With the end of the Olympic warm-up match in recent times, many people have given a conclusion, that is, the US men's basketball team has become weaker, but in fact, the editor does not think so. Why do you say so? Although the US men's basketball team recruited many stars during this Olympic tour, in general, the gap between this Dream Team and Dream 8 is obviously still very big. If Paul and James are used to recruit veteran super giants into the team, other teams will still not be able to fight back. In fact, what we should feel even more terrifying is that the world basketball world is getting stronger!
Today, Nigeria announced a 12-man roster. According to the given list, as many as 8 players among the 12 players play in the NBA. Although most of the players are not well-known, the Timberwolves' Okoji is the most well-known one. However, more NBA players mean stronger, which also means that the NBA is not the reason why some teams are weaker. On the contrary, the overall world basketball world is stronger because more people can "level up" in the NBA.
In fact, this can be seen from the combat power list given by FIBA. The core of Australia ranked first is Mills; the core of Spain ranked second is Rubio; the core of Slovenia ranked fifth is Doncic; the France ranked sixth is Gobert; and the Italian is Gallinari. Isn’t the reason why these teams can rank among the top because there are many NBA players in their team to support the team? Even Japan has become the second largest in Asia.
After Hachimura's return, Japan won two consecutive victories in the warm-up match. They won Belgium and France respectively, and the game against France was very valuable. The latter defeated the United States in the 19th World Cup, and the main players Gobert, Batum and Fournier all played in the game. Hachimura + Watanabe can greatly improve the overall strength of the Japanese men's basketball team, which proves that whoever has NBA players will have a stronger upper limit.
Not only that, Japan also ranked 11th in the FIBA combat power list because of its outstanding performance. Australia in the Asian division ranked first, and Iran happened to rank 12th. In other words, Japan has become the second team recognized by FIBA in Asia. Thinking about Japan, which was unable to defeat even South Korea in the past, became the second in Asia, does this feel like time has changed? Compared with the world basketball world, our men's basketball team's prospects are indeed too struggling. The editor believes that the CBA should also vigorously push young players to level up in overseas leagues, otherwise the next five or even 10 years will likely be extremely lacking in competitiveness. What do you think about this?
