Speaking of Liu Wei, I believe that the fans who know him are likely to be dissatisfied with him, because it was one of his mistakes that made the Chinese men's basketball team lose the opportunity to defeat the world's No. 1, but is Liu Wei really that unbearable?
The answer is definitely no.
Young and promising, join hands with Yao Ming to overthrow the Bayi Dynasty
Liu Wei was born in Shanghai in early 1980, he was an otaku in elementary school, introverted, and did not like any sports, but later because of his outstanding height, he was quickly discovered by the coach and led him to the road of basketball.
The ball quotient is high, playing steadily is the coach's evaluation of him, with these two points, Liu Wei quickly entered the Shanghai youth team. In the youth team, Liu Wei still performed well and was soon promoted to the Shanghai first team. Although Liu Wei has improved rapidly, his self-confidence has been hit for the first time in the Shanghai first team, and because the senior team is far more physically confrontational than the youth team, Liu Wei, who has just arrived in the first team, was severely educated, so there were few opportunities to play.
However, this problem was solved after a season, Liu Wei strengthened his strength training, adapted to the intensity of the senior team, and he was quickly appreciated, becoming the main point guard of the Shanghai team, and began to partner with Yao Ming. In the Shanghai team, Liu Wei has done a remarkable job in both attack and organization, especially in passing the ball to Yao Ming, Liu Wei can be said to have his own experience, and Yao Ming is also very grateful to this teammate and senior brother for his help. Relying on the outstanding performance of Yao Ming and Liu Wei, the Shanghai team reached the finals for three consecutive years, constantly provoking the authority of the Bayi team.
Finally, in the 2001-02 season, Liu Wei and Yao Ming lifted the championship trophy, which had been monopolized by Bayi for many years. But sweet days are always so short, Yao Ming entered the NBA in 02 to chase his dreams, the Shanghai team relied on Liu Wei to support hard, but after all, it was powerless, it was difficult to regain the glory of the Shanghai team.
The main point guard of the national team has become the backer of the team's loss
Although he could not continue to partner with Yao Ming in the league, in the national team, Liu Wei and Yao Ming were reunited. Liu Wei and Yao Ming's tacit cooperation, but also helped the Chinese men's basketball team achieve brilliant results, especially in the 08 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team advanced to the top eight of the Olympic Games, and in the match with the American team, the difference between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American dream team came to the lowest in history, although this result is not so glorious, but this is the best result achieved by the Chinese men's basketball team in the world series, this men's basketball team is also known as the Chinese men's basketball dream team by fans.
Although the results are not bad, Liu Wei has become the target of criticism from fans. Against Spain, the world's No. 1 team at the time, the Chinese men's basketball team almost made history. In the final tens of seconds of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team still had a two-point lead, but Liu Wei was robbed by a mistake, and the Spanish team took advantage of this mistake to successfully equalize the score and drag the game into overtime. In overtime, Yao Ming was already exhausted, and in the end, the Chinese team unfortunately lost to Spain.
After the game, the saliva flooded Liu Wei on the Internet, fans have accused him of poor dribbling skills, will only pout a butt through the half, a little wrapped will be wrong, in the eyes of fans, the 08 men's basketball dream team, Liu Wei is not worthy at all, and even some people feel that they are better than Liu Wei on the court.
But those who really know the game know how difficult it is for Liu Wei in the international competition, in the game against Spain, Liu Wei scored a game-high 19 points, moreover, Liu Wei is the most trusted playmaker of the Chinese team, the person who can pass the ball to Yao Ming, and can also decisively shoot three points when there is a vacancy, as for the fans said that Liu Wei will only pout his ass for half the court, it is even more ridiculous, in the face of the Spanish quasi-NBA-level guard group, Liu Wei has done quite well, Against the world's top defenders on the U.S. team, Liu Wei was also able to dribble the ball smoothly through the half-court most of the time and organize an effective attack.
Some fans may not know that Liu Wei has also received trial invitations from NBA teams. In the summer of 2004, the Kings saw Liu Wei's ability and invited Liu Wei to Sacramento for trial, in training, because the strength is indeed relatively weak, Liu Wei is often passed by American players, but Liu Wei's overall view is still worth affirming, before the start of the regular season, the Kings provided Liu Wei with a non-guaranteed contract, but in the end due to too many point guards in the Kings, the Kings gave up signing with Liu Wei.
Judging from the fact that Liu Wei can get an NBA team contract, Liu Wei is absolutely competent enough to be the starting point guard of the men's basketball team, compared to Chen Jianghua, who was famous for passing Kobe at that time, Liu Wei is definitely more trustworthy, even the current Asian No. 1 point guard Allen Guo may not be able to do better than Liu Wei.
In the 11 years of the national team, Liu Wei has been conscientious, hardworking, basically did not miss any international competitions, although there is no particularly outstanding performance, but also the best starting point guard in the history of men's basketball, but even so, the victory of the Chinese team has never had Liu Wei a little credit, but losing, Liu Wei must be the worst one to be scolded.
Turned against his brother, and under the persuasion of his mentor, finally shook hands and made peace
In 2014, after retiring from the game, Yao Ming became the boss of the Shanghai team, and Liu Wei finally cooperated with Yao Ming again, but this time the cooperation was not the relationship between teammates, but the relationship between the boss and the employee. It happened that year was Liu Wei's contract year, considering his relationship with Yao Ming, Liu Wei privately asked Yao Ming to talk about the contract, but where did he know, Yao Ming directly let Liu Wei talk to his agent, and there was no old friendship at all. Liu Wei saw that Yao Ming was so unsympathetic, and decided that he would not play for Shanghai in the new season, and Yao Ming and Liu Wei, the former good brothers, also parted ways.
Some people may think that Yao Ming is oblivious and is a complete villain, but from Yao Ming's point of view, Yao Ming is not wrong, Yao Ming has been fighting in the United States for many years, and has gradually accepted some Western ideas, as far as the professional point of view, Liu Wei privately negotiated a contract with Yao Ming is not in line with the team's regulations, not to mention that they are still former comrades-in-arms, the best brothers, and they must avoid suspicion, so it is normal for Yao Ming to refuse Liu Wei, but China is a place that pays attention to people's feelings and worldliness, if you don't leave any affection for good brothers, It is indeed a little unkind, and it is completely understandable that Liu Wei left the Xinjiang team because of this.
However, fortunately, this unpleasantness has finally been resolved under the adjustment of Wang Qun, the general manager of the Shanghai men's basketball team. As the former coach of the Shanghai team, Yao Ming and Liu Wei were also his disciples, and the members of the Shanghai team also respected him. In 2017, Wang Qun has been doing communication work for Yao Ming and Liu Wei, and finally under Wang Qun's adjustment, Liu Wei and Yao Ming finally shook hands and made peace.
In 2018, Liu Wei finally returned to Shanghai, which also proved positively that Liu Wei and Yao Ming were back together.
Liu Wei is a typical Shanghai man, with a calm and unassuming personality, and the same is true when playing, even if he is infamous, he has always endured it alone. But this does not mean that Liu Wei is the one who should be behind the pot, and his role in the national team is no less than that of others. As fans, we really blamed Liu Wei at the beginning, and we all owe Liu Wei a solemn apology.