On December 6, Beijing time, Zhu Fangyu, general manager of Guangdong Hongyuan, was interviewed by Cantonese media, involving the promotion of youth basketball, he said: Xu Jie is only 1.78 meters tall, and it can be said that he is particularly short among basketball players, especially professional basketball players.
But from Xu Jie, we can see that in fact, height is not the biggest obstacle to playing basketball.
Recently, Xu Jie followed the national team to participate in the men's basketball World Cup qualifier against Japan, in the game, Xu Jie performed remarkablely, with strength to prove that people who do not have the advantage of height can also play basketball well.
Zhu Fangyu also said that in addition to the comprehensive technology, Xu Jie's confidence in playing basketball is very sufficient. He is a very good example of teenagers playing basketball, giving young athletes confidence, "As long as you work hard and invest, you can also play basketball well, and you can also have professional dreams to impact." ”
For Zhu Fangyu since taking office, although there are many young players pouring into Hongyuan to play an important role, but Hongyuan's internal cruelty is also a very realistic level, from Xu Jie's players of the same year, in addition to Du Runwang, Liu Quanbiao, Zhang Haojia, the rest is basically the way to study in college to leave Hongyuan, or transfer to the Fujian men's basketball team, continue to find their own position.
And Xu Jie from the 2018-2019 season into the Hongyuan first team, the growth trajectory is obvious to all, Du Feng's first 2 months, did not use Xu Jie as a 12-man list, until the second half of the season to get the opportunity to rotate, but under Du Feng's tutelage, there is also its own strong psychological quality, once in the CBA Finals a blockbuster.
By the second season, it has become a stable 12-man rotation, and Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan, the same name of Guangdong Sanshao, although there are still many famous scenes of scolding, but from the personal ability of the independent side, his room for progress, recognized by professionals and the media, after the end of the offseason, he was immediately selected for the national team's training.
This summer, Xu Jie represented the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Olympic Games failed, the overall performance is remarkable, calm style, excellent defensive driving ability, the previous World Cup qualifiers, again got the opportunity to rotate 12 people, the first game did not have much performance, but this campaign is completely to show themselves, conquer the Japanese media at the same time, but also to prove that they have the strength to be selected for the national team.
Looking back at the past 3 years, from the rookie to the national team rotation guard, there is no doubt that Guangdong Hongyuan's new non-sale product, considering the experience and ability to handle the ball, if there is no particularly large injury problem, it must be accompanied by the growth of age, there is a relatively large increase, will be the Guangdong defender, a very important combination of parts.