Guangsha was in a dilemma after winning the championship: How did Wang Bo decide between the National Games and the AFC Champions League?

The Guangsha Men's Basketball Team, which just won the CBA championship, quickly faced a difficult problem. The FIBA ​​invited him to go to Dubai to compete in the AFC Champions League on June 7, and the National Games qualifiers will also start during the same period. The two conflicts in time, so they can only choose one of the key investments.

Guangsha main players such as Hu Jinqiu, Sun Minghui, etc. have been booked by the Sichuan team to participate in the National Games, and even head coach Wang Bo has to go to Sichuan to lead the team. Foreign players Brown and Carlton only had the contract end of the CBA season, and they returned to China for vacation after the finals. In this way, only some young players and substitutes are left in Guangsha.

This situation is similar to that of the Liaoning team last year. At that time, Liaoning temporarily pieced together the lineup to participate in the competition, and the results were poor, and even lost 43 points in one game. Guangsha is also embarrassing this time. On the one hand, it is the National Games that are aiming to compete for the Golden Horse Festival, and on the other hand, it can only use the AFC Champions League as a "training ground". It is reported that Guangsha may follow Liaoning and temporarily sign cheap foreign players to make up for the number, but the effect is difficult to measure.

Behind this dilemma is the old problem of Chinese basketball. CBA teams have gradually diminished their enthusiasm for the AFC Champions League in recent years, and the last time they won the championship was the Xinjiang team nine years ago. The reason is that the National Games are of great significance to the sports bureaus of various provinces and are regarded as the key to the performance appraisal. The clubs dare not let the main players go abroad to participate. Last year, Liaoning was criticized for sending a second team to the battle, but other clubs faced the same situation, so I am afraid that this would be the case.

Now the pressure is all on Wang Bo. He led the Sichuan team to the National Games Championship, with a strong lineup, including Hu Jinqiu, Sun Minghui, and seconded Zhou Qi, which is called "the strongest provincial team in history." But the AFC Champions League cannot completely give up, after all, it is the title of "CBA Championship". According to an insider, Guangsha may send an assistant coach to lead four foreign players and young players to Dubai to allow new players to accumulate experience.

This is essentially a conflict between Chinese basketball's "family affairs" (National Games) and "foreign affairs" (AFC Champions League). The National Games are related to the interests of sports bureaus in various provinces. Although the AFC Champions League is famous, it has few bonuses and low attention. After the club weighs the pros and cons, it has obvious tendencies. However, old fans also lamented that the prestige of Xinjiang in the AFC Champions League in the past is no longer there. Everyone will wait and see how Guangsha’s “temporary patchwork team” performs in the AFC Champions League. Winning and losing are not the key, what is important is whether young players can use this to broaden their horizons. Just like the Liaoning team lost last year, Yu Zechen's final victory was impressive, perhaps Guangsha young player can also make his mark in Dubai this time.