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Few days ago, Iran captured the gold medal at the 25th FIBA Asia Championship after defeating host China at the Tianjin gymnasium. The Iranians dominated the Chinese in front of a capacity crowd to post a 70-52 victory. The win is Iran’s second consecutive FIBA Asia Championship title following its 2007 win in Tokushima, Japan.
Before that, China had clinched the title in 14 of the previous 16 tournaments going back to their debut in 1975. Yao, who could miss the whole of the next NBA season after suffering yet another foot injury, was Most Valuable Player in the last three of those triumphs.
With NBA All-Star Yao unable to play, China will have to depend on New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian and former Dallas Maverick Wang Zhizhi at the championships.
But the result was actually a disappointment for everyone. Now, many people question the future of Chinese Men’s Basketball.
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- Yao has helped the Chinese basketball a lot. And in the meanwhile, it is also him who ruined the Chinese basketball.
I have to say that I thank Yao's absence for letting the leaders realize the truth. We should find another way to improve ourselves instead of relying on Yao all the time. Let Yao have good rests after seasons instead of training by national team every year. Call him back to national team only when necessary.
