The Chinese men's basketball team in the trough, there is nothing that cannot be passed, and shame and courage are the most important
Written by 丨Super fat man said ball
Editor丨Shawnnzhang
At the two-hour retirement ceremony, Yi Jianlian let us remember not only the honorary successful retirement, but also the infinite nostalgia for the glorious era of the Chinese men's basketball team and the full expectations for the Chinese men's basketball team in the future.
Du Feng, who was the first to be ridiculed by the UAE "Never said to me 'UAE, can you be tougher'", because in the past he frequently roared at Guangdong men's basketball player Zeng Fangli (this summer's transfer) "Can you be tougher?" You're a soft egg" and burst out of the circle. It's not that Du Feng is nitpicking, but because he was really hard in the past. Wang Shipeng described Du Feng: "Don't look at old Du thin, whoever fights him will fight." In the 2006 World Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the United States, and after Du Feng defended Anthony and was pushed away, he also immediately hit someone with his shoulder and chose to fight back.
But Du Feng's "hard" also has excellent psychological quality. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team narrowly defeated the Serbian team, and Du Feng, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, took a four-point lead in the last 6.3 seconds and made two free throws, helping the Chinese men's basketball team win and return to the top eight of the Olympic Games.
Zhu Fangyu, who was described by Yi Jianlian as "I know you may be starting a live broadcast, thank you, I learned from you, you have to be a tough guy on and off the field", although he has frequently broadcast live on short video platforms recently, but in the eyes of countless people, he is indeed a tough guy who is not easy to mess with. In the 2010 men's basketball warm-up game, Zhu Fangyu became famous because of his fists and knees in a group brawl against Brazil and beat his opponent to beg for mercy.
On the field, Zhu Fangyu was not easy to mess with. In the 2002 World Championships, Zhu Fangyu, who entered the national team for the first time, faced Pierce of the United States, twice completed 2+1 on the opponent's head, and scored 14 points in the whole game. At the 2008 Olympics, Zhu Fangyu scored 11 points against the United States, stepped back for three points in front of James, and scored 15 points and shot 5 of 8 from three-point range against Spain. Zhu Fangyu said: "This is my opportunity to show myself, so no matter who I defend me, I just want to score in front of you, I want the world to see me, I am Zhu Fangyu of the Chinese team." ”
Wang Shipeng, who was praised by Yi Jianlian "I thought that when we are all old, we may not even remember each other's names, but I can still remember that you killed Slovenia, which is also a highlight moment that I can't reproduce", the greatest personal goal was indeed the 2006 World Championship three-point victory over Slovenia, which not only changed the fate of the Chinese men's basketball team (advancing to the round of 16), but also made him a god and a more brilliant career.
Zhou Peng in Yi Jianlian's mouth was described by him as "as the only active player on the scene, I hope you can continue to work hard, play for a few more years, and continue to make more contributions to Chinese basketball." In fact, Zhou Peng is almost 34 years old, only two years younger than Yi Jianlian, and his career is in the twilight of his life. He joined the national team training camp in 2007 and did not make his first 12-man roster until 2010, and was repeatedly brushed up to become the longest captain of the national team in the last decade.
Zhang Bo, who was ridiculed by Yi Jianlian as "thank you for coming", is indeed not a well-known highlight moment and brilliant resume, but the "conspicuous bag" of being selected for the national team three times in 2010, 2011 and 2013 is also very accessible.
Yi Jianlian's "Baco" Bartel was described by Yi Jianlian as "I have always believed that you are a typical Inner Mongolian tough guy, until one day I watched "Journey to the West", and you joined the scripture extraction team. "This 2.11 meter grassland man has been testing the water acting career since 2006, and before playing the cute sand monk and Tang monk in "Journey to the West" to the West to obtain scriptures, he was already famous in "October Siege" for playing "stinky tofu" Wang Fuming.
As the oldest center of the "Great Wall of Motion", Da Ba has played for the Chinese men's basketball team since the 1996 Olympic Games. In the 2002 World Championships, he scored 23 points and 7 rebounds against Germany and 19 points and 7 rebounds against the United States, showing strong physical confrontation and solid basketball skills, and was also the second scorer of the Chinese men's basketball team (second only to Yao Ming).
In Yi Jianlian's mouth, Wang Zhizhi was described by him as "I actually learned your dream footsteps just after I started playing." Finally, a few days ago I felt as if I had understood a little bit. I almost decided to fight for another year. As a representative of the "dream footsteps" of the Chinese men's basketball team, Wang Zhizhi, who claims to steal Gong Xiaobin, is not only the first person in China to land in the NBA, but also dedicated his long career to the national team, leaving countless highlights and honors, except for the regret of stepping on the three-point line and being replaced in the last moments of the 08 Olympic Games against Spain.
For Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming is a monument, "In the past, many people hoped that I could catch up with you, or even surpass you, for 21 years, I tried various methods, exhausted all kinds of means, and finally only stayed at 2.13 meters." As my eldest brother and mentor, your humility, hard work, steadfastness and leadership, I still remember the first session of the '08 Olympics, the temperament you led the whole team out, it was very charming, these are all things I admire and learn, and it also made me understand that what I really have to chase is not someone, but to find my own way. "Yi Jianlian, who is 2.13 meters, really can't reach Yao Ming's height of 2.26 meters and the peak created by Yao Ming, and even for every Chinese basketball player, Yao Ming is an unsurpassable mountain. But compared with the results, Yao Ming's temperament of bringing injuries to battle again and again and leading the team to show his sword to strong enemies is more difficult to achieve.
To this day, I still remember Yao Ming raising his fist and shouting loudly with his teammates around the 08 Olympics: "Let's stand together, we put our hands together, we give ourselves to this team, we carry this team on our shoulders, Chinese team, come on!" Remember Yao Ming said: "Even if we are destroyed in the end, we must be as brilliant as fireworks." It is precisely this daring to show the sword that makes us remember the past temperament of the Chinese men's basketball team, and only then does the outside world praise the Chinese men's basketball team in 08.
But the competitive sports of success and defeat have never been smooth sailing and forever at the top. The golden generation of the Chinese men's basketball team has brought us too much beauty, but those long years are not all highlights. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Battle were gathered three major centers, and Hu Weidong, Liu Yudong, Sun Jun and other outside bigwigs were also deployed, but they still failed to advance to the quarterfinals. In 2002, the Chinese Men's Basketball World Championship ranked 12th with 1 win and 7 losses (16 teams in total); The final of the Asian Games was reversed by the South Korean team and did not win the championship... After Yao Ming faded out of the national team in the '08 Olympics, the post-Yao Ming era Chinese men's basketball team, carried by Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, ushered in a critical attack for the first time - the 2009 Asian Championship final defeated Iran in Tianjin, and the controversial "snickering door" occurred. In the 2013 Asian Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Manila and was defeated by Taiwan in the quarterfinals, only finishing 5th in the worst team history.
Many of these defeats will definitely be ridiculed now. It's just that because the social network was not developed at that time, and the overall performance of the Chinese men's basketball team was good, at least within the acceptable range of fans (must enter the Olympics), many things were forgotten. It is also because the Chinese men's basketball team can always learn from experience in the past and shoot the Skywolf again, in order to regain the recognition of fans.
For the Chinese men's basketball team in the trough, these vivid examples may be more relevant. Winter will eventually pass, and spring flowers will bloom again. Shame is more important than anything else. As Yi Jianlian said: "I still believe that the Chinese men's basketball team will be able to get out of the trough and do better." ”