In recent years, with the continuous deepening of various reforms of Chinese basketball, the CBA League has become more and more exciting. And some CUBA college players enter the professional league, which has also become a beautiful landscape in the CBA arena. In this article, the author will take stock of the performance of the "Peking University Three Youngsters" this season...
★ Wang Shaojie: The representative figure of "Peking University Three Young"
Wang Shaojie was born in 1996 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and studied at Tsinghua High School in high school. The talented Wang Shaojie led the team to win the National High School League championship at the age of 18. In 2015, Wang Shaojie entered Peking University, and was known as the "Three YoungSters of Peking University" with Zhu Chromzhen and Zhang Ning, leading the North Team to win the CUBA championship three times, and winning the MVP of the finals twice. In 2019, at the CBA draft, Wang Shaojie became a hot figure, and finally was selected by Marbury as a champion and officially joined the North Control men's basketball team.
In the first season of the CBA, Wang Shaojie contributed 7.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks to the team in an average of 23.2 minutes per game, and the overall performance of the "rookie season" was decent; last season, Wang Shaojie, who gradually adapted to the intensity of the CBA confrontation, improved his data comprehensively, averaging 11 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, and was selected for the national training team. This season, the North Control team once again missed the playoffs, and Wang Shaojie's overall performance and various statistics also declined. Unable to help the team reach the playoffs for two consecutive years, Wang Shaojie's on-court dominance has been questioned.
★ Zhu Mingzhen: A "foreigner" born and raised in Beijing's hutongs
Zhu Mingzhen was born in Beijing, a Mixed-Race Child of Central Africa, his mother is Chinese, and his father is Ugandan. Zhu Mingzhen is a native of Beijing and is still a standard Beijing accent today. Zhu Mingzhen studied at Beijing No. 4 Middle School in his early years and was the absolute main force in the school team, helping Beijing No. 4 Middle School to win the championship of the Beijing Division of the National High School League. After entering Peking University, Zhu Mingzhen has been the main player of the team and an important rotation player for Peking University to win the CUBA championship. In 2020, Zhu Mingzhen was selected by the Guangzhou men's basketball team as a list-eye show at the CBA draft. In 2022, Zhu Mingzhen was selected into the training list of the national three-person basketball team.
Solid basic skills, strong body, tough style and excellent bouncing power are the technical characteristics of Zhu Mingzhen. After entering the CBA League, Zhu Mingzhen under the continuous tutelage of the famous coach Guo Shiqiang, that is, the combat strength has improved a lot, and the progress at both ends of the attack and defense is obvious. This season, Zhu Mingzhen contributed 12.7 points and 3.7 rebounds to the team to help the team reach the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, Guangzhou lost to Shanxi 1-2 on aggregate and ultimately missed the round of eight.
★ Zhang Ning: The underrated strong
Born in Chengde, Hebei Province, Zhang Ning attended Shijiazhuang No. 2 Middle School in high school and then entered Peking University at the same time as Wang Shaojie. As the main player of the Men's Basketball Team of Peking University, Zhang Ning is the core player of the team to win the Overall Championship of the Chinese Collegiate Basketball League for three consecutive times. In the 2019 National Collegiate Basketball League, Zhang Ning averaged 24.25 points, 9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the four games in the final stage, helping the team win three consecutive championships. In 2020, at the CBA Draft, Zhang Ning was selected by the Shanxi men's basketball team with the 8th pick and entered the Chinese men's basketball professional league.
As one of the "three young people of Peking University", Zhang Ning's fame may not be as loud as Wang Shaojie and Zhu Mingzhen, but after he entered the CBA League, he quickly proved with actions that the "Peking University Demon King" was not a waste of fame. Zhang Ning, who is 1 meter 92, has a weight of 98 kilograms, he is physically strong, his basic skills are solid, and he can throw and defend. This season, Zhang Ningchang contributed 11.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists to the Shanxi team. After entering the playoffs, Zhang Ning completely broke out at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. In 5 playoff games, Zhang Ning averaged 14 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. In the second game of 8-in-4 against Liaoning, Zhang Ning played 31 minutes off the bench, shooting 9-of-6 free throws and 9-of-10, scoring 21 points plus 8 rebounds.
Nowadays, "Peking University Three Youngsters" are in the year of playing, I believe they will continue to honor their outstanding athletic talents in the CBA League, and dedicate more and more wonderful games for us!