As of today, there are a total of 11 Chinese basketball players who have been linked to the NBA, of which Song Tao, Xue Yuyang and Wang Zhelin have not been able to enter the NBA for their own reasons after being selected in the NBA Draft; Hu Weidong and Ding Yanyuhang have received contracts from the NBA, these two also have the ability and talent to enter the NBA to play, but in the end because of injuries and illness can not really enter the NBA, so we really played in the NBA is Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battle, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Zhou Qi.
The first chinese person to successfully land in the NBA was Wang Zhizhi, who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 7th pick in the second round at the 1999 Draft, and finally joined the Mavericks in 2001 to start his NBA career. After Wang Zhizhi successfully landed in the NBA, Battle and Yao Ming also went to the NBA to play in the next 1 to 2 years, and Yao Ming entered the NBA as a draft winner.
In 2007, two Chinese players were selected at this NBA draft, Yi Jianlian, who was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round, and Sun Yue, who was selected by the Lake with the 10th pick in the second round.
After Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue entered the NBA, our country has five players who have entered the NBA, four of whom are on the big list of the 08 Beijing Olympic men's basketball national team, so many domestic fans at that time felt that the future of Chinese basketball was very promising, and there will be more Chinese players entering the NBA in the future, but what people did not expect was that Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue their generation turned out to be the last peak and glory of Chinese basketball.
List of the highest single-game scoring scores of six Chinese players in the NBA (ranked by time they have entered the NBA):
6. Zhou Qi (13th pick in the second round of 2016) - the highest single-game score in the NBA: 6 points
Because of the impressive performance in the U16 and U19 World Youth Championships, so before the 2016 draft conference, in the player draft pick prediction, Zhou Qi once ranked in the top twenty of the first round, the worst pick was in the first round, so many people at that time felt that Zhou Qi was likely to be selected in the first round, including himself, but at the election show, Zhou Qi fell all the way to the second round, and finally in the 13th pick in the second round was selected by the Houston Rockets.
In the second round of being selected by the rocket, it is not excluded that there are factors in which the rocket values Zhou Qi's potential and future, but I am afraid that the main reason why the rocket chose Zhou Qi is for the Chinese market. Because of Yao Ming, the Rockets at that time made a lot of money through the Chinese market, and Chinese fans also regarded the Rockets as the Chinese home team because of Yao Ming, so the Rockets chose Zhou Qi, and the meaning of this could not be more obvious.
In 2017, the Xinjiang men's basketball team expressed unconditional support for Zhou Qi to play in the NBA, and then with Yao Ming's needle lead, Zhou Qi finally signed a 4-year contract with the Rockets this summer, although the guarantee part of this contract is limited, but after many years, China has once again had a player come to the NBA.
The 17-18 season of the Rockets is a team that aspires to rush the championship, so there are not many opportunities to give Zhou Qi, so he is more often sitting on the bench to guard the water dispenser, on October 21, 2017, Zhou Qi made his debut in this day's game, although he only played 7 minutes, although he shot 1 of 0 and did not score, but his performance of 3 rebounds and 1 block still gave fans confidence; in the subsequent games, Zhou Qi also got some opportunities, including in the Rockets vs. Nuggets in November. Zhou Qi got 12 minutes of playing time, and in the end he also scored 6 points with two three-pointers.
I thought that Zhou Qi would get better and better in the next game, but who could have imagined that the 6 points in a single game in November was the highest score in a single game of his NBA career, and Zhou Qi had zero points in many consecutive games after the highest single score of his career, and then because of the rise of Haltenstein, Zhou Qi had less and less opportunities in the Rockets and was more and more marginalized.
At that time, although Zhou Qi wanted to play in the NBA and also wanted to play famous in the NBA, he was not mature enough to be prepared to play in the NBA, it is worth mentioning that once Zhou Qi was called to play a game, he actually said that he was not ready. Not long after the start of the 2018-19 season, Zhou Qi's strength still did not improve much, and the rockets also did not give him any chances because they felt that he did not have enough strength to play the game, and finally the rocket chose to cut him shortly after the start of the season, after which Zhou Qi left the NBA and returned to China in a gray slip!
