Recently, the CUBA League is in full swing. Throughout the CBA League, there are also many star players from the CUBA League. For example, the current Twin Stars in Sichuan, Zhu Songwei, who is known as "Shantou Durant", and Yuan Tangwen, who is known as "Xiamen University Kidd".
And several famous Yuanlang Guo Kai and Wang Shaojie were also well-known in Peking University. But there are also some players who did not play well in the CUBA, but came to the fore in the CBA league.
The most typical is Yang Haozhe, who currently plays in the Tongxi men's basketball team. Recently, Yang Haozhe posted a video of offseason training on his personal social media and sighed: half is reality, half is a dream.
Yang Haozhe, 24, is only 1 meter 83 tall and weighs 81KG. Such physical conditions, let alone in the CBA, even in cuba, may not be able to be regarded by coaches.
However, it is such an "underdog" who played a very good performance in the CBA rookie season that ended before. With such a performance, Yang Haozhe began to be valued by people.
During college, Yang Haozhe studied at Beijing Sport University, and although he was once the CUBA All-Star Ticket King, his strength was not amazing. As a "nerve knife" type shooting guard, Yang Haozhe averaged only 8.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game in CUBA.
Compared with those super scorers who cut 20+ or 30+, or internal players who average 20+10 per game, such mediocre data is really difficult to attract everyone's attention. The reason why everyone knows him well may be because of a basketball variety show.
However, the gap between the entertainment stage and the professional league is not the personal popularity value of the competing players. Yang Haozhe also knows that he has not played a dominance in the CUBA, and it is indeed very difficult to enter the CBA.
But being able to stand on the CBA pro game is the ultimate dream for every athlete who loves basketball. Yang Haozhe is naturally no exception, even if the road ahead is full of thorns, he still signed up for the 2020 CBA Draft.
He originally thought that he would once be named Sun Shan, but he was picked up by Nanjing Tongxi in the 16th pick in the first round. Being successfully selected is already a great achievement for Yang Haozhe. What was even more unexpected was that he actually became the main rotation player in the professional team.
Although Yang Haozhe did not get a minute of playing time in the team's first match against Jilin, even he himself may have thought that he was going to spend a season on the bench.
But unexpectedly, in the second game against Tianjin, Yang Haozhe not only ushered in the opportunity to play, but also gained 17 minutes of valuable time. And he didn't waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, shooting 4-of-6, 1-of-3 from three-point range, and cutting down 9 points and 1 rebound.
Probably because his debut was too nervous, he also had 4 turnovers and 3 fouls. But in general, being able to step into this dream CBA game as desired, and being able to play the ball, is already a success for Yang Haozhe.
This season's Tongxi coach is because Ofsinović, who was previously coached in the Kendia men's basketball team, this strict old man knows that rebuilding the team should not think too much about improving in terms of record, and helping the team to tap young people to plan for the future is the main job.
Unlike other managers who will always believe in certain players, under The Coach, he advocates the idea of "the capable one in power". I give you a chance, you can grasp it, then you can get more opportunities to play.
And the fledgling Yang Haozhe also showed his fearless spirit of "barefoot not afraid to wear shoes". Although in the next two matches against Shandong and Xinjiang, Yang Haozhe had very little playing time.
But with the courage to confront, not afraid of the opponent's main score points, he quickly got the favor of Bei Shuai. In the dozens of games that followed, his playing time was basically more than 15 minutes. This is indeed invaluable to a newcomer who is not optimistic.
In the first game of the second stage against Beijing Control, Yang Haozhe shot 4 of 8 from the field in 29 minutes, 3 of 4 from three-point range, and scored 13 points, 5 assists and 1 steal, which was also the first time in his CBA career to score in double figures.
Even if Tongxi eventually lost by 32 points, Yang Haozhe's courage to fight was indeed a highlight of this game. Coinciding with the fact that this team sent away the team's absolute scorer Joseph Young this season, the ball distribution is also relatively even.
There is no such "roadblock" with him to seize the opportunity, but also allow Yang Haozhe to choose to shoot more decisively. Even if they later ushered in Hill, who previously played for the Jilin men's basketball team, the strength of this jun is obvious to everyone.
After Jilin let go of the capital with only 19 points, Hill wanted to be a nerve knife under the system of Bei Shuai advocating team basketball, which was simply impossible. Even though Tongxi is a team with doubles, most of the scoring responsibility is still on The Outer Mortree.
Although Most of the time Moree is the leader of Tongxi's empty slash group, it is precisely because of such a strong point on the inside that Tongxi's defenders can boldly break through and project, and Moldy only needs to grab the rebound and make a simple secondary attack.
As the season progressed, Yang Haozhe, who had gradually adapted to the intensity of the CBA, performed with ease, and played with Xi and Liaoning on March 17, 2021. Although the team lost the game without suspense, Yang Haozhe performed extremely well in this game.
Throughout the game, Yang Haozhe played 45 minutes, shooting 7 of 14 and 3 of 8 from three-point range, cutting a career-high 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Under the confrontation with the top defenders of the two major leagues against each other, Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, there is no fear at all.
The reason why Yang Haozhe was able to adapt to the CBA so quickly may also be related to the team's other and only veteran guard Xi Relijiang. The "old jianghu" who transferred from Xinjiang this season has been in the league for more than 10 years
From time to time, Xi Relijiang will also pass on some of his own experience to the younger generations of the team, and for young players, the most important thing is to be decisive. And this is especially true in Tongxi's team, which has no record pressure.
It is with the hard work behind the West Heat River that Yang Haozhe played a very good rookie season. Throughout the season, he played in 45 games for Tongxi, averaging 6.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2 assists in 19.7 minutes of playing time.
Such an underdog not only successfully stepped into the CBA, but also became the main rotation in the team. Yang Haozhe's success has set an example for those underdog who are struggling in CUBA, as long as you dare to think and dare to do, who said you will not succeed?