According to domestic media reports, as the CBA League of the 2019-2020 season is coming to an end, the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team, which has been crowned the CBA League champion eight times, will bid farewell to the CBA League stage. Ningbo Fubon Group will regain its participation in the CBA League, which has aroused heated discussion and attention from many media and fans. At the same time, both the Bayi Men’s Basketball team leader Liu Yudong and the players said they had not received any news about changes to the team.
Fubon Group has long been prepared.
In domestic media reports, Fubon Group has become the most frequently appearing word besides the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team. It is understood that during the two years when the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team participated in the CBA League as a specially invited team, 5% of their equity in the CBA company was held by Ningbo Fubon Holding Group Co., Ltd. Since the amicable breakup with the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team in 2018, Fubon Group has been actively preparing to build its own basketball team and is always ready to compete in the CBA League. It is worth mentioning that in August 2018, Fubon Group registered and established Ningbo Fubon Men’s Basketball Club Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 20 million yuan and is qualified to form a team to participate in the CBA League. The club’s general manager, Zhang Wei, as the shareholder representative of the CBA League, will attend the CBA shareholders’ meeting every time. “Due to the epidemic, the CBA shareholders’ meeting was held online two days ago. I also participated in the meeting. "
In the CBA league's admission standards, echelon construction is a key consideration. Therefore, Fubon Men's Basketball Team also established a youth team and participated in the U18 men's competition of the Second National Youth Games. It is understood that the players of the Fubon Men's Basketball Youth Team are mainly from Ningbo Sports School and are the original team that participated in the Zhejiang Provincial Games Men's Basketball Competition. In addition, at the 12th Congress of the Ningbo Basketball Association on July 11, Song Hanping, chairman of Fubon Holding Group, was elected as the new chairman of the Ningbo Basketball Association. "First, we must continue to strive to host international and domestic competitions. Secondly, we must re-establish a CBA team that truly belongs to Ningbo, let the home court of the CBA League be settled in Ningbo, and build it into a new business card for Ningbo basketball and Ningbo city." From Song Hanping's speech, it is not difficult to hear that the presence of the Fubon Men's Basketball Team in the CBA League in the future seems to have become a certainty.
Previously, Fubon Chairman Song Hanping was elected as the new chairman of the Ningbo Basketball Association.
The purpose of the announcement was not simple.
The news about the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team withdrawing from the CBA League has actually been fermenting since the summer of 2018. As the military-related institutional reform enters deep water, several sports teams under the Bayi Work Team have begun to transform. Against this background, the 12-year cooperation between the Bayi Men's Basketball Team and Fubon Group came to an end in a very low-key manner. At that time, it triggered speculation about whether the Bayi Men's Basketball Team could continue to participate in the CBA League. In the end, with the efforts and coordination of many parties, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team joined as a specially invited team of the CBA League in order to prepare for the 2019 Military Games, and moved its home court from Ningbo, Zhejiang to Nanchang, Jiangxi. During this period, the former Bayi Engineering Team men's basketball team and the former Nanjing Military Region men's basketball team merged to form the Bayi Basketball Team of the Military Sports Training Center of the Military Commission Training and Management Department.
