Preamble:
When it comes to the Shanghai men's basketball team, Yao Ming can never be avoided, he was not only carefully cultivated by Bole Li Qiuping there, but also "returned to his hometown" as the boss.
However, Boss Yao, who had just taken office, fired his mentor at the first fire, and this "impersonal" approach was criticized by many people.
You must know that Li Qiuping and Yao Ming not only have a mentor-apprentice relationship, but he also led the Shanghai men's basketball team to the top step by step.
So, why did Yao Ming expel his teacher so ruthlessly? What is the secret here?
Li Qiuping on the field
The start was difficult
In January 1995, when Li Qiuping was proud, he took up the position of head coach of the Shanghai men's basketball team, which is where he has worked hard for more than ten years.
Li Qiuping on the field
It's just that the Shanghai men's basketball team was at a low point during that period, and they had not appeared in the first-class arena for more than 4 years.
Li Qiuping
At that time, the lack of practical experience and tactical literacy of the players, it happened that Wang Chongguang also had plans to revitalize Shanghai basketball, which began a difficult promotion journey for the former master and apprentice, but 100 days is enough?
The Shanghai men's basketball team plays
In order to achieve this goal, or for the future of the Shanghai men's basketball team, Li Qiuping put all his heart into it.
Since then, he and his wife, who has just been married for less than 6 years, have "lived in the same place", he has eaten and lived in the training ground, communicated with the players as the eldest brother, and finally cultivated several "pillars".
Li Qiuping (right) and Yao Ming (center) and other players
Then, this "whirlwind" began to spread in the Shanghai men's basketball team, especially the joining of his friend Wang Qun, which made Li Qiuping see more hope, but there was still a big gap between their strength at that time and the first-class ranks.
After the failure to hit the first division in 1995, Li Qiuping began to adjust the training plan, in order to be brilliant on the field, they had to "sweat" desperately off the field.
Li Qiuping instructs children to play basketball
Regardless of "Sanjiu" or "Sanfu", the team members have to take three physical fitness tests every week, and Li Qiuping's requirements are also very strict, and the 3200 meters must be completed within 14 minutes.
Li Qiuping on the field
At the beginning, Li Qiuping's "devil training" made the players complain, they didn't even have the strength to climb the stairs at the end of the training, but in front of the "strong generals", they could only hold on.
Li Qiuping on the field
In 1996, with the spring breeze of "basketball professionalization", Shanghai Dongfeng Men's Basketball Club was established, and there was another good thing, that is, Li Qiuping recruited Yao Ming, who had been in love since 1993, into his command.
Yao Ming and Li Qiuping took a group photo
At the same time, in order to get good results in the 96 Second Division League, Li Qiuping tried his best to overcome public opinion, insisted on being flexible, and selected Andre and other "amphibious talents" to enrich the strength of the team.
Li Qiuping on the field
In May of that year, "Lady Luck" reunited with the Oriental team again after a five-year absence, and they defeated the strong generals all the way, and defeated the Hebei team with a score of 87:72 in the semi-finals, returning to the ranks of the first-class teams.
Li Qiuping lifted the trophy
Since then, the Shanghai men's basketball team has finally come out of the trough and began to shine on the basketball court, but no one could have imagined that they could have such results because of Li Qiuping's "debt".
Li Qiuping
Unpaid debts
Shanghai is Li Qiuping's hometown, he showed an unusual obsession with basketball when he was a child, and it was this love that made him knock on the door of the Shanghai Youth Men's Basketball Team at the age of 16, and became the captain at the age of 19.
Shanghai Youth Men's Basketball Championship
In 1983, the 24-year-old "handsome guy in basketball" met his crush Zhang Yu, and began a 6-year love journey.
In 1989, Li Qiuping, who was in his thirties, left the basketball court and started his journey of coaching the Shanghai women's basketball team, and also started his married life.
Li Qiuping and his daughter
At that time, he was also newly married, his wife Zhang Yu was very supportive of his work, and her husband was fighting in the north and south, and she was guarding this warm harbor, but a woman has too many difficulties in life.
Li Qiuping, who is deploying tactics
Soon after marriage, Zhang Yu was found to be pregnant, she did not complain that her husband was "not at home", and she usually went to the examination alone.
On the day she gave birth, Li Qiuping also led the team to compete outside, and when the child was full moon, this belated father's love finally arrived.
Li Qiuping and the Shanghai men's basketball team took a group photo
Later, Zhang Yu also knew that her husband was a "workaholic", and in order to let him hear her daughter's soft "father", she could only take her child to the training ground.
In January 1997, her mother-in-law suddenly fell ill, and Zhang Yu, who was in a hurry, hurriedly sent her to the hospital.
Li Qiuping, who arranged tactics
To be honest, Zhang Yu's first reaction at that time was to contact her husband and then let him come back, but at that time, it was at a critical juncture in the First Division, and making a choice in front of "loyalty" and "filial piety" would put Li Qiuping in a dilemma.
Li Qiuping, who arranged tactics
Therefore, Zhang Yu discussed with her mother-in-law and concealed the news, while taking care of her mother-in-law on the hospital bed, she told Li Qiuping that everything was fine at home, don't worry about it.
