The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, Hu Jinqiu is a "scholar", he scored 692 points in the high school entrance examination, and also received an invitation letter from Tsinghua High School, but in order to no longer let his mother suffer, Hu Jinqiu gave up going to school, embarked on the road of basketball, and has been conscientious, from a boy to a man, not only no longer have to let his mother suffer, but also married a wife who has been in love for six years, and let his mother hug twin grandchildren.
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01 I don't want my mother to suffer anymore
Hu Jinqiu was born in 1997 in Korla, Xinjiang, in an ordinary working family, he grew up on the farm of the Xinjiang Construction Corps, because of family constraints, in addition to going to school and playing basketball, Hu Jinqiu often picks cotton, hops, and pears in the cotton field, and uses these income to subsidize his parents for the family.
In order to let his mother eat chicken legs, Hu Jinqiu did not wear gloves and stared at the thorns on the hop branches to "stroke" the hops with his bare hands.
Hu Jinqiu likes to play basketball, but also likes to participate in labor, but he prefers to read, he has been "someone else's child" since he was a child, with excellent grades admitted to the best middle school in Korla, and his grades have always been ranked in the top three in the grade, before embarking on a career, his biggest wish is to be admitted to Tsinghua High School, and then take a good university to change his fate through knowledge.
But Hu Jinqiu's physical talent is very good, reaching a height of 2.04 meters at the age of 14, so he was chased by many CBA teams, and in 2012, when Miao Shoushou, the general manager of Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team, heard the news, he immediately bought a ticket and rushed to Xinjiang.
The first time Miao Shoushou saw Hu Jinqiu, he said: This doll, we have to decide!
Miao Shoushou explained from Hu Jinqiu's physical education teacher that Hu Jinqiu's family was poor and it was difficult to buy size 50 sneakers, and his shoes were all handmade and sewn cloth shoes by his mother, and then his father nailed a layer of tire leather to become "basketball shoes", and Hu Jinqiu wore such shoes and played on the cement floor near his home every day.
When Miao Shoushou heard about this problem, he immediately called the logistics staff of the Zhejiang Guangsha Club, asking them to send sneakers and clothes here, and proposed to solve the housing problem for Hu Jinqiu's parents in Urumqi, and also promised to train Hu Jinqiu into the national youth team in two years.
In the 2012 high school entrance examination, Hu Jinqiu scored 692 points, ranking third in the best local middle school, and also received an invitation from Tsinghua High School, he and his mother both hoped to go to Tsinghua High School and get a good university in the future, but at the same time, the Xinjiang men's basketball team and Zhejiang Guangsha began very rich conditions, so that the 15-year-old boy fell into a dilemma.
But Hu Jinqiu very much hopes to be able to go out and see the outside world, so his goal is determined between the Zhejiang men's basketball team and Tsinghua High School, for which he specially went to these two places to investigate, he actually prefers Tsinghua High School, but he is a sensible child, considering the family difficulties, he gave up Tsinghua High School, he said: "I have to grow up, I can't let my mother suffer anymore." ”
The sensible child is distressing, Hu Jinqiu's mother actually knows that what her son wants to go to most is not Guangsha, she is unwilling, so she asked her son to toss a coin and decide, but the result of tossing three times is to go to Guangsha.
"It's really fate, Tiandu let me go to Guangsha."
The three coins helped Hu Jinqiu make the final decision, Hu Jinqiu and his mother were very unhappy, the mother and son hugged each other and cried bitterly, Hu Jinqiu will always remember his mother's tears, which is why he will cry when he mentions why he joined Guangsha in the future.
02 A "model worker" who is desperately working every day
In 2012, 15-year-old Hu Jinqiu left Xinjiang and joined the Zhejiang Guangsha youth team, but because he did not receive formal training, the 15-year-old was basically not even as good as the 13-year-old third-team teenagers.
