HANGZHOU: 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.

Yao Ming AFP FILE PHOTO
Yao Ming AFP FILE PHOTO

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