Like! The Chinese Basketball Association follows public opinion and allows Yang Hansen not to participate in the Asian Cup. He will continue to grow in the United States

The exciting news came at the last moment. The Chinese Basketball Team agreed that Yang Hansen would not participate in the training and competitions of the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup, and supported him to return to the United States to participate in the short training camp for the preseason held by the Trail Blazers on August 11. Yang Hansen himself posted a message to confirm the news.

Although many people say that the Basketball Association's move is likely to be a favor after understanding public opinion, Yang Hansen also submitted an application to the Basketball Association for not participating. But as a bystander, I would rather believe that the Chinese Basketball Association really understands that the Chinese men's basketball team cannot just seize the day to make longer-term plans.

Once upon a time, the Chinese men's basketball team's dominance was unshakable, relying on the national system and the CBA, the No. 1 Asian League. But once and forth, the Chinese men's basketball team fell into path dependence in the 21st century and insisted on playing mainly on the inside line and repeatedly hit a wall in international competitions. Although we always have someone to stand up in the inside, the defenders and forwards are getting further and further away from the world level.

Before, under the pressure of record and the obsession of entering the Olympics, the subversive revolution of the Chinese men's basketball team has been delaying again and again. Relying on super individuals such as Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the Chinese men's basketball team has barely played in the Olympics for several more times, but it is already the tail of the crane.

Missed Tokyo in 2021 and bid farewell to Paris in 2024. Corresponding to the two consecutive Olympic Games is the serious decline in the men's basketball team's World Cup performance in 2019 and 2023. The second team of the Philippines blocked the finals of the finals, completely shattered the Basketball Association's final decency and also promoted the implementation of the subversive revolution. Let Yang Hansen return to the NBA to play with peace of mind is the first and most critical step of the revolution.

Yang Hansen is a seed, not a relief food. Naturalization of what Li Kaier did not do, and it is likely that Yang Hansen will not be able to do it now. Only by understanding this can you better plan for the future. The 2027 Men's Basketball World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are Yang Hansen's stage and an important node for the revival of the Chinese men's basketball team.

And now we want to give Yang Hansen plenty of room and time to grow. If everything goes well, Yang Hansen is likely to become an important rotation or even starting center in two years. At that time, the Basketball Association could really find teammates who would suit his style of playing around Yang Hansen. A center who has the ability to play singles at a low position and can also have organizational support. He can solve two stubborn problems of the Chinese men's basketball team alone. And he only needs to match a few engineers to get good results. This is the change that Yang Hansen can bring to the Chinese men's basketball team in two years.

"Ten thousand years is too long, we have to seize the day!" But sometimes we cannot seize the day. We must learn to slow down and wait patiently for the seeds to germinate and grow. We must wait when we should.