The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Japan in the first two rounds of the Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, and since then, except for Zhou Qi, the other players have flown back to Guangzhou from Tokyo to carry out a 14+7 quarantine. During the quarantine period, the players' lives can be described as very boring, and many players exercise in their rooms to maintain their form for the second stage of the CBA.
In this World Preliminary Round, because Hu Mingxuan had a skin disease, he did not go out with the team, and Du Feng chose to take another young player, Xu Jie. Xu Jie, born in 2000, also became the youngest player in the Chinese men's basketball team. Although he is young, the skills, experience and temperament that Xu Jie showed in the game made the fans call out that this is exactly like an old cadre. In the first game of the World Preliminary Round, Xu Jie only got more than 2 minutes of playing time, except for losing 1 foul, all other data was zero. In the second game, Du Feng's guidance finally gave Xu Jie a lot of time, and he did not live up to Du Feng's love. Playing nearly 20 minutes, shooting 5 of 8, 3 of 6 from three-point range, he had 13 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, scoring even higher than zhou peng, Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Jiwei and Wang Zhelin, the four starters. In terms of the performance of the World Preliminary Round, Xu Jie's performance is better than that of Zhao Jiwei, Wu Qian and Sun Minghui, the three top point guards in China.
During the quarantine, Xu Jie also gave a video interview to reporters. When the reporter asked him how many points he had scored for his performance in the World Preliminary Tournament, Xu Jie said that he played decently, and there were still many tasks that Du Feng had set. He was very modest and only gave himself a 65. In fact, as far as the World Preliminary Round is concerned, I think Xu Jie's performance this time should have at least 80 points. Xu Jie's characteristic is a small fast spirit, he shows this trait perfectly on the offensive end, and there is no ambiguity when it is time to shoot. On the defensive end, although his figure is relatively weak, his attitude is very positive and he is not afraid of confrontation, and the Japanese defenders do not take advantage of Xu Jie.
When the reporter asked what kind of harvest this World Preliminary Tournament trip brought to him, Xu Jie said that with this rare opportunity, he has greatly improved his self-confidence and mentality. Throughout the interview, Xu Jie has been mentioning the three words of gratitude, learning and harvesting. It can also be seen from this that Xu Jie is really very modest and more mature.
In the first stage of the CBA regular season, Xu Jie appeared as a substitute most of the time, but his performance was also remarkable, averaging 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game, scoring even higher than Ren Junfei, Yi Jianlian, Zhao Rui, hu Mingxuan, the four big brothers, and only 0.1 points less than the first Zhou Peng. Although Xu Jie's current shooting is still unstable, with his humble attitude and his spirit of daring to fight, I believe that his projection ability will become stronger and stronger. Xu Jie's growth can't help but make people feel that the Guangdong team is really talented, and the Guangdong team really hopes to win the 12th championship in team history this season.