But Hu Jinqiu is a smart and hard-working child, in order to keep up with the progress of other team members, Hu Jinqiu practiced by himself every day, leaving early and returning late, because he knew that he had no way out, and if he couldn't make a difference, he would probably have to go back to the farm and farm with his parents.
Hu Jinqiu was the pride of the sky in school, and now he is not far behind in basketball, he said: "It's just gritting your teeth, you can't be looked down upon." ”
The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, although the income in the youth team is limited, but Hu Jinqiu is still frugal, every month from the living expenses and training fees will save a large part of the money to send to his parents, because he is hard and filial, the team will always send him more living expenses and training expenses, and the encouraged Hu Jinqiu is very grateful to the club for its attention, so he trains harder.
Three months after entering the Guangsha youth team, Hu Jinqiu entered the national youth team exceptionally, and soon after entered the national youth team, completing the goal of "entering the national youth team in two years" proposed by Guangsha that year.
In 2014, Hu Jinqiu participated in the U17 World Youth Championship with the team, he averaged 17.4 points and 12.3 rebounds per game, helping the national youth team to win the seventh place in history.
After returning from the World Youth Championships, Hu Jinqiu met Wang Lu in the swimming team, Hu Jinqiu was under the age of 17 at the time, and Wang Lu was younger, but the two cherished each other, although they have been together less and more apart, but the two still established a deep love, and it is scheduled for May 20, 2020, because at that time both of them reached the legal age of marriage, and Wang Lu has just graduated from college.
After making a lifelong contract, Hu Jinqiu played harder, he said: "You must be a responsible and responsible man, this is what I have always thought, no matter what, don't let down girls." ”
In 2015, 18-year-old Hu Jinqiu officially appeared on the CBA arena, in the first season of his career, Hu Jinqiu averaged 5.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, which did not look outstanding, but from the second season of his career, Hu Jinqiu won the trust of Li Chunjiang and became an indispensable pillar of the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team.
Li Chunjiang is a rare coach in the CBA arena, who has led Guangdong Hongyuan to win 7 championships, and he has coached Yi Jianlian, Jichen, Du Feng and other excellent insiders, so he is very good at using Hu Jinqiu's advantages and establishing him as the core of the Guangsha team, and Hu Jinqiu did not live up to Li Chunjiang's trust and used his own efforts to give back to the coach.
In the 2017-18 season, under the strategy of Li Chunjiang, Zhejiang Guangsha achieved a record of 31 wins and 7 losses, ranking first in the CBA, and Hu Jinqiu also averaged 19.7 points per game 8. The 7-rebound shooting rate of 67.9% surpassed Yi Jianlian to the second time on the MVP list, second only to Ding Yanyuhang.
In the 2017-18 playoffs, Hu Jinqiu also performed well in the playoffs, helping the team to eliminate Shenzhen and Shandong teams one after another and successfully advanced to the finals, but this is also the first time that Zhejiang Guangsha has reached the finals.
In the first 7 seasons of his career, Hu Jinqiu only missed two games, and was a "model worker" in the CBA, in these seasons, Hu Jinqiu had all kinds of injuries, had a fever and a broken foot, and even had a knee injury, which had broken bones, Hu Jinqiu still insisted on playing, as long as he could bear it, he would not rest and continue to play.
03 From boy to man
Hu Jinqiu not only performed well in Zhejiang Guangsha, but also dared to fight in the national team, as long as the coach gave him playing time, Hu Jinqiu would be exhausted.
In the 2017 Asian Cup, Hu Jinqiu played an average of 20.9 minutes per game, scored 9.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, and the shooting rate reached 59.1%, helping the team to finish fifth.
However, Hu Jinqiu was not reused because of this, and even failed to be selected for the 2019 World Cup squad, after learning that he was defeated, Hu Jinqiu shed tears of regret, and he secretly vowed that he must play harder and continue to play for his country in the future.
