Recently, "Zhongshi Electronic News" broke the news that Su Yijie, a former defender player of the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team, has announced his retirement on personal social media, and now 32 years old, he has 15 years of professional league experience, he has competed in the three leagues of SBL, NBL and CBA, and has played for teams such as Taiwan Beer, Fubon Warriors, Guangxi Weizhuang, Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team and Guangzhou Men's Basketball Team.
Su Yijie, who is 1.82 meters tall, is a speed-type defender, in the case of weak confrontation, his speed advantage is more obvious, the threat of breakthrough is relatively large, and he also has good organizational skills, and has won the assist king of the SBL League.
It's just that his shortcomings are also more obvious, as a small player, his shooting ability is relatively bad, which also makes it difficult for him to gain a foothold in a league like the CBA.
During his time in the Xinjiang men's basketball team, he averaged only 1.4 points and 1.3 assists per game, and during his time in the Guangzhou men's basketball team, he also averaged only 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game, and overall, Su Yijie's strength is still a big gap from the CBA League.
In the case of not being able to stand in the CBA, Su Yijie also challenged the NBL, but during his time in Guangxi Weizhuang, his performance was also sluggish, averaging only 2.5 points and 2 assists per game.
Although the NBL and CBA played sluggishly, Su Yijie still has a relatively high reputation in Taiwan, in addition to being shortlisted for the Chinese Taipei men's basketball team many times, Su Yijie also has a certain popularity in the entertainment industry.
Because he once had a relationship experience with the well-known female star Ren Rongxuan, the two also had a public relationship, and Ren Rongxuan is actually the sister of selina (Ren Jiaxuan) in the famous girl group SHE, in recent years, Ren Rongxuan has also participated in many variety shows, and her popularity has also increased significantly.
Su Yijie's announcement of retirement actually has a lot to do with the turmoil of the SBL League this year, and the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association originally planned to transform the SBL League into a professional league this year, but such a practice was not recognized by various teams.
Defending champion Fubon Warriors turned to join the ABL League in Southeast Asia, and the Daxin men's basketball team also announced that it would no longer participate in the SBL League, and before the deadline, there were only three teams that announced that they were professionalized, and there was still one team from the minimum standard, and finally the professionalization of the SBL League was also declared a failure.
Under such circumstances, it is also reasonable for Su Yijie to choose to retire.
This summer, more than one former Chinese Taipei men's basketball player has retired due to SBL professionalization failures, and Cheng Lihuan, who previously participated in the CBA League draft, also announced his retirement after losing the election.