For the Guangdong men's basketball team, Du Feng has 2 identities, meritorious player and meritorious coach. During the player period, Du Feng was one of the twin stars of the Guangdong men's basketball team and an absolute hero of the team's rise. He helped the Guangdong men's basketball team win 7 championships, and in the 2003-04 season, when the Guangdong men's basketball team won the championship for the first time, he was elected the MVP of the finals. After retiring, Du Feng transformed into a coach, led the Guangdong men's basketball team to win three consecutive championships, climbed out of the trough, and re-stood at the peak of the CBA.
In fact, Du Feng also has an invisible identity, that is, scouting, he can continue to find talents for the Guangdong men's basketball team and cultivate talents. This is also the key to the comeback of the Guangdong men's basketball team, Du Fengqiang is not only tactical, but also accurate vision.
Pull back the time to 2011, when Du Feng won the last championship of his player career and also held a training camp in Urumqi. By chance, 13-year-old Hu Mingxuan entered the training camp. At that time, Hu Mingxuan was thin and looked very ordinary, but he impressed Du Feng with his exquisite passing. Du Feng thought that Hu Mingxuan was worth cultivating, so he took him to the Guangdong men's basketball team.
In the 2017-18 season, Hu Mingxuan entered the CBA to play. In 2018, after Du Feng regained control of the Guangdong men's basketball team, Hu Mingxuan embarked on a rapid upward spiral. Last season, Hu Mingxuan played a local supergiant level, and it was not uncommon to reach 20 points in a single game, and it could also act as a defensive gate. In the finals against the Liaoning men's basketball team, Hu Mingxuan scored 13 points and 6 steals in the second game, and won 19 points and 2 steals in the third game, helping the Guangdong men's basketball team win the championship and also won the MVP of the finals.
He has also become a regular visitor to the national team, and in the talented Chinese men's basketball team, Hu Mingxuan can also pick a beam. In 2021, in the Olympic Games against Canada, Hu Mingxuan scored 24 points in a single game, becoming the sharpest offensive point of the Chinese men's basketball team. In the Asian Preliminaries of the same year, Hu Mingxuan played 4 games, averaging double figures per game, which was an important firepower point for the Chinese men's basketball team.
Zhao Rui, another strong defender of the Chinese men's basketball team, is also Du Feng. Before entering the CBA, Zhao Rui played in the NBL. But after watching Zhao Rui's game, Du Feng recognized it very much. After recruiting Zhao Rui into the Guangdong men's basketball team, Du Feng also vigorously cultivated. Du Feng did not waste his efforts, and shined in the first season of the Guangdong men's basketball team, and in the finals of that year, he scored 15 points in a single game and became famous in one fell swoop.
A good start is half the battle, and Zhao Rui quickly gained a foothold in the Guangdong men's basketball team. In the CBA, Zhao Rui played a famous role and helped the Guangdong men's basketball team win consecutive championships. Also won the favor of the national team, Zhao Rui in the Chinese men's basketball team, can also play a big responsibility, played in the 2019 local World Cup.
Hu Mingxuan and Zhao Rui have become the best of the local defenders, and they are also an important guarantee for the Guangdong men's basketball team to maintain a strong force. Now Du Feng has found a talent for the Guangdong men's basketball team, that is, Tang Jie, who has just joined the team. Before entering the Guangdong men's basketball team, Tang Jie was seen as a joke. Last season, Tang Jie played for the Fujian men's basketball team, which is a weak team, but he has not been able to become the main force, and there are few bright performances. In the offseason, Tang Jie shouted out the slogan of participating in the NBA draft, and was criticized for not measuring up to his own strength and being ridiculed. Because the visa failed to make the trip, Tang Jie's arrogant behavior looks more like jokes and hype.
After becoming a restricted free agent, Tang Jie was once unattended. When introducing Tang Jie, Du Feng said, "Tang Jie is a player I noticed at the National Games. No team wants him, so no balls are played this season. I felt like to have more players for use in the rotation, so I also wanted to give him a chance. ”
Tang Jie performed well at the National Games, scoring 40 points in a single game against the Guangdong men's basketball team, scoring 35 points and 9 assists. Tang Jie's speed also made Du Feng's eyes light up. Tang Jie's biggest advantage is speed, ranking among the best in the entire CBA.
Tang Jie also has a weakness, that is, he relies too much on speed to play, and the sense of rhythm is extremely poor, resulting in a high number of mistakes, which is also the key to Tang Jie's inability to stand firm in the weak brigade. What Du Feng needed was for Tang Jie to gradually change his weaknesses, which was not difficult. Du Feng has experience in cultivating defenders, and the Guangdong men's basketball team can also provide a mature system for Tang Jie's growth. The transformation like Hu Mingxuan Zhao Rui became a high-probability event for Tang Jie. If in the future, Tang Jie entered the national team, don't be too surprised, after all, as a former national youth defender, he has this talent, and he was frustrated before because he did not meet Du Feng.