When the news of Hu Jinqiu's failure to win the finals because of a ruptured spleen came, many people felt that Guangsha's dream of hitting the CBA championship again was already slim. The "labor model" who has only missed two games in the previous seven seasons is injured at the most important moment.
The importance of Hu Jinqiu is known to all basketball fans. But how did he grow into a pillar of Zhejiang Guangsha and even the backbone of Chinese basketball in just a few years? In fact, there are many stories behind it, but people rarely have the opportunity to hear the low-key Hu Jinqiu tell it himself. This time, the Qianjiang Evening News and Hourly News reporter took the opportunity to go back to his past, turn out the bits and pieces of it, and tell everyone about the things that you did not know about The "good youth" Hu Jinqiu.
The 2-meter figure is still working in the cotton field
The reporter first interviewed Hu Jinqiu in 2014, when he scored 17.4 points and 12.3 rebounds at the U17 World Youth Championship, helping the national youth team to a record seventh place.
During the interview, everyone found that this 17-year-old big boy who was more than 2 meters old was completely different from the basketball teenagers that everyone usually contacted.
Before going to the Guangsha men's basketball youth team in 2012, Hu Jinqiu didn't even know about the CBA. In the final game of the U17 World Youth Championship, coach Liu Jizeng said: "You can be the rebounding king with 15 more rebounds." He learned that there were statistics about it.
Everyone compared him to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was trying to grab rebounds, and Hu Jinqiu had a calm face, because he had never seen "Slam Dunk Master".
And when Hu Jinqiu said that in order to help his family reduce the burden, he chose to come to Guangsha to play and gave up Tsinghua High School, he cried as he spoke.
It wasn't until later, when the teenager from Korla, Xinjiang, told the story of his coming out of the farm that the reporter didn't know what the tears he shed when he mentioned the choice that determined the fate of his basketball career.
In addition to attending Korla Huashan Middle School and playing basketball on the school team, Hu Jinqiu, a 15-year-old teenager, also has to pick cotton, hops, fragrant pears, and fragrant pears in the cotton fields, and the income from these extra jobs can be used to subsidize the family and help the ordinary workers of the Xinjiang Construction Corps to spend their poor days. In order to compete for the first place and get an extra chicken leg reward, Hu Jinqiu is the only one among all people who does not wear gloves and is not afraid of burrs, and directly "picks" hops with his hands.
In addition to playing wildly in the Taklamakan Desert, the cement basketball court next to his home is also his world. Hu Jinqiu only had his first pair of basketball shoes when he was 15 years old. Until then, his sneakers had been hand-stitched cloth shoes by his mother with the soles, and dad had nailed a layer of tire skin to be considered a pair of "basketball shoes".
At that time, Hu Jinqiu would never have imagined that when he returned, he would be called "son doll" ("son doll" is the Chinese vernacular of Xinjiang and other places. It is the praise of the Xinjiang people for men, and it is called this title, indicating that the man is brave, bold, counts, and is a grandfather. ）
I tossed the coin three times, and the result was to go to Guangsha
The 14-year-old child, who has grown to 2.04 meters, is destined to attract attention, and he is not only selected for the school team, but also recruited CBA scouts.
Miao Shoushou, the current general manager of the Guangsha men's basketball club, still remembers receiving a WeChat message from a friend at that time, saying that there was such a child in Xinjiang, and the next day he bought a plane ticket and rushed to Xinjiang.
Although the time to observe Hu Jinqiu is not long, Miao Shoushou, who has a unique vision, gave him a high evaluation: "In addition to good physical fitness, I found that his understanding of basketball is very strong, and his sense of ball is also particularly good, which is a malleable talent." However, I didn't expect him to reach such a high level so quickly, which was inseparable from his acquired efforts. ”
Almost at first glance Miao Shoushou was sure that this doll Guangsha was going to be fixed! From the mouth of the physical education teacher of Huashan Middle School, I learned that Hu Jinqiu's clothes and 50-size sneakers were very difficult to buy. He called the club and asked the head of logistics to deliver suitable shoes and clothes to Korla that day.
But Hu Jinqiu had other options at that time, and his school was the best junior high school in Korla. Miao Shoushou now remembers Hu Jinqiu's results in the middle school exam the following year: "692 points, the third in the whole grade." At that time, the Competition with Guangsha was also the Xinjiang Team and Tsinghua Affiliated High School, and according to Hu Jinqiu's score, it was possible to be admitted to Tsinghua Affiliated High School at that time.
