The loss of a life is always regrettable, especially when the person who leaves is still young, and people always feel more emotional about it.
In 2019, Ji Zhe, the former captain of Beijing Shougang Basketball Club at the age of 33, died of lung cancer, which made many fans lament and regret it.
Ji Zhe once posted on social media that "believe me, the return date sometimes", but this sentence has become his biggest "lie", and fans can no longer wait for him to return to the field.
Ji Zhe
Not the most talented, but very hardworking
Born in 1986, Ji Zhe has loved basketball since he was a child, and in terms of height, he also has the advantage of playing basketball: 2.02 meters.
When he was a child, Ji Zhe participated in the Liaoning Junior Men's Basketball Team and the Youth Men's Basketball Team, and not only represented the Liaoning team in the National Games three times, but also represented the Eastern University Men's Basketball Team to participate in the National Collegiate Basketball League and won the championship.
Ji Zhe's excellent performance has attracted the attention of Min Lulei, head coach of the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team. In 2007, Min Lulei "loaned" Ji Zhe to the Shougang men's basketball team, allowing Ji Zhe to embark on the road of development in the CBA.
To be fair, Ji Zhe is not the most talented basketball player, but he is undoubtedly the most serious and trained player among all the players in Shougang.
Ji Zhe
Min Lulei said that Ji Zhe was the one in the team who was "scolded" the most by him, and of course, the one he liked the most.
Perhaps it is precisely because Min Lulei has great expectations of Ji Zhe that she will "scold" him and want him to do better.
Ji Zhe also did not live up to the expectations of the coach, he trained hard, quickly improved his basketball level, and became the team's big forward.
The big forward is mainly responsible for grabbing rebounds and card position defense, and the opportunity to shoot is always left to teammates, and in the minds of many people, this role can be said to be "thankless". However, Ji Zhe used his own efforts to change people's perception of this role.
Ji Zhe
He plays actively and bravely, and the strength of the long-range shooting is also obvious to all, and in the rookie season of the Shougang men's basketball team, Ji Zhe made 29 appearances, averaging 5.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
Subsequently, Min Lulei, who was reluctant to release people, "renewed the lease" with Liaoning, and in the 2011-2012 season, Ji Zhe performed well, averaging 9.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
On March 30, 2012, Beijing Shougang completed a comeback after falling behind by 15 points at one point, and finally defeated the defending champion Guangdong team to win the championship of the season.
This is the first CBA championship in the history of the Beijing team, and Ji Zhe has 10 points and 8 rebounds, which can be said to be indispensable.
In 2012, Ji Zhe was officially and permanently transferred to Beijing Shougang, and his excellent performance on the field made many fans like this big boy.
Ji Zhe
This year, Beijing Shougang also had an NBA star on board, Stephen Marbury, a basketball player who excelled in offense.
After he joined the Beijing team, the offensive ability of the Beijing team has been greatly improved, and he has also cooperated with Ji Zhe's defensive tacit understanding, so that the level of the Beijing team has been rapidly improved, and in the next two seasons, the Beijing team has won two consecutive CBA championships.
In 2015, Ji Zhe was appointed captain of the Beijing Shougang team, and his selfless dedication and protection of the entire team like a big brother were unanimously recognized by the club.
However, Ji Zhe was also deeply involved in the storm. In 2012, in Beijing's match against Qingdao, Ji Zhe scored a three-pointer under the interference of opposing players, leaving Beijing with victory in sight.
At this time, Ji Zhe, who felt extremely excited, shook his finger at Qingdao's foreign aid and NBA star Maddy.
Ji Zhe
In this game, Ji Zhe scored his career-high 25 points to win the game for Beijing. Maybe Ji Zhe is just emotionally superior, but in the NBA, this action is a provocation.
So Maddie angrily elbowed Ji Zhe and made the same move against Ji Zhe. Ji Zhe's move also caused dissatisfaction among Maddy fans, who criticized him, and Qingdao fans also shouted "change Ji Zhe" on the court.
In fact, Ji Zhe also quickly realized that his approach was inappropriate, so he did not defend himself, but sincerely apologized, and with his stable level of ball technology, he gradually won back the love of the fans and defused a storm.
After the storm, Ji Zhe is still active on the field, even if he is injured, he can easily not get out of the "line of fire".
Ji Zhe
Cancer, perhaps a "harbinger" a few years ago
In a match against the Bayi team, Ji Zhe, although his knee joint was swollen badly, still played well, and he personally cut 20 points, which was praised by coach Min Lulei. But Ji Zhe was very calm about this, saying that his knees did hurt, but it did not delay the game.
In the next game, Ji Zhe continued to play, which moved everyone. However, as the injury worsened, Ji Zhe's state gradually declined.
In 2018, Ji Zhe insisted on playing for a season and was subsequently hospitalized.
The outside world has always thought that he will be admitted to the hospital because of a worse knee injury, but what no one expected was that in that year, Ji Zhe had been diagnosed with lung cancer. At the end of the 2017-2018 season, Ji Zhe was admitted to the hospital for examination, and the result was diagnosed with lung cancer, which is already in the middle and advanced stages.
