32-year-old is indeed a veteran, but this is not the reason for Tao Hanlin's serious decline this season, the following picture is the real reason - he lay flat after taking the maximum salary contract, his figure has been seriously fat, and the place where it should be abdominal muscles is full of fat, and the assistant coach grabs a bunch of meat with a casual pinch, and he doesn't look like a professional player at all.
In the 2018-2019 season, the men's basketball star Gong Xiaobin returned to coach the Shandong team, under his strict requirements, Tao Hanlin did not dare to be lazy, did not dare to indulge, he also made it clear that Tao Hanlin would not get a tattoo, under the discipline in his eyes, Tao Hanlin has made great progress, from the beginning of the average of 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, to 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.2 blocks, and became one of the best centers in the CBA.
The following season, he averaged 15 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.8 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, although the average points per game did not increase, but there were more rebounds, and the shooting rate reached 62.4%, and the performance was better than the previous season.
However, this also made him breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, in the 2021-2022 season, even if Yan Shi Gong Xiaobin left the team, he wanted to play hard to prove himself to the national team, hoping that one day he could wear the national team jersey and have no regrets in his basketball career. Driven by this motivation, he played his peak season: averaging 19.5 points, 12 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 59.8% from the field, career highs in points, rebounds, and assists, and becoming the rebounding king of the CBA.
Such an outstanding performance allowed him to get a 3-year contract with a maximum salary, but he still failed to be selected for the national team, at this time he was already disheartened, and also posted a message suggesting that the national team is all about human feelings, and the belief that supported him all the way collapsed, and he has signed a 3-year contract with a maximum salary, and he is even more desireless, and he loses the motivation to play in an instant.
The following season, his average points per game dropped from 19.5 points to 14 points, and his average rebounds per game dropped from 12 to 8, and other statistics also dropped significantly. By this season, he averaged only 10.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, shooting only 49.2% from the field, all of which are the lowest in the past 10 years, which is unqualified for a top-paid center.
Without Gong Xiaobin's encouragement, a large area of tattoos appeared on his body, his originally three-dimensional facial features became bloated, his well-proportioned figure was seriously out of shape, and even an obvious beer belly appeared.
At the beginning of the season, he averaged only single digits per game, shot only about 43%, played either a mistake or a foul, and often lost the ball with a butter hand, and ran a few rounds and was out of breath, like a middle-aged man who lacked exercise, indicating that he was too indulgent in the offseason and did not train at all.
He and Gao Shiyan are the only two players in the Shandong team who get the highest salary, Gao Shiyan occasionally has a highlight performance, but he is as sluggish as ever, gradually losing the trust of the head coach, and has been reduced to a substitute player in recent games, but he doesn't care, he didn't think about exercising hard to get back in shape, but went to have fun after the game.
On January 15, the Shandong team lost to the Sichuan team 95-105 away from home, you must know that the Sichuan team has only won 4 games so far this season, and the Shandong team contributed 1 game, Tao Hanlin only scored 6 points in 3 of 8 shots, and there were 2 turnovers and 6 fouls, and his poor performance led to the team's loss to the Sichuan team with the lowest record, but he was still in the mood to drink beer.
It's no wonder that he will fall off a cliff this season, he is originally a center with rough skills, he has not practiced shooting ability for so many years, and has been eating the old book of the body, and now he is 32 years old, coupled with lack of self-discipline, after eating and drinking the sea, his physical function has declined, and he can no longer play a good performance.
The 36-year-old Han Dejun chose to lose weight after he got older, and he was very self-disciplined every day, which extended his career and allowed him to maintain a good competitive condition, and now at the age of 36, he can still average 11.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, and the shooting rate is 61.7%, all data are higher than the 32-year-old Tao Hanlin, Tao Hanlin should really learn from him, and the same is true for other players.