（Department of Physical Education，Nanjing Medical University，Nanjing 210029，China）

Abstract: The authors analyzed malpractices in the cultivation of high performance basketball players in China, advocated turning pure pursuit of competitive performance into the view of scientific development of comprehen-sive development of the players by means of “combining physical training with physical education”. By referring to successfully experiences of US basketball in “combining physical training with physical education”, the authors put forward 5 issues and 3 suggestions to be focused on for the cultivation of high performance basketball players in China, so as to combine physical training with physical education in a profound and substantial way, and to cultivate comprehensively developed high performance basketball players.Key words: combining physical training with physical education；high performance basketball player；China；United States