According to my information today, China men’s basketball will release the latest training list in the near future. If there is no accident, this training list will include Shougang men’s basketball guard Fang Shuo. Fang Shuo has been separated from the national team for four years since China won the World Cup men’s basketball in the 2019 S. However, with the outstanding performance in the second half of the 2022-03 season, Fang Shuo won the trust of men’s basketball coach Qiao erevich, he will return to the national team training list.
Due to leg injuries and other reasons, Fang Shuo’s overall performance in the 2021-22 season was sluggish, with an average score of only 9 points. This is also the lowest average score in recent seasons. However, in the 2022-23 season, Fang Shuo’s status rebounded. Fang Shuo once revealed in an exclusive interview with Beijing Youth Daily that he lost 10 jin before the 2022-23 season, which was of direct help to his body. “Last season was to let me gradually adapt to the feeling of playing with injuries and pain. After losing weight before this season, I felt that my physical condition was still relatively good. Including after training, in fact, the body’s reaction is not as big as before.” Fang Shuo said.
At the same time, Fang Shuo was able to play a strong state in the second half of the 2022-23 season, which was directly related to the adjustment of the team’s style after foreign coach Leidan took office. After Leiden took office, he mainly attacked. He hoped Shougang was a team that won by attacking. After such a change, Leyden’s degree of freedom to attack each player has been greatly improved. This is in line with Fang Shuo’s characteristics and style. And it was in this environment that Fang Shuo’s characteristics were further strengthened, which made him return to what he was like in those days.
The many matches that broke out in Fang Shuo’s state also happened to be the time when China’s men’s basketball coach Joe jervich watched the battle. And this undoubtedly added a lot of points for him.
According to my knowledge, although it has not been announced to the public, Fang Shuo will enter the list of the latest issue of China’s men’s basketball. This is also an affirmation of his performance in the 2022-23 season.
In fact, Fang Shuo performed well in the second half of the 2022-23 season. At that time, the outside world was discussing whether Fang Shuo should enter the national team? Fang Shuo once said to the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily after the end of the season, “For me, it is incumbent on me to play for the country at any time. I am just doing myself well. If the national team needs it, I think I have the ability and experience at this age to help the team. If there is a chance, I will definitely be duty-bound.”
Now Fang Shuo will enter China’s men’s basketball list again, but he is also facing fierce competition for position. Fang Shuo is 1.89 m tall and is on the edge of China’s men’s basketball guard position “cut-off scores. Under the circumstance that the body type is not dominant, Fang Shuo can impress Joe Shuai most by shooting. But in this respect, Fang Shuo faces fierce and cruel competition. There is no Guangsha Sun Minghui on the training list of the last national team. Sun Minghui was absent from the national team training list last time because of injuries. But Sun Minghui is in good condition recently. Sun Minghui will also enter the big list of China’s men’s basketball issue.
Another factor needs to be mentioned. Fang Shuo can give him more freedom of attack, number of shots and adjustment space in Shougang. He is currently the first choice of Shougang’s attack system. However, in the national team, these aspects will be “compressed” to a large extent. Fang Shuo needs to take a better state if he wants to maintain sufficient competitiveness in the national team. This is undoubtedly a big challenge.
But in any case, Fang Shuo was still able to return to the national team training list at this stage of his career, which was an affirmation and incentive for him. I hope Fang Shuo can resist the pressure and contribute his own strength to China’s men’s basketball, reflecting different values.