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(Zhang Weiping)
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, Zhang Weiping was a famous forward of the national men's basketball team, on the same level as Mu Tiezhu. Zhang Weiping's footwork is solid, and he is known as the "Magic Under the Basket".
As the main forward, he helped the Chinese men's basketball team win two Asian Championships, the 8th Asian Games champion, and was also elected as the best forward in Asia.
In the 8th World Championships in 1978, Zhang Weiping contributed an average of 25.3 points per game, won the title of "scoring king", and was known as the "basketball marksman".
After 1997, Zhang Weiping served as an NBA commentator on CCTV Sports Channel. His commentary is professional and witty, and he is deeply loved by fans, leaving many classic commentaries.
After retiring, Zhang Weiping failed to become the head coach of the national men's basketball team due to personnel conflicts, so he went to the United States to join his wife. He gave massages, he sold beer, and his marriage broke down......
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(Zhang Weiping and his parents when he was a child)
Zhang Weiping was born in Beijing on December 19, 1950, is 1.93 meters tall, and is the main forward of the national men's basketball team in the sixties and seventies of the last century.
After Zhang Weiping was a famous family, his grandfather Lu Yi'an studied under Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, and later served as the director of the Jinghan Railway Bureau.
Zhang Weiping's father, Zhang Xusheng, was a top student at Yenching University and stayed on to teach after graduation.
In 1952, Yenching University was merged into the Chinese People's University, and Zhang Weiping's father taught at the National People's Congress. In 1963, Zhang Xusheng became the head of the Department of Economics at the Capital University of Economics and Business.
(Zhang Weiping and his sister)
Zhang Weiping's mother also graduated from Yenching University, first taught at Renmin University and then worked at the Cultural Relics Publishing House.
Zhang Weiping's mother is the eighth in her family, and his aunt and uncle both graduated from Tsinghua University, Fu Jen University and other prestigious universities, and many of his uncles are famous scholars.
Zhang Weiping is talented and has good physical fitness, and entered the junior basketball class of Beijing Shichahai Amateur Sports School at the age of 10.
Shichahai Sports School was founded in 1958 and was called Beijing Shichahai Youth Amateur Sports School at that time. In 1970, it was changed to Beijing Amateur Sports School, and in 1986, it was officially named Beijing Shichahai Sports School.
(Cradle of Champions)
The school has trained more than 800 athletes, is known as the "cradle of world champions", and has trained many Olympic champions such as Feng Kun, Zhang Nan, Teng Haibin and Zhang Yining. The school has also produced outstanding athletes like Zhang Weiping.
In 1964, Zhang Weiping was 14 years old, and because of the need to go to school, he transferred to the Dongcheng District Sports School in Beijing. At that time, he was more than 1.80 meters tall, with good jumping, strength, and coordinated movements, and experts were optimistic about him.
In 1965, Zhang Weiping was selected for the Beijing Youth Men's Basketball Team, and a year later he was selected for the Beijing Men's Basketball Team. Just when Zhang Weiping wanted to hit the national championship and the Asian championship, the special era began, the sports team was paralyzed, and many teammates left the Beijing men's basketball team.
Zhang Weiping loves basketball and insists on staying in the Beijing men's basketball team. But at that time, the team was no longer training, so Zhang Weiping privately found friends to practice together.
There was no training in the team, so Zhang Weiping took the initiative to work in the canteen of the physical work team. He never spared no effort to carry flour and rice, and the canteen master liked him and let him eat enough at every meal.
At that time, the Beijing weightlifting team was not disbanded, and Zhang Weiping practiced squats with weightlifters, so that his leg, waist and abdominal strength was better than that of ordinary basketball players.
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In 1973, the National Sports Commission fully resumed various sports, and a new national men's basketball team was formed, with Qian Chenghai as the head coach.
Zhang Weiping was recruited into the national team by his mentor and served as the main striker. The main center of the national team is Mu Tiezhu, and the two were the most famous men's basketball players of the year.
(Mu Tiezhu on the court)
Mu Tiezhu was born on June 1, 1949 in Heze, Shandong Province, and after the Yellow River flooded, he wandered around with his parents. The family first wandered to Shanxi, then to Xinjiang, and since then has taken root in Xinjiang.
Mu Tiezhu was two meters tall when he was 16 years old, selling chickens in the market, and was discovered by Director Zhang of the Shandong Sports Commission, and since then he has embarked on the road of basketball.
As an adult, Mu Tiezhu reached a height of 2.20 meters and weighed 160 kilograms, and was called "half a basket". The ball is in his hands, and he only needs to tiptoe to throw the ball into the basket.
Zhang Weiping is a forward, Mu Tiezhu is a center, and the two supported the national basketball team and became the twin stars of the national men's basketball team.
(Mu Tiezhu and Zhang Weiping (right))
In 1974, Zhang Weiping helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the third place in the 7th Asian Games.
