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Yang Yi and Su Qun call Li Kaier playing basketball for China a one-time deal! Li Kaier s team spoke out and slapped in the face

4:58pm, 31 May 2025【Basketball】

Recently, many domestic basketball fans are paying attention to the Chinese Basketball Association’s recruitment work in naturalized players. Because after entering the offseason of the CBA, the Basketball Association is examining the right players to see if they can play for the Chinese men's basketball team. At the end of April, the Chinese Basketball Association issued a notice on the "Management Measures for Naturalized Basketball Players of the Chinese Basketball Association (Trial)" and announced the formal launch of matters related to naturalized players. Regarding the candidates for naturalized players, Zhejiang foreign aid Barry Brown has a high voice, but there seems to be no progress at the moment.

Previously, the Chinese Basketball Association naturalized NBA player Li Kaier. Li Kaier played 5 games for the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Cup two years ago, averaging 32.1 minutes, 13 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal and 0.6 blocks per game. However, there is a topic about whether Li Kaier will continue to play for the Chinese team, which has been fermenting previously. Because according to Yang Yi and Su Qun, two well-known domestic basketball media people, Li Kaier played games for the Chinese team in one go. After earning money, he would not play games for the Chinese team in the future.

But today, Li Kaier's team's statement to the domestic media is a powerful counterattack against this statement. Li Kaier told domestic media reporters that if the Chinese men's basketball team needs him, he will represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the future, but there will be no important international competitions in the next two years. The Chinese Basketball Association has recently issued relevant player naturalization notices to various teams and sports bureaus, which means that a new round of player naturalization has started.

Some people think that these so-called experts were slapped in the face this time. In my opinion, this matter must be viewed from two aspects. We can't completely say that what Yang Yi and Su Qun and others are wrong. First of all, they must be saying it is too absolute and think that Li Kaier will no longer play for the Chinese team. And Li Kaier's team made it clear this time that Comrade Li Kaier is willing to continue to play for the Chinese men's basketball team. As long as the Chinese team is willing to recruit, he will be willing to wear the Chinese team's red jersey.

This fully shows that Li Kaier is still a good comrade. After all, during his time at the Chinese men's basketball team, he could feel that this team was difficult to lead. Moreover, Li Kaier's technical characteristics cannot help the Chinese team solve a large number of problems like those foreign players with fierce offensive firepower. However, Li Kaier, who has a small part of Chinese descent, still has a sense of belonging to the Chinese team and China, which is worthy of recognition.

Secondly, it is important to say that Yang Yi and Su Qun have clearly revealed that Li Kaier has to charge for playing for the Chinese team. Of course, this is also reasonable. Even other naturalized players are not in vain and they must have to get the money. However, it is also good to use money to do business. Although Li Kaier expressed his willingness to continue playing for the Chinese team, he still had to pay him a considerable salary. This is the difficulty of the problem.

For the Chinese team, Li Kaier is willing to play. If you don’t call him, you will be questioned on the one hand. If he is called, who will pay the money again? Besides, the current performance and strength of the Chinese team, there are no important games to play in the next two years. What should Li Kaier do? Is it a waste of money? Therefore, it can only be said that although Li Kaier is willing to serve China, the two sides are actually not very suitable.

In fact, the Basketball Association might as well consider naturalizing Zhejiang foreign aid Barry Brown. This person's offensive ability and ability to drive teammates are what the Chinese team urgently needs. Of course, if you want Brown, you have to solve the problem of money. This requires the Basketball Association to consider carefully!

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