In this article, we will introduce the second half of his Career in Fujian, becoming the all-star "King of Three Points" and one of the veterans of Fujian's "Splash Brothers", Zhao Tailong.
On February 28, 2014, in preparation for the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the Chinese men's basketball team submitted a 52-man roster to the Asian Basketball Federation. Zhao Tailong was selected for the 52-man roster, the Chinese men's basketball team began to change blood under the leadership of Gong Luming, and sent out a young lineup, mainly led by Guo Allen, Zhou Qi, Ding Yanyuhang, Zhou Peng, Wang Zhelin, Zhai Xiaochuan and others, Zhao Tailong was selected into the final official list with good scoring performance in various warm-up matches of the national Olympic team. At the Asian Games, Kazakhstan scored 10 points in the first game, 7 points in the second game against Chinese Taipei, a game-high 21 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in 7 out of 10 shots in the big victory over Mongolia, 9 points and 8 points in the defeats against Japan and Iran, and the second highest score of 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in the qualifying game against the Philippines and Qatar, and the highest score of 15 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. Finally handed over an average of 12 points per game, maintained a stable output, gave people a bright feeling, was called "Zhao Zilong" by fans, and also reserved a position in Gong Luming's team, but unfortunately in the following year's Changsha Asian Championship in the state of sluggish, basically the worst player, resulting in the final slow fading out of the national team. The highlight of the national team stayed at the Incheon Asian Games.
Fight for the country
Back to the club, after several years of growth and national team experience, Zhao Tailong has been called a veteran in the team, and Wang Zhelin formed the team's domestic double core, and with the gradual growth of Chen Linjian, the Fujian team let people see hope, but unfortunately due to the low level of management, the Fujian team every year "natural disasters and man-made disasters", or the team takes turns to encounter injuries, or foreign aid "parallel goods" or run, Fujian has hope every year but every year are disappointed, and even the team Wang Zhelin, Zhao Tailong, Wang Zengjie played a blue-haired "washing and cutting blowing" style. In the 2016 CBA All-Star Game three-point competition, Fujian team Zhao Tailong won the three-point king for the first time by overpowering Sun Yue and Meng Duo with his outstanding performance in the overtime. At the same time, Zhao Tailong set a record for the CBA All-Star Game, becoming the first player in CBA history to win both the dunk contest championship and the three-point contest championship.
All-Star Three-Point King
In the CBA league, Zhao Tailong's play is becoming more and more stable, the two-point shooting rate exceeds 50%, the three-point shooting rate remains at 43%-50%, the free throw shooting rate exceeds 80%, the outstanding shooting and another sharpshooter Chen Linjian jointly form the Fujian version of the "Splash Brothers", in the 2017-2018 season, Zhao Tailong ushered in a personal career explosion in Fan Bin's team, and the average score per game almost doubled. Handed over the peak data of averaging 19.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, the average score per game was almost doubled compared with last season, and the three shooting rates reached a staggering 52.9%, 47.8%, 86.2%, entered the "180" club, when the Fujian double gun threatened at the same time, no team dared to underestimate. In that season, there was a classic game that was the Fujian men's basketball team beating the Shanghai men's basketball team 144-139 at home. The Fujian team scored 22 three-pointers to set a new three-point record in the history of the team. Chen Linjian played well and hit 10 three-pointers to cut 40 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Zhao Tailong had 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 7 of 10 three-pointers, and the excellent performance of two earth cannons overwhelmed the Shanghai "Foreign Gun" Fredette's 56 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, helping the team win this crazy three-point battle. Interestingly, Zhao Tailong, who performed well, said the classic sentence after the game: "In fact, the shooting rate is usually so high." Unfortunately, Fujian's unstable play that season once again missed the playoffs.
Fujian version of splash brothers
Be humble
Time came to the 2018-2019 season, when the fans expected Zhao Tailong to continue to play efficiently, the opening round was only the fifth round, but he was put on the foot in the game with Bayi, suffered serious injuries, basically missed most of the games, only caught up with the final game of the regular season and the playoffs, the competitive state was also greatly reduced, because of his injury, chen Linjian further broke out and Huang Yichao further grew, and finally in this season, Fujian scored the playoffs, and the king won the regular season MVP. But at this time, Zhao Tailong became a bystander for most of the time, and in the key moment of the playoff away and Liaoning battles, his dribbling error was also interrupted, which also led to Fujian being dragged into the final loss of overtime.
At the end of the season, in the negotiations seeking a high-salary extension, Zhao Tailong and the Fujian team finally came to the moment of parting, he joined the Qingdao team with a high salary to seek development, the Fujian team was powerless and had no intention of giving him a high salary and also had Huang Yichao, Hu Longmao and other substitutes, and finally the two sides chose to break up peacefully, following Gong Songlin, Fujian released a team cornerstone due to financial resources. Since then, there has been no splash legend in Fujian, Zhao Tailong's Qingdao career is not outstanding, perhaps, the team and the players are to achieve each other, no matter what, 13 years of growth and dedication, the achievement of a period of years of memory.
Goodbye boy
In the three seasons of 2015-2018, Li Ning provided a new jersey for the CBA, which also released two styles, player version and fan version, which also have great differences in all aspects.
Player's version of the jersey
Fan version jersey
1, in terms of fabric, the textile of the player version of the jersey is different from the fan version, using a hexagonal arrangement of textiles, excellent stability, to ensure that the jersey in the game to pull is not easy to deform, the cloth uses ATDry technology, "AT" is the English abbreviation of "Advanced Technologynology" advanced technology, ATDry is Li Ning's quick-drying series. ATDry's fabric only allows moisture to be derived from the inside out – the inner layer quickly absorbs moisture, the outer layer quickly wicks away perspiration, and when the athlete sweats, the body will no longer be bound by sweat. Although the fabric of the ordinary fan version jersey also has the same technology, the textile method is very ordinary, and the difference can be seen in the comparison between the two.
Hexagonal textile fabric
2, in terms of jersey cutting, the fan version of the jersey version is relatively loose, can be suitable for people with average figure to wear, and the player version of the jersey is relatively tight, narrow shoulder design, so that the arm part is not constrained by the jersey, convenient for players to make a variety of technical movements in the game.
Front and detail
Back and details
3, and in terms of jersey details, the player version of the jersey in all aspects of the details are far thinner than the player version, more exquisite, the jersey neckline, cuffs of the fabric and lines are not the same, the player elements on both sides, the player version has a club characteristic zipper pattern (can also be said to be a sturgeon back fin pattern), and the fan version omits this detail, in terms of the team LOGO and CBA logo, the fan version and the player version use different materials.
Sides and details
4. In terms of ball pants, the player version of the ball pants adopts mesh lining and has anti-slip strips at the waist.
Ball pants detailing
Zhao Tailong also carried two numbers in the Fujian team, No. 9 and No. 73, which is really like the story of a player who was both a dunk king and a three-point king in two stages of his career.