At the same time, Sun Mengran's teammate Li Meng in the national team and the Bayi women's basketball team also announced that he will join the Sichuan women's basketball team in the new season.
On the morning of August 23, Beijing time, Sun Mengran, an active national player and former Bayi women's basketball player, officially announced that he would join the Sichuan women's basketball team, at the same time, Li Meng also announced that he would play for the Sichuan women's basketball team in the new season, so that Sun Mengran and Li Meng would meet again in Shudi.
Born in 1992, Sun Mengran is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms, and plays as a center forward. Sun Mengran has been exposed to basketball since he was a child, and was selected into the Bayi team at the age of 12.
In 2011, the 19-year-old Sun Mengran made his debut for the Bayi women's basketball team in the WCBA League, gradually growing from a rookie in the league to the mainstay and absolute core of the team; in the 2016 WCBA All-Star Game, the starting Sun Mengran won the MVP with 25 points and 10 rebounds. As of 2019, Sun Mengran has made a total of 225 appearances for the Bayi women's basketball team, averaging 15.7 points and 6.7 boards per game.
In November 2013, Sun Mengran was selected for the women's national basketball team, and the following year he participated in the Turkey Women's Basketball World Cup and won the sixth place; in 2015, Sun Mengran was rated as an international athlete by the State General Administration of Sports. In March 2021, Sun Mengran led the Shandong women's basketball team to the final round of the 14th National Games with an outstanding performance of 20.8 points and 5.2 boards per game.
In July 2021, Sun Mengran participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games with the Chinese women's basketball team and advanced to the quarterfinals, in which her attack was very decisive, able to go inside and outside, and attacked the Chinese women's basketball team.
"It is a great honor to join the Sichuan women's basketball team, a glorious and united collective. Thanks to the bayi women's basketball team for many years of cultivation and care, thanks to the former coaches, seniors, teammates, staff and all the friends who have helped and cared about me, I will continue to inherit and carry forward the spirit of Bayi, tenacious struggle, surpass myself, and work with my teammates to create a new glory of Sichuan women's basketball team! Take the dream as a horse, and then embark on the journey! Sichuan women's basketball team, I'm here! Sun Mengran wrote on his personal social media.
At the same time, Sun Mengran's teammate Li Meng in the national team and the Bayi women's basketball team also announced that he will join the Sichuan women's basketball team in the new season, so that "LeBron-Dream" will join Hands with Sun Mengran again in Sichuan.