Since Yao Ming retired, our Chinese men's basketball team has not performed well enough in international competitions, and in the summer of 2021, it has missed the Tokyo Olympic Games, creating an embarrassing record of not being able to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time in 37 years. However, just recently, Zhao Weilun's name is well-known in the domestic basketball world.
Domestic fans first heard Zhao Weilun's name on March 26, when Zhao Weilun made his debut in the European basketball top league Serie A, although Zhao Weilun was replaced in the garbage time when the team lost 20 points, but his opponent is the Champions League giants Milan, on the court Zhao Weilun performed remarkablely, there is no sense of stage fright. Zhao Weilun has also become the first person in the domestic basketball world to land in the Italian First Division, to know that Zhao Weilun is just 16 years old, this age has begun to break into the European First Division, before that only Doncic alone can do it.
After Zhao Weilun turned out to be born, domestic fans began to pay attention to this 16-year-old genius! Coincidentally, in the recent period, the game of Adidas NGT Varese station began, and the roster sent by the Varese Basketball Academy just happened to have the name of our Chinese player Zhao Weilun in the lineup list. Zhao Weilun represented Varese U18, the first opponent in Adidas NGT was Varese United, this battle Zhao Weilun came off the bench to play 26 minutes, 5 of 17 shots, 7 of 7 three-pointers, the whole game got 13 points + 5 steals + 4 assists + 1 rebound, although the shooting rate is not high, but the overall performance is still very good.
In the second game of the Adidas NGT arena Varese U18 against the powerful Spain Juventut U18, This game Zhao Weilun started, got 7 points + 3 rebounds + 2 assists, Varese U18 and Spain Juventut U18 gap accidentally, and finally Varese U18 lost the big score. In the third game of the Adidas NGT arena Varese U18 against The Panathinaikos team, Zhao Weilun came off the bench to play for 23 minutes, but his performance was very efficient, shooting 6 of 7, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, cutting 21 points + 7 assists + 3 steals + 1 rebound, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory, and his efficient and comprehensive performance also conquered fans at home and abroad.
Adidas NGT's last game Varese U18 against the Bundesliga Ulm U18, Zhao Weilun got the coach's important, played 30 minutes, got the team's high 16 points + 6 rebounds + 1 assist, the entire Adidas NGT Varese station Zhao Weilun averaged 14 points per game!
At the age of 16, he has made his Serie A debut and can contribute an average of 14 points per game in the fierce European schedule, and it has to be said that Zhao Weilun's strength is still very strong. And fans who watched Zhao Weilun's game found that although Zhao Weilun was not old, his basic skills were very solid, and his breakthrough kills, assists and outside projections were very stable.
It is understood that Zhao Weilun has to play a total of about 90 games in Italy and Europe this season, and the density and intensity of the matches are very high, but this is far from being comparable to the players of the domestic youth team, and this game will also make Zhao Weilun quickly rise. In recent years, there have been some talented young players in the domestic basketball world, Zeng Fanbo, Wang Quanze, Li Hongquan and other players are in overseas leagues or have played in overseas leagues, and Zhao Weilun has played in the top leagues in Europe, with the strength of Zhao Weilun, the future is definitely the successor player of the Chinese men's basketball team Yao Ming, and he is also definitely the future leader of the Chinese men's basketball team.