China is a country rich in centers, in the early years there was Mu Tiezhu, after Yao Ming matured, China has entered the "three major centers" era, even after Yao Ming retired, the Chinese men's basketball team still has a number of excellent centers such as Wang Zhelin, Zhou Qi, Li Muhao, and the current men's basketball brother will often appear in the position of center forward. Today I want to talk to you about this is also a rare excellent center in the history of Chinese basketball, but he never seems to get the attention he deserves, he is the representative figure of Jiangsu men's basketball team After Hu Weidong Tang Zhengdong!
1, 3 times MVP unfortunately did not taste a crown
Tang Zhengdong is 2 meters 13 meters tall and weighs 140 kilograms, which is too suitable for the position of center forward, which also makes him popular in the domestic arena. In the 2003-04 season, 2004-05 season, 2006-07 season, he won the MVP three times is the best affirmation of his career, to know that the CBA in those years was the rise of the Guangdong Dynasty, it is not an easy thing to snatch the MVP in the hands of Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng and Li Qun! Unfortunately, Tang Zhengdong and his team have never won the CBA championship, although at the end of his career he transferred to Xinjiang to play as a substitute for Battle, but it was still a void. In August 2016, Tang Zhengdong, who had traveled a circle, returned to the Jiangsu men's basketball team, where his dream began. At the end of this season, the Jiangsu media exposed the news that Tang Zhengdong was about to retire, and he would enter the management of the Jiangsu men's basketball team and continue to help the team impact the championship in a different identity.
2, at its peak, the UAE Was not an opponent
Yi Jianlian is the banner of the Chinese men's basketball team after Yao Ming, and he is also the leader of China's local players in the CBA, but fans who have watched the ball for a little more years will remember that Yi Jianlian was not his opponent at the peak of the Tang Dynasty. In terms of speed and shooting, it is definitely Yi Jianlian who is stronger than Tang Zhengdong, but at that time, Yi Jianlian was placed in the position of center forward a lot of times, as long as it was under the basket, Yi Jianlian was only crushed. Unfortunately, their other player is not a player of the same era after all, although it is only a few years apart, but this is almost a peak of these years, so the duel between them has not been wonderful from the beginning.
2. The CBA scored 6th in all-time history
Tang Zhengdong's total score in the CBA is 9043, currently ranking 6th in the CBA's historical scoring list, behind him are Liu Yudong, Li Nan, Battle, Sun Jun and other passing stars, and many active players still have a big gap with him, so I believe that no one will surpass him in a short period of time. Fans who are accustomed to watching the NBA will definitely feel that more than 9,000 points is not so, but it should be known that the number of regular season games in the CBA is less than half of that of the NBA, and the peak period of Chinese players after the age of 30 passes quickly, so such scoring is not very easy.
4. Victims of the three major center era
Tang Zhengdong's physical condition is excellent, but speed is his weakness, but if he is given to other asian countries, he is definitely the main force of the national team. But in the Chinese team, it is not, because there are "three major centers" straddling his head, so there is tang Zhengdong's embarrassment in the Position of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team. Speaking of strength alone, he cannot replace the three major centers, and his age has no advantage over the internal line of Yi Jianlian, coupled with the scandal of changing the age, so Tang Zhengdong has almost never been reused in the national team. The CBA in those years was not hot today, if a player could not play in the national team, it would not get too much attention, so Tang Zhengdong can be regarded as a big tragedy in the three major centers! However, all this has become a floating cloud with the retirement of Tang Zhengdong, and Guorenjun hopes that Chinese fans can send blessings to his life after retirement like Guorenjun, after all, the development of the Chinese men's basketball team is inseparable from the contribution of every basketball person, not to mention such an excellent player. (Sun Family Leftovers)