There is a post-00 player in the CBA League, he is Zhao Yiming, the son of former men's basketball national player Zhao Renbin. Zhao Yiming was born in 2000, 21 years old this year, but the height reached 2 meters 18, the weight is also 130 kilograms, is a large tonnage of tall inner line, known as "Little Yao Ming". He was promoted to the Shenzhen first team in 2019 and began to play in the CBA. However, although he has excellent physical condition, but the core strength is poor, and the movement speed is slow, can only play the role of a substitute, the performance is also very average, the first two seasons only averaged 4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.
And his girlfriend, also from the basketball world, is Li Yueru, a player in the Chinese women's basketball team. Li Yueru is the core figure of the current Chinese women's basketball team, 2 meters tall, weighing 103 kilograms, but the inside footwork and technology are very delicate, and the speed is not slow, can adapt to various playing styles, known as the "female version of O'Neal". The two have a very deep relationship, often show affection together, and Li Yueru is also very protective of her boyfriend. As the two major centers of the Chinese men's and women's basketball team, their combined weight is close to 400 pounds, which can really be said to be a heavyweight couple in the sports world.
Born in 1999, Li Yueru is only 22 years old this year and has already won various honors. She landed in the WCBA League at the age of 17 and gradually became a major player. In 2019, 20-year-old Li Yueru led the Guangdong women's basketball team to defeat the Bayi team, winning the first WCBA championship in team history and winning the finals MVP. In 2021, on behalf of the Guangdong women's basketball team, she won the championship of the National Games, and then received a meritorious reward from the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. She also led the national team to the 2018 Asian Games championship, and then played in the Tokyo Olympics.
Although it is a large tonnage inside line, very domineering on the court, but Li Yueru's appearance is not low, outside the stadium, she is actually a cute girl who likes to be funny. And in front of her boyfriend Zhao Yiming, she seems to be a bird. Although her boyfriend's fame and achievements are far from his own, and he has also been questioned by the outside world, Li Yueru is very protective. She generously confessed to Zhao Yiming on social media, and said that Zhao Yiming was very good to herself, and she was very happy in this relationship and did not need outsiders to evaluate.
Compared with the girlfriend's female version of O'Neill, Zhao Yiming's little Yao Ming is much worse. He is not currently playing the main force of the CBA, let alone being selected for the national team. Although he was talented, he was too bulky and had poor playing habits to play to his strengths. But he's still quite young, averaging 7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season, a big improvement from before. I hope he can learn from his girlfriend Li Yueru and work hard to practice his inside footwork and techniques. At the same time, in the current small ball era, he should also lose weight appropriately and improve his movement speed. If you can really have Li Yueru's technology, it will definitely be a big killer of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future and become the real Successor of Yao Ming.