Born in 1969, Ma Jian is the same age as Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin, and Sun Jun. And he is the first player to stand up for the national team, and the honor of Liu Yudong and Gong Xiaobin in the national team is self-evident. These three players entered the Chinese basketball world together, and Ma Jian should have been the most prominent at that time. At just 20 years old, Ma Jian can stand out from any big forward of the same level in Asia. At that time, training in the national team, Ma Jian said that he could dunk at will on Liu Yudong's head, relying on his excellent physical fitness.
Ma Jian's height is 2.02 meters, but his weight reaches 105 kg! Yes, Ma Jian is a violent flow player, don't look at the body weight, but his movement coordination, reaction and skills are very comprehensive. Speaking of Ma Jian's player era, we will mention several people: "God of War" Liu Yudong, "Runaway King" Gong Xiaobin, "Tiger King" Sun Jun, if we rank the four big Kongs, Ma Jian will definitely be selected, he may also be the strongest one.
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team did not perform well. However, in that Olympic Games, Ma Jian was a bright spot in the Chinese men's basketball team, and in the confrontation with European and American players, Ma Jian did not fall behind at all. It is also because of his outstanding performance that Ma Jian has won the favor of the NCAA coach in the United States. Invited to participate in the American University League Competition. At that time, when the Chinese basketball system was still relatively closed and conservative, Ma Jian insisted on playing in the United States, which directly made him permanently disqualified from representing the country. Unfortunately, Ma Jian failed to enter UCLA as he wished, which became a turning point in his basketball career.
In the 93-94 season, although Ma Jian entered the University of Utah on his own efforts in the following period of time and became a main player of the team, the addition of NBA star Van Horn finally reduced Ma Jian to the bench. After that, Ma Jian also had the opportunity to try to participate in the NBA draft, but in the end he was not selected. In 1996, Ma Jian participated in the Philippine League and performed very well, and he was recalled again by the domestic league.
In 1996, Ma Jian returned to China and expressed his willingness to represent the country in the Olympic Games. But basketball association officials at the time said he could enter the national team as long as he led Hebei to a national championship. He led the team all the way to the final and led at half-time. But in the second half, the wind direction suddenly changed, as long as Ma Jian dribbled through, it was a collision, all kinds of fouls. But Ma Jian did not give up, knew that it was impossible, and was still struggling. Since the inside line could not be banned, he tried to shoot three points on the outside line, but in the end the team lost the game, and Ma Jian never entered the national team again.
Since then, Ma Jian has played for the CBA League's Beijing Aoshen and Shanghai Oriental, and finally chose to retire for well-known reasons, and Ma Jian gradually turned into a commentator, and last season also gave a commentary on Tencent. Ma Jian has been fighting against a society that does not accept him, playing a position indomitably, trying to prove himself. After him, I am afraid that only Wang Zhizhi could understand this truth.
Now Ma Jian doesn't have to sweat every day in the gym for the sake of the game, but he has never given up his love for basketball. Looking at his recent state, he has been promoting basketball, running training camps, and teaching various basketball skills, which is a good thing for him in his forties.
So we can summarize Ma Jian: his height is far below the average of his position, his weight and confrontation are much higher than average, his bounce is excellent, he has buckled in fast attack, and he has also defended Yao Ming single-handedly. So we can say that Ma Jian is a good player, but there are still some gaps with the top level.