In the early morning of 5th Beijing time, China men’s basketball team ushered in the fifth warm-up match of overseas training in the Italian Cup, and finally they beat Cape Verde 86-66. In this game, the China men’s basketball team played a relatively smooth attack, and the outside line also had a good hit rate. Among them, Cui Yongxi, the star of hope, once again showed amazing physical talent. After receiving a pass from Zhao Jiwei, he staged an aerial relay, and another time he directly broke into the inside line to complete the pull-up and finally got the team’s highest 18 points. Later, Wei Fangshuo continued his good feeling when he played against the Egyptian team, and scored 11 points, including 2 of 4 3-pointers, which made Fang Shuo gradually increase his "trust points" in the defender competition.
Cui Yongxi, known as "CBA leonard", has excellent physical conditions. Everyone knows that Zhang Zhenlin is a player with outstanding physical talent. His height is 2m 05, his arm span is 2m 04, and his hand is 21cm long and 9cm wide. Cui Yongxi is shorter than Zhang Zhenlin. He is only 1.99 meters, but his arm span is 2.06 meters. His hand is surprisingly big, with a length of 25 cm and a width of 13 cm. Cui Yongxi is also a player that coach Jorjevich likes very much. Qiao Shuai even let Cui Yongxi come to the starting position in his first national team competition. Moreover, it is understood that when Qiao Shuai introduced the team players with Li Kaier before, he highlighted Cui Yongxi and thought that he was a player with great talent and development space.
Cui Yongxi went to the United States for special training this summer, and came back stronger and better in confrontation, which laid a more solid foundation for him to participate in the national team training and warm-up now. Cui Yongxi scored the highest score of the team in the match with Cape Verde on the 5th. In the match, he showed amazing physical talent, and one of the aerial relays surprised the audience. At the same time, Cui Yongxi dribbled through his opponent once and came to the basket, completing the difficult goal of the tie rod in the air. This shows his strong core strength and self-confidence in the game, and such Cui Yongxi undoubtedly makes people have higher expectations for his future development.
Defender Fang Shuo is also consolidating his position in the eyes of the coaching staff. In the previous warm-up matches, the China men’s basketball team was always unable to open the perimeter, and they were still looking for a stable perimeter shooting point. And shooting has always been a characteristic of Fang Shuo, and it is also an aspect where he can take advantage in the competition in the same position. In the previous match with the Egyptian team, Fang Shuo seized the opportunity and showed his own characteristics. At that time, he made 4 of 7 3-pointers.
In this match with Cape Verde, Fang Shuo continued his outside state, making 2 of 4 shots, and once he was almost a whistle-blower at the end of the quarter. At the same time, Fang Shuo also made an emergency stop after the pick-and-roll, which is really characteristic in the back line competition of China men’s basketball team at present. If this state of Fang Shuo can be sustained, then it is hopeful that he will be selected into the last 12 lists.
In this game, the China men’s basketball team’s attack was smooth, and the outside shooting rate was also high, with 11 of 21 three-pointers and a shooting rate of 52.4%, which was the highest since the recent warm-up match. The naturalized player Li Kaier did not appear in this game, and the coaching staff still hopes that he will continue to be familiar with the team’s tactical system and play.
Through this game, we can see that the China men’s basketball team has made great progress, especially in cooperation. More importantly, the confidence of these players is constantly improving, which is also very helpful for them before the World Cup.