In 1975, Zhang Weiping helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the 8th Asian Championships.
In 1977, Zhang Weiping helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the 9th Asian Championship and qualified for the 8th Men's World Basketball Championship.
Zhang Weiping and Mu Tiezhu are invincible opponents all over Asia, and the two are known as Asia's No. 1 striker and Asia's No. 1 center respectively.
In 1978, the 8th Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand, and Zhang Weiping helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the Asian Games championship as the main forward, and he was named the best forward in Asia.
(Zhang Weiping in his youth and NBA legend Bill Russell)
In each competition, Zhang Weiping has to contribute 2 or 30 points per game, and is called "Magic under the Basket" by fans.
He excels at hook shots, where his arms are raised high and difficult for opponents to block. Zhang Weiping's waist, abdomen and leg strength are particularly prominent, turning under the basket, flying half a volley is always accurate, and grabbing rebounds is also very fierce.
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After the end of the special era, Chinese sports returned to the FIG family. In August 1978, the 8th World Basketball Championship was held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
This is the first official international competition that China has participated in since the end of the special era. A total of 16 world powerhouses including the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, the United States, Brazil, and Italy participated in this World Championships.
(Director Zhang on the court bounces amazingly)
The Chinese team played a total of 7 games, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses, and finished 11th. The winner was Yugoslavia, and the runner-up was the former Soviet Union.
The Chinese men's basketball team scored an average of 98.1 points per game and conceded 113.6 points. Zhang Weiping is even more star-studded, he averages 25.3 points per game, ranks second in the total scoring list, and won the title of "scoring king". Zhang Weiping was also selected for the world's best team and was known as the "basketball marksman".
Zhang Weiping and Mu Tiezhu cooperate seamlessly, Mu Tiezhu is tall, has a wide field of vision, and is good at passing the ball. The opponent's defense pinched him, which can create an offensive opportunity for Zhang Weiping.
In Zhang Weiping's eyes, Mu Tiezhu is the best center in the world basketball team. In Mu Tiezhu's eyes, Zhang Weiping is one of the best strikers in the world.
(Mu Tiezhu and Kuang Lubin)
After the World Championships, Zhang Weiping visited the United States with the Chinese men's basketball team and played against five American college basketball teams.
More than a month later, China and the United States jointly issued a communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and the two countries formally established diplomatic relations. Zhang Weiping and the Chinese men's basketball team acted as envoys for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
In 1979, Zhang Weiping was already 29 years old and was ready to retire after the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
However, due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, it was boycotted by European countries and did not participate in the Olympics en masse. Due to various reasons, the Chinese sports delegation decided not to organize a group to participate in the competition.
As a result, Zhang Weiping lost the opportunity to participate in the Moscow Olympics, and he and Mu Tiezhu and other team members were in tears.
(Zhang Weiping when he was young for equipment exercise)
Soon Zhang Weiping was accidentally injured in training and retired with regret and tears. In the same year, Mu Tiezhu also retired. Under the arrangement of Wei Ming, director of the Beijing Sports Commission, Mu Tiezhu entered Beijing Sport University (the predecessor of Beijing Institute of Sport) in 1981 for further study.
In 1983, Zhang Weiping obtained a college degree and served as the head coach of the Beijing Youth Men's Basketball Team.
In 1984, Zhang Weiping was arranged to serve as the head coach of the Beijing women's basketball team. In 1985, in order to enrich the coaching team, his mentor Qian Chenghai invited Zhang Weiping to coach the national men's basketball team.
Zhang Weiping cooperated with Qian Chenghai and led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the third place in the 1985 Asian Championships, the 1986 Seoul Asian Games champion, and the 1987 Asian Championships champion.
(Qian Chenghai (1934-2008))
In 1986, the 10th World Championships was held in Spain, and the Chinese men's basketball team finished 9th.
When he was an athlete, Zhang Weiping failed to participate in the Olympic Games, which is his eternal regret.
In 1988, he cooperated with Qian Chenghai to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to participate in the Seoul Olympic Games, and the Chinese men's basketball team won the 11th place.
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At this time, there was a conflict between the General Administration of Sports of China and the Basketball Association, and the relevant leaders wanted to replace Qian Chenghai. Qian Chenghai recommended Zhang Weiping to the higher authorities and asked him to replace him as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Due to the contradictions between the leaders, Qian Chenghai's proposal was not approved, and as a result, Sun Bang, the head coach of the men's basketball team of the Nanjing Military Region, became the head coach of the national men's basketball team.
(Sun Bang in the front row, first from right)
Sun Bang formed his own coaching team, and Zhang Weiping left the national men's basketball team.
Zhang Weiping got married in the mid-70s of the last century, and his wife is also from Beijing and teaches at a university in Beijing.
