In life, many times, the choice is greater than the effort. The same is true in the professional arena, because of a choice, Wang Zhelin changed his fate.
In the 2020-21 season, Wang Zhelin played for the Fujian men's basketball team, and the team ranked 16th in the CBA with a record of 11 wins and 39 losses. Before the start of the season, Wang Zhelin switched to the Shanghai men's basketball team, and the team currently ranks second in the CBA with a record of 23 wins and 5 losses, entering the championship ranks. Wang Zhelin also took off the hat of the data brush, and this title has been bothering him for a long time.
Young fame was once expected to play in the NBA
His father is Wang Changhai, the former main center of the Fujian men's basketball team, and his mother Lin Huiqing, who was also a basketball player, and Wang Zhelin inherited his parents' excellent athletic talent. Since childhood, Wang Zhelin's height has been outstanding among his friends, and he has also been able to embark on the road of basketball very early. Talented and practicing early, Wang Zhelin also stood out and became a regular guest of the national team in his teens.
In 2011, 17-year-old Wang Zhelin scored 26 points in a single game against the Chinese Olympic men's basketball team. There is no shortage of CBA strong interior lines in the opponents, but Wang Zhelin still plays vigorously, scoring in various ways in the penalty area. But the 2012 Nike Basketball Summit that really made Wang Zhelin famous. In this tournament, the best performer before was Yi Jianlian, who had 7 points and 7 rebounds in a single game. Wang Zhelin had 19 points and 8 rebounds, which can be described as a famous battle.
At the 2007 NBA Draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round, and Wang Zhelin was also believed to be able to impact the NBA in the future. At 2.14 meters tall, Wang Zhelin is very flexible, moving fast, and rich offensive skills, and has also won the praise of Xiao Yaoming. In the 2012 Asian Youth Championship, Wang Zhelin showed his face again, he had 36 points and 13 rebounds in the final against the South Korean men's basketball team, leading the team to win the championship.
Years of missing the playoffs have become a data brush
Before entering the CBA, Wang Zhelin was also highly optimistic, and was considered to be able to play a dominant role in the CBA like Yao Ming, win the championship, and eventually rush into the NBA. In his debut season, Wang Zhelin deserved the expectations of the outside world, playing a crazy statistic of 31 points and 15 rebounds in a single game, and a single-game double-double became the norm for him. Averaging 20.3 points and 12.9 rebounds per game this season, a rookie played a super-big level, and Wang Zhelin was also surrounded by flowers and applause.
After the first season was amazing, Wang Zhelin averaged 20+10 per game in the next 2 seasons. Trapped by injuries, Wang Zhelin played only 9 games in the 2015-16 season, averaging 20+10 per game in a single season, but in the following 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, Wang Zhelin's data returned to 20+10.
Wang Zhelin's data is dazzling enough, that is, it is placed in the entire CBA, almost no one can compare. However, Wang Zhelin did not bring enough victories to the Fujian men's basketball team. In the first 6 seasons of Wang Zhelin's entry into the CBA, the Fujian men's basketball team failed to play in the playoffs, but became a well-known fish belly. The gorgeous data has also lost its meaning, and Wang Zhelin has been ridiculed as a data brush.
MVP is still difficult to escape doubt
The 2018-19 season was the most beautiful season for Wang Zhelin in the Fujian men's basketball team. That season, the Fujian men's basketball team achieved a record of 27 wins and 19 losses, and rushed into the playoffs with a 7th place result. This is the Fujian men's basketball team's return to the playoffs after many years, which is worthy of a big book. Wang Zhelin won the MVP with an average of 24.7 points and 13.9 rebounds per game, which can be described as a double happiness.
But Wang Zhelin's MVP is not very happy, and many people think that Guo Allen is more worthy of this honor. That season, Guo Allen averaged 23.6 points and 5.8 assists per game, which was not as good as Wang Zhelin, but his Liaoning men's basketball team ranked second in the CBA and was in the ranks of the championship. Guo Allen led the team to better results and was also considered to be capable of being above Wang Zhelin. What's more, Liaoning player Gao Shiyan publicly said that Guo Allen was more worthy of MVP.
At the beginning, the Fujian men's basketball team did not qualify for the playoffs for many years because the team had a small investment and poor configuration, which could not be changed by Wang Zhelin alone. The Fujian men's basketball team has a worse record than the Liaoning men's basketball team, and it does not prove that Wang Zhelin is inferior to Guo Allen, because the Liaoning men's basketball team is the top CBA team, and Guo Allen's helpers are far more and better than Wang Zhelin's helpers.
In fact, it is the small cost operation mode of the Fujian men's basketball team that has contributed to Wang Zhelin's change of door. In the 2018-19 season, the Fujian men's basketball team entered the playoffs and showed the momentum of its rise. But after the end of the season, the Fujian men's basketball team sent away Zhao Tailong, one of the local big three, and then He Chongda, Sun Chuntang and other main players also left. The strength has decreased sharply, and the Fujian men's basketball team has also hit the morale of the players, resulting in the team being reduced to a fish belly again.
Wang Zhelin, who is not willing to be frustrated all the time, began to play health basketball last season and did not work hard. At the end of the season, Wang Zhelin also chose to leave. Wang Zhelin was once criticized, but now it seems that he has chosen the right path. In the Shanghai men's basketball team, Wang Zhelin has a lot of good helpers around him, and he has played easily, but the team's record has risen sharply. With the opportunity to rush the crown, Wang Zhelin also had to get real recognition.