Ji Zhe
Although ji zhe and Shougang did not announce it to the outside world after learning of this news, when the fans finally learned of Ji Zhe's condition, they also asked a why: CBA players will undergo regular physical examinations, why is it that when lung cancer is diagnosed, it is already in the middle and late stages?
Although there is no point in pursuing this, some doctors have pointed out that it may be because the player's physical examination item is X-ray chest x-ray, which is the most commonly used lung cancer screening test at present, but it is easy to miss diagnosis for early lung cancer. Ji Zhe may be the one who was unfortunate enough to be "missed".
Moreover, in fact, as early as 3 years before the diagnosis, Ji Zhe's body had already shown some abnormalities, but he did not take this "omen" to heart and pay attention to it.
At that time, during a match, Ji Zhe's chest was hit, and his chest felt severe pain.
Ji Zhe
But Ji Zhe thought it was caused by the impact and did not check it, perhaps this time, so that he missed the opportunity for early screening to confirm the diagnosis. However, it is too late to say this.
When the Shougang Club learned of this news, it immediately arranged for him to go to the United States for hospitalization and used the most advanced anti-cancer drugs.
At the beginning, the drug was quite effective, and Ji Zhe's condition gradually improved, and he always maintained an optimistic mood.
Ji Zhe, who is far away in the United States, while always caring about domestic competitions, does not forget to comfort the fans, saying that he is recovering very well, so that fans should believe that he "returns sometimes".
Ji Zhe
At this time, everyone did not know that he had lung cancer, still thought that he was treated in the United States for knee injuries, and looked forward to his return soon.
But what no one expected was that this "return date sometimes" became the biggest "lie" in his life, and the match on March 22, 2018, became Ji Zhe's "farewell performance".
This is not a wonderful farewell, that day, Beijing Shougang team lost to Liaoning team 72:75 at home, missed the CBA semi-finals of the 2017-2018 season, fans are still looking forward to Ji Zhe's return can lead the Beijing team to a shame, who can think, waiting for the news of his cancer worsening.
Ji Zhe
Clasp the hands of your family before you die
In the United States, Ji Zhe, who was originally quite effective in treatment, became resistant to targeted drugs, and cancer cells began to spread in his body. Gradually, the effect of targeted drugs on Ji Zhe's condition became weaker and weaker, and in desperation, Ji Zhe's family decided to transfer him back to China to find other therapies such as Traditional Chinese medicine to alleviate Ji Zhe's condition.
In November 2019, Coach Min Lulei, who "liked Ji Zhe the most", began to arrange for Ji Zhe to be picked up, and he contacted Chaoyang District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to arrange a ward, and helped Ji Zhe's parents rent a house near the hospital.
For these thoughtful arrangements, Min Lulei felt that it was a matter of course, because Min Lulei had always regarded Ji Zhe as a son, and Ji Zhe also called Min Lulei's lover "dry mother".
Under Min Lulei's arrangement, Ji Zhe was admitted to Chaoyang District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital after returning to China.
Unfortunately, because Ji Zhe had already suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the right side of his brain and was basically paralyzed on the right side of his body at that time, after a week of hospitalization in Chaoyang District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Ji Zhe was transferred to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital.
Ji Zhe
Although Min Lulei was still actively contacting Chinese medicine experts at that time, Ji Zhe's situation was no longer able to drink Chinese medicine, so during the domestic treatment period, Ji Zhe still adopted the Western medical method.
However, due to lung cancer and cerebral hemorrhage, Ji Zhe's consciousness has become sometimes awake and sometimes blurred, and later he was admitted to the ICU ward due to his aggravated condition.
On December 4, the doctor informed Ji Zhe's family to be "prepared for the worst", and Ji Zhe's wife and son came to Ji Zhe's bedside, which also meant "seeing the last meeting". At this time, although Ji Zhe was still conscious, he had no way to speak.
Before dying, Ji Zhe still held the hands of his family tightly, and anyone could know that this was his reluctance.
On December 5, 2019, at 2:14 a.m., Ji Zhe died of illness, leaving his loved family, basketball and fans forever. At this time, Ji Zhe was only 33 years old.
Ji Zhe
The news left many people sad, and countless fans were reluctant to accept this sunny thunderbolt news, but everything has become a foregone conclusion.
On December 8, 2019, Beijing Shougang played at home against Shenzhen New Century, and the difference between this match and the past was that there was no hot music or dance in the pre-match stadium, and the audience entered quietly, seeing the No. 51 jersey - that is Ji Zhe's shirt before his death.
The last player introduced by the Beijing Shougang team is Ji Zhe No. 51, and the beijing team mascot "Thunderbolt Duck" also holds up the name of Ji Zhe on his hand.
In the mourning session of Ji Zhe, some fans wrote "I believe you never left" on the wish card, and some people cried silently during the one-minute silence.
Ji Zhe
In the blink of an eye, Ji Zhe has left this world for more than two years, but his spirit of "never giving up, always insisting" seems to still float on the field, inspiring a generation of young people.
Resources
Xinhua News Agency, "Ji Zhe, You Have Never Left" - The Call from the Shougang Basketball Family
Oriental Sports Daily, "Shougang male blue former captain Ji Zhe died of lung cancer, "return date" sometimes becomes the biggest "lie""