If you want to say that the first center of Chinese basketball is Yao Ming, the first small forward is Zhu Fangyu, then the first defender of Chinese basketball must be Hu Weidong, who is known as "China Jordan", even if he has retired for 14 years, but to this day, there are legends about Hu Weidong, still echoing in the ears of every fan, for Hu Weidong, his story has become a legend of Chinese basketball, so what is the life of Hu Weidong today?
Born in 1970, Hu Weidong is 198 centimeters tall, which must know that he has a special meaning for fans who like basketball, Jordan and Kobe are both this height, and 198 centimeters is also the height of mass production stars. In the rookie season of the CBA career, Hu Weidong averaged 27.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.4 steals, 1.1 blocks of perfect data, which suddenly surprised the entire Chinese basketball world, and in the second season of his career, Hu Weidong's average data was further improved to the point of averaging 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.6 steals per game, and became the most influential star in the entire CBA for a time.
What really makes fans remember Hu Weidong is in 1996, the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States men's basketball team in a warm-up game, Hu Weidong after the steal, a dragon into the hinterland of the American team, facing Scott Pippen's defense, completed a flying dunk, this ball also let Hu Weidong win the name of "China Jordan", it is this ball, help hu Weidong knock on the door of American basketball, but unfortunately, Hu Weidong due to injury reasons, has missed joining the NBA twice, but also became his life's regret.
In the 04-05 season, Hu Weidong can still reach 14.6 points per game, that is, in this season, Hu Weidong staged a miracle of hitting 11 three-pointers in a single game, cutting a career-high 55 points, which laid his position in the Chinese basketball world.
After retiring, Hu Weidong initially served as a "firefighting coach" in the Jiangsu men's basketball team, until 2015, Hu Weidong signed a three-year contract with the NBL team Anhui Wenyi Men's Basketball Team, and after the contract expired, Hu Weidong also failed to get a renewal, after the Chinese men's basketball head coach Gong Luming took over the coaching whip from him
After leaving the Anhui Wenyi men's basketball team, Hu Weidong did not leave his beloved basketball, he chose to return to Jiangsu, held his own basketball training camp in Nanjing, and used his own words and deeds to help Chinese basketball cultivate the next generation of players, it can be said that Hu Weidong's life is also full of legends, and to this day there are still many people who often talk about his great achievements.
Special Editor: Su Daqiang