Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 6 (Reporter Li Bowen, Lin Deren, Xia Liang) averaged 14.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, with a plus-minus of 16.0, Zhejiang supernova Yu Jiahao has just entered the Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA), and has delivered beautiful answers in the first few games.
The debut scored 25 points and 12 rebounds; the two-game defending champion Guangdong team, less than 19-year-old Yu Jiahao, scored 14 points and 14 rebounds in the first game, and cut 26 points and 17 rebounds in the second game, helping the team successfully win back a city.
This season, the Zhejiang team continues to blow a storm of youth. At present, the team's fast attack score averages 26.0 points per game ranks first in the league, and the fast and sharp rhythm and the strong attack of the defender line are the magic weapons of Zhejiang. Yu Jiahao's addition cracked the problem of Zhejiang's weak interior line last season, and the rebounding problem has greatly improved this season, and the team currently ranks second in the league with an average of 51.2 rebounds per game. Yu Jiahao's containment and stable cover on the inside can release more outside space for pitchers such as Wu Qian, highlighting its strategic significance.
Good footsteps, confrontations, and even body shapes, as well as the use of technical actions such as turning and hooking hands, many insiders shouted directly, and Yu Jiahao had the shadow of Yao Ming at that time. Yu Jiahao said that he wanted to be the next self. He confessed that Yao Ming was still young when he played and had not seen his game much. "But we've always looked at him as a benchmark because he's made a big contribution to Chinese basketball and we have to learn more from him."
Yu Jiahao, who came from a basketball family, his father was Yu Leping, a basketball celebrity, and his mother was a center of the Zhejiang women's basketball team. Since childhood, Yu Jiahao has developed a strong interest in basketball, and when he was small, he started playing from the back. "Since I was a child in this atmosphere, they have strict requirements for my basic skills."
It can be said that Yu Jiahao grew up on the basketball court. Yu Leping said that Yu Jiahao has been training in basketball for more than ten years, and his childhood was spent on the court in addition to school. Yu Jiahao said that when he was younger, he trained more with his mother in the women's basketball team, which also allowed him to better master the ball and lay the basic skills, and later trained with his father and the men's basketball team when he was older. In high school, Yu jiahao was invited to a high school in the United States for professional training and competition, and his teammates included the son of MLB superstar James (Brownie) and the son of Wade (Zaire).
Stepping onto the professional stage, Yu Jiahao said that he gained confidence, but also admitted that he needed to improve in many aspects such as speed, strength and tacit understanding with his teammates.
For the team's attacking style of play, as a 2m 21 big center, can he adapt? Yu Jiahao told reporters that Zhejiang coach Liu Weiwei usually trains him to first of all be as fast as possible and keep up with the rhythm of the team; if he can't keep up, he will protect rebounds, including defense and the like. "I hope the defenders will push the fast attack forward, if it can be solved, it will be solved, if it is really not possible, I will play the position again and play to my advantages." Yu Jiahao said.
Although the team advocates offense, Yu Jiahao said that Liu Weiwei stressed to them the most is fighting and defense. The team played Beijing Shougang in the second game of the new season, and Yu Jiahao's performance left a deep impression on Zhai Xiaochuan, the core of Shougang. "I think he has a lot of potential, he plays very positively, although he is more than 20 meters tall, but the fight for the floor ball is very positive. The technique is very good, the feel is also very soft, I believe he will make a lot of contributions to Chinese basketball in the future. Zhai Xiaochuan said.
Last year and this year, Yu Jiahao was twice selected for the national training team. He said that it has always been his dream to fight for his country, and in the process he found that he still has a lot to improve. "Learned a lot. Playing with the big brothers, they are very experienced, and there are many aspects of training intensity that I need to learn. They are very strict about details and so on. Yu Jiahao said.
Original title: Interview with cba Zhejiang team rising star Yu Jiahao: Become a better self