Recently, the Shanxi men's basketball team launched a selection of the future core of the Shanxi men's basketball team, and the selected players were Yuan Shuai, Zhang Ning, Jia Hao, Li Zhanglin, Chen Pengyudi, Xi Yimin, Zhang Xu and Xiao Jianxun. The results show that Zhang Ning overwhelmed the original coach of the star with a huge advantage of 80 votes and was elected as the core of the future team in the hearts of fans. From the highly questioned a year ago to the future core today, what has Zhang Ning experienced?
Shanxi fan voting results
Time back to last year's draft, when Zhang Ning was quite popular, once became a popular candidate for the title, when the eighth shanxi men's basketball team selected Zhang Ning, many were talking about it, some were surprised why Zhang Ning was so low, some questioned Zhang Ning was an Internet celebrity player, could not play the CBA at all, all kinds of doubts constantly invaded Zhang Ning's body and mind, he had to stand up and clarify himself. Even his parents publicly proved for their son, and in this way, with the aura of an Internet celebrity player, Zhang Ning entered the CBA.
Who would have thought that in the 2019-20 CBA preseason, Zhang Ning used limited playing time to play efficient results, facing the game in Jiangsu, Zhang Ning cut the team's highest 25 points, the second game against North Control, Zhang Ning hit 5 three-pointers, efficiently won 22 points and 3 steals, according to this performance, Zhang Ning should be able to get more playing time in the new season, but when the new season officially started, Zhang Ning did not get more opportunities to play, Because at that time, the Shanxi team defender line sat on the super foreign aid Franklin, the league three-point Wang Yuan Shuai, they occupied most of the time, and in the limited appearances, Zhang Ning was actively performing himself, as soon as he received the ball to end it himself, he wanted to prove himself too much, so that the fans once thought that he and the other teammates of the team had infighting, in a game against Zhejiang, the team's big forward Xing Zhiqiang knocked down the opposing player in the confrontation, the referee immediately gave him a foul, as a teammate, Zhang Ning was next to Xing Zhiqiang. Zhang Ning went up to comfort Xing Zhiqiang at the first time, but Xing Zhiqiang not only did not appreciate it, but even used his elbow to shake Zhang Ning away, which also caused countless people to question. Zhang Ning had to clarify again that he got along well with his teammates.
In December 2020, Zhang Ning experienced the first low point of joining the professional league, according to the relevant data of the CBDL (China Development League Basketball League), in the list of the Shanxi team, Zhang Ning was listed, he was delegated, which caused a heated discussion among fans for a time, many of Zhang Ning's fans cried out for Zhang Ning, but fortunately, Zhang Ning was not really delegated, in the subsequent game, he still appeared in the 12-man list, the order of appearance ranked after the original coach, just like this, Zhang Ning became the substitute for the original coach.
In this year's offseason, Zhang Ning was not idle, he went to practice shooting on time every day, and also set a goal for himself, to shoot 50 three-pointers in a row, just like this, Zhang Ning once again completed the transformation,
In the first game of the pre-season of the new season, facing the defending champion Guangdong, Zhang Ning scored 11 points on 3 of 5 three-pointers, and in the second game against Jiangsu, Zhang Ning played 18 minutes, was hit by Jiangsu players when defending, and then went off, just like that, he still scored 12 points. After the game, according to the photographer of the Shanxi men's basketball team, Zhang Ning stitched 16 stitches on the brow bone, and even did not hit the anesthetic, and the fans called him a real tough guy. Up to now, Zhang Ning can average 14.8 points, 4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate is 50%, second only to Feld, the original coach and Ge Zhaobao, which is the fourth scoring point of the team.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Ning can win the appreciation of the fans, in addition to scoring, his big heart, positive attitude is even more precious, the positive running position on the field, do not occupy the ball, when the team is difficult to attack, you can always see Zhang Ning stand up, as a defender, he is impacting the basket on the field, even in the face of Yi Jianlian, Han Dejun such a top internal line, he is not afraid, he has become the desperate Sanlang of the Shanxi men's basketball team, it is precisely because of these that Zhang Ning has become the core of the fans' minds.