5. Sun Yue (No. 10 show in the second round in 2007) - NBA career average of 0.6 points per game, the highest score in a single game: 4 points
Because of seeing the Rockets holding Yao Ming, a cash cow from China, making a lot of money, the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the top giants in the NBA, also moved their minds to make money from the Chinese market, so in the 2007 draft, the Lakers selected Sun Yue with the 10th sign in the second round. Of course, the reason why the Lakers chose Sun Yue is because the Lakers management believes that Sun Yue has that talent and ability, after all, Sun Yue is a man known as the "Chinese magician".
It is worth mentioning that this year, the Lakers also selected Marc Gasol with the 18th pick in the second round, and later Gasol Jr. became an All-Star player in the NBA, while Sun Yue, whose draft pick was higher than Gasol Jr., only stayed in the NBA for one year and left.
After being selected in 2007, Sun Yue could have gone to the NBA immediately, but because he had a contract dispute with beijing Aoshen, he delayed for a year. Before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Lakers announced that they would sign a contract with Sun Yue, and when Sun Yue played well in the Olympic Games, the Lakers valued him more.
It is worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant was very interested in Sun Yue that year, after learning that Sun Yue would become his teammate in the new season, Kobe Bryant inquired about Sun Yue from Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian praised Sun Yue fiercely in front of Kobe, and then added Sun Yue's ability and talent in the face of Dream Eight, especially when Kobe Bryant personally shot against Sun Yue, Kobe Bryant immediately felt that Sun Yue could play in the NBA, and openly expressed his appreciation for Sun Yue in an interview.
"I think he's very talented and that's true." Kobe Bryant said of Sun Yue, the new teammate, "I was very impressed with him. He has an advantageous height, an amazing arm span, a good sense of the ball and the ability to reasonably dominate the ball. He has a good view and a good rhythm of the game. After a pause, Bryant continued: "I was really surprised that he was so tall and could still have very solid basic skills. He can control the ball skillfully, I used to deliberately test him in the game, he can easily dribble left and right, which makes me feel very good about him and I appreciate him. ”
In addition to Kobe, Chris Paul, who is also a member of Dream Eight, also appreciates Sun Yue, "Sun is the best player in the chinese team's defenders, he is very fast, athletic, has good basketball talent, his offensive ability is good, I think he is a person who can withstand the test of actual combat." Paul said.
Although Sun Yue joined the Lakers in the 08-09 season, but because the Lakers are determined to rush the championship, there is no opportunity to exercise and cultivate new talents, and Sun Yue only got a chance to play nearly two months after the start of the season.
On December 8, 2008, in the Lakers' home game against the Bucks, Sun Yue finally got 5 minutes and 14 seconds of playing time, and after he appeared, the Lakers players were very happy for Sun Yue, all passing the ball to Sun Yue, signaling Sun Yue to play with the ball himself, and finally Sun Yue scored 4 points in 2 of 3 shots, in addition to 2 mistakes and 4 fouls. In the next game, Sun Yue won the opportunity to play again and scored 2 points, and although he had some playing time in the following games, he did not score in 8 consecutive games.
The debut score of 4 points is Sun Yue's highest single game score in the NBA, the entire 08-09 season, Sun Yue finally played only 10 games, a total of 10 points, after the end of the season, the Lakers did not choose to sign with Sun Yue, and Sun Yue did not get the invitation of other teams, so his NBA career ended, but Sun Yue's luck is really good, the Lakers won the championship in the 08-09 season, and he also got his championship ring as a member of the team.
Although Sun Yue failed to play out in the Lakers, But Kobe still established a good personal relationship, in Kobe's later China trip to meet Sun Yue, the two chatted very happy, and when Sun Yue got married, Kobe Bryant also specially recorded a blessing video: "One Day Lakers, Lifelong Lakers."
4. Yi Jianlian (No. 6 show in the first round of 2007) - NBA career average of 7.9 points per game, the highest single game score: 31 points
In the 2007 draft, Yi Jianlian was finally selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth pick in the first round, and Yi Jianlian became our second high-ranking player in China, second only to Yao Ming's Zhuangyuanxiu. In fact, before being selected by the Bucks, Yi Jianlian did not know that he would be selected by the Bucks, and he himself did not like to play with the Bucks, after all, Milwaukee was too cold, the city was relatively small, and the discrimination against the race in this place was very serious.
