The WCBA playoffs are currently in hot progress. Li Yuelu, the women’s basketball Chinese national player, is fighting for Inner Mongolia Women’s Basketball. They are also strong contenders for the championship this season. Whether Li Yuelu will continue to fight WNBA after the WCBA season is still uncertain, but WNBA Chicago Sky coach Wade said in an interview that he hoped Li Yuelu would return to the team in April, at the same time, he also said that Li Yuelu’s departure from the team in advance last season hoped that it would not happen again.
Last season, Li Yuelu joined the Sky team halfway through the season. However, due to the late arrival time and the first WNBA competition, Li Yuelu needed time to adapt in many aspects. Li Yuelu’s overall performance last season was not ideal and his chances of playing were limited. After the Sky team played the regular season, because China had the World Cup preparations and competition tasks at that time in women’s basketball, they recruited Li Yuelu to return to the team, which made Li Yuelu unable to play in the playoffs with the Sky team.
Wade said to Li Yuelu’s situation like this: “She (Li Yuelu) wants to return to WNBA, and she is still on the team’s big list. I don’t think she wants to go anywhere else. There is uncertainty in the Asian Games and many other things. I don’t want to see what happened last season. I hope she can concentrate with the team from April to prepare for the new season.”
This year’s WCBA season ended in March, after which China’s women’s basketball will begin to concentrate, preparing for the Asian Cup in June and the Asian Games in September. In the Asian Cup women’s basketball, China has been unable to reach the top for more than ten years in women’s basketball, and they ranked second in the last competition. In the Asian Games at home, China’s women’s basketball goal is also the champion. The preparation and competition of these two important events conflict with the time of WNBA in the new season. The new season WNBA will be played in May and the regular season will be held in September. How several Chinese women’s basketball players coordinate this time conflict is still unknown.