Li Qiuping
When Li Qiuping came back from the end of the season, his mother was also discharged from the hospital before he informed him of the incident, and his face was full of guilt.
Of course, Li Qiuping's "debts" are not only those of his mother and wife, but also those of his daughter.
Li Qiuping's family
Since he was rarely at home, he promised his daughter that he would take her to eat KFC during the holidays, and he did not fulfill it once until 1997.
KFC
Li Qiuping was "firmly trapped" by basketball, he not only had to play in the second division, but also considered the first division, and finally on New Year's Day, he was far away in Beijing, competing with other teams.
Whenever these things are mentioned, Li Qiuping's heart is always full of guilt, he dedicated everything to basketball, and his wife took on too many responsibilities for him.
Li Qiuping (left)
Finally, the Shanghai men's basketball team has improved, and when Li Qiuping can breathe a sigh of relief, there is a problem with the "female pillar" at home.
Cheering Li Qiuping
It was 1998, Li Qiuping finally returned to his parents' house with his wife in his busy schedule, and when everyone was gathering together to eat, Zhang Yu was holding his stomach and crying out in pain.
Li Qiuping didn't dare to send his wife to the hospital without a trace of delay, but he didn't expect that the doctor's words made it difficult for him to accept that his wife had stomach cancer and was still in an advanced stage.
Li Qiuping
At that time, Li Qiuping could no longer listen to the doctor's next words, so he rushed to his wife's side to take care of the person he was most sorry for.
However, this disease requires huge expenses, and in order to save his wife, Li Qiuping can only take the team around, and as soon as the game is over, he will rush back to the hospital.
Li Qiuping
During that time, in addition to his wife, his father-in-law was also hospitalized because of cancer, which made Li Qiuping unable to do anything, but he could only grit his teeth and insist, and later, his father-in-law could no longer bear the torture of cancer and passed away.
Li Qiuping (middle)
In 2001, for Li Qiuping, he came to Guangdong to compete with his wife's critical illness notice, perhaps because he saw the sadness in his husband's heart, Zhang Yu also comforted him.
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In order to take better care of his wife, the ward became Li Qiuping's office, where he rotated for several days, and finally Zhang Yu "disliked" his sour smell and drove him home to take a shower.
However, when Li Qiuping was halfway there, he received a call from the doctor that the patient's indicators were declining rapidly, and he was asked to come back quickly, but unfortunately, before Li Qiuping stepped into the ward, his wife had already closed her eyes.
Li Qiuping
After that, Li Qiuping's words were much less, and the Shanghai men's basketball team was also moved by the sacrifice of his wife, and the 2002 CBA championship medal was a gift from them to his wife.
The mother and daughter who were watching at the scene couldn't stop crying when they saw this scene.
Li Qiuping took a group photo with the team members
However, no one expected that Yao Ming, who hung the medal on his master's chest at the beginning, was going to fire his master as soon as he took over the Shanghai men's basketball team, what was going on?
Yao Ming and Li Qiuping
A lifetime of hard work in basketball
In 2009, Yao Ming became the boss of the Shanghai men's basketball team at a price of 20 million, but he only had two words for his mentor: expellation.
Yao
This incident made Yao Ming fall into a storm of public opinion in an instant, everyone knows that Li Qiuping is his Bole, and it is too chilling for him to do this, in fact, everyone misunderstands Yao Ming.
Yao
As early as October 2009, Li Qiuping was diagnosed with hepatitis by a doctor during a physical examination, and there is a high probability that it is the most vicious and deadly hepatitis E in the hepatitis family.
Li Qiuping
How could Li Qiuping, a "workaholic," obey the doctor's arrangement and completely rest for three months to cooperate with the treatment? Therefore, this "wicked man" can only be Yao Ming.
But Li Qiuping didn't appreciate it, and left here in a fit of anger, and after treatment, he came to the NBA to learn advanced management experience.
Li Qiuping in the NBA (right)
In 2014, he returned to China to coach in Qingdao, using his NBA experience in China to play the best record for the Qingdao men's basketball team, and in 2015, he went to Xinjiang to create brilliance again, until 2018, he returned to Shanghai to coach the men's basketball team.
Today, Li Qiuping is 65 years old, and he is still active in the basketball world, committed to discovering and cultivating more outstanding basketball teenagers.
Li Qiuping took a group photo with basketball seedlings
Epilogue:
In terms of basketball, Li Qiuping can be said to have worked hard for the rise of the Shanghai men's basketball team, and in the end, the players lived up to their trust and walked out of the trough of several years.
But in terms of family, Li Qiuping's "debts" are too much, which has become the most guilty thing for him.
In addition, Yao Ming could only fire him ruthlessly for the sake of his teacher's health, which also made Yao Ming a "target of public criticism", which is everyone's misunderstanding.
Finally, I wish Coach Li can cultivate more talents for the Chinese men's basketball team.
(Source: All content stated in this article is based on reliable sources, and is repeated at the end of the article)
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