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If Wang Fei is fired from his job, he deserves it.


At the recent World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Wang Fei strutted like a peacock. He chose the reporters whom he liked to talk to. Apparently, I wasn’t one of those in his preferred list.


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Of course, losing by 41 points was a big blow to the ego. What’s worse, China coach Wang Fei used his scrub players to kick ass down the stretch. Ouch.


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Six players from the ABC title squad are gone. Coach Wang Fei’s revamp struck out veteran Liu Yudong, Li Xiaoyong, Fan Bin, Zhang Wenqi, Zhang Jinsong, and believe it or not, Wang Zhizhi. In their place were recruited 6-4 Guo Shiqiang, 6-2 Lui Wei, 6-8 Chen Ke, 6-7 Zhu Fangyu, 6-11 Mo Ke, and 6-8 Du Feng.


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The Asian Basketball Confederation announced the selection of Shanghai, China’s commercial capital as the Host City for the 21st Asian Basketball Championship for Men slated from July 20 to 28, 2001, a stepping stone for the Chinese who have  their sights fixed on the 14th World Basketball Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana.


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Reunion in Changsha

By Joaquin M. Henson | October 7, 2015 - 10:00am

Two former Chinese national basketball stars who played in the Asian Youth tournament here in 1982 got together by accident during the recent 28th FIBA Asia Championships in Changsha.

Sports

Serves Wang Fei right

By Joaquin M. Henson | October 16, 2002 - 12:00am

The future looks bleak for Wang Fei’s coaching career. China’s cocky mentor will bear the brunt of the blame for the once proud and mighty Mainland team’s unforgivable loss to South Korea in the finals...

Sports

China win a formality

By Joaquin M. Henson | October 14, 2002 - 12:00am

A cakewalk. That’s what China expects in facing host South Korea in the 14th Asian Games basketball finals at the 15,000-seat Sajik Gymnasium today. And after barely surviving the Philippines in the semis, it...

Sports

One step backward

By Joaquin M. Henson | October 11, 2002 - 12:00am

Don’t lose hope, you of little faith. So what if the Philippines was massacred by China in the quarterfinals of the 14th Asian Games basketball competitions last Tuesday in Busan? That was virtually a no-bearing...

Sports

Zhizhi out of Chinese team

By Joaquin M. Henson | August 7, 2002 - 12:00am

Far from resting on its laurels, the Chinese national team has undergone a major facelift since capturing the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) championship in Shanghai last year. Six players from the ABC title...

Sports

Is China unbeatable?

By Joaquin M. Henson | December 27, 2001 - 12:00am

Defending champion China is clearly the team to beat in the basketball competitions of the 14th Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 24-Oct. 14. Coach Wang Fei is expected to bring back 10 players from the...

Sports

China’s high five - THE GAME OF MY LIFE by Bill Velasco

March 26, 2001 - 12:00am

In the midst of the interminable, simmering dispute over basketball leadership in the Philippines, things are falling into place for our perennial tormentor, China. The Asian Basketball Confederation announced the...

Sports