Compared with the 75 years of the NBA, the history of the CBA is really not too long.
In such a period of less than 30 years, Li Gendu can definitely be called a very special person.
As we all know, most CBA players have a registered status in the local sports bureaus. Even if not, it is difficult to transfer under the terms of the current CBA contract.
And Li Gen is a very special existence, he was born in Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, not any sports bureau or professional club youth training production.
So In a sense, Lee Can be called the first "full free agent" in CBA history.
You can rely on your own strength and performance to negotiate contracts directly with the club and strive for a higher annual salary.
But this situation also means that There is no guarantee behind Li Gen, it all depends on his play.
Once the state declines, Li Gen will be like a broken kite, falling in the air while being blown uncontrollably.
At least early in his career, Li Gen tasted the sweetness.
Under the recommendation of Shan Weiguo, a martial arts teacher, Li Gen, who was practicing 500 three-pointers a day, joined the Shanghai men's basketball team in 2008 and became Li Qiuping's general.
With a strong body and good projection, Li Gen quickly gained a foothold in the shanghai men's basketball team, averaging 9.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game, making a name for himself in the CBA circle.
At that time, the CBA was far less frequent in terms of domestic player turnover than it is now, and "carefree" players like Li Gen were the best targets.
The Qingdao men's basketball team took the lead in extending an olive branch and recruited Li Gen, who also seized this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in his playing career.
In the 2010-11 season, Li Gen averaged 10.7 points per game in the Qingdao men's basketball team and played 23 starts in 26 games, which is already the absolute main force of the team.
In the 2011-12 season, Li Gen completely broke the window paper of the star, and his average score soared to 17.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, and the sports shooting rate rose to 51.1%.
At the CBA All-Star Game that season, Li Gen, who was selected for the first time, scored a game-high 31 points and won the MVP.
The rocket-like speed of the surge has made all CBA teams focus on Li Gen, and everyone knows that Qingdao team has a "domestic LeBron".
In the end, Beijing Shougang spent a lot of money to bring in this powerful striker.
Not to disappoint everyone's expectations, Li Gen continued to play the level of the top wing in China in Beijing, helping Shougang achieve the great cause of three crowns in four years.
In the last two seasons of Beijing Shougang, although Li Gen became a substitute, his playing time and scoring average per game were the main level, providing the team with an unparalleled rotation of offensive firepower.
By the way, Li Gen won the Asian Championship gold medal for the Chinese men's basketball team in 2015 and went to Rio with the national team to compete in the Olympic Games in 2016.
"Enter the national team, play the Olympic Games, Guangzong Yaozu, how dare you think about this before?" This Henan Hanzi's exclamation sounds really simple.
But the story is also almost at a turning point.
In the offseason of 2015, Li Gen swung left and right between Beijing Shougang and the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and finally took over the contract of the legendary "tens of millions of annual salary" of the Xinjiang men's basketball team.
The angry Shougang Club even arranged for Li Gen to take over his championship ring in the players' tunnel for the 2014-15 season.
Transferring to the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Li Gen's role in the team has slowly become smaller, on the one hand, there are many powerful people in the Xinjiang men's basketball team, on the other hand, Li Gen has increased in age and injuries.
In 2017, Li Gen played a mainstay role in the finals, helping Xinjiang men's basketball team to beat Guangdong, won the first CBA championship in team history, and also saw his third CBA championship ring.
But the aging of people is obviously inevitable.
Li Gen's competitive status is slowly declining, gradually transitioning from "fake substitute players" to "real role players".
In the turbulent summer of 2019, Li Gen bid farewell to Xinjiang and returned to Shanghai to continue to embrace high-paying contracts, but his performance was disappointing: he averaged 8.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
After only one season, Li Gen's second fate with Shanghai ended in a hurry, and he was sent to Beijing and then to Beijing.
Under former teammate Marbury, Lee has recovered, averaging 9.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 2020-21.
But it was more like a return to the light, reflecting the loneliness that followed.
Throughout the 2021-22 season, Li Gen did not play a game. Injured? Competitive status is not OK? Can't fit into the team system? For no apparent reason, Li Gen was eventually laid off in early February this year.
Back at square one, Lee was a fully free agent again.
Everything is like a dream: the All-Star Game MVP, the Rio Olympics, the beijing two crowns, the xinjiang first crown, the tens of millions of annual salary contracts...
Seeing each other again, Li Gen, who turned 34 in August this year, began to look for a job again.
According to the latest news, Li Gen is trying out for the Shaanxi men's basketball team.
That's an NBL team. Not the Australian NBL played by Zhou Qi and Liu Chuanxing, but the NBL in our country, the former A-B League.
Jiang Zhengxiu, the head coach of the Shaanxi men's basketball team, is also an old acquaintance of Li Gen, and the two had a cooperation in the Qingdao men's basketball team.
If he can stay in the Shaanxi team, Li Gen may be able to return to the CBA with his performance in the NBL, or maybe not.
But the story of the hero's ending has always been difficult to do well.
As a fan, you only need to remember his most heroic side, remember the scene of his "glorious ancestors".