As the year draws to a close, we will also wave goodbye to 2021 as we usher in a new year in 2022. Looking back on the past year, many major events have happened in Chinese basketball. Whether it is Guangdong winning the 11th crown in team history, or the Chinese men's basketball team officially missed the Olympic Games. Whether it is the breakthrough of the Chinese women's basketball team and the Chinese trio women's basketball team in the Olympic Games, or the comeback of Yi Jianlian, Ding Yanyuhang and Jeremy Lin's return to the CBA, they have attracted the attention of thousands of fans and become a hot topic of discussion among fans in the streets and alleys.
1. The Guangdong men's basketball team won the 11th crown in team history
On May 1, 2021, the third and last game of the 2020-21 CBA Finals, the Guangdong men's basketball team defeated the Liaoning men's basketball team 110-103, and for the second consecutive season, it defeated the Liaoning men's basketball team 2-1 in the finals to win the championship, and while completing the three consecutive championships, the Guangdong men's basketball team also won the 11th CBA championship in team history.
The Guangdong men's basketball team has this performance is quite difficult. That season, the core of the team Yi Jianlian was reimbursed for the entire season because of the Achilles tendon rupture, the team's super foreign aid Marzan Brooks was also reimbursed for the Achilles tendon rupture season at the end of the regular season, and The general manager of the Guangdong team, Zhu Fangyu, then quickly introduced the Intended Foreign Aid of the Shanghai team, Thompson, who had completed the entry quarantine, thus quickly reinforcing Guangdong. In the case that the paper lineup was not as neat as the Liaoning team, the Guangdong team still seized the opportunity and won the 11th championship in team history. After the game, even the strong Guangdong head coach Du Feng also rarely wept on the field and lamented that it was not easy. It is worth mentioning that The young defender of the Guangdong team, Hu Mingxuan, won the MVP of the finals and his performance was highly recognized.
2. The Chinese men's basketball team officially missed the Olympic Games
With the defeat of the Canadian men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team in the Olympic Games in Victoria, Canada, the Chinese men's basketball team also officially missed the Tokyo Olympic Games, and for the first time since participating in the Olympic Games in 1984, the team has missed the Olympic Games for the first time.
In the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team that played at home did not qualify from the group. After that, they competed in qualifying, but lost to Iran. After the restructuring of the World Cup, only the best Asian team in the World Cup can directly pass the Olympic Games, so the Chinese men's basketball team has no chance to directly pass through the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the then head coach Li Nan also left the class. After that, the Chinese men's basketball team participated in the Olympic games, but the olympic games were much more difficult to qualify than the World Cup, and Du Feng finally chose to bring a young Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the competition, the main purpose was to train the players, and the loss was expected.
3. The Chinese women's basketball Team achieved a breakthrough in the Olympic Games
The Chinese women's basketball team finished 5th at the Tokyo Olympics, creating its best result since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a huge improvement from the 10th place at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Although the knockout round was reversed by Serbia, the performance of the Chinese women's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics was still remarkable, knowing that the average age of this team is only 23 years old, which is still a very young team.
4. The Chinese three-person women's basketball team stood on the Olympic podium
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese three-person women's basketball team, which participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, finally won the bronze medal, which was the first time that Chinese women's basketball won a medal at the Olympic Games after the 1992 Olympic Games. The Chinese three-person women's basketball team that participated in this competition had to change the lineup a few months before the trip to Tokyo because of the serious injuries of the core players, but the young three-person women's basketball team still overcame various difficulties and won the precious bronze medal, and the three-person women's basketball player Yang Shuyu successfully broke the circle because of his excellent performance and outstanding appearance, and won the love of many fans. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese three-person men's basketball team is also the first time to participate in the Olympic Games, although Hu Jinqiu, Gao Shiyan and others have tried their best, but the strength gap is obvious, and the results are not ideal.
5. Yi Jianlian and Ding Yanyu made a comeback
On October 16, 2021, the first round of the 2021-22 CBA regular season, Guangdong team core Yi Jianlian and Shandong team forward Ding Yanyu hang both returned from injury. Yi Jianlian was reimbursed last season for a ruptured Achilles tendon, and Ding Yanyuhang has not played in the CBA since the 2017-18 season due to multiple injuries. After a long period of recovery, the two CBA icons finally made a comeback this season.
6. Zhao Rui returns to the national team
In mid-November, the Chinese men's basketball team announced the new training list, and Guangdong defender Zhao Rui returned to the national team. Since the 2019 World Cup, Zhao Rui has not been able to participate in the national team for various reasons, and even cannot enter the training list. This time is also the first time that Zhao Rui has been selected for the national team after more than two years, and he also apologized for his previous misdeeds off the field.
7. Guo Allen Zhou Qi on "Spit Conference"
In March, Zhou Qi and Guo Allen participated in the stadium of the "Spit Conference", because the spit point involved the Chinese men's basketball World Cup and did not qualify, and Zhou Qi and Guo Allen, who participated in the recording of the program, were widely questioned and even criticized. Even the program attracted the attention of the relevant departments, resulting in the second half of the final failure to broadcast. At the national team mobilization meeting before the World Preliminary Tournament for the national team in November, the two also apologized for participating in the show.
8. Guo Allen was not eligible for the regular season MVP
In the selection of the 2020-21 CBA regular season, Liaoning team guard Guo Allen unexpectedly missed the list of candidates. It is reported that this is because the CBA revised a criterion for MVP selection this season, introduced a new data calculation formula as a candidate criterion (cumulative contribution value), and announced it before the start of the season. In addition, each team has no more than 1 candidate, in the end, Guo Allen's value calculated through the formula is not as good as the team's Zhao Jiwei, for this reason, Guo Allen also did not qualify for the regular season MVP, which also caused an uproar, resulting in the CBA's selection criteria being widely questioned.
9. Jeremy Lin returns to the CBA
After failing to hit the NBA last season, Jeremy Lin finally decided to announce his return to Beijing and the CBA in June this year. As a super foreign aid of the CBA, Jeremy Lin is very inspirational because of the "Lin Madness" that he has set off in the NBA in the past, coupled with his humble personality and many good deeds in the past, he has a lot of fans in China, especially many fans who do not often watch basketball games also like Jeremy Lin, and he also attracted widespread attention after announcing his return to the CBA.
10. Zhou Qi landed in the NBL
Zhou Qi finally chose to reject Xinjiang's request for a contract extension this summer because of disagreements with Xinjiang on contract extensions. After that, teams from multiple leagues issued invitations to Zhou Qi, who eventually chose to join the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix team of the Australian NBL League. At present, Zhou Qi's performance in the league is remarkable. In his third regular season game in the NBL, Zhou Qi scored 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 blocks and 2 steals on 13 shooting, playing his strongest game in the NBL league, scoring, rebounding, and blocks all set a new high for him in the NBL league. In the fourth regular season, Zhou Qi had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks, which was also outstanding.