"I have always thought of myself as a high-level athlete", Abdul Shalamu's voice has not yet fallen, he immediately shot down 43 points in front of Liaoning, saying what he said, throwing the ground with sound, the beautiful teenager vicissitudes floated in the world, and then returned to become a wolf.
The 43 points in a single game is a new career high for Abdul Salam, and the second time in his career that he has scored 40+, the last time was on March 5, 2019, that is, two and a half years ago. In that confrontation with Shanxi, he shot 7 three-pointers on 14-of-16 shooting, and scored 40 points and 13 rebounds, which was one of his previous masterpieces.
The 18-19 season is also the season in which Abdul Shalamu really made a name for himself, the youngsters who averaged only 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in the previous year, and averaged 18.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game in the following season. Such a brilliant performance earned him the most improved player of the season, and he even finished 4th in the regular season MVP vote.
Abdul Salam that season was completely unstoppable, and just 20 days after he exploded 40 points, the playoff opening game began, and against Guangsha, he once again scored 33 points with a super high shooting rate of 14 shots and 12. In the playoffs, Abdul Shalamu went further, averaging 19.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, and he even raised his three-point shooting rate from 39.3% in the regular season to 42.9%, while Xinjiang reached the Finals.
Abdul Salam, a young man who was once ridiculed as a "CBA alphabet brother", has unlimited prospects.
Although the 23-year-old Abdul Salam was selected for the national youth league as a young man and helped Xinjiang win the first national youth league title in team history in 2014, his performance has not been so brilliant since entering the CBA in the 15-16 season, and there are not many opportunities in the championship team. However, the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta became the beginning of his rise, and the sudden rise in the national team finally fulfilled his brilliant season in the league.
In addition to not winning the championship that season, Abdul Shalamu's season was perfect, and he jumped from a qualified role player to the number one star in Xinjiang. At the time of the award, he posted an exhortation to himself, "The road has just begun, and we must try to replace the I of MIP (meaning Most Improved Player, the most improved player) with a V." Not only to become excellent, but also to pursue greatness, and to constantly sharpen yourself. ”
Ambitious, but it doesn't sound vain at all, the future has been vividly placed in front of him. A few months later, Zhou Qi returned, and Abdul Salam and Xinjiang began a journey to compete for the crown, all the way through the barriers, and the xinjiang-Guangdong hegemony was staged in all directions. But in the 2019 Christmas war, 1 minute after the start of the away match against Beijing, Abdul Saladwood fell to the ground, shattering with the dream of Xinjiang.
With a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and a fearsome "ACL" injury in sports circles, Abdul Shalamu suffered a serious injury that could even ruin his career. Half a year before his injury, Klay Thompson, a Golden State Warriors star who had played in the NBA Summer League, suffered the same injury as him in the NBA Finals, and to this day, 2 years and 4 months, in the repeated injuries, Clay can only stay under the court in suits and shoes.
In the face of bad luck, Abdul Salam could not change but bravely moved forward.
After undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery on his left knee on January 30, 2020, he did not stay out of sight during his recovery, but continued to show people his positive and optimistic rehabilitation time through pictures and videos on social media, and Sunshine Boy is still full of confidence in the future. Abdul Salam, who has always won with a change of pace and a ball quotient, has reason to believe that even if his athleticism declines, he can continue to peak.
After 354 days, Abdul Salam finally made his debut in the 20-21 season, but on 0-of-7 shooting in the first game, the player with the heavy knee pads and decorative headbands was not the same player he used to be, except for the familiar smile on his face, with heavy knee pads and decorative headbands. People are looking forward to it, game after game, but he has never returned, averaging 7.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting less than 40% from the field and less than 30% from three-point range.
The reality is harsh, and the intuitive data of a season is like a basin of cold water shining on Abdul Salam's face. Whether he can return to the peak in the end, when Zhou Qi left the team, everyone looked down on Xinjiang, as the captain, whether he could really shoulder the responsibility. This is a question, but most people have actually come to an end in their minds.
Perhaps the fans are not optimistic but instead completed Abudu Saladam, when the NBA alphabet brother made a career, few people mentioned the CBA alphabet brother, and he can finally calm down in the offseason to recover. At the beginning of the new season, his confidence gradually improved, and finally reached the fifth game, facing the powerful Liaoning team, he shot 15 of 26 and 6 of 12 from three points, showing a series of wonderful retreat steps, cutting a new high of 43 points.
The return of Abdul Salam is touching, but only Zhao Jiwei on the other side feels the same.
In 2018, zhao Jiwei and Abdul Salam's Chinese men's basketball red team was about to compete in the Jakarta Asian Games, but in the team training on the eve of the expedition, Zhao Jiwei's unstable landing caused three fractures of his left ankle and two ligaments to break, and he had no choice but to bid farewell to the team and failed to stand on the podium together. After that, Zhao Jiwei underwent surgery in Spain and spent nearly 6 months to return to the field.
