officials, the China men's basketball team is not ready for Yao Ming's retirement.
Now it seems that the sadness brought by Yao Ming's retirement is not only because of our nostalgia for Yao's era, but also because of our concern for the China men's basketball team. China's men's basketball team will not be as talented as the American men's basketball team, nor will there be a Jordan on the 23rd and a Kobe on the 24th, and there will be no N forms of "Big Three" in China's basketball league. Therefore, a serious problem is bound to come with Yao Ming's retirement-who can take over Yao Ming's gun? Who can support the China men's basketball team like Yao Ming?
Some people say that Yao Ming's capital in playing basketball lies in his "physical capital" of height and arm length. Some commentators said that they hoped that Yao Ming and Ye Li could have more children with arm length and play for China Basketball or China Volleyball Team. This statement is as ridiculous as saying "I hope Yao Ming will play the London Olympics" when retiring. On the one hand, children in Yao Mingsheng are the right of personal freedom; On the other hand, it is also an individual's right for Yao Ming to decide which country a child is born in and which country his nationality is. Forcing others to make some sacrifices for the so-called national honor is no different from rape.
Looking at the current China men's basketball team. There is no real superstar potential. Yi Jianlian has made some achievements in the NBA, but he still can't reach the height of Yao Ming. Sun Yue, who played soy sauce once in NBA, seems unable to attract everyone's attention except "snickering". As for other players, although they have played well in their respective clubs, I believe everyone knows what role they play in the national team. Besides Bater and Wang, more people are just playing "role players". Although China men's basketball team won the championship in the Asian Games with Wang's outstanding performance, the role of others except Wang was not obvious.
It can be said that as far as the development of China's professional basketball league is concerned, the mass base of basketball is too small because it is too utilitarian and closed, and there are few basketball talents in the youth stage. Although there are many more teenagers playing basketball than playing football, it is still far from the goal of national sports and national fitness. NBA players are talented because they have complete university leagues, high school leagues and other leagues. So, they will have James, Kobe and Ross.
Yao Ming also has his own feelings about national sports: "Our national system concentrates the greatest resources on a few people, but basketball needs a broad mass base. If we really want to improve the basketball level in China in essence, we still need the joint efforts of the sports department and the market. " If we expect the national system to win the world in a few days, then team sports will never find sunshine avenue.
Yao Ming is like a big tree. When this big tree is flourishing, we will appreciate it and worship it. As we all know, saplings under big trees are generally difficult to grow into towering trees because of lack of resources. The existence of Yao Ming once made us forget some problems of China men's basketball team or China sports. However, once Yao Ming retires, the problems encountered by China men's basketball team will be manifested in a very abrupt way. With the development of logic here, it can be concluded that those who can hold Yao Ming guns are not in the current national system, even if a star can accidentally become another Yao Ming, it is only temporary. The people who can take over Yao Ming's gun are actually among the people, and the way lies in national sports and national fitness.