(Photo : Wang He/Getty Images) WUHAN, CHINA – Yao Ming president of the Chinese Basketball Association attends the opening ceremony in the course of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Wuhan Stop 2023 at Wuhan Jiangxia Shengfan Sports Park on May 6, 2023 in Wuhan, China.
Yao Ming has been the face of Chinese basketball for many years. Now, he’s the face of the Chinese basketball embarrassment as followers and residents pile on the nationwide basketball crew after their poor exhibiting in two straight tournaments.
Just final August, Team Dragon completed in twenty ninth place out of 32 groups within the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
In the continued Asian Games, China, as hosts, upset once more after dropping their semifinal match in opposition to the Philippines, the identical crew that they misplaced to within the World Cup.
Yao is at present serving because the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, and plenty of fingers level to him as the explanation Chinese basketball is struggling internationally.
It didn’t assist that Team Dragon determined to not converse to reporters after their disastrous meltdown in opposition to the Philippines.
Popular sports activities blogger Li Xuan wrote on Weibo, the place he has 6.2 million followers, how Yao Ming is on the middle of this catastrophe.
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“Frankly speaking, I won’t call Yao Ming out of class, not because of how good his grades are now, nor because of how brilliant he was as a player, but because I don’t know who the Chinese men’s basketball team would be able to bring in to improve in his place,” Li wrote.
“The problem of Chinese basketball is the same as the problem of Chinese football. It is a stubborn problem that cannot be solved in a short time. Yao Ming is responsible for the current situation, but he is not fully responsible.”
Fans are particularly bitter about dropping to the Philippines, a crew they normally manhandle in any competitors.
The hashtag “Chinese men’s basketball lost twice to the Philippines in 32 days” trended on Weibo and has been considered 28 million occasions as of this writing.
Yao Ming apologizes
The Houston Rockets legend instantly apologized for the misunderstanding within the press convention and stated he takes duty however not for the crew’s poor exhibiting.
Yao Ming Appologied for delaying the press convention.
Although misplaced the sport,
it is time to regroup and begin once more.#basketball #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/PnjpZ6VHzs— Carl Gu (@FlamencoJacob) October 4, 2023
“I have caused a delay in time for everyone here. I would like to apologise to everyone.”
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