After 173 days after the injury, Zhao Jiwei finally appeared on January 29, 2019, when Liaoning was hitting a 26-game winning streak, and just when people were expecting him to be resurrected with blood, Reality gave a punch head-on. On the night of the debut, Liaoning's winning streak ended, Zhao Jiwei played 6 minutes and shot 0 of 3, 10 games in the regular season, he played 17 minutes per game, averaging 3.7 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game, but shooting 23.4% and 14.3% from three-point range.
In the playoffs, Zhao Jiwei's playing time has increased, but there is almost no change except for a slightly warmer shooting rate. Liaoning was cut down by Abdul Salam and Xinjiang in the semi-finals, while Zhao Jiwei was on the night of the final fiasco, shooting 1-of-6, 2 points, 2 assists and 3 turnovers, and there was no trace of the elf defender who had been the national team.
For professional players, returning from a major injury is not just about recovering after surgery, it is almost a process of rebirth, to go through the basketball career all over again. The sequelae of a major injury continue to torment players from both physical and psychological levels, they have to adapt to all the changes brought about by injuries, overcome the terrible images in their minds that even make people afraid to walk, go to the battlefield strongly, find the rhythm of the game again, and regain their love of basketball and their desire for victory.
Before Zhao Jiwei could get out of the valley floor, he fell into the quagmire again.
In the summer of 2019, he represented the national team in the Men's Basketball World Cup, and Zhao Jiwei, who only recovered from the injury, was in an extremely bad state, and the Chinese men's basketball team withdrew, and he could not escape insults and accusations. However, life goes on, Zhao Jiwei's basketball career is far from over, after an offseason training recovery, Zhao Jiwei finally recovered in the 19-20 season, he even shot the best three-point performance of his career, and now he is entering the peak.
When Abdul Salam scored 43 points, Zhao Jiwei applauded his former comrades with a performance of 15 assists and only 1 turnover. So far in the new season, Zhao Jiwei has averaged 15.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 13.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game, "Anshan Paul" has long been out of injury, and he has also proved with practical actions that he must have patience and confidence in stars after major injuries, and they will eventually return with their records.
After the same dismal performance, Abdul Salam also began his real return journey in the new season, not only taking off the knee pads and headband, but also removing the sequelae of the major injuries trapped in the heart. At present, he averages 21.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 blocks per game, a flexible and flowing retreat step, a steady and fierce co-defense to fill in leaks, a classic show muscle celebration action, and the familiar one he is back.
However, Abdul Salam faced more tests than Zhao Jiwei.
Zhou Qi left the team, Xinjiang's combat strength was seriously damaged, even if Abdul Salam began to recover his skills, but Xinjiang has so far won 1 win and 4 losses, only won the new army Ningbo Fubang once. Of the 4 games lost, Xinjiang's least one let the opponent take 108 points, and the smallest point difference was 10 points for losing to Liaoning, and Xinjiang has been on the verge of collapse.
Due to the departure of Zhou Qi and the big foreign aid Motai Yunas at the same time, Xinjiang's inner line has changed from a double tower to a team colander, and the team that averaged the first rebound per game for a long time last season can only grab 43 rebounds per game in the new season, the seventh from the bottom of the league. More importantly, the internal tactical pillars on which Xinjiang depends for its livelihood have been destroyed, resulting in Xinjiang's current three-point shooting rate of only 32.6%, the third-to-last in the league.
Facing North Control, Xinjiang fell behind in rebounds 33-69, and Abdul Salam's 5 rebounds were already the highest in the team. He could only helplessly say after the game: "Love to fight to win, actively work hard to grab, grab the next rebound, the possibility of winning will increase." "But the game can not be won in two words, Xinjiang to change the situation, too much need a new tactical fulcrum."
As captain, Abdul Salam stepped forward against a strong opponent, a battle that not only played a new high for his scoring, but also his responsibility. He is motivating his young teammates with outstanding performances, Xinjiang has just lost a core, and now they need a big brother to lead, the 25-year-old Abdul Salam is no longer a rampage young man, he must carry the team on his shoulders.
Playing a battle of fame is precious, but Abdul Salam has many more challenges ahead. After a major injury, he will pay more attention to rhythm and feel, grab the position to find confrontation when attacking quickly, adjust the pace to seek space when shooting, choose more misplaced attacks than in the past, increase a part of the low-post attack, and he is trying his best to re-establish the alignment advantage and improve efficiency.
It will take time for Abdul Shalam to return to his peak, but on the way to the future, he is more stable than in the past.