When I saw Zeng Fanbo, Guo Haowen and Yu Jiahao, three young Chinese teenagers participating in this year's NBA draft, I believe that for Chinese fans, there is still a little excitement and expectation in their hearts. After all, since Zhou Qi participated in the NBA draft in 2016, he has not seen Chinese players playing in the NBA for 6 years. Although I also know that the chances of all three of them want to be selected are not very good, I still hold out my best hopes and look forward to some of them being called names in the draft. Unfortunately, they all failed in the end.
However, for the last chance, all three of them chose to stay in the United States to participate in the NBA's summer league, Zeng Fanbo signed the Pacers, Guo Haowen signed the Lone Ranger to participate, and Yu Jiahao was also waiting to sign a contract with other teams to play in the summer league. But in the end, I must at least praise this courage.
Although hope returns to hope, but realistically speaking, our Chinese basketball talents have indeed experienced a cliff-like decline in recent years, imagining that Yao Ming landed in the NBA as a champion in 2002, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round, and Sun Yue, who later joined the Lakers, not only became the first Chinese defender to enter the NBA, but also followed the Lakers to win a championship ring. But after 2010, slowly with the retirement of Dayao, the UAE League returned to the CBA, and only one Zhou Qi could really play in the NBA in the following 12 years. Although Zhou Qi has only played 19 games in the Rockets' two seasons, his performance is comparable to that of a water dispenser administrator. Zhou Qi, who was madly complained about at that time, did not expect that after 6 years, Looking back at Zhou Qi, who was already the best Chinese player in the NBA.
Looking back at the Chinese men's basketball team in that year, it has entered the top eight of the Olympic Games three times, and Asia has not met an opponent for many years. The glorious period of the Chinese men's basketball team was also the most prosperous period for Chinese players to enter the NBA, from 1999 to 2008, there were as many as 7 Chinese players who were officially selected by the NBA, and there were 5 who finally successfully entered the NBA, they were Wang Zhizhi, Battle, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and Sun Yue.
In their time, they were not as developed as online media now, and being selected by the NBA was entirely dependent on personal strength. So the question is, what kind of performance they played before entering the NBA.
In this issue, let's review what kind of data did the 6 Chinese players who logged into the NBA play that year?
We don't rank players in order of their career achievements, but by the time they entered the NBA.
First place: Wang Zhizhi - the first Chinese player to log on to the NBA
Selected: In 1999, the seventh pick in the second round was selected by the Lone Ranger
NBA year-round stats: 28.1 points, 12.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.7 steals and 2 blocks
Nickname: One of the three mobile Great Walls of the Chinese men's basketball team, the Chinese version of "Nowitzki", the Chinese version of "Big Dream".
Wang Zhizhi was born in Beijing on July 8, 1977, to Chinese basketball player parents. Growing up in such a basketball family, Wang Zhizhi also liked basketball from a young age, and his height had grown to 1.96 meters at the age of 12, and in order to let him practice basketball and embark on the road of professional basketball, Wang Zhizhi's father was very strict with him. As the saying goes, "a strict teacher makes a high disciple", and his father's strictness allowed Wang Zhizhi to practice a solid basic skill from an early age. In 1991, at the age of 14, Wang Zhizhi was selected for the bayi men's basketball team, and then in 1993, he was selected for the Chinese national team youth men's national team. By 1996, the 18-year-old Wang Zhizhi ushered in an explosive year.
In the 1995-96 season, Wang Zhizhi represented the Bayi team for the first time in the CBA Professional League, and in the regular season, he averaged 14.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.8 blocks in 27.8 minutes per game, shooting 66.8% from the field. In the playoffs he averaged 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and won the CBA championship with the Bayi team, after the end of the season he was selected for the national team to participate in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, in this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team not only reached the Olympic Quarterfinals for the first time in history, but also in the game against the United States Dream II, Wang Zhizhi played a brilliant role, in the defensive end of the NBA has a "admiral" David Robinson and Jordan's teammate Kukocci, Wang Zhizhi's wonderful performance, It also allowed him to receive invitations from 6 American universities after the Olympic Games. This year, Wang Zhizhi was only 18 years old.
