On April 18, a heavy news came out of the domestic basketball world, the WNBA New York Free agent officially announced the training camp list, and Han Xu, the core of our Chinese women's basketball team, was in the training camp list! The Free man announced on Twitter that the training camp officially begins on April 17th!
When the New York Free man announced the news, many domestic fans believed that Han Xu should only enter the training camp roster and should not participate in the WNBA training camp! But soon the New York Free man posted a video of the first day of the training camp, in which Han Xu appeared on camera many times! It can be felt that Han Xu's competitive state is very good, and in the 5-on-5 training of the New York Free agent's team, Han Xu scored many points on the inside line with his height and excellent basketball skills.
The training camp of the New York Freeman team began on April 17 and ended on May 5, the whole training camp lasted about 18 days, and on May 6, the new season of the WNBA began, and Han Xu will represent the New York Freeman in the WNBA! It is reasonable to say that in recent years, the domestic basketball men's and women's basketball team has not played in the top league players in the United States, Han Xu has just participated in the World Preliminary Round this side flew to the United States, and will soon participate in the WNBA, domestic fans should be happy, but many fans have questioned Yao Ming's bowl of water is not flat!
This matter has to start from March 31, when the Chicago Sun Times reported that the Chicago Sky team has signed a rookie contract with Li Yueru, and the team's general manager and head coach James Wade can't wait for Li Yueru to quickly enter the Sky team to play in the WNBA! Li Yueru and Chicago Sky signed a contract, when the domestic fans were very sensational, after all, Li Yueru has been praised by domestic and foreign fans as the world women's basketball quasi-first center, in the domestic WCBA has no opponent, everyone wants to see Li Yueru compete in the WNBA.
Soon the well-known basketball blogger "Solomon's Servant" reported that after Li Yueru and the Chicago Sky team of the WNBA had just signed a contract, the Chinese Basketball Association headed by Yao Ming contacted Li Yueru's parent team and clearly expressed their disagreement with Li Yueru to play in the United States! Li Yueru himself has repeatedly lowered his posture and expressed his willingness to return to China in advance to participate in the joint training and competition of the national team, but the Basketball Association still does not agree, and it is almost impossible for Li Yueru to play in the United States!
Fans who like the Chinese women's basketball team know that Han Xu and Li Yueru are the core of the chinese women's basketball team, both of them were born in 1999, and they are just 23 years old this year, Li Yueru is 2 meters 01 tall, Han Xu is 2 meters 07 tall, Han Xu has a great height and arm span advantage, the middle distance shooting and the outside three points are very stable, but Han Xu is relatively thin and does not have the ability to fight hard inside. Li Yueru is not as tall as Han Xu, but her body is very strong, the inner line is not afraid of confrontation, and it is not a loss in the face of world-class internal line.
Although Han Xu and Li Yueru play differently, they are the core of the Chinese women's basketball team, Han Xu has reached the WNBA to play, Yao Ming refused Li Yueru to play in the United States, many fans think that Yao Ming treats it differently! Some fans also questioned that this matter has nothing to do with Yao Ming and the Basketball Association, because Han Xu is not in the system, and Li Yueru belongs to the players in the system, and there is no way for the club to not let Yao Ming go! However, through Li Yueru's clarification text, we can find that Li Yueru clearly stated that the club firmly supported her to play in the United States, and even expressed her willingness to play in the United States at her own expense, but Yao Ming and the Basketball Association forced Li Yueru to stay in China for another year, making way for the World Series of the Chinese women's basketball team.
In fact, Yao Ming and the Basketball Association are completely unnecessary to do this, because Li Yueru has made it clear that she is willing to return to China in advance to participate in the national team training and competition, and Li Yueru can better improve herself when she goes to the United States, which is also good for the Chinese women's basketball team, or hope that Yao Ming can take a long-term view, after all, he himself went to the United States to play in the United States and encountered many twists and turns. Moreover, letting Han Xu go, but not putting the luggage Yue Ru, I am afraid that it will also cause discord within the Chinese women's basketball team.