China can only win in Asia, not in the world

That was fun, seeing Chinese players lose by 40 points against a young but hungry Serbian team coached by Aleksandar Đorđević and led by team captain Miloš Teodosić. But that's not going to be my point here. I want to point out how China's basketball program still sucks despite being a FIBA Asia powerhouse. Why I said that? They can only use their height against small defenders and have the range. But why they lose when it comes to the international stage?

Lack of direction. Yes, they have Yao Ming(I grew up idolizing him with the Houston Rockets), Yi Jianlian and others but what happened to that game against Serbia even if it's just an exhibition game and they have a lot of 7 footers? No direction and it's just they are a powerhouse on paper. That's right. On paper! 

As they got trashed by the Serbs, the Chinese even resorted to injuring Miroslav Raduljica and the hammer to the face of a charging Nemanja Dangubić, which I know is a classless act by the Chinese team but Karma does still strike.

If I have to tell the Iranian, Philippine and other teams to beat China, they can even if not having the height as long as you can hasten up the pace and make them eat dust. Sure Serbia has a lot of point forwards and Raduljica can outmuscle even the taller Chinese centers but Iran has Haddadi, Philippines has a lot of  arsenal and other countries in Asia can beat China. Once they know this game and learn what tactics they can do against the once proud basketball program of China, they are just targets for hungry and motivated Asian teams.

When there be the next Serbian Big Thing?

Yes, they came out big by 2014 and have the true best basketball system after America. But why they don't have an NBA player? Personal or lack of scouting maybe. The world instead wanted to see Dario Šarić or Mario Hezonja. Little did they know about Dejan Kravić or Dušan Ristić or even Bogdan Bogdanović who was named the best young player in Euroleague while playing his last season for Partizan.

Some players like Miloš Teodosić would play for the higher competition in Europe, citing lack of playing if he signs for an NBA team. Only as of January 6, 2015, Ognjen Kuzmić plays for the Golden State Warriors but lacks playing time even if the team lacks a big man in the regular rotation.

I would try to suprise if the San Antonio Spurs franchise would try to bring Nemanja Dangubić. As we know, San Antonio is one of the best for developing foreign talent and Nemanja could bestfit their. Speaking of Nemanja, Nemanja Nedović, who is the European Derrick Rose cannot crack the rotation despite that raw talent. That is he not given the playing time even 20 minutes! 

Serbs are better players without the referees' help or without those fancy American moves. Can't they be worse? They finished 7th in Eurobasket 2013 and Nemanja Nedović, Nenad Krstić and Nemanja Bjelica were their only gunners because Miloš Teodosić was injured leading to Eurobasket.

So, don't they deserve to enter the NBA and contribute?