The heated discussion about the up-and-down finals didn't last long, and soon the London Olympics quickly shifted the focus of fans across the country.

In the 52-member squad of the Chinese men's basketball training team, the champion Beijing team has Zhai Xiaochuan, Ji Zhe, Wang Xiaohui, and Zhu Yanxi.

Their opponent in the finals, the Shanghai team, also had four people selected for the training camp, namely captain Liu Wei, center Zhang Zhaoxu and two post-92 youngsters - Yang Kai and Zhai Yi.

And the tall and strong with a torn ligament had to regretfully pass by the national team.

After more than a month of intensive training, the final list of participants in the London Olympics was released, and the main Bob Deng Huade finally selected Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Zhang Zhaoxu, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng, Liu Wei, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, Chen Jianghua, Ding Jinhui and Yang Kai.

The biggest surprise of this year's national team roster is that Yang Kai, the "newcomer" of the Shanghai team, finally defeated the highly popular Guo Allen and became a member of the national team.

Before entering the national team, Yang Kai's popularity was almost none, and the backcourt of the Shanghai team has always been synonymous with tall and strong, but after Gao Dazhuang was injured, Yang Kai stood up in time, especially the performance of 20 assists in a single game in the last game attracted the attention of Deng Huade, Deng Huade said that he likes Yang Kai's "stability", he is a player who really takes assists as his own responsibility, he needs the training of the competition, and he will be even better in the future, just like his teammates Gao Dazhuang.

In addition to Guo Allen's regrettable defeat by Yang Kai's replacement, another controversy is that "Little Yao Ming" Wang Zhelin was not selected for the Olympics.

Due to the number of limitations, Deng Huade has been difficult to choose between guards and centers, considering that Liu Wei and Chen Jianghua are both injured problems, Deng Huade finally brought the third point guard Yang Kai, which also made the Chinese men's basketball team have to cut two interior players, including the much-talked-about "hope star" Wang Zhelin.

When talking about the reason why Wang Zhelin was not selected, Deng Huade said that it is understandable that the media is excited about the appearance of young players, but Wang Zhelin is obviously not ready, "His defense is not good, he can't even prevent me, of course his future is very good, he is very remarkable, his progress this summer makes us very happy, but he has to keep it up" Deng Huade also said that Wang Zhelin will be very good in the future, but now he needs to be given more time.

Deng Huade went on to explain: "We need defenders, I think Yang Kai is much more mature in the finals, Liu Wei and Chen Jianghua are at risk of injury, we have to have three defenders in the squad. I have Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi who can score on the inside, I need someone to defend, there is Ding in defense, there is Zhang Zhaoxu, you all want Wang Zhelin, so who will you take out? I can't bring a 7-foot guy who won't defend."

In addition to Wang Zhelin, Deng Huade also talked about the reasons why Zhang Bo and Su Wei were cut, "I regret their exit, Su Wei has been injured this summer, from the playoffs with Shanghai affected his confidence, I like him, he is a blue-collar player, he has been working hard and hard, I know he wants to find himself again, and he also wants to go to London; Zhang Bo played well before and then suffered a shoulder injury, which affected his performance. For both of them, injuries are part of the sport. When one player has an injury, another has a chance, and Yang Kai seized such an opportunity"

Deng Huade said that the Chinese men's basketball team needs Yi Jianlian to play a central role as a leader, "Yi Jianlian needs to score, grab rebounds, but the most important thing is that he needs to lead his teammates to play at a high level on the court, he is now in his peak form, and he has a hunger for the game"

Finally, for Gao Dazhuang's absence due to injury, Deng Huade said bluntly: "This is the biggest regret of this national team, because he lacks one of the best players, Gao Dazhuang has proved his strength through the World Youth Championships and playoffs, and the addition of Gao Dazhuang can improve this national team to a higher level, he is a player who can affect the outcome of the game like Yao Ming, but unfortunately now he can't fight side by side with us."

Before the London Olympics, the Asian Basketball Federation interviewed Deng Huade, in which Deng Huade issued his London Declaration: "We know very well what we are capable of, and we know what kind of opponents we will face, we respect our opponents, but we will not be afraid of them, no matter what the final result is, we will do everything we can to make our fans proud of us."

"I always believe that the level of the Chinese men's basketball team is already at the forefront of the world, and according to the current state of the team, I promise that we will send a big dish at the Olympic Games, so that the fans can enjoy and make the fans proud of us," said Deng Huade at the end of the interview.

However, soon the "world powers" at the Olympic Games gave Deng Huade a resounding slap in the face, which also shattered the dream of Chinese basketball.

Group stage five: Spain 81-97, Russia 54-73, Australia 61-81, Brazil 59-98 and England 58-90.

The Chinese national team lost an average of 25 points per game in five games, which caused an uproar in the national media.