Wang Zhizhi's performance when he was selected by the NBA
Turning down an invitation from an American university, Wang Zhizhi, who returned to the CBA, continued to help the Bayi team start the road to the dynasty, from the 1995-96 season to the 2000-01 season Wang Zhizhi left the team, and the Bayi team won the CBA championship for six consecutive years. During this period, Wang Zhizhi scored 20+ for four consecutive years, including the peak of his career at the age of 22 in the 1999-00 season, when he averaged 26.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.7 blocks per game in the regular season, and averaged 32.9 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2.4 blocks in the playoffs. This year he won the regular season MVP, All-Star MVP, and Finals MVP.
With such a bursting performance, Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Lone Ranger with the 36th pick (7th pick in the second round) at the 1999 draft. Although selected at the time, Wang Zhizhi did not go to the Lone Ranger until the end of the 2000-01 CBA playoffs, and rushed to the United States to play only 5 regular season games before ending. After the end of the season, at this time, when the national team training called Wang Zhizhi back to the team, Wang Zhizhi was originally ready to participate in the summer league and then return to China, but in the end he was misled by media reporters as "Wang Zhizhi played a big card and refused to return to China", and finally evolved into "Wang Zhizhi is a traitor". After the matter was fermented, the Basketball Association finally expelled Wang Zhizhi from the national team. In the end, Dazhi, who suffered injustice, could only stay in the United States to find opportunities, he successively went to the Lone Rangers, Clippers, and Heat three teams, and the then NBA president David Stern was thinking of ways to promote the NBA to the world, and CCTV was also one of their vigorously developed broadcasters.
And What happened to Wang Zhizhi at this time is a bit similar to the Rockets, Mosaic Team and Green Army in the past two years. Dazhi, who didn't have many opportunities in the NBA, finally waited for the call of the Basketball Association and the Bayi team. In 2006, with the efforts of many parties, Wang Zhizhi was re-selected for the national team and returned to the Bayi men's basketball team. In the first year of returning to China, Wang Zhizhi once again played 26.6 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks, and in the playoffs, he averaged 27.1 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 3.1 blocks, helping bayi team to win the eighth championship in team history with a 4-1 victory over the Guangdong men's basketball team in the finals.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, facing the American Dream Eight, Spain, Germany, Greece and Angola, which are known as the "death group", the Chinese men's basketball team, led by Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, once again broke into the top eight of the Olympic Games, if Wang Zhizhi moved half a step back in the last moment against Spain, then we will beat Spain and may break into the quarterfinals as the second in the group, so maybe we can go further. Although it was a pity at the time, but now in retrospect, it was the most brilliant time for the Chinese men's basketball team.
Although Wang Zhizhi is not the first Chinese player to be selected by the NBA, he is the first Chinese player to successfully enter the NBA despite all difficulties, and it is precisely with Wang Zhizhi's experience that Bartel, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian have become much smoother when they enter the NBA. Just imagine, if Wang Zhizhi could get the support of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian when he joined the NBA, I believe he would have made some achievements in the NBA.
Second place: Battle - the first Chinese player to win an NBA championship
Selected: Did not participate in the draft, was directly selected by the Nuggets in 2001
The year before entering the NBA: 16.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists
He is 2.11 meters tall and weighs 132Kg
Nickname: One of the three major mobile Great Walls of the Chinese men's basketball team, the bus
Born in 1975 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Battle was 11 years old and had grown to 1.86 meters tall, the same year Bartle was recommended to Beijing Shougang. In 1995, when the CBA League was established, Battle averaged 17.4 points and 11.3 rebounds in his first season for Beijing Shougang, including rebounds and the second in the league, shooting 61% from the field. He averaged 21.6 points and 11.6 rebounds the following year. In his first seven seasons with Shougang, Battle scored 20+ in four seasons and rebounded in double figures for six consecutive seasons.
But the reason why Battle was favored by the Nuggets was not from the performance of the CBA, but in 2001, Battle happened to be seen by the Nuggets scouts when he was training in the United States, so the general manager of the Nuggets, Van der Vic, sent an invitation letter about Battle to the famous agent At that time. The Nuggets invited Battle to the Nuggets for a tryout and their preseason game, and reimbursed Battle for all expenses and round-trip tickets in the United States. In the end, Battle went to the Nuggets for a trial, but unfortunately he was cut, but in February 2002, the Nuggets cut the team's white interior lineman Rivra Ferenz, and when the Nuggets needed to bring in an interior player, Van der Velvez thought of Battle and finally signed Battle.