In the rookie season, Yi Jianlian averaged 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, the overall performance was good, and he once won the Best Rookie of the Month in the East, and the Bucks once regarded him as the focus of the team's training, but after the rookie season, the Bucks chose to trade Yi Jianlian to the Nets.
After joining the Nets, Yi Jianlian quickly integrated into the team, more adapted to the NBA, he became stronger in his second season, Yi Jianlian once scored 20+ in 4 consecutive games, but just when the momentum of Yi Jianlian was booming, Yi Jianlian was injured, and he also lost the starting position that was difficult to fight, and he lost a lot of opportunities when he lost the starting position.
In the 09-10 season, Yi Jianlian averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block per game, which ushered in the peak of his career, but because the Nets finally chose to give up Yi Jianlian, who had suffered many injuries, in order to cultivate center Lopez, then on June 30, 2010, Yi Jianlian was traded by the Nets to the Wizards.
After coming to the Wizards, because of injuries, Yi Jianlian still failed to get reused, and his play throughout the 10-11 season was very average, and finally the whole season was played, He only got the data of averaging 5.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, after the end of this season, Yi Jianlian's four-year rookie contract ended, and the Wizards did not choose to renew his contract, and finally Yi Jianlian chose to join the Dallas Lone Ranger, he hoped to prove himself again in the Lone Ranger, but he never integrated into the team, played all season, only played 30 games, averaged less than 7 minutes per game, and averaged only 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
After the end of the 11-12 season, Yi Jianlian returned to the CBA to join The Guangdong team, and has been playing in the CBA since then, returning to the NBA in 2016 and signing a one-year contract with the Lakers, but because the Lakers did not get any opportunities, they chose to leave the Lakers to return to the CBA before the start of the season.
Yi Jianlian played 272 games in the NBA, starting 163 games, including 89 games to score double figures, 13 games to score 20, the highest single game of his NBA career was created in the Nets home game against the Pistons on March 26, 2010, when Yi Jianlian scored 31 points in 12 of 16 shots!
Yi Jianlian has NBA-level physical talent and strength, but for one reason or another, he has not been able to really play his own strength in the NBA, as a space-type big forward, if he enters the NBA now, I believe he will definitely have a very different NBA career, after all, in today's small-ball era, space-type interior line is too scarce.
3. Yao Ming (2002 ZhuangyuanXiu) - NBA career average of 19 points per game, the highest single game score: 41 points
In the 2002 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets, who finally held the title, chose Yao Ming without suspense, and Yao Ming's successful election was of great significance, because this was the first and only draft winner in China, and the first draft winner among Asians and yellows.
After Yao Ming became the 2002 champion show, a large number of media in the United States, NBA fans, and even many NBA celebrities thought that Yao Ming was not worth it, and they all thought that the rocket's choice was stupid, the most representative of which was the Barkley pro-donkey butt incident.
During Yao's rookie season, NBA star Charles Barkley publicly stated that if Yao Ming scored more than 19 points in any of the next games, he would be in front of the live pro-Kenny Smith's ass. As a result, in the Rockets' next game against the Lakers, Yao Ming faced O'Neal's defense, scored 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting, and also led the team to defeat the Lakers, after which Barkley still fulfilled his promise, but he finally kissed the donkey's ass.
In the rookie season, Yao Ming, who averaged 13.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, was thrown into the All-Star by the majority of Chinese fans, and Yao Ming's selection as an All-Star still caused dissatisfaction from the American media, fans, and players, after all, Yao Ming's strength at that time was definitely not enough to enter the All-Star. In addition to the rookie season, Yao Ming has also been selected as an All-Star every season, and this is entirely due to his outstanding personal strength, the strength of Chinese fans is very strong, but Yao Ming's own strength is also worthy of all-stars.
Yao Ming's NBA career has a total of 49 games 30+, of which the highest single game score comes from the rookie's second year of home games against the Hawks to get 41 points, this game played a total of three overtime, Yao Ming has the Eagles three inside line to six fouls to leave, and then in the last overtime game alone scored 8 points to end the game, 41 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 15 of 21, shooting 71.4%, superstar probably like this!
In the two years of 07 and 08, Yao Ming was once considered the first center in the NBA, when O'Neal was old and Howard was still young, in the position of center, there was really no one who could match Yao Ming.
