Yesterday, the Chinese Basketball Association announced the latest training list of the men's basketball team, zhu Mingzhen, who just entered the CBA through the draft, was selected, and he became the first black mixed-race player in the history of the men's basketball national team!
Zhu Mingzhen, who also has an English name, William, was born in Beijing on October 8, 1996 and grew up in a hutong, his father is Ugandan and his mother is Chinese. When he was a child, his mother wanted him to practice the violin and take the path of literature and art. But his physical education teacher in elementary school discovered his physical talent, coupled with the anime "Slam Dunk Master" that swept the country at that time, so that Xiao Zhu became very interested in basketball and embarked on this path.
Zhu Mingzhen's idol is James, who not only appreciates the idol's tenacious style on the court, but also hopes to become a star like James. "The Flash" Wade had already affirmed his strength when he attended Wade's meeting in Guangzhou. Wade said: "Obviously, his physical qualities are very good, but I prefer his attitude, he is tenacious on the court, very hard, as long as he continues to train hard, I think he has the possibility of getting into the NBA." ”
And now that he has entered the professional arena of the CBA as a "leader show", it can also be regarded as a cash in his talent. Now it has been selected into the new Chinese men's basketball training list, and the future can be expected.
In fact, before Zhu Mingzhen was selected for the national team, there was also a black mixed-race player who also entered the national team. Also a Beijing kid, he is Tarek Garniyu of the Beijing Shougang team, alias Qiu Tian.
Born in 1998, he played for China in eight games in the 2016 Asian U18 Junior Men's Basketball Championship, averaging 10 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
Now that naturalized players have become a hot topic, next season, these two black mixed-race players will soon become opponents in the professional arena, and they are still Beijing children, which is expected. However, Xiaobian just found an interesting thing, did not expect That Zhu Mingzhen is two years older than Qiu Tian, I don't know if they can become the future hope of the Chinese men's basketball team.