Now is the darkest moment for Hunan basketball fans, and it is also the darkest moment for this year's CBA exploration... Li Zhanglin, this is a name that is thunderous for fans who love Hunan basketball. Born in 1997, graduated from Mingde Middle School, a famous basketball school in Changsha. In his five careers at Central South University, he won the title of "Southwest King" in a row, and reached the CUBA finals with the team three times. And set a new 13-year-old total scoring record, becoming the first scoring champion in CUBA history. With the infinite aura of the first core of the Southwest Overlord, log on to the CBA as the 2021 draft tanhua. But what is surprising is that the new season began with two consecutive cold benches from the Shanxi men's basketball team. Can the uncrowned king of Zhongnan get a foothold in the CBA?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > meet the benefactor and create the uncrowned king</h1>
The reason why Li Zhanglin embarked on the road to basketball is actually very simple, the crazy tall man forced him to accept the basketball path chosen by his parents for him. In his first year of high school, he served as the captain of the team at Matilda Middle School, representing Matilda Middle School in national competitions many times, and his top-notch talent made him famous at a young age. In 2016, he was admitted to the high-level basketball team of Central South University, which began his destined career in Zhongnan.
When he first entered the Zhongnan men's basketball team, Li Zhanglin met the mentor who changed his entire basketball concept - Bai Jiang, the head coach of the basketball team of Central South University. Bai Jiang was selected into the Chinese men's basketball team during his coaching period and is a well-known figure in Chinese basketball. After retiring from the army, he devoted himself to college basketball, leading the team to win two CUBA championships. In 2011, Bai Jiang came to Central South University and opened the way for the rise of the king of Central Andnan.
Bai Jiang's guidance injected the training style of the troops into the Zhongnan basketball team, strictly managed the team, vigorously grasped the training, and realized the dual tempering of ball skills and will. Li Zhanglin lived a training life with only one day off per week, in addition to training for six hours a day, but also having to take care of his studies. The long-term high-pressure state also exercised Li Zhanglin's good psychological quality. His outstanding physical talent and psychological qualities made him undoubtedly regarded by Bai Jiang as the core figure of Central South University's once again impact on the peak.
In his freshman year, Li Zhanglin stepped forward when the team was in trouble, scoring 25 points and 9 rebounds on 12-of-24 shooting against AVIC to help Central South University advance to the CUBA National Finals. In his junior year, the "big snake" who was alone has been able to contribute 21.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, becoming the star of the Central South University men's basketball team. Comprehensive technology, with absolute dominance in the fourth position, such a big snake has also won the attention of the national team, becoming the only college student player selected for the Chinese Olympic men's basketball team that year.
In April 2021, in the match against Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Li Zhanglin scored 30 points in a single game, scoring 1,058 points in a league career with 59 games in 5 seasons, surpassing the record of Wei Mingming, the "famous host" of Taiyuan University of Technology, for 13 years, becoming the historical scoring champion of the CUBA men's basketball team. Reached the national final four for four consecutive years and lost the final for three years. Li Zhanglin's CUBA career is brilliant enough, but there are still regrets. Not being able to lead Central South University to become king is a major regret in Li Zhanglin's life. But under the leadership of his efforts, he laid the status of the southwest king of Central South University, and he is still the legend of CUBA and the uncrowned king of Central South.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > into the profession, cold into the trough</h1>
After finishing the CUBA journey, Li Zhanglin embarked on a professional journey with full of glory. At the 2021 draft, the Shanxi men's basketball team selected him with a tanhua stick, and he successfully joined the Shanxi National Investment Professional Basketball Club to log on to the CBA.
Unlike the university league, the professional league is more competitive. Although Li Zhanglin has a wealth of offensive means, as a space-type number four position that can shoot, it is very popular in the league. But it also magnifies his lack of defensive ability, short height as a big forward and lack of athleticism. These fatal flaws caused Li Zhanglin to fall into the inferior position in the rotation competition of the Shanxi men's basketball team.
In the pre-season match between Shanxi and Guangdong, Li Zhanglin played 16 minutes, 6 of 12 shots, and efficiently contributed 13 points, 1 board and 2 breaks, performing well. But so far in the CBA season, Li Zhanglin has unusually only played one minute in garbage time in the regular season, which also shows that the team has not given him enough trust at present. If Li Zhanglin can't contribute to the team in the limited playing time, then his future CBA future is really worrying.
From the CUBA scoring champion to being "abandoned", Li Zhanglin obviously needs time to further grind the team. In any case, we all look forward to Zhongnan Wang to regain its former glory and make great progress in the days to come. Li Zhanglin is still young, and we still believe that he can create his own basketball legend.