The team is on a steep decline but the guards could make China fun to watch.
For a long time, the rap on China was that they could come up with plenty of big men but couldn’t seem to develop guards.
One theory held there were two reasons for this: one, Chinese focus on education so intensely that kids don’t have time to play and develop the creative skills that kids in other countries (especially the U.S.) do and two, the national system stifles individualism.
There could be some truth to both arguments, but it’s worth remembering that a) there are neglected kids in every country who raise themselves and b) no sport is more regimented than Japanese baseball, and Japanese baseball has produced some notable rebels.