On January 25, Nanjing Tongxi faced Xinjiang with a 36-point defeat and created the humiliation of 24 consecutive defeats. But for rookie player Wu Tingjia, it is a game that has created a new career high, the whole game Wu Tingjia started, played 38 minutes and 6 of 13 in 13, cut 17 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, all three statistics are career highs, and this is the first time that Wu Tingjia started in his personal CBA career.
Wu Tingjia's name before playing in the CBA League is not small, playing for the University of Mines in college, is the historical three-point king of the CUBA League, is famous for his accurate shooting, and is a star player in the college game.
The title from campus basketball has made Wu Tingjia have been paying close attention since playing professionally, but he suffered from the lack of a clear system in Nanjing Tongxi, and the use of personnel was chaotic, resulting in Wu Tingjia not getting playing time for a long time, and only played 4 games in the first 24 rounds, averaging only 3.8 minutes per game. Due to the injuries of the two core players of the Nanjing team, Xi Relijiang and Wang Zirui, Wu Tingjia was given the opportunity to play.
In the last three games, Wu Tingjia averaged 30 minutes per game, scoring 16 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds on 6 of 11 against Shanxi, plus 17 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and averaged 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in 3 games. Obviously, Wu Tingjia proved that as long as he got the opportunity to play, he had the ability to contribute, not for nothing.
Of course, the current growth environment of Nanjing Tongxi's team is too poor, suffering 24 consecutive defeats has equaled the longest losing streak in the history of the CBA, it is very likely to break this shameful record, in the context of the team can not win, Wu Tingjia's excellent performance as a rookie will naturally not be too concerned.
Just on behalf of college players, Wu Tingjia's play is of great significance to the development of campus basketball, and his performance is telling more student players that every student player has the possibility of playing in the CBA professional league, and the dream is not out of reach.
The CBA Draft has been held since 2015, and since 6 years, the number of college players selected every year will create a new high, and at this stage, more than 20 student players from the domestic CUBA league are playing in the CBA League, and even some players have received the maximum salary contract, such as Guo Kai of Guangzhou, and players have played in the national team, such as Wang Shaojie of Beijing Enterprises and Zhu Mingzhen of Guangzhou. More and more college players play CBA, and even reach the excellent level, which proves that the domestic CUBA league has the ability to provide talents for the CBA league and help Chinese basketball.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)