Xue Yuyang, speaking of this name, many young fans may not know.
Indeed, this is a low-key name for many years, even in the CBA you can not often hear his name, until 2018 when Xue Yuyang retired, everyone turned to ask: Who is this Xue Yuyang? How did the retirement still make it so grand?
With Xue Yuyang's qualifications, looking at the history of Chinese basketball, he is also a figure who has been in front of the line.
In 2003, the draft conference on the other side of the ocean was in full swing, and in that year's rookies, there were james and Anthony, as well as potential stars such as the future "Flash" and "Dragon King", and the rookies known as the "Platinum Generation" hid the dragon Crouching Tiger.
Among the 60 draft players in the two rounds, Chinese player Xue Yuyang was impressively listed, and in the second round, 27 picks, Xue Yuyang was selected by the Dallas Mavericks.
At that time, the NBA was emerging a short-term "China fever", and with the selection of Wang Zhizhi, Battle and Yao Ming, scouts from the NBA observed every famous player in China.
From many years later, many people do not even know this name, it is not difficult to understand, although Xue Yuyang was selected, he did not set foot on the NBA, for many reasons, perhaps the Basketball Association for the "stagnant Beauty" incident of The Shadow, or perhaps Xue Yuyang is not very confident in himself.
In short, Xue Yuyang rubbed shoulders with the NBA opportunity.
Xue Yuyang's career, the peak period in the Chinese A League, that is, the later CBA league, but in fact, these are not the most important, what NBA, what CBA, the most regrettable thing about Xue Yuyang's career is that he did not wear the jersey of the national character.
Yes, he did not play an international game for the national men's basketball team, although his strength is definitely enough, popularly speaking, in the basketball world of that year, there were only 3 players with a height of more than 210 centimeters, speed, and bouncing, one called Nowitzki, one called Wang Zhizhi, and the other, which should be Xue Yuyang.
But it was too late to say anything at the right time, Xue Yuyang's style of play was too advanced, and in that era of traditional center forwards, it was the trend of the times that might abandon him.
Xue Yuyang, who played in China in a down-to-earth manner, joined the Xinjiang team for a sky-high transfer fee of 1.6 million, you know, that was 20 years ago.
But Xue Yuyang in the Xinjiang team, perhaps the confidence was hit, perhaps for other reasons, but also coincided with the era of national team talent, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Yi Jianlian and other people have risen one after another, and Xue Yuyang, who could have become a 03 generation, silently carried out his basketball career in a tiger-headed way.
Looking back on his career, Xue Yuyang seriously said that the Xinjiang and Hong Kong periods were his peak, and in 2009 and 10 years, Xue Yuyang, as the main force, together with Battle, won two runners-up for the Xinjiang team.
But if you want to find a highlight moment to summarize Xue Yuyang's career, perhaps the first reaction is still his draft, perhaps the opportunity of the highest hall of basketball, always making it more difficult for people to let go.
In the history of Chinese basketball, there are actually not many people similar to Xue Yuyang, the earliest Song Tao, Hu Weidong, Liu Wei and other people, all have the opportunity to log on to the NBA, but they have not been able to achieve their wishes for various reasons, although they have also shown their talents in the domestic arena, but we are always sorry for the opportunities that passed by that year.
Maybe one day in the future, Chinese basketball ushered in a revival, at that time, they are also pleased, people will always remember that before success, there are so many people for the Chinese basketball cause to follow.