A "Dallas Mavericks plan to sign a Chinese player Ding Jinhui" news for a time brushed the headlines of Chinese sports, after confirmation, Mavericks reporter Eddie Sefko clarified: Due to mistakes, "Ding Yanyu hang" was written as "Ding Jinhui". However, the Mavericks management is already in operation and will invite Ding Yanyuhang, who played well in the CBA last season, to represent the Mavericks in this year's summer league and training camps for the new season.
Is the mistake in writing "Ding Yanyuhang" as "Ding Jinhui" just because both of them are surnamed "Ding"? Xiaobian believes that this may be one of the reasons, but not all the reasons. Because in the media news in the United States, whether it is "Ding Jinhui" or "Ding Yanyuhang", the full name of the name is used. The reason why Ding Jinhui, who has retired, can still be impressed in the eyes of many foreign media, and the "little Ding" of that year did have a proud capital.
Ding Jinhui, born in 1989, landed in the CBA League at the age of less than 18. In his debut season, Xiaoding played 34 games for Zhejiang, averaging 14.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, and successfully won the CBA Best Newcomer Award. It is precisely because of his outstanding performance in the league that Ding Jinhui achieved the "triple jump" from the Zhejiang Wanma second team to the first-line main force and then to the national player within one year.
In the national team, Ding Jinhui is recognized as the most desperate player to play, and in 2007, when he first entered the first team, he received yunas weight. As a 2-meter-04 forward player, whether it is rebounding or defensive confrontation, Ding Jinhui is very active, and his teammates also gave him the title of "Sakuragi Flower Ding".
In 2008, due to the presence of frontline players such as Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Du Feng, and even Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng, Ding Jinhui failed to squeeze into the last train of the Beijing Olympic Games. However, after Deng Huade took over the Chinese men's basketball team, Ding Jinhui was once again reused for his outstanding performance on the defensive end, and Deng Huade called him a "bulldog". After helping the Chinese team win the Asian Games and asian championships, Xiaoding was also rightfully selected for the London Olympic men's basketball team.
However, since the London Olympics, Ding Jinhui's career has undergone a major transformation. In the 2013-14 season, he played only 19 games, and in the subsequent 2014-15 season, Ding Jinhui terminated the season early after playing 10 games and went to the United States to treat his knee injury. In the 2015-16 season, although Xiaoding returned to the starting lineup of the Zhejiang team, his performance was much worse than before, and the data of averaging 10 points and 4 rebounds per game had lost the momentum of the previous "bulldog".
It all started when Ding Jinhui was diagnosed with viral myocarditis. Ding Wei, the coach of the Zhejiang team at the time, said that Ding Jinhui was completely tired. "After a serious cold, he still chose to fight in the key battle, that is, tired and sick, there is no other reason."
Such injuries also made Ding Jinhui have to choose to retire at the peak of 27 years old and transform into an assistant coach. "I wanted to play, but the doctor wouldn't allow it," Ding said.
Ding Jinhui, who has long faded from the fans' sight, has returned to the public view again because of the mistakes of the Mavericks reporter. Although there is no chance to see Ding Jinhui playing on the court again, the spirit of "bulldog" is worth learning from every male basketball player!