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Original title: CBA All-Star weekend looks to the future in “slots”
On March 21, North Star team player Gao Shiyan (part 1) immersed himself in the game. On the same day, at the 2021 CBA All-Star Weekend All-Star Game in Qingdao, the Southern Stars defeated the Northern Stars 123: 109. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng / photo
It seems like every CBA All-Star game has something embarrassing for this professional league, but this time, which ended in Qingdao on March 21, was no exception.
The North Star Team lost in the Star Game, but Zhang Zhenlin, who represented the losing team, won the MVP trophy, which made many fans uncomfortable. The MVP is generally won by the player with the most points on the winning team, but this time the selection criteria are the shouts of the fans in the competition, which is why some fans later complained: “In amateurs, CBA is professional.”
In the preliminaries of the dunk contest, there was also a ridiculous scene: the screen used to score in the game suddenly failed. Several guests had to compare with their hands or shout directly to rate the athletes.
But this is not the original intention of this All-Star Weekend.
This Qingdao All-Star Weekend coincides with the 25th anniversary of the CBA All-Star Weekend. The organizer, CBA Company, is trying to make this All-Star Weekend an All-Star Weekend that combines feelings and expectations. For this reason, the elements of homage to the predecessors were reflected in all the All-Star Weekend links. Among them, during the All-Star halftime, Yi Jianlian, Li Xiaoyong, Zhu Fangyu, Hu Weidong, Yao Ming, Liu Wei, Marbury, Guo Ailun, etc., representing the three best All-Star Team lineups. for the 25th anniversary of the All-Star team, reunited. The setting for this event has taken the ambition of this All-Star Weekend to the top.
“This is actually very moving,” said Jiao Jian, a former Chinese men’s basketball player who has participated in all-star games many times, told the China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter: “Including the delivery director Jiang (Jiang Xingquan) and the director of Gong (Gong Lu Ming), are people who have contributed to Chinese basketball.The current situation of Chinese basketball needs this kind of inheritance so that the new generation of players can continue to inherit the spirit from the older generation. and the predecessors, and can also let young fans go through this ceremony. Learn about the history of Chinese basketball. “
In fact, the current CBA league, and even all of Chinese basketball, are at a crossroads. In the last more than one season, the CBA League under the new crown pneumonia epidemic has taken the lead in the rematch, but it has always been played in an empty match, which has caused fans, clubs and sponsors to become complain. The national team fell to the sand at the Men’s Basketball World Cup, and the Tokyo Olympics have a high probability of not being able to play. In the next ten years, you will face a situation where there are not many world competitions to play. Although the CBA League wanted to play the role of the basic role of Chinese basketball after the separation of leadership and leadership, the time was short and no obvious results were achieved.
So CBA All-Star Weekend wants to create an atmosphere of heritage, but it is somewhat weak.
Zhang Zhenlin, the busiest person on this CBA All-Star weekend. Appears in the Xingrui Competition, Dunk Competition, All-Star Opening Performance, and All-Star Race. It can be seen that the goalkeeper seems to be in line with the future of Chinese basketball in the outside world. All expectations of physical fitness, exposed but unpretentious personality and predictable strength to become a regular visitor of the Chinese men’s basketball team in the future.
However, if you look at the players who participate in the Xingrui Tournament and the All-Star Game, you will find that there are only a handful of players who have been tagged as future prospects. Except for Zhang Zhenlin, there may only be young people. that are visible to the naked eye and have potential. Shen Zijie, Qi Lin, Hu Mingxuan, and they still don’t have many opportunities to show how high their upper limit is in the international arena.
Resolving this feeling of helplessness is definitely not a matter of time. The meaning of this All-Star weekend is actually to launch a signal to the outside world, and this is also a kind of expectation: the CBA League will constantly advance in opening fans to watch the game, and then in the moment appropriate, league home and away games will be resumed, and this is also the appeal of players, fans, clubs, sponsors and so on.
“According to our current plan, from stage four onwards, the audience will gradually pick up admission again, because the scale of the venue is also different. This may require some local preparations, and we also maintain close communication with them. I think that in follow-up games, including the final, everyone is expected to see fans cheering for their favorite team on the spot. Regarding the restoration of home and away games, we have made preliminary communication with several clubs , and everyone wants to see theirs. The team is playing in their own stadium, and we are also making some advance plans, “said Meng Xiaoqi, director of the CBA competition. According to the journalist’s understanding, it is not impossible to resume home and away games this season.
Of course, whether it is the long-term hope or the immediate return of fans to watch the game, the core of the CBA league remains the improvement of the overall level of Chinese basketball, as director Gong Luming said when he presented the commemorative trophy. to the All-Star representatives. The phrase that seems “inappropriate” but points to the pain point: “The CBA has gone through a glorious stage of development in 25 years, and in 25 years excellent players have continued to emerge. Today we are happy on the national stage and tomorrow we hope to be Happy on the international stage and good value for money. ”Perhaps that day, the All-Star Weekend venue will no longer be a venue, and Chinese basketball will feel safer and more comfortable when they face other slot machines.
Our newspaper, Beijing, March 22, by cable
China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter Yang Di Source: China Youth Daily
Version 06 on March 23, 2021
