Fast forward to August 30, late last night, an important thing happened in the Chinese basketball world.
Former men's basketball brother Yi Jianlian announced on his personal social account that he decided to retire and end his 21-year basketball career. Originally, many fans thought that Yi Jianlian could still appear in the CBA next season, but unexpectedly, Yi Jianlian chose to retire, and the fans were very reluctant.
Yi Jianlian has achieved brilliant achievements in his 21-year basketball career. He is the rebounding king, two-double king, and playoff block king in CBA history. He has won the CBA regular season MVP five times and the CBA Finals Most Valuable Player three times. Yi Jianlian achieved brilliant achievements in the CBA, as early as 2007 he was selected by the Bucks in the NBA draft, and then went to the NBA to develop, playing for the Bucks, Nets, Wizards, Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. If Yi Jianlian did not go to the NBA, then Yi Jianlian will get more records in the CBA.
Yi played 625 games in the CBA, the seventh in league history. The total score is 12,781 points, the second in history. Grabbed 6,159 rebounds, ranking first in league history. Some fans believe that Yi Jianlian has achieved great success in both the NBA and CBA, and his achievements are second only to Yao Ming, and he should be the second person in the history of Chinese basketball. After Yao Ming retired, Yi Jianlian led the team to participate in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup and other major competitions, these games, Yi Jianlian is the only boss of the team.
After Yi Jianlian announced his retirement, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian's former teammate and current general manager of the Guangdong team, also talked about the reason for Yi Jianlian's retirement in the live broadcast, Zhu Fangyu said: "Yi Jianlian retired because of physical reasons, mainly because of injuries, there are no other reasons, some things involve his privacy, it is not easy to elaborate, respect the privacy of the UAE." ”
In the CBA finals 3 years ago, Yi Jianlian suffered a serious injury from a ruptured Achilles tendon in the finals, and some fans thought that Yi Jianlian would retire directly, however, Yi Jianlian returned to the CBA arena after 1 year of recuperation, which is already a very remarkable achievement.
With Zhou Qi joining the Guangdong team, Yi Jianlian can also retire with peace of mind. Yi Jianlian has achieved great success on the pitch, and the second half of his life after retirement will be equally exciting. With Yi Jianlian's retirement, an era of Chinese basketball came to an end. #Yi Jianlian retired##China men's basketball ##男篮世界杯#