Before the start of this Olympic Games, countless fans of the Chinese men's basketball team were fiercely discussing which team in this tournament is a soft persimmon: is the number one star Bogut out of Australia due to injury? Raul Deng's unstoppable host Britain? Or is it Brazil, which has the impression of only Valejo's explosive head and football?

Despite the loss of Yao Ming and the loss of tall and strong, the Chinese national team is still at the top of Asia, and Wang Zhizhi is not old, Yi Jianlian has also made a lot of progress after joining the defending champion Mavericks, Sun Yue is still developing in the United States, and in recent years, the level of CBA foreign aid has been continuously improved, and Chinese local players must have made progress imperceptibly, what is the reason not to be optimistic?

However, records are used to break, glasses are used to break, and after five games, people found out that the Chinese team was the softest persimmon.

After losing, Deng Huade faced the reporter's "long gun and short gun", and actually said: "Five consecutive defeats? This game has shown us what we are capable of, we can't win at this level and I want all the fans to realise that our leaders, players and coaches have done their best."

When a reporter asked, "Do you think there is anything you can improve or change in the face of these opponents?" ”

Deng Wade replied: "No, no, our strength is like that, I think my players have given everything they have, Chinese basketball still has a lot of work to do against the top teams in the world, we have proven our dominance in Asia, and now we need to build on that to make ourselves better"

Deng Huade's remarks were immediately slammed by fans and the media, including the former director of the basketball management center Li Yuanwei, for Deng Huade's remarks, Li Yuanwei said on **: "It is one thing to say that the players have done their best, and it is another thing to say that the coach has done his best, the head coach is the organizer and commander of the team, and his status and responsibilities are completely different from those of the players, and the coaches are far from enough to do their best!" Men's basketball is an average loss of 25.5 points per game? When you hit the back, you don't even have the heart, what can you do to make the people of the whole country proud? Does this have anything to do with the job of the manager? ”

Ma Jian, a former national player, said: "Most of the players of the Chinese men's basketball team have at least 10-20 kilograms of strength to increase in strength, at least 2-3 seconds to improve the speed of advancing into the half-court offense, and there are at least 20 different changes in tactical changes than now, and there are at least two or three more positions in the entire bench in China that can be higher or more potential than the existing players, especially in the coaching position, there are at least 1,000 people in the world who are stronger than Deng Huade."

"Information Times" published a commentary article "Deng Huade, you finally let the Chinese men's basketball team lose without a lower limit", the article pointed out that the Chinese men's basketball team did not win a game in the London Olympics, and the responsibility must be many, and no one can get rid of the basketball association, the coach and the players.

But the Chinese men's basketball team lost so much that even Chinese fans couldn't raise their heads, and the person who made the Chinese men's basketball team lose without a lower limit was definitely Deng Huade.

"Sports Weekly" published a commentary article "Chinese men's basketball team in the post-Yao Ming era: labor pains have just begun", the article looks forward to the next leader of the Chinese men's basketball team at the end, and the tall and strong who is absent from London due to injury is undoubtedly the most qualified player for the leadership at present.

The article pointed out that four years ago, on August 8, the Beijing Olympic Games opened, and at the Olympic Games held at home, the Chinese men's basketball team once again entered the quarterfinals and the women's basketball team won the fourth place.

Four years later, the glory of the past has overshadowed the problems behind Chinese basketball. We can't help but ask: where should Chinese basketball go? There is no need to dwell on the Chinese men's basketball team from the quarterfinals in the Beijing Olympics to the 0-5 loss in London, this is not just the gap between whether there is Yao Ming or not, but the gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the world.

In fact, after the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team has exposed its weaknesses in various competitions, including the final of the 2009 Asian Championships in Tianjin, the "qualification" of the 2010 World Championships, the hard-fought defeat of Iran in the semifinals of the Guangzhou Asian Games, and the narrow victory over Jordan in the final of the 2011 Asian Championships.

Even in Asia, the Chinese men's basketball team is no longer dominant, let alone the world? When the world No. 10 Chinese team was beaten by 32 points by the world No. 43 British team in the final group stage of the London Olympics "Battle of Honor", everyone should understand: in fact, this is more of a false illusion formed by the declining "dominance" in Asia.

In the lobby of Heathrow Airport, Xin Lancheng of the Basketball Association, who had completed the check-in procedures, briefly accepted a brief interview with domestic reporters, "The Chinese men's basketball team has a big gap compared with the European and American teams in this Olympic Games, and we still have a lot to learn.

Regarding Deng Huade's stay and going, Xin Lancheng's attitude is very direct, "His coaching cycle is over", it can be judged from this sentence that Deng Huade has actually left class in the Chinese men's basketball team.

A failed Olympics, a basketball team on the cusp.

The tall and strong who have detached themselves from the focus of public opinion is actively doing rehabilitation training, and a new journey is about to begin.