Yao Ming's NBA career is a pity, in 2011, when he was only 31 years old, he had no choice but to retire because of injuries, to be honest, if there was no injury, Yao Ming could have had a more brilliant NBA career, and there was also a certain probability of leading the team to win the championship as a core player, but all this was ruined by injuries.
2. Battle (who did not participate in the draft) – NBA career average of 3.4 points per game, single high score: 12 points
Battle entered the NBA as a free agent! In 2002, Battle accepted an offer from the Denver Nuggets, and then he went to Denver to play for the nuggets for the rest of the 01-02 regular season, while in the Nuggets, Battle became the team's starting center after playing two games, playing a total of 27 games throughout the 01-02 season, of which 10 were starting games, averaging 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
On April 17, 2002, Battle started and played 27 minutes, cutting down 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and helped the Nuggets win the game 104:90, which became the highest single-game score of his NBA career.
Originally, Battle was definitely a contract worthy of the Nuggets with his excellent performance in the Nuggets, but because the Nuggets chose a high-pick inside the inner line - Hilario in the 2002 draft, Battle failed to get the Nuggets' contract.
After becoming a free agent, Battle was lucky enough to get a contract from the Spurs, and the Spurs signed Battle for a simple reason, and he didn't need to play much, just play the role of O'Neal in the Spurs training game, and then let the Spurs experiment with various tactics against O'Neal, and let Duncan practice the way to play against O'Neal.
In the 02-03 season, the Spurs finally won the NBA championship, and Battle, as a member of the team, also won his own championship ring, which is also the first championship and the first championship ring won by a Chinese player in the NBA. Although there have always been many people who say that Battle's championship ring is very watery, he always thinks that he deserves it and deserves it, and it is true!
Because of the role played by the Spurs, Battle was awarded a contract from the Raptors in the 2003 offseason, and after playing in the 03-04 season, Battle left the NBA.
1. Wang Zhizhi (No. 7 show in the second round of 1999) - NBA career average of 4.4 points per game, the highest single game score: 21 points
Because of his outstanding performance at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Wang Zhizhi entered the NBA's sights, and at the 1999 draft, Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Dallas Mavericks who loved international players in the second round with the 7th pick. After being selected again, Wang Zhizhi originally wanted to go to the NBA immediately, but because the Basketball Association and the Bayi team were unwilling to release people, he finally had to delay the time of his login to the NBA.
It is worth mentioning that the lone ranger actually thought of using the second round of No. 5 to sign Wang Zhizhi at the 98 draft, but it was because of the obstruction of the Basketball Association and the Bayi team that the lone ranger had to use this sign to choose others. If Wang Zhizhi can run for the NBA in 1998 and enter the NBA immediately, he really has the opportunity to compete with Nowitzki for the core position of the team, after all, with Wang Zhizhi's physical talent, the sooner he enters the NBA, the more he can fully tap and develop his potential and technical ability, unfortunately!
In March 2001, Wang Zhizhi signed a contract with the Lone Ranger, he finally entered the NBA as he wished, in the remaining regular season games of the 00-01 season, Wang Zhizhi only played 5 of them, and in the second season, Wang Zhizhi, who finally ushered in the first full season of his NBA career, played better. He averaged 5.6 points and 2 rebounds per game that season, and after the end of the season, Wang Zhizhi knew his situation in the NBA (the Lone Ranger did not renew his contract), so he wanted to continue to train in the United States and also hoped to participate in the summer league, but his decision almost ruined his basketball career, and the famous "no return" incident began with this decision.
In the summer of 2002, Wang Zhizhi finally signed a three-year, $6 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, and in the first season of the Clippers, Wang Zhizhi was in poor personal condition and did not play well, so the Clippers slowly refused to give him another chance, and not long after the start of the second season, the Clippers cut Wang Zhizhi.
After leaving the Clippers, Wang Zhizhi signed a contract with the Heat, but in the heat's two years, Wang Zhizhi still failed to get many opportunities, and then added that his ability was indeed unable to keep up with the NBA, so at the end of the 04-05 season, Wang Zhizhi's NBA career was over.
Wang Zhizhi's NBA career has scored in double figures in 17 games, including in the March 19, 2003 game against the Nuggets, Wang Zhizhi played on the bench and scored 21 points and 6 rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting, and his Juwan Howard completely fell behind, and these 21 points became his NBA career single-game high.