SHENZHEN (China) – Guo Shiqiang is long well known as the go-to crisis manager for the Chinese men’s basketball team.
The 16-time FIBA Asia Cup champions got off to a stuttered start in their campaign in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, losing to arch nemesis Japan in the very second game of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 in the opening Window last year, and the 49-year-old was immediately ushered into the hot seat – replacing the much decorated Serb Sasa Djordjevic.