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Causing controversy! Yang Yi: If I were Guo Shiqiang, I would take Yang Hansen. If I don’t fight for the Asian Cup, something will happen.

6:56pm, 27 July 2025【Basketball】

At present, the Chinese men's basketball team is preparing for the 2025 Men's Basketball Asian Cup.

Before the start of this Asian Cup, there was a topic that attracted much attention in the industry, whether Yang Hansen will participate in this Asian Cup.

As we all know, at this year's NBA Draft, Yang Hansen was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. Later, Yang Hansen participated in the NBA's summer league and played 4 games for the Trail Blazers.

After being able to become the third Chinese player selected by the NBA team in the first round after Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, Yang Hansen instantly became a big star and important pillar of the Chinese men's basketball team.

After this, there was news that the Basketball Association forced Yang Hansen to come back to play the Asian Cup. Fans are very dissatisfied with this because everyone believes that Yang Hansen is already very tired after a summer of CBA playoffs, NBA trials and summer leagues, and hopes not to increase his burden.

In the end, the Chinese Basketball Association followed the public opinion and agreed that Yang Hansen could not participate in the Asian Cup. Even if this matter was settled, fans were very pleased with it.

However, in recent days, the comments of Yang Yi, a famous domestic basketball commentator, have once again caused great controversy.

Yang Yi believed in his podcast program that Guo Shiqiang should take Yang Hansen to the Asian Cup, otherwise it would be easy to get into trouble.

Yang Yi's original words on the podcast show were: "So don't scold the Basketball Association for things like you, the Basketball Association will not directly decide who you are leading. He will give the head coach a score requirement, right? Then now the Women's Basketball Team has not won the Asian Cup, and the Basketball Association is under too much pressure. I can't keep the championship, so I don't want to give the men's basketball team, and I have to give the men's basketball team. I don't want to give the score.

For example, this time you have to strive to enter the semi-finals, and you have to have something I can explain in the summer. We can't say that the Basketball Association is not Promise the team to set goals. If he doesn't give the team results and asks for goals, he can't explain to a higher leader. You have to raise the position you want to raise. "

" Then if the Basketball Association is promoted to the semi-finals, you must keep the semi-finals in the Asian Cup. Coach Guo will be killed when he heard this. You Zhou Qi doesn't play, you Zeng Fanbo doesn't play. I'm sorry, then I have to lead Yang Hansen. You two centers in the team now, Yu Jiahao is high, too high, but the movement speed is obviously slow, and the comprehensiveness is not enough. Hu Jinqiu has very distinctive offense and defense, but The height is a little different. Both of them have certain problems.

Objectively speaking, the Chinese men's basketball team really needs Yang Hansen, who needs a high and comprehensive one. Yu Jiahao is too tall, and Hu Jinqiu is almost at a height. So in the end, the program of the Asian Cup players was also designated by Guidance Guo, and then reported to the Basketball Association. "

"I didn't ask Guo Shiqiang, but if I am Guo Shiqiang now, I have to take Yang Hansen there. Although I took Yang Hansen to the Asian Cup in the end, it may not be What can you gain?

Let's objectively say that because national teams like the FIBA are much more difficult to play than the NBA summer league, they are all old tricks. They are much more difficult to play, and they are extremely vulgar. But even if you don't get it now, you have to lead it. Because at this time, this is an attitude. I must strive to play well in this game, and I won't fight for something wrong anymore."

It is worth mentioning that when Yang Yi's episode was broadcast, the Basketball Association had not made the decision to "give Yang Hansen the green light".

Even so, Yang Yi's words caused an uproar among the fans.

Many fans think that Yang Yi's view is too narrow. Is this the only thing that the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Guo Shiqiang? I believe it will definitely not. Moreover, Guo Shiqiang also solemnly stated a few days ago that he only learned through the news that Yang Hansen did not play in the Asian Cup, and he unconditionally supported the relevant decision.

Besides, even if Guo Shiqiang doesn’t take Yang Hansen, how big can it be? Japan's active or former NBA players such as Hachimura, Kawamura Yuki, Watanabe Yuta, etc. do not participate in the Asian Cup, and Lebanon, Australia and other teams also have absolute core players who will not participate in the competition. Why does the Chinese team have to compete with Yang Hansen?

On the other hand, if you lose with Yang Hansen, it is easy to have problems. The Basketball Association and Guo Shiqiang will be criticized for being an insignificant cup match, regardless of the players' personal physical condition, and will also be called for having too poor strength.

That is the situation we are even more reluctant to see. So what Mr. Yang Yi said is still worth discussing.

Fan friends, what do you think?