Hu Jinqiu once described in detail this crucial life choice at the age of 15 in a short story he wrote.
At that time, the Xinjiang men's basketball team also provided good conditions, and Urumqi provided a place for his parents to live, but Hu Jinqiu's desire to go out and see the outside world was particularly strong. So there are two options left: Guangsha Men's Basketball Team and Tsinghua High School.
Miao Shoushou and Ye Xiangyu, the club's general manager at the time, discussed that they should fully show their sincerity to Hu Jinqiu and let the children voluntarily stay. Next, the Hu family came down to Hangzhou at the invitation of Guangsha. Miao Shoushou took them on a tour of the West Lake and the Zhuanling Hidden Temple, and Ye Xiangyu also had dinner with Hu Jinqiu's parents at the Guangsha base, when Guangsha clearly gave the goal: "In two years, Hu Jinqiu can enter the national youth." ”
Later, Hu Jinqiu also went to Tsinghua High School to see, when his mother very much hoped that he could continue to study and be admitted to college, and Hu Jinqiu himself also had a vision for the university. But in the end, the sensible Hu Jinqiu considered the family's economic difficulties and wanted to share the pressure for his parents as soon as possible, "I want to grow up, and I can't let my mother suffer anymore." Such an idea made Hu Jinqiu finally choose the Guangsha men's basketball team.
At that time, Hu Jinqiu's mother was still unwilling and suggested that her son toss a coin to listen to Providence. The result of tossing the coin three times turned out to be the Guangsha men's basketball team, "It is really fate, tiandu let me go to Guangsha." ”
The coin of "fate" helped Hu Jinqiu finally make a decision, but Hu Jinqiu always remembered her mother's tears, when mother and son cried together. This is also why whenever he talks about choosing to come to the Guangsha men's basketball team in an interview, Hu Jinqiu still shed tears.
Only two games are missing in seven seasons, and the "labor model" is desperate every day
"He started late, and it's been more than a year since he was exposed to professional basketball. When I came, my basic skills were similar to those of the 13-year-old three-team players. Miao Shoushou recalled.
However, Hu Jinqiu's biggest advantage is hard work. In order to keep up with the progress of the other team members, he has to practice every day, leaving early and returning late. The coach is also willing to help this hard-working child.
Hu Jinqiu's own idea is very simple: "It is to bite the teeth, and it cannot be looked down upon." ”
Three months after arriving in Guangsha, Hu Jinqiu made an exception and went to Guoshao, and two years later, a good teenager turned into a good youth, and we saw Hu Jinqiu, who became the "Cherry Blossom Road" at the U17 World Youth Championship.
At that time, Miao Shoushou's plan for him had been achieved, but Hu Jinqiu's professional basketball career had just started from this time.
In the 2015-16 season, Hu Jinqiu landed in the CBA and played 41 games in his first season with 5.8 points and 4.7 rebounds. But no one would have thought that Hu Jinqiu had become an indispensable internal pillar of the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team since the second season, with an average of 19+8 quasi-double-double data and a shooting rate of more than 63%.
And fans were pleasantly surprised to see the big man improve every season.
A few years ago, Hu Jinqiu and the team's "team soul" Lin Zhijie were both roommates, and Lin Zhijie's calm, strong and courageous character had a huge impact on Hu Jinqiu.
Not the oldest player in the team, but when Hu Jinqiu took over the responsibility of captain, the 24-year-old soon got used to carrying the whole team on his shoulders, and even after undergoing spleen suture surgery, Hu Jinqiu, as the captain, did not forget to remind his teammates to carry good equipment and equipment colors in the team group.
For general manager Miao Shoushou and Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team, Hu Jinqiu has always been grateful, it is they who give him the opportunity to come out, play in the CBA, and see a new world, "This is why he insists on playing, must do his best to help the team." ”
In 2020, 23-year-old Hu Jinqiu married, and his wife Wang Lu, a former swimmer, graduated from Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics. A year later, a lovely pair of twin sons was born.
He walked out of the desert by three coin tosses, stepped onto the professional basketball court from the cotton field, worked hard every day, and every step was closer to his life goal, diligent and down-to-earth, low-key forward, and changed his fate with struggle. Such a good young man Hu Jinqiu, whether you knew it before or did not know it, deserves praise for him.
(Qianjiang Evening News)