The name Xu Yong may be unfamiliar to everyone now, but the older generation of fans know what kind of basketball genius he is, he has outstanding physical fitness, explosive power, went to the United States alone to participate in the adidas training camp, won the dunk king and MVP with his personal excellent performance, and when he faced the United States team in the U19 World Youth Championship, he exploded Curry Jordan Beasley Jr., he personally slashed 22 points, and the three of them only scored 21 points.
Xu Yong debuted at the same time as Yao Ming, was a teammate in Shanghai, and began playing for the CBA at the age of 19. In the CBA dunk competition, the performance was eye-catching, and he used Carter's 360 ° C windmill dunk, which won full applause, but also stunned everyone, stunned the fans, stunned the commentator, Xu Yong conquered everyone with his actions, let everyone refresh their cognition again, it turned out that Chinese can still play like this, and can also dunk so perfectly. Xu Yong is a talented teenager in the Chinese basketball industry, his emergence has made Chinese fans see hope, but also made Chinese fans have high expectations, Bill Russell once commented on Xu Yong at a high price, he said: Xu Yong's physical condition is the same as the peak Francis.
Just when his basketball career basketball dream was booming, but there was an interesting turn, he often felt that his legs were increasingly painful during the game, and he had reached an unbearable situation, and he went to check later, diagnosed with a malignant tumor in the leg, and then played, there was a risk of lifelong disability, and finally said goodbye to the dream stage he loved in tears, he was only 19 years old, known as China's Carter, Francis of the East, and China's hope of retiring.