A new trend of development of modern men’s basketball viewed from the perspective of the 16thFIBA World Men’s Basketball Championships

The authors studied the competition processes and results of the 16thWorld Men’s Basketball Championships,and put forward the following opinions: the situation of competition in world men’s basketball has developed into such a situation as that traditional European and American top teams are declining while new forces from the United States and Europe are rising;European basketball has a dominating position,while US basketball and European basketball are mutually blending;offensive defense is prevailing,while body contest becomes the theme of competitions;speed becomes faster,offense and defense become ever increasingly balanced,height advantage no longer becomes an absolute advantage of various teams;double point guard tactic becomes a new change in tactic execution by various teams;traditional centers are rare,shadow centers(power forwards) play a more and more important role.