Although Battle didn't play well behind the scenes, he became the first player to start a NBA team and won a championship ring with the Spurs in the 02-03 season. After three seasons in the NBA, Battle returned to the CBA again, and averaged 28.1 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in the 04-05 season, including a career high in scoring, and then he switched to the Xinjiang men's basketball team, where Battle gave full play to his strength, won the regular season MVP for three consecutive times and led the team to the Finals, but finally lost to another dynasty team in the CBA - Guangdong Men's Basketball Team.
Compared to Wang Zhizhi's playing style, Battle's play style is more like Garnett in the forest period, can pull to the outside line to shoot three points, can use the low back play, and at the same time can attract bags to other players to respond and send beautiful passes. Battelle has delivered a total of 1623 assists in his career, ranking fourth among all domestic players, and the top three are Lu Xiaoming, Hu Xuefeng and Liu Wei, who are defenders. I have to say that as an interior player can deliver so many assists, it is really strong.
Third place: Yao Ming
Selected: Selected by the Rockets in 2002
NBA year-round stats: 29.7 points, 18.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.7 steals, 4.8 blocks
Nickname: One of the three major mobile Great Walls of the Chinese men's basketball team, Little Giant, Dayao
He is 2.26 meters tall and weighs 141Kgyao
Speaking of Yao Ming, he can be said to be a household star in China. The first foreign champion of the NBA, the most influential international player in the NBA, 8 times selected as an NBA All-Star, NBA Hall of Fame player... Yao Ming's honors in the NBA are innumerable. Today, let's talk about why Yao Ming can enter the NBA as a champion? He's in the CBA like the pinnacle shark O'Neal in the NBA.
Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980, to a basketball family in Shanghai. Father Yao Zhiyuan is 2.08 meters tall, mother Fang Fengdi is 1.88 meters tall, parents are professional athletes, in order to ensure Yao Ming's nutrition from childhood, the two people almost all spent their salaries on food. In order to let Yao Ming drink milk every day, Yao Zhiyuan even asked a friend of the milk factory to get a milk card. Under such conditions, Yao Ming's height had grown to 1.47 meters at the age of 6, and by 1993, at the age of 13, Yao Ming's height had reached 1.96 meters, and he entered the Shanghai Sharks in the same year.
Yao Ming, 17, stepped onto the CBA in the 97-98 season, averaging 10 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in his first season, and by the second year, Yao Ming averaged 20.9 points, 12.9 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game, almost doubling his personal data. In the third year, Yao Ming averaged 21.1 points, 15 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 5.7 blocks per game, under the leadership of Yao Ming, Shanghai team reached the finals for the first time, facing the Bayi team with 4 consecutive championships in the finals, the 19-year-old Yao Ming handed over the data of averaging 21.7 points, 18.3 rebounds and 5 blocks per game, but at this time, the first center of the CBA was Wang Zhizhi of the Bayi team, wang Zhizhi used the dominance performance of 36 points, 15 rebounds and 4.7 steals per game in the finals, and swept Shanghai team 3:0 to win the championship.
The following year Yao Ming made a comeback again, he played 27.1 points, 19.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals, 5.5 blocks in the regular season, led the team to reach the finals again, and the finals faced the Bayi team again, and the protagonist of this time Bayi changed from Wang Zhizhi to Liu Yudong. In the finals, Liu Yudong once again extinguished Yao Ming's championship dream with an average of 36.2 points and 9 rebounds per game.
In the 2001-02 season, Bayi team's ace center Wang Zhizhi went to the United States to participate in NBA games, and Wang Zhizhi's departure also allowed Yao Ming to see the dream of pouring out the Bayi team's 7 consecutive championships. In the 01-02 season, Yao Ming played 29.7 points, 18.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.7 steals and 4.8 blocks in the regular season, and Shanghai team reached the finals for three consecutive years, Yao Ming and Liu Yudong played enough performances in the finals, and Yao Ming scored 70% in the finals. The shooting rate averaged 41 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game, and Liu Yudong also did not want to show weakness to play an average of 41.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, although Liu Yudong performed well enough, but Yao Ming's dominance on the inside made Shanghai laugh to the end, and finally the Shanghai men's basketball team won the first championship in team history with a 3:1 victory over Bayi team.
