In the history of Chinese basketball, there are many players who have played in the NBA, such as the well-known Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Sun Yue, Battle and others who have played in the NBA. Among them, Yao Ming is definitely the most successful player, and he was successfully elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame after retiring, which is a supreme honor and the greatest recognition of his basketball career. The closest player to the NBA is Zhou Qi, who plays for the same NBA team as Yao Ming. Unfortunately, he did not establish himself in the NBA and eventually had to return to the CBA.
Zhou Qi is a player from Henan who attracted much attention when he landed in the NBA at that time. But many fans may not know that in fact, before Zhou Qi, there was a Henan player who was also very popular, because he was another player selected by the NBA team after Yao Ming. However, as a fellow of Zhou Qi, he was not as lucky as Zhou Qi, and after being selected by the NBA, he finally failed to land and became the most regrettable athlete of the Chinese men's basketball team.
This person is Xue Yuyang. Xue Yuyang was born on October 4, 1982 in Jiaozuo, Henan. He began to play basketball at the age of ten, when he was 1.72 meters tall, nicknamed "Peter Pan", he was loaned to the Jilin Siberian Tigers by Henan in 2001, and was loaned to hong Kong Feilong in 2002, and was selected for the national team for the first time. In 2003, he was picked up by the Xinjiang team and subsequently selected for the national team again.
Xue Yuyang is characterized by his excellent bounce, as a center he is fast, excellent in movement, and comprehensive in technology. In the 2003 NBA Draft, Xue Yuyang was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 27th place in the second round and was subsequently traded to the Nuggets. However, after Xue Yuyang was selected by the NBA, the Chinese Basketball Association said that the time for him to join the NBA was not yet ripe and he could not go to the NBA for the time being, so his dream of entering the NBA was shattered.
At that time, the Chinese Basketball Association made such a decision, but also learned the lesson of Wang Zhizhi. The failure to return to the national team that year had a very bad impact at the time, and perhaps it was also feared that this would happen again, and finally the Chinese Basketball Association refused to allow Xue Yuyang to go to the NBA. In the end, Xue Yuyang joined Xinjiang in 2005 for a sky-high price of 1.6 million yuan, but his subsequent career did not actually improve much, on the contrary, after losing his tactical position, his performance showed signs of regression. On May 17, 2018, Xue Yuyang officially announced his retirement to end his basketball career.
Entering the NBA is the dream of many Chinese basketball players, and the failure to join the NBA because of the basketball association is a big blow to Xue Yuyang. The fledgling Xue Yuyang is not optimistic about many people, who believe that he is not capable of gaining a foothold in the NBA, after all, players like Wang Zhizhi and Battle have not played well in the NBA. But even if the head is broken in the NBA, it can also make the players long-sighted and eye-opening, and Wang Zhizhi and Battle, who returned to the CBA, still killed four parties, and the playing style is more mature than in the past.
Xue Yuyang became another typical example of "injuring Zhongyong", squandered his talent, and ended his CBA career in the stumbling, so that many fans now do not know that Xue Yuyang has been selected by NBA teams. It's a shame!