HANGZHOU: Basketball great Yao Ming branded China's team 'slackers' and warned they will struggle to qualify for future Olympics because of the 'huge gap' with the world's best.
The eight-time NBA All-Star, now president of the Chinese Basketball Association, slammed China's performance after they lost to the Philippines in the semifinals of their home Asian Games in Hangzhou.They settled for bronze after defeating Taiwan on Friday, but it was far less than fans and Yao wanted.China also flopped at last month's World Cup, missing out on a qualifying spot at next year's Paris Olympics after losing four of their five games.
'China lost to Serbia, South Sudan, Puerto Rico and hosts Philippines at the World Cup and missed out on a place in the final qualifying tournament for Paris.Yao said wholesale reform would be needed for China to qualify for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.'We have to conduct a major operation -- this is not something that small tweaks will achieve,' he said.'From the make-up of the national team to league reform, this is a major operation covering the entire basketball community.
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