Four years ago, China men's basketball team almost completely relied on the support of two veterans, Yao Ming and Li Nan, to get the eighth place. Except for two wins, all the others were defeats. Although the Beijing Olympic Games was still the eighth place, it was eliminated in the quarter-finals, but the gold content of this eighth place far exceeded the previous ones. In the first match between China and the American Dream Team, the China men's basketball team did not give up the game because of the huge strength gap. Yao Ming, Wang, Yi Jianlian, Wei Liu, Sun Yue and other main players all appeared, and Yao Ming played for the longest time of more than 30 minutes. China men's basketball team finally lost 3 1 point, which is also the minimum point difference for the Olympic Games to lose to the dream team. China team once blossomed inside and outside the competition, and only fell behind 12 points in the first half, which shows its level and ambition.

The second game was the best and most valuable game played by China men's basketball team in this Olympic Games. In the face of the Spanish team, the world champion and runner-up in the European Championship, China showed no fear and fought with his opponent until extra time. This match, as well as the matches against Germany and Greece, is the standard to test whether the players of China's national men's basketball team can join the first-class basketball clubs in Europe, because most of the Spanish and Greek players play for well-known European basketball clubs. If we can play our own level with them, it shows that China players will definitely adapt to the European League. China played well. They don't just rely on Yao Ming to play. Yao Ming averaged no more than 20 points per game, which only shows that the overall team in China is growing.

The eighth place in the Olympic Games may become a new turning point for China men's basketball team. If, besides Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian, national players such as Zhu, Wang and others can play in high-level clubs in Europe, and more China players join the European War, the overall strength and bench depth of the China men's basketball team will be strengthened, and the competitiveness of the China men's basketball team in the world will be enhanced, which is enough to attract Yao Ming's attention again. After all, it shouldn't be a problem for him to play the World Series at his age of 2065438+2002.