The Chinese men's basketball team has many star players, such as Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian and others, all of whom are well-known superstars, who have both strength and popularity at their peak, and have also helped the men's basketball team win many honors. Before them, there are also many successful predecessors, Zhang Weiping is recognized as one of the famous men's basketball players. The fans know his commentary very well, in fact, he was also very strong back then. Now settled in the United States, at the age of 73, he has not yet retired.
Zhang Weiping was born in a scholarly family, his parents are top students at Yenching University, and his aunt and uncle are also graduates of Tsinghua University. However, Zhang Weiping has outstanding physical talent since he was a child, so he did not embark on the road of academics, but shined in the sports school. At the age of 10, he entered the basketball class of Shichahai Sports School for training, at that time he was outstanding in height, excellent strength, and good bounce and speed, so the coach was very optimistic about him, and he became a member of the Beijing men's basketball team at the age of 15.
After many years of training, Zhang Weiping was successfully selected for the men's national basketball team. At that time, he served as a forward, with outstanding skills under the basket, able to score and defend, and partnered with Mu Tiezhu's interior combination, his performance was extremely eye-catching, and he was also one of the aces of the men's basketball team. In 75, he helped the men's basketball team win the Asian Championships, led the team to win the Asian Games in 78, and personally averaged 25.3 points per game, and was the scoring champion and the best forward, with a very good performance. Even on the stage of the World Championships, he is very strong.
In 81, Zhang Weiping officially retired, after which he entered a junior college for further study, and served as the head coach of the Beijing Youth Men's Basketball Team after graduation. At that time, his wife was studying in the United States, Zhang Weiping also went to the United States to work, the language barrier, lack of experience, Zhang Weiping worked for a long time, life has not been satisfactory, and at the age of 42, he and his wife are also regrettable divorce.
After working hard in the United States for a few more years, Zhang Weiping finally ushered in a turning point, when Sun Zhengping invited him to be a commentator on CCTV Sports Channel. As a professional background, Zhang Weiping has enough professionalism, coupled with a down-to-earth commentary method, he soon became popular in the sports circle, and also left many golden sentences, becoming a veteran of the interpretation industry. After returning to China for development, Zhang Weiping's career is thriving, not only has his income increased dozens of times, but he has also opened a training class and served as the head coach of the National Olympic team.
In 2000, Zhang Weiping and his second wife got together, this wife is an outsider and has always been relatively low-key. Zhang Weiping, on the other hand, continued his work as a commentator and became a contributing writer for Tencent Sports. In 13 years, the program "NBA Frontline" came out, which was also quite popular, and Zhang Weiping was one of the main creators, and he gained fame and fortune.
Today's Zhang Weiping is 73 years old and has long been full of gray hair. However, he is in good spirits, with a height of 1.93 meters, he still looks very strong. He is also not retired, he is still an advisor to NBA Frontline, and he is also based in the United States. Every time the NBA All-Star and the Finals are key events, he will also appear on the scene to bring commentary, and he has already achieved financial freedom and can be regarded as a winner in life.