The ex-girlfriend became the current girlfriend of a teammate, and the two players of the national youth team turned against each other, and now one has become a basketball Internet celebrity, completely out of contact with professional basketball. The other has become the hope star of the CBA, step by step, and gradually became the offensive and defensive core of the Zhejiang team, he is Yu Jiahao, who is known as "Little Yao Ming".
Yu Jiahao's father, Yu Leping, is a legendary center in the CBA, 2.16 meters tall, with strong rebounding ability and basket protection ability, he once grabbed an average of 13.3 rebounds per game in a single season, was elected the season rebounding king, and was also selected as an All-Star, and is the mainstay of the Zhejiang men's basketball team. After retiring in 2001, he became the coach of the Zhejiang men's basketball youth team and continued to contribute to the Zhejiang men's basketball team.
Yu Jiahao's mother, Wang Fuying, is also a basketball player, 1.97 meters tall, was the center of the Zhejiang women's basketball team, and coached the Zhejiang women's basketball youth team after retiring. Yu Jiahao inherited his parents' sports genes, and his height reached 1.70 meters when he was 7 years old, and 2.18 meters tall when he was 15 years old.
Influenced by the family atmosphere, Yu Jiahao has loved to play basketball since he was a child, and in his early years, he faced opponents of older ages, starting from the guard and forward positions, and this experience helped him to have a well-rounded technical experience. In 2018, his parents sent him to study at Sierra Canyon Middle School, a prestigious basketball school in the United States, so that he could grow up in a highly competitive environment and help him develop in the future.
However, the reality is very cruel, although he has a height advantage, but in the United States, where basketball talents are abundant, his slow movement speed and poor confrontation disadvantages are infinitely magnified, and he does not get many opportunities in the school team, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, he decided to return to China in 2019 and join the Zhejiang youth team coached by his father Yu Leping.
After that, he was selected for the national youth team many times, and Wu Yonghao, who was also studying in the United States, became teammates, and the two had a friendship, but as Yu Jiahao's ex-girlfriend became Wu Yonghao's current girlfriend, this friendship was shattered, and the two turned against each other, and they posted many posts in 2020 to mock each other.
Later, Wu Yonghao became a million-level basketball Internet celebrity, and Yu Jiahao was promoted to the Zhejiang first team in 2021 and became a professional player.
In his rookie season in the CBA, Yu Jiahao averaged 12.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 59.2% from the field and 76.5% from the free throw line, and won the Star Player of the Year. Just when people were expecting his second season, he played tepidly, and his performance was a little worse than his rookie season.
Fortunately, he has made significant progress this season, averaging 14.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 62.5% from the field and 83.4% from the free throw line. In the four fights with Yang Hansen, he gained the upper hand in personal data three times, and frequently used mid-range shots to make Xiao Yang lose his temper, which made a deep impression.
In the playoffs, he also performed well, averaging 13.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.4 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 53.4% from the field , The state of other players in the Zhejiang team has been up and down, Yu Jiahao has become the most stable scoring point in the team, and he has also made achievements on the defensive end, especially in the second game of the semifinals against the Xinjiang team, he shot 7 of 10 on the offensive end, 2 of 4 free throws, contributed the second highest 16 points in the team, and also defended Wu Guanxi to 2 of 7 shots, and helped the Zhejiang team win back a game with a good offensive and defensive performance.
In the next game, 21-year-old Yu Jiahao may contribute more surprises to us, because of his existence, the Zhejiang team has an advantage on the inside, can play back and forth with the Xinjiang team, and has the opportunity to defeat the opponent to reach the finals and attack the championship.
Although Yu Jiahao is the second generation of the ball, he works very hard, many players rely on their height advantage and do not work hard to polish their skills, but he has good footsteps, confrontation, and even physical shape, as well as turning, hooking, shooting and other technical actions, which require hard training to have, although these technical movements are far inferior to Yao Ming, but I can feel that he is learning these things by heart.
In addition, he had previously stormed the NBA, but it ended in failure. However, he has not given up the idea of going to overseas leagues to experience, he will go to the Spanish league for trial after this season, if he can gain a firm foothold in the Spanish league, he will become the top three center of the CBA after returning, which is beneficial to the Zhejiang team and the national team, and praises him for his courage to jump out of his comfort zone!