Although Chinese basketball has emerged many excellent players over the years, it has also brought a lot of wonderful games to fans, and even made Chinese basketball go to a historical peak in the 90s and 00s, and among the many stars in these years, some people have brilliant basketball careers, like Yao Ming has become a basketball superstar with great world influence, Yi Jianlian has also become a highly respected star in the international arena, of course, there are also many players who quit the court early or are depressed due to injuries or off-court factors. It's a shame.
Hello everyone, I am Kong Yiji, who loves to steal books, today let us take stock of 5 regrettable players in the history of Chinese basketball.
05 Xu Yong - "China Maddie"
This is a news release about Xu Yong released by Sina Sports in 2005, which reads:
NIKE CAMP INVITED HIM, ADIDAS TRAINING CAMP SELECTED HIM, AND EVEN THE NBA'S UPCOMING "BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS" TRAINING CAMP EARLY NEXT MONTH ALSO BEARS HIS NAME - THIS WIND-CHASING TEENAGER FROM Shanghai, China, only 16 years and 3 months old U18 national team worker.
A short 95-word news is enough to illustrate Xu Yong's talent, becoming a U18 main player at the age of 16, being invited to three of the best training camps in the world, and also going to the United States and basketball star Bill Russell and others to communicate, and his physical fitness is comparable to Yao Ming's former teammate Francis.
After returning from the United States, Xu Yong was only 17 years old, but he was already invincible in the youth arena, and his performance had completely surpassed all his peers, so he was promoted to the Shanghai first team and began to play in the CBA at the age of 17.
Xu Yong was given the reputation of "Chinese Maddie" by the fans at the time, he was 2.06 meters tall, outstanding running and jumping ability, comprehensive and delicate technique, and flowing ball style, in the first season, he became a blockbuster, won the CBA dunk king, and in the second season grew into an all-round small forward averaging 18.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, he was only 19 years old at the time, his outside efficiency was second only to Zhu Fangyu, and his talent was not fully developed.
However, in May 2008, Xu Yong was diagnosed with "malignant central osteosarcoma of the spine", although not life-threatening, but the basketball career has been announced, it has to be said that such a talented forward, for Chinese basketball, is a huge loss.
After retiring due to injury, Xu Yong became a professional basketball commentator, and also married the beautiful Chen Luyi and lived a happy life.
04 Ding Jinhui---- "Desperate Sanlang"
Ding Jinhui is the most determined bulldog in Chinese basketball, and former men's basketball coach Deng Wade once said of Ding Jinhui: "He has always been very hard, every ball must be competed, he is a very hard working player." ”
Ding Jinhui was born in Lishui, Zhejiang in 1989, is a local player trained by Zhejiang himself, his father is only 1.8 meters, his mother is only 1.66 meters, but Ding Jinhui's height has soared, and he grew to 1.9 meters when he first entered junior high school, and it was at this time that he began to practice.
In 2003, 14-year-old Ding Jinhui entered Zhejiang Provincial Sports School to study, after three years of training, successfully entered Zhejiang Wanma first team to play, 2.04 meters tall he played as a power forward on the court, in the first season of his career averaged 14.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, because of his outstanding performance, in 2007 was selected for the national second team, because in the second team showed that kind of hard work, ball desperate will, coupled with excellent performance, the same year was selected for the national first team, it is worth mentioning, Ding Jinhui is the first Zhejiang national player after Zheng Wu.
In the 2007-2008 season, Ding Jinhui averaged 18.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and for many years he was the arrow player of the Zhejiang team, and in 2008, due to the presence of Yi Jianlian, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu and other good players on the Chinese forward line at that time, the young Ding Jinhui did not get the opportunity to compete in the Beijing Olympics.
But after Deng Wade took office, Ding Jinhui, who fought for every ball on the defensive end, was favored by Deng Wade, and in 2010, Deng Wade handed over the burden of the defensive end to Ding Jinhui, and Ding Jinhui also lived up to expectations, and showed the temperament of the outside gate in the first world war, and in the subsequent Guangzhou Asian Games, 11 years of Asian Championships, Ding Jinhui won the championship with the team, and won the opportunity to compete in the London Olympics in 2012.
