Yesterday, the Tianjin men's basketball team conducted a media open training class, and the former national player Zhang Zhaoxu, who joined the team, also appeared in it, and in an interview with "New Horizons in Sports", Zhang Zhaoxu also revealed the reason why he chose to join the Tianjin men's basketball team. As a tall 2 meters 21 internal high school forward, nicknamed "Max" Zhang Zhaoxu is particularly conspicuous in the crowd, this summer, after the contract with the Shanghai team expired, Zhang Zhaoxu did not choose to renew the contract with the parent team who played for 10 years, but chose to go north to join the Tianjin men's basketball team, such a choice is somewhat surprising, in the face of the "New Horizons in Sports" shot, Zhang Zhaoxu also explained the reason.
Zhang Zhaoxu
Tianjin Forerunner men's basketball team member
Many factors, including the earliest contact, talk about contracts later, talk about team development. Mr. Zhang's attitude towards me is very warm, very sincere, and feels very humane. The team's construction goals for the past two years, including the use of me, are also more in line with their plans for the next two years. Another is that I am also very curious about the city of Tianjin and like it.
As a former national player, Yao Ming retired from the Chinese men's basketball team after the first height of the interior line, Zhang Zhaoxu has been an important player of the national team during Deng Huade's coaching of the team. At the 2010 World Championships in Turkey, the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, the 2011 Asian Championships, and the 2012 London Olympics, Zhang Zhaoxu was all included in the final 12-man roster. As an internal barrier, Zhang Zhaoxu's biggest role lies in the protection of defense and rebounding, and in the 2014 season, Zhang Zhaoxu won the CBA's block king with an average of 2.4 blocks per game. In recent seasons, his average number of blocks per game has also been stable at more than 1.8 times.
As we all know, in recent seasons, the Tianjin men's basketball team has been plagued by the lack of height in the inner line, and now, with the joining of Zhang Zhaoxu, this situation will be greatly improved, especially next season, once the CBA adopts the all-Chinese class format, in the case of losing Todorovic, Zhang Zhaoxu will become the top pillar supporting the team's inner line. For Zhang Zhaoxu, joining the Tianjin team will undoubtedly gain more room for individual tactical play and make more contributions to the team.
I hope to use my height to first integrate into the overall system of our team, not to mention that after coming, there is a different player, which may change everyone's playing style and bring some bad influence. I first integrated into the system, hoping that I would use my height and some experience at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends to help everyone win more games.
In the 2019 season, Zhang Zhaoxu suffered a serious injury in the CBA physical test, which once attracted attention from the outside world. Last season, Zhang Zhaoxu also missed many games due to a back injury. In the face of an intensive schedule of 56 games next season, Zhang Zhaoxu's injury recovery has also aroused external concern. From the perspective of training, Zhang Zhaoxu's body does not have too many problems, whether it is running or confrontation, he can complete the project arranged by the coaching team very well.
Injuries are fine, I just arrived the week before the team played in Sichuan, everything was not adapted, and I did not participate in the game. Now that I am training with everyone and have returned to a normal training state, I should be able to devote myself to it 100%.
Leaving Shanghai to join Tianjin, the 34-year-old Zhang Zhaoxu chose to start again and face the challenge. Joining the younger Tianjin team, Zhang Zhaoxu, as a veteran, is also looking forward to setting an example for everyone in the new season.
Everyone has been holding back for the past two years, saying that the results are not ideal, not entering the playoffs, I think this is a good start, first take this as a goal. I first want to stay fit, play the whole league, and then try to get my arrival to add some good data to the team.