After losing the World Cup, 22-year-old Hu Jinqiu was elected as the captain of Zhejiang Guangsha, such a young captain is very rare no matter where he is, which shows how optimistic Zhejiang Guangsha is about this young man, and it also shows Hu Jinqiu's personality charm in the team.
In 2020, the world was plunged into a "mask" environment, and for many people, it was a period that did not want to remember too much, but for Hu Jinqiu, it was a sweet year.
Hu Jinqiu and Wang Lu have been supporting each other since they fell in love in 2014, and agreed to get married on May 20, 2020. Now I have finally realized this long-term wish, and I have an explanation for the woman. ”
After getting married, Hu Jinqiu and Wang Lu have always been very affectionate, and in 2021, they welcomed their twin sons, from a boy, to a man who dares to take responsibility, in order to set a good example for his sons, he can only play harder.
In 2021, although the Chinese men's basketball team did not qualify for the Olympic Games, Hu Jinqiu participated in the 3x3 basketball game of the Olympic Games, in fact, the big man did not have an advantage in the 3x3 basketball game, but Hu Jinqiu's performance was exceptionally good, in the 21-point game, Hu Jinqiu was able to score an average of 9.3 points per game, ranking first among the participating athletes.
3x3 basketball is basically an anaerobic exercise, Hu Jinqiu played to the end, he could only bend over and pant, his pulse rose to more than 200, his expression was extremely painful, his wife watched it in front of the TV, very worried: "This time he couldn't hold it back, showing such a painful expression, it means that he is really tired and can't hold on." ”
Although the Chinese team only won two games due to the overall strength gap, Hu Jinqiu's performance was highly recognized by Yao Ming, Yao Ming said: It can be said that with such a unique player as Hu Jinqiu, he led the team to two victories in the Tokyo Olympics.
After returning to China, Hu Jinqiu participated in the first window of the 2023 Men's Basketball World Cup and performed well, averaging 13.5 points, 6 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, and performed very well.
In the 2021 CBA season, Hu Jinqiu averaged 21 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, including an astonishing 73.1% shooting rate, ranking first among all CBA players in that season, and ranking second among local players in points per game, and successfully won the regular season MVP award.
That season, Zhejiang Guangsha already had the strength to win the championship, but in the game with the Shanghai team, Hu Jinqiu was hit in the abdomen by the opposing player, resulting in a serious spleen rupture and spleen bleeding, and had to undergo surgery immediately, missing the rest of the game.
In 2023, Hu Jinqiu entered the men's basketball World Cup squad, but in the previous games, Djordjevic has insisted on using Wang Zhelin, who is not in good shape, and basically did not give Hu Jinqiu playing time, until Zhou Qi withdrew due to injury, Hu Jinqiu was activated, which allowed the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve the only victory of the tournament against Angola, in that game, Hu Jinqiu contributed 20 points and 3 rebounds.
But Djordjevic for Hu Jinqiu, either not used, or overused, in the last few games, completely abandoned Wang Zhelin, almost every game let Hu Jinqiu play the whole game, causing Hu Jinqiu to falter after every game, but Hu Jinqiu has no complaints about this, he said: "I'm still young, I can recover after a little sleep." ”
Hu Jinqiu is a very low-key player, whether it is in the Zhejiang men's basketball team or the Chinese men's basketball team, he has been playing diligently, hard-working, whether it is for the coach or the fans, he is humble and respectful, and he is a kind and filial child.
Today's Hu Jinqiu is only 26 years old, but he is already the father of two children, although the son is more than two years old, but the real time between father and son is less than a year, but the children can already point at Hu Jinqiu on the TV screen and shout "Dad".
In order to let his sons see more shots of themselves on the court, Hu Jinqiu said: "Then I have to score more, perform more, and strive to have more shots." ”
Hu Jinqiu, now 26 years old, is the captain of the Zhejiang men's basketball team and a father, he wants to set an example for his teammates and children, and fight for his dreams.
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