But the good times did not last long, in the 2013-14 season, Ding Jinhui suffered a serious injury, so he took a break for nearly a year, and after 338 days, Ding Jinhui returned to the court again, but he was no longer in form, could not continue to play, and said goodbye to the court after only playing 3 games that season, and Ding Jinhui, who dared to play, said goodbye to the court at the age of 26, which is a big loss for Chinese basketball.
Ding Jinhui officially announced his retirement in 2016, and at the beginning of his retirement, he transformed into an assistant coach, but in 2017, Ding Jinhui was invited by Yi Jianlian to devote himself to basketball training, and is now doing well.
03 Chen Jianghua ---- "China Lightning"
Born in 1989, Chen Jianghua only started basketball at the age of 10, and grew to 1.80 meters at the age of 12, and became famous with a 360-degree spinning dunk at the Shanghai Nike three-man basketball finals in 2001.
In 2003, a reporter from The New York Times spoke highly of 14-year-old Chen Jianghua in the article "Fighting for the People", and there is a sentence in the article that still impresses: "This may be China's first world-class defender, and the person who passed the ball for Yao Ming in 2008." ”
In 2004, Chen Jianghua shined in the Asian training camp of Nike and Adi, his 360-degree turn dunk, lightning speed, weird passing, so that the NBA scouts on the scene were amazed, he also won the favor of scouts, got the opportunity to go to the American winning camp, unfortunately, in the end because of passport problems could not make the trip, which may be a huge loss for Chen Jianghua, otherwise he may have more room for development.
In July 2006, 17-year-old Chen Jianghua was unusually promoted to the national team. Because he had not played any professional leagues at the time, he was the first player to be selected for the national team before playing in a professional league.
But in the 2007-08 season, Chen Jianghua suffered a knee injury, which caused him to miss most of the season's games, and also affected his form, despite this, Yunus put Chen Jianghua on the Olympic list of twelve and represented China in the 08 Beijing Olympics, in the match with the American team, Chen Jianghua passed Kobe Bryant to the front court to complete a dragon layup scene is still vividly remembered, but because of knee problems and poor confrontation ability, Chen Jianghua's overall performance at the Beijing Olympics was not ideal.
Since then, Chen Jianghua has suffered injuries, suffered a fracture of his right wrist in November 2008, was reimbursed for the season in February 2010 due to ligament strain, and entered the national team in April 2011, but in June he was cut again due to injury, and in the golden period of his career, Chen Jianghua suffered many serious injuries, so in London 2012, we did not see the Chen Jianghua who could pass the half in 3 seconds, but still used his organizational skills to help the team.
After many injuries, Chen Jianghua also knew that it was difficult for his career to improve, and in the following years, he suffered many injuries, and finally officially announced his retirement in 2017, after retiring, Chen Jianghua served as the main coach of Guangdong Hongyuan, and later simply resigned as a full-time milkman, full-time with his twin sons.
02 Sun Yue ---- "Chinese Magician"
Although Sun Yue is the first Chinese guard to officially enter the NBA and the first Chinese guard to win the NBA championship, Sun Yue's basketball career is extremely bumpy, his physical talent is the top in Asia, excellent running and jumping ability, 2.04 meters tall, not afraid of confrontation, blocking ability top guard.
Sun Yue was born in 1987, entered the Aoshen team training since the age of ten, in the early days of Aoshen team, due to the advanced training mode in the team, and the boss spent a lot of energy to ensure the nutrition of the players, so Sun Yue quickly grew up, and after entering the CBA, it shined.
In 2004, Sun Yue was favored by the national youth team and issued a call order, Sun Yue was also very happy at that time, after all, playing for the country is every player's dream, but in the CBA at that time, once he entered the national team, then the player's international signing rights will belong to the national team.
At that time, the Aoshen team was a private enterprise, and all their players were cultivated by themselves, and they did not want to give up in vain, and the owner of Aoshen at that time was a rich and hot-tempered master, so he refused Sun Yue to report to the national team.
