Speaking of the representative figure of Chinese basketball, I think the first name that everyone thinks of is undoubtedly Yao Ming, who was elected as the NBA's champion when he was a player, and Dayao used his strength to show what is called the top center from China. So, before Yao Ming, who was the most internationally recognized Chinese player? The answer in xiaobian's heart is Hu Weidong, who was once known as the Asian Jordan.
Born in 1970 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Hu Weidong showed far superior physical fitness as early as his youth, so at the age of 15, he was selected into the Jiangsu Youth Team and opened his own basketball road. In the establishment of the CBA League in 1995, Hu Weidong successfully entered the Jiangsu Nangang team with excellent skills, and in the first season of his career, he averaged 27.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game, crowning the first CBA and the first MVP trophy, and then in 1996, Hu Weidong also successfully defended this honor, becoming the first player in the history of the CBA to win the regular season MVP.
Hu Weidong's legend is not only reflected in the league, in the international arena, Hu Weidong is even more eye-catching. At the 1994 World Championships in China and Serbia, the 24-year-old Hu Weidong stormed the game, scoring 31 points in just 34 minutes of playing time, and one person was confused about serbia. Still this World Championship, in the match against the United States team, Hu Weidong was not afraid to face the pippen face of the supplementary defense, and directly forced the partition to buckle him. This is not the end, it is still the 94 World Championships, in the face of the strong enemy Spain, Hu Weidong is like a god, the Spaniards have to use foul tactics to try to stop him, but Hu Weidong lived up to expectations, in the last moment 10 penalties 10 to help China defeat Spain, the first time to lead China to the quarterfinals.
However, to say that Hu Weidong made a world-famous game, then it is undoubtedly the 1996 Asian All-Star Game, wearing the No. 23 jersey Hu Weidong in the game suddenly shot outside, unstoppable, and even in a fast attack also reproduced Jordan completed a free throw line dunk, which made the sidelines
The Korean commentator shouted "Asian Jordan! Asian Jordan! In this game, Hu Weidong scored 23 points to get the MVP, and the nickname of Asian Jordan did not go away.
According to Yao Ming's recollection, there are two players in China who have NBA strength but have not gone to the United States, one is Liu Yudong, the god of war, and the other is Hu Weidong. In 1998 and 2000, dallas mavericks and Orlando Magic from mlus basketball offered the Asian Jordan a 10-day contract without trial training, but due to institutional reasons and injuries, Hu Weidong refused. But in the summer league of 1996, against rookie Kobe Bryant, Hu Weidong showed the strength of the NBA star, that game, Hu Weidong exploded 30 points on Kobe's head, and even gave Kobe Bryant a strong big hat.
Although he could not go to the bigger stage for various reasons, after Hu Weidong retired, the Lone Rangers still gave him a No. 8 jersey with humanity. Perhaps the NBA stage let the world know the greatness of Yao Ming, and Hu Weidong, who did not enter the NBA, still won the respect of the world by virtue of his strength. （ikuet）