Wang Zhizhi, one of the best big forwards in the history of the CBA, has extremely gorgeous dream footsteps; Liu Yudong, a man known as the "God of War", averaged 37 points per game in the highest season of his career; and there is such a person, he taught Wang Zhizhi to play under the basket, even Liu Yudong could only play as a substitute for him in the national team at the peak, he was Gong Xiaobin!
Gong Xiaobin is now the manager of the Shandong men's basketball team and is also called a "master" by fans. However, he also had a more popular nickname when he was a player - "Runaway King", because he was handsome and his style of play was extremely dashing, so he got this nickname.
Gong Xiaobin was born in a basketball family, and his parents are professional basketball players, so his talent is naturally very outstanding. However, when Gong Xiaobin was a child, he preferred to run on the green football field. At the age of 13, he joined the Shandong men's football junior team and became the main training object of the team.
In the junior team at that time, there was also Tang Xiaocheng, the famous star of the Taishan team, if there was no "accident", their combination was expected to become the "signature" of the Taishan team! Chen Shiyi was Gong Xiaobin's football enlightenment teacher, but later he changed careers to become a women's football coach, and Gong Xiaobin also left the football field and came to a new world.
Gong Xiaobin received professional basketball training at the age of 17. Perhaps because of the excellent genes inherited from his parents, or perhaps the sports cells cultivated from playing football since childhood, The speed of Gong Xiaobin's progress can be described as a thousand miles a day. It took him just three years to go from being a basketball novice to a member of the national men's basketball team.
Gong Xiaobin has a rare advantage of an inside player, that is, his speed is very fast, and his speed of 100 meters is 11 seconds 3. We can look at the speed of the players in the same position, Wang Zhizhi's 100-meter speed is 12 seconds 4, and even Yi Jianlian needs 12 seconds. Even Guo Allen, who has always been known for his speed, took 11 seconds 9 to run through 100 meters.
What would it be like if a player had the height of an interior player + the speed and skill of a defender? The answer to this question is None other than Gong Xiaobin. His physical talent is so outstanding that very few people can compete with him. As tall as he was, he could break through with speed, and shorter than him, he would directly fight against the layup.
Gong Xiaobin participated in the Asian Championships seven times in his career, and won 6 gold medals and 1 bronze medal.
Speaking of Gong Xiaobin's strength, the Korean team should know best, but Gong Xiaobin during the player period is famous for "eating and sleeping to play South Korea".
In the final of the 1994 Asian Games, China played against South Korea, and Gong Xiaobin was appointed at a critical moment. Scored 15 points in the final 14 minutes, and the three-pointer, mid-range shot, and dunk were all at their fingertips. It is precisely because he has this kind of offensive ability without dead ends that he can help the men's basketball team defeat the South Korean team many times.
At the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, the Korean team met Gong Xiaobin again. Gong Xiaobin "gives and takes" in the inside line, and South Korean player Kim Hyun-yeol accidentally broke Gong Xiaobin's brow bone while defending, and the blood was immediately directed. They thought that Gong Xiaobin was crushed, but a calm-looking Gong Xiaobin stitched a few stitches on the sidelines and then continued to play.
Gong Xiaobin, who returned from the king, was not affected by the wound and continued to turn the river and the sea in the inside line, and finally defeated the South Korean team by 20 points. Since then, Gong Xiaobin has become the least willing player for the Korean men's basketball team to meet, and he has also been called "the best two center in Asia" because of his dominance in the Asian arena.
In 1995, when the CBA League was first established, Gong Xiaobin had already reached its peak. Averaging 26.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in his first season, Gong Xiaobin was already the best big forward in China.
In the 1997-98 season, Gong Xiaobin won the regular season scoring champion and the regular season MVP. Under his leadership, the Shandong men's basketball team defeated the Bayi men's basketball team in the regular season; under his leadership, the Shandong men's basketball team achieved the second best result in the regular season; regrettably, the Shandong men's basketball team ended in the semifinals and missed the CBA championship.
Gong Xiaobin has won countless Asian championships in his career, but he has not been able to win a CBA championship. But in the hearts of fans, he is the deserved uncrowned king of the CBA!
With the increase of age and the invasion of injuries, Gong Xiaobin officially announced his retirement in 2003, and this honorable veteran was finally going to fade his jersey and jersey.
Gong Xiaobin, who took off his jersey, did not give up his dream of chasing the CBA championship, and he was invited by Shandong to serve as the head coach of the team at the same time as he retired, which is the "master" and "Gong guide" that we are familiar with today.
Since 2003, Gong Xiaobin has been coaching the Shandong men's basketball team for more than ten years, from the coach who mainly grasps youth training to the head coach and the general manager of the team, Gong Xiaobin's performance has become more and more outstanding.
In the 2010-11 season, under the coaching of Gong Xiaobin, the Shandong men's basketball team broke through and reached the finals. Although it eventually lost to Liaoning, it was already the best result since the establishment of the team.
In the 2020-21 season, Gong Xiaobin led the Shandong men's basketball team to defeat the Xinjiang team with the "big devil" Zhou Qi, and once again advanced to the semifinals, but this time they lost to the defending champion Guangdong team.
Now that the new season is approaching, will he be able to touch the coveted CBA champion? Let's wait and see!