Head Coach: Guo ShiQiang
Assistants: Zhang Bin, Sun Jun
Special consultant: Brian Goorjian

The goal of the team is obviously to win FIBA-Asia at home. Worst case sceneario = qualify for the World Championship (i.e., finish in top 3). In 2007 the "B" squad was completely humiliated with a 10th place finish but this year China will come with a vengeance. The inclusion of Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi already makes the team a clear favorite in Asia, even without Yao Ming (who deserved a long-overdue restful summer while healing that damned fracture).

As for the roster, not too much to talk about. The only new face is Yi Li, who played for 2007\'s FIBA-Asia "B" squad. TBH, he didn\'t have a good season at all, and at this stage of his career can no longer be said to "have potential". He\'s talented no doubt but unless he can get his acts together expect him to go home early. Same with Chen Jianghua. Ding Jinghui and Wang Lei both had pretty underwhelming seasons and they also should be grateful for still being given a chance.

They should have given Aoshen\'s Huo Nan a chance IMO. And Sun Yue better prove he can at least dominate Asian competition (Yi JianLian should do so without too much problem).