What kind of performance do Chinese players need to play if they want to enter the NBA? Just look at the data of Yao Ming, Dazhi and the United Arab Emirates before they entered the NBA, Yang Hansen still needs to work hard!
This season's CBA regular season has come to an end, and not long ago, the CBA official also announced the list of winners of this season's major awards, among which Yang Hansen, a young player from the Qingdao team, who had high hopes, averaged 15 points per game, 10.8 rebounds, The performance of 3.9 assists and 2.2 blocks, plus helping the Qingdao team enter the playoffs, was also selected into the best first team, and also won the best rookie and best defensive player awards.
However, while domestic fans were happy, Yang Hansen was revealed to have not received permission from the Qingdao team and would not participate in the NBA draft this year. Despite the indignation of the fans, Yang Hansen's performance did not reach the dominant level, knowing that several Chinese players who had a foothold in the NBA before him almost conquered the CBA before embarking on a trip to the United States. Let's take a look at the performance of these seniors in the CBA that year!
Wang Zhizhi
00-01: 26.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 blocks
Although the Bayi team withdrew from the CBA stage due to various complex factors, you must know that the Bayi team was the absolute hegemon of the CBA. From 1996 until 2001, the Bayi team monopolized the league championship every year, and no team could beat the Bayi team on the stage of the finals, and Wang Zhizhi was the absolute core of the Bayi team.
As early as the World Championships and the Olympic Games, the young Dazhi has already shown good interior skills, especially his delicate footsteps under the basket in the restricted area, which has fascinated many American scouts, and it is precisely for this reason that in the 1999 draft, the Dallas Mavericks selected Dazhi. However, it was not until 2001 that the Bayi team won the championship that Dazhi got the opportunity to go to the NBA.
And just before Dazhi went to the NBA, he averaged 26.3 points, 11.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, even in the finals against a top star like Yao Ming, he was still able to contribute 27.5 points, 11 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2 blocks, both offensive and defensive ends made the young Yao suffer, and finally helped the Bayi team defeat the Shanghai team with a score of 3:1.
However, compared to his glory in the CBA, Dazhi's NBA career was full of ups and downs, and in the summer of 2006, Dazhi ended his contract with the Heat and set off for China. Despite failing to succeed in the NBA, he returned to the CBA, averaging 26.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.1 blocks per game in the 06-07 season, and helped the Bayi team return to the stage of the finals, and defeated the Guangdong team at the same time, and once again won the championship belonging to the Bayi team. When he left, he was the champion, and when he came back, he was still the champion, how strong Dazhi's ability is, his achievements and achievements are enough to prove everything.
Yao
01-02: 29.7 points, 18.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.7 steals and 4.5 blocks
The story of Yao Ming does not need to be repeated, as the greatest basketball player in China and even in the whole of Asia, although he had to retire at the age of 31 due to injury, he was able to play a superstar performance on such a grand stage as the NBA, which is a role model for all international basketball players. As early as when Yao was young, he was already well-known in China, and when he entered the CBA, he played a series of shocking performances.
In the 97-98 season, Yao Ming, who was only 17 years old at the time, entered the CBA, facing a group of adult players, Yao Ming handed over 10 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks, and after only one season, he improved his statistics to 20.9 points, 12.9 rebounds and 4.1 blocks, which is already superstar-level data.
In the 00-01 season, Yao Ming averaged an astonishing 43.8 minutes per game, and averaged 27.1 points, 19.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 5.5 blocks per game. It can be said that Yao Ming was an ultimate bug in the CBA at that time, no team could limit Yao Ming, and when it came to attacking, Yao Ming's terrifying frame protection ability made the interior players of each team feel painful.
In the end, Yao Ming, who was only 21 years old, won the only regular season MVP of his CBA career. With the advent of the 01-02 season, the Shanghai team led by Yao Ming has no rivals in the CBA except for the Bayi team, Yao Ming can easily score on the inside every night, especially in the playoffs, he can score 37.7 points, 20.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2 steals, 3.7 blocks, this is the most terrifying dominance in the history of the CBA, and the Shanghai team also lived up to expectations, under the leadership of Yao Ming, defeated the invincible Bayi team and won the only championship in team history.
With the success of winning the championship, the 22-year-old Yao Ming also had no challenge and successfully landed in the NBA as the champion show, and since then has started another legendary journey of his own.