Yao Ming's performance can be said to be the existence of a big Mac in the CBA at that time. And such a performance naturally attracts the attention of the NBA. The Rockets, who had a big pick at the 2002 draft, did not hesitate to select Yao Ming. Although Yao Ming, who entered the NBA, also had a brief period of discomfort, Yao Ming, who was very adaptable, soon gained a foothold in the NBA. In a single season of 20+10, selected as an All-Star, Yao Ming won respect with his performance.
Fourth place: Yi Jianlian
Selected: Selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round in 2007
NBA stats for the year before: 24.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks
Nickname: One of the three mobile Great Walls of the new version of the Chinese men's basketball team, the UAE League
When the three major moves of the Chinese men's basketball team, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and Battle, went to the NBA, the CBA ushered in a genius inside line - Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian was born on October 27, 1987 in Heshan, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. Compared with Yao Ming Wang Zhizhi was born in a basketball family, Yi Jianlian's parents are former Guangdong team water polo players, and the reason why Yi Jianlian embarked on the road of basketball stemmed from the fact that Yi Jianlian, who was 1.94 meters tall, signed up for a street basketball event in 1999, and then was discovered by an amateur coach on the sidelines, so he persuaded Yi Jianlian's parents to let Yi Jianlian go to Shenzhen Sports School training, and then contacted the youth coach of Guangdong Hongyuan Club to formulate a systematic basketball training for Yi Jianlian. In 2002, Yi Jianlian began to play for Guangdong Hongyuan, in the 02-03 season, the 15-year-old Yi Jianlian averaged 6.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in his first season, and by the 04-05 season he had already achieved 20.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.4 blocks. This year, Yi Jianlian just turned 18 years old.
When Yi Jianlian announced his participation in the NBA draft in 2007, Yao Ming, the big brother at this time, has become an NBA All-Star and has a core position in the Rockets. Yao Ming's success in the NBA has also made NBA scouts pay more attention to the Chinese market. Therefore, when he participated in the draft in 2007, Yi Jianlian also became the focus of media attention, and finally the UAE League was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round, becoming the highest player in the Chinese player draft after Yao Ming.
Fifth place: Sun Yue
Selected: Selected by the Lakers with the 10th pick in the second round in 2007
First year in the NBA: 13.5 points, 10.5 assists, 6 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2 blocks
Nickname: Dasheng, Chinese magician
Speaking of Sun Yue, we have to mention the Beijing Aoshen Team. Founded in 1997 beijing Aoshen, unlike other CBA teams, it is a privatized professional basketball team, the team owner Li Su is even more wealthy, hiring high-level coaches from the United States, the team is in accordance with the standards of the American professional basketball team to provide training and meals for players, they select talents eclectically, select young players from all over the country, as long as they play well, sign long contracts for players, including Chinese players such as Sun Yue, Zhang Songtao, huo nan and so on. Born in 1985 in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, Sun Yue was selected by the Aoshen team at the age of 13 and has been training under the arrangement of the Aoshen team.
At first, Beijing Aoshin relied on its own strength to enter the CBA, and once achieved a good result of fourth place in the league, but the good times were not long, they were in the CBA League, and the Chinese Basketball Association wanted to recruit players from their team to participate in the national team game, which was directly rejected by the team owner. And the Basketball Association relationship stiffened they finally broke away from the CBA, the last time fell to participate in the ABA league below the United States, the ABA League is one of the three major leagues in the American Basketball League NBA, NBDL, ABA, the ABA League relative to the NBA, NBDL level is low, and it is such a league Sun Yue from 18 years old to 28 years old, and finally the boss of Aushin died, Sun Yue was able to return to the CBA League to play, and in the golden age of Sun Yue played for 10 years, Can only shuttle in those American business leagues.
Before being selected by the NBA, Sun Yue played the peak of his career in the ABA in the 2007 season, as the team's starting guard, he averaged 13.5 points, 6 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 1.9 steals and 2 blocks per game. With such a performance, Sun Yue was selected as the best team in the ABA League, which is also the first non-American player to be selected. Such a performance is deep in the American League, and naturally makes many NBA scouts look in the eyes, including the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the 2007 draft, Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers with the 10th pick in the second round, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sun Yue represented the national team and played eye-catching against the American Dream Eight team, he covered Howard and Anthony's shots on the defensive end, and his performance after the game also made Kobe Bryant, who was about to become a Lakers teammate, praise.
Although Sun Yue did not get much opportunity to perform after finally landing in the NBA, he won a championship ring with the Lakers in his first year in the NBA, becoming another Chinese player to win the NBA championship after Battle. Sun Yue, who returned to the CBA, helped Beijing Shougang win two consecutive championships. Become the only Chinese player to win both the NBA and CBA championships.