In the mid-80s, Zhang Weiping's wife went to the University of Chicago in the United States for further study, and the couple separated across borders.
Zhang Weiping agreed with his wife in advance that if he could serve as the head coach of the national men's basketball team, he would continue to separate from his wife across borders, and his wife would return to Beijing after finishing her studies.
Now, due to factional struggles in the basketball circle, Zhang Weiping has failed to become the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, and he is disheartened and has to go to the United States to join his wife.
(Zhang Weiping is overseas)
He massages his players on the basketball team and earns $5 an hour. Later, he worked as a librarian and eventually became a clerk in the finance office of the University of Chicago.
Zhang Weiping is not good at English and encounters many difficulties at work. In addition, the income is not high, and the life with his wife is very frugal. His wife has studied in the United States for many years, and there are great differences between her life philosophy and ideological concepts with Zhang Weiping, and there is a rift in the relationship between the two.
In 1992, Zhang Weiping divorced his wife. At this time, he was 42 years old, and when he reached the disintegration of his middle-aged family, and his career could not see the light of day, Zhang Weiping felt lost.
After the divorce, Zhang Weiping left Chicago and went to Los Angeles to work hard. Under the introduction of his cousin, Zhang Weiping prepared to drive. When he went for an interview, he learned that Barton Brewery was looking for a salesman, so Zhang Weiping joined the brewery.
(In 1998, she led the national women's youth team to visit the United States)
He went to restaurants and supermarkets to sell beer, and was given a cold reception. People who don't know Zhang Weiping's identity despise him, they don't understand, why would such a tall and good-looking man come to sell beer?
Zhang Weiping often suffers from white eyes and cold reception, but he was born as an athlete and has a strong heart and has not sunk because of this. After two years of hard work, Zhang Weiping became the sales manager of Barton Brewery in the western United States, earning a lot of money.
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In 1996, Zhang Weiping's friend, Sun Zhengping, a famous CCTV sports host, invited Zhang Weiping to serve as a commentator on CCTV Sports Channel.
(Sun Zhengping)
(The classic "Erping Combination")
So Zhang Weiping quit his job and returned to China to explain the NBA All-Star Game and the Finals with Sun Zhengping.
Zhang Weiping's commentary is professional and witty, and he cooperates seamlessly with Sun Zhengping, and is called the "Erping Combination" by fans.
The NBA games narrated by Zhang Weiping are the most popular among fans. In 1997, with the help of the leaders of the National Sports Commission, Zhang Weiping served as the senior manager of the National Management Group in China, responsible for the operation and promotion of the men's basketball league A League.
During this period, Zhang Weiping invited NBA coaches to come to China to open coaching classes and train Chinese basketball coaches.
In 1999, Zhang Weiping was selected as one of the 50 outstanding basketball players in New China.
(Zhang Weiping)
After the divorce, Zhang Weiping has been single, and he is tired of working hard outside in middle age, and he hopes that someone will love him when he goes home, and he can eat a mouthful of hot rice, and he has the idea of remarrying.
In 2000, under the introduction of a friend, Zhang Weiping met a person of the opposite sex outside the circle and remarried in the same year.
The headquarters of the international management group is in Hong Kong, China, and for the needs of the family, Zhang Weiping resigned and returned to Beijing to settle down after remarriage.
In 2002, Zhang Weiping served as the head coach of the Olympic Hope Team, cultivating reserve talents for the national men's basketball team. Zhang Weiping has trained famous athletes such as Sun Mingming, Xie Libin, and Chen Jianghua.
(Zhang Weiping created a basketball training camp)
Later, due to the change of leadership of the basketball management center, the Olympic hope team was disbanded, and Zhang Weiping founded a basketball training camp.
The training camp under his name is the only partner of Jordan training camp in China, and the U.S. ambassador to China regards it as an important part of Sino-American cultural exchanges.
At the same time, Zhang Weiping has been serving as the commentator of CCTV NBA.
In 2010, Zhang Weiping became a contributing writer for Tencent Sports, providing exclusive coverage of the NBA for the platform.
In 2013, the most famous "NBA Frontline" TV basketball program was born, Zhang Weiping is one of the main creators of the program, and has been to the United States for interviews many times.
(Zhang Weiping and Michael Jordan)
He has been involved in more than 30 teams and has provided fans with a plethora of exclusive NBA coverage. A reporter from the NBA's official website called Zhang Weiping a "living legend in the commentary world"
In December 2023, Zhang Weiping will be 73 years old and also serve as an advisor to "NBA Frontline". Due to perennial exercise, Zhang Weiping is in good health, in good shape, has no geriatric diseases, and looks much younger than his actual age.
Zhang Weiping is a legend in the Chinese basketball world, who had a glorious era as an athlete and almost became the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team after retiring. He divorced and remarried, and his sports career and married life were brilliant, happy, but also bumpy and sad.
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