Yi
06-07: 24.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.8 blocks
Compared with Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, the UAE's CBA career data is not so explosive, but his advantage lies in the longevity of his career, and in 2002, Yi Jianlian, who was only 15 years old at the time, started his CBA career, and in his rookie season, he could get 6.5 points and 3.5 rebounds, although the data is not so dazzling, but he was able to participate in the professional league at such a young age, which attracted the attention of many scouts, so the UAE also won the best rookie.
In the 05-06 season, the UAE not only scored 20.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in the regular season, but also helped the Guangdong team win the championship on the finals stage this year, which is why he became the youngest FMVP in CBA history.
The 06-07 season is the last CBA season before the UAE went to the NBA, this year's UAE in the star-studded Guangdong team, became the absolute core, averaging 24.9 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, but unfortunately the Guangdong team lost to the Bayi team in the finals and failed to send the UAE in a satisfactory way.
As we already know, in the NBA for a few years, his performance was relatively average, although there were occasional highlights, but often when he was about to take off, he would not be able to maintain enough form for a long time due to injuries. In the end, the UAE also returned to the CBA in the 11-12 season.
After returning to the domestic league, the UAE is completely a foreign aid level player, and the Guangdong team has completely dominated the CBA with his help. In fact, in the summer of 2016, the then UAE also hit the NBA again, but unfortunately he still failed to gain a foothold in the Lakers, but on the whole, he still has NBA-level strength.
That year, the UAE could contribute 26.7 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. You must know that in today's CBA, except for Wang Zhelin, almost no player can play such a performance as the United Arab Emirates, so if you want to impact the NBA, you must at least reach the height of the United Arab Emirates at that time, otherwise it is difficult to get a chance.
Zhou Qi
Season 16-17: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1 steal and 2.3 blocks
Finally, let's talk about Zhou Qi, although his performance in recent years has not been satisfactory, I have to admit that Zhou Qi is indeed the strongest player in China today, and he is also the last Chinese player who has played in the NBA. Back in the 2015 Asian Championships, the then 19-year-old Zhou Qi made a splash and helped the Chinese team to win the top of Asia again, coupled with his amazing performance at the Nike Basketball Summit, he also received attention from NBA teams.
In the 15-16 season, Zhou Qi, who represented the Xinjiang team in the CBA, has been able to score 15.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 3.2 blocks. Although Zhou Qi is a little rough on the offensive end, he has a variety of scoring methods, and on the defensive end, he can provide stable frame protection.
And it was also this year's draft that Zhou Qi got the opportunity to enter the NBA, the Houston Rockets selected Zhou Qi in the second round, after 14 years, another Chinese player was selected by the Rockets, and at the same time, many fans began to look forward to Zhou Qi's future in the NBA.
However, Zhou Qi did not go to the NBA immediately, on the contrary, he stayed in the Xinjiang team and continued to compete in the last year of the CBA, in the 16-17 season, Zhou Qi is already one of the top inside lines in the CBA, with an average of 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1 steal and 2.3 blocks per game.
In the face of the Guangdong team, the league leader for many years, the Xinjiang team played a very amazing game, the Xinjiang team finally swept the Guangdong team with a score of 4:0 to win the championship, and Zhou Qi also got 18 points and 10 rebounds in the last game, and like his predecessor Yao Ming, he also entered the NBA as a champion. However, Zhou Qi's performance in the NBA was very bad, so he also returned to the CBA in 2019. However, the tempering in the NBA still gave Zhou Qi a lot of help.
In the 19-20 season, the returning Zhou Qi has been able to score 22.2 points, 13.3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks, even if the winning members of the Xinjiang team have left the team one after another, but with the help of Zhou Qi, the Xinjiang team can still be at the top of the league, and he also won the best defensive player of the season this year. Although there was a conflict between Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team later, and he chose to play in the NBL, it must be admitted that Zhou Qi's strength is still the top three levels of domestic players today.
Therefore, for the young Yang Hansen, if he wants to hit the NBA in the future, he must reach the height of Zhou Qi, and if he wants to gain a foothold in the NBA, he must at least chase the footsteps of the UAE and Wang Zhizhi, and this road is destined to be full of thorns, the focus is on whether he has sufficient confidence and perseverance.