Yesterday, I saw the official announcement of the Zhejiang team to mention Yu Jiahao to a team, as a center, he will become a rare talented player in Zhejiang, which can't help but make fans look forward to his future, can he become another superstar in the CBA, the next Yao Ming? In fact, there are many people who have this kind of thinking, and there are still some similarities between the growth trajectory of Jiahao and Yao Ming.
Yu Jiahao, born on March 18, 2003 in a basketball family, currently plays as a center. His father is Yu Leping, head coach of the Zhejiang Club boys' youth team (2.16 meters tall, former Zhejiang Wanma men's basketball center), and his mother is Wang Fuying, the coach of the Zhejiang Club women's youth team (1.97 meters tall, former Zhejiang women's basketball center), the key is that his parents have been selected for the national team during their professional players. Yu Jiahao, who is now only 18 years old, has reached 2 meters 23 meters tall.
Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980 in Shanghai Sixth Hospital. His parents are basketball players, his father Yao Zhiyuan is 2.01 meters tall and used to play for the Shanghai men's basketball team, and his mother Fang Fengdi is 1.90 meters tall, which is the main player of the Chinese women's basketball team in the 70s.
If you look at the genetics of your parents, Yu Jiahao is stronger than Yao Ming at that time, Yao Ming at the age of 18 is 2.23 in height and has an arm span of 2.21 meters, and Yu Jiahao's height is also 2.23 meters, but the arm span is 2.31 meters, which is stronger than Yao Ming in the same period in terms of physical conditions. (Yao Ming's height of 18 years old is said to be 2.11 meters, but a god-level figure analyzed 2.23 meters according to the team's internal height measurement figure.) Yu Jiahao entered the national training team at the age of 17, which may be because he played in the United States, or because of his parents. Yao Ming entered the national team lineup at the age of 18, and Yu Jiahao has to have some gaps in this regard.
It may be that the growth environment is different, Yao Ming pays attention to shooting technology in the domestic light confrontation, and Yu Jiahao pays more attention to physical confrontation in the American high school league, relatively speaking, there is still a big gap with Yao Ming in terms of shooting, especially the lack of shooting ability affects his development, and it is also the reason why he was rated as a 3-star player.
The disadvantage of big men is slow movement, which is some gap with the current style of The Zhejiang men's basketball team, the Zhejiang team pays attention to rapid conversion, and it is impossible to change the habits of many years because of a young player, it depends on how Liu guides how to use Yu Jiahao's physical conditions to arrange tactical play.
Yu Jiahao's performance in China in 2019 represented the Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank men's basketball team to win the second place in the men's U16 group of the second National Youth Games, contributing an average of 22.3 points and 17.7 rebounds per game, which was achieved under the absolute height and weight advantage. In 2020, he was selected for the U17 national youth men's basketball training team, and in 2020 and 2021, he was selected into the national men's basketball training team twice.
Yao Ming did not have these youth echelon games at that time, but because of the outstanding conditions, he entered Wang Fei's national team at the age of 18, and later entered Jiang Xingquan's national team, and moved to the Bayi team to enter the NBA after winning the championship for Shanghai in 2002.
In the new season, Yu Jiahao will wear the No. 11 team uniform in Zhejiang. Perhaps this is also a wish of Yu Jiahao, hoping that he can play a dominant role like Yao Ming in the NBA. In fact, although I am not a fan of Zhejiang, I really hope that this star of hope can play a good result like Yao Ming, win a championship trophy for Zhejiang, and become a national pillar in the future!