After the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team achieved the best result in the Military Games last year with third place, some media once asked Wang Zhizhi about whether the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team will continue to compete in the CBA League. “The Bayi Men’s Basketball Team has a long history. "We are the inheritors, not the pioneers, nor the terminators. On this road, we hope to pass the baton well and teach young people what we have learned before." According to domestic media reports, with the successful completion of the Military World Games and this season. At the end of the season, the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team has completed its historical mission and is only waiting for the official final announcement. However, Liu Yudong, the leader of the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team, refuted the rumors on his social media, “I have never received any news about changes to the team from the organization. Everything about the team’s training and work is normal. Chang, sincerely thank the fans for their long-term concern and love for the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team! It’s shameful to spread rumors if you don’t believe it!” At the same time, the players of the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team also said that they have not received any notice of changes, which can’t help but make the outside world question the authenticity of the news.According to people familiar with the matter, as the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team completes the military-related structural reforms, there is indeed a high chance of withdrawing from the CBA League. However, the purpose of releasing such heavy news at this time is not so simple. “The most important thing is actually the competition for participating seats after the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team withdraws. This actually involves many things.” "
According to domestic media reports, if the Bayi Men's Basketball Team is disbanded, the players will first complete the discharge and transfer procedures, and then the Military Sports Training Center of the Training and Management Department of the Military Commission and the Chinese Basketball Association will negotiate to resolve the player registration issue after the Bayi Men's Basketball Team is disbanded. Although in terms of record, the recent record of the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team can be described as horrific, there are many nationally renowned players such as Zou Yuchen, Raymond, Fu Hao, Tian Yuxiang, etc., once the Bayi Men’s Basketball Team finally Withdrawing from the CBA League, their future destination is bound to attract outside attention. "At present, more than one CBA club has requested the local sports bureau to come forward and report to the Military Sports Training Center of the Training and Management Department of the Military Commission for application, hoping to introduce players from the Bayi Men's Basketball Team." According to people familiar with the matter. According to the news, Han Shuo will switch to the Sichuan Men's Basketball Team in the new season. Arslan will most likely follow in the footsteps of his father Ah Dejiang and join the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team. As the most watched player in the team, Zou Yuchen has recently followed the official social media of the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team. This move has also triggered speculation from the outside world. "If the Bayi Men's Basketball Team eventually ceases to exist, it is currently unknown whether they will join the Fubon Men's Basketball Team or go to other teams, but it will inevitably trigger a bloody storm in the free agent market this offseason." A basketball agent in the CBA League said.
It is difficult to follow the pace of the times
As the only military team in the CBA league, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team was once the well-deserved overlord of the league. Since entering the CBA League in 1995, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team has achieved 34 consecutive victories spanning two seasons, which is still the longest winning streak in the history of the CBA League. Under the leadership of head coach Wang Fei, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team won all six championships from 1996 to 2001. Although the "six consecutive championship dynasty" was ended by the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team led by Yao Ming in 2002, in the 2002-2003 and 2006-2007 seasons, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team was still able to ascend to the final championship, with eight championships, just behind the nine-time champion Guangdong Men's Basketball Team. In addition, the People's Liberation Army, with the Bayi Men's Basketball Team as its team, has won seven national championships in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth National Games.
As the CBA league has become more commercialized and the strength of foreign players has gradually improved, the dominance of the Bayi Men's Basketball Team has plummeted since winning the championship in the 2006-2007 season. Coupled with the retirement of a number of players such as Li Nan, Zhang Jinsong, and Wang Zhizhi, the team has experienced a shortage of talents and a lack of talent. As the season ended with a record of 6 wins and 40 losses, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team embarrassingly set an embarrassing record of missing the playoffs for nine consecutive years and ranked last in the regular season for four consecutive seasons.
For the Bayi Men's Basketball Team, this season's CBA League rematch is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove themselves. However, contrary to expectations, with most teams competing with all-Chinese teams or only foreign players, the Bayi Men's Basketball Team still cannot get rid of the title of "League Vice Squad Leader." Compared with the unsatisfactory record and performance, the Bayi "Iron Army", which has always been known for its strict discipline, has also experienced some bizarre situations off the court in the past two years that fans find unbelievable.
In the game against Fujian Men's Basketball last season, head coach Wang Zhizhi and player Xu Zhonghao had a fierce dispute on the sidelines, which quickly triggered a heated discussion on social media. Although the two parties ultimately downplayed the conflict, it somewhat released a signal that there were problems within the team. Coincidentally, in this season's game against the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team, Bayi Men's Basketball Captain Raymond got angry during a timeout because he was dissatisfied with his teammate Guo Haowen's defensive attitude, which once embarrassed the atmosphere on the bench. As one of the protagonists of this incident, Guo Haowen, who had high hopes from the outside world, became the epitome of the Bayi Men's Basketball Team that shocked everyone.In addition to his mediocre performance on the court and internal strife with his teammates, this potential new star came out with a series of negative news such as alcoholism and chaos in his private life, which caused the outside world to question the internal management of the Bayi Men's Basketball Team. During the CBA rematch, Guo Haowen did not come to Qingdao with the team, and it seemed that he was severely punished by the team.
From the team of kings to the weakling of the league, the fall of the Bayi Men's Basketball Team has made the outside world feel regretful and lamented more than once. Even though the league has repeatedly shortened the gap in strength through changes in foreign aid policies, it still cannot prevent this team from declining. As the CBA league enters the 2.0 era, this team that makes the outside world unable to see hope and future seems destined to be abandoned by the times.
