The Chinese men's basketball team is currently competing in the fifth window of the World Cup. Under the guidance of head coach Du Feng , the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Iranian men's basketball team not long ago. The Chinese men's basketball team has achieved a good record of 7 wins and 2 losses, ranking second in Group F, second only to Australia, and can almost be said to have entered the World Cup with one foot. Although Du Feng is about to bring the Chinese men's basketball team to the World Cup, Du Feng's coaching ability has been questioned in the past few years, especially in terms of personnel use, there are even big problems. Many fans are looking forward to the Chinese men's basketball team being able to change coaches. Now, this wish of the fans is really coming true.
A few days ago, according to Serbian media reports, Serbian famous coach Sashajolkovic will replace Du Feng as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, but this news has not been confirmed by Chinese Basketball Association . Earlier, foreign media revealed the latest progress of the Chinese men's basketball team's replacement head coach. According to sports klub, Joelkovic will travel to China next Monday and will officially start cooperation after arriving. After the fifth window of the World Cup qualifiers, Joeljevic will take over the Chinese men's basketball team. This time, the report from sports klub can basically confirm Du Feng's statement of being dismissed.
Perhaps some fans will ask why the Chinese men's basketball team will change the coach at this critical moment? In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team has basically won tickets to the World Cup, and Joeljevic's replacement of Du Feng will not have a big impact. The two World Cup qualifiers at the beginning of next year are no longer important, and Joeljevic can just practice and prepare for next year's World Cup.
It is reported that there are many reasons for Du Feng's dismissal this time. Putting aside the national team's performance indicators, there are also new regulations for preparing for the Paris Olympics and Du Feng's personal wishes. In addition to being the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Du Feng is also the head coach of the Guangdong men's basketball team. In the past two years, Du Feng has almost no rest. From the Olympic qualifiers to the league, National Games, World Cup, Asian Cup, , Du Feng's schedule is very full, and in addition to being quarantined, which makes Du Feng physically and mentally exhausted. In addition, according to media disclosures, the General Administration of Sports stipulates that the head coach of Chinese basketball is not allowed to have other part-time jobs. Previously, the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, Zheng Wei, resigned from the position of head coach of the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team in order to concentrate on coaching the Chinese women's basketball team. Therefore, Du Feng's resignation this time was actually expected. Du Feng stepped down as head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, of course the happiest thing is Guangdong fans. Du Feng can finally put all his energy into the Guangdong men's basketball team.
Many fans are not familiar with the new head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, and his coaching ability also concerns fans. It is reported that Joeljevic is 55 years old. He has played in many European clubs when he was a player. In addition, he has briefly competed in the NBA and played 8 games for Trail Blazers . Giorgevic has coached teams such as Olympia, Bayern , Bologna , and led the team to win the Champions League championships in Italy, Türkiye and . He also served as head coach of the Serbian men's basketball team and led Serbia to win fifth place in the 2019 World Cup. Judging from Joeljevic's resume, he has rich coaching experience and no need to worry about coaching ability. I hope that Joeljevic can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve good results in next year's World Cup.