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Fiba Basketball World Cup: China blasted for ‘indifferent’ attitude, NBA’s Kyle Anderson ‘not good enough’, say ex-pros
- Former LA Laker Sun Yue condemns team’s performance in 89-69 defeat at hands of South Sudan
- Eight-time Chinese Basketball Association champion Liu Yudong questions whether Anderson’s usefulness has been ‘overestimated’
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China are on the verge of an embarrassing first-round exit from the Fiba Basketball World Cup, and former national team player Sun Yue has condemned the side’s attitude in their 20-point loss to South Sudan.
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After being hammered 105-63 by Serbia on Saturday in their opening game in Group B, China slumped to defeat against a country only formed in 2011 and playing in the tournament for the first time.
Sun, who played 10 games for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2008 to 2009, said he had been left bemused by the team’s “indifferent” approach in their 89-69 loss.
“Despite having the defensive tactics formulated, most of their three-point attempts were wide open, and even if our players were there, they were not disturbing their opponents at all,” he said.
The now-retired Sun, who won two Asian Games titles with China, said Monday’s defeat was never about tactics or techniques, but attitude.
“Judging from their body language, it seems that it doesn’t matter whether an attempt is made or missed. This is the part I failed to figure out, why their body language is so indifferent.
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