Recently, the first phase of the 2024 National U19 Youth Basketball League ended, and the Shanxi men's basketball youth team successfully advanced to the national quarterfinals.
Some netizens posted a video showing that Dan Houran was training in the arena of the Seattle University Red Hawks, and a professional trainer accompanied him to practice. It can be seen that when the two are one-on-one, their skills have improved significantly, and they have scored layups after breaking through with the ball from outside the three-point line many times.
Last season, Seattle University finished 4th in the league with a 23-14 record in the WAC League. Although Seattle University and the University of San Francisco are not part of the same NCAA minor league, fans can expect to see the Chinese derby between Dan Houran and Wang Junjie.
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Last year, in the finals of the Nike China High School Basketball League, Dan Houran led Huipu Middle School to defeat the old enemy Tsinghua High School, regained the championship trophy after 7 years, and won the MVP of the finals, and was also selected for the U19 men's national basketball team with outstanding performance.
Born in April 2005, 2.08 meters tall and 2.15 meters in reach, his father had a short basketball career, and his mother was a professional basketball player of the Shanxi Sports Team.
In the first phase of the National U19 Youth League, Dan Houran played 7 games for the Shanxi men's basketball team, averaging 14.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.6 blocks and 0.6 steals per game. In addition to dunking, his mid-to-long-range shooting skills have improved, and he also has the ability to attack with the ball.
After special training abroad, the progress is visible to the naked eye, and it is known as the next Yi Jianlian. The fly in the ointment is that his outside projection ability is average, and if he can improve the shooting rate of the outside line and conform to the trend of modern basketball, he can reach the height of Yi Jianlian.
According to the regulations, the youth team must represent the club in more than two national competitions in order to certify the club's academy players. Therefore, in order to prevent a repeat of Jiao Boqiao's mistakes, the Shanxi men's basketball team arranged for Dan Houran to return to China to compete.
The quarterfinals of the National U19 League, the second stage of the competition will be held from October 1-7, and there is a high probability that he will continue to lead the team to the U19 championship.
As a number of hopeful stars of the Chinese men's basketball team, I look forward to being able to show myself in the high-level college league in the United States, get exercise, help the future Chinese men's basketball team achieve good results through its own improvement, and dedicate wonderful games to the majority of Chinese fans.