6th place: Zhou Qi
Selected: Selected by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the second round in 2016
NBA stats for the year before: 16.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 2.2 blocks
Nickname: The Great Demon King
He is 2.16 meters tall and weighs 113Kg
Zhou Qi is also the only player who has successfully logged into the NBA in 15 years since Sun Yue was selected by the NBA in 2007. It is also the fifth Chinese interior line selected by the NBA after Yao Ming, Battle, Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian.
Zhou Qi was born in Xinxiang, Henan in 1996, his parents are basketball players, Zhou Qi, who has been influenced by basketball since childhood, began formal basketball training at the age of 6, entered the famous basketball school in northeast China at the age of 9 - Fuxin School in Liaoning Province, entered the Liaoning Third Team at the age of 12, and was selected for the national youth team at the age of 13 and played a brilliant performance in the World Youth Championship. In 2014, Zhou Qi's contract with Liaoning team expired, and on the issue of renewing zhou qi's contract, Liaoning team was careless. The Liaoning team first reached a verbal agreement with Zhou Qi for 4 years and 14 million yuan, and then changed it to 13 million + a house. At this time, Zhou Qi needs to go to the United States to participate in training, so the two sides are ready to sign a contract after the end of training. At this time, the management of the Xinjiang men's basketball team seized the opportunity, they went to the United States to issue a large contract of 8 years and 45 million yuan to Zhou Qi, and promised that if Zhou Qi joined the NBA team, it would fully support it, and at the same time provided Zhou Qi with two houses.
In the face of such rich conditions, how could 18-year-old Zhou Qi not be moved! In the end, Zhou Qi, who had repeatedly considered it, chose to join the Xinjiang team. And Zhou Qi did not disappoint the team, in the first season of joining Xinjiang, he averaged 14.5 points, 7.2 rebounds plus 3.4 blocks per game, with excellent performance, Zhou Qi was selected as a CBA All-Star in his first year. In the third season (16-17 season), this year Xinjiang team introduced a small foreign aid Adams, coupled with the addition of national player Li Gen, Xinjiang team strength greatly increased. In the playoffs, they were unstoppable all the way to the finals, and in the finals, facing the old rival Guangdong team, the Xinjiang men's basketball team swept Guangdong 4:0 to win the championship and won the first championship in team history. Zhou Qi averaged 15.6 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game in the playoffs, and in the finals, he also played a crucial role in restricting the inner line of Guangdong teams.
With an outstanding performance in the season, the 20-year-old Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the second round at the 2016 draft, and Zhou Qi, who entered the NBA, did not get many opportunities and was finally cut after two seasons with the Rockets. But this is the only Player In 15 years that a Chinese player has been selected to the NBA.
After watching the performances of Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Battle, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Zhou Qi before entering the NBA, you will understand why it is so difficult for Zeng Fanbo Yu Jiahao to be selected?
Zeng Fanbo has always been considered the most promising player, and his talent can be said to be china's top level. But the only thing he lacks is competition experience and performance. Although the intensity and specifications of our CBA league are far from being as good as those of the NBA, it is also the best stage for NBA scouts to select Chinese players. In addition to Zeng Fanbo's no CBA resume, another is the experience of the competition, to know that like yao ming wang zhi zhi Yi Jianlian Zhou Qi at his age, they were selected for the national team and began to play against the world's top teams.
In addition to Zeng Fanbo, Yu Jiahao and Guo Haowen have just established a starting position in the CBA, and they are far from reaching the height of Zhou Qi. So I think the most promising Chinese player to enter the NBA at the moment is Zhou Qi. With the tragic experience of the 19-year Men's Basketball World Cup, Zhou Qi has become more and more mature today. After joining the Melbourne Phoenix last season, there were many rumors that NBA teams intended to sign him, and zhou qi is currently preparing for the upcoming world preliminary tournament, if Zhou Qi can play a good performance, I believe that zhou qi is still expected to return to the NBA next season.
As for Zeng Fanbo Guo Haowen Yu Jiahao, if they don't have a chance to be selected this time, they will go back and continue to work hard. After all, they are still young, and strive to play a brilliant performance in the CBA and enter the national team as soon as possible. As long as you have the blessing of these two items, you can let more NBA scouts pay attention to you.