Outrageous! The new CBA chairman made an error in his debut

At the CBA draft on July 26, 2025, the new chairman Yang Yang (birth in 1975) announced that the Sichuan team misread "Bo" as "Fu", and the atmosphere on the scene was awkward.

This is Yang Yang's first public appearance in succession of Xu Jicheng as chairman of the CBA (july took office on July 24). His resume shows that he has worked in administrative positions at the General Administration of Sports (such as the Sports Department and the Chessing and Druming Center) for a long time and lacks a professional basketball background.

In the subsequent thank-you session, Yang Yang spent a lot of time to thank the leaders, but neglected the rookie players, further arousing dissatisfaction from fans.

🌍 International comparison: NBA professional demonstration

NBA president Adam Silver's performance is often used as a positive case:

Xiao Hua pronounces standard when reading the name of Chinese player Yang Hansen, and can also read the super long name of Greek player "Giannis Antetokounmpo" smoothly.

NBA draft always focuses on players. Xiao Hua will communicate with the players in advance to ensure that it is correct, reflecting his awe of the ceremony.

This comparison is widely interpreted as "the gap between professionalism and perfunctory".

🏀 Deep problems: institutional chronic diseases and reform difficulties

Outsider leadership and insiders: Yang Yang's appointment continues the tradition of "administrative allocation priority" at the CBA management. His background in the soft-sliding event is out of touch with basketball professionalism, and fans are worried that it will be difficult for him to promote substantive reforms of the league.

Yao Ming's warning of reform: Even though Yao Ming was the chairman of the Basketball Association and the chairman of the CBA, he failed to break through the constraints of the system due to lack of real power. Nowadays, newcomers with weaker professional backgrounds make fans more pessimistic.

Value deviation: The tendency of "focusing on leadership and neglecting players" in the draft ceremony exposed that the league management thinking is still in the administrative stage, which is contrary to the concept of "athletes as the core" in professional sports.

Once the misreading of the name seems small, it has become a microcosm of the CBA management problems:

If the CBA cannot shift from "leadership gratitude learning" to "player service learning" and from "administrative appointment" to "professional empowerment", this kind of embarrassment may continue to repeat itself, and the "three major revitalization goals" that fans are looking forward to have finally become empty talk.