Soon after, the national team issued another call to Sun Yue, but was again rejected by Oshen, and after two consecutive rejections, the then basketball management center imposed a one-year ban on the Aoshen team, and after being punished, the Oshen boss was furious and directly announced that the Oshen team would withdraw from the CBA.
Although in 2005, at the strong request of coach Yunas, the basketball management center communicated with the Aoshen team again, and finally let Sun Yue enter the national team with great difficulty after many discussions, and let him represent the Chinese team in international competitions such as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games, but outside the national team, Sun Yue's basketball career can be said to be full of twists and turns.
From 2004 to 2013, Sun Yue almost never played in the professional league except for a year as a water cooler player in the Lakers, and was more in the state of playing wild ball in the amateur league, during which the training and discipline of Ao Shen were in an extremely irregular state, and Sun Yue also missed the most critical period of his personal rising career, and his personal talent was not fully explored.
In addition, due to the lack of strict requirements of the coach, Sun Yue's personality has gradually become anxious and lazy, and there was once a contradiction with the coach and teammates in the national team, just as Yunus commented on Sun Yue in 08: You are no longer the teenager a year ago.
Later, with the dissolution of the Oshen team, Sun Yue finally played in the professional league, after many years of wild ball career, Sun Yue finally returned to the right track, and became a stable starter, the defense and organization he provided was also one of the keys to Beijing's two consecutive championships, although Sun Yue still achieved certain results in the basketball field, but compared to his talent, such results are obviously failing, but Sun Yue can still get back on track after years of difficulties is also valuable, He also became the only player who was not completely destroyed.
In fact, Sun Yue's more controversy is from off-court scandals and farces, but Sun Yue on the court is also conscientious and has made great contributions to Chinese basketball, Sun Yue was delayed in basketball, and his personality was also delayed.
Sun Yue officially retired in 2021 and was quiet for a while after retiring, but after that, he regrouped, devoted himself to youth basketball training, and continued to contribute to basketball.
01 Wang Zhizhi---- "Wind Chasing Boy"
In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 19-year-old Wang Zhizhi averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, becoming a new pillar of China's domestic line, his average points per game second only to Hu Weidong's average of 12.1 points per game, rebounding is the first in the team, the Chinese men's basketball team also won the top eight of the Olympic Games for the first time, and Wang Zhizhi also began to attract the attention of foreign scouts.
In 1999, the Dallas Mavericks selected Wang Zhizhi from China with a second-round pick, and the two sides had negotiated a contract, but at that time both the Bayi team and the national team refused to let Wang Zhizhi go to the United States, which prevented Wang Zhizhi from playing in the United States when he was most valuable for training.
In 2001, the Mavericks contacted Wang Zhizhi again, and after some arduous communication, Wang Zhizhi finally embarked on his NBA journey, in the first full season of the NBA, Wang Zhizhi averaged only 10.9 minutes per game with 5.6 points and 2 rebounds, very efficient, after the season, the Mavericks intended to let Wang Zhizhi continue to play in the Summer League to see the aftereffects.
But the summer league at that time coincided with the training time of the national team, so Wang Zhizhi asked Xin Lancheng for leave, according to the famous basketball commentator Su Qun, the national team never had a precedent for approving leave for players, and Xin Lancheng did not dare to decide, but did not refuse, just said that he had to come back after playing in the United States, and must pay attention to confidentiality.
But at that time, in order to take office, a female reporter has been chasing Wang Zhizhi for staying in the United States, and finally privately published a news article in the "Dallas Morning News" that "Wang Zhizhi intends to confront the Chinese Basketball Association and refuses to return to China", as soon as this matter came out, things became out of control, and finally Wang Zhizhi was expelled from the national team and was banned for several years.
In those years, it can be called the trough of Wang Zhizhi's life, being isolated feels like a lonely soul and wild ghost, and his state is also seriously declining, and after missing the first key rally, Wang Zhizhi missed the golden period of his career.
Although in the end Wang Zhizhi fought again, returned to the embrace of the motherland, and once again made meritorious achievements for the motherland, it never reached the height of people's expectations.