BASKETBALL great Yao Ming branded China’s team “slackers” and warned they will struggle to qualify for future Olympics because of the “huge gap” with the world’s best.
The eight-time NBA All-Star, now president of the Chinese Basketball Association, slammed China’s performance after they lost to the Philippines in the semi-finals of their home Asian Games in Hangzhou.
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