The iron-fisted coach trains the men’s basketball team to aim for the Paris “ticket”.

　　Original title: The Chinese Basketball Association has announced that Serbian Djordjevic will be the head coach of the Chinese men’s basketball team.

On November 16, the Chinese Basketball Association made changes to the head coach of the Chinese men’s basketball team, announcing that Du Feng would no longer serve as the head coach, and at the same time selected Serbian Alexander Djordjevic as the head coach of the Chinese team. men’s basketball team.

Djordjevic previously coached the Serbian men’s basketball team for 6 years and led the team to win the runners-up position at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He will lead the Chinese men’s basketball team to play in the 6th window of the 2023 World Cup and World Preliminaries , and will strive to lead the team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

　　Team experience

He has won several medals in international competitions

Serbian head coach Djordjevic succeeded Du Feng as the new head coach of the Chinese men’s basketball team.

According to the plan, Djordjevic will arrive in China on the 18th. After completing the quarantine in Hangzhou, he will go to the CBA League Division to have in-depth exchanges and communication with the Chinese Basketball Association and relevant personnel, and start team training in full swing of Chinese men’s basketball coaches and the national team. The team inspects the work.

As a player and head coach, Djordjevic has won multiple Olympic, World and European medals. Djordjevic played as a player for Partizan Belgrade, Olympia Milan, Bologna, Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid and other teams. He also played briefly in the NBA. As a manager he has coached many top clubs with excellent results.

Objectively speaking, Djordjevic has a good leadership track record and coaching experience.

　　coaching style

Emphasis on defense and strict management

After retiring, he coached clubs like Milan Olimpia, Treviso Benetton, Panathinaikos, Bayern, Bologna and Fenerbahce, winning Italian, Turkish and UEFA Champions League titles. From 2013 to 2019, Djordjevic was the head coach of the Serbian men’s basketball team, leading the team to win the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and leading the team to their fifth victory at the 2019 World Cup.

Some Serbian coaches serving as assistant coaches in the CBA once introduced Djordjevic’s coaching style to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter: a typical European coach, strict team management, and a real iron-fisted coach. He emphasized defense and even considered it the first element for the team to win, trained the team’s pace of play and quick offensive and defensive transitions and so on. A Serbian coach commented on Djordjevic: “He is a natural winner and has an extraordinary will to win. He is a fighter and will never admit defeat. At the same time, he was also a very good defender, so I hope to pass on these successful experiences to the team that leads.”

　　adapt to the break-in

Choose the players that fit your system

There are also many things that concern the outside world about Djordjevic’s training. For example, Djordjevic has relatively little knowledge of Chinese basketball and players. It will take some time for him to choose the players that suit his system and his style of play. After that, the Chinese men’s basketball team has to go through a period of mutual adjustment and adjustment. But at the same time, the number of warm-up matches and official matches of the Chinese men’s basketball team is relatively small, and the opportunities for the team to run are relatively limited, and they will face the arduous task of obtaining tickets for the Olympic Games of Paris in next year’s World Cup. From this point of view, there are many uncertain factors for Djordjevic to lead the team. Time is running out and tasks heavy, which is undoubtedly the truest portrait of Djordjevic in charge of the team. The biggest goal of the Chinese men’s basketball team is to return to the Olympics. If Djordjevic can lead the team to do so, then his coaching resume will once again add a lot of color. (Reporter Song Xiang)

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Du Feng resigns

He kept the coach’s backline

On November 16, the Chinese Basketball Association thanked former head coach Du Feng for his contributions and dedication to the Chinese men’s basketball team over the past three years, and Du Feng also said that being able to fight for the country is the most valuable experience no matter as a player or as a head coach and full marks. Du Feng also expressed his gratitude to the Chinese Basketball Association, all members of the men’s basketball team and all sectors of society for their strong support, and said that he will continue to work hard to contribute to Chinese basketball in the future. .

Indeed, when Du Feng led the Chinese men’s basketball team to compete in the fifth window of the world preliminaries, local media in Serbia reported that Djordjevic will become the new head coach of the Chinese men’s basketball team. It is obvious that at a time when the Chinese men’s basketball team is facing such an important event, the news of the imminent coaching change will certainly have a negative impact on the team. But fortunately, the Chinese men’s basketball team withstood the pressure and won the world preliminaries with the men’s basketball teams of Iran and Bahrain, thus successfully qualifying for the 2023 World Cup.

Du Feng has coached the Chinese men’s basketball team for three years. At this time, he has deposed the national team coach. There are more factors, but one of them is his personal desire. According to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter, after leading the team to compete in the Asian Cup and the fourth window of the World Preliminaries, Du Feng has already expressed a desire to step down. But at that time, there was less time for coach selection and it could not be completed, so Du Feng continued to lead the team to compete in the fifth window of the world preliminaries.

For Du Feng, in these special three years, he should have received a lot of training and endured a lot of pressure. In the past three years, there have actually been two important events for the Chinese men’s national basketball team: the first is the qualification for the Olympic Games and the second is the access to the World Cup. In this way, in Du Feng’s three-year national team coaching career, the basic goal that needs to be achieved has also been achieved.

Du Feng took office on October 31, 2019. At that time, Chinese basketball talent and performance were in a depression, and under such circumstances, the situation of the national team was not optimistic when Du Feng took over. Many players capable of entering the national team in the league have been injured and the field has lengthened, but what is even more chilling are the doubts and abuses, this is the most stressful and painful thing for a coach.

Du Feng has done his best for the past three years. He went abroad to play with his players, there are so many things to worry about and to pay attention to in particular moments, as a coach he has more responsibilities. Maybe we can’t do better. For example, the ranking in the Asian Cup can be improved, and the World Cup qualifiers can win more, and win more when playing against teams like Iran and Bahrain.

Du Feng’s national team coaching career is over, and he at least kept the profits from his